Oscar Martinez (The Office)
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Ricky Gervais
Stephen Merchant
| Oscar Martinez | |
|---|---|
| The Office/The Paper character | |
 Oscar Nunez as Oscar Martinez | |
| First appearance | "Pilot" (2005) |
| Created by | Greg Daniels Ricky Gervais Stephen Merchant |
| Based on | Oliver (British counterpart) |
| Portrayed by | Oscar Nunez |
| In-universe information | |
| Occupation |
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| Significant others | Gil Robert Lipton |
| Children | Phillip Schrute (godson) |
| Nationality | Mexican-American |
Oscar Martinez is a fictional character in the American mockumentary-style television series The Office and the follow-up spinoff series The Paper. His counterpart in the British iteration of the show is accountant Oliver. Oscar appears in 176 of 188 episodes of The Office and is portrayed by Oscar Nunez.[1]
In February 2025, it was announced that Oscar Nunez would be reprising his role as Oscar Martinez, in the follow-up series to The Office, called The Paper.[2][3] The first season premiered 10 episodes on Peacock on September 4.[4]
Personality
Oscar is known for being an intellectual, rational, and quietly efficient worker in the office. He refers to himself as being in the "Coalition for Reason" with co-workers Jim Halpert (John Krasinski), Pam Halpert (Jenna Fischer), and Toby Flenderson (Paul Lieberstein). Considered to be a know-it-all by many of his co-workers, Oscar is frequently exasperated by the antics of the office, though he often joins Kevin Malone in antagonizing uptight Angela Martin.
Biography
Oscar Martinez has been an accountant at the Scranton branch office of Dunder Mifflin since 1999. In the first-season episode "Diversity Day", he is revealed to have been the son of Mexican parents who immigrated to the United States one year before he was born. A gay man, he is outed by Michael Scott in the third-season premiere, "Gay Witch Hunt".[5] Nunez explained in a 2008 interview that the character feels amusement, pity, and hatred towards Michael.[6]
In earlier seasons, he is seen driving a Saturn Ion. He replaces this with a Lexus RX 400h, a company car leased to him as part of Dunder Mifflin's desire to avoid a lawsuit after the events of "Gay Witch Hunt".
In the finale of The Office (shown in 2013), Oscar is preparing to make a run for the Pennsylvania state senate. He won his election,[7] but presumably failed to be elected to another term and returned to Dunder Mifflin. In 2019, Oscar, then still working at Dunder Mifflin, accepted a transfer from Scranton to Toledo from Dunder Mifflin's new parent company Enervate. From 2019 forward, Oscar has been working as an accountant for Enervate in Toledo. Beginning in 2025, he also worked on a volunteer basis as a reporter for The Toledo Truth Teller.