Lista de personajes de The Office (serie de televisión estadounidense)

The Office es una serie de televisión estadounidense basada en la comedia televisiva británica del mismo nombre . El formato de la serie es una parodia de la técnica del documental de la mosca en la pared que intercala segmentos de comedia de situación tradicionales con entrevistas simuladas con los personajes del programa, brinda a la audiencia acceso a los monólogos internos en curso de todos los personajes principales, así como también a información ocasional sobre otros personajes dentro del programa.

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Michael Gary Scott ( Steve Carell ) es el gerente regional de Dunder Mifflin en Scranton, Pensilvania . Originalmente está basado en David Brent , su homólogo en la versión británica de The Office . Sin embargo, Scott se convierte en un personaje significativamente diferente a medida que avanza la serie.

Michael Scott abandona la serie durante la séptima temporada, sin embargo regresa en el final de la serie para ser un invitado sorpresa en la boda de Dwight y Angela.

Dwight Kurt Schrute III ( Rainn Wilson ) es un vendedor en Dunder Mifflin y el asistente del gerente regional durante la mayor parte de la serie, hasta que se convierte en gerente regional en la temporada 9. El personaje está basado en Gareth Keenan de la versión británica original del programa. Es el único personaje que aparece y tiene diálogo en todos los episodios de la serie.

James Duncan "Jim" Halpert ( John Krasinski ) es presentado como representante de ventas en la sucursal de Scranton de la empresa de distribución de papel Dunder Mifflin, antes de ser transferido temporalmente a la sucursal de Stamford en la tercera temporada. Tras la fusión de las sucursales de Scranton y Stamford, se convierte en subdirector regional y, más tarde, en codirector junto a Michael Scott durante la sexta temporada. El personaje está basado en Tim Canterbury de la versión original de The Office .

Pamela Morgan Halpert , de soltera Beesly ( Jenna Fischer ). Su contraparte en la versión británica original de The Office es Dawn Tinsley . Pam comienza la serie como recepcionista en la empresa de distribución de papel Dunder Mifflin. Más adelante en la serie, se convierte en representante de ventas y administradora de la oficina. Ella es el interés amoroso de Jim Halpert , con quien luego se casa en la temporada 6.

Ryan Bailey Howard ( BJ Novak ), está basado en el personaje de Ricky Howard de la versión británica original de The Office, así como en Neil Godwin durante la cuarta temporada. Su papel se ha ampliado con respecto a la serie británica original hasta el punto de que normalmente se lo considera un personaje principal.

Ryan Howard abandona la serie en el estreno de la novena temporada junto con su interés amoroso Kelly Kapoor, sin embargo, ambos regresan en el final de la serie para estar en la boda de Dwight y Angela.

Andrew Baines Bernard ( Ed Helms ) es presentado en la temporada 3 como el Director Regional a cargo de las ventas en la sucursal de Stamford de la empresa de distribución de papel, Dunder Mifflin, cuando Jim Halpert se transfiere allí. Se convierte en Gerente Regional en la sucursal de Scranton, cortesía de Robert California , en la octava temporada después de la partida de Michael Scott . Es un personaje original creado para la serie, sin contraparte en la serie original británica.

Robert California ( James Spader ) es presentado en la séptima temporada después de que Michael Scott deja su puesto como gerente regional. En la octava temporada, Robert logró persuadir a Jo Bennett para que lo nombrara director ejecutivo en su lugar. En el final de la octava temporada, Robert se va de la empresa después de que David Wallace compre Dunder Mifflin. Es un personaje original creado para la serie, sin contraparte en la serie original británica.

Stanley Hudson ( Leslie David Baker ) es un representante de ventas en Dunder Mifflin. Se le retrata como un empleado serio, perpetuamente gruñón y descontento. Stanley es conocido por trabajar en crucigramas durante el trabajo y las diversas reuniones de personal. También se caracteriza por su desagrado general por su trabajo y su vida, siendo su objetivo final retirarse, lo que hace durante el final de la serie .

Stanley tiene buenas relaciones con la mayoría de sus colegas, especialmente con Phyllis Vance, con quien comparte un escritorio y con quien a menudo almuerza. Sin embargo, a Stanley no le gusta su jefe, Michael Scott, quien a menudo comenta sobre la ascendencia afroamericana de Stanley y su clientela. Stanley apenas intenta ocultar su disgusto y falta de respeto hacia Michael, pero rara vez se opone a él directamente.

La segunda esposa de Stanley es Teri. Tiene dos hijos de un matrimonio anterior, entre ellos Melissa, que visita la oficina en " Lleva a tu hija al trabajo ". Es diabético . Es un personaje original creado para la serie, sin contraparte en la serie original británica.

Kevin Malone ( Brian Baumgartner ) es parte del departamento de contabilidad de la sucursal de Scranton de Dunder Mifflin. El homólogo de Kevin en la serie de televisión británica es Keith Bishop , quien comparte con Kevin la falta de habilidades de comunicación, el interés musical y la obesidad.

Meredith Palmer (interpretada por Kate Flannery y Henriette Mantel en el piloto ) es la representante socialmente inapropiada y sexualmente promiscua en la sucursal de Dunder Mifflin en Scranton . En la temporada 2, episodio 15; temporada 8, episodio 1; y temporada 9, episodio 23, se dice que tiene el trabajo de Relaciones con proveedores; sin embargo, en la primera temporada , se dijo que su trabajo era contable . ^[1] Su computadora siempre muestra el juego de solitario que se encuentra en el paquete de MS. Se sabe poco sobre su vida temprana y personal, pero, a lo largo de la serie, se han revelado algunos detalles de información. Se ha casado dos veces, y uno de sus exmaridos la dejó por una mujer que trabaja como recolectora de basura (a quien los hijos de Meredith se dirigen como "mamá"). ^[2] Tiene dos hijos, un hijo llamado Jake (del cual tiene la custodia) ^[3] y una hija llamada Wendy (descrita como "La buena") que está bajo la custodia de uno de los exmaridos de Meredith. ^[4] Se alega que Meredith es alcohólica, y se ha hecho alusión a que a menudo llega al trabajo con resaca , ya que se ha quejado de que la gente habla demasiado alto y que las luces de la oficina son demasiado brillantes por la mañana. Es un personaje original creado para la serie, sin contraparte en la serie original británica.

Angela Noelle Martin ( Angela Kinsey ) es presentada como la contable principal, jefa del Comité de Planificación de Fiestas y oficial de seguridad en la sucursal de Scranton de Dunder Mifflin. Está basada en Sheila de la versión británica original de The Office . Su personaje sirve como la cara engreída y más profesional de la sucursal. Comienza una relación con su compañero de trabajo Dwight Schrute , con quien comienza a salir en secreto en la segunda temporada, tiene un hijo en la octava y se casa en la novena.

Oscar Martínez ( Oscar Núñez ) es un contador en la sucursal de Scranton de Dunder Mifflin. Es un trabajador racional y eficiente que a menudo se exaspera por las payasadas de la oficina. Es hijo de padres mexicanos y un hombre gay . En el estreno de la temporada 3, Michael Scott lo revela sin darse cuenta a sus compañeros de trabajo. Está basado en Oliver de la versión británica original de The Office .

Phyllis Vance (née Lapin ) ( Phyllis Smith ) es una representante de ventas en la distribuidora de papel Dunder Mifflin. Da la impresión de ser una persona tranquila pero amistosa a la que le encantan las "charlas de chicas" y los chismes. Pero debajo de su dulce y maternal exterior, a veces puede ser muy vengativa y desagradable, a menudo con Angela Martin, pero a veces incluso con alguien tan agradable como Pam Halpert. A menudo es insultada y avergonzada por el gerente de la sucursal, Michael Scott, quien con frecuencia la describe como poco femenina y vieja, a pesar de haber sido compañera de clase con ella en la escuela secundaria. Parece tener unos 40 años, con cabello corto, rojo oscuro y un cuerpo grande.

Roy Anderson (interpretado por David Denman ) es un trabajador del muelle del almacén en la sucursal de Scranton del distribuidor de papel ficticio Dunder Mifflin . Estuvo comprometido con la recepcionista de la oficina Pam Beesly durante tres años cuando comienza la serie. También tenía una buena amistad con el capataz del almacén Darryl Philbin y los otros trabajadores del almacén, e incluso tiene una relación mayoritariamente amistosa con Jim Halpert a pesar de ser un rival por el afecto de Pam. A menudo comparte el humor típico de los obreros del almacén. Aunque generalmente se escribe como grosero, desconsiderado y egoísta, su personaje es algo menos cruel y verbalmente abusivo que su homólogo del Reino Unido, Lee. Después de que Pam rompe con él para siempre en la temporada 3, Roy es despedido de Dunder Mifflin porque ataca a Jim, pero luego hace las paces con Jim y Pam, animando a esta última a perseguir a Jim. Más tarde, Roy toma algo con Jim y otros ex compañeros de trabajo durante el episodio de la temporada 5 " Crime Aid " y finalmente se casa en " Roy's Wedding ", habiéndose convertido en un empresario exitoso.

Toby Flenderson ( Paul Lieberstein ) es el representante de recursos humanos de la sucursal de Scranton del distribuidor de papel Dunder Mifflin . Debido a su puesto en RR.HH., Toby tiene la obligación de garantizar que se sigan los procedimientos y las normas de conducta de la empresa. Como tal, el personaje principal y gerente de la sucursal de Scranton, Michael Scott , lo percibe como un enemigo, quien constantemente descarta los procedimientos y las reglas de conducta de la empresa para buscar diversión y una relación personal con sus empleados. Un personaje pasivo y de voz suave, Toby tiene relaciones principalmente amistosas con sus otros compañeros de trabajo, incluida Pam Beesly , de quien está enamorado no correspondido. Toby es reemplazado temporalmente por Holly Flax en la temporada 5 después de mudarse a Costa Rica , pero regresa después de que Holly es transferida. Finalmente, Dwight lo despide al final de la temporada 9 y se convierte en autor en la ciudad de Nueva York . Es un personaje original creado para la serie, sin contraparte en la serie original británica .

Kelly Rajanigandha Kapoor ( Mindy Kaling ) es la representante de atención al cliente en la sucursal de Scranton de Dunder Mifflin. A menudo tiene una relación romántica con Ryan Howard. Kelly abandona la serie en el estreno de la novena temporada junto con su marido Ravi, un pediatra. Regresa en el final de la serie para estar en la boda de Dwight y Angela. Es un personaje original creado para la serie, sin contraparte en la serie original británica.

Creed Bratton ( Creed Bratton ) es el anciano y excéntrico representante de control de calidad de la sucursal de Scranton con un pasado turbio. Por lo general, se lo ve participando en actividades sospechosas, como robar fichas de póquer en " Casino Night " u ocultar implícitamente evidencia de crímenes violentos a lo largo de la serie. Creed también tiene mala memoria, a menudo olvida los nombres de sus compañeros de trabajo e incluso sus propias responsabilidades laborales, y es propenso a contar historias extravagantes con poca certeza en cuanto a su veracidad. A pesar de su extraño comportamiento, sus compañeros de trabajo lo toleran. Se revela en la temporada 5 que su verdadero nombre es William Schneider, y que tomó la identidad de "Creed Bratton" de alguien que le robó (y se da a entender que fue asesinado). En la temporada 7, se convierte en el gerente interino temporal después de que Dwight dispara accidentalmente un arma de fuego en la oficina. Finalmente, finge su propia muerte, antes de que finalmente se revele que era un criminal buscado. En la temporada 9, se lo encuentra viviendo en un armario en la oficina. Canta brevemente una canción para sus compañeros de trabajo antes de ser arrestado por sus crímenes.

Creed cree que la URL de su blog es www.creedthoughts.gov.www\creedthoughts, pero su "blog" es en realidad un documento de Word con el título elegido expresamente para que parezca una URL , creado por Ryan Howard, que quería "proteger al mundo de ser expuesto al cerebro de Creed". Al describir el contenido del blog, Ryan dice: "Incluso para Internet, es bastante impactante". NBC proporcionó al personaje un blog real en el sitio web del programa. ^{[5] [6]}

Darryl Philbin ( Craig Robinson ) es el capataz del almacén, que más tarde es trasladado por Jo Bennett para trabajar en la oficina de Jim durante el breve mandato de este último como codirector. Entre los empleados del almacén, Darryl tiene la presencia más destacada en el programa y es amigable con la mayoría del personal de la oficina, convirtiéndose en amigo cercano de Andy Bernard en temporadas posteriores. Tiene un comportamiento relajado en situaciones sociales, pero se toma su trabajo en serio, especialmente en lo que respecta a la seguridad, que Michael a menudo ignora para disgusto de Darryl. Durante la temporada final, deja su trabajo en Dunder Mifflin para trabajar para Athlead, una empresa deportiva que funda Jim. También tiene una hija llamada Jada, a quien menciona a lo largo de la serie y se la ve por primera vez en " Classy Christmas ".

Gabriel Susan Lewis ( Zach Woods ) es el Director Coordinador de Regiones Emergentes de la sede corporativa de Sabre. En la temporada 7, se le asigna la tarea de vigilar la recién adquirida sucursal de Dunder Mifflin en Scranton, durante la cual sale brevemente con Erin antes de que ella rompa con él. Al final de la temporada, se le asigna nuevamente a la sede de Sabre en Florida, pero en la temporada siguiente sigue apareciendo, inicialmente sin explicación. Se revela en " Trivia " que Corporate hizo un trato ilógico con la oficina de Scranton, que haría que Gabe estuviera en Tallahassee tres días a la semana y en Scranton dos, lo que resultaría en tener que volar todas las noches de la semana laboral entre las ubicaciones. Como se revela en " Moving On ", fue despedido de Sabre luego de la liquidación de la empresa, pero el gerente regional Andy Bernard lo contrata nuevamente en la sucursal de Scranton como el nuevo consultor de gestión en una táctica para hacer que Erin se sienta incómoda después de que ella rompió con él. Un artículo en línea sobre la serie que se publicó después del final reveló que Gabe había sido contratado por una empresa china que "alquilaba" caucásicos vestidos como ejecutivos a empresas chinas para que estas tuvieran contacto con empresas occidentales, y que el trabajo de Gabe es "ser visto y no escuchado".

Clark Green ( Clark Duke ) es uno de los nuevos representantes de atención al cliente que se presentan en la temporada 9 después de que Kelly renuncia. Inmediatamente recibe el apodo de oficina de "Nuevo Dwight", ya que tiene un parecido pasajero con el joven Dwight. Dwight usa esto y recluta la ayuda de Clark en una variedad de ventas haciéndose pasar por un equipo padre / hijo. Incluyendo pasar una semana de vacaciones con Jan para cerrar una venta a las páginas blancas de Scranton . Finalmente, Dwight lo contrata como vendedor junior después de que Dwight se da cuenta de que ninguno de sus amigos está calificado para el trabajo.

Pete Miller ( Jake Lacy ) es uno de los nuevos representantes de atención al cliente que se presentan en la temporada 9 después de que Kelly se marcha. Andy le pone el apodo de "Plop", para gran incomodidad del primero. Al principio lo llaman "Nuevo Jim" debido a sus apariencias similares, aunque los dos se dan cuenta rápidamente de que no tienen intereses en común. Después de que Erin rompe con Andy, ella y Pete comienzan a salir.

David Wallace ( Andy Buckley ) es el director financiero y más tarde director ejecutivo de Dunder Mifflin . A pesar de su estilo de vida diferente al de los miembros de la sucursal de Scranton, David tolera y comprende las excentricidades y defectos del gerente regional Michael Scott , y aprecia a los empleados Jim Halpert y Toby Flenderson. Es despedido en la sexta temporada tras la absorción de Dunder Mifflin por Sabre. Más tarde vende su patente de una aspiradora de juguete, llamada "Suck It", ^[7] al ejército de los EE. UU. por $ 20 millones ^[7] y luego adquiere Dunder Mifflin por una suma de dinero no revelada y se convierte en director ejecutivo en el final de la octava temporada, " Free Family Portrait Studio ".

Deangelo Jeremitrius Vickers ( Will Ferrell ) fue el reemplazo de Michael como Gerente Regional durante el final de la séptima temporada, ya que Michael Scott se mudaba a Colorado con su prometida, Holly. Su personaje debutó en un arco argumental que duró cuatro episodios, siendo los primeros tres episodios los últimos tres programas de Steve Carell como miembro del elenco principal y luego el primer episodio posterior a Michael Scott, " The Inner Circle ". En las apariciones del personaje, se muestra que es en gran medida incompetente para ocupar el puesto de Michael, ya que ha demostrado ser un gerente parcial, un vendedor terrible y un mal presentador de la entrega anual de premios Dundies. ^[8] En " Goodbye, Michael ", le revela a Andy que no fue contratado por su experiencia comercial, sino porque ayudó a prevenir el robo de uno de los perros de la directora ejecutiva Jo Bennett .

