Leslie David Baker

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Leslie David Baker at the premiere of "Dan - Mitten im Leben!" (2007)

Leslie David Baker (born February 19, 1958 ) is an American actor . He became known in his leading role as "Stanley Hudson" in the television series The Office .

Live and act

Baker graduated from Loyola University Chicago with a bachelor's degree in psychology . This was followed by a master’s degree in Human Services Administration at the Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership in Chicago. During his master's degree, Baker initially taught special education and acted as an office worker in an OfficeMax commercial. In Chicago, he worked for the Board of Education , the Department of Public Health, and the Office of Cable and Communications . He moved to Los Angeles in the late 1990s.

After an audition, he got the role in the series The Office , where he played Stanley Hudson, a salesman for a paper company. He received excellent reviews for this.

Baker and the entire cast of "The Office" won the Screen Actors Guild Awards in the category "Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series" in 2007 and 2008. In December 2017, four years after the final broadcast, Several fellow actors expressed interest in a continuation of the show, which Baker expressed his interest in.

Baker released the song "2 Be Simple" in November 2011, in which he dances with scantily clad women in a bathrobe. Jan Chaney of the Washington Post wrote: "For reasons that remain unclear, Baker released a track intended as a party anthem for all of your Christmas deals."

After taking on minor roles in Scorpion and Life in Pieces , Baker played "Principal Wentworth" in Raven's Home . He also appeared in the CMT series Still the King and in the films Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie (2017) and in The Happytime Murders (2018). He played a farmer in a 2013 commercial for FileMaker Inc. alongside his former fellow actors from "The Office" .

Filmography (selection)

Television broadcasts

Movies

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Robert Buscemi: Office Face . In: Chicago . June 4, 2007. Retrieved May 13, 2018.
  2. ↑ Laurie Ulster: 'The Office' Cast: Where Are They Now? . In: Biography.com . A&E . March 24, 2015. Accessed May 13, 2018.
  3. ^ Michael Tedder: The Office Recap: Stanley Takes the Stairs . In: Vulture . April 12, 2013. Retrieved May 13, 2018.
  4. ↑ a b c Drew Koch: What's Stanley From 'The Office' Doing In 2018? Leslie David Baker Reunited With His Dunder Mifflin Co-Stars For Another Hilarious Project . In: Bustle . February 9, 2018. Retrieved May 13, 2018.
  5. ↑ Ed Perkis: The Office: Season 4 . 2017. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
  6. ↑ Mike Hale: 'The Office' Ends the Way It Began: Modestly . In: The New York Times . May 17, 2013. Retrieved May 13, 2018.
  7. ^ The 13th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards . SAG-AFTRA. Archived from the original on September 30, 2011.
  8. ^ The 14th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards . SAG-AFTRA. Archived from the original on September 13, 2011.
  9. ↑ a b Lesley Goldberg: 'The Office' Reboot: Who Could Return for NBC's Potential Revival? . In: The Hollywood Reporter . December 20, 2017. Retrieved May 13, 2018.
  10. ↑ Marc Hogan: Stanley from 'The Office' Stars in Surreal Music Video . In: Spin . November 30, 2011. Retrieved May 13, 2018.
  11. ↑ Jen Chaney: Leslie David Baker, aka Stanley from 'The Office,' has made a music video . In: The Washington Post . November 9, 2011. Retrieved May 13, 2018.
  12. ↑ Cameron Mathews: Stanley From 'The Office' (AKA Leslie David Baker) Releases Hot Music Video . In: Spinner . November 29, 2011. Retrieved December 1, 2011.
  13. ↑ Chris Matyszczyk: Apple gets 'The Office' actors to make its FileMaker exciting . In: CNET . January 16, 2018. Retrieved May 13, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Baker, Leslie David
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-American actor
DATE OF BIRTH 19th February 1958