18 Facts About Paul Lieberstein

Paul Bevan Lieberstein was born on February 22,1967 and is an American actor, screenwriter, television director and television producer.

Paul Lieberstein served as the series' showrunner from seasons five to eight.

Paul Lieberstein attended Staples High School where he wrote his first sitcom with some friends and played the vibraphone in the band.

Paul Lieberstein then attended Hamilton College, where he joined Chi Psi and graduated in 1989 with a major in economics.

Paul Lieberstein wrote references to the fact that Office character Andy Bernard was a Chi Psi from Cornell into the storyline of several episodes of the show.

Paul Lieberstein followed that with part-time work at his father's law firm, "working as little as [he] could so [he] could write".

Paul Lieberstein landed his first writing job on Clarissa Explains It All, but was fired after one season when he and his writing partner split up.

Paul Lieberstein then had short stints in a few other writer rooms, including Weird Science and The Naked Truth, before his brother-in-law Greg Daniels asked him to join the King of the Hill staff.

Paul Lieberstein was a co-executive producer for 25 episodes in Season 6 of The Drew Carey Show, and a supervising producer for two episodes in that season: the season-opening "Drew Pops Something on Kate", and "Buzzie Wuzzie Liked His Beer".

Paul Lieberstein was a producer on the third and final season of the television drama series The Newsroom.

In 2018, Paul Lieberstein wrote and directed his first feature film, Song of Back and Neck, which made it into Tribeca Film Festival.

On June 12,2008, Variety magazine reported that Paul Lieberstein would become one of the executive producers of The Office.

Paul Lieberstein worked in the writer's room from the start of the US adaptation and was asked by Greg Daniels to act as well, as Daniels wanted some of the writers to know what it was like on the other side of the camera.

Paul Lieberstein has said he "attended 'The Office' acting school" and was often thrown by Steve Carell's improv during scenes.

Paul Lieberstein was set to be the showrunner, but in October 2012, it was announced that NBC was not accepting the series.

Paul Lieberstein married Janine Serafin Poreba on July 19,2008, at the New York City restaurant Battery Gardens.

Paul Lieberstein has served on the advisory board of directors for Young Storytellers, an arts education nonprofit organization based in Los Angeles.

Paul Lieberstein received an Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts degree from Hamilton College on May 22,2011.