the office cast where are they now is one of TV’s happiest success stories: almost everyone from Dunder Mifflin went on to bigger things. The Office ran for nine seasons and 186 episodes on NBC from 2005, adapted by Greg Daniels from the British original, and its ensemble became one of the most beloved casts in sitcom history. Here is where the Scranton branch landed.
Steve Carell (Michael Scott)
Steve Carell played Michael Scott, the world’s most awkward boss, and left after season seven in 2011. His film career was already huge — The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005), Despicable Me as Gru (2010 onward) — and he later earned an Oscar nomination for Foxcatcher (2014) and headlined The Morning Show (2019) and Space Force (2020). Carell returned for the series finale, giving Michael Scott a proper goodbye.
John Krasinski (Jim Halpert)
John Krasinski played Jim Halpert, the prankster salesman, and has had perhaps the most dramatic reinvention of the cast. He directed and starred in A Quiet Place (2018), headlined the action series Jack Ryan (2018–2023), and directed the family film IF (2024). Krasinski went from the office prankster to one of Hollywood’s most in-demand directors.
Rainn Wilson (Dwight Schrute)
Rainn Wilson played Dwight Schrute, the beet-farming assistant to the regional manager, and has since headlined the crime drama Backstrom (2015), appeared in The Meg (2018), and played the villain in Utopia (2020). Wilson has also written and produced, and Dwight remains one of the most quoted characters in sitcom history.
Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey (Pam and Angela)
Jenna Fischer played Pam Beesly, and has since headlined Splitting Up Together (2018) and co-hosted the Office Ladies podcast with Angela Kinsey since 2019, rewatching the show episode by episode. Kinsey played Angela Martin, the uptight accountant, and has worked steadily in comedy since. Together, the pair have kept The Office’s legacy alive for a whole new generation of fans.
The Rest of the Branch
Ed Helms played Andy Bernard and went on to The Hangover films (2009–2013) and Rutherford Falls (2021). Ellie Kemper played Erin Hannon and headlined Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (2015). Mindy Kaling played Kelly Kapoor and created The Mindy Project (2012) and Never Have I Ever (2020). B. J. Novak played Ryan Howard, wrote for the show, and later wrote and directed Vengeance (2022). Craig Robinson played Darryl Philbin and headlined Killing It (2022).
The Finale, the Reunion Question and the Revival Talk
The series finale in 2013 revealed the documentary crew, reunited Jim and Pam, and brought Carell back for a final, perfect Michael Scott moment. Since then, revival talk has never gone away — but the cast has repeatedly said the ending should stand, and that the show works precisely because it ended. Meanwhile The Office has become one of the most-streamed sitcoms of all time, finding a second, even bigger audience with viewers who were children when it first aired. The cast’s reunion appearances, from award shows to the Office Ladies podcast, keep proving the same point: this ensemble’s chemistry was never just acting.
Why This Cast Endures
So what does this The Office cast guide come down to? A cast so good that its members went on to direct blockbusters, create hit shows and headline franchises — while still being remembered, first and foremost, as the people of Scranton. And the question that started it all — where are they now — has a reassuring answer: still funny, still working, and still, somehow, stuck in Scranton in the best possible way. For another ensemble that defined its era, our Friends cast guide follows Central Perk’s six.
Want to revisit Scranton? Start with The Office season one and watch a paper company become a cultural institution.
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