A pesar de su afinidad por el suroeste de Estados Unidos , Deangelo es originario de Maine . De manera similar a Toby, cuando era un niño, su madre se divorció de su padre y se vio obligado a elegir entre ellos. Él mismo tiene cuatro hijos, incluido al menos un niño, al que parece resentir por una razón desconocida. Deangelo alguna vez fue obeso mórbido, hasta que hizo un pacto consigo mismo para ponerse en forma y perdió 203 libras (según Michael en " Michael's Last Dundies "; sin embargo, esto entra en conflicto con la biografía de NBC, que dice que Deangelo perdió 176 libras). ^[9] A lo largo de " Goodbye, Michael ", Deangelo comienza a mostrar signos de un colapso nervioso debido a su deseo de comenzar a comer comida chatarra nuevamente. Más tarde comienza a derrumbarse frente a todo el personal, durante una fiesta de despedida para Michael, metiendo sus manos en el pastel de despedida de Michael y gritándole enojado. ^[10]

En su episodio final, " The Inner Circle ", después de alardear de su habilidad para encestar una pelota de baloncesto, Jim lo reprende por el asunto, lo que conduce a un accidente que requiere la hospitalización de Deangelo y su salida de Dunder Mifflin. Al final del episodio, se da a entender que ha sufrido daño cerebral, ^[11] y se dice en el episodio posterior que está en coma. En " Lotto ", se hace referencia a él como si tuviera muerte cerebral , pero técnicamente sigue vivo. ^{[12] [13]}

Ferrell ha aparecido previamente en varias películas con Carell y con numerosos otros miembros del elenco de The Office , incluido Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy con Carell y David Koechner .

Joleen "Jo" Bennett ( Kathy Bates ) es la directora ejecutiva de Sabre, la empresa que compra Dunder Mifflin en la temporada 6. En la temporada 8 renuncia al puesto de directora ejecutiva, pero sigue siendo presidenta de la junta. ^{[14] [15]} Es una mujer sureña franca y obstinada que ha escrito una autobiografía titulada Take A Good Look . Tiene dos grandes daneses arlequín y un Cadillac Escalade Hybrid blanco ; también es una sobreviviente de cáncer de mama, piloto con licencia y amiga de Nancy Pelosi .

Jo aparece por primera vez en un chat de video en " Sabre " y en persona en " El gerente y el vendedor ", cuando visita la oficina de Scranton por primera vez. En su último día en Scranton en " El día de San Patricio ", Darryl la impresiona con una idea para mejorar los envíos y ella lo recompensa dándole la antigua oficina de Jim. Esa noche, cuando todavía está trabajando mientras el resto del personal está desesperado por irse y disfrutar de las vacaciones, muestra su respeto por Michael después de que él le dice que está permitiendo que sus empleados se vayan. En " Whistleblower ", el final de temporada, Jo llega a Scranton decidida a averiguar quién filtró información a la prensa sobre las impresoras de Sabre que se incendiaron. Finalmente se centra en Michael, quien se niega a hablar y lo lleva a su avión privado para que confiese, pero en realidad, Jo puede sentir que Michael está pasando por un momento difícil y los dos tienen una conversación de corazón a corazón. Durante la conversación, Michael se ofrece a aceptar la responsabilidad pública por el escándalo y habla con la prensa. Jo le agradece a Michael y le dice que si necesita algo, estará encantada de ayudarlo, lo que lleva a Michael a bromear sobre traer a Holly de regreso a Scranton, a lo que Jo dice: "Déjame ver qué puedo hacer" (y Holly regresa en la temporada 7).

En la temporada 7, tras la marcha de Michael y su sustituto Deangelo Vickers, Jo nombra a Dwight director regional interino en " Dwight K. Schrute, (Interin) Manager ", pero lo sustituye por Creed (el empleado de mayor antigüedad de Scranton) después de que Dwight disparase accidentalmente un arma en la oficina. Aparece en " Search Committee " y revela que es vieja amiga de una de las candidatas al puesto de gerente, Nellie Bertram. Cuando Jo se entera de los problemas personales actuales de Gabe con Erin y Andy, decide transferirlo de nuevo a la sede de Florida. También le dice al comité que le conceda una entrevista a Dwight, diciendo que le gusta "un poco de locura".

En el estreno de la octava temporada, " The List ", Jim le cuenta al equipo de cámaras cómo Robert California fue contratado como gerente de sucursal durante el verano, pero renunció de inmediato, condujo hasta la sede de Sabre en Florida y luego convenció a Jo para que le diera su puesto como CEO de la empresa (en realidad, Bates dejó The Office debido a su compromiso con la Ley de Harry ). Sin embargo, Jo permanece como presidenta de la junta y Robert todavía se refiere a Jo como su jefa. Más tarde en la temporada 8, Nellie Bertram reaparece, habiendo sido contratada (fuera de la pantalla) por Jo como Presidenta de Proyectos Especiales de Sabre. Al final de la temporada 8, se anuncia que Jo Bennett ha vendido Dunder Mifflin a David Wallace. Jo planea además liquidar todos los activos de Sabre, disolviendo así de forma permanente y efectiva la empresa.

Joshua "Josh" Porter ( Charles Esten ) es el ex gerente regional de Stamford . El personaje se menciona por primera vez en " Pilot ", y hace su debut en " Valentine's Day ". Durante su tiempo como gerente de Stamford, aparentemente es un jefe más responsable y competente que Michael, y Jan Levinson lo tiene en mayor estima, aunque a menudo se da a entender que la sucursal de Michael es más productiva que la de Josh, y Michael es un vendedor más hábil. Josh se convierte en el jefe de Jim en la temporada 3 después de que Jim se transfiere a Stamford. Michael resiente a Josh debido a su posición privilegiada en la empresa, e inicialmente porque siente que Jim prefiere la amistad de Josh a la suya.

En escenas eliminadas del episodio " La Convención ", Josh afirma que una vez pasó un tiempo trabajando en Israel, y también le dice a Dwight que una vez fue miembro de la Guardia Costera de los Estados Unidos .

En " Cierre de sucursal ", cuando la sucursal de Scranton está a punto de cerrar, a Josh le ofrecen un ascenso para convertirse en el gerente de la recién formada región noreste de Dunder Mifflin. Sin embargo, aprovecha la oferta para obtener un trabajo de alta dirección en Staples , lo que desbarata los planes para el cierre de Scranton. Como resultado de las maniobras de Josh, se cierra la sucursal de Stamford. Disgustado, Jim dice más tarde sobre el doble juego de Josh: "Di lo que quieras sobre Michael Scott, pero él nunca haría eso".

Charles Miner ( Idris Elba ) aparece en la quinta temporada, como vicepresidente de ventas del noreste de Dunder Mifflin, habiendo asumido el puesto que dejaron vacante Ryan y Jan. Antes de llegar a Dunder Mifflin, trabajó anteriormente en Saticoy Steel y tenía experiencia en contabilidad. Es presentado en el episodio " New Boss ", donde sus habilidades de gestión sensatas chocan con el comportamiento relajado de Michael, y al conocer a Jim, inmediatamente desarrolla una aversión hacia él. Su apariencia atractiva y actitud firme hacen que tanto Angela como Kelly desarrollen una atracción inmediata por él, declarando más tarde que "(él) era consciente del efecto que tenía en las mujeres" y no estaba interesado en perseguir a ninguna de las dos. Charles pronto hace que Michael renuncie después de que Charles cancele una fiesta para celebrar el 15º aniversario de Michael con la empresa. En " Broke ", preocupado por la nueva empresa de Michael que le roba varios clientes, Charles se reúne con David Wallace en la sucursal y se burla de David descaradamente, lo que Jim nota. Charles expresa su desdén cuando David le pide a Jim que esté presente en una reunión, ya que piensa en Jim como "una decepción", pero pronto descubre, en circunstancias embarazosas con Dwight, que Jim es más inteligente y mucho más profesional de lo que creía. Esto pronto impulsa a Charles a recurrir inmediatamente a Jim en lugar de a Dwight durante las negociaciones con Michael. Cuando Charles intenta adular a Wallace nuevamente, Jim lo corrige públicamente frente a su jefe, dejándolo sin palabras. Cuando Michael es recontratado más tarde en el episodio, exige que despidan a Charles, pero David se niega, afirmando que Charles es "valioso". Sin embargo, Charles deja Scranton y regresa a la sede corporativa. Tras su partida, intenta decir sus palabras de despedida, pero Michael lo interrumpe, reflejando el trato anterior de Charles hacia él. Charles reaparece en " Company Picnic ", donde nuevamente es condescendiente con Jim y muy competitivo en el juego de voleibol contra la sucursal de Scranton. Sin embargo, también se confirma que Charles ya no tiene ninguna autoridad sobre la oficina de Scranton.

En " The Banker ", Pam afirma que Michael es ahora el empleado de mayor rango en lo que queda de Dunder Mifflin tras la terminación del liderazgo ejecutivo debido a la mala gestión. ^[16] Si bien esto implicaba fuertemente que Charles había perdido su trabajo, esto no se confirma hasta " Viewing Party ", cuando Michael nombra a Charles como uno de los muchos jefes a los que ha sobrevivido. ^[17]

Idris Elba fue el segundo ex miembro del elenco del drama de HBO The Wire , después de Amy Ryan , en ser contratado para un papel recurrente en The Office .

Edward "Ed" Truck ( Ken Howard ) fue el ex gerente regional de la sucursal de Dunder Mifflin en Scranton, para quien Michael trabajó hasta que Ed se jubiló. Fue responsable de contratar a Creed, Phyllis y Darryl, así como de poner fin a la edad de jubilación obligatoria que instituyó la empresa, al presentar una demanda por discriminación por edad. En el episodio " The Carpet ", Michael cree que la materia fecal que quedó en la alfombra de su oficina se dejó allí porque sus empleados no le agradan. Engaña a Truck para que se reúna con él (afirmando que necesitan discutir su pensión) y le pide su opinión sobre la situación. Como revela Ed, alguien también había defecado en la alfombra de su oficina, y su consejo a Michael es "¿Por qué no puedes dejar que tus trabajadores sean tus trabajadores, que tus amigos sean tus amigos y que tu familia sea tu familia?" (la broma aquí es que Michael no tiene amigos ni familia de verdad, y sus empleados sirven como sustitutos reacios).

En " Grief Counseling ", Jan le informa a Michael que Ed ha muerto recientemente. Aunque está sorprendido por la noticia, Michael no parece lamentar la muerte de Ed, hasta que Creed le informa de la espantosa forma en que Ed había muerto: aparentemente estaba "borracho como una cuba " y conduciendo por la Ruta 6 , cuando logró pasar por debajo de un camión de 18 ruedas , decapitándose . Michael pronto expresa sentimientos de remordimiento extremo y solicita que se erija una estatua de Ed en su memoria, pero Jan rechaza la sugerencia, afirmando que a la empresa no le gustaría. Como compromiso, hay una placa en su honor, que cuelga entre la oficina de Michael y la sala de conferencias.

Dan Gore (Dan Cole) es el gerente regional de la sucursal de Buffalo . Fue presentado por primera vez en " Valentine's Day ", cuando asistió a la reunión con el nuevo director financiero, David Wallace. También asistió al cóctel de Wallace en " Cócteles ", y se lo vio en " Launch Party " tratando de ver si la cámara de su sucursal estaba funcionando. Fue uno de los líderes de la compañía que asistió al retiro en el desierto de Ryan, junto con Toby (y no con Michael Scott, quien fue deliberadamente no invitado). En " Company Picnic " se anuncia que la sucursal de Buffalo cerrará debido a la terrible recesión que afecta a la economía estadounidense.

Craig ( Craig Anton ) es el incompetente y grosero gerente de la sucursal de Albany que aparece en " Valentine's Day ". Está resentido con Jan, y su relación con Michael se agria cuando discuten sobre sus opiniones sobre Jan. Craig intenta salvar las apariencias filtrando la relación de Michael entre los dos frente a David Wallace. Más tarde, Michael bromea diciendo que Craig "no es la herramienta más brillante del cobertizo" en un intento de defender a Jan.

En " Survivor Man ", Craig no es invitado al retiro de gerentes regionales de Ryan ni se lo menciona de ninguna otra manera, lo que posiblemente signifique que ya no trabaja en ese puesto. En una escena eliminada de " Stress Relief ", se menciona que la sucursal de Albany está cerrando, lo que confirma que Craig ha sido despedido de la empresa.

Troy L. Underbridge (Noel Petok) es un ejecutivo corporativo que trabaja en el sector bancario y es conocido por alentar a Ryan a salir de fiesta y abusar de la cocaína . Debido a su baja estatura, Dwight está convencido de que en realidad es un hobbit . Troy aparece por primera vez en " The Deposition ", y reaparece, con un papel más importante, en el episodio " Night Out ". En una escena eliminada, de " Goodbye, Toby ", llega a la sucursal de Scranton, pero se muestra reacio a revelar por qué vino en lugar de Ryan; Jim está ansioso por entregarle un mensaje hostil a Ryan a través de Troy, pero Troy dice que ahora informa a Wallace en lugar de a Ryan, y Jim pregunta "¿Qué está pasando?". Después de que se descubre el video de YouTube de Ryan siendo arrestado por fraude, se le pregunta a Troy si tiene alguna información sobre el arresto, pero simplemente dice: "Tal vez sí". Más tarde se lo ve en la película de Michael, Threat Level Midnight , en el episodio del mismo nombre , interpretando a uno de los secuaces de Goldenface. Su inicial del segundo nombre se revela en el sitio web de Threat Level Midnight , ^[18] que se supone que se lee como " troll debajo del puente".

Dado que trabajaba para la oficina corporativa de Dunder Mifflin, se presume que fue despedido de la empresa, junto con todos los demás ejecutivos corporativos, después de que Sabre comprara Dunder Mifflin. Sin embargo, Troy reaparece más tarde en " Junior Salesman " como uno de los extraños solicitantes de empleo que solicitan un puesto de ventas a tiempo parcial en la sucursal de Scranton. Troy exhibe un comportamiento extraño junto con el resto del grupo, como beber una gaseosa de un trago durante el almuerzo. Más tarde se lo ve en una foto grupal de paintball, levantando el dedo a Dwight cuando se revela que la entrevista de Dwight a los solicitantes fue solo una artimaña para evitar que Clark consiguiera el trabajo y se uniera a ellos para hacerle saber a Dwight que lo odiaban permanentemente.

Karen Filippelli ( Rashida Jones ) es presentada como representante de ventas en la sucursal de Stamford de Dunder Mifflin , antes de mudarse a la sucursal de Scranton como parte de una fusión . Durante este tiempo, también sale con Jim Halpert ( John Krasinski ), otro vendedor. En el final de la tercera temporada , ella y Jim viajan a Nueva York para una entrevista de trabajo en la empresa. Ninguno de los dos consigue el trabajo y pronto deja a Jim y Scranton. Más tarde, se la ve como gerente regional de la sucursal de Utica , donde está embarazada de ocho meses. También se casa con un dermatólogo llamado Dan ( Dan Goor ). Su personaje está basado en Rachel de la versión original de The Office .

En un artículo titulado "The Office's Best Characters, Ranked" publicado en MSN , Karen fue clasificada en el puesto diecisiete. El artículo la describía como "... una empleada inteligente y ambiciosa cuyo único error fue salir con Jim y, por lo tanto, ponerse delante de la imparable locomotora del amor entre Jim y Pam". ^[19] Un segundo artículo titulado "The Office: 5 personajes femeninos que obtuvieron el respeto que merecían (y 5 que no lo hicieron)" publicado en Screen Rant decía "No había nada malo con Karen y, en muchos sentidos, era una buena pareja para Jim". ^[20]

Danny Cordray ( Timothy Olyphant ) es un vendedor ambulante de Dunder Mifflin y antiguo vendedor rival de la empresa. Es presentado en " The Sting ", donde, después de robar un cliente potencial, Michael, Dwight y Jim organizan una operación encubierta dentro del edificio para copiar sus habilidades como vendedor, pero Danny finalmente descubre la operación. Si bien inicialmente está enojado con ellos, decide aceptar la oferta de trabajo de Michael. En " Concurso de disfraces ", impresiona a sus compañeros de trabajo invitándolos a todos a una fiesta de Halloween en Public School , el bar del que es dueño. Cuando Jim descubre que Danny salió brevemente con Pam, mientras estaba en Stamford, Jim molesta a Danny para que le revele por qué no la llamó de vuelta, y finalmente admite que encontró a Pam "algo tonta", algo que molesta a Jim más que a Pam. Muchos miembros de la oficina lo encuentran muy atractivo, incluida Meredith, que intenta seducirlo. En " Michael's Last Dundies ", gana el premio Dundie "más sexy de la oficina", derrotando al actual campeón Ryan, y apareció en una escena eliminada, aceptando su premio de un metraje pregrabado.

AJ ( Rob Huebel ) es un vendedor afable en la sucursal de Nashua que se convierte en el novio de Holly después de que ella se transfiera allí desde Scranton y rompa su relación con Michael. Michael lo conoce en su circuito de conferencias y queda devastado cuando se entera de que Holly está saliendo con él. Michael llama torpemente a AJ durante su presentación sobre Holly, pero AJ no reacciona. Se lo ve nuevamente en el picnic de la empresa junto con Holly, con quien todavía está saliendo. AJ le dice a Michael que han comenzado a diseñar una casa para ellos mismos. Michael hace una serie de insultos en broma a AJ, quien no les responde. Después de la desastrosa presentación de Michael y Holly, junto con el obvio afecto que aún tienen los dos, Michael deja que Holly se vaya con AJ, ya que no va a forzar nada entre ellos. Después de que Holly es transferida temporalmente de regreso a Scranton en la séptima temporada, le revela a otras mujeres en la oficina que ella y AJ están pasando por problemas y que está molesta porque él aún no le ha propuesto matrimonio. A sugerencia de ellas, Holly decide darle un ultimátum a AJ para que le proponga matrimonio antes de Año Nuevo o termine su relación. AJ sorprende a Holly en la fiesta de Navidad de la oficina en " Classy Christmas ". En " Ultimatum ", Holly regresa al trabajo y revela que AJ no le propuso matrimonio, pero que ha decidido seguir saliendo con él de todos modos. Sin embargo, pronto se enoja porque no cumplió con el ultimátum y llama a AJ para decirle que quiere un descanso entre ellos. Poco después, termina su relación y comienza a salir con Michael nuevamente.

