Gary Cole on the left as Bill Lumbergh and Ron Livingston as Peter Gibbons.

Bill Lumbergh, or just Lumbergh, is a fictional character played by Gary Cole in the 1999 cult movie Office Space. A sort of everyboss, Lumbergh is the regional manager of the software company Initech, and serves as an unassuming antagonist to the other characters. From the movie Office Space. ... From the movie Office Space. ... Gary Cole as Bob Russell Gary Cole (born September 20, 1956) is an American actor, known for numerous roles, including the television series Fatal Vision, The West Wing, Midnight Caller, American Gothic, and Crusade, and the films In the Line of Fire, Kiss the Sky, Office Space, Dodgeball, The Brady... Ron Livingston (born June 5, 1968) is an American film and television actor. ... A fictional character is any person who appears in a work of fiction. ... Gary Cole as Bob Russell Gary Cole (born September 20, 1956) is an American actor, known for numerous roles, including the television series Fatal Vision, The West Wing, Midnight Caller, American Gothic, and Crusade, and the films In the Line of Fire, Kiss the Sky, Office Space, Dodgeball, The Brady... This is a list of film-related events in 1999. ... Cult film is a colloquial term for a film that has accrued a highly devoted group of fans. ... Office Space is a 1999 comedy film written and directed by Mike Judge. ... Management (from Old French ménagement the art of conducting, directing, from Latin manu agere to lead by the hand) characterises the process of leading and directing all or part of an organization, often a business, through the deployment and manipulation of resources (human, financial, material, intellectual or intangible). ... Computer software (or simply software) refers to one or more computer programs and data held in the storage of a computer for some purpose. ... An antagonist is a fictional character or group of characters, or, sometimes an institution of a story who represents the opposition against which the hero(es) or protagonist(s) must contend. ...

Bill is known to micromanage and often asks his employees, such as Peter Gibbons, to come in to work on Saturdays. He is obsessed with making sure all the office's paperwork (such as TPS reports) is done perfectly, no matter how pointless it may be. His character is known for saying "What's happening?" as a greeting, and (when telling an employee they're going to have to do something undesirable) starting his sentences with, "m' yeah, I'm gonna need you to" or "if you could just go ahead and", as well as ending these requests with "That'd be great". He drives a Porsche with a vanity license plate reading "MY PRSCHE". In business management, micromanagement is a management style where a manager closely observes or controls the work of their employees, generally used as a pejorative term. ... Peter Gibbons was the champion of the CASCAR Super Series in 1999 and 2000. ... Red tape (or sometimes paperwork) is a derisive term for excessive regulation or rigid conformity to formal rules that is considered redundant or bureaucratic and hinders or prevents action or decision-making. ... TPS Report (with Initech logo) in F.E.A.R. Extraction Point TPS Reports in the online FPS Counter-Strike:Source TPS report became a term to describe any mindless paperwork after its use in the comedy film Office Space, which followed three software engineers who were fed up with... Busy work, also known as Monkey Motion, is a critical term for schoolwork, coursework, or homework that keeps students occupied without teaching anything constructive or interesting. ... Office Space is a 1999 comedy film written and directed by Mike Judge. ... Dr. Ing. ...

He often tries to make himself out as his workers' friend, usually by engaging in pointless small talk and using annoying buzzwords, but the fact that this is just to lighten the mood before he forces the employee to do something tedious or frustrating always makes his persona more see-through. His personality can be seen in a line he says when addressing the Initech grunts: "And remember, next Friday is Hawaiian Shirt Day! So, you know, if you want to, wear a Hawaiian shirt...and jeans." This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Small Talk was a Reg Grundy game show that premiered on The Family Channel from 1996-1997. ... A buzzword (also known as a fashion word or vogue word) is an idiom, often a neologism, commonly used in managerial, technical, administrative, and sometimes political environments. ... Aloha shirts are usually adorned with repeating tropical patterns. ... Blue Jeans Jeans are trousers traditionally made from denim, but may also be made from a variety of fabrics including corduroy. ...

He seems to represent the impersonal and oppressive business practices that Peter despises so much. Peter refers to Bill as "all that is soulless and wrong."

In a deleted scene, Peter asks at the end of the movie "Did any of you attend Lumbergh`s funeral?" they all shake their heads. It is implied that he perished as a result of the fire.

In a second deleted scene, Peter's new boss, a foreman at the construction site, speaks to him with the same demeanor as Bill Lumbergh. This indicates that his new boss will be of the same mold as Bill, and that, ultimately, frustrating bosses are inescapable. Foreman is the surname of: Dave Foreman Gordy Foreman Deborah Foreman Kevin Foreman George Foreman - a boxer Carl Foreman Freeda Foreman Tim Foreman Richard Foreman David Foreman Jon Foreman Susan Foreman Joseph Foreman Jack Foreman Mantle it may refer also to: Foreman, Arkansas Foreman of Signals George Foreman Grill Stanley...

The character (voiced by Cole) makes a cameo appearance in animated series Family Guy, episode "The Father, the Son, and the Holy Fonz". Martin Scorsese appears briefly in an uncredited role in this scene from his feature film Taxi Driver. ... Family Guy is an American animated television series about a nuclear family in the suburb of Quahog (IPA or ), Rhode Island. ... The Father, the Son, and the Holy Fonz is an episode from season 4 of FOX animated television series Family Guy. ...

Trivia

In a 2006 car insurance TV commercial for Safe Auto, a typical "boss" is depicted, whose desk placard reads, "Bill Lumbergh."