The Office: The Most Annoying Characters, Ranked

The Office was full of hilarious characters. While some of the characters were just all-around funny, there were some that were really annoying, too. Certain characters on the show just left you feeling frustrated and wishing they would go away. Even their humorous moments didn’t make them very popular.

These characters had us rolling our eyes and feeling all the cringe. Whether they were a mainstay of the cast or a guest for a season, these characters were often the worst.

Updated on April 21st, 2021 by Kristen Palamara: The Office has been off the air for almost a decade but continues to be one of the most popular sitcoms that fans can watch and rewatch. The Office has a particular type of humor and if viewers can’t stand second-hand embarrassment they might not enjoy the show. Each character has their annoying moments including main original characters like Michael and Dwight, but some of the characters introduced later in the series were consistently annoying to most fans of the show and make for some more difficult viewing in the later seasons.

Clark Green

Clark and Pete weren’t introduced until the 9th season of The Office and apparently meant to be a new version of Dwight and Jim, but they ended up not having enough time to develop their characters and were sidelined from the start.

The show tried to make the audience care about these characters late in the last season of The Office, but neither of the characters were very likable and annoyed audiences when the show focused on them.

Charles Miner

Idris Elba was another recognizable actor who appeared in multiple episodes of The Office but wasn’t introduced until Season 5 of the show. He was hired by Dunder Mifflin to replace Ryan as Vice President of Sales.

Charles was a more serious character but wasn’t as funny of a foil to the more outrageous characters, similarly to a character like David Wallace, than he could have been. Charles only stayed for a few episodes but he was a bit boring when he was in the office.

Jo Bennett

Kathy Bates was another big star who appeared on the show for multiple episodes and was introduced as Jo Bennett in Season 6 as the CEO of Sabre. Sabre acquired Dunder Mifflin and Bennett became the head of the company.

She would visit the Scranton branch throughout the show traveling from her home in Florida to check in on her employees. She, again, was meant to be a more serious character and foil to Michael Scott, but missed the mark and just came off as a bit annoying.

Roy Anderson

Roy was a character that was in The Office from the beginning and was never meant to be a likable character. He and Pam were engaged for the first few seasons of the show and Roy was always a pretty annoying character.

He treated Pam pretty terribly during their relationship and most fans wanted to see Pam and Jim become a couple. Roy was one of the only true antagonists in The Office and most fans were annoyed by his rudeness and violence.

Ryan Howard

Ryan had a roller coaster of a character arc throughout the series as he started out as a pretty responsible business school student who was working as an intern at Dunder Mifflin. He was promoted within the company and his ego grew until he was fired after a scandal.

Being fired didn’t hurt his ego at all and he ended up coming back because Michael wanted him to return, and his off-and-on relationship and flirtation with Kelly was another annoying part about the character.