‘The Office’ Cast: Then and Now

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‘The Office’ Cast: Then and Now

It’s been more than 15 years since viewers first followed the employees at the Dunder Mifflin Paper Company on The Office. The sitcom, which premiered on NBC March 24, 2005, starred Steve Carell (Michael Scott), Rainn Wilson (Dwight Schrute), John Krasinski (Jim Halpert), Jenna Fischer (Pam Beesley), Angela Kinsey (Angela Martin), Mindy Kaling (Kelly Kapoor), B.J. Novak (Ryan Howard), Brian Baumgartner (Kevin Malone), Ed Helms (Andy Bernard) and Kate Flannery (Meredith Palmer). While Carell left the show after season 7, Kinsey told Us Weekly in August 2019 that she would only be down for a reunion if everyone was involved. “If it was a reunion, I would want everybody there. If I get to say my wish list, that’s my wish list,” she told Us at the time. “So we were talking today, going back and forth, because we have a little something coming up, but we can’t, we can’t talk about it yet, because the ink’s not dry.” Carell, however, has made it pretty clear that he’s not interested. “The show is way more popular now than when it was on the air,” the actor told Collider in December 2018. “I just can’t see it being the same thing, and I think most folks would want it to be the same thing, but it wouldn’t be.” [jwplayer DzfozSLn-zhNYySv2] While fans may not see the classic characters onscreen together again, Kinsey assured Us that her character, Angela, and Wilson’s Dwight are living their own version of happily ever after. “I’ll tell you where I like to think of them. I like to think of them on their farm, and maybe they’re running a really crappy bed and breakfast,” she said told Us, before referencing Dwight’s cousin Mose Schrute. “Mose is like in charge of the valet and it’s horrible. It’s like a really uncomfortable Fawlty Towers.”

The former costars have frequently gushed about their on-set experience through the years.

“The Office was absolutely everything to me,” Krasinski said during a February 2020 interview with Esquire. “I mean, it is my beginning and my end. I’m pretty sure at the end of my career I’ll still be known for Jim. That was my first experience with Hollywood. It was the first creative family I’ve ever had. In many ways, they will always be the most important people in that most important experience in my career. So yeah, if they did a reunion, I would absolutely love to do it.”

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‘The Office’ Cast: Then and Now

It’s been more than 15 years since viewers first followed the employees at the Dunder Mifflin Paper Company on The Office. The sitcom, which premiered on NBC March 24, 2005, starred Steve Carell (Michael Scott), Rainn Wilson (Dwight Schrute), John Krasinski (Jim Halpert), Jenna Fischer (Pam Beesley), Angela Kinsey (Angela Martin), Mindy Kaling (Kelly Kapoor), B.J. Novak (Ryan Howard), Brian Baumgartner (Kevin Malone), Ed Helms (Andy Bernard) and Kate Flannery (Meredith Palmer). While Carell left the show after season 7, Kinsey told Us Weekly in August 2019 that she would only be down for a reunion if everyone was involved. “If it was a reunion, I would want everybody there. If I get to say my wish list, that’s my wish list,” she told Us at the time. “So we were talking today, going back and forth, because we have a little something coming up, but we can’t, we can’t talk about it yet, because the ink’s not dry.” Carell, however, has made it pretty clear that he’s not interested. “The show is way more popular now than when it was on the air,” the actor told Collider in December 2018. “I just can’t see it being the same thing, and I think most folks would want it to be the same thing, but it wouldn’t be.” [jwplayer DzfozSLn-zhNYySv2] While fans may not see the classic characters onscreen together again, Kinsey assured Us that her character, Angela, and Wilson’s Dwight are living their own version of happily ever after. “I’ll tell you where I like to think of them. I like to think of them on their farm, and maybe they’re running a really crappy bed and breakfast,” she said told Us, before referencing Dwight’s cousin Mose Schrute. “Mose is like in charge of the valet and it’s horrible. It’s like a really uncomfortable Fawlty Towers.”