Ben Nugent (con la voz del escritor Lester Lewis ) es el vendedor principal de la sucursal de Utica, a quien Michael llama e intenta robarle sin éxito en el episodio " Branch Wars ". El nombre del personaje se basó en un escritor de la vida real que estaba saliendo con Mindy Kaling cuando se produjo el episodio.

Todd Packer ( David Koechner ), basado en Chris Finch de la versión británica, es el grosero, alcohólico y sexualmente promiscuo Representante de Ventas Externas, que cuenta chistes obscenos e irrespetuosos, que tienden a ofender a todos excepto a Michael. Se lo escucha por primera vez en una llamada telefónica en el episodio piloto , mientras que su primera aparición física es en el episodio de la temporada 2 " Acoso sexual ". En el episodio de la temporada 7 " Todd Packer ", solicita un trabajo de escritorio en la sucursal de Scranton, para consternación del personal excepto Michael. Jim y Dwight planean deshacerse de él fingiendo que Sabre le ofrece un trabajo en Tallahassee, Florida, que acepta. Cuando Michael se entera del engaño, planea contárselo a Packer, pero cuando Packer insulta a Holly, cambia de opinión y finalmente llega a compartir la opinión de los demás de que Packer es "un idiota". En el episodio de la temporada 8 " Tallahassee ", se revela que Packer en realidad consiguió un puesto en la oficina de Sabre en Tallahassee, donde está empleado como parte del equipo de proyectos especiales de Nellie Bertram. Sin embargo, fue despedido poco después cuando Jim logró evitar que Dwight presentara el proyecto de la tienda Sabre a la junta, lo que llevó a Packer a ofrecerse como voluntario para el puesto de vicepresidente, recibiendo el despido que estaba destinado a Dwight. Hizo una nueva aparición en la temporada 9 para pretender estar enmendando su terrible comportamiento al repartir pastelitos gourmet a sus antiguos compañeros de trabajo, cuando en realidad había mezclado las golosinas con una amplia variedad de sustancias nocivas y estaba contento de estar causando a las personas que lo despidieron un gran malestar.

Cathy Simms ( Lindsey Broad ) es una joven y atractiva empleada temporal que sustituyó a Pam mientras ella estaba de baja por maternidad. Más tarde se revela que su ética es cuestionable. Siguió trabajando en la empresa durante un breve periodo de tiempo después de que Pam regresara.

Durante su tiempo en la oficina, Cathy mantuvo una presencia bastante discreta, y mientras los miembros del personal que se molestaban en prestarle atención a menudo la difamaban o la tomaban a la ligera (Dwight en particular), ella fue capaz de encontrar puntos en común con Jim, con quien desarrolló una relación. Sin embargo, en " Pool Party ", hay implicaciones sutiles que sugieren que sus sentimientos hacia él son más que platónicos. ^[21] Su enamoramiento por él se confirma finalmente al final de " Special Project ", cuando, después de ser seleccionada para viajar por un viaje de negocios de tres semanas a Florida con Jim y otras cuatro personas, informa en privado a una amiga, a través de su teléfono celular, de sus intenciones de seducir a Jim, a pesar de su matrimonio y sus hijos. ^[22] En una escena eliminada del mismo episodio, también se preocupa por perder su trabajo, ahora que Pam ha regresado, e insinúa que, en el futuro, podría estar lo suficientemente desesperada como para considerar casarse con un hombre que conoce, llamado Doug, solo por la estabilidad financiera que podría proporcionar. ^[23]

En " After Hours ", Cathy pone en práctica su plan para seducir a Jim. Aparece en su habitación de hotel, con ropa informal bastante escasa, alegando que el personal de mantenimiento del hotel está trabajando en su habitación. Si bien Jim inicialmente acepta su pedido de quedarse con él por un tiempo, se siente cada vez más incómodo con su presencia, especialmente después de que ella usa su ducha y reaparece con una bata corta . Después de que ella le muestra sus piernas, Jim finalmente le dice que está felizmente casado y que no está interesado en ella. En respuesta, Cathy finge estar conmocionada y le dice que no tenía intenciones románticas en absoluto. Avergonzado por aparentemente haber malinterpretado la situación, se disculpa y acepta relajarse. Sin embargo, cuando regresa del baño y la encuentra acostada debajo de sus sábanas con la bata en el piso, le exige firmemente que se vaya, a pesar de sus protestas. Dwight luego irrumpe con productos químicos para rociar contra las chinches , y Jim le dice que un insecto está siguiendo a Cathy. Dwight procede a perseguirla fuera de la habitación, mientras Jim disfruta de su angustia. ^[24]

En una escena eliminada del siguiente episodio , ella está molesta porque Jim ahora está actuando de manera incómoda a su alrededor, aunque una entrevista con un presentador muestra que todavía está bajo la ilusión de que tiene una oportunidad de tener una relación romántica con él. En una entrevista posterior con el objeto de su afecto, Jim le dice al equipo de cámaras que cree que ella está "loca". ^[25] Sin embargo, en " Last Day in Florida ", parece que ya no le importa Jim, ya que se ríe junto con Dwight cuando Dwight lo insulta repetidamente (aunque también es posible que solo estuviera haciendo esto porque Dwight era vicepresidente de Nellie Bertram en ese momento). No se la muestra regresando de Florida con sus compañeros de trabajo, ^[26] y en el siguiente episodio, su escritorio parece estar limpio. ^[27] El 19 de marzo de 2012, Broad confirmó que Cathy no regresaría, declarando, a través de un mensaje de Twitter, que "Cathy ha terminado [de trabajar temporalmente] en Dunder Mifflin". ^{[28] [29]}

Hunter ( Nicholas D'Agosto ) era el asistente de Jan. Apareció por primera vez en el episodio " The Negotiation ", durante el cual hace que Michael se sienta amenazado por su buena apariencia juvenil. En " Women's Appreciation ", Hunter escuchó una conversación telefónica sensible entre Michael y Jan, y Jan le dice a Michael que le diga a Hunter si la visitará esa noche, para que pueda comprar más vodka . Hace otra aparición en " The Job ", en la que Michael lo hace sentir incómodo, cuando le pide que le diga a Jan que "[Él] quiere exprimirlos " . Después de recibir su despido, Jan le desea suerte a Hunter con su banda y le dice: "No dejes que te cambien". En " Cena ", se revela que Ryan despidió a Hunter poco después (tal vez por su complicidad en la negligencia de Jan en su trabajo); sin embargo, Hunter ha lanzado desde entonces un CD con su banda, The Hunted , lo que implica que puede haber tomado una carrera como músico. La letra de una de las canciones, titulada "That One Night", así como el comportamiento de Jan cuando la escucha, parece implicar que Hunter pudo haber tenido relaciones sexuales con Jan, y muy posiblemente perdió su virginidad con ella. En el sitio web de Jan, "serenitybyjancandles.com", enumera una vela como "Hunter Green", y escribe: "Este aroma juvenil y firme te dejará la boca hecha agua. Mientras diseñaba esta vela me sentí como una universitaria de nuevo. Así como Eve fue tentada por una manzana decadente, tú serás tentada por el aroma más erótico de mi colección, 'Hunter Green'", ^[30] lo que implica además una relación sexual entre ellos. En el episodio de la temporada 9 " The Whale ", nos enteramos de que Hunter tenía 17 años cuando trabajaba para Jan.

Rolando (Adam Jamal Craig) es el recepcionista de la sucursal de Dunder Mifflin en Utica. Aparece por primera vez en " Branch Wars " y reaparece en " Lecture Circuit ", donde saluda a Michael y Pam cuando llegan a la sucursal de Utica y también se burla de la sugerencia de Michael de que los dos recepcionistas tengan una "cita de amigos".

Stephanie ( Laurel Coppock ) es una recepcionista amigable en la sede de Sabre, que aparece en el episodio de la octava temporada, " Trivia ". Cuando Dwight aprehende físicamente a Gabe, porque rechazó burlonamente la propuesta de Dwight, Stephanie ignora los gritos de ayuda de Gabe, lo que permite que Dwight continúe acosándolo, sin interrupciones. ^[31]

Jordan Garfield ( Cody Horn ) fue la nueva asistente ejecutiva contratada por Deangelo Vickers en " The Inner Circle ", principalmente para demostrarle al personal que no era sexista. No tenía experiencia en negocios y tenía poca experiencia, lo que hizo que sus compañeros de trabajo asumieran que Deangelo la contrató debido a su apariencia de modelo. ^[11] En " Dwight K. Schrute, (Interin) Manager ", Dwight le informó que sus compañeros de trabajo piensan en ella como una broma porque solo la contrataron debido a su apariencia; parecía irritada pero no particularmente sorprendida. ^[12] En una escena eliminada, su comportamiento cuando habla con el equipo de cámara sobre Jim implica que estaba desarrollando un enamoramiento por él. ^[32]

Jordan no es vista en la octava temporada, sin explicación de qué fue de ella. Paul Lieberstein confirmó más tarde que no volvería al programa, pero no explicó por qué. ^[33]

Ronni ( Dale Raoul ) fue la recepcionista temporal de Pam, contratada cuando Pam fue a la escuela de arte en la ciudad de Nueva York en el episodio " Pérdida de peso ". Durante su breve tiempo en la oficina, Ronni rápidamente se volvió impopular; Michael la desagradecía abiertamente y, durante una fiesta de la oficina, su pregunta "¿Alguien quiere bailar?" fue recibida con disgusto unánime. Michael luego la despidió y la reemplazó por Ryan, en parte porque Michael había sentido que ella era "aburrida". Más tarde hace un cameo en el episodio " Reunión de accionistas ", en un flashback.

Lonnis "Lonny" Collins ( Patrice O'Neal ) es un trabajador portuario. Lonny se une a su amigo Darryl en demostraciones abiertas de irritación e intimidación hacia Michael. Se convirtió en un partidario vocal de Darryl en el intento de establecer un sindicato, citando el bajo salario que reciben en comparación con los empleados de oficina. Es más conocido por gritarle a Michael después de que Michael destrozara todo el almacén. También insultó a Michael frente al personal durante el seminario de capacitación en seguridad de Darryl, después de que Michael interrumpiera con frecuencia la presentación con su desagradable comportamiento y se burlara de Michael nuevamente durante la conferencia sobre seguridad en el lugar de trabajo del personal de la oficina. Kelly lo insulta, refiriéndose a él como " Monstruo marino " porque tiene sobrepeso.

Madge Madsen ( Karly Rothenberg ) es una trabajadora del muelle. Madge es una empleada del almacén que jugó contra el equipo de la oficina durante el partido de " Baloncesto " (lo que llevó a la cruda referencia de Michael a ella como "la chica de Alemania del Este "). Cuando Michael llevó a los trabajadores de oficina al almacén para un "tiempo de chicos", Madge se disculpó. Inicialmente, Michael no entendió por qué se iba, indicando que no se había dado cuenta de que era una mujer. Michael confundió su nombre llamándola "Pudge" y luego "Padge", sin saber su nombre real. Michael y Dwight le robaron su uniforme cuando se dirigían a hacer una broma a la sucursal de Utica durante " Guerras de sucursales ", y Jim terminó usándolo durante todo el fiasco. Madge hace una breve aparición en "Competencia pesada" cuando Dwight la confunde con Michael mientras pasaba junto a él. En " Amigo secreto ", se revela que los empleados del almacén se refieren a ella como "Garfield" por su afecto por la lasaña. En " Concurso de disfraces ", después de que a los trabajadores del almacén se les permite hacer ventas, se dice que Madge hizo su primera venta. Cuando ella y el resto de los empleados del almacén ganan casi un millón de dólares en un boleto de lotería ganador durante " Lotto ", Madge renuncia a su trabajo en el acto.

Glenn (Calvin Tenner) es un trabajador portuario. Aparece por primera vez en " Acoso sexual ", donde ve un video de acoso sexual enviado desde la corporación, y reaparece en " Niños y niñas ", cuando Michael realiza un seminario en el almacén para todos los miembros masculinos del personal. En " Asesoramiento en duelo ", después de que Michael realiza un funeral por un pájaro fallecido (que, en verdad, representa su dolor por el reciente fallecimiento de su ex jefe, Ed Truck), y el " ataúd " improvisado del pájaro se deja incendiar, Dwight ordena a Glenn y Phillip que limpien las cenizas quemadas. En el estreno de la cuarta temporada , participa en la carrera divertida de Michael contra la rabia , y parece haber sido la segunda persona en cruzar la línea de meta. En " Pérdida de peso " , Andy Bernard escupe en su zapato antes de pesarse. En " Amigo secreto ", asiste a la fiesta de Navidad de la oficina, y en " El día de San Patricio ", le dice a Darryl que regrese a su oficina en el almacén. En " El encubrimiento ", se lo ve hablando con Darryl en su oficina, donde Darryl le dice "Mira, ya no estoy allí, así que si los chicos comienzan a burlarse de ti, debes comenzar a defenderte". En " Loto ", renunció a su trabajo, junto con el resto del equipo del almacén, cuando ganan la lotería . También le muestra el trasero a los empleados de la sucursal de Scranton cuando el personal del almacén se vuelve loco en la oficina después de recibir la noticia de sus ganancias. Tanto él como Hide invierten sus ganancias en una bebida energética para homosexuales asiáticos, que finalmente pierden todo su dinero, lo que resulta en que los dos le rueguen a Darryl que les devuelva sus trabajos en " Free Family Portrait Studio ". Más tarde aparece en "Piojos" con su etiqueta de nombre que ahora dice Glenn.

En sus primeras apariciones, la etiqueta con el nombre del personaje decía Lester , aunque esto se cambió en episodios posteriores.

Jerry DiCanio ( Matt DeCaro ) es un trabajador portuario de edad avanzada. En el episodio " Baloncesto ", Michael, sabiendo que su equipo está ganando, afirma que el codazo involuntario de Jerry en la cara de Michael es una falta intencional. Michael luego declara que su juego "amistoso" ha llevado a la violencia y termina abruptamente el juego, declarando a su equipo como ganador. Casi una década después, en el episodio de la novena temporada " Work Bus ", se menciona que Jerry ha muerto.

Phillip (Phillip Pickard) es otro trabajador portuario de mayor edad. Aparece por primera vez en " Basketball ", y luego se lo ve en " The Alliance ". Está presente cuando Michael realiza un seminario en el almacén para todos los miembros masculinos del personal, en " Boys and Girls ", y también está presente en el almacén durante " Casino Night ". En " Grief Counseling ", después de que Michael realiza un funeral por un pájaro fallecido, y el " ataúd " improvisado del pájaro se incendia, Dwight ordena a Philip y Glenn que limpien las cenizas quemadas. Más tarde aparece en una escena eliminada en " The Merger ", también está presente en la despedida de soltero de Bob Vance en el almacén en el episodio " Ben Franklin ", y también asiste a la fiesta del inventario en " Back from Vacation ". Phillip es visto por última vez en " Safety Training ", asistiendo a los seminarios de seguridad del almacén y la oficina.

Michael (Lamont Ferrell) es un trabajador portuario que una vez llevó a Michael Scott a su casa, quedando atrapado durante una hora en el tráfico, solo para descubrir que Michael había olvidado su nombre la semana siguiente en " Stress Relief ".

Matt ( Sam Daly ) trabaja en el almacén de Dunder Mifflin. Se presume que empezó a trabajar allí poco antes de diciembre de 2009. En " Secret Santa " se revela que Oscar está secretamente enamorado de él, y que Matt también es gay . Pam pasa toda la fiesta de Navidad intentando que Oscar y Matt se lleven bien. En el episodio " Happy Hour ", Oscar invita al personal del almacén y a la oficina a tomar algo en un intento de pasar el rato con Matt. La única interacción real entre los dos es cuando Matt invita a Oscar a jugar al baloncesto con él, lo que Oscar acepta con gusto a pesar de que es terrible en el baloncesto, lo que confirma la impresión acertada de Darryl de que Matt no tiene nada en común con Oscar. Después de ese punto, Matt ya no aparece en el programa.

Hidetoshi "Hide" Hasagawa (Hidetoshi Imura) es un trabajador portuario japonés. Se lo ve por primera vez en el episodio de la primera temporada " Baloncesto " y, posteriormente, Darryl lo presenta al equipo de cámaras en el episodio de la sexta temporada " Happy Hour ".

Hide afirma que alguna vez fue cirujano de corazón en Japón y se jacta de ser "el mejor" debido a sus manos firmes. Realizó una cirugía para un jefe de la yakuza , que necesitaba un corazón nuevo . Sin embargo, el jefe de la yakuza murió durante la operación. Hide huyó de la yakuza, se escondió en un barco pesquero y escapó a Estados Unidos, donde Darryl lo contrató y "le salvó la vida". Hide luego revela que mató al jefe de la yakuza a propósito.

En " Body Language ", con la ayuda de Dwight, solicita el programa de capacitación ejecutiva para minorías de Sabre , pero pierde el puesto ante Kelly.

En " Lotto ", Hide es uno de los empleados del almacén que comparten un boleto de lotería ganador de un millón de dólares. Triunfante, renuncia inmediatamente a su trabajo. Triste, Darryl contrata nuevo personal del almacén para reemplazar a los que renunciaron, y se pregunta celosamente cómo invertirán sus ganancias los antiguos empleados del almacén. Darryl reflexiona sobre la posibilidad de que Hide use su dinero para preparar una bebida para homosexuales asiáticos.

