Which character from the UK Office appears as a cameo in the US version?

David Brent is the character from the UK version of The Office who appears as a cameo in the US version. Ricky Gervais reprises the role in the seventh-season episode “The Seminar.”

Brent is the socially awkward, self-important manager of Wernham Hogg in the British series, while Michael Scott serves as the American show’s loosely comparable boss at Dunder Mifflin. In the cameo, Brent briefly encounters Michael, creating a playful meeting between the two versions of the franchise’s central office-manager character.

Gervais also appears as Brent in “Search Committee,” the season-seven episode about choosing a replacement for Michael. The other options are UK Office characters, but they do not make this cameo in the American series: Dawn Tinsley, Gareth Keenan and Tim Canterbury remain associated with the British show. David Brent was played by Gervais, who co-created the original series with Stephen Merchant.