Brian Baumgartner

Brian Baumgartner
Baumgartner at the premiere of Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, December 2007
Born	(1972-11-29) November 29, 1972 Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Actor, Director
Years active	2001–present
Spouse	Celeste Ackelson (m. 2014)
Children	1

Brian Bruce Baumgartner (born November 29, 1972) is an American actor and director. He is best known for playing Kevin Malone in the American adaptation of The Office.

Biography

Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Baumgartner attended Holy Innocents' Episcopal School. He attended and graduated from The Westminster Schools in 1991, one year before his co-star on The Office Ed Helms graduated. He attended Southern Methodist University before moving to Los Angeles and served as Artistic Director of Hidden Theatre in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he received multiple awards for artistic and acting excellence. Later, Baumgartner performed regionally at the Guthrie Theater, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Children's Theater Company, and Theatre de la Jeune Lune. Baumgartner studied acting at the Meadows School of the Arts at Southern Methodist University.

His television roles are in Jake in Progress, Arrested Development and Everwood. He played a talent scout on Last Comic Standing with his The Office co-star Kate Flannery, and starred with Robin Williams, Mandy Moore and John Krasinski in License to Wed. In June 2007, Baumgartner won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Broadband Program - Comedy, for his work on The Office: The Accountants webisodes. His co-stars Angela Kinsey and Oscar Nunez also shared the award. He also appeared in NBA 2K13 on the all star celebrity team and in Ingrid Michaelson's music video "Time Machine." Baumgartner is an accomplished golfer.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Herman U.S.A.	Roger
2003	The Lyon's Den	Al Grissom	Episode: "The Fifth"
	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Dog Man (uncredited)	Episode: "Fur and Loathing"
2004	LAX	Wes
2005	Arrested Development	Gun Vendor	Episode: "Burning Love"
	Jake in Progress	Michael	Episode: "Jake or the Fat Man"
	Everwood	Contractor	Episode: "Good to Go"
2005–13	The Office	Kevin Malone	Main Role (201 episodes). Directed the eighth season episode "After Hours"
2006	Moosecock	Paul Wood	Short film
2007	License to Wed	Jim
2008	Four Christmases	Eric
	Celebrity Family Feud	Himself	Baumgartner played the captain, he and his team (other cast members) won and donated $50,000 to Children’s Advocacy Center of Northeastern Pennsylvania.
2009	Into Temptation	Fr. Ralph O'Brien
2010	House of Good and Evil	Bob Bradley
	Dirty Girl	Concierge
2011	Adventure Time	Georgy / Private in Movie (voices)	Episode: "Heat Signature"
2012	Astronaut: The Last Push	Bob Jansen
	Wilfred	Hospital Orderly	Episode: "Progress"
2013, 2015	Hot in Cleveland	Claude	2 episodes
2013	Mike & Molly	James, Molly's Union Rep.	Episode: "Molly Unleashed"
2014	Criminal Minds	Bill Harding	Episode: "Fatal"
	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Gordon Montlieff	Episode: "Thought Criminal"
	The Bridge	Gary / Daniel Frye's AA sponsor	2 episodes
2015	Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn	Jo McCoy	Episode: "I Want Candace"
	Melissa & Joey	Hank Jeffers	3 episodes
2016	Ordinary World	Rupert
	Chicago Fire	Scott Powers	Episode: "That Day"
	Ghostbusters: Answer the Call	Frank the Mercado Hotel guest	Cameo. Deleted from theatrical cut, only available on the extended cut.
	The Goldbergs	Larry	Episode "George! George Glass!"
	Scream Queens	Richard	Episode: "Warts and All"
2017	Life in Pieces	Dean the Airline Passenger	Episode: "Late Smuggling Dreambaby Voucher"
	Disjointed	Krinkle the Clown	Episode: "Travissimo Private Reserve"

External links

• Brian Baumgartner at IMDb
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