En " Free Family Portrait Studio ", Hide y Glenn pierden sus ganancias después de que su inversión en bebidas energéticas fracasa, y le ruegan a Darryl que les devuelva sus antiguos trabajos. En el episodio de la temporada 9 " The Target ", Hide hace una breve aparición observando con impaciencia y ridiculizando a Pam mientras pinta el mural de su almacén.

Gary Trundell es un ex trabajador de almacén que se fue antes del comienzo de la serie. En " Cierre de sucursal " se revela que aceptó acostarse con Meredith el último día de trabajo.

Val Johnson ( Ameenah Kaplan ) es una nueva trabajadora del almacén, que aparece por primera vez como solicitante en el episodio " Lotto ". En " Doomsday ", tanto Gabe como Darryl desarrollan atracciones hacia ella; cuando Gabe la invita a salir, ella declina cortésmente y le dice que no sale con compañeros de trabajo, lo que hace que Darryl decida no perseguirla como algo más que una amiga. ^[34] En " Pam's Replacement ", ella felicita a Andy, Darryl y la banda de Kevin, y luego los ayuda a darse cuenta de que Robert California y sus amigos los han expulsado de su banda original. ^[35] En " Christmas Wishes ", Darryl la invita a la fiesta de Navidad de la oficina. Sin embargo, ella llega vestida formalmente, habiendo entendido mal la declaración de Darryl sobre el código de vestimenta. Mientras está avergonzada, Darryl la convence de quedarse vistiéndose con un esmoquin . ^[36] En " Special Project ", le teje a Darryl un sombrero para un regalo de San Valentín. Darryl cree que esto es una señal de afecto, pero luego descubre que tejió un gorro para todos en el almacén. Más adelante en el episodio, Val le miente a Darryl y trata de convencerlo de que su madre le consiguió un jarrón de flores, pero Darryl había descubierto anteriormente que fue su novio quien las envió. Esto luego convence a Darryl de que el gorro es un "gorro de amor". ^[22] En " After Hours ", Brandon, el novio de Val, llega a la sucursal de Scranton y acusa a Darryl de tener una aventura con su novia, después de haber leído los mensajes de texto de Darryl. Después de leer sus mensajes de texto en voz alta, todos están de acuerdo en que sus mensajes de texto sugieren que Darryl quiere estar con Val, pero ambos lo descartan como ridículo. Sin embargo, cuando están solos, Darryl le dice a Val que una relación potencial no es ridícula, dejándola sorprendida. ^[24] En el final de la octava temporada, " Free Family Portrait Studio ", Darryl declara a Val y Brandon que la está persiguiendo oficialmente. Mientras Brandon insulta a Darryl por esto, Val parece impresionada por la bravuconería de Darryl. Más tarde, cuando Darryl se está tomando un retrato con su hija, Jada, invita a Val a estar en la foto. Ella se une a ellos y agarra cariñosamente la mano de Darryl. ^[37] Su relación continúa en la temporada 9, con Val acompañando a Darryl a la boda matutina de un día laborable de su ex compañero de trabajo Roy.

Nate N. Nickerson ^[38] ( Mark Proksch ) es un trabajador de almacén tonto, pero bien intencionado, que solía ser el manitas de Dwight. Es presentado en la apertura del episodio de la temporada 7 " Sex Ed ", cuando Dwight lo contrata de un grupo de jornaleros inmigrantes indocumentados y le pide que quite un nido de avispas del estacionamiento de Dunder Mifflin (lo que intenta hacer usando un soplete y luego un bate de béisbol, lo que lo lleva a ser picado severamente). Nate le responde a Dwight en un español muy malo cuando los dos se conocen por primera vez, aunque más tarde, parece haberse vuelto más fluido cuando traduce para Dwight en " Jury Duty ". En " WUPHF.com ", ayuda a Dwight a administrar la atracción Hay Place en el estacionamiento. En " China ", ayuda a Dwight a convertir el papel higiénico de la oficina en media capa como medida de reducción de costos, y lo acompaña a ver el "nuevo edificio" que Pam afirma haber encontrado. En la apertura de " Classy Christmas ", toma la foto navideña del personal. Nate reaparece en el episodio de la temporada 8 " Lotto ", donde solicita un puesto en el almacén de Dunder Mifflin después de que el resto del personal del almacén renuncia. Se revela en este episodio que "si bien técnicamente no tiene un problema de audición, a veces, cuando ocurren muchos sonidos a la vez, los escucha como un gran revoltijo". Se lo ve trabajando en el almacén en " Doomsday ". También aparece en varios episodios de la temporada 9, incluido el final de la serie, aunque parte de su actuación en el episodio 9, " Dwight Christmas ", fue eliminada por contener cara pintada de negro , en 2020. ^[39]

Gideon (Michael Daniel Cassady) es un trabajador portuario a tiempo parcial. Aparece por primera vez en " Lotto ", como candidato a un puesto en el almacén, para el que finalmente fue contratado, y reaparece en el episodio " Doomsday ". Como se mencionó en su episodio de debut, tiene un doctorado y está estudiando la disminución de la fuerza laboral de cuello azul de América del Norte . Además de su trabajo en el almacén, también trabaja como profesor.

Bruce (Mike Winfield) es un trabajador portuario muy extravagante . Aparece por primera vez en " Lotto " como candidato a un puesto en el almacén, para el que finalmente es contratado, y reaparece en " Doomsday ", donde inquieta a Gabe con un saludo extremadamente entusiasta.

Frank ( Brad William Henke ) es un trabajador de almacén truculento y rebelde, que desfigura el mural de Pam pintando imágenes lascivas en él, en el episodio " Vandalismo ". Pam inicialmente intenta ser civilizada y hablar las cosas con él, junto con Toby y Nellie, pero Frank es muy irrespetuoso con ellos y no se disculpa por lo que hizo, ya que no tienen autoridad sobre él. Pam y Dwight luego se vengan pintando imágenes infantiles en su amado camión (aunque con pintura lavable). Frank, indignado por la venganza, luego se enfrenta a Pam en el estacionamiento, donde muestra señales de que la va a agredir físicamente. Sin embargo, antes de que tenga la oportunidad, Brian, el operador del micrófono del equipo del documental, rompe el protocolo e interviene golpeando al empleado del almacén en la cara con su micrófono. Los dos terminan en una pelea, pero Frank es retenido por otros dos documentalistas. Al final, el público se entera de que tanto Frank como Brian han sido despedidos de Dunder Mifflin y del documental, respectivamente.

Louanne Kelley trabajaba en el Anexo junto con Toby y Kelly. Tenía el escritorio cerca de la puerta de la cocina que da hacia el escritorio de Toby. No tenía líneas y solo se la ve de pasada en las primeras tres temporadas. En la temporada 1, su cabello es rojo, pero en la temporada 2, se la ve con el cabello gris. No participa en reuniones ni en casi ningún otro evento. Nunca se la volvió a ver después del episodio de la temporada 3 " De regreso de las vacaciones ", pero aparentemente su escritorio y otras pertenencias todavía están en uso.

Devon White (Devon Abner) es un empleado de oficina en Relaciones con proveedores. Es un empleado de oficina que se sienta frente a Creed (quien es directamente responsable de que despidieran a Devon para salvar su propio trabajo). Devon (vestido como un vagabundo) es despedido a regañadientes por Michael en " Halloween" , y se lo toma mal, estrellando una calabaza en el auto de Michael en represalia. El episodio marca su único diálogo frente a la cámara. Cuando Michael recibe más tarde un bono de Navidad de $ 3,000 en " Fiesta de Navidad " porque Dunder Mifflin ahorró dinero al reducir su personal, considera llamar a Devon para agradecerle, diciendo "algo bueno salió de eso".

En " The Dundies " , Dwight también le advierte a Devon que su discurso sea breve. Una escena eliminada de " Diversity Day " muestra a Devon con un cartel que dice "West Nile" en la frente, mientras escapa del seminario para fumar. Una escena eliminada de " Valentine's Day " muestra a Michael caminando por la calle en la ciudad de Nueva York, cuando un peatón aparentemente sin hogar parece reconocerlo y luego lo persigue por la calle. En la siguiente escena, Michael revela que era Devon quien lo perseguía y, sin darse cuenta, reflexiona que fue agradable volver a ver a Devon y cerrar toda su historia. En el final de la serie, se revela que Dwight ha vuelto a contratar a Devon porque Dwight siempre pensó que era un buen trabajador, irónicamente para reemplazar a Creed.

Kendall (John Hartmann) es el representante de Recursos Humanos de la empresa. Fue mencionado en el episodio " The Job ", durante la entrevista de Jim, por David Wallace, quien lo llamó un "tipo de Recursos Humanos irritante", e informó a Jim que Kendall probablemente será la única persona que a Jim no le agradará, reflejando el desagrado de Michael por Toby. En " Business Ethics ", cuando Holly se entera de que Meredith está intercambiando favores sexuales por descuentos en suministros, Kendall no solo no se molesta por la noticia, sino que cree que Meredith le está haciendo un favor a la empresa y le dice enfadada a Holly que no ha logrado que le firmen los formularios de revisión y le dice que si no puede hacerlo, entonces necesitarán otra discusión. Dada la autoridad de Kendall sobre Holly, es razonable asumir que él no es simplemente el representante de Recursos Humanos de la oficina corporativa, sino un representante de Recursos Humanos de mayor rango, posiblemente el jefe del departamento.

Kendall hace su primera aparición en pantalla en " Stress Relief ", y aparece nuevamente en " Company Picnic ", en la que él y Toby hablan sobre historias pasadas de Recursos Humanos, mostrando una personalidad similar a la de Toby. Dado que era el representante de Recursos Humanos de la empresa, se presume que perdió su trabajo o fue transferido fuera de Nueva York a una nueva sucursal de Sabre que necesitaba su propia persona de Recursos Humanos a mano.

Sadiq ( Omi Vaidya ) trabaja como técnico . Aparece por primera vez en " Vigilancia de correo electrónico ", donde la gerencia lo envía para enseñarle a Michael cómo monitorear el correo electrónico de la oficina. Sadiq asiste a la barbacoa de Jim (para consternación de Michael, que no fue invitado y aún no parece confiar en los motivos de Sadiq). En " Fun Run ", Sadiq limpia un virus informático de la computadora de Pam . Es un sij , pero le molesta que solo lo clasifiquen por su religión, y dice en una reunión durante "Fun Run" que le gusta escuchar hip hop y la National Public Radio , y que está restaurando un Corvette de 1967. Cuando la empresa es adquirida por Sabre, Sadiq presumiblemente pierde su trabajo, ya que un nuevo técnico de TI, Nick, ocupa su lugar. Dwight le dice a Nick, el sucesor de Sadiq, que se va enojado, que les gustaba Sadiq por dos razones: se mantenía apartado y tenían miedo de traicionarlo porque pensaban que en realidad podría ser un terrorista.

Nick ( Nelson Franklin ) era el administrador de TI contratado por la corporación Sabre (sin embargo, Franklin hizo un cameo previo en " Job Fair " como "el chico de diseño gráfico"). Reservado pero amable, Michael lo considera un " nerd ", y el resto del personal a menudo lo trataba mal, olvidando a menudo su nombre e incluso su ocupación dentro de la oficina. Finalmente, deja su trabajo en el final de la sexta temporada , para unirse a Teach for America en Detroit, pero, después de que los empleados una vez más recuerdan mal quién es, y Dwight lo insulta, le dice a todo el personal por su mal trato hacia él y por no tener siquiera la cortesía común de tomarse el tiempo para recordar su nombre. Revela vengativamente una serie de secretos personales que varios miembros de la oficina han mantenido ocultos en sus computadoras, y les hace a todos "un dedo medio " cuando se va. Más tarde se menciona a Nick, junto con todos los demás ex administradores de TI, en " WUPHF.com ", pero solo se hace referencia a él como " gafas ", lo que demuestra que, incluso después de su iracundo encuentro final con ellos, los empleados de la sucursal de Scranton todavía no pueden recordar su nombre.

El motivo de la marcha de Nick se debió a que Franklin dejó el programa para protagonizar la serie de televisión de corta duración Traffic Light , en la que también participó el veterano de The Office, David Denman .

Tony Gardner (Mike Bruner) was a morbidly obese bespectacled employee at the Stamford branch, and is one of the six employees that were transferred to Scranton during "The Merger". Tony also has a tendency to whine, as shown in his first appearance in the "Diwali" episode, when his chips get stuck in a vending machine, and he asks Karen to use her "skinny little arms" to help him get them out. Before even meeting Tony, Dwight tries to persuade Michael to fire him on his first day in order to scare the new employees straight. On Tony's first day, he can hardly take Michael's antics, but he hits his breaking point when Michael and Dwight tried to lift his large person onto a table for an orientation demonstration (Michael refers to his leg as a "hock"). Humiliated and angry, Tony quits, admitting that he was not completely sure about transferring to begin with, but mostly blaming Michael's management style. Michael is so angry that he overrides Tony's resignation and officially fires him, which in turn angers Jan because the firing means Dunder-Mifflin now has to pay Tony a large severance. Later, in "Lecture Circuit" Michael regrets firing him and briefly considers finding him and getting closure, but reconsiders because he is "too fat", calling him "Pepperoni Tony" as Pam looks at him with undisguised disgust. Tony has a cameo appearance in Michael's film Threat Level Midnight (in the episode "Threat Level Midnight") as a pianist. In an Officetally.com Question and Answer discussion, show co-star and executive producer B. J. Novak implied that Michael did end up apologizing to Tony, by offering him a role in the movie.^[40]

Martin Nash (Wayne Wilderson) was the Supplier Relations representative at the Stamford branch, and one of the six employees transferred to Scranton in "The Merger". According to a deleted scene from "The Merger", Martin is 37 years old. Before working at Dunder Mifflin, he served time in prison after getting busted for insider trading (which Kevin says is strangely similar to what he does). However, since he was put in a minimum-security facility, Martin claims his time in prison was just really boring. When he was released, he was hired by Josh through a federal reformed convict employment program, which allows Dunder Mifflin to receive rebate checks. Michael made a bad first impression on Martin, when he told the African-American employee, "I will show you where all the slaves work". He attempted to befriend Stanley, but failed. In "The Convict", when Martin's past is revealed to the office, Michael overly stresses his trust in Martin to everyone, worried that people would see him as a racist for looking at him as an ex-convict. However, since Martin's tales from prison were generally positive, everyone actually envies his experience compared to their jobs, frustrating Michael. Martin is the second employee from the Stamford branch to leave because of Michael's management style, particularly after Michael makes his prison sentence the focal point of one of his seminars.

Hannah Smoterich-Barr (Ursula Burton) was an Accountant at the Stamford branch, and was one of the six employees transferred to Scranton. In "The Merger", Hannah had unpleasant encounters with Ryan (who found it impossible to concentrate while she was using a breast milk pump) and Creed (who photographed her left breast and made it his computer's desktop wallpaper; Michael at first thinks it's a squid eye, and when he asks how Creed was able to photograph her breast, he replies, "Right place at the right time.") In "The Convict", she dresses her infant son in pink, claiming it's his "favorite color", and is offended when anyone assumes the child is female. In "A Benihana Christmas", Hannah is one of the only employees to attend Angela's Christmas party. Hannah quits her job while Michael is on vacation at Sandals in Jamaica, after complaining of the hostile environment and claiming harassment, making her the third transferred employee from the Stamford branch to quit at Scranton. The character is very similar to Anne from the British series; both are women who have traditionally been presented as likeable and friendly on TV shows (Hannah being a new mom, Anne being pregnant), but Hannah and Anne come across as snippy and unlikeable. They also only appeared in a few episodes each, with Anne being told off for her nasty attitude, and Hannah quitting under hostile circumstances.

In the season 7 finale "Search Committee: Part 2", Jim, Toby and Gabe interview several applicants for the position that had been held by Michael Scott (and briefly filled by Deangelo Vickers). The applicants included Andy, Dwight, Kelly, and Darryl; Nellie Bertram, who was not hired but was later placed in a different position at Sabre; Robert California, who was offered the position and accepted it, only to immediately quit to become CEO of Sabre; and the following others.

• Fred Henry (Will Arnett) is a meteorologist and Navy veteran. While being interviewed, he claims that he has a three-step plan to double profits at the branch; however, it becomes clear that he is merely bluffing. However, in an interview with the camera crew, it is shown that he remains confident that he will be hired for the job (even though he does not even remember the name of the company, erroneously believing it is "Vance Refrigeration" after glancing at the building tenants list). Paul Lieberstein said at the time that Arnett would have been a top choice to really take the role, but he had filmed a pilot that was likely to get picked up by NBC after his appearance was filmed (that pilot was for the television series Up All Night).
• Merv Bronte (Ray Romano) is a sad and somewhat depressed man. When in the lobby, Robert California tries to sabotage him by telling him the office staff act like they are prisoners in a dying industry, leaving Merv to question himself if he even wants the job. While riding in the elevator he has a talking-head interview in which he confides to the cameraman "If I get this job offer, I know I'm gonna take it. And if I take it I know I'm never going to quit, and then 25 years are going to go by and...I'm gonna die here." He sabotages his own interview by acting rude and unpleasant. Confused, Toby asks if they had inadvertently done something to upset him. In another talking-head interview after his job interview, he expresses regret over believing "that weirdo in the lobby" (Robert), saying that the people in the office are the nicest people that he has ever met. He later says he feels like he sabotaged himself because he thinks he's afraid of being happy, and then reveals that he was supposed to start another job on the very day he was interviewed.
• Finger Lakes Guy (Jim Carrey) is a nasally voiced and somewhat strange man, who, according to Jim, was one of the top candidates for the job, along with Darryl and Andy. His real name is never revealed, although he is nicknamed "Finger Lakes guy" because he repeatedly mentioned, during his (unseen) interview, that if he is hired, he will need to have his first two weeks off, in order to travel to the Finger Lakes, because, as he reveals to the documentary film crew, he snuck away from his family while vacationing in the Finger Lakes in order to interview for the job, and needs to return soon, as his family will begin to worry about him, because "People disappear in the Finger Lakes."
• David Brent (Ricky Gervais) is a former office manager for Wernham Hogg Paper in Slough, England (as seen in the original UK version of the series). He appears at the beginning of the seventh-season episode "The Seminar", in which he meets Michael Scott outside an elevator, trades racist jokes with him, and asks whether there are any openings at Dunder Mifflin. In "Search Committee", he applies for the Regional Manager position via videoconferencing from the UK.
• Miserly Man (Warren Buffett) is an elderly applicant, who, during his interview, displays a very penny-pinching attitude (which is meant to parody the fact that his portrayer is a billionaire investor) and haggles with the search committee over whether the company would reimburse him for gas costs if he had to do any excessive traveling on business, then cryptically asks if Dunder Mifflin monitors long-distance phone calls.

