Andy Buckley

About

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.

Buckley is the son of Barbara J. (King) and Andrew P. Buckley Sr.. He has two brothers and a sister. He attended Pine Crest School, where he graduated in 1983, and Stanford University, where he graduated in 1987 with a bachelor’s degree in political science. 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.

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.

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…