Ed Helms

{{short description|American actor, comedian, author, born 1974}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Ed Helms

| image = Ed Helms Obvious Child Premiere 2014 (cropped).jpg

| caption = Helms at premiere of Obvious Child, 2014

| birth_name = Edward Parker Helms

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1974|1|24}}

| birth_place = Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.

| education = Oberlin College (BA)

| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|comedian}}

| years_active = 1998–present

| children = 2

| party = Democratic

}}

Edward Parker Helms[http://moviehole.net/201364377hangover-part-iii-set-visit-ed-helms Hangover Part III Set Visit : Ed Helms – Moviehole] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150413121258/http://moviehole.net/201364377hangover-part-iii-set-visit-ed-helms |date=April 13, 2015 }}. Moviehole.net. Retrieved on February 10, 2014. (born January 24, 1974){{Cite web |last=Rose |first=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for January 24, 2023 includes celebrities Neil Diamond, Aaron Neville|url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/01/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-january-24-2023-includes-celebrities-neil-diamond-aaron-neville.html |access-date=January 24, 2023 |website=Cleveland.com|date=January 24, 2023 }} is an American actor, musician and comedian. From 2002 to 2006, he was a correspondent on Comedy Central's The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. He played paper salesman Andy Bernard in the NBC sitcom The Office (2006–2013), and starred as Stuart "Stu" Price in The Hangover trilogy. He later starred in the comedy series Rutherford Falls (2021–2022), which he co-wrote.

Helms has also starred in dramatic films and comedic films such as Cedar Rapids, Jeff Who Lives at Home (both 2011), We're the Millers (2013), Vacation (2015), Chappaquiddick (2017), A Futile and Stupid Gesture, Tag (both 2018) and Together Together (2021). He provided his voice to the animated films Everyone's Hero (2006), Monsters vs. Aliens (2009), The Lorax (2012), Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie (2017) and Ron's Gone Wrong (2021).

He has received six Screen Actors Guild Award nominations for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series winning in 2008. He also received a Writers Guild of America Award for Best Writing for a Comedy or Variety Special for The Fake News with Ted Nelms (2018).

In 2025 he published a book, SNAFU: the Definitive Guide to History's Greatest Screwups. "Spanning from the 1950’s to the 2000’s ... SNAFU ... offers ... insights that ... might [help] prevent history from repeating itself again and again."

Early life

Helms was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia.[https://etmla.org/ed-helms/]. Retrieved on February 2, 2024. He is of English, Irish, German, Dutch and French descent. He had open-heart surgery at age 13 to correct a severe congenital heart defect involving supravalvular aortic and pulmonic stenosis.[http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20467576,00.html 5 Facts About Me: Ed Helms – Ed Helms]. People.com. Retrieved on February 10, 2014.Goldman, Andrew. (May 27, 2011) [http://www.elle.com/pop-culture/celebrities/ed-helmes-hangover-2-intervew Hangover 2 Star Ed Helms Interview]. ELLE. Retrieved on February 10, 2014. According to Helms, his surgery lasted nine hours, and he was kept in an intensive care unit for one week after.

He 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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.interlochen.org/high-performing-alumni|title = High-Performing Alumni}} Helms entered Oberlin College as a geology major, but graduated in 1996 with a Bachelor of Arts in film theory and technology. He spent a semester as an exchange student at New York University Tisch School of the Arts.{{Cite news| last = Phipps | first = Keith | date = June 3, 2009| title = Ed Helms | publisher=The A.V. Club| url = https://www.avclub.com/ed-helms-1798216671| access-date =June 11, 2009}}{{cite web|title=Ed Helms: Biography|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/ed-helms/bio/198481|publisher=TVGuide.com|access-date=January 16, 2011}}{{YouTube|id=dpKcoO0pdy8|title=Ed Helms on Having Heart Surgery as a Kid}}, May 16, 2017. Jimmy Kimmel Live! During his college years, he turned down a summer internship with Late Night with Conan O'Brien because he had committed to an internship with WNBC's press and publicity department.