• Carol Stills (portrayed by Nancy Carell, Steve Carell's wife) is Michael's real estate agent. She has two children. Michael entertained her kids at an ice-skating rink and she was Michael's date to the casino night. In a deleted scene, it is revealed that after "Casino Night", Michael continued seeing her over the three months in between the second and third seasons.^[41] Carol rejected Michael's marriage proposal after they had been on nine dates. In "A Benihana Christmas", after Michael gives her a Christmas card containing a family photo with Michael's face superimposed over Carol's ex-husband, she rejects his Christmas gift of two tickets to Jamaica and breaks up with him. In the episode "Sex Ed", when Michael asks Carol if he romanticizes his relationships, she says that is definitely the case. In "Finale", she has been showing Jim and Pam's house for the past two months, Pam having put the house up for sale.
• Donna Newton (Amy Pietz) is the manager of the bar "Sid & Dexter". She first appears in "Happy Hour", where she reprimands Michael for his disruptive behavior in her establishment. She asks him to leave, but he refuses, and she eventually gives up on the matter. Michael goes over to talk to her, and they argue at first, but then they engage in a conversation, and begin flirting with one another. She reappears in "Body Language", in which she visits the office in order to buy office equipment. Jim and Pam team up as her sales representatives, but their pitch is undermined by Michael's flirtatious interruptions. Michael takes over the sales presentation, but becomes unsure whether her flirtatiousness demonstrates a genuine interest in him or merely a ploy to extract a lower price. After Donna departs the office, she leaves behind a barrette, which Michael returns to her in the parking lot. Michael apologizes for his behavior, only to find that Donna is indeed interested in him, and the two kiss. In "The Cover-Up", Michael discovers their relationship is an extramarital affair. In the next episode, the office staff tells him that he should break up with her, because she is cheating on her husband. Michael rejects their pleas, but ultimately ends his relationship with Donna via a text message. In "Sex Ed", after Michael discovers that he may have herpes, he calls her, and while she is pleased to hear from him, she is mortified when he reveals his STD, as she fears that he may have transmitted it to her.
• Lucas "Luke" Cooper (Evan Peters) is the son of Michael's half-sister, from whom he had been estranged from 1995 to 2010, as a result of losing Luke in a forest as a child. In order to make amends for the incident, Michael hired him as the new office assistant sometime between the episodes "Whistleblower" and "Nepotism", although he proved inept at his new occupation. Luke is disrespectful during a meeting, so Michael loses his temper and spanks Luke, who is humiliated and tearfully leaves the office.

• Gerald (Robert Pine) and Betsy Halpert (Perry Smith) are Jim's parents. In "Frame Toby", Jim purchases their house, where he grew up, for him and Pam to live in. They first appear on-screen in "Niagara", where they attend their son's wedding to Pam. During the ceremony, Gerald can be seen wearing a kilt.
• Thomas (Blake Robbins) and Peter Halpert (Tug Coker) are Jim's obnoxious older brothers who, like him, possess a great love for practical jokes. They first appear in "Employee Transfer", in which they have lunch with their brother and his fiancée. However, unbeknownst to Jim, Pam met with them before lunch to clue them in on a prank she would be playing on him, but Tom and Pete instead decided to make fun of her interest in art, as opposed to Pam's idea of losing her engagement ring. During lunch, they make numerous insults towards her art career, causing Jim to come to her defense. After the argument escalates, Tom and Pete reveal it to be a prank, with Pam awkwardly confirming this. Afterward, Jim receives a text message from them welcoming Pam into the family, and Pam suggests they should "prank" Tom about being bald over Thanksgiving. They later reappear in "Niagara", attending Jim and Pam's wedding, for which they (along with Michael and Dwight) organize to have everyone dance down the aisle in the style of the viral video, JK Wedding Entrance Dance.
• Katy Moore (Amy Adams) is a handbag saleswoman, who stops by the office in the season one finale, "Hot Girl". Upon seeing her, both Michael and Dwight are instantly attracted to her, with Michael commenting that she is like the "Pam 6.0", and Dwight considering her to be the ideal woman. Michael and Dwight each make a move on her; Michael flirts with her aggressively, and Dwight shows interest in purchasing a handbag. However, she ignores their advances, and begins dating Jim,^[42] a relationship that only lasted for a few months. After Pam and Roy decide to set a date for their wedding, a devastated Jim breaks up with Katy in "Booze Cruise", when he ungraciously admits that the two will never be as deeply in love with each other as Roy and Pam seem to be when seeing them together. Along with Toby, Katy is a graduate of Bishop O'Hara High School, where she was a cheerleader. She bonds with Roy on the Booze Cruise, when they realize that they went to rival high schools, and she cheered at games against the football team Roy played on.^[43] According to an OfficeTally.com Question and Answer discussion with B. J. Novak, he originally wrote for her to appear in Michael's film, Threat Level Midnight, as a "floozy" that Michael's character, Michael Scarn, would have unsatisfying sex with and reflect on how much he missed his late, sexually voracious wife, Catherine Zeta-Jones Scarn. Katy would have then appeared in a subsequent talking-head interview, where she would have expressed embarrassment over the role, but also talk about how she had been interested in pursuing an acting career at the time. The character's reappearance was prevented by Adams' lack of availability.

• Helene Beesly (Shannon Cochran in Season 2, Linda Purl in Seasons 6, 7 and 9) is Pam's mother. Pam gets excited when Helene comes to visit her at work in "Sexual Harassment". Helene appears to get along with Roy very well, but is eager to meet Jim after Pam talked about him in private. In "Stress Relief", it is revealed Helene and Pam's father William are going through a rough patch in their marriage and it eventually ends in divorce after Jim confesses to William his deep and abiding love for Pam, a feeling that William never felt with Helene. In "Niagara", Helene comes to the wedding and is disturbed when William comes with a new girlfriend who is half his age. Helene takes pity on Michael when he talks about his past relationships and invites him into her room after the wedding. In "The Lover", Michael confirms to Jim and Pam that he is dating Helene, much to Pam's horror and anger. Pam maintains a hostile attitude toward their relationship until they go out to lunch for Helene's birthday in "Double Date", where she sees that Helene is happy with Michael. However, when Michael learns that Helene is turning 58 and has already done many things Michael hasn't done yet, he breaks up with her in front of Jim and Pam. In "The Delivery", Helene comes to visit Pam at the hospital after she gives birth and has an awkward moment with Michael.

Michael later visits her at a playground in "Sex Ed", where he attempts to discuss their past relationship and see if what they had was genuine. She bitterly points out his skewed sense of memory, to which Michael responds by insulting her and then walking off. Helene appears in three more episodes after that: in "Christening, where she is seen in the background attending CeCe's christening; in "The Search", with a voice-only part where she calls Jim on his cell phone to tell him that she unintentionally locked CeCe in her car (with the keys inside it); and in "Threat Level Midnight", where she is briefly seen in Michael's titular homemade film as a slutty nurse (to Pam's obvious discomfort). Helene now spends her days watching Jim and Pam's children while the two are at work. In "Lice" she inadvertently revealed that Pam, not Meredith (as everyone assumed), was responsible for spreading lice to the office after calling Pam at work to inform her that Cece's school had discovered she had lice.

Shannon Cochran portrayed Helene in "Sexual Harassment", but she was unavailable to return in Season 6 because she was committed to a 12-month stage production tour of August: Osage County, so she was replaced by Linda Purl.

• William Beesly (Rick Overton) is Pam's father. He first appears in "Stress Relief", where he stays at Pam and Jim's house after an argument with Helene. After a conversation with Jim, William decides to separate from Helene; he later reveals he was motivated by realizing he had never loved her as much as Jim loves Pam.^[44] He reappears in "Niagara", attending Jim and Pam's wedding, where he is accompanied by his considerably younger new girlfriend, whom Jim mistakes for his niece.
• Penny Beesly (Anna Camp) is Pam's sister. She appears in "Niagara", where she is the maid of honor at Pam and Jim's wedding. When Pam introduces her to Oscar and Kevin, she manages to unintentionally offend the former when she mistakes the latter for his ex, Gil. When the ceremony is interrupted by the JK Wedding Entrance Dance recreation, she is apologetic to Pam for allowing it to happen, but Pam encourages her sister to dance down the aisle along with everyone else.

Camp would later go on to star with Mindy Kaling in her show The Mindy Project.

• Sylvia (Peggy Stewart), known as "Meemaw" to her family, is Pam's conservative grandmother, whom Pam describes as the only elderly woman at her wedding "with no smile wrinkles". She first appears in "Niagara", where she travels to Niagara Falls for Jim and Pam's wedding. But, after Jim inadvertently reveals that Pam is pregnant, she refuses to attend, until Michael is able to convince her to do so by falsely telling her that Jim and Pam will name their baby after her (or "Sylvio", if it is a boy). She reappears in "Christening", where she attends CeCe's christening.
• Alex (Rich Sommer) is a student at the Pratt Institute in New York City who quickly befriends Pam during her summer internship. The two share a couple of jokes about two of the professors in "Weight Loss". He makes another appearance in "Customer Survey", where he tries to convince Pam to not return to Scranton, but instead stay in New York to pursue her career in art. It is indicated that he is attracted to Pam, and that he views Jim the same way Jim viewed Roy. In an interview with USA Today, Sommer revealed that his character was originally intended to be a potential roadblock for Jim and Pam's relationship, but fan reaction to this storyline was so overwhelmingly negative, that the writers abandoned the idea.^[45]
• Isabel Poreba (Kelen Coleman) is a dental hygienist who attends Jim and Pam's wedding as a bridesmaid, where she has sex with Dwight. The night before the wedding, she takes a liking to Dwight when he talks about his farm and the two end up having a one-night stand. She develops a crush on Dwight, which shocks Pam. However, Dwight blows her off on the day of the wedding when she tries to talk to him. In "The Delivery", Isabel visits Pam and Jim in the hospital after Pam gives birth, where they find that Pam had breastfed the wrong baby. Isabel leaves to drop some food at Jim and Pam's house where Dwight is fixing their kitchen. Dwight is surprised and asks if he could come in for a cleaning. In "Happy Hour", she and Dwight start to get to know each other better as the two share similar interests (Isabel's older brothers are police officers or are serving in the USMC). Dwight decides Isabel would be better suited to have his children than Angela, with whom he had entered into a contract to have a child. When Dwight calls off the contract, Angela confronts Dwight and Isabel in the parking lot. Isabel smacks Angela on the head and scares her off. Dwight calls her an "impressive specimen" and passionately kisses her. It is presumed their relationship did not last as she has not been seen or mentioned since then.

• Cecelia Marie "CeCe" Halpert (portrayed by Mia Cavolic and twins Baily and Sienna Strull) is Jim and Pam's daughter, in real life named after Jenna Fischer's niece. Pam's pregnancy is discovered in the fifth-season finale "Company Picnic", and she gives birth to CeCe in the sixth-season episode, "The Delivery", on March 4, 2010, after 19 hours of labor. Jim jokingly states that CeCe was conceived in a porta-potty at Burning Man. CeCe makes appearances in several episodes throughout the sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth seasons.
• Philip Halpert is Pam and Jim's infant son, named after Pam's grandfather (to Angela's rage, as she wanted Pam to give up the name so she could have it for herself in tribute to her favorite cat). In the eighth-season premiere, Pam is approximately eight months pregnant, and she and Jim reveal to the camera crew that they are expecting a boy. Unlike with his older sister, there was no episode focusing on Philip's birth; it was instead announced on a blog.^[46]

• Mose Schrute (portrayed by writer Michael Schur) is Dwight's cousin, who lives with Dwight at the Schrute family beet farm. In "The Injury", Michael refers to Mose as Dwight's "weirdo cousin" who is "27 years old [and has] never left the beet farm." Mose wears an Amish-esque beard and clothing, and speaks and behaves in a very naive and childlike manner, at times even appearing mentally unstable and very socially awkward. The source of his mental imbalance was somewhat explained in the episode "St. Patrick's Day", when Dwight explains to the camera crew, "I didn't see my father for the first two years of my life. I thought my mother was my father, and my wet nurse was my mother... Turned out fine for me. But Mose, same story... different ending". In "Money", Dwight informs Jim that Mose has had nightmares ever since "the storm". In the same episode, Mose is also shown, in the background, throwing manure at Dwight in the beet fields. Like Dwight, Mose is a skilled table tennis player, as seen at the end of "The Deposition". In "Did I Stutter?", Dwight's organizational chart shows Mose (who is not even employed at the office) is in charge of Heindl, Shirley, Vater, and Mutter. "Vater" and "Mutter" are German for "father" and "mother", and Heindl and Shirley are Dwight's uncle and aunt. In "Jury Duty", Dwight says that Mose has never been taught what sex is. In "Tallahassee", Dwight records a message for his presumed son, Phillip Lipton, and states that, if he dies, Phillip is the rightful inheritor of Schrute Farms, but warns him to kill Mose, before Mose can kill him.

Mose first appears in "Initiation", in which he takes part in Dwight's misguided attempts to haze Ryan at Schrute Farms. After Ryan storms off, Dwight attempts to present him with a whittling that Mose made, which is in the shape of the Venus of Willendorf. He later appears in "Money", and in the fourth season finale, "Goodbye, Toby", in which he assists Dwight with placing a raccoon in Holly Flax's car. He also appears in "The Surplus", and in the cold open of "Koi Pond". In "Counseling", he is seen painting the Daycare Center Dwight is planning to open in the building. He also appears in the eighth season episode "Garden Party", where, in the role as valet, he forcibly takes Toby's keys and parks the car in a field; he is later shown attempting to jump over a row of cars on a motorbike, in the style of Evel Knievel. In the season 8 finale, "Free Family Portrait Studio", he is used as a distraction to get Angela off of Dwight's tail on his way to the hospital to get the DNA testing of her son's feces, in an attempt to prove that he is indeed the father. In the episode "Junior Salesman", Mose is a candidate for the eponymous position, but flees from the building during his interview when Dwight points out a lie on his resumé that Mose used to work at the Dow Chemical Company. In a prior talking-head interview, Dwight talked about how he believed Mose would be a good fit for the job, as he has papyrophobia (fear of paper), which would motivate him to sell as much paper as he could in order to get rid of it. A comment from Dwight's aunt, Shirley, in "Moving On", implies that, at one point, he had a sexual relationship with a "lady scarecrow".

