craig robinson played andy's brother in the office.
craig robinson played andy's brother in the office.
who played andy's brother in the office?
craig robinson
andy bernard (ed helms) decides to throw a garden party at schrute farms to impress his parents and robert california (james spader), and exhaustively explains party manners to the office workers. andy is jealous at the amount of attention his younger brother walter bernard, jr. (josh groban) receives from his father, and thinks that by throwing an elaborate party he can ensure his father's blessings. at first, the party goes along smoothly. andy makes a toast to robert in order to get his fellow employees to toast him, as if to show to his parents and california that he is valued by his employees. his plan backfires, however, and instead more people toast robert. to get everybody's mind off of robert, andy decides to sing "more than words" as a duet with his father. this too goes awry as his father corrects his playing and singing, and ultimately decides to sing a duet with walter jr. instead of andy. upset, andy takes his guitar and storms off. his father confronts him privately about his outburst, and when andy admits to trying to win his father's affection, he reacts with annoyance. this conversation is overheard by the other staff on the baby monitor jim (john krasinski) and pam halpert (jenna fischer) brought for their daughter, and pam quickly turns off the monitor to let andy save face. darryl philbin (craig robinson) and oscar martinez (oscar nunez) confide to the camera that they now understand why andy feels he needs to prove himself to everyone. after his family leaves, a dejected andy, feeling unwanted by his family and co-workers, says goodbye to the office staff as they turn the garden party into a barbecue. darryl and oscar, however, convince andy to stay with a cheeseburger and a beer.
garden party (the office)
nick offerman portrayed ron swanson, the director of the parks and recreation department. offerman had previously auditioned for a part on "the office", and schur was impressed with his comedic talents and wanted to cast him, but then offerman became unavailable because he appeared on "will & grace", a show starring his wife, megan mullally. schur said, "i just wrote his name down on a post-it note and stuck it to my computer and said, 'someday, i'm going to figure out what to do with that guy.'" aubrey plaza played april ludgate, a sarcastic and uninterested college intern. the part was written specifically for plaza. after meeting her, casting director allison jones told schur, "i just met the weirdest girl i've ever met in my life. you have to meet her and put her on your show." schur of meeting her, "aubrey came over to my office and made me feel really uncomfortable for like an hour, and immediately i wanted to put her in the show," although the writers were not immediately sure what direction her character would take. rounding out the main cast was paul schneider, best known for his work in independent films such as "lars and the real girl" and "the assassination of jesse james by the coward robert ford". he was cast as mark brendanawicz, a city planner and leslie's unrequited love interest. she still harbors feelings for mark from a one-night sexual encounter years ago. schneider said that early in the season he was insecure in the role because he was still trying to figure out the character's motivations. chris pratt played andy dwyer, ann's well-intentioned but lazy and simple-minded boyfriend. although pratt appeared in every episode of season 1, he was credited as guest star until the second season, when he was promoted to the main cast. andy was originally supposed to appear only in the first season, but the producers liked pratt so much that, almost immediately after casting him, they decided to make andy a regular character if the show was renewed.
parks and recreation (season 1)