Roy Anderson (The Office)

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name = Roy Anderson


caption =
portrayer = David Denman
debut = "Pilot"
departure = "The Negotiation"
cause/reason = Fired after trying to attack Jim Halpert.
gender = Male
occupation = Former Dunder Mifflin Scranton warehouse worker
spouse = Pam Beesly (ex-fiancee)
sibling(s) = Kenny (brother)
Un-named woman (sister)
based on = Lee

Roy Anderson is a fictional character from the US television series "The Office", portrayed by David Denman. His counterpart in the original UK series of "The Office" is Lee.

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Overview

Roy Anderson is a warehouse dock worker at the Scranton branch of fictitious paper distributor Dunder Mifflin. He has been engaged to the office receptionist Pam Beesly for three years when the series begins, in a relationship where he is shown to be skeptical of, if not completely insensitive to, her ambitions. He often shares in the warehouse's typical blue-collar humor.

Biography

Roy was Pam Beesly's fiancé for over three years until she broke off the engagement. Roy brought along his brother on his first date with Pam, a minor league hockey game; the brothers forgot she was with them and left the game without her while she was in the bathroom. During their long engagement, Roy, on more than one occasion, has seen Jim Halpert flirting with Pam. He claims not to mind, as he likes how Pam is less talkative after having spent time with Jim. Pam's mother and Roy seem to get along ("Sexual Harassment").

Roy is often bored and does not like company get-togethers, particularly when there's no open bar, and is seen on more than one occasion leaving office parties early. In the episode "The Fire", he states that he would "do" Angela while playing "Who Would You Do". He vehemently refuses to let Pam apply to a company training program that could advance her talents as an artist, and is generally regarded as a boorish, inconsiderate, ill-mannered lout with a minimal sense of humor and a selfish streak. Roy drives a dark colored Dodge Ram pickup truck, and spent a sizeable portion of the wedding money on two jet skis ["Basketball", Deleted scenes. The Office. Season One. Region 1 DVD. Prod. Universal Studios; dist. Universal Studios Home Entertainment, 2005.] . Roy selects Kevin's band Scrantonicity to perform at his wedding reception.

After Pam breaks off their engagement, Roy's life goes into a tailspin when he stops taking care of himself, starts drinking, and is eventually arrested for driving under the influence. Now recovered, he intends to win Pam back, regretting how he took her for granted and wanting to make it up to her. In "Phyllis' Wedding", Roy talks to Pam about their history together and pays Scrantonicity $20 to play "their song." They dance and leave the wedding together.

Later, in Business School, Roy is shown with his brother Kenny at Pam's art show. And as they leave shortly after arriving, Roy tells Pam that "your art is the prettiest art of all the art", but he once again is selfish and wants her to leave her own show so that they can go home and have sex.

Their reunion is short-lived. They break up shortly after ("Cocktails") they agree to start their relationship anew, when Pam confesses she kissed Jim on "Casino Night". In response, an enraged Roy started trashing the bar they were meeting at, and Pam calls the relationship off immediately.

With his brother having paid off the bar with money he got from selling his jet-skis, a visibly disturbed Roy states, "I am gonna kill Jim Halpert." When he attempts to beat Jim up in the office, Dwight prevents the attack with pepper spray and Roy is quickly fired. Roy later returns to receive his last paycheck and apologizes to Jim, which Jim accepts. He then asks Pam if they can get a cup of coffee after work, which she agrees to.

At a diner, Pam confesses that their engagement was a big mistake and they were never right for each other. Roy asks if she's going to pursue Jim now, but she quietly declines. Roy encourages her to go after him, telling her, "I don't get you, Pam." The two have one final hug outside the diner, and they leave separately. Roy has not been seen or even mentioned on the show since then, aside from his picture in a trophy case Pam encounters during "Job Fair". Daryl does a column in the "Dunder Mifflin Newsletter" where he tells his co-workers that he hasn't really talked to Roy since he was fired, but will send best wishes to their former colleague if and when he does.

Trivia

*Roy has a brother named Kenny, who appears in the episodes "Business School" and "Cocktails".
*Roy also has a sister, mentioned in "The Convention", who once attempted to adopt a Chinese baby.
*Roy drives a Ford Ranger pickup in season one. In season two he drives a Dodge Ram pickup.

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