• Fannie Schrute (Majandra Delfino) is Dwight's younger sister, who appeared in the ninth-season episode "The Farm". Described as an attractive and urban, if somewhat pseudo-intellectual, liberal woman with an ironic sense of humor but a great heart,^[47] Fannie left Schrute farms in favor of a city life in Boston. She is now divorced, and appears to have full custody of her young son, Cameron, as he stated to Dwight that he has never met his father. While she is the only one of her siblings who is fully opposed to running her aunt Shirley's estate (as Jeb flip-flops between wanting to and not), after she sees that Dwight and Cameron have bonded, she agrees to return to home to run the property with her siblings, though both she and Jeb let Dwight take on the responsibility of managing it.
• Jeb Schrute (Thomas Middleditch) is Dwight's ne'er-do-well younger brother. After leaving the army, he traveled to northern California, where he purchased a 9-acre pot farm (albeit unknowingly). After the death of his aunt Shirley, he moves back home to Pennsylvania with his siblings in order to care for her estate. Jeb is first mentioned by his brother in "Dwight Christmas", and appears alongside him via a family photograph from 1982. He made his first live appearance in "The Farm".
• Cameron Whitman (Blake Garrett Rosenthal) is Fannie's son and Dwight's nerdy and slightly weird 9-year-old nephew. While at first, Dwight is more or less disgusted with him and his city slicker ways, the two later bond when he teaches him how to milk a goat. He appeared in the episode "The Farm".
• Zeke Schrute (Matt Jones) is Dwight's cousin and Mose's brother, and the self-appointed comedian of the family (since Dwight was the "cool kid" growing up and Mose was "the visionary"). He first appears in the episode "Junior Salesman", interviewing to be Jim's part-time replacement, and reappears in "The Farm".
• Shirley (Mary Gillis) was Mose's and Zeke's mother and Dwight's aunt, whom he considered to be the closest thing he had to a mom (as his own was very cold and distant, and, ironically, he considered her to be the closest thing he had to an aunt). She makes her first appearance in "Moving On", in which Dwight acquires the help of Angela in order to bathe her. Initially, he wants to merely take his aunt out and spray her with a hose, but Angela talks him into letting her do it in a more dignified manner, and through the process, the two begin to remember their feelings for each other, something that they do not realize they are experiencing mutually until Shirley playfully comments on the chemistry between them. In the subsequent episode, Dwight announces that she has passed on, and, later on, at the funeral, Dwight and his siblings receive a shock when they learn that she willed her estate to them. Their inheritance was to serve as the catalyst for Dwight leaving Dunder Mifflin, in order for Wilson to star in his own spin-off about the character running the farm. Upon review of the episode, however, NBC decided not to pick it up.
• Heinrich Manheim (Tom Bower) is the Schrute siblings' manipulative, avaricious, malevolent, unhinged and very likely Nazi war criminal great uncle, who was to be a major character in Dwight's spin-off "The Farm".^[48] His part was cut from the NBC broadcast of the episode, but he appears in a deleted scene, threatening to kill Dwight unless he relinquishes his inheritance to him, which Dwight fails to take seriously.^[49]
• Henry Bruegger (Allan Havey) is a somewhat stoic neighboring Brussels sprout farmer, who appears in "The Farm", briefly pulling up in his truck to pay his respects at Shirley's funeral. He reappears in the subsequent episode, in which he tries to rope Dwight into co-leasing a tractor with him.
• Esther Bruegger (Nora Kirkpatrick) is one of Henry's five daughters, who appears in "The Farm". She and Dwight are shown flirting at Shirley's funeral, and later in the episode, when everyone is outside on the porch, playing The Decemberists' Sons and Daughters, Dwight drops a pair of crows' beaks at the feet of Esther – signaling his desire to court her. Following tradition, Esther reciprocates by crushing the beaks with her boot. She reappears in "Promos", visiting Dwight at the office with her sisters and father, the latter of whom tries to get Dwight to co-lease a tractor with him. However, she later explains to Dwight that her father really is trying to take advantage of him, and suggests a better deal he should make, affirming that her feelings for him are genuine and that she was not using him, as Clark had believed and warned the fellow Salesman.
• Rolf Ahl (James Urbaniak) is introduced in the season 5 finale "Company Picnic" as Dwight's new best friend. Dwight claims to have met him in a shoe store after having heard him "asking for a shoe that could increase his speed and not leave any tracks". Rolf and Dwight appear to share very similar personalities and interests. However, Rolf is much more outspoken than Dwight and at one point during the volleyball game has to be quieted by Dwight after telling David Wallace and Charles Miner from corporate that "You suckers are goin down! They're gonna wipe their asses with your serves! Piss all over your faces!". Dwight is also not happy when Rolf insults Angela for the second time during the volleyball game, by calling her a whore, and he is told by Dwight to "knock it off", a demand to which he (grudgingly) assents. Rolf is also seen again in the episode "The Delivery", where he helps Dwight remodel Jim and Pam's kitchen. Three seasons later, in "Junior Salesman", he interviews for the titular position. Dwight initially believes he would be perfect for the job, however, it soon becomes evident to him that he is not cut out for the paper business. After all of Dwight's applicants leave the office, angry that not one of them were chosen, Rolf warns Dwight not to open any suspicious packages he will be receiving, before backpedaling and telling him to go right ahead, unconvincingly claiming that they are "totally safe". Rolf later appears in the finale at Dwight's bachelor party alongside Mose and Gabor, showing his feud with Dwight was ultimately short-lived.
• Trevor Bortmen (Chris Gethard) is a friend of Dwight's. He works as a self-licensed and self-employed Private Investigator, and, like Dwight, is a former volunteer sheriff, having been fired from the force for reasons unknown. He makes his debut in "The Target", in which Angela hires him to kill Oscar after she finds out about his affair with her husband. While Trevor concedes that her request is "a little crazy", he agrees to the job. However, after Dwight objects to the murder, he convinces Angela to opt for a kneecapping instead. Trevor later arrives at the office, posing as a sandwich delivery man (with the lead pipe he placed in the sandwich being clearly visible), and pursues both Dwight and Oscar after the former rushes the latter out from the building. He manages to ambush the pair outside, but is hesitant once it is time to actually attack Oscar, giving the Accountant the opportunity to take away his weapon, causing Trevor to flee. He later reappears in "Junior Salesman", as one of Dwight's original applicants for the position of being Jim's part-time replacement, however, during his interview, he immediately effaces any confidence Dwight had in him that he would be suitable for the job.
• Melvina Whitaker^[50] (Beth Grant) is Dwight's former babysitter. She debuts in "Dinner Party", in which she acts like his date in order for the Salesman to attend the couples-only dinner held by Michael and Jan (though he maintains that their relationship is purely carnal). After the tension between the two hosts erupts, she decides she wants to leave, but Dwight refuses to give her a ride home; he later passes her by at a bus stop in a seedy-looking neighborhood while driving Michael to his farm. She reappears years later in the ninth season, applying to be a Junior Salesman at the office, but is ultimately passed on.
• Ira Glicksberg (Lance Krall) is Dwight's karate sensei, who referees a sparring match between Dwight and Michael, in season 2's "The Fight". He makes a reappearance in the ninth season, interviewing for the position of a junior Salesman, in the episode of the same name. According to his resume released by NBC.com, he was at one point in his life so obese that he worked as a sumo wrestler.^[38]
• Gabor Csupczyk (Eric Wareheim) is an old friend of Dwight's who was a classmate of his at Chuck Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters. According to Dwight, the whole program was actually a con to shanghai the students into doing menial labor, something which Gabor remains oblivious to, believing normal abilities he possesses to be superpowers (e.g. hearing at night and making dogs understand where he points). In his resume, it mentions that he attended Scranton Community College until he was expelled after an accusation that he was using his "psychic powers" to cheat, and that he is the founder (as well as sole member) of The Mutant Fellowship for The Good of All Man Kind.^[51]
• Wolf von Weyler (Will McCormack) is a mentally disturbed friend of Dwight's, who appears as one of his sponsored applicants in "Junior Salesman". He has some homicidal tendencies; Dwight mentioned that Wolf has executed him during their paintball games at point blank range multiple times, even when they were on the same team.

• Robert Lipton (Jack Coleman), often referred to as "The Senator" by Angela, is a Republican Pennsylvania state senator who resides in Scranton. He first appears in "WUPHF.com", where he meets Angela at Dwight's hay festival. The two begin dating shortly after that, and Lipton eventually proposes to her in the seventh-season finale. At the start of the eighth season, they are now married, and she is pregnant with his child, whom she gives birth to in "Jury Duty".

Lipton is a widower, mentioning in his debut episode that his wife has been deceased for a few years. He is also shown to have a young son. However, despite his previous marriage, it was strongly implied in various episodes that Lipton was actually a closeted homosexual, with Oscar several times pointing this out to the cameras. The episode "Fundraiser" hinted that he had become attracted to Oscar, which is later confirmed in "Free Family Portrait Studio", when he asks him why he did not call him after the event, and heavily alludes to his supposed homosexuality.

The two later begin an affair throughout the ninth season, which Angela discovers in "The Whale", briefly causing a rift between Angela and Oscar. The episode "Vandalism" establishes that she has remained with him, although only as a trophy wife. When the TV series documentary about the Scranton branch is being publicized, Angela and Oscar realize that the senator will be outed as his and Oscar's affair was also documented. Angela later speaks with the senator, who agrees to hold a press conference, and leaves Angela with the impression that they'll suppress any news of his affair with Oscar. However, the senator comes out of the closet live on the press conference to Angela's shock. The senator publicly thanks Oscar for coming to terms with his sexuality, only to blindside Oscar when it's discovered that the senator is in love with his Chief of Staff. As a result, Angela divorces the senator and ends up in a bad living situation thereafter.

• Phillip Halsted Schrute is Angela's infant son, whom she named after her favorite cat. She gives birth to him in the episode "Jury Duty". However, despite Angela's claim that he was born prematurely, Phillip weighs 9 lb 7 oz (4.3 kg). Angela eventually admits to Oscar that she is lying about the date of conception, as Phillip was conceived out of wedlock. After Dwight is informed of this information, he privately confronts Angela that it is highly probable that he is Phillip's biological father, as he and Angela had sex around the time Phillip was conceived. In "Tallahassee", Dwight reveals that, after he dies, Phillip will inherit Schrute Farms. In the season eight finale, Dwight steals one of Phillip's soiled diapers and takes it to a hospital in order to run the DNA test, to find out if he is the child's father. In the ninth-season premiere, "New Guys", it is revealed that he is not. (A fact which confounded fans due to the fact that NBC deleted a scene where Dwight ponders if he accidentally stole Philip Halpert's diaper instead.) When the senator comes out of the closet, he and Angela divorce, prompting Angela and Philip to move into a studio apartment. In A.A.R.M., when Dwight babysits Phillip, he begins to have suspicions once again, however Angela denies this. However, when Dwight proposes to Angela at the end of episode, it is revealed that Dwight is in fact Phillip's father, as confirmed by Angela.
• Bandit, formerly named "Garbage" by Mose (due to the animal's habit of eating garbage), is one of Angela's cats. He first appears in "Dunder Mifflin Infinity", where, after Dwight captures the feral animal from his barn, he presents him to Angela, in an attempt to make up for mercy-killing her cat, Sprinkles. However, Angela declines the gift, and Dwight gets rid of Bandit by releasing him into Bob Vance's office. Andy later captures the cat in the Warehouse, in the episode "Money", and gives him to Angela, which, this time, she accepts. Bandit later reappears in "Stress Relief", when Dwight sets the office on fire, and Angela grabs the cat (who was sleeping in a desk drawer) and yells to Oscar, who is climbing in the ceiling, to save her pet. Unfortunately, when she throws him up to Oscar, Oscar fails to catch him, and Bandit falls through the ceiling. While it was unknown if Bandit had survived the fall, he is later confirmed to be alive, when he makes a cameo in "Two Weeks", chewing on a copier cord. He makes another cameo in "The Delivery", when Jim, proving to the camera crew that he can put a diaper on anything, does so to Bandit, angering Angela. In the ninth-season episode Paper Airplanes, it is implied that Bandit died sometime between them, as she has a cat named Bandit 2.
• Rachael Martin (Rachael Harris) is Angela's sister. In "A Benihana Christmas", Angela reveals to the camera crew that she and her sister have not spoken in sixteen years over "some disagreement, I don't even remember." By final season the two have made amends off-screen, and she attends Angela's bachelorette party and serves as her maid-of-honor at her wedding.

• Walter Bernard, Sr. (Stephen Collins) and Ellen Bernard (Dee Wallace) are Andy's affluent, ritzy, fastidious parents, who view Andy as a disappointment, and as such, treat him with disdain. The two debuted in "Goodbye, Toby", where they attended Toby's farewell party, and also witnessed Andy's proposal to Angela (although, in this episode, they are portrayed by different, uncredited actors, and Walter is named "Andrew", just like his eldest son). Several years later, they reappear in the episode "Garden Party", where they attend Andy's garden party at Schrute Farms, along with Walter, Jr. After Andy becomes frustrated with his father and brother, Walter confronts Andy about his "obnoxious attitude", which he turns into a browbeating, as he tells Andy to stop seeking his approval, because he is not impressed that he is the "manager of some rinky dink branch". During "Angry Andy", Andy calls his father and tells him of Nellie Bertram stealing his job. It is implied that Walter refers to the job as a demotion to Andy, who is visibly defensive. However, shortly after this, Andy has an anger outburst, and picks the phone and finally stands up to his father, yelling "Dad, go to hell, I'm taller than you!" before hanging up on him. In the ninth season, Walter, Sr. bankrupts his family when he takes all of their money and flees to Argentina with his mistress; Andy then springs into action and sells off all of Walter's left-behind assets so that Ellen will have money to live on, and does so with such effectiveness that both Pam and Darryl express surprise at how competent he was at handling this crisis (though he balks for a long time at selling the family's most lucrative remaining asset, a boat, for personal reasons before he finally agrees the sale has to happen).
• Walter Bernard, Jr. (Josh Groban) is Andy's successful, talented younger brother, who is the favored child of Walter, Sr. and Ellen. He is first mentioned in "The Delivery", and later appears in "Garden Party", where he attends Andy's garden party at Schrute Farms, although his presence quickly makes Andy feel insecure and upstaged. However, he does seem to treat Andy with more respect than their parents do. In "After Hours", Andy mentions that his brother has gotten a boat. He returns in the episode "The Boat", where he has since become an alcoholic after his father took all of the family's money and left them in shambles. Andy discovers him passed out in the liquor closet of the family's boat (as Junior wanted to get the first relapse out of the way before checking into rehab), and then invites him on his trip to the Caribbean, as a way to sober him up and also spend some quality time with him.
• Jessica (Eleanor Seigler) is an assistant cross country coach at Bryn Mawr College, and Andy's ex-girlfriend. She is first mentioned in "Spooked", with Andy confiding in Erin that, while she has never come by the office, as per his request, as he believes it would make Erin uncomfortable, he is now worried that she is not calling him. Andy admits that things are "serious" between them, the two having gone on 31 dates.^[52] In "Christmas Wishes", Andy invites her to the office Christmas party. An emotionally confused Erin tries to be nice to Jessica, but ends up drinking too much at the party. In a drunken stupor, she tells Andy that her Christmas wish is for Jessica to die. Offended, he tells her to get over their breakup before storming off.^[53] In "Pool Party", Andy states in a talking-head interview, that his parents met Jessica, and were extremely impressed with her. So much so, that they gave Andy a Bernard family ring for him to use to propose to her with (although, Ellen took out the main diamond, as she felt it would be better suited for Walter, Jr.). Later, Andy brings Jessica to CEO Robert California's pool party at his mansion.^[54] In a deleted scene from that episode, she tells the camera crew that she and her brother were the "chicken fight champions" of their swimming club, and reveals that she grew up in West Hartford, Connecticut.^[55] She has a cameo in the episode "Special Project", where she and Andy are seen happily carpooling together, and in "Tallahassee", she calls him after quitting time at the office. However, in "Last Day in Florida", upon learning that Erin is not returning to Scranton, Andy realizes that he is, indeed, still in love with Erin, and not with Jessica. In "Get the Girl", Andy drives down to Florida to win Erin back, and the two rekindle their former relationship. The aftermath of this is addressed in the subsequent episode, "Welcome Party", in which Erin and Andy travel to Jessica's family's log cabin in order for him to break up with Jessica, but they are surprised to encounter Jessica and her friends having a bachelorette party. To make the break up less awkward, Andy initially tells Jessica that he is gay, but he later returns with Erin and tells the party that he and Erin are together, despite his earlier claim to Jessica that Erin was not "relationship material".^[56]
• Here Comes Treble is a Cornell college a cappella group, of which Andy was a member of and makes frequent references to. The group members, besides Andy (who was nicknamed "Boner Champ"), were "Carl 1" and "Carl 2" (who have not spoken to one another since their civil union ended), "Jingle Jangle", "Sandwich", "Doobie" (who now works as a bus driver), "Pubey Lewis & the News", "Sparerib", "Hopscotch", "Lunchbox", and "Broccoli Rob" Blatt. In the show's final Halloween episode, Andy becomes angry with Rob (portrayed by Stephen Colbert, via Skype) when he learns from the latest roster of Here Comes Treble (who he invited to perform for the office during the Halloween party) that he told the new group his nickname was "Boner Champ" and that his signature song was George Michael's "Faith", both of which were actually Andy's.

• Reed (Sean Davis) is Erin's foster brother. The two lived together in an orphanage, from ages 10–12 and 15–18, and now share a house. He appears in "St. Patrick's Day", in which he interrupts Erin and Andy's date, and his behavior around his foster sister makes Andy feel uncomfortable.^[57]
• Irene (Georgia Engel) is a kind, elderly woman, who resides in Tallahassee. She first appears in "Test the Store", in which she befriends Erin, after Erin was ordered to remove a group of senior citizens from the Sabre store,^[58] and in "Last Day in Florida", it is revealed that Irene has hired her as a live-in maid, although Erin quickly proves herself to be fairly incompetent at this new occupation, a fact which Irene soon becomes painfully aware of.^[26] In her final appearance, Andy travels from Scranton to her home, in an attempt to win back Erin, and stays for a while. While Irene initially treats Andy with disdain, after Erin informs him that she does not love him and will not be coming with him, Irene privately tells Erin that she is making a mistake, and that she should go with him. Erin is surprised at this, since Irene acted so coldly to him, but she tells Erin that she was merely trying to protect her, and that she now realizes that Andy is a decent guy.^[27]

A subtle recurring gag is that, despite her age, Irene has been shown to be fairly intelligent when it comes to electronics, a trait that her grandson, Glenn, also seems to possess.

