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{{short description|American actor, comedian, author, born 1974}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = Ed Helms
| image              = Ed Helms Obvious Child Premiere 2014 (cropped).jpg
| caption            = Helms at premiere of ''[[Obvious Child]]'', 2014
| birth_name         = Edward Parker Helms
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|1974|1|24}}
| birth_place        = [[Atlanta]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], U.S.
| education          = [[Oberlin College]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])
| occupation         = {{hlist|Actor|comedian}}
| years_active       = 1998–present
| children           = 2
| party              = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
}}

'''Edward Parker Helms'''<ref>[http://moviehole.net/201364377hangover-part-iii-set-visit-ed-helms Hangover Part III Set Visit : Ed Helms – Moviehole] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150413121258/http://moviehole.net/201364377hangover-part-iii-set-visit-ed-helms |date=April 13, 2015 }}. Moviehole.net. Retrieved on February 10, 2014.</ref> (born January 24, 1974)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rose |first=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for January 24, 2023 includes celebrities Neil Diamond, Aaron Neville|url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/01/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-january-24-2023-includes-celebrities-neil-diamond-aaron-neville.html |access-date=January 24, 2023 |website=[[Cleveland.com]]|date=January 24, 2023 }}</ref> is an American actor, musician and comedian. From 2002 to 2006, he was a [[correspondent]] on [[Comedy Central]]'s ''[[The Daily Show with Jon Stewart]]''. He played paper salesman [[Andy Bernard]] in the [[NBC]] sitcom ''[[The Office (American TV series)|The Office]]'' (2006–2013), and starred as Stuart "Stu" Price in [[The Hangover (film series)|''The Hangover'' trilogy]]. He later starred in the comedy series ''[[Rutherford Falls]]'' (2021–2022), which he co-wrote.

Helms has also starred in dramatic films and comedic films such as ''[[Cedar Rapids (film)|Cedar Rapids]]'', ''[[Jeff Who Lives at Home]]'' (both 2011), ''[[We're the Millers]]'' (2013), ''[[Vacation (2015 film)|Vacation]]'' (2015), ''[[Chappaquiddick (film)|Chappaquiddick]]'' (2017), ''[[A Futile and Stupid Gesture (film)|A Futile and Stupid Gesture]]'', ''[[Tag (2018 film)|Tag]]'' (both 2018) and ''[[Together Together]]'' (2021). He provided his voice to the animated films ''[[Everyone's Hero]]'' (2006), ''[[Monsters vs. Aliens]]'' (2009), ''[[The Lorax (film)|The Lorax]]'' (2012), ''[[Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie]]'' (2017) and ''[[Ron's Gone Wrong]]'' (2021).

He has received six [[Screen Actors Guild Awards|Screen Actors Guild Award]] nominations for [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series|Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series]] winning in 2008. He also received a [[Writers Guild of America Award]] for [[Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Best Comedy/Variety – Specials|Best Writing for a Comedy or Variety Special]] for ''The Fake News with Ted Nelms'' (2018).

In 2025, he published a book, ''SNAFU: the Definitive Guide to History's Greatest Screwups''. "Spanning from the 1950’s to the 2000’s ...  ''[[SNAFU]]'' ... offers ... insights that ... might [help] prevent history from repeating itself again and again."