Career

=Early work=

After graduating from Oberlin, Helms began his comedy and acting career as a writer and performer with New York City sketch comedy bands. While studying improvisation with the Upright Citizens Brigade troupe,{{cite web|url=http://www.nbc.com/The_Office/bios/ed_helms.shtml|work=NBC.com|title=The Office Cast Biographies – Ed Helms|access-date=October 11, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110329170504/http://www.nbc.com/The_Office/bios/ed_helms.shtml|archive-date=March 29, 2011}} he was a trainee film editor at Crew Cuts, a post-production facility in New York City, where he recorded some rough voiceover tracks that eventually led to paying voiceover work. He soon found a talent agent.{{cite web| last = Sternbergh | first = Adam| date = September 14, 2008| title = The Jerk: Daily Show alum and The Office star Ed Helms on the highs (and lows) of being obnoxious| url = https://nymag.com/arts/tv/profiles/50226|newspaper=New York| access-date =October 28, 2009}}

=Television=

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Helms was performing comedy in New York City when, as he recalled in a 2005 interview, "The Daily Show had a sort of open audition with a casting company that I had dealt with. I read for the part, and got it".{{cite web|url=http://www.thecomical.com/features/ed_helms_interview.html |work=TheComical.com |title=Ed Helms on Politics, The Media and The Daily Show |date=2005 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080724070121/http://www.thecomical.com/features/ed_helms_interview.html |archive-date=July 24, 2008 }}

In his April 2002 to mid-2006 tenure on the satirical news program, Helms contributed "field reports" in addition to hosting various segments of the show such as "Digital Watch", "Ad Nauseam" and "Mark Your Calendar". He has also contributed to the "This Week in God" segment. His 2005 segment "Battle of the Bulge", about the wearing of Speedo bathing suits on the beaches of Cape May, New Jersey, and his "Mass. Hysteria" segment, where he reported criticism of Massachusetts when it became the first state to legalize gay marriage, are regarded by TV Guide as his signature segments.Rudolph, Ileane (July 27, 2015). "Alumni Association: A roundup of The Daily Show{{'}}s coolest Graduates". TV Guide. pp 21-22.

Helms left the show in 2006, but occasionally returned for brief appearances over the next two years. On July 21, 2008, he returned for "Obama Quest"—a segment covering Senator Barack Obama's trip to Iraq. He also occasionally narrated the "Prescott Group" educational films on sister series The Colbert Report. In late July 2006, NBC announced that Helms was added to the cast of the mockumentary The Office, alongside fellow The Daily Show correspondent Steve Carell, in a recurring role as Andy Bernard, a nostalgic Cornell graduate who is obsessed with a cappella music. Helms was a series regular starting with the 3rd season.{{cite magazine| author=Snierson, Dan | date = June 28, 2006| url = http://popwatch.ew.com/popwatch/2006/07/ed_helms_joins_.html| title = Ed Helms joins the cast of The Office|magazine=Entertainment Weekly| access-date =October 28, 2009}} "He had so much in common with this character we wanted to create," recalled Paul Lieberstein, a writer for the show who also plays Toby Flenderson, the human resources representative at the Scranton branch of Dunder Mifflin. "I can't remember when they started merging."{{cite news|last=Itzkoff|first=Dave|title=Ambitious, but in a Polite Sort of Way|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/11/movies/ed-helms-is-back-in-jeff-who-lives-at-home.html|newspaper=The New York Times|date=March 11, 2012|access-date=March 17, 2012}} Helms returned to The Daily Show on December 5, 2006, saying that he had been working "undercover at a paper company in Scranton", an allusion to his stint on The Office.

In February 2007, NBC announced that Helms had been promoted to series regular on The Office, and in February 2010 Helms was added to the show's opening credits. He quickly became a solidifying part of the cast, and one of the show's producers. In June 2009, in an interview with National Public Radio, he said that, like his character Andy Bernard, he had an interest in a cappella music.

Helms has also 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. He 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.{{cite web|last1=Elizabeth|first1=Stormy|title=Running Wild with Bear Grylls Recap 8/3/15: Season 2 Episode 4 "Ed Helms"|url=http://www.celebdirtylaundry.com/2015/running-wild-with-bear-grylls-recap-8315-season-2-episode-4-ed-helms/|website=celebdirtylaundry.com|date=August 3, 2015|publisher=Celeb Dirty Laundry|access-date=August 4, 2015}} He has done commercial voiceover work in campaigns for Burger King, Doritos, Hotels.com, Sharp Aquos, and Advair asthma medication. He voices Neil the Angel, a character on Cartoon Network's Weighty Decisions series. He plays guitar, banjo, piano, as well as a sitar, in some of his entertainment performances.

He co-created the Peacock sitcom Rutherford Falls with Sierra Teller Ornelas (now showrunner) and Michael Schur. Together with Ornelas, the series has a total of five indigenous writers.

=Film=

Helms has had minor roles in numerous films including Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story, Meet Dave, Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay, I'll Believe You, Evan Almighty, Semi-Pro, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story and The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard.

Helms co-starred in the blockbuster The Hangover (2009) and its sequels The Hangover Part II (2011) and The Hangover Part III (2013) as Stuart "Stu" Price, a dentist. All three films in the series were box office successes. Helms also starred in the 2011 film Cedar Rapids. He played the lead role, Rusty Griswold, in the 2015 film Vacation, a sequel/spin-off of the National Lampoon's Vacation series. Also in 2015 Helms starred in Jessie Nelson's movie, Love the Coopers. In 2017, he starred in The Clapper as Eddie Krumble, a paid audience member for infomercials. Helms played Joe Gargan in the 2018 film Chappaquiddick.

