Andy Buckley

Andrew Patrick Buckley Jr. is an American actor and former stockbroker, best known for his role as David Wallace on the NBC comedy series The Office from 2006 to 2013.

Early life Buckley is the son of Barbara J. (King) and Andrew P. Buckley Sr.. He played golf on the Stanford Men's Golf Team. He later studied sketch comedy and improvisation at the Groundlings Theatre, working with comedians Melissa McCarthy and Dax Shepard. Prior to breaking through on The Office he worked as a financial advisor at Merrill Lynch for 5 years and he continued working there for another 6 years after being cast on the show.

Career Early work Buckley appeared in two 1997 music videos, "I'd Rather Ride Around with You" and "What if it's You", by country music artist Reba McEntire.

The Office Buckley played David Wallace, embattled CFO and later CEO of the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Company, in 37 episodes of The Office from 2006 to 2013. At the time of his initial appearance, he had been working as a financial advisor at Merrill Lynch, and had been cast specifically because of his familiarity with the world of corporate finance. He continued to work in the finance industry full-time during his recurring role on The Office. In October 2025, Buckley appeared alongside his The Office co-star Brian Baumgartner in a viral stunt and advertisement for the financial technology company Ramp.

Other work In addition to The Office, Buckley has appeared in television series such as The League, CSI: Miami, NYPD Blue, The West Wing, and Veep. In 2010, his bit in the film The Other Guys climaxed with a fall from an eighth-floor ledge. That year, he had another supporting role in the film Life as We Know It with Katherine Heigl and Josh Duhamel.

As of 2011, Buckley was cast as Captain Correlli in the children's film Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked. He played Rose Byrne's husband in the 2011 hit movie Bridesmaids, though his part was mostly cut out. He was cast as Ted Mercer, a happily married adoptive parent and plastic surgeon, in ABC Family's The Lying Game. In 2015, he appeared in a supporting role in the science fiction adventure film Jurassic World. In 2017, Buckley joined the cast of writer/director Chris Blake's indie horror film, All Light Will End, alongside Sarah Butler, John Schuck, and Sam Jones III.

In 2018, Buckley appeared with golfer Phil Mickelson in a commercial for Workday, Inc with Mickelson acting as his "Business Caddy" for important business decisions.

In 2020, Variety announced Buckley was joining the cast of the Chris Blake quarantine comedy, Distancing Socially. It would mark Buckley's second on-screen collaboration with the director. The film was shot at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, using remote technologies and the iPhone 11. The film was acquired and released by Cinedigm in October 2021.

Filmography

Film + Year Title RoleNotes 1992 Body Waves Buckley 1997 No Small Ways Lyle 1998 Running Woman Reporter #2 1999 The Big Day Eddie Also co-writer 2002 Grand Champion Frank Bloomer 2005 Blood Trail Andrew P. Buckley Direct to video 2009 ExTerminators Steven Cantor 2010 The Other Guys Don Beaman 2010 Life as We Know It George Dunn 2011 Bridesmaids Perry Harris 2011 Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked Captain Correlli 2013 The Heat Robin 2014 Ask Me Anything Mark Aubichon 2014 Horrible Bosses 2 Surveillance Audio Agent 2015 Jurassic World Scott Mitchell 2015 Brand New-U Friend Two 2015 Burning Bodhi Buck 2016TracktownBurt 2017 The House Craig 2017 Lady Bird Matt 2018 All Light Will End David 2018 The After Party Mr. Levine 2018 A Million Little Pieces Dr. Stevens 2019 Bombshell Gerson Zweifach 2020 Most Guys Are Losers Mark Berzins2021Distancing Socially Andy 2022 Tankhouse Bob

Television Year Title Role Notes 1990 China Beach Chaplain Episode: "Juice" 1991 A Woman Named Jackie John Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr. Television miniseries 1992 Sinatra Actor Playing Prew Television miniseries 1993 Silk Stalkings Patrick Rose Episode: "Soul Kiss" 1996 Caroline in the City Rob Rothman Episode: "Caroline and the Gift" 1996 The Crew Justin Episode: "The Man We Love" 1996 The Single Guy Tom Conklin Episode: "Mounted Cop" 1997 Melrose Place Tony Episode: "Screams from a Marriage" 1997–1998 Pacific Blue Teddy Callaway 3 episodes 1998 Forever Love Jerry Television film 2000 Jack & Jill Wayne Episode: "When You Wish Upon a Car" 2000 The West Wing Mike Satchel Episode: "Let Bartlet Be Bartlet" 2000 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Jason Hendler Episode: "Who Are You?" 2001 The District Rupert Grimes Episode: "Vigilante" 2001 First Years Jack Mitchel Episode: "The First Thing You Do..." 2002 NYPD Blue Mike Episode: "Jealous Hearts" 2003 Big Shot: Confessions of a Campus Bookie FBI Agent Simms Television film 2005 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Reporter #1 Episode: "King Baby" 2006–2013 The Office David Wallace Recurring Role; 38 episodes 2009 CSI: Miami Gary Archer Episode: "In Plane Sight" 2011–2013 The Lying Game Dr. Ted Mercer Main role 2012 Veep Ted Cullen 3 episodes 2013 Arrested Development Colonel Grimm Episode: "Off the Hook" 2013 Baby Daddy Professor Roger Shaw Episode: "Test Anxiety" 2013 The League Tony Thompson Episode: "The Credit Card Alert" 2014 Silicon Valley Carl Fleming Episode: "Optimal Tip-To-Tip Efficiency" 2014 The Bridge Doc Orton Episode: "Eidolon" 2015–2017 Scorpion Richard Elia 7 episodes 2015 Battle Creek Steven Episode: "Old Flames" 2015 American Dad! Dr. Miller Episode: "American Fung" 2015 Odd Mom Out Andy Weber Series regular 2015 You're the Worst Russell Fleischer 2 episodes 2015–2016 Casual Paul Schmidt 6 episodes 2016 It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Andy Episode: "Chardee MacDennis 2: Electric Boogaloo" 2016 Hit the Floor Andy 5 episodes 2017 Young and Hungry Matt Danon Recurring (Season 5) 2017 Curb Your Enthusiasm FBI Agent Episode: "Foisted!" 2018 Will & Grace Hank Episode: "Staten Island Fairy" 2018 9-1-1 Kenny Episode: "A Whole New You" 2018–2019 Shameless Randy 5 episodes2020 Avenue 5 Frank Kelly Recurring role, 9 episodes 2020 The Fugitive Principal Spitaro Main role, 5 episodes 2020 Dirty John Robert Munro2 episodes 2023 FUBAR Donnie Main cast

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