Tim Canterbury

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Tim Canterbury
First appearance	Pilot
Statistics
Gender	Male
Age	30s
Occupation	Sales representative
Portrayed by	Martin Freeman
Created by	Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant

Tim Canterbury is a main character in the BBC sitcom The Office, played by Martin Freeman. He is a 30-year-old sales representative for paper merchants Wernham Hogg and lives with his parents. He spent one year at university before dropping out, and one day hopes to return to get a psychology degree; however, he has not managed to accomplish this yet. He has quite a self-deprecating and ironic sense of humour.

Canterbury flirts with, and feels great attraction to, receptionist Dawn Tinsley. His office nemesis is Gareth Keenan, with whom he regularly exchanges barbed banter and on whom he frequently plays practical jokes. His relationship with his boss David Brent is mixed; at times Tim seems to get along well with David, and often good-naturedly humours Brent's attempts at comedy and social interaction. However, like the other employees, he is just as often exasperated and annoyed by Brent's more extreme personality flaws.

Tim's equivalent in the American version of The Office is Jim Halpert. His French equivalents are Paul Delorme (played by Jeremie Elkaim) and Louis Tremblay.

[edit] Trivia

• Tim received Hat FM, a mesh baseball-style cap with a built in radio, for his 30th birthday.
• Gareth called Tim a "weird little bloke" with a "cartoon face" and said that "he looks like a Fisher Price man."
• Tim enjoys winding-up, or irritating, Gareth, often with Dawn's assistance.

[edit] Quotes

• "No I don't talk about my love life for a very good reason, and that reason is I don't have one."
• "OK now guys, we're about to enter a warehouse environment now. I'll just warn you that some of the people in here will be working class. So there may be some arse cleavage. Just find a partner, hold hands and don't talk to anyone."
• "I think it was John Lennon who once said 'life is what happens when you're making other plans', and that's exactly the way I feel. Although he also said 'I am the walrus, I am the eggman', so I don't know what to believe."
• "I just think, well, I dunno, if you look at life like, ah, rolling a dice then my situation now, as it stands, yeah, it may only be a three. If I jack that in now, go for something bigger and better, yeah, I could easily roll a six. No problem. I could roll a six. I could also roll a one. Kay, so.. I think sometimes just leave the dice alone."
• "Gareth, it's only a trifle-ing matter."
• "My room has seen a lot of action, mainly dusting."