In 2012, Helms voiced the Once-ler in The Lorax. He also voiced the titular character in the DreamWorks animated film Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie (2017).

=Other work=

Helms is in a bluegrass band called The Lonesome Trio with friends Ian Riggs and Jacob Tilove. They formed the band when they were at Oberlin College and still play a few shows every year. They recorded an eponymous album in summer 2013 shortly after appearing on the Bluegrass Situation stage at the Bonnaroo festival, which Helms curated.[https://web.archive.org/web/20130222090303/http://lineup.bonnaroo.com/band/ed-helms-bluegrass-situation-superjam-with Ed Helms' Bluegrass Situation Superjam with special guests]. lineup.bonnaroo.com[https://www.facebook.com/TheLonesomeTrio The Lonesome Trio]. Facebook (April 21, 2013). Retrieved on February 10, 2014. Helms is a self-confessed "bluegrass nerd" and founded the annual LA Bluegrass Situation festival.[https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-xpm-2011-apr-26-la-et-steve-martin-ed-helms-20110426-story.html Bluegrass Situation festival: Banjo, comedy unite Steve Martin, Ed Helms], Los Angeles Times. Articles.latimes.com (April 26, 2011). Retrieved on February 10, 2014. Helms plays banjo, guitar and piano.{{Cite web|url=http://www.guitaraficionado.com/better-off-ed-ed-helms-of-the-hangover-and-the-office-talks-guitars-banjos-and-bluegrass.html|title=Better Off Ed: Ed Helms of 'The Hangover' and 'The Office' Talks Guitars, Banjos and Bluegrass|last=Bienstock|first=Richard|date=2013-04-22|website=Guitar Aficionado|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170527195255/http://www.guitaraficionado.com/better-off-ed-ed-helms-of-the-hangover-and-the-office-talks-guitars-banjos-and-bluegrass.html|archive-date=2017-05-27|url-status=dead|access-date=2019-03-13}}

He and Amy Reitnouer co-founded a music blog also titled The Bluegrass Situation. It summarizes its mission as "Creating and covering content across every level of the international scene, ranging from timeless traditional bluegrass, blues, and old-time to contemporary singer/songwriter, Americana, folk, and everything rootsy beyond and in between."{{Cite web |title=Roots Culture Redefined |url=https://thebluegrasssituation.com/about/ |date=2017-07-30 |website=The Bluegrass Situation |language=en-US |access-date=2020-05-04}} On April 22, 2020, The Bluegrass Situation debuted The Whiskey Sour Happy Hour, a weekly music and comedy program benefiting the MusiCares COVID-19 Relief Fund and Direct Relief.

Helms features in the video for Mumford and Sons' song "Hopeless Wanderer".{{cite web |url=http://www.musicblogged.com/mumford-and-sons-release-hilarious-hopeless-wanderer-video/ |title=Mumford and Sons release hilarious Hopeless Wanderer video |publisher=Music Blogged |date=August 4, 2013 |access-date=August 4, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180830184430/http://www.musicblogged.com/mumford-and-sons-release-hilarious-hopeless-wanderer-video/ |archive-date=August 30, 2018 |url-status=dead }} In 2015, he had a cameo appearance in the band's music video for the song "The Wolf".{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/watch-mumford-sons-take-over-bonnaroo-in-the-wolf-video-20150630|title=Watch Mumford & Sons Take Over Bonnaroo in 'The Wolf' Video|publisher=Rolling Stone |date=July 30, 2015 |access-date=August 22, 2015}}

Helms launched his own production company, Pacific Electric Picture Company, in 2013. The company had a two-year development deal with Universal Television.Goldberg, Lesley (September 16, 2013) [https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/ed-helms-launches-production-company-629239 "Ed Helms Launches Production Company, Inks Overall Deal With Universal TV"]. The Hollywood Reporter.

In 2013, Helms co-wrote, produced, and starred in the Yahoo! Screen web series Tiny Commando, about a former Navy SEAL who is accidentally shrunken in a military experiment to four inches in height. Subsequently, he is deployed to places that his unique size enables him to infiltrate.Rothman, Lily (September 17, 2013). [https://entertainment.time.com/2013/09/17/ed-helms-three-favorite-web-series/ "Ed Helms' Three Favorite Web Series"]. Time.

