34 Facts About Ed Helms

Edward Parker Helms was born on January 24,1974 and is an American actor, musician and comedian.

Ed Helms played paper salesman Andy Bernard in the NBC sitcom The Office, and starred as Stuart "Stu" Price in The Hangover trilogy.

Ed Helms later starred in the comedy series Rutherford Falls, which he co-wrote.

Ed Helms has starred in dramatic films and comedic films such as Cedar Rapids, Jeff Who Lives at Home, We're the Millers, Vacation, Chappaquiddick, A Futile and Stupid Gesture, Tag and Together Together.

Ed Helms provided his voice to the animated films Everyone's Hero, Monsters vs Aliens, The Lorax, Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie and Ron's Gone Wrong.

Ed Helms has received six Screen Actors Guild Award nominations for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series winning in 2008.

Ed Helms received a Writers Guild of America Award for Best Writing for a Comedy or Variety Special for The Fake News with Ted Nelms.

Ed Helms is of English, Irish, German, Dutch and French descent.

Ed Helms had open-heart surgery at age 13 to correct a severe congenital heart defect involving supravalvular aortic and pulmonic stenosis.

Ed Helms attended Interlochen Center for the Arts as a youth and graduated in 1992 from The Westminster Schools, one year after The Office castmate Brian Baumgartner.

Ed Helms entered Oberlin College as a geology major, but graduated in 1996 with a Bachelor of Arts in film theory and technology.

Ed Helms spent a semester as an exchange student at New York University Tisch School of the Arts.

Ed Helms has contributed to the "This Week in God" segment.

Ed Helms left the show in 2006, but occasionally returned for brief appearances over the next two years.

Ed Helms occasionally narrated the "Prescott Group" educational films on sister series The Colbert Report.

Ed Helms was a series regular starting with the 3rd season.

In February 2007, NBC announced that Ed Helms had been promoted to series regular on The Office, and in February 2010 Ed Helms was added to the show's opening credits.

Ed Helms quickly became a solidifying part of the cast, and one of the show's producers.

Ed Helms has appeared on such television shows as The Mindy Project, Wilfred, NTSF:SD:SUV, Tanner on Tanner, Childrens Hospital, Arrested Development, and Cheap Seats, and in various Comedy Central specials.

Ed Helms was the celebrity guest on the August 3,2015 survival-skills reality show Running Wild with Bear Grylls, coming to grips with his fear of heights on the Colorado Mountains.

Ed Helms has done commercial voiceover work in campaigns for Burger King, Doritos, Hotels.

Ed Helms plays guitar, banjo, piano, as well as a sitar, in some of his entertainment performances.

Ed Helms co-created the Peacock sitcom Rutherford Falls with Sierra Teller Ornelas and Michael Schur.

Ed Helms co-starred in the blockbuster The Hangover and its sequels The Hangover Part II and The Hangover Part III as Stuart "Stu" Price, a dentist.

Also in 2015 Ed Helms starred in Jessie Nelson's movie, Love the Coopers.

Ed Helms voiced the titular character in the DreamWorks animated film Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie.

Ed Helms is in a bluegrass band called The Lonesome Trio with friends Ian Riggs and Jacob Tilove.

Ed Helms is a self-confessed "bluegrass nerd" and founded the annual LA Bluegrass Situation festival.

Ed Helms launched his own production company, Pacific Electric Picture Company, in 2013.

Ed Helms had a two-year development deal with Universal Television.

In 2024, Ed Helms participated with his partner, Michael Falbo at Pacific Electric Picture Company, in SeriesFest 11's Storytellers Initiative to discover episodic content featuring uplifting and heartwarming comedies.

Ed Helms is a board member at RepresentUs, a non-profit group that works to pass anti-corruption laws in the United States.

Ed Helms partnered with VoteRiders in 2022 to encourage volunteers to write letters and send texts to registered voters to let them know how to overcome voter ID barriers that could prevent them from casting a ballot.

Ed Helms is married and, on several occasions, mentioned that he has one daughter.