Gabe Lewis
Gabriel Stuart "Gabe" Lewis was born on March 10, 1982. He is Regional Director of Sales of Dunder Mifflin/Sabre. Gabe is the director of emerging regions coordination for Sabre, taking Charles Miner's job. A quietly insecure person, he seems resigned to being forced to work inhuman hours and have no social life, as a consequence of Sabre CEO Jo Bennett's unpredictable management style.He describes himself as earnest and says that he wants to be liked and wants to be respected, but he just doesn't have the tools to achieve either of those ends. I think I earnestly want to be part of the gang and also wants to be sort of a dignified and powerful boss, but I fall badly short of both of those things". He has also called himself an "office pariah" and occasional "narc", and says Gabe is a "corporate stooge" to some extent. He was born in Tallahassee, Florida, and was apparently "the longest baby in the hospital". He is an atheist, as he states that he doesn't believe in Christmas or God. He is also a skeptic of horoscopes. During his senior year of College, he studied in Japan. Although nothing is known of his family, he mentions having a stepfather, who was somewhat verbally abusive (as evidenced by Gabe commenting that his stepfather tells him his voice "sounds like Truman Capote but gayer"). He has a disturbing fascination with horror movies, owning over 200 of them. It is implied in "China", that he has a fear of cockroaches, as when Dwight places a gigantic roach billboard over the windows of the office, Gabe (who is outside with the rest of the staff looking up at the billboard) claims he "can't look at roaches" and runs off looking nauseous. In a deleted scene from "Andy's Play", we learn that in his elementary days he was continually cast as Ichabod Crane in his school's numerous productions of Sleepy Hollow (a role he played in College as well) and once Abraham Lincoln in the 11th grade. In a deleted scene from "Christening", it is revealed that he sponsors children in poverty stricken countries. It seems he does not know much about the sport of Basketball (or, at least famous basketball players), as he once incorrectly referred to Michael Jordan as "Magic Jordan". Except for Erin, who he dated for the majority of Season 7, he has never had a romantic relationship with anyone else as Jo's erratic and demanding schedule has prevented him from doing so. In "The List", Gabe is shown to be back working in the Scranton office. It's revealed through a deleted scene that Corporate worked out a deal where he would be in Scranton Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, and in Florida Tuesdays and Thursdays. He's glad to be back, but angrily acknowledges that he's not getting paid any extra. He is also on the "Losers" side of Robert California's list, and is the only "Loser" on Andy's list (which Andy was making to list the good qualities of the employees that Robert didn't consider "Winners"). In "Garden Party", Gabe believes that Andy throwing agarden party to impress Robert California is a "classic Gabe move" and vents his frustration to the camera crew, claiming Andy is stealing his business strategies. While at "Schrute Farms", Gabe expresses more frustration to the camera crew, since he didn't think of toasting Robert first, and tells himself to "get into the game" instead of talking to "Stanley's mistress". When he attempts to toast Robert, Andy cuts him short, claiming that you "can't triple toast someone". After Robert gives a speech, Gabe tries to give another toast in Robert's honor, but is once again interrupted by Andy, causing him more anguish. However, He manages to make a bit of an impression on Robert, as he wraps his jacket around him when he's cold (even though Ryan had already given Robert his jacket). Nonetheless, Robert is still grateful towards Gabe as well. Gabe also stays at the barbecue after the party with his co-workers.In "Spooked", Gabe dresses up as a skeleton, like Toby and Kelly, after he overheard them planning to wear matching costumes. Later, he is approached by Erin and asked for his help to make her halloween party less childish and more "scary and sexy". He tells her he will make it "sexier than [she] could ever imagine" (subtly hinting that he might've tried to use the party as a way to win her back), however, she asks him for his primary goal to be to make it scary. He succeeds in making the party notably spookier by adding a fog machine and some slightly gruesome decorations, and everyone seems to enjoy it. But, he ruins it when he has Erin put on a tape of a bizarre, disturbing, black-and-white horror movie of his own creation entitled "Do Yes Disturb: Meditations of Horror". The film unsettles the office, as all it does is play intense music while showing different scenes of random, creepy things (such as a plate of fruit rotting, a rat crawling over a picture of a screaming woman, and even a shot of Oscar's grandmother eating and secret back-seat footage of Stanley getting into his car). After the movie is turned off, Gabe quietly sneaks out of the conference room, leaving Erin to take the heat from it. However, he is present for Robert's ghost story, and is (surprisingly) disturbed by it with the rest of the office. Later, when Dwight has Robert's son, Bert, fake-fire Toby for revenge, Gabe displays more cowardice when Toby asks if Bert can really fire him, as he merely gives a bit of a shrug and watches.
In "Doomsday", he is attracted to Val, the new warehouse worker. Believing that Val and he have a connection, he attempts to get the paper work for an office relationship from Toby. While Toby is at first happy for him, once he learns that Gabe and Val aren't even dating yet, he informs Gabe that he doesn't need to do the paper work yet. Gabe then spends the day at the warehouse, during their safety training, and makes several pitiful attempts to try to impress Val (such as using a support belt as a hula hoop and using a 100 dollar bill to cover everyone's coffee orders). Darryl tries to imply to Gabe that Val doesn't feel the same way about him, but to no avail. Later, Gabe asks Val if she would like to have some wine with him at a cemetery he was planning to head over to, but she turns him down. She claims it's not personal, but she doesn't date co-workers. Gabe goes as far as to offer to quit, but Val strongly tells him not to, implying she wouldn't date him even if they didn't work together.
In "Pam's Replacement", when Ryan announces to the other staffers that Pam's temporary replacement, Kathy, has a boyfriend (which may or may not be true, as Jim only told Ryan that to discourage him from asking Kathy out), Gabe suggests her boyfriend is a drug dealer, since, according to him, the best way to land an attractive woman is to "get her hooked on blow". He also attempts to subtley comfort the self-conscious Pam by bringing up that the most common fetish in the world is the pregnancy fetish.
Gabe Lewis is portrayed by Zach Wood.
In "Doomsday", he is attracted to Val, the new warehouse worker. Believing that Val and he have a connection, he attempts to get the paper work for an office relationship from Toby. While Toby is at first happy for him, once he learns that Gabe and Val aren't even dating yet, he informs Gabe that he doesn't need to do the paper work yet. Gabe then spends the day at the warehouse, during their safety training, and makes several pitiful attempts to try to impress Val (such as using a support belt as a hula hoop and using a 100 dollar bill to cover everyone's coffee orders). Darryl tries to imply to Gabe that Val doesn't feel the same way about him, but to no avail. Later, Gabe asks Val if she would like to have some wine with him at a cemetery he was planning to head over to, but she turns him down. She claims it's not personal, but she doesn't date co-workers. Gabe goes as far as to offer to quit, but Val strongly tells him not to, implying she wouldn't date him even if they didn't work together.
In "Pam's Replacement", when Ryan announces to the other staffers that Pam's temporary replacement, Kathy, has a boyfriend (which may or may not be true, as Jim only told Ryan that to discourage him from asking Kathy out), Gabe suggests her boyfriend is a drug dealer, since, according to him, the best way to land an attractive woman is to "get her hooked on blow". He also attempts to subtley comfort the self-conscious Pam by bringing up that the most common fetish in the world is the pregnancy fetish.
Gabe Lewis is portrayed by Zach Wood.