In 2024, Helms participated with his partner, Michael Falbo at Pacific Electric Picture Company, in SeriesFest 11's [https://seriesfest.com/storytellers/ Storytellers Initiative] to discover episodic content featuring uplifting and heartwarming comedies. The script competition provides artists the opportunity to share diverse ideas through visual media and create groundbreaking television. The winning artist(s) will receive the opportunity for a development deal with Pacific Electric Picture Co.

Political views

Helms is a board member at RepresentUs,{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=Feb 2, 2021|title=Unbreaking America: Drowning in Student Debt|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyqaEZWtYrA&feature=emb_title&ab_channel=RepresentUs|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210214035203/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyqaEZWtYrA&feature=emb_title&ab_channel=RepresentUs |archive-date=February 14, 2021 |access-date=|website=RepresentUs' YouTube Channel}} a non-profit group that works to pass anti-corruption laws in the United States.

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.{{Cite web |title=Celebrities Are Rallying Volunteers to Help Voters Overcome ID Barriers: 'It's Not as Easy as It Should Be' |url=https://people.com/politics/voteriders-celebrity-campaigns-overcome-voter-id-barriers-midterm-election/ |access-date=2023-04-08 |website=Peoplemag |language=en}}

In 2024, he appeared alongside Tim Walz at a rally in Reno, Nevada, in support of Kamala Harris's presidential campaign.{{Cite web |last=ThisIsReno |date=2024-10-10 |title='Hangover' actor stumps for Harris, Walz in Reno |url=https://thisisreno.com/2024/10/hangover-actor-stumps-for-harris-walz-in-reno/ |access-date=2024-10-17 |website=This Is Reno |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Robison |first=Mark |title=Here's how to see Democratic VP candidate Tim Walz, actor Ed Helms in Reno rally tonight |url=https://www.rgj.com/story/news/local/2024/10/08/heres-how-to-see-gov-tim-walz-with-actor-ed-helms-at-reno-rally/75573683007/ |access-date=2024-10-17 |website=Reno Gazette Journal |language=en-US}}

Personal life

Helms is married and, on several occasions, mentioned that he has one daughter.{{Cite podcast|url=https://unqualified.com/episodes/ep-104-ed-helms-3IPSH_qP|title=Ed Helms|website=Anna Faris is Unqualified|publisher=Simplecast|host=Anna Faris|date=2018-01-09|access-date=2020-07-11}} Helms: "I've been married a couple years, and she's fabulous, and she enjoys a lot more anonymity than I do." In a podcast with Jordan Klepper in August 2024, Helms mentioned he now has two children.{{Cite web |last=The Daily Show: Ears Edition |date=August 26, 2024 |title=Ed Helms and Jordan Klepper on Finding Authenticity as a TDS Correspondent {{!}} Behind the Show |url=https://www.happyscribe.com/public/the-daily-show-ears-edition/ed-helms-and-jordan-klepper-on-finding-authenticity-as-a-tds-correspondent-behind-the-show |access-date=October 24, 2024 |website=Happyscribe |quote=And then I'm also, I have little kids now, and I find myself looking at parts, and I'm like, like, I'll get an offer to do, like, a horror movie or something or even just like, a very intense drama.}}

Honors

Helms received an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts from Knox College, where he delivered the 2013 Commencement.{{cite web|title=Knox College Announces 2013 Honorary Degrees|url=http://www.knox.edu/news-and-events/news-archive/knox-college-announces-2013-honorary-degrees.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130617144812/http://www.knox.edu/news-and-events/news-archive/knox-college-announces-2013-honorary-degrees.html|archive-date=June 17, 2013|access-date=June 15, 2013|publisher=Knox.edu}}
In May 2014, Helms gave the convocation speech at Cornell University, alma mater of Andy Bernard, the character he portrayed for seven seasons on The Office.Kingkade, Tyler (May 27, 2014) [https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/27/ed-helms-cornell-video-convocation_n_5394875.html "Ed Helms Tells Cornell Graduates To 'Keep Creating Good Old Days'"]. The Huffington Post.[http://www.cornell.edu/video/2014-senior-convocation-featuring-ed-helms "2014 Senior Convocation featuring Ed Helms, TV's 'Andy Bernard'"]. Cornell University. May 24, 2014.
In May 2015, Helms gave the commencement speech at the University of Virginia.{{cite web|last=Prakash|first=Neha|date=May 17, 2015|title=Ed Helms eviscerates 'Rolling Stone' in UVA commencement address|url=http://mashable.com/2015/05/17/ed-helms-uva-commencement/|access-date=July 22, 2017|work=Mashable}}

