<Tr> <Th> Occupation </Th> <Td> Actor, comedian, singer </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Years active </Th> <Td> 1993--present </Td> </Tr> <P> Edward Parker Helms (born January 24, 1974) is an American actor, comedian, and singer . He is known for his work as a correspondent on The Daily Show as well as playing Andy Bernard in the U.S. version of The Office, the Once - ler in The Lorax (2012), Stuart Price in The Hangover trilogy, and Mr. Krupp / Captain Underpants in Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie (2017). </P> <P> Helms was born in Atlanta, Georgia . His father, John A. Helms, was a lawyer, insurance executive, and Navy veteran, and his mother, Pamela Ann (née Parker), was a school administrator . Helms is the youngest of three children, having a sister, Susan Carol Helms, and a brother, Paxton Helms, who is an immersion geography teacher at Gunston Middle School in Virginia . Helms had open - heart surgery at age 13 to correct a severe congenital heart defect, which he described as supravalvular aortic and pulmonic stenosis . He graduated from The Westminster Schools one year after The Office castmate Brian Baumgartner in 1992 . Helms entered Oberlin College as a geology major, but ended up graduating in 1996 with his B.A. in film theory and technology . He spent a semester as an exchange student at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts . </P>

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