Brian Baumgartner

Brian Baumgartner is an American actor born on November 29, 1972, in Atlanta, Georgia. He attended Holy Innocents' Episcopal School and graduated from The Westminster Schools in 1991. Baumgartner is best known for his role as Kevin Malone in the NBC sitcom The Office, which aired from 2005 to 2013. Prior to his success on The Office, he competed in competitive speech events and drama, reaching the national finals in his senior year of high school. Baumgartner attended Northwestern University's National High School Institute for theater before earning his theater degree from Southern Methodist University in 1995. He later became the Artistic Director of Hidden Theatre in Minneapolis and received numerous awards for his artistic and acting excellence.