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Period
  
1994–present

Role
  
Screenwriter

Genre
  
Situation comedy

Spouse
  
Janine Poreba (m. 2008)

Children
  
5

Nephews
  
Owen Daniels

Name
  
Paul Lieberstein


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Born
  
February 22, 1967 (age 57) Westport, Connecticut, United States (
1967-02-22
)

Occupation
  
ScreenwriterTelevision producer

Relatives
  
Susanne Daniels (sister)Warren Lieberstein (brother)Greg Daniels (in-law)

Siblings
  
Warren Lieberstein, Susanne Daniels

Movies and TV shows
  
The Office, The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard

Education
  
Staples High School, Hamilton College

Similar People
  
Brian Baumgartner, Warren Lieberstein, Leslie David Baker, Angela Kinsey, Oscar Nunez

Paul Lieberstein


Paul Bevan Lieberstein (born February 22, 1967) is an American screenwriter, actor and television producer. A Primetime Emmy Award winner, he is best known as writer, producer, and as supporting cast member Toby Flenderson on the U.S. version of the sitcom The Office. He served as the series' showrunner from seasons five to eight. On March 22, 2012, it was announced that Lieberstein would step down from his showrunner role to focus on a planned spin-off series featuring Rainn Wilson as Dwight Schrute, which was tentatively called The Farm and Lieberstein was set to be the showrunner. However, in October 2012, it was announced that NBC was not accepting the spin-off series. Lieberstein also worked as producer on the third and final season of the television drama series The Newsroom.

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Early life and background

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Lieberstein grew up in Westport, Connecticut, the son of Judith and Stanley Lieberstein. He attended Staples High School. Afterwards, he attended Hamilton College, where he joined Chi Psi, and graduated in 1989 with a major in economics (he "wanted to be a financier of some kind"). An interesting footnote is that Lieberstein wrote into the storyline of several episodes references to the fact that Andy Bernard was a Chi Psi from Cornell. Making the effete Andy Bernard a Chi Psi from Cornell was intentional and reflects a good natured "dig" at Cornell by a Chi Psi alum. His first job after graduation was as an auditor at Peat Marwick International, a job that only lasted six months. He followed that with part-time work in his father's law firm, "working as little as [he] could so [he] could write."

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His sister Susanne is the president of programming at MTV and is married to Greg Daniels. His brother, Warren Lieberstein, was married to Angela Kinsey. Lieberstein was married for a second time, to Janine Serafin Poreba, on July 19, 2008, at the New York City restaurant Battery Gardens. His cousin is Paul Faust, on whom the character "Cool Guy Paul" was based, as seen in The Office episode "Chair Model".

Lieberstein currently serves on the advisory board of directors for Young Storytellers, an arts education nonprofit organization based in Los Angeles.

Dual cast-and-crew role

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In a SuicideGirls interview, Lieberstein noted that "as an actor, which is just a very small percentage of me, I don’t feel Toby while I’m writing. It’s the hardest of the characters to access." In an interview for his alma mater, Hamilton College, Lieberstein commented on the bigger picture:

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On June 12, 2008, Variety magazine reported that he would become one of the executive producers of The Office.

Awards

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Lieberstein's first Emmy Award was as a producer, sharing a 1999 Emmy for "Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or Less)" for his work on King of the Hill.

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Lieberstein's work on The Office has resulted in numerous awards. In June 2007, Lieberstein shared in a Daytime Emmy Award for "Outstanding Broadband Program – Comedy", for his work on The Office: Accountants webisodes. As an actor, Lieberstein shared in a 2006 Screen Actors Guild Award for "Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series"; as a writer, he shared a 2006 Writers Guild of America Award for the series, in addition to a WGA Award nomination for "The Coup". As co-executive producer, he shared a 2006 Emmy Award for "Outstanding Comedy Series".

Lieberstein received an Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts degree from Hamilton College on May 22, 2011.

Acting

  • The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard (2009) as Selleck Last Customer
  • The Office (2005–2013) as Toby Flenderson
  • Bad Teacher (2014) as Evaluator
  • The Newsroom (2014) as Richard Westbrook
  • People of Earth (2017) as Reptilian assassin

    • King of the Hill

    1. "Luanne's Saga" (February 16, 1997) – Season 1
    2. "How to Fire a Rifle Without Really Trying" (September 21, 1997) – Season 2
    3. "The Unbearable Blindness of Laying" (December 21, 1997) – Season 2
    4. "I Remember Mono" (February 8, 1998) – Season 2
    5. "Pretty, Pretty Dresses" (December 15, 1998) – Season 3
    6. "De-Kahnstructing Henry" (February 2, 1999) – Season 3
    7. "Peggy Hill: The Decline and Fall" (September 26, 1999) – Season 4
    8. "Not in My Back-hoe" (November 28, 1999) – Season 4
    9. "Bill of Sales" (March 12, 2000) – Season 4
    10. "I Don't Want to Wait for Our Lives to Be Over..." (November 12, 2000) – Season 5
    11. "Spin the Choice" (November 19, 2000) – Season 5

    The Office

    1. "Health Care" (April 5, 2005) – Season 1
    2. "The Client" (November 8, 2005) – Season 2
    3. "The Carpet" (January 26, 2006) – Season 2
    4. "Dwight's Speech" (March 2, 2006) – Season 2
    5. "The Coup" (October 5, 2006) – Season 3
    6. "Cocktails" (February 22, 2007) – Season 3
    7. "The Job" along with Michael Schur (May 17, 2007) – Season 3
    8. "Money" (October 18, 2007) – Season 4
    9. "Goodbye, Toby" along with Jennifer Celotta (May 15, 2008) – Season 4
    10. "Stress Relief" (February 1, 2009) – Season 5
    11. "Company Picnic" along with Jennifer Celotta (May 14, 2009) – Season 5
    12. "Gossip" (September 17, 2009) – Season 6
    13. "Sex Ed" (October 14, 2010) – Season 7
    14. "Search Committee" (May 19, 2011) - Season 7
    15. "The Incentive" (September 29, 2011) - Season 8
    16. "The Farm" (March 14, 2013) - Season 9

    The Office

    1. "Money" (October 18, 2007) – Season 4
    2. "Two Weeks" (March 26, 2009) – Season 5
    3. "Gossip" (September 17, 2009) – Season 6
    4. "Whistleblower" (May 20, 2010) – Season 6
    5. "Sex Ed" (October 14, 2010) – Season 7
    6. "Training Day" (April 14, 2011) – Season 7
    7. "The Farm" (March 14, 2013) - Season 9

    The Newsroom

    1. "Oh Shenandoah" (December 7, 2014) – Season 3

    References

    Paul Lieberstein Wikipedia
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