<Tr> <Th> Nationality </Th> <Td> American </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Based on </Th> <Td> Lee </Td> </Tr> <P> Royson "Roy" Allan Anderson is a fictional character from the US television series The Office, portrayed by David Denman . His counterpart in the original UK series of The Office is Lee . </P> <P> Roy Anderson is a warehouse dock worker at the Scranton branch of fictitious paper distributor Dunder Mifflin . He has been engaged to the office receptionist Pam Beesly for three years when the series begins, in a relationship where he is shown to be skeptical of, if not completely insensitive to, her ambitions . He also had a good friendship with Darryl Philbin which later is caught up on when he's having beers with him, Jim Halpert and the other warehouse workers later on in Crime Aid . He often shares in the warehouse's typical blue - collar humor . </P>

Who played pam's first boyfriend on the office