DAVID DENMAN: The Lowest Offer of My Career

That One Audition with Alyshia Ochse · Nov 3, 2026 · 1h 9m

Today we're sitting down with David Denman, the Juilliard-trained actor the world met as Roy on The Office, a role he only auditioned for because a friend called and told him to watch the British version. His agent didn't even think he did comedy.

Thirty years in, David pulls back the curtain on the business side nobody talks about: why he turned down a role on Kate Winslet's Mare of Easttown, how he pitched his way into the part he wanted, and what happened when HBO came back with the lowest offer of his career.

He also shares how he self-taped for James Gunn's Brightburn while his newborn…