Ed Helms
Unlike his character on "The Office," Ed Helms did not attend Cornell. He went to Oberlin, first as a geology major and then as a film theory and technology student. However, like Andy Bernard, he was a proud member of an a capella group while a coed. He also studied improv and after graduating in 1996, he took his comedic talents to New York City. He earned his keep as a video editor while doing stand-up with Upright Citizens Brigade and voiceover work. In 2002, he began a four-year reporting stint with Jon Stewart's "Daily Show." After moving on with
