Archive: Brian Baumgartner

The birth and transformation of Kevin Malone

Tuesday, January 12th, 2010 | 32 comments

The Onion’s A.V. Club has an in-depth interview with The Office’s Brian Baumgartner.

Here’s a little bit of what Brian says about his character, Kevin Malone:

The costume designer was like, “Okay, this guy would wear a really tight shirt and have stains all over him, and it would be untucked, and he would be slovenly,” and it was like, “Well, let’s wait a second. Let’s look at him as something else, someone who may wear Dockers, but he’s really trying his best.” And we began to find out other things about him. That he won a World Series Of Poker bracelet, that he was really good at basketball …

The character began to transform, quite frankly, as he got more to do, and there became this child-like impishness, this playfulness, a sense that he did have something going on outside … Nobody hates him or dismisses him. There’s evidence that he and Jim play fantasy football or whatever. He and Dwight enjoy fireworks together. He and Michael get along fine. He has become, I think, in a way, that maybe not overly intelligent everyman that exists, and you get the feeling will always exist, exactly in this place.

Link: The A.V. Club interview with Brian Baumgartner

One of my recent favorite recent Kevin moments is in Scott’s Tots — when he interrupts Dwight as he says “Hey, so Jim thought it would be ideal if we all pitched in … ” So hysterical!

What are your favorite Kevin moments?

Brian Baumgartner on AOTS + Christmas episode preview

Monday, November 30th, 2009 | 7 comments

Content and comments may contain spoilers.

Brian Baumgartner dropped by Attack of the Show right before Thanksgiving and brought along a clip from The Office’s upcoming holiday episode, ‘Secret Santa’:

Tipster: Kurt

Auction: The Office set visit

Tuesday, November 24th, 2009 | 18 comments

Bid on a set visit to The Office!

Presented by The Office’s Brian Baumgartner. Proceeds benefit Hollywood Arts.

Currently at 4 bids with only one day left to go! A steal at $305.
(Normally these set visit auctions close at over $10,000!)

Check out Jenna Fischer’s MySpace blog, which includes more details on what a set visit is like. Doesn’t it sound fun? :)

Link: Bid on The Office set visit (ended)

Play golf with The Office’s Brian Baumgartner

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009 | 4 comments

The Office’s Brian Baumgartner will play in the Kids Rock Celebrity Invitational golf tournament to support non-profit children’s organizations.

“Kim Kardashian, Donald Trump, Tom Arnold, Nick Lachey, Alan and Robin Thicke, Brian Baumgartner, and Charles Barkley are a few of the celebrities confirmed to play at the Reunion Resort in Orlando, Florida on November 11th through the 15th.

Celebrities will join registered players for five days of golf and entertainment to raise money for The Ronald McDonald House, Wounded Warrior Project, Autism Speaks, Harbor House of Central Florida and the Arnold Palmer Hospital.”

Link: Kids Rock Celebrity Invitational

Brian Baumgartner in ‘Into Temptation’

Sunday, August 30th, 2009 | 8 comments

One of the best parts of running OfficeTally is reporting on The Office cast’s various movie projects. It’s been a busy summer — John Krasinski in Away We Go, Ed Helms and The Hangover, and B.J. Novak in Inglourious Basterds.

Now it’s Brian Baumgartner and ‘Into Temptation.’

Into Temptation is a story about a young priest who tries to prevent a prostitute from committing suicide. Its cast includes Jeremy Sisto (“Law and Order”), Kristin Chenoweth (“Wicked,” “Pushing Daisies”), and The Office’s Brian Baumgartner.

Needless to say, this is a radical departure from playing Kevin Malone, and after watching the trailer and listening to the Minnesota Public Radio interview, I had to go directly to Brian Baumgartner himself and ask him a few questions about the movie.

Trailer

The film had its world premiere in Minneapolis on Thursday, plays in limited release around the country after that, and then comes out on DVD in October.

Read my Q&A with Brian here. More »

The Office stars play ball!

Sunday, July 26th, 2009 | 2 comments

The Office’s Brian Baumgartner, Kate Flannery, and David Denman played this weekend in the Hollywood Stars game at Dodger Stadium. A few photos on the next page.

Were any of you guys there? Sounded like a fun game. :)

Link: Hollywood stars play softball game

New Office webisodes scheduled for the fall

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009 | 10 comments

On Monday, The Office’s Mindy Kaling tweeted:

Spent the day goosing around and shaking ass in dance rehearsal with Ellie Kemper. America wanted more dancing on “The Office”, right?

Could it be “Cafe Disco – The Sequel”?

Here’s what I’ve confirmed with NBC.com:

• Title: TBA
• Air date: Fall TBA
• Shoot date: Friday, July 24th
• Writers: Nate Federman and Jonathan Hughes
• Director: Mindy Kaling
• Cast: Mindy Kaling, Ellie Kemper, B.J. Novak, Ed Helms, Brian Baumgartner, Oscar Nuñez, Paul Lieberstein

Oh boy oh boy oh boy. Can’t wait!

UPDATE: a spoilerish tidbit about these webisodes now listed on the spoiler page.

Brian Baumgartner plays Tahoe golf

Sunday, July 19th, 2009 | 4 comments

The Office’s Brian Baumgartner has been at Lake Tahoe this week participating in the American Century Celebrity Golf Championship.

The final round is airing right now on NBC — maybe we can spot Brian!

Here are various tidbits about his week. More »

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