Tim Canterbury

Tim Canterbury is a main character in the BBC sitcom The Office, played by Martin Freeman. He is a 30-year-old sales representative for paper merchants Wernham Hogg and lives with his parents. He spent one year at a university before dropping out, and one day hopes to return to get a psychology degree. He has quite a self-deprecating and ironic sense of humour. Tim flirts with, and feels great attraction to, receptionist Dawn Tinsley. His office ... more

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Stephen Merchant

Stephen James Merchant (born 24 November 1974) is a British Comedy Award-, BAFTA-, Emmy- and Golden Globe-award winning English writer, director, radio...

Ricky Gervais

Ricky Dene Gervais (pronounced /dʒəˈveɪz/; born 25 June 1961) is an English comedian, actor, film-maker and broadcaster. Gervais achieved mainstream fame with...

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