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Ed Helms: An 'Office' Drone Takes To The Big Screen

Ed Helms studied improvisation with The Upright Citizens Brigade.
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Ed Helms studied improvisation with The Upright Citizens Brigade.

Perhaps best known for his role on the NBC comedy series The Office as Andy Bernard, the salesman who loves a cappella, actor Ed Helms takes to the big screen this summer in The Hangover, a buddy movie about three groomsmen who lose their soon-to-be married friend in Las Vegas.

A graduate of Oberlin College in Ohio, Helms got his start in comedy with numerous sketch comedy groups. Prior to joining the cast of The Office, he was a senior correspondent on The Daily Show.

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