• Glenn (Brad Morris) is Irene's lethargic, middle-aged, unkempt and complaining grandson, who, as of "Get the Girl", is living with Irene, because he has run out of money. Glenn first appears in a deleted scene from "Last Day in Florida" (in which he is considerably more polite and immaculate), where Irene introduces Erin to him, and he asks her out on a date, which Erin accepts.^[59] However, it did not develop into a relationship, although the two appear to remain on good terms. When Erin decides to go back to Scranton, she worries about Irene and Glenn's well-being, but Irene assures her that they will be fine, and informs Erin that Glenn is going to sue Home Depot, because he somehow managed to get his foreskin caught on some of their lawn furniture.^[27]

• Jada Philbin (Taylar Hollomon) is Darryl's daughter, to whom he makes several references throughout the earlier seasons of the show, with Darryl referring to her as the most important person in his life. Jada is officially introduced in "Classy Christmas" with Darryl trying to make the office Christmas party fun for her, which initially becomes disastrous. Jada wants to meet Santa Claus to tell him what she wants for Christmas. With Darryl's help, the two buy up all the snack chip bags in the vending machine and pass them out as gifts to the rest of the staff. Although Michael accidentally ruins Santa Claus by providing his own take on it, he later makes amends and dresses as the traditional Santa and has Jada tell him her list. She later appears in "Search Committee" when Darryl tries to make an impression on Jim by having Jada hug him in front of the staff, as a bid to get Darryl hired as the regional branch manager.
• Justine (Erica Vittina Phillips) is Darryl's ex-wife, whom he had been on bad terms with, even speaking crudely and poorly of her to Kevin, who repeats his remarks verbatim at a staff meeting. The two are parents to Jada. Their relationship seems to be initially terrible, with the two seemingly at odds with each other in "Classy Christmas", when Darryl blames Justine for not letting his daughter spend time with him on Christmas. However, the two seem to reconnect in "The Incentive", and begin dating, bringing joy to Darryl. But the relationship is short-lived when during "Lotto", Justine calls Darryl to personally congratulate a former warehouse employee working under Darryl. It's indicated that Justine was dating him before after having his number in her old cell phone, and asks Darryl for his number again. An offended Darryl hangs up on her. In "Spooked", it is confirmed that the two have split up yet again.
• Gwyneth Philbin (Jahmilla Jackson) is Darryl's younger sister, who closely resembles him. She makes her debut in the episode "The Meeting", in which Dwight and Toby, who are staking out by Darryl's house to investigate whether or not he is really on crutches and unable to work, see her walking around, and assume that it is Darryl. Toby then calls "him" an asshole, causing Gwyneth to turn around and the two to realize that it is not Darryl. She and her brother later confront the pair at the office, and Darryl exclaims that he is filing a complaint against them. She makes a cameo in "Training Day", where Darryl has her buy him cowboy attire and deliver it to him in the parking lot, after he learns that new branch manager Deangelo likes the Southwest.

• Stacey (Trish Gates) was Kevin's frequently mentioned, but rarely seen, fiancée. She was the fourth woman to whom Kevin proposed, but the first to accept. He was very happy about the outcome, although he secretly considered her a second choice to one of the other women, Melissa Riley.^[60] Stacey has one daughter, named Abby (portrayed by Greg Daniels' daughter, Haley Daniels), whom Kevin brings to the office, in the episode "Take Your Daughter to Work Day".

Stacey first appears in "The Dundies", attending the event of the same name, alongside Kevin. She later appears in the episodes "E-mail Surveillance", in which she attends Jim's barbecue party, and in "Phyllis' Wedding", in which she attends Phyllis' wedding. In "Valentine's Day", Kevin indicates that he and Stacey are beginning to have problems in their relationship, and admits that she will, at times, leave Scranton without telling him where she is going. Later, in the episode "Cocktails", Kevin claims that they have set a date for their wedding, but when Kelly asks him when the date is, he states that "It's complicated", and becomes very defensive about the subject. In "Chair Model", Kevin reveals that Stacey broke up with him, and that the two are on bad terms. In "Blood Drive", he reveals how Stacey ended their relationship: Kevin had casually told her that he believed that the Philadelphia Eagles could win the NFC East, and she abruptly stated "we're done".

• Lynn (Lisa K. Wyatt) is Kevin's love interest in the fifth season. She first appears in "Blood Drive", attending the singles mixer that Michael organizes. Kevin becomes attracted to her shortly after they meet, but is awkward talking to her. He later apologizes, stating that he becomes nervous around "pretty girls", which flatters her, and she gives him her e-mail address. In "Golden Ticket", Kevin is given greatly disparate advice on wooing her, but he ultimately succeeds when asks her to dinner and a movie. In "Cafe Disco", Lynn is seen passionately kissing him; however, in a deleted scene, Kevin tells the camera crew that he and Lynn had broken up. She is later mentioned in "The Delivery", when Kevin declares that, compared to Erin, "Lynn was way hotter".

• Gil (Tom Chick) is Oscar's former boyfriend. He first appears in the episode, "The Secret", when Dwight goes to Oscar's house to see if Oscar really is sick with the flu. Even though Oscar and Gil are obviously in a relationship, Dwight is oblivious to this.^[61] He reappears in "Gay Witch Hunt", during which, even though Michael had discovered that Oscar was gay, Michael believes that Gil is just Oscar's roommate. In order to make sure that Oscar does not sue the company after Michael reveals his sexuality to the staff, Jan gives Oscar a three-month paid vacation, and Oscar tells the camera crew that he and Gil will be traveling to Europe. Gil is later seen in "A Benihana Christmas", in which he and Oscar return to the office, but, upon seeing what the Christmas party is like, decide that it is "too soon" to return, and quietly leave, unnoticed by the staff. In "Business School", Gil and Oscar attend Pam's art show, but Gil expresses his disdain for her art, unaware that Pam is standing right behind him.^[62]

In "Beach Games", Oscar reveals that he is planning to end his relationship with Gil.^[63] Gil is not mentioned again until "Niagara", when Pam's sister, Penny, mistakes Kevin for him. The episode "Get the Girl" also implies that Oscar may regret his decision to break up with Gil, as he wistfully reminisces about the time when he and Gil were still together, and then sadly states that they "were so happy then".

• Ravi (Sendhil Ramamurthy) is a pediatrician and Kelly's boyfriend. His first appearance is in the eighth-season episode "Angry Andy", where Pam tells the camera crew that she set Ravi and Kelly up, in hopes of helping Kelly to forget about Ryan. Throughout the episode, Ryan makes several attempts to win Kelly back, eventually renting a horse and proclaiming his love to Kelly. She responds by saying she is in love with Ravi, but hopes to stay friends. They hug goodbye, but start passionately kissing. However, despite this, in "Free Family Portrait Studio", it is revealed that she is still dating Ravi, instead of Ryan. In the ninth-season premiere, "New Guys", Toby reveals to the film crew that Kelly and Ravi are now engaged and have moved to Ohio, after Ravi got a job as a pediatrics professor at Miami University. He returns in the series final as Kelly's fiancé, but she leaves him for Ryan, who distracts Ravi by giving his baby an allergic reaction. He later gives the baby to Kevin while he calls Child Services.

• Melissa Hudson (Jazz Raycole) is Stanley's teenage daughter from his first marriage. Her character is first seen in "Sexual Harassment", when Michael mistakenly refers to a photo of Melissa on Stanley's desk as a "centerfold in the Catholic schoolgirl's outfit."^[64] In "Take Your Daughter to Work Day", Stanley brings her to the office. She develops an infatuation with Ryan, which causes Kelly to become jealous. Kelly alerts Stanley, who screams at the terrified Ryan about his "motives".^[3] Melissa appears in a deleted scene from "Cocktails", where she comes to "Poor Richard's" and strikes up a conversation with Ryan, but he does not recognize her. Once Stanley notices the two talking, he begins yelling at Ryan.^[65]
• Terri Hudson (Joanne Carlsen) was Stanley's second and now ex-wife, who works as an interior decorator. In "The Dundies", Michael assumes that she is not Stanley's wife because she is white. In "Booze Cruise", she accompanies Stanley on the Booze Cruise boat. In "Phyllis' Wedding", she attends the wedding with Stanley. In "Stress Relief", she attends Michael's roast. "Take Your Daughter to Work Day" implies that Terri that she does not have a good relationship with her stepdaughter; When Pam mistakenly refers to Terri as her mother, Melissa becomes hostile and sharply corrects Pam.

In the sixth season premiere, Michael discovers that Stanley has been cheating on Terri with a woman named Cynthia. At the end of the episode, Michael talks to Terri on the phone and accidentally calls her Cynthia, which confirms her suspicions that Stanley is having an affair. It is presumed that she leaves him, as Stanley smashes Michael's car in anger; their separation is confirmed in later episodes, when he begins to date Cynthia publicly.

• Cynthia (Algerita Wynn Lewis) is the woman with whom Stanley has an affair. Originally, she was his nurse during his rehabilitation, but the two eventually developed a romance, despite their marriages. Soon after their affair is discovered, in "Gossip", Stanley decides to end their relationship, as he did not want to cheat on his wife any longer, but after Terri leaves him, he stays with Cynthia. She makes her first appearance in "Niagara", where she and Stanley attend Jim and Pam's wedding and both join in the dance down the aisle, and later reappears in "Andy's Play", attending a local production of Sweeney Todd, that Andy is performing in. In a deleted scene from the episode, she unintentionally makes Phyllis jealous by quickly forming a friendly relationship with Bob Vance, leading Phyllis to call her a "home-wrecking slut" in a talking-head interview.^[66] Cynthia also appears with Stanley in the episodes "Christening" and "Garden Party".

• Robert "Bob" Vance (Robert R. Shafer) is Phyllis Lapin-Vance's husband and the owner of Vance Refrigeration, a neighboring tenant in the office park. He often introduces himself as "Bob Vance, Vance Refrigeration" in order to plug his business. He is seen for the first time as Phyllis' boyfriend in "Christmas Party" and introduces himself to Kevin, Stanley, and Ryan in exactly that manner individually even though they were all standing next to each other. This leads Ryan to jokingly ask "So...what line of work are you in, Bob?" On Valentine's Day, he sent a number of gifts to Phyllis at the office—signed "Bob Vance, Vance Refrigeration". He also supplied a mini-fridge as a "Casino Night" prize. In "Gay Witch Hunt", Michael suggests that Phyllis may be a lesbian, at which point she announces that she and Bob are engaged. In "Initiation", he referred to Michael and Stanley as "a pair of Marys" after they ordered Phyllis to get to the back of the pretzel line, instead of letting her cut in with Bob. He is a friendly and helpful neighbor to Dunder Mifflin, including offering to pump the employees' car tires back full of air after Michael had flattened them in an attempt to create office camaraderie in "The Merger". When word gets out that the Scranton branch is shutting down, Bob offers to buy the Dunder Mifflin warehouse, therefore allowing all the workers there to keep their jobs. In "Ben Franklin" a bachelor party is held for him in the Dunder Mifflin warehouse before his wedding, but he refuses to be entertained by the stripper Michael hires. He marries Phyllis in "Phyllis' Wedding", to which all her coworkers are invited, and kicks Michael out after an embarrassing toast. Even in the wedding, he is referred to as "Bob Vance, Vance Refrigeration" during their vows. In a deleted scene from "Women's Appreciation", he comes to the Dunder Mifflin office to comfort Phyllis after she is flashed, then takes her for a walk to calm her nerves. He is portrayed as an attentive and dedicated husband who is deeply in love with Phyllis. In a deleted scene from the wedding episode, Phyllis mentions "baby mama drama" because Bob's other family from Ho Chi Minh City is coming in, but this has not been mentioned otherwise. In "Crime Aid", Bob attends Michael's auction intent on winning the Bruce Springsteen tickets, but after a spirited bidding war with Dwight, ends up buying a hug from Phyllis for $1000. In "Blood Drive", he refers to Michael, Dwight, and Andy as "that jackass", "that other jackass" and "that new jackass" respectively. In "Secret Santa", Phyllis threatens to "get Bob involved" to resolve her Santa role rivalry with Michael. Jim is confused about what Bob would do at first, but appears mildly alarmed when Phyllis recants, "Never mind, I shouldn't have said that".
• Elbert Lapin (Hansford Rowe) is Phyllis' elderly, wheelchair user father. He appears in "Phyllis' Wedding", where he attends his daughter's wedding ceremony, and manages to build up the strength to walk Phyllis down the aisle, something which makes Michael feel upstaged, as he was pushing Elbert's wheelchair. Elbert's brother, Phyllis' Uncle Al, suffers from dementia and is mistaken for a wedding crasher by Dwight in "Phyllis' Wedding". Additionally, Phyllis' mother is mentioned in "Garage Sale" when Phyllis tells Holly Flax that she has recently moved her into assisted living.

• Jake Palmer (portrayed by Spencer Daniels) is Meredith's disrespectful and trouble-making son, whom she brings to the office in "Take Your Daughter to Work Day", after he is suspended from his school. During his time at the office, he is very rude to the staff, particularly Dwight, whom he addresses as "Mr. Poop". In order to demonstrate to Angela that he capable of enforcing discipline, Dwight is finally stern with Jake, calling him "a horrible little latchkey kid", something which upsets the child. Near the end of the episode, he appears to be somewhat humbled by Dwight's insult, and he bonds with Pam, declaring that her job as receptionist is "awesome". He is later mentioned in "Fun Run", when, after it is discovered Meredith has rabies, Dwight suggests that, instead of spending their money on a ceremony for Michael's fun run to raise awareness of the disease, they should instead put together a college fund for Jake. Michael then replies "Have you met that kid? He's not going to college". Jake reappears in a deleted scene from "Company Picnic", where Meredith brings him to the Dunder Mifflin company picnic, and, after he insults her, she locks him in her car for the remainder of the day. In "Get the Girl", Meredith reveals that Jake, at some point between the fifth and eighth seasons, has gotten a face tattoo. A now-adult Jake (now seen with Chinese symbols tattooed on his face and neck) makes a cameo in "Free Family Portrait Studio", taking a family portrait with Meredith. He angrily asks Meredith to just smile for the picture, but she snaps back that she does not want to. In the series finale, it's revealed that Jake has become a male stripper and performs at Angela's bachelorette party, which everyone but Meredith finds awkward.

• Sasha Flenderson (Delaney Ruth Farrell) is Toby's daughter, whom he often mentions. In "Take Your Daughter to Work Day", Toby brings her to the office, and she and Michael quickly bond.^[3] In "Moroccan Christmas", her voice is heard over the phone when Toby calls and asks her if she has ever heard of the "Princess Unicorn" doll.^[67] In a deleted scene from "WUPHF.com", a now-teenage Sasha appears in a web chat with her father, during which she unintentionally upsets him by revealing that her mother has a new boyfriend.^[68] Sasha later makes a cameo in "Free Family Portrait Studio", taking a family portrait with her father.

• Rory Flenderson (portrayed by writer and producer Warren Lieberstein, Paul Lieberstein's real life brother) is Toby's brother, who resides in Boulder, Colorado. He appears in "Goodbye, Michael", dressed similarly to his brother, in which he talks to Toby, via video chat, and gets excited about Michael moving to Colorado, after Toby tells him that he thinks, rather implausibly, the two would "hit it off, in an odd way".
• Kathy Becker is implied to be Toby's ex-wife. She never appears in the show. In [1], Toby said he was in the seminary and dropped out so he could have sex with a woman named Kathy. They married, had a daughter, eventually divorcing before the start of the series. While she is rarely referenced by name, Michael often pokes fun at the fact that Toby is a divorced man.

• Art Gould is Jan's ex-husband. Their separation is revealed in "The Client", with Jan eventually admitting that it was due to her desire to have children and his desire not to. In a deleted scene from "Performance Review", Michael calls Gould for advice on his "relationship" with Jan, but Gould is offended that Michael would call him about such an issue.
• Astrid Levinson, nicknamed "Assy" by her mother, is Jan's daughter, with whom she became impregnated from an artificial insemination via a sperm bank. Astrid is first seen when Jan brings her to the office in the episode "Baby Shower". In a deleted scene from the episode, Jan discovers that Kevin donated sperm to the same sperm bank she went to and is horrified at the possibility that he might be Astrid's biological father. Astrid is seen again in "Sex Ed", although she is considerably older than she was in her previous appearance.

• Kenny Anderson (Michael Patrick McGill) is Roy's brother. He is first mentioned in "The Client", when Pam reveals that he accompanied his brother on Roy and Pam's first date. He makes his first appearance in "Business School", attending Pam's art show, alongside Roy, and reappears in "Cocktails", in which he accompanies Roy to "Poor Richard's" for a night of drinking with Pam and her co-workers. When Pam confesses to Roy that Jim kissed her (in the episode "Casino Night"), Roy becomes enraged, and he and Kenny start wrecking the bar. To dissuade the owners from calling the police, Kenny pays them off with money he got from selling his Jet Skis. Years later, Kenny appears in "Roy's Wedding", where he tells his brother to "stop wasting time" talking with Jim (whom he refers to as "Haircut"), and rubs Roy's success in Jim's face by mentioning that he now owns a fifty-thousand dollar sports car.
• Lara (Sara Chase) is Roy's wife. The two married exactly a year after they met, in the episode "Roy's Wedding". In Roy's wedding toast, he reveals that when he first met Lara, he believed her to be his waitress, but three weeks later, she revealed to him that she was actually the owner of the establishment where he had been eating. In honor of her being his "beautiful mystery girl", he surprises her by revealing that he has learned to play piano, and performs "She's Got a Way" by Billy Joel for her.

• Dan (portrayed by Dan Goor)^[69] is Karen's husband, who works as a dermatologist. The two met in a bar, and they later married after Karen was transferred to the Utica branch. By the time of the episode "Lecture Circuit", Karen is already eight months pregnant with his child. Dan later makes a cameo in the episode "Threat Level Midnight"; he can be seen very briefly in the background during Karen's talking-head interview.

• Mr. and Mrs. Flax (voiced by uncredited actors) are Holly's parents, who reside in Boulder, Colorado. Mr. Flax is also the reason that Holly and Michael move to Colorado, as, during a phone conversation, she notices that he seems mentally disoriented.

• Rachel Wallace (Jean Villepique) is David Wallace's wife. She first appears in "Cocktails", in which she is forced to deal with Michael and Dwight's antics, and later reappears in "Sabre", in which it is implied that her relationship with David has been strained since he was fired from Dunder Mifflin.
• Teddy Wallace (portrayed by Greg Daniels's son, Owen Daniels), is David and Rachel's young son. He makes his first appearance in "Cocktails", and later reappears in "Sabre", in which he loudly plays his drum set during Michael's visit to David's house.

• Susan California (Maura Tierney) is Robert's third and now ex-wife. She appears in the episode "Mrs. California", in which she arrives at the office, looking for a job. However, unbeknownst to her, Robert secretly orders Andy not to hire her. After she requests a job as an Accountant, Andy claims that the office is already fully staffed, but, in contrast to his previous request, Robert insists that she be given a job, which Andy does, much to Robert's dismay. Later, she eventually realizes that Robert did not want her working at the office, and the two end up in a discussion about his dishonesty. Later, after work, she meets Andy in the parking lot, and, to his surprise, she asks him out on a date. In the subsequent episode, "Pool Party", it is revealed that Susan and Robert are getting divorced. In her debut episode, Susan notes in an interview that she met Robert when she was a secretary at a company he acquired, and that he cheated on his second wife when they began seeing each other.
• Bert California (David Mazouz) is Robert's adolescent son, who shares some of his father's peculiar personality traits. He appears in "Spooked", in which he accompanies Robert to the office Halloween party, and soon bonds with Dwight, due to their similar interests and opinions.

Hank Tate (Hugh Dane), also known as Hank the security guard, is head of security at the office park. Hank is quiet and stern, and unenthusiastically carries out his duties from his desk at the front door of the office park. Since Dwight purchased the building, Hank's duties have expanded to include running “Dwight’s Caffeine Corner” the ramshackle coffee counter that was installed in the lobby which serves coffee and baked goods for unreasonable prices. He is first seen sitting at his desk as Michael exits the building at the end of "Halloween". In "Drug Testing", Michael "pulls a few strings" and makes Dwight official Security Supervisor for the Dunder Mifflin Scranton branch. In "Night Out", Jim forgets to let Hank know that the office workers would be working late and Hank locks them and their cars behind the parking lot's gate. Unsure of Hank's name, Jim calls Hank's number on Toby's cell phone to ask him to come and unlock the gate. The other office workers realize that they never tipped Hank last Christmas (Jim forgot to collect it) and Hank will probably not come help them. Later, the Scranton Business Park cleaning crew arrives to unlock the gate, and Hank arrives some time later to find everyone had left without notifying him. When Toby Flenderson leaves the office at the end of Season 4, Michael brings Hank to escort him out, to Toby's annoyance. He plays the guitar in "Crime Aid" while selling CD's to help repay for the robbery; he uses the stage name "Hank Doyle". Hank is also called upon by Michael to decide what the Dunder Mifflin staff should do with extra money in "The Surplus" but is abruptly dismissed after not being able to make a quick decision. During "Two Weeks", Hank is ordered by Charles Miner to physically remove Michael from the office, which becomes slightly awkward for Hank. He also owns a 1/8 share of a rental property in Pittson, of which Dwight is 1/8 proud. During the Finale Table Read on the Season 9 DVD, Hank's last name is said to be "Doyle".

Hank was heavily featured in a deleted cold open intended for the series finale.^[70] The scene, which was cut due to its length, sees Hank play "Dorpheus" in an elaborate prank by Jim and Pam to trick Dwight into believing the Matrix is real. The plan backfires, however, when Dwight elects to take the blue pill rather than the red pill as Jim expected. The complete, deleted scene was released on YouTube on January 1, 2021, and features a dedication at the end to the since deceased Hugh Dane.^[71]

William "Billy" Merchant (Marcus A. York) is the property manager of Scranton Business Park, the office park in which the Dunder-Mifflin Scranton branch office is located. Billy is physically disabled, and has used a wheelchair since the age of four. Throughout his appearances, he is seen as a calm and professional man, and seems to disregard Michael's immaturity and rudeness, while still extending generosity to him. He first appears in "The Injury", in which Michael, after having burned his foot on a George Foreman Grill, invites Billy to the office to speak about being disabled. While there, Michael's remarks offend Billy, causing him to leave, and while departing, he informs Jim that Dwight might have a serious concussion. Billy reappears in the episode "Casino Night", attending the event of the same name, with his girlfriend, whom Michael mistakes for his nurse. In "Initiation", it is revealed that, once a year, Billy arranges for a pretzel cart to be brought into the lobby of the Scranton Business Park to give away free pretzels, "as a thank-you for [the] loyal tenants". In "Fun Run", he participates in Michael's fun run, and eventually passes Michael, later in the race. In "Dream Team", he assists Michael in setting up an office (which is essentially a janitorial closet) for his new paper company. Billy is neither mentioned nor seen after Dwight purchased the building at end of Season 6. Billy shares his last name with original series co-creator Stephen Merchant.

Leo and Gino (portrayed by writers Gene Stupnitsky and Lee Eisenberg, respectively) are deliverymen for Vance Refrigeration. The two first appear in a deleted scene from "Halloween", in which they attempt to gain the attention of the camera crew, while riding in an elevator with Michael,^[72] and reappear in "Valentine's Day", delivering Phyllis's Valentine's Day gifts from Bob Vance,^[73] and, in a deleted scene, flirting with Pam.^[74] In a deleted scene from "Drug Testing", it is revealed that Leo and Gino were responsible for smoking the joint that was found in the parking lot.^[75] In "Goodbye, Toby", the two assist Phyllis in organizing Toby's farewell party. In "Frame Toby", they con Michael out of 500 dollars by selling him what he believes to be marijuana, but is actually a bag of Caprese salad.^[76] In "Cafe Disco", when Kelly and Erin start dancing in Michael's Cafe Disco, Leo and Gino are shown to be eager to dance with them.^[77] Gino also makes a cameo appearance in "Threat Level Midnight", acting in Michael's movie of the same name, portraying a bar patron.

Brenda Matlowe (Brenda Withers) is a corporate trainer, who is sent to the Scranton branch to evaluate Michael's "Leadership Training Exercise", in the episode "Booze Cruise". In "The Carpet", Jim leaves her a voicemail, in which he asks her out on a date. In a deleted scene from "Drug Testing", she calls Jim back. However, as he is jinxed by Pam, he cannot answer. In a talking-head interview, he writes on a piece of paper, "She'll call back". Brenda was not referenced again for the remainder of the show.

Vikram (Ranjit Chowdhry) is a sales representative who worked with Michael at the Lipophedrine diet pill telemarketing company. Vikram is Indian and claims he was a surgeon back in India. He is a wise and diligent worker, seen winning the sales bonus at the telemarketing company and concerned about losing prime selling hours during his brief membership in the Michael Scott Paper Company. He is first seen in the episode "Money" when Michael tries telemarketing at night to earn extra income. He is friendly towards Michael, sharing his dinners and giving him good advice. Michael later recruits Vikram to work in his own company in "Dream Team" only to have Vikram give up on the idea and return to his job after finding out how ill-conceived Michael's plan was.

Al Brown^[a] (played by producer/writer Larry Wilmore) is a consultant sent by corporate to mediate a healthy discussion of diversity issues with the office staff after receiving complaints about Michael's inflammatory impersonation of a Chris Rock speech, in the episode "Diversity Day". Mr. Brown is later seen in "Gay Witch Hunt", giving the Stamford branch the same diversity training he gave the Scranton Branch; he alludes to incidents at the Scranton branch as the reason he is in Stamford.

Elizabeth (Jackie Debatin) is a stripper whom Dwight hired to be the "entertainment" at Bob Vance's bachelor party in "Ben Franklin". After both Bob and Michael refuse to accept lap dances from her, Dwight has her sit at Oscar's vacant desk to answer phones for the day. When Michael feels bad about betraying Jan, he asks Elizabeth (referring to her as "stripper") whether he should tell her. She replies, "Secret secrets are no fun, secret secrets hurt someone". When the office needs a medical person to receive a check for the proceeds of their fund-raiser, Elizabeth is hired to come back dressed as a "nurse" and receive Michael's check to help cure rabies during the Season 4 opener, "Fun Run". She is later seen flirting with Darryl. She returns in the series finale as the stripper at Dwight's bachelor party, and Dwight confuses her for a waitress.

Fern Widgale (portrayed by Office showrunner, writer and series developer Greg Daniels) is Michael's snippety neighbor who resides in a condominium near Michael's former one. He appears in a deleted scene from the episode "Office Olympics", in which he encounters Michael and Dwight, and is perturbed by Michael's personality. When asked what his profession is, he replies that he sells yarn, something that Michael and Dwight cannot help laughing at.^[78]

In a 2008 Office Comic Con panel, it was revealed that Fern is gay, and writer Lester Lewis stated that he portrayed the character's boyfriend, but that his part was cut.^[79]

There is a child actor in Threat Level Midnight with a similar name (Ferd Winkdale).

The Prince Family, consisting of members Roger Prince, Sr. (Dan Desmond), who started the company after returning from the Vietnam War; his wife Linda (Sharon Blackwood); their son Roger Jr. (Dan Bakkedahl), and Roger Jr.'s young daughter Rebecca (Emily Rae Argenti), operate a rival paper company somewhere near the Scranton region. In "Prince Family Paper", David Wallace asks Michael to investigate Prince Paper; when Michael visits the company, posing as a potential customer, the remarkably kind and overly trusting family gives him a list of their best clients to use as a reference, which Dwight eventually coerces Michael to send to David Wallace.^[80] In "Two Weeks", Michael calls Prince Paper, and is greeted with a voicemail recording revealing that the company has gone out of business.^[81]

Brandon (Jerry Minor) is Val's boyfriend. Brandon owns his own restaurant, and is prone to extreme agitation and jealously if he thinks someone is attempting to court Val. He is first introduced in "Special Project", when he calls Darryl asking for the address of the Warehouse, so that he may send flowers to his girlfriend. However, Val later tells Darryl that the flowers were from her mother, despite him pointing out the caller had had a deep voice and said his name was Brandon, possibly indicating that Val is interested in Darryl. Brandon makes his first appearance in "After Hours", in which he arrives at the office and accuses Darryl of having an affair with Val, after having read Darryl's text messages to her, although Val eventually convinces him there is nothing going on between her and Darryl. Brandon reappears in "Free Family Portrait Studio", in which he visits Val at the Warehouse, and overhears Darryl talking positively about her. Once again, he accuses him of being interested in her, but this time, Darryl admits to pursuing her. Later in the episode, Val joins Darryl and his daughter when they are having their family portrait taken, and she takes his hand in hers, suggesting that she is leaving Brandon for him. This is confirmed in the subsequent season, during which she is shown to be dating Darryl.

Justin Spitzer (Stephen Saux) is a character first seen on a date at the Hibachi table in the episode "A Benihana Christmas". In "Crime Aid", Justin bids in the warehouse auction and he can also be seen in "Goodbye, Michael", exiting the elevator with a delivery man as Michael leaves the office for the last time. This character was named after The Office writer Justin Spitzer, who went on to create and produce the NBC sitcom Superstore.

Megan (Elvy Yost) is a high school student, who appears in a deleted scene from the episode "Job Fair", where she is interested in an internship at Dunder Mifflin, but turned away by Oscar, who is attempting to spare her from the presumed misery she would endure by working at the office.^[82] She later reappears in "Gossip", as one of the three summer interns at the Scranton branch, where, true to Oscar's prediction, she, along with her fellow interns, suffers from the antics of the staff.^[83]

Deborah Shoshlefski (April Eden) was a model, with whom Michael became enamored, in the episode "Chair Model", after seeing her in an office supply catalog. Dwight tracks her down for him, but discovers that she is now deceased, having crashed her car into an airplane hangar while under the influence of cannabis. Michael is devastated by the news, and, wanting closure, later visits her gravesite along with Dwight (which culminates with the two singing American Pie together throughout the night and unintentionally dancing on her grave).

According to her tombstone, she was born in 1966, and died in 2003.^[84]

Tom Witochkin (Greg Tuculescu) is a former childhood friend of Jim's. He appears in "The Seminar", attending Andy's seminar on starting a small business, where his presence causes Jim, who was originally one of the guest speakers, to abruptly pull out and spend all day outside of the office. Pam later forces him to explain why he is acting so strange, and he reveals Tom's past friendship with him, and that he and Tom were placed in separate reading groups in school, with Jim being in the superior one. After his mother told him to spend time with his "smart" friends, Jim told Tom that his mother "thinks [he's] too dumb to hang out with". Jim eventually bumps into him in the break room, and attempts to laugh off their history, but Tom mocks Jim for not being as successful as his superior intellect would have indicated, using the snarky remark, "Where's your jet pack, Zuckerberg?".

George Howard Skub, nicknamed "The Scranton Strangler" by the media, is a serial killer who, as his moniker would suggest, strangles his victims. Although never seen on-screen, he has been referred to several times, starting with the sixth season episode "The Delivery", in which a newspaper headline reads "The Scranton Strangler Strikes Again". In a deleted scene from "Happy Hour", Michael tries to impersonate the Scranton Strangler to impress Pam's friend. In "Body Language", Dwight talks to Kelly about the best possible move to fight the Scranton Strangler. In the seventh season episode "Costume Contest", Dwight dresses like the Strangler for Halloween. In the opening of "Viewing Party", the office staff are watching a live broadcast of a police chase of the Scranton Strangler, and they get excited when the cars pass by on the road in front of the office building. In "Classy Christmas", Toby is chosen as a juror for the Scranton Strangler's trial, which forces him to take a leave of absence and results in Holly Flax being appointed his temporary replacement. In "Michael's Last Dundies", Toby states that the man he helped convict as the Scranton Strangler has been sentenced to the death penalty, but that Toby is starting to have second thoughts about whether or not the man was actually guilty. The Strangler is not mentioned again until the ninth season Christmas episode "Dwight Christmas", in which Toby reveals the name of the convicted murderer, whom he still believes to be innocent. A few episodes later, however, in "Moving On", after Nellie tells Toby to either do something about it or stop talking, he goes to see Skub in prison, and is nearly strangled, finally putting to rest the mystery of whether the right man was convicted.

Gordon (Andrew Daly) is an impersonator hired by Jim to portray Ben Franklin in the eponymous episode. He is introduced by Michael to the female staff, during which he mistakenly remarks that Ben Franklin was a president. Gordon, in character, replies "I never was president", but Michael insists that Ben Franklin was, thinking that Gordon is breaking character. Initially underwhelmed by his presence, the ladies find Gordon quite fun. Jim tries to convince Dwight that Gordon is the real Ben Franklin; to prove Jim wrong, Dwight asks Gordon questions relevant to Franklin’s time, but Gordon answers without hesitation. Gordon breaks character in order to hit on Pam, but Pam is not interested.

The documentary film crew is a camera crew that has been filming the lives of the Dunder Mifflin Scranton branch employees since the beginning of the series. Their presence has been met with widely different reactions and levels of comfort from the people they film, although, over the course of the series, the staff has gradually grown to accept the crew's presence as a part of their environment.

The crew often intrudes on the personal lives of the office workers, such as filming at social or private events, and have been known to take rather extreme measures in order to capture footage, sometimes secretly filming the employees, even if they tell the crew that they do not want to be on camera. While they mainly observe the action around them, the camera operators have, on occasion, intervened, such as when Pam asks one to alert her if they see any indications to suggest that Dwight and Angela are in a relationship, which the camera operator does,^[85] or when the crew shows Jim and Pam recent footage of the two kissing, in order to elicit an explanation from them.^[86] However, they have also done the exact opposite, even in critical situations, such as when Dwight tricks his co-workers into believing that the building is on fire, and the crew neglects to inform everyone that it is just a safety drill even though it results in a massive panic, and a member of the crew gets trampled by the staff.^[87]

While they remain mostly unseen, the crew members have appeared in the background in the episodes "Health Care", "Office Olympics", "The Fire", "The Fight", "The Secret", "Branch Wars","Survivor Man", and "Customer Survey". The ninth-season premiere marked the first time the audience has heard one of them speak, as when Pam and Jim finish their interview outlining their summer, Pam brings up the crew's lengthy stay at the office, asking the cameraman "Don't you guys have everything? I mean, it's just a paper company", to which the interviewer (voiced by David Rogers) replies "Well, we're more following you guys, to see how you turn out".

During a 2007 Writer's Block Question and Answer session at The Office Convention, the writers half-jokingly suggested that the original reason for the camera crew filming the staff's lives was to see how the Dunder Mifflin Scranton branch handled the suicide of a co-worker (that employee being Tom Peets), but the crew changed its focus upon realizing that the daily events in the office would make a more captivating documentary.^[88]

Brian (Chris Diamantopoulos) was the film crew's boom operator. He was not seen until the episode "Customer Loyalty", in which he comforts a tearful Pam after a fight with Jim, ordering the cameras to be shut off while doing so. In “Junior Salesman”, Pam apologizes to him, as his actions caused him to be reprimanded by his superiors, although he tells her not to feel guilty about it. In "Vandalism", Brian is fired from the documentary after breaking protocol by hitting the warehouse worker Frank across the face with his mic when it appears that he is going to physically assault Pam. Shortly after his termination, he tells Pam that, should she ever need anything, to just let him know, leaving her grateful, but confused. In "Couples Discount", the Halperts plan to have lunch with Brian and his wife, Alyssa, to thank him for protecting Pam from Frank. When they arrive, they are surprised to be meeting only with Brian, who reveals that he is getting a divorce. He and his wife had been fighting for a while. In "Promos", Pam visits Brian at his apartment, and tells him that upon seeing the old footage she thinks Jim's feelings for her have largely faded, and Brian agrees. When she asks about what the crew filmed, he tells her that every important moment was captured even when not wearing their microphones. Realizing the extent to which their privacy has been violated, Pam storms out of Brian's house.

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