The Paper Cast: Every Actor In The Office Spin-Off Finally Revealed
This isn't just another rehash — the lineup mixes familiar comedy faces with unexpected heavy-hitters, and it's already sparking debate about whether this new show can live up to the legacy it's borrowing from.
Greg Daniels is back in The Office sandbox, but he is not reopening Dunder Mifflin. The new series is called The Paper, it lives in the same universe, and it follows a scrappy local newspaper in Toledo trying to stay alive. Fresh faces lead the thing, with one very familiar accountant lurking in the bullpen. Also, yes, the paper shares office space with a toilet paper company. Because of course it does.
The setup
Domhnall Gleeson plays Ned Sampson, an idealist parachuted in to resuscitate the Toledo Truth Teller. The finances are dire, the newsroom is half-empty, and the solution is... to rope in anyone on the floor who can type. Ad sales, accounting, circulation, even folks from the TP company down the hall get drafted into chasing stories. It is a very Greg Daniels kind of chaos: earnest, a little absurd, and way too close to how local news actually works now.
Main cast at a glance
- Domhnall Gleeson as Ned Sampson
- Sabrina Impacciatore as Esmeralda Grand
- Chelsea Frei as Mare Pritti
- Melvin Gregg as Detrick Moore
- Gbemisola Ikumelo as Adelola Olofin
- Alex Edelman as Adam Cooper
- Ramona Young as Nicole Lee
- Tim Key as Ken Davies
- Oscar Nunez as Oscar Martinez
- Duane Shepard Sr as Barry
Who is who (and where you have seen them)
Domhnall Gleeson is Ned Sampson
Ned is the ambitious editor determined to yank the Truth Teller out of its nosedive. He has a big, romantic idea of what a hometown paper should be, which collides hard with the balance sheet. Still, he refuses to throw in the towel and pushes the skeleton crew to chase real stories with not-so-real resources.
Gleeson roll call: Bill Weasley in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Parts 1 and 2, About Time, Black Mirror, Ex Machina, Brooklyn, The Revenant, and the Star Wars sequel trilogy as General Hux.
Sabrina Impacciatore is Esmeralda Grand
Esmeralda was the acting editor before Ned showed up, and she is not exactly popping champagne for the new guy. She considers herself a force of nature at the office and delivers the kind of razor-edged compliments that leave marks.
You likely met Impacciatore as Valentina in The White Lotus season 2. She also appears in the Viola Davis thriller G20.
Chelsea Frei is Mare Pritti
Mare is one of the last true reporters on staff. Once starry-eyed about journalism, she has been worn down by the paper's scaled-back ambitions.
Frei credits include The Moodys opposite Dennis Leary, plus Dollface, The Time Traveler's Wife, and Rian Johnson's Poker Face.
Melvin Gregg is Detrick Moore
Detrick sells ads for the Truth Teller, until Ned starts handing him assignments that have nothing to do with CPMs and everything to do with knocking on doors.
Gregg has shown up in Snowfall, American Vandal, Nine Perfect Strangers, and most recently Peacock's Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist with Samuel L Jackson and Taraji P Henson.
Gbemisola Ikumelo is Adelola Olofin
Adelola crunches numbers in accounting, often alongside a certain returning franchise veteran. In Ned's new world order, that does not exempt her from getting pulled into the news side.
Ikumelo won a BAFTA for BBC's Black Ops and was a standout on the sketch show Famalam.
Alex Edelman is Adam Cooper
Adam is another accountant drafted into the paper's do-what-it-takes phase.
Edelman is best known as a stand-up and writer. On screen, he pops up in Jerry Seinfeld's Unfrosted.
Ramona Young is Nicole Lee
Nicole works in circulation, which makes her essential if the Truth Teller wants to exist next week. In this office, that also makes her fair game for field work.
Young's credits include Never Have I Ever, Santa Clarita Diet, DC's Legends of Tomorrow, and Will Ferrell's You're Cordially Invited.
Tim Key is Ken Davies
Ken is an executive at the Truth Teller's parent company, which also manufactures toilet paper... in the same office. That strange bit of corporate feng shui ends up mattering a lot.
Key is British comedy royalty: multiple Alan Partridge projects, Peep Show, Detectorists, The End of the F***ing World, The Witchfinder, Brassic, and more.
Oscar Nunez is Oscar Martinez
Yep, that Oscar Martinez. He is back as an accountant now parked at the Truth Teller. If you remember how much he enjoyed the Dunder Mifflin documentary crew, you can guess his enthusiasm level if there is a camera anywhere near his desk again.
Since The Office, Nunez has turned up on It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, New Girl, iZombie, The Goldbergs, and starred in two seasons of cult sci-fi comedy People of Earth.
Duane Shepard Sr is Barry
Barry is the longest-tenured employee at the paper, a lifer who no longer tracks every twist of the daily drama quite like he used to.
Shepard's voice work includes Starfield and Batman: Arkham Knight. On TV, he has popped up in Young Sheldon, Insecure, and played the director in season 5 of The Eric Andre Show.
When and where to watch
The Paper premieres on Sky Max and NOW on Friday 5 September 2025.
Bottom line: new workplace, new mess, same universe. It is a spin-off that is not trying to replace The Office so much as side-step it and see what happens when journalism meets the corporate supply closet. The weird detail about sharing space with a toilet paper company is not just a joke; it is the show's mission statement.