What The Cast Of The Office Looks Like Today

There's little doubt that it was the flawless performance delivered by none other than Steve Carell as Michael Scott that gave this show the wings it needed to fly. Carell's character was the glue that held everything together. He even won a Golden Globe in 2006 specifically for his work on the first season.

But of course, Carell's career arc was not solely defined by the series. By the time the first season of The Office rolled around, he had already made a splash in several films, including Bruce Almighty and Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, he continued to do quite a bit of extracurricular acting during his time on the show, and he hasn't slowed down since he left in 2011, taking on other roles in well-known movies like Foxcatcher, The Big Short, and playing lead voices in Horton Hears a Who and the Despicable Me movies.

Oh, and did we mention that his wife was and still is Nancy Walls? Sound familiar? That's right, Walls also happens to be his girlfriend Carol from the earlier seasons of the show. Yeah, that's pretty cool.

Next in line, we have lovable prankster Jim Halpert. A defining part of the show from day one, on both the comedy and the drama side of the aisle, his romance with Pam and his endless, antagonistic friendship with Dwight were hallmark elements of the show.

While Krasinski's star has risen to unbelievable heights, he was a bit of a nobody when he was cast. He started at Brown University and spent time teaching English in Costa Rica before he moved on to acting. He was making ends meet as a waiter and doing commercials and minor roles when he hit his big break with The Office... in spite of the fact that he accidentally insulted Greg Daniels (the show's executive producer) in the process.

Since The Office, Krasinski's only increased his career momentum. Among a host of other accomplishments, he's become a film producer (credits include the Academy Award-winning Manchester by the Sea, which he helped hatch the story for); he also produced, directed, and starred in the hit thriller A Quiet Place (alongside his wife Emily Blunt) and had the lead role in Amazon Prime's original series Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan. He was even named one of Time Magazine's "Most Influential People of 2018." You can read the writeup (penned by Chris Pratt) here.

Always trying to keep a low profile, get as little done as possible, and just make it to that retirement package, Leslie David Baker's Stanley Hudson was a consistent Office highlight.

As for Mr. Baker himself, his life onscreen has been rather muted since his breakout role as a paper salesman. Before landing The Office, Baker had played a number of smaller roles, but he was hardly a known figure when he was launched into the limelight in the pilot episode of The Office in 2005. While Baker has maintained a trickle of smaller appearances since Stanley retired in Florida, his acting hasn't been prolific. He played Curtis on Still the King and more recently appeared in The Happytime Murders. He also played voice roles in Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie and Puppy Dog Pals.

Perhaps Baker's best two moves since The Office made him a familiar face have come in the form of an Office-inspired commercial for FileMaker and a robe-rocking, middle-ages crisis music video for his 2011 debut single, "2 Be Simple."

Sitting across from Kevin Malone was the rigid Angela Martin, often adorned in gray and always obsessed with her cats. Her on-again, off-again romance happily ended with Angela Martin becoming the traditionally and fiercely matriarchal Angela Schrute, but where has miss Kinsey moved on to?

Kinsey's early life was about as unique as they come. Raised in Indonesia (yes, she speaks Indonesian!), she built up a career with roles on hits like Step by Step and King of the Hill before landing her role on The Office. After faithfully sticking with the show through all nine seasons, Kinsey has since steadily continued to act in numerous roles, from New Girl to Hulu's comedy series The Hotwives of Orlando and The Hotwives of Las Vegas. She also created a huge buzz (and an entire Instagram account) when she bought a jacket in a vending machine... you read that right, a vending machine. She's also still besties with Jenna Fischer, which is pretty sweet.

Sure, she might have been The Office's resident drunk, but come on, she was getting her Ph.D. in School Psychology for the first seven seasons of the show. It was just her college years! Regardless, Meredith's character became defined by awkward-yet-hilarious moments that seemed to always revolve around alcohol and sex.

Meredith portrayer Kate Flannery was seen in a number of smaller roles before The Office and, like John Krasinski, was waiting tables when she got the role. She had a wise lack of confidence in the longevity of the new show, not quitting her job until the second season. However, after that, she was off to the races. Since The Office ended, Flannery has appeared in numerous shows, including Brooklyn Nine-Nine, New Girl, and OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes. In addition, amongst other things, she's continued to tour with her cult comedy lounge act The Lampshades and helped out with Jane Lynch's Christmas album A Swingin' Little Christmas. The duo took their act on the road in 2018, debuting their stage show Two Lost Souls.

From his sarcastic, rude, elitist personality to his nearly constant desire to quit his job, which manifested in tirades furiously uttered in Español, the character of Oscar Martinez had a spectacular character arc over the show's lifespan.

Oscar Nuñez is a Cuban-born actor whose career started with work in the Shock of the Funny theater company and the Groundlings. He kicked off his onscreen career with a minor role in Curb Your Enthusiasm, but, as with so many of his other Office co-stars, the man's true popularity came when he got a job at Dunder Mifflin. During his time on the show, Nuñez took on the side gig of judging the 2010 Miss USA Contest where he stirred things up with his questions. Since The Office wrapped up in 2013, he's remained busy appearing on numerous shows, including a 2018 gig as a contestant on Worst Cooks in America: Celebrity Edition, which should prove a nice change of pace from the whole accountant thing.

You can't talk about Ryan Howard without including Kelly Kapoor. The two struggled through a manipulatively messy relationship that stretched from one end of the show to the other, all as the characters proved immune to any form of learning from their mistakes.

Kelly Kapoor portrayer Mindy Kaling has had a much more productive and successful life than the one we've seen on the screen. For starters, she and B.J. Novak have had a longtime relationship that has been complicated, cute, romantic, and friendly. Kaling herself, both with and without Novak by her side, has gone on from her early days as an actor, producer, and writer on The Office to serve in all three of those same functions in her hit series The Mindy Project. As if that wasn't enough, she's also picked up roles all over the place, from appearances in shows like The Muppets and It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia to acting and voice acting in movies like Ocean's Eight, Inside Out, Wreck-It Ralph, and A Wrinkle in Time.

Poor Toby. Every show needs a character to beat up on, and The Office (and Michael Scott in particular) did that very, very well with Dunder Mifflin's beleaguered HR rep. However, the depressing journey of Toby Flenderson is given a bit of a redemptive twist when one considers that Toby actor Paul Lieberstein was not just an actor on the show, he was also a writer... and a showrunner from seasons five to eight before stepping down. There's something special about a writer taking on an especially twisted role that just makes it that much more special.

While Lieberstein has acted in a handful of productions since his Office days, including Bad Teacher and The Mindy Project, he's really kept things focused on his original bread and butter, producing and writing for numerous shows, and even writing, directing, and starring in the 2018 comedy Song of Back and Neck.

Coming on later in the series' run, Erin Hannon was the shy, innocent, insecure girl who did her best to fill the enormous vacuum that Pam Beesly left behind the receptionist desk when she joined the rest of the sales team. From a cutesy, angelic youngster to Andy Bernard's girlfriend and then finally growing into a woman strong enough to branch off on her own, Erin's story, while shorter than many of the others on the show, was just as heartwarming, hilarious, and memorable as anyone's.

Erin served as the breakout role for actress Ellie Kemper, who made quick use of the momentum The Office afforded, going on to appear in Bridesmaids, 21 Jump Street, The Mindy Project, and, of course, the Netflix hit series Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. In addition to all this, she's also an accomplished writer, having contributed to the likes of The Huffington Post and The Onion and publishing a memoir, My Squirrel Days, in 2018. She also helped co-host The Today Show for a spell in 2015.