Filmography

=Film=

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
scope="col" \| Year ! scope="col" \| Title ! scope="col" \| Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
class_"source" \| Link \|2004 !scope="row"\|Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story \|Bunker McLaughlin \|Film debut
rowspan=2 \| 2006 !scope="row"\|Everyone's Hero \|Hobo Louie (voice) \|
scope="row"\|Night at the Museum \|Dentist \|Deleted scene
rowspan=3 \| 2007 !scope="row"\|Evan Almighty \|Ark Reporter / Ed Carson \|
scope="row"\|I'll Believe You \|Leon \|
scope="row"\|Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story \|Stage Manager \|
rowspan=5 \| 2008 !scope="row"\|Semi-Pro \|Turtleneck Reporter \|
scope="row"\|Confessions of a Shopaholic \|Garret E. Barton \|Uncredited
scope="row"\|Meet Dave \|Number 2 \|
scope="row"\|Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay \|Interpreter \|
scope="row"\|Lower Learning \|Maurice Bunting \|
rowspan=5 \| 2009 !scope="row"\|The Smell of Success \|Chet Pigford \|
scope="row"\|The Hangover \|Stuart "Stu" Price \|
scope="row"\|Monsters vs. Aliens \|News Reporter (voice) \|
scope="row"\|Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian \|Larry Daley's Assistant \|Uncredited
scope="row"\|The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard \|Paxton Harding \|
rowspan=4 \| 2011 !scope="row"\|Cedar Rapids \|Tim Lippe \|Also executive producer
scope="row"\|The Hangover Part II \|Stuart "Stu" Price \|
scope="row"\|Jeff, Who Lives at Home \|Pat \|
scope="row"\|High Road \|Barry \|Uncredited
2012 !scope="row"\|The Lorax \|The Once-ler (voice) \|
rowspan=2 \| 2013 !scope="row"\|We're the Millers \|Brad Gurdlinger \|
scope="row"\|The Hangover Part III \|Stuart "Stu" Price \|
rowspan=3 \| 2014 !scope="row"\|Someone Marry Barry \|Ben \|
scope="row"\|They Came Together \|Eggbert \|
scope="row"\|Stretch \|Karl-with-a-K \|
rowspan=2 \| 2015 !scope="row"\|Vacation \|Russell "Rusty" Griswold \|
scope="row"\|Love the Coopers \|Hank Cooper \|
rowspan=2 \| 2016 !scope="row"\| Central Intelligence \|{{N/A}} \|Executive producer
scope="row"\| Kevin Hart: What Now? \| Bartender \|
rowspan=6 \| 2017 !scope="row"\| The Clapper \| Eddie Krumble \| Also producer
scope="row"\| Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie \| Benjamin Krupp / Captain Underpants (voice) \|
scope="row"\| Mune: Guardian of the Moon \| Spleen (voice) \|
scope="row"\| I Do... Until I Don't \| Noah Brewing \|
scope="row"\| Chappaquiddick \| Joseph Gargan \|
scope="row"\| Father Figures \| Peter Reynolds \|
rowspan=2 \| 2018 !scope="row"\| A Futile and Stupid Gesture \| Tom Snyder \| Also executive producer
scope="row"\| Tag \| Hogan "Hoagie" Malloy \|
rowspan=2 \| 2019 !scope="row"\| Corporate Animals \| Brandon \| Also producer
scope="row"\| Penguins{{cite web\|url=https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/trailers/1044103-penguins-ed-helms-to-narrate-disneynatures-feature-film\|title=Penguins: Ed Helms to Narrate Disneynature's Feature Film\|author=Kylie Hemmert\|date=February 26, 2019\|website=ComingSoon.net\|access-date=February 26, 2019}} \| Narrator (voice) \|
2020 !scope="row"\| Coffee & Kareem \| Officer James Coffee \|
rowspan=2 \| 2021 !scope="row"\| Together Together \| Matt \|
scope="row"\| Ron's Gone Wrong \| Graham Pudowski (voice) \|
2023 !scope="row"\| Family Switch \| Bill Walker \|

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"

scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" | Title

! scope="col" | Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

class_"source" | Link

|2004

!scope="row"|Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story

|Bunker McLaughlin

|Film debut

rowspan=2 | 2006

!scope="row"|Everyone's Hero

|Hobo Louie (voice)

scope="row"|Night at the Museum

|Dentist

|Deleted scene

rowspan=3 | 2007

!scope="row"|Evan Almighty

|Ark Reporter / Ed Carson

scope="row"|I'll Believe You

|Leon

scope="row"|Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story

|Stage Manager

rowspan=5 | 2008

!scope="row"|Semi-Pro

|Turtleneck Reporter

scope="row"|Confessions of a Shopaholic

|Garret E. Barton

|Uncredited

scope="row"|Meet Dave

|Number 2

scope="row"|Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay

|Interpreter

scope="row"|Lower Learning

|Maurice Bunting

rowspan=5 | 2009

!scope="row"|The Smell of Success

|Chet Pigford

scope="row"|The Hangover

|Stuart "Stu" Price

scope="row"|Monsters vs. Aliens

|News Reporter (voice)

