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Steve Carell
at the Screen Actors Guild Awards at the Shrine Auditorium on January 23, 2010.
Born	Steven John Carell August 16, 1962 (1962-08-16) (age 47) Concord, Massachusetts, U.S.
Occupation	Actor, comedian, producer, writer
Years active	1989–present
Spouse(s)	Nancy Carell (1995-present) (2 children)

Steven John "Steve" Carell (pronounced /kəˈrɛl/; born August 16, 1962)¹ is an American actor, comedian, producer, and writer. Carell became famous as a correspondent for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart from 1999 to 2004, and as Michael Scott on The Office since 2005. He has also acted in several Hollywood films including Anchorman, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Little Miss Sunshine, Evan Almighty, Dan in Real Life, and Get Smart and provided voice talents in the animated films Over the Hedge, Horton Hears a Who!, and Despicable Me.

Carell was nominated as "America's funniest man" in Life magazine. He received the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in the Television Comedy Series for his lead role of Michael Scott for the American television series The Office during 2006.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Early career 3 The Office 4 Mainstream success 5 Personal life 6 Filmography 6.1 Film 6.2 Television 7 Awards 8 Salary 9 References 10 External links

Early life

Carell, the youngest of four sons, was born at Emerson Hospital in Concord, Massachusetts, and was raised in nearby Acton by his parents, Harriet T. (née Koch), a psychiatric nurse, and Edwin A. Carell, an electrical engineer.²³ His maternal uncle was Stanley Koch, a glassblower who worked with Allen B. DuMont to create cathode ray tubes.⁴ Carell's paternal grandfather was Italian;² his father was born with the surname "Caroselli", later shortening it to "Carell".³ Carell was educated at The Fenn School and Middlesex School, and attended Denison University in Granville, Ohio. He originally aspired to become a radio broadcaster, deejaying at WDUB in Granville.

Early career

Before opting for a career as a performer, Carell claims that he worked as a mail carrier in Littleton, Massachusetts. He later recounted that he quit after a few months because his boss Jan Eddy told him he was not very good as a mail carrier; he needed to be more efficient.⁵ He planned on attending law school, but was unable to write an explanation on his application form as to why he wanted to be a lawyer. Early in his performing career, Carell acted on the stage in a touring children's theater company and later in the comedy musical, Knat Scatt Private Eye. He also acted in a television commercial for Brown's Chicken during 1989.^{citation needed} After that, Carell performed with Chicago troupe The Second City during 1991, where Stephen Colbert was his understudy for a time. That same year, he obtained his first film work in a minor role as Tesio in Curly Sue.

During 1996, he was a cast member of the briefly broadcasted The Dana Carvey Show. Along with fellow cast member Stephen Colbert, Carell provided the voice of Gary, half of "The Ambiguously Gay Duo", the Robert Smigel-produced animated short which was transferred to Saturday Night Live during 1997.^{citation needed} He played a supporting character for several series including Come to Papa and the short-lived 1997 Tim Curry situation comedy Over the Top. He has made numerous guest appearances, including on an episode of Just Shoot Me titled "Funny Girl."

Other early screen credits include a role in Julia Louis-Dreyfus's short-lived situation comedy Watching Ellie (2002–2003) and Woody Allen's Melinda and Melinda. Carell has also made fun of himself for auditioning for Saturday Night Live but losing the job to Will Ferrell.

Carell was a correspondent for The Daily Show from 1999 until 2005, with a number of regular segments including "Even Stephven" with Stephen Colbert and "Produce Pete." Carell performed as a guest on The Daily Show on August 15, 2005 to promote The 40-Year-Old Virgin, June 18, 2007 to promote Evan Almighty and again, a year later on June 18, 2008, to promote his newest movie, Get Smart.

The Office

During 2005, Carell signed a deal with NBC to star in an American version of the BBC British TV show The Office, a so-called "mockumentary" about life at a mid-sized paper supply company. He plays Michael Scott, the idiosyncratic regional manager of Dunder Mifflin Inc, in Scranton, Pennsylvania. The show, now playing its sixth season, has become greatly popular, with Carell receiving praise for his comedic performance, as well as a Golden Globe award and multiple nominations. He has also been nominated for four Emmy Awards and has won two Writers' Guild of America Awards.

Mainstream success

Two important roles helped Carell get the attention of audiences: Bruce Almighty, in which Carell plays Evan Baxter (an arrogant rival to Jim Carrey's character), and Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, in which Carell plays another news personality, as slow-witted weatherman Brick Tamland. Years later he would reprise the role of Evan Baxter in Evan Almighty, a film in which his character from Bruce Almighty has an experience similar to the biblical story of Noah's Ark. During spring of 2005, Carell began playing the lead role of Michael Scott on NBC's adaptation of a British program The Office. Although the first season of the adaptation was notable for its mediocre ratings, NBC renewed it for another season due to the anticipated success of Carell's movie The 40-Year-Old Virgin,⁶ and the series subsequently became a ratings success. Carell won a Golden Globe and Television Critics Association award during 2006 for his Office role. He also received Emmy nominations during 2006 and 2007 for his work in the series.

Carell earned approximately $175,000 per episode of the third season of The Office, twice his salary for the previous two seasons. Carell was allowed "flex time" during filming to work on theatrical films. Carell worked on Evan Almighty during a production hiatus during the second season of the The Office.⁷

He played the lead role for the 2005 film The 40-Year-Old Virgin, which he developed and co-wrote. Although the film was a surprise success, Carell revealed in an interview with Entertainment Weekly that he does not have any plans to stop performing for The Office.

Carell acted as "Uncle Arthur" with Nicole Kidman and Will Ferrell for the 2005 remake of Bewitched. He also voiced a starring role for the 2006 computer-animated film Over the Hedge as Hammy the Squirrel. He also voiced for the 2008 animated film Horton Hears a Who! as the mayor of Whoville, Ned McDodd. He starred in Little Miss Sunshine during 2006, as Uncle Frank. His work in the films Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, and Bewitched established Carell as a member of Hollywood's so-called "Frat Pack" group. (This set of actors includes Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Jack Black, Will Ferrell, Vince Vaughn and Luke Wilson). Carell acknowledged his membership with the group in his monologue when hosting the first episode of Saturday Night Live's 31st season on October 1, 2005. Carell also mentioned that he auditioned to be a castmember on Saturday Night Live for the 1995-1996 season (season 21), but lost to Will Ferrell.

Carell acted as the title character of Evan Almighty, a sequel to Bruce Almighty, reprising his role as Evan Baxter, now a U.S. Congressman. Although, ostensibly, God tasks Baxter with building an ark, Baxter also learns that life can generate positive returns with people offering Acts of Random Kindness. During October 2006, Carell began acting for the film Dan in Real Life, co-starring Dane Cook and Juliette Binoche. Filming ended December 22, 2006, and the film was released on October 26, 2007.

Carell played Maxwell Smart for a movie remake of Get Smart, which began filming February 3, 2007 and was filmed in Los Angeles, Washington DC, and Moscow, Russia. The movie was very successful, grossing over $200 million worldwide.⁸ During 2007, Carell was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.⁹¹⁰

Production ended during the middle of the fourth season of The Office because of Carell's and others' refusal to cross the picket line of the 2007 Writers Guild of America strike.

Carell filmed a movie during late 2008 opposite Tina Fey, entitled Date Night. It is set to be released on April 9, 2010 in the US. He has several other projects in the works, including a remake of the 1967 Peter Sellers film The Bobo. He is currently doing voiceover work in commercials for Wrigley's Extra gum.

Carell has launched a television division of his Carousel Prods., which has contracted a three-year overall deal with Universal Media Studios, the studio behind his NBC comedy series. Thom Hinkle and Campbell Smith of North South Prods., former producers on Carell's alma mater, Comedy Central's The Daily Show, have been hired to manage Carousel's TV operations.¹¹

Personal life

Carell is Catholic.¹² He is married to Saturday Night Live actress Nancy Carell, whom he met when she was a student in an improvisation class he was teaching at The Second City.¹³ They have two children, Elisabeth Anne "Annie" (born May 25, 2001) and John "Johnny" (born June 2004). She acted with him on The Office as his realtor and short-lived girlfriend Carol Stills, and also cameod as a sex therapist in The 40 Year Old Virgin.

The Carells have a home in Marshfield, Massachusetts. He recently helped to preserve some of the town's history by purchasing the 155-year-old Marshfield Hills General Store, ¹⁴ an antique country store well-known for its candy counter.

Filmography

Film

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1991	Curly Sue	Tesio	as Steven Carell
2003	Bruce Almighty	Evan Baxter
2004	Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy	Brick Tamland	Nominated — MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Team shared with Will Ferrell, David Koechner and Paul Rudