Famous Accountants and Bookkeepers: Angela, Kevin, and Oscar

This blog is the next of an occasional series of blog posts in which we celebrate famous bookkeepers and accountants of history and film.

Today, we’re celebrating the accountants and bookkeepers at the Scranton office of Dunder Mifflin Paper Products in the hit TV show The Office .

If there’s anyone in the world who has not heard of the show, it’s basically a fake documentary about life in a midsize paper company in Scranton, Pennsylvania and it was inspired from the UK show of the same name.  I watch it Thursday nights on NBC.

There’s uptight Angela Martin, played by Angela Kinsey, who seems to be in charge of payroll. And in her personal life, she has to decide between two men – Dwight and Andy. (Yikes! What a choice).

There’s complicated Oscar Martinez, played by Oscar Nunez. We don’t hear much about what his actual job is in the accounting department at Dunder Mifflin, but his ethnicity and lifestyle are the targets of Michael Scott’s cringeworthy antics. He agreed not to sue Dunder Mifflin, and as a result, enjoyed a 3 month paid vacation and a company car.

And there’s lethargic Kevin Malone, played by Brian Baumgartner. He likes M&Ms and doesn’t really seem to be qualified for the job.

None of these accountants or bookkeepers (or, perhaps, seatwarmers?) seem to be qualified for the job and yet we see them there every week doing work. (Although now that we think of it, that is a sort-of theme that runs through the show).

A couple years ago, NBC ran a series of short online videos following a storyline about the accountants and the lengths they will go to find some missing money. US residents can watch those videos here.

Jessica Routier, IAC-EZ