scope="row"|Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian

|Larry Daley's Assistant

|Uncredited

scope="row"|The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard

|Paxton Harding

rowspan=4 | 2011

!scope="row"|Cedar Rapids

|Tim Lippe

|Also executive producer

scope="row"|The Hangover Part II

|Stuart "Stu" Price

scope="row"|Jeff, Who Lives at Home

|Pat

scope="row"|High Road

|Barry

|Uncredited

2012

!scope="row"|The Lorax

|The Once-ler (voice)

rowspan=2 | 2013

!scope="row"|We're the Millers

|Brad Gurdlinger

scope="row"|The Hangover Part III

|Stuart "Stu" Price

rowspan=3 | 2014

!scope="row"|Someone Marry Barry

|Ben

scope="row"|They Came Together

|Eggbert

scope="row"|Stretch

|Karl-with-a-K

rowspan=2 | 2015

!scope="row"|Vacation

|Russell "Rusty" Griswold

scope="row"|Love the Coopers

|Hank Cooper

rowspan=2 | 2016

!scope="row"| Central Intelligence

|{{N/A}}

|Executive producer

scope="row"| Kevin Hart: What Now?

| Bartender

rowspan=6 | 2017

!scope="row"| The Clapper

| Eddie Krumble

| Also producer

scope="row"| Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie

| Benjamin Krupp / Captain Underpants (voice)

scope="row"| Mune: Guardian of the Moon

| Spleen (voice)

scope="row"| I Do... Until I Don't

| Noah Brewing

scope="row"| Chappaquiddick

| Joseph Gargan

scope="row"| Father Figures

| Peter Reynolds

rowspan=2 | 2018

!scope="row"| A Futile and Stupid Gesture

| Tom Snyder

| Also executive producer

scope="row"| Tag

| Hogan "Hoagie" Malloy

rowspan=2 | 2019

!scope="row"| Corporate Animals

| Brandon

| Also producer

scope="row"| Penguins{{cite web|url=https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/trailers/1044103-penguins-ed-helms-to-narrate-disneynatures-feature-film|title=Penguins: Ed Helms to Narrate Disneynature's Feature Film|author=Kylie Hemmert|date=February 26, 2019|website=ComingSoon.net|access-date=February 26, 2019}}

| Narrator (voice)

2020

!scope="row"| Coffee & Kareem

| Officer James Coffee

rowspan=2 | 2021

!scope="row"| Together Together

| Matt

scope="row"| Ron's Gone Wrong

| Graham Pudowski (voice)

