Actors on “The Office” with Same First Names as Their Characters
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Creed Bratton's talent for acting and music began at a young age. Born in Los Angeles, he grew up in the small town of Coarsegold near Yosemite, California. He attended the College of the Sequoias and Sacramento State College as a drama major. He began playing the guitar professionally as a teenager followed by a whirlwind travel experience throughout Europe in his twenties with the band The Young Californians.
As a member of the popular rock group The Grass Roots in the 1960s, Bratton appeared on numerous television shows, as well as in the Doris Day movie, "With Six You Get Egg Roll." He parted ways with the band in 1970, but continued his passion and has released six solo albums up to the present day.
While honing his acting career, Bratton also worked in front of the camera and behind the scenes as prop man, boom man, composer and grip. His film credits as an actor include "Terri", "Mask" and "Heart like a Wheel." On television, he has appeared on hit shows such as "The Bernie Mac Show", "Eight Is Enough" and "Quincy." He was cast in "The Office" doing a parody of his life as a former rock star. During his years on the series, he also appeared in several short and independent films which were accepted in numerous festivals. He still performs in clubs as a solo performer.
Bratton resides in Los Angeles.The only actor on "The Office" who has exactly the same name as his character, and why not? Creed Bratton is a scary character, and Creed Bratton is a scary name.- Actress
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Angela is an American actress. She was born in Louisiana, but raised from the age of 2 in Jakarta, Indonesia. Her father was working as a drilling engineer. During her time there, she attended the Jakarta International English School and learned to speak Indonesian. When she was age 14, her family returned to America and settled in Texas; where her parents were originally from.
Angela attended Baylor University in Waco, Texas. She studied English and graduated in 1993. During her time there, she also participated in the Baylor in London program, which allowed her to experience theater in London, UK. She had been involved in theater throughout her schooling.
After college, she gained an internship on the Conan O'Brien show. She took acting classes in New York, and then moved on to LA. She got involved with The Groundlings and Improv Olympic.
She started out in commercials and got her first TV job on Step by Step (1991). Her breakthrough role came when she was cast as Angela in The Office (2005).The actress named Angela in real life is the uptight Angela Martin on "The Office". Such an imaginative show somehow created two characters with similar surnames: Angela Martin and Oscar Martinez (see below).- Actor
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Oscar Nuñez was born on 18 November 1958 in Cuba. He is an actor and writer, known for The Proposal (2009), The Office (2005) and Baywatch (2017). He has been married to Ursula Whittaker since 21 May 2011. They have one child. He was previously married to Carla.Oscar Martinez was originally not supposed to be gay, but the writers wanted to do a story about the inappropriate boss, Michael Scott, trying to find out if anyone in the office was gay. Oscar was chosen to be the scapegoat.- Actress
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Phyllis Smith is an American actress from Missouri who is known for playing Phyllis Vance from The Office and Sadness from Inside Out. She also acted in Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked, The 40-Year-Old Virgin and The OA. She also works for the casting department of Curb Your Enthusiasm, Spin City and Roswell.Originally part of the team that cast "The Office", Phyllis read lines with prospective actors and her renderings were thought so good that the character Phyllis Lapin was created for her. Whether it has any significance or not, "lapin" is the French word for "rabbit". Phyllis, the character, changed her name to Phyllis Vance when she married Bob Vance (see below).- Actor
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Robert Ray Shafer Jr. was born in Charleston, West Virginia, in April, 1958. His father was a heavy equipment operator and his mother a housewife. As a child he also lived in Bowie, Maryland, and graduated from high school in Romeo, Michigan, in 1976. After attending Broward College in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, Shafer moved to Los Angeles in 1980. He studied acting with Peggy Feury at The Loft Studios and works in feature films, television, commercials, voice overs and the theater. He is single and has a 10 handicap.A businessman who had an office in the same building as Dunder Mifflin's Scranton Branch, Bob Vance married Phyllis. "Bob" is a common name, and Shafer officially goes by "Robert", but it is worth noting that the actor was originally credited as Bobby Ray Shafer.- Actor
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Calvin Tenner is known for The Office (2005), Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and the Notorious B.I.G. (2018) and Bodied (2017).He didn't seem to have a last name, but for a while, Calvin Tenner played a character named Calvin. Then, in season eight, he suddenly turned up as the character Glenn (still no last name) and remained Glenn for the final two seasons.