David Wallace (The Office)
| David Wallace | |
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| The Office character | |
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| First appearance | "Valentine's Day" |
| Last appearance | "Finale" |
| Portrayed by | Andy Buckley |
| Information | |
| Occupation |
CFO (Season 2–6) CEO (Season 8–9) |
| Nationality | American |
David Wallace is a recurring fictional character in the American comedy series The Office, portrayed by Andy Buckley. Wallace is introduced in the second season as the new chief financial officer of Dunder Mifflin. Wallace is named after the late David Foster Wallace, the favorite author of John Krasinski. His character is established as a wealthy executive at the corporate headquarters in New York with an opulent home and wife, Rachel, and son. Despite his differing lifestyle from the members of the Scranton branch, David tolerates and understands the eccentricities and flaws of Regional Manager Michael Scott, and appreciates employees Jim Halpert and Toby Flenderson. He is let go in the sixth season following the absorption of Dunder Mifflin by Sabre. He later sells his patent for "Suck it" to the US military and later acquires Dunder Mifflin for an undisclosed sum of money and becomes CEO in the eighth season finale, "Free Family Portrait Studio".
David is introduced in "Valentine's Day" during a meeting to discuss the financial standings of the branches as the new CFO- the previous one had resigned due to allegations of sexual harassment from his secretary (as outlined in the episode Sexual Harassment). Craig, Regional Manager at the Albany branch, exposes the fact that Michael and Jan Levenson, Vice President of Sales, were previously intimate after failing to meet expectations. This prompts Michael to formally apologize and explain the boundaries of his relationship with Jan as purely professional.
In the third season episode "Cocktails", David hosts a cocktail party that Jan and Michael attend, which David later leaves to play basketball outside with employee Jim Halpert. He invites Michael to interview for a corporate position in the same season episode, "Beach Games". However, it is revealed in "The Job" that the interview is to appoint someone to replace Jan, who discovers this fact and angrily confronts Wallace. Security escorts Jan out of the building, interrupting Michael's failing interview, allowing Michael to save face and explain that he will be rescinding his vie for the position out of respect for Jan, who he is romantically involved with. He instead appoints Ryan Howard, who has an MBA, to the position.
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