2023

!scope="row"| Family Switch

| Bill Walker

=Television=

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
scope="col" \| Year ! scope="col" \| Title ! scope="col" \| Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
2002 ! scope="row" \|Premium Blend \|Himself \|Episode: "6.2"
2002–2009 !scope="row"\|The Daily Show \|Correspondent \|207 episodes
2004 !scope="row"\|Cheap Seats \|Bradley Wallace \|2 episodes
2004, 2013 !scope="row"\|Arrested Development \|James Carr \|3 episodes
2005 !scope="row"\|Sunday Pants \|Neil the Angel (voice) \|"Weighty Decisions" segments
rowspan="2" \|2006 !scope="row"\|The Colbert Report \|Narrator – The On Notice Board: A Wonder of the Modern Age \|Episode: "Linda Hirshman"
scope="row"\|Samurai Love God \|Samurai Love God (voice) \|TV miniseries
2006–2013 !scope="row"\|The Office \|Andy Bernard \|Main cast (seasons 3–9); 163 episodes
rowspan="3" \|2008 !scope="row"\|Upright Citizens Brigade \|Guest Monologist \|Uncredited
scope="row"\|American Dad! \|Mr. Buckley (voice) \|Episode: "Stanny Slickers II: The Legend of Ollie's Gold"
scope="row"\|Wainy Days \|Doctor \|Episode: "Angel"
2008–2010 !scope="row"\|Childrens Hospital \|Doctor / TV Announcer \|5 episodes
2009 !scope="row"\|Family Guy \|Al Gore (voice) \|Episode: "FOX-y Lady"
2010 !scope="row"\|Funny or Die Presents \|Cast (Holdup) \|4 episodes
rowspan="3" \|2011 !scope="row"\|Saturday Night Live \|Himself (host) \|Episode: "Ed Helms/Paul Simon"
scope="row"\|Wilfred \|Daryl \|Episode: "Acceptance"
scope="row"\|NTSF:SD:SUV:: \|Eddie \|2 episodes
rowspan="3" \|2012 !scope="row"\|The Mindy Project \|Dennis \|2 episodes
scope="row"\|Ugly Americans \|Dennis \|Episode: "Mark Loves Dick"
scope="row"\|Comedy Bang! Bang! \|Himself \|Episode: "Ed Helms Wears A Grey Shirt & Brown Boots"
rowspan="2" \|2013 !scope="row"\|Kroll Show \|Sex in the City Dude \|Episode: "San Diego Diet"
scope="row"\|Saturday Night Live \|Ted Pelms \|Uncredited Episode: "Zach Galifianakis/Of Monsters and Men"
2014 !scope="row"\|Brooklyn Nine-Nine \|Jack Danger \|Episode: "USPIS"
rowspan="2" \|2015 ! scope="row" \|The Muppets \|Himself \|Episode: "Pig Out"
scope="row" \|Running Wild with Bear Grylls \|Himself \|Episode: "Ed Helms"
2015–2020 !scope="row"\|BoJack Horseman \|Kyle (voice) \|3 episodes
2016 !scope="row"\|Drunk History \|William McMasters \|Episode: "Scoundrels"
rowspan="2" \|2017 !scope="row"\|Angie Tribeca \|Dr. Clive Mister \|Episode: "Germs of Endearment"
scope="row"\|The Fake News with Ted Nelms \|Ted Nelms \|TV special; also creator, writer and executive producer{{cite web \|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2017/12/ed-helms-comedy-central-daily-show-fake-news-turn-it-on-podcast-1201905360/ \|title=Ed Helms Returns to Comedy Central With a Mission: Making 'Fake News' Fake Again \|last=Schneider \|first=Michael \|date=December 8, 2017 \|website=IndieWire \|publisher=Penske Media Corporation \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171212090949/http://www.indiewire.com/2017/12/ed-helms-comedy-central-daily-show-fake-news-turn-it-on-podcast-1201905360/ \|archive-date=December 12, 2017 \|url-status=live \|access-date=December 12, 2017 }}
2020 !scope="row"\|Aunty Donna's Big Ol' House of Fun \|Ed Helms/Egg Helms \| Also executive producer
2021–2022 !scope="row"\|Rutherford Falls \|Nathan Rutherford \|18 episodes; also co-creator, writer and executive producer
rowspan="2" \| 2022 !scope="row"\|Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock \|Lyle Craggle (voice) \|2 episodes
scope="row"\|Big Mouth \|Bros 4 Life Member #1 (voice) \|Episode: "Dadda Dia!"

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"

scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" | Title

! scope="col" | Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

2002

! scope="row" |Premium Blend

|Himself

|Episode: "6.2"

2002–2009

!scope="row"|The Daily Show

|Correspondent

|207 episodes

2004

!scope="row"|Cheap Seats

|Bradley Wallace

|2 episodes

2004, 2013

!scope="row"|Arrested Development

|James Carr

|3 episodes

2005

!scope="row"|Sunday Pants

|Neil the Angel (voice)

|"Weighty Decisions" segments

rowspan="2" |2006

!scope="row"|The Colbert Report

|Narrator – The On Notice Board: A Wonder of the Modern Age

|Episode: "Linda Hirshman"

scope="row"|Samurai Love God

|Samurai Love God (voice)

|TV miniseries

2006–2013

!scope="row"|The Office

|Andy Bernard

|Main cast (seasons 3–9); 163 episodes

rowspan="3" |2008

!scope="row"|Upright Citizens Brigade

|Guest Monologist

|Uncredited

scope="row"|American Dad!

|Mr. Buckley (voice)

|Episode: "Stanny Slickers II: The Legend of Ollie's Gold"

scope="row"|Wainy Days

|Doctor

|Episode: "Angel"

2008–2010

!scope="row"|Childrens Hospital

|Doctor / TV Announcer

|5 episodes

2009

!scope="row"|Family Guy

|Al Gore (voice)

|Episode: "FOX-y Lady"

2010

!scope="row"|Funny or Die Presents

|Cast (Holdup)

|4 episodes

rowspan="3" |2011

!scope="row"|Saturday Night Live

|Himself (host)

|Episode: "Ed Helms/Paul Simon"

scope="row"|Wilfred

|Daryl

|Episode: "Acceptance"

scope="row"|NTSF:SD:SUV::

|Eddie

|2 episodes

rowspan="3" |2012

!scope="row"|The Mindy Project

|Dennis

|2 episodes

scope="row"|Ugly Americans

|Dennis

|Episode: "Mark Loves Dick"

scope="row"|Comedy Bang! Bang!