The former costars have frequently gushed about their on-set experience through the years.

“The Office was absolutely everything to me,” Krasinski said during a February 2020 interview with Esquire. “I mean, it is my beginning and my end. I’m pretty sure at the end of my career I’ll still be known for Jim. That was my first experience with Hollywood. It was the first creative family I’ve ever had. In many ways, they will always be the most important people in that most important experience in my career. So yeah, if they did a reunion, I would absolutely love to do it.”

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Steve Carell

The actor left the show after season 7 in 2011 to pursue a movie career. Carell went on to star in several films, including 2014’s Foxcatcher, 2015’s The Big Short and 2017’s Battle of the Sexes. In 2019, Carell returned to TV to appear opposite Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon in Apple’s The Morning Show. He also dove back into comedy starring as General Mark R. Naird in the Netflix series Space Force in 2020.

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Rainn Wilson

In addition to multiple supporting roles in films and a recurring role on CBS’ Mom, Wilson has voiced Lex Luthor in the Death of Superman series.

The Washington native also co-founded the digital media company SoulPancake in 2008 and penned an autobiography titled The Bassoon King in 2015. 

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John Krasinski

Krasinski made his feature film directorial debut alongside his wife, Emily Blunt, in the 2018 horror film A Quiet Place. After the movie’s success and Blunt’s win for best supporting actress at the 2019 SAGs, a sequel was ordered, but the release date has been postponed amid coronavirus concerns. Krasinski, who has two daughters with Blunt, also stars in the Amazon series Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan.

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Jenna Fischer

Fischer starred alongside Oliver Hudson for two seasons on the ABC sitcom Splitting Up Together before its 2019 cancellation. She cohosts the “Office Ladies” podcast with Kinsey.

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B. J. Novak

Novak reunited with Kaling onscreen on her sitcom, The Mindy Project, for several episodes. In addition to appearing in multiple films, Novak has published two children’s books. He is also the godfather of Kaling’s daughter, Katherine.

In 2022, the Massachusetts native made his directorial debut with the dark comedy Vengeance, which he starred in as well. He also created the 2021 Hulu anthology series The Premise.

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Melora Hardin

Hardin starred on Freeform’s The Bold Type from 2017 to 2021. In 2016, she was nominated for an Emmy Award for her recurring role on Amazon Prime Video's Transparent. 

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Leslie David Baker

Baker has had multiple guest roles on different TV shows, including Raven’s Home, Scorpion and Fam. He also voices more than once character on Disney’s Puppy Dog Pals.

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Brian Baumgartner

Baumgartner made appearances on The Goldbergs, Chicago Fire, Melissa & Joey and more in recent years.

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Kate Flannery

In addition to guest starring on several sitcoms, Flannery competed on Dancing With the Stars season 28 in 2019. The actress came in 7th place.

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Angela Kinsey

Kinsey starred in Netflix’s Haters Back Off alongside Miranda Sings for two seasons and Hulu’s comedy series The Hotwives for two seasons. The actress cohosts the “Office Ladies” podcast with Fischer.

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Phyllis Smith

Smith, who voiced Sadness in the animated film Inside Out, had a recurring role on Netflix’s The OA.

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Ed Helms

Helms starred as Stuart Price in The Hangover Trilogy and made several appearances on multiple different sitcoms.

His other film roles include We're the Millers (2013), Vacation (2015), and Together Together (2021). 

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Mindy Kaling

Kaling went on to write, star and produce her own show called The Mindy Project, which ran for three seasons of Fox. After its cancellation, Hulu picked up the show and it aired for three more years.

The actress and best-selling memoirist also created NBC’s short-lived sitcom Champions, Hulu's miniseries Four Weddings and a Funeral, the Netflix comedy series Never Have I Ever and the HBO Max comedy-drama series The Sex Lives of College Girls. In addition to voicing characters in Despicable Me, Wreck-It Ralph and Inside Out, Kaling starred in A Wrinkle in Time and Ocean’s 8.

The Massachusetts native is the mother of two kids.