Brian Baumgartner portrays Dunder Mifflin Paper accountant Kevin Malone on NBC's "The Office."

Baumgartner's recent television appearances include roles on "Jake in Progress," "Arrested Development" and "Everwood." He is currently filming the romantic comedy “License to Wed,” opposite Robin Williams, John Krasinski and Mandy Moore.

Before moving to Los Angeles, Baumgartner served as Artistic Director of Hidden Theatre in Minneapolis, where he received multiple awards for artistic and acting excellence. In addition, Baumgartner performed regionally at the Guthrie Theater, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Children's Theater Company and Theatre de la Jeune Lune, which were all special Tony Award recipients.

Baumgartner was born in Atlanta, Georgia. He studied acting in college at the Meadows School of the Arts at Southern Methodist University.