|Himself

|Episode: "Ed Helms Wears A Grey Shirt & Brown Boots"

rowspan="2" |2013

!scope="row"|Kroll Show

|Sex in the City Dude

|Episode: "San Diego Diet"

scope="row"|Saturday Night Live

|Ted Pelms

|Uncredited
Episode: "Zach Galifianakis/Of Monsters and Men"

2014

!scope="row"|Brooklyn Nine-Nine

|Jack Danger

|Episode: "USPIS"

rowspan="2" |2015

! scope="row" |The Muppets

|Himself

|Episode: "Pig Out"

scope="row" |Running Wild with Bear Grylls

|Himself

|Episode: "Ed Helms"

2015–2020

!scope="row"|BoJack Horseman

|Kyle (voice)

|3 episodes

2016

!scope="row"|Drunk History

|William McMasters

|Episode: "Scoundrels"

rowspan="2" |2017

!scope="row"|Angie Tribeca

|Dr. Clive Mister

|Episode: "Germs of Endearment"

scope="row"|The Fake News with Ted Nelms

|Ted Nelms

|TV special; also creator, writer and executive producer{{cite web |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2017/12/ed-helms-comedy-central-daily-show-fake-news-turn-it-on-podcast-1201905360/ |title=Ed Helms Returns to Comedy Central With a Mission: Making 'Fake News' Fake Again |last=Schneider |first=Michael |date=December 8, 2017 |website=IndieWire |publisher=Penske Media Corporation |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171212090949/http://www.indiewire.com/2017/12/ed-helms-comedy-central-daily-show-fake-news-turn-it-on-podcast-1201905360/ |archive-date=December 12, 2017 |url-status=live |access-date=December 12, 2017 }}

2020

!scope="row"|Aunty Donna's Big Ol' House of Fun

|Ed Helms/Egg Helms

| Also executive producer

2021–2022

!scope="row"|Rutherford Falls

|Nathan Rutherford

|18 episodes; also co-creator, writer and executive producer

rowspan="2" | 2022

!scope="row"|Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock

|Lyle Craggle (voice)

|2 episodes

scope="row"|Big Mouth

|Bros 4 Life Member #1 (voice)

|Episode: "Dadda Dia!"

=Music videos=

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
scope="col"\| Year !scope="col"\| Title !scope="col"\| Artist
rowspan="2"\| 2013 !scope="row"\| "Hopeless Wanderer" \| Mumford & Sons
scope="row"\| "Clouds" {{small\|(Celebrity Music Video)}} \| Zach Sobiech{{cite web\|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/zach-sobiech-clouds-celebrity-music-video-2013-5%3famp\|title=30 Celebrities Lip-Sync Hearthelt Song By Dying Teen\|work=Business Insider\|date=May 9, 2013\|access-date=January 30, 2021\|archive-date=November 4, 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211104142641/https://www.businessinsider.com/zach-sobiech-clouds-celebrity-music-video-2013-5?amp\|url-status=dead}}
2015 !scope="row"\| "The Wolf" \| Mumford & Sons
2016 !scope="row"\| "Don't Wanna Know" \| Maroon 5
2017 !scope="row"\|"Wanna Do Day"{{Cite web\|url=https://www.youtube.com/user/lisaloebofficial/videos\|title=Official Lisa Loeb Channel\|website=YouTube\|language=en\|access-date=April 9, 2017}} \|Lisa Loeb

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"

scope="col"| Year

!scope="col"| Title

!scope="col"| Artist

rowspan="2"| 2013

!scope="row"| "Hopeless Wanderer"

| Mumford & Sons

scope="row"| "Clouds" {{small|(Celebrity Music Video)}}

| Zach Sobiech{{cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/zach-sobiech-clouds-celebrity-music-video-2013-5%3famp|title=30 Celebrities Lip-Sync Hearthelt Song By Dying Teen|work=Business Insider|date=May 9, 2013|access-date=January 30, 2021|archive-date=November 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211104142641/https://www.businessinsider.com/zach-sobiech-clouds-celebrity-music-video-2013-5?amp|url-status=dead}}

2015

!scope="row"| "The Wolf"

| Mumford & Sons

2016

!scope="row"| "Don't Wanna Know"

| Maroon 5

2017

!scope="row"|"Wanna Do Day"{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/user/lisaloebofficial/videos|title=Official Lisa Loeb Channel|website=YouTube|language=en|access-date=April 9, 2017}}

|Lisa Loeb

= Web series =

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
2015 \|Jake and Amir \|Mickey \|Episode: "The Auditions"

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Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

2015

|Jake and Amir

|Mickey

|Episode: "The Auditions"

Bibliography

Ed Helms, SNAFU: the Definitive Guide to History's Greatest Screwups, 2025. "Spanning from the 1950’s to the 2000’s ... SNAFU ... offers ... insights that ... might [help] prevent history from repeating itself again and again."