Oscar Nunez (born November 18, 1958), sometimes credited as Oscar
Nuñez, is a Cuban-American actor and comedian. He is best known for
being an actor in his role as Dunder Mifflin accountant Oscar Martinez
on NBC's The Office and State Farm's commercials.He was a member of
The Groundlings and later became a regular cast member on The Office.
He also created and co-starred in the Comedy Central series Halfway
Home in 2007. In 2010, he portrayed a pet shop owner in Fred: The
Movie. In 2014, he co-starred in the short-lived USA Network comedy
series Benched.Nunez was born in Colón, Cuba. Nunez's mother, a
dentist, and father, a lawyer, attended school at the University of
Havana while Fidel Castro was a student there. The family circa 1960
moved first to Caracas, Venezuela, and then to the United States. His
family moved to Boston when he was two years old and then to Union
City, New Jersey, when he was four. He was naturalized an American
citizen in 1964. He is bilingual in English and Spanish. Nunez
attended various colleges in New York, including Fashion Institute of
Technology and the Parsons School of Design for writing, and became a
certified dental technician after studying at the Magna Institute of
Dental Technology.Nunez started his comedy career in New York,
performing over 300 shows with The Shock of the Funny theater company.
The troupe was active in the East Village for several years. In
addition to his work with Shock, Nunez appeared in theater in New York
and Washington, D.C. before moving to Los Angeles in the mid 1990s. In
LA, he joined The Groundlings and performed in their Sunday Company.
While with the Groundlings, he wrote and starred in a production
called "Smooth Down There."
Nuñez, is a Cuban-American actor and comedian. He is best known for
being an actor in his role as Dunder Mifflin accountant Oscar Martinez
on NBC's The Office and State Farm's commercials.He was a member of
The Groundlings and later became a regular cast member on The Office.
He also created and co-starred in the Comedy Central series Halfway
Home in 2007. In 2010, he portrayed a pet shop owner in Fred: The
Movie. In 2014, he co-starred in the short-lived USA Network comedy
series Benched.Nunez was born in Colón, Cuba. Nunez's mother, a
dentist, and father, a lawyer, attended school at the University of
Havana while Fidel Castro was a student there. The family circa 1960
moved first to Caracas, Venezuela, and then to the United States. His
family moved to Boston when he was two years old and then to Union
City, New Jersey, when he was four. He was naturalized an American
citizen in 1964. He is bilingual in English and Spanish. Nunez
attended various colleges in New York, including Fashion Institute of
Technology and the Parsons School of Design for writing, and became a
certified dental technician after studying at the Magna Institute of
Dental Technology.Nunez started his comedy career in New York,
performing over 300 shows with The Shock of the Funny theater company.
The troupe was active in the East Village for several years. In
addition to his work with Shock, Nunez appeared in theater in New York
and Washington, D.C. before moving to Los Angeles in the mid 1990s. In
LA, he joined The Groundlings and performed in their Sunday Company.
While with the Groundlings, he wrote and starred in a production
called "Smooth Down There."
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