Who is Ed Helms?

Ed Helms is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his work as a correspondent on The Daily Show in 2005.

As an actor, he is famous for playing Andy Bernard in the U.S. version of The Office and Stuart Price in The Hangover trilogy.

Ed Helms: Birth Facts, Parents, and Childhood

Ed Helms was born Edward Parker Helms on 24 January 1974, in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Ed is an American by nationality and is of English, Irish, German, Dutch, and French ethnicity.

He is the son of John A. Helms(father) and Pamela Ann(mother). His father was a lawyer, insurance executive, and Navy veteran, and his mother was a school administrator.

He is the youngest of three children and has a sister named Susan Carol Helms Daley, and a brother named John Paxton Helms.

Education

Ed graduated from The Westminster School in 1992. After that, he entered Oberlin College as a geology major but ended up graduating in 1996 with his B.A. in film theory and technology.

He also spent a semester as an exchange student at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts.

Helms is a recipient of an honorary degree of Doctor of Fine Arts from Knox College, where he delivered the 2013 Commencement Address.

In May 2014, Helms gave a convocation speech at Cornell University. In May 2015, he gave the valedictory speech at the University of Virginia.