Actor-Inspired Element: Steve Carell conceived a lot of Michael Scott's character arc, including Michael getting into a relationship with Jan Levinson, ...

The Dunder-Mifflin crew decided to join Oscar for a bar trivia game. Meanwhile, Dwight Schrute wants to talk to Robert California.

Actor-Shared Background: Like Ricky Gervais, David Brent is a failed rock star. Breakthrough Hit: Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant became Household Names, ...

Harpo Does Something Funny: Steve Carell, Rainn Wilson, and Ed Helms were told the path they needed to take through the set and left to do whatever they felt ...

Cast the Expert: The show borrowed a real Benihana for the restaurant scenes. Chad Yodvisotsak, who played the chef, was an actual chef at the restaurant, with ...

Disabled Character, Disabled Actor: Marcus A. York, who plays Billy Merchant, was paraplegic and also used a wheelchair. Working Title: "My ...

A page for describing Trivia: Office USS 1 E 3 Health Care. Acting for Two: The coal mine tour guide that Michael talks to over the phone is voiced by Creed ...

What Could Have Been: Originally, one of Pam's watercolor paintings was supposed to be a depiction of a church. Joss Whedon had it replaced with the painting of ...

A page for describing Trivia: Office USS 6 E 10 Murder. The Cast Showoff: Atlanta native Ed Helms displays his firsthand knowledge of regional Georgia …

Enforced Method Acting: While Steve Carell knew from the script there was a song planned, he was excluded from rehearsals and heard it for the first time during ...