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Steve Carell

<tr><td style="text-align:left;">Birth name</td><td>Steven John Carell</td></tr>

Born August 16 1963 (age 46)
Concord, Massachusetts
Height 5' 8" <ref>http://www.celebheights.com/s/Steve-Carell-1345.html</ref>
Notable roles Himself on
The Daily Show
"Andy Stitzer" in
The 40-Year Old Virgin
"Michael Scott" in
The Office
"Brick Tamland" in Anchorman

Steven John Carell (born August 16, 1963) is an American Golden Globe-winning and Emmy-nominated actor and writer, currently starring in the American version of the television sitcom The Office.

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[edit] Biography

[edit] Personal life

Carell was born in Concord, Massachusetts. He was educated at the The Fenn School and Middlesex School in Concord, Massachusetts, as well as Denison University in Granville, Ohio.

He is married to Saturday Night Live alumna Nancy Walls, whom he met when she was a student in an improv class he was teaching at The Second City.<ref>Interview: Steve Carell (January 11, 2006). The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, NBC.</ref> They have two children, Elisabeth and John.

[edit] Early career

Prior to deciding on a career as a performer, he was a mail carrier. He later explained he quit after a few months because he was "very, very bad at it."<ref>Interview: Steve Carell (March 20, 2006). InFANity: The Office, TV Guide Channel.</ref> He also planned on going to law school, but when he was asked on his entry form why he wanted to become a lawyer, he was unable to write a response.

He performed with Chicago troupe The Second City in 1991, where Stephen Colbert was his understudy for a time. This same year, he landed his first film role, though minor, as Tesio in Curly Sue.

In 1996, he was a cast member of the briefly aired The Dana Carvey Show. Carell has also done some voice acting, including several voices in "The Ambiguously Gay Duo" for Saturday Night Live. He played a supporting character in the short-lived 1997 Tim Curry sitcom Over the Top.

Other early screen credits include a role in the short-lived Julia Louis-Dreyfus sitcom Watching Ellie (2002 – 2003) and Woody Allen's Melinda and Melinda.

[edit] The Daily Show

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In 1999, he became a correspondent on The Daily Show, appearing in recurring sketches like "Even Stevphen" (opposite Stephen Colbert) and "Produce Pete with Steve Carell". He remained a regular on the show until 2004.

Carell returned to The Daily Show on March 23, 2005, for a piece on the second anniversary of the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

While there, he also recorded two guest appearances as Produce Pete which aired on April 4, 2005, and May 3, 2005 (and was credited as a contributor).

He returned to the show as the guest on August 15, 2005, and declared on that day's program that he was officially no longer with the show, ending a bit of speculation as to whether he would one day return or not.

[edit] Mainstream success

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Two supporting roles in films helped get the attention of audiences: In Bruce Almighty, Carell played Evan Baxter, an arrogant rival to Jim Carrey who gets the ultimate comeuppance at a news desk. In Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, he played another news personality, this time as the dimwitted weatherman Brick Tamland, whose non-sequiturs (including "I love lamp" and "LOUD NOISES!", along with his use of a hand grenade in a news team rumble) helped make the comedy a success at the box-office.

In spring of 2005, Carell began playing the lead role of Michael Scott on NBC's remake of the British sitcom The Office. Although the series premiered to mediocre ratings, NBC renewed it for a second season, and the show became a ratings success. Carell won a Golden Globe and Television Critics Association award in 2006 for his Office role. He also received an Emmy nomination in 2006 for his work in the series. He played the lead role in the 2005 film The 40-Year-Old Virgin, which he developed and co-wrote. With Carell's surprise success with the film, he revealed in an interview with Entertainment Weekly that he has no plans to leave The Office.

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In the third season, Carell earns $175,000 per episode, twice his salary for the previous two seasons. Carell is also allowed flex time during filming to be able to work on theatrical films. While he was shooting Evan Almighty, Carell shot the film during weekdays and appeared in The Office on weekends for its third season. [1]

Carell also appeared in a short cameo alongside Nicole Kidman and Will Ferrell in the 2005 remake of Bewitched. He also voiced one of the starring roles in the 2006 computer-animated film Over the Hedge as Hammy the Squirrel. He starred in Little Miss Sunshine in July 26, 2006, as Uncle Frank.

His work in films such as Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, and Bewitched established Carell as a member of Hollywood's Frat Pack group. This set of actors, headlined by Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Will Ferrell, Vince Vaughn, Luke Wilson, and Owen Wilson, has become one of the most profitable forces in modern comedy. Carell acknowledged his membership in this group during the opening monologue of his October 1, 2005 hosting stint of Saturday Night Live[2].

[edit] Awards

Carell in The 40-Year-Old Virgin poster

[edit] Golden Globes

Won:

[edit] Emmy Awards

Nominated:

  • 2006: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series (The Office)

[edit] Writers Guild of America

Nominated:

[edit] Television Critics Association

Won:

  • 2006: Outstanding Individual Achievement in Comedy (for his role as Michael Scott in The Office)

[edit] MTV Movie Awards

Won:

  • 2006: Best Comedic Performance for the film The 40-Year-Old Virgin

Nominated:

  • 2006: Best Performance for the film The 40-Year-Old Virgin
  • 2006: Best On-Screen Team (shared with Paul Rudd, Seth Rogen and Romany Malco) for the film The 40-Year-Old Virgin

[edit] Partial filmography

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Year Title Role Notes
2008 Horton Hears a Who! Mayor of Who-Ville (voice) [3]
2007 Evan Almighty Evan Baxter Lead role
Knocked Up Himself Cameo
Dan in Real Life Dan Ashburn Lead role
2006 Over the Hedge Hammy (voice)
Little Miss Sunshine Frank Ginsburg Ensemble cast
2005 Melinda and Melinda Walt
Bewitched Uncle Arthur Cameo
The 40-Year-Old Virgin Andy Stitzer Lead role/Co-writer
2004 Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy Brick Tamland Supporting role
2003 Bruce Almighty Evan Baxter Supporting role

[edit] Salary

[edit] Trivia

  • Both characters that Carell played on Bruce Almighty and Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy were news anchors. Before acting in these roles he was a news anchor on The Daily Show.
  • He wrote the season finale of the second season of The Office.
  • According to the audio commentary on the DVD of the Fox sitcom Titus, Carell was up for the role of Tommy Shafter, but producers ultimately chose actor David Shatraw.
  • Carell was once referred to as "Steven James Anthony Carell" by Will Ferrell on an episode of The Daily Show.

[edit] Future plans

Carell will appear as the lead in Evan Almighty, a sequel to Bruce Almighty. He will reprise his role as Evan Baxter, now a member of Congress, whom God tasks with building a new ark. (In theatres June 22, 2007)

In October 2006, Carell began shooting the upcoming film Dan in Real Life, co-starring Dane Cook and Juliette Binoche.

He is currently scheduled to play Maxwell Smart in a movie remake of Get Smart, which begins filming in March 2007.

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Steve Carell
Wife: Nancy Walls
Television: The Dana Carvey Show | The Daily Show | The Office
Starring Movie Roles: The 40-Year-Old Virgin | Little Miss Sunshine | Dan in Real Life | Evan Almighty
Minor Movie Roles: Bruce Almighty | Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy | Bewitched |
Voice Talent: The Ambiguously Gay Duo | Over the Hedge | Horton Hears a Who!
Other: Frat Pack | Michael Scott
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