Kevin Malone
| Kevin Malone | |
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| First appearance | "Pilot" |
| Last appearance | "Finale" |
| Created by | Greg Daniels |
| Portrayed by | Brian Baumgartner |
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| Significant other(s) | Stacy (ex-fiancé) |
| Based on | Keith Bishop |
Kevin Jaye Malone is a character in the American television series The Office. He was played by Brian Baumgartner. Kevin's counterpart in the UK series is Keith Bishop.
Kevin is one of the few minor characters in The Office to be directly based on a character from the British original version. He is based on Keith Bishop, who shares Kevin's lack of communication skills (Keith became particularly popular after an episode where boss David Brent conducts a staff appraisal, to which Keith stoically fails to respond to questions). Kevin shares Keith's musical interest (as a musician, not a disc jockey as with Keith), although, in contrast to Keith, Kevin demonstrates a childish sense of humor. Additionally, both characters are overweight.
Slate magazine named the character as one of the reasons they were looking forward to the return of the show in fall 2007.
Kevin received a job as an accountant at Dunder Mifflin after applying for a job in the warehouse because Michael Scott had "a feeling about him." Kevin was engaged to a woman named Stacey, who has a daughter named Abby. Stacey was the fourth woman to whom Kevin proposed, but the first to say yes, and he was very happy, though he secretly considered her a second choice to one of the other women, Melissa Riley. Little is known about Stacey, although she may have been seen as the woman who was Kevin's date in the second season episode "The Dundies". He has a sister who lives nearby him as shown in a deleted scene from Andy's Play, as well as a mother who recently has become incapable of living by herself and needs to be put in a home.
Kevin is typically quite subdued, although he is known for making blunt or offensive comments regarding the other employees. He hints toward unbecoming Internet habits, most likely pornography, as alluded to in the episodes "E-mail Surveillance", "Take Your Daughter to Work Day" and "Whistleblower". He is very concerned about the e-mail surveillance uncovering the contents of his hard drive and actually flees an interview with the cameras to ensure that his fiancée's daughter had not found the same content. When Nick, the I.T. guy for Sabre has to examine everyone's computers, this prompts Kevin to sprint for his computer in front of everyone. But Nick confirms that he already went through Kevin's computer, causing Kevin to say that he just likes running.
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