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'The Office' Actor Andy Buckley's Job Before Landing David Wallace Role Makes Total Sense

By Natalie Zamora

'The Office' actor Andy Buckley, who played David Wallace on the NBC comedy.
'The Office' actor Andy Buckley, who played David Wallace on the NBC comedy. / Gabriel Olsen/Getty Images

Beyond the staples like Michael Scott and Dwight Schrute, we all have our favorite characters from The Office who don't exactly get the spotlight all the time. Minor characters such as Bob Vance, Holly Flax, and let's not forget Jan Levinson, really complete the show, complementing and challenging the main players throughout the nine seasons. One perfect example is David Wallace, Michael's boss-turned-entrepreneur.

The actor behind David, Andy Buckley, joined forces with stars Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey for the latest episode of their podcast, Office Ladies. As reported by Mashable, the actors discussed the Season 2 episode "Valentine's Day," which marks Buckley's first appearance on the show. As fans remember, this one sees Michael head out to New York City for a company meeting with the new CFO, David. Per usual with Michael, chaos ensues after he reveals to other managers that he had hooked up with Jan. Yikes.

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During the podcast, Buckley discussed how he had another job during his entire run on The Office, and it was, funnily enough, a corporate one. How fitting. Though he did have professional acting experience, he was actually working as a stockbroker at Merrill Lynch when he landed the role. Apparently, he ran into casting director Allison Jones at a supermarket, and the rest is history. But because he wasn't called back for a year after he filmed "Valentine's Day," he never quit the finance gig.

As fans know, Buckley is hardly the first actor in The Office to come from another background when being cast. For instance, Phyllis Smith, who played Phyllis Vance on the show, was actually the casting associate before taking on the role, and prior to that was a burlesque dancer. And while Steve Carell, who of course played the part of Michael, didn't get far in his original career plan, he wanted to become a lawyer before choosing acting. Well, well, well, how the turntables...

Knowing Buckley's real-life job as a stockbroker makes it all the more easier to imagine him as the serious CFO David Wallace. The "Suck It" David Wallace, on the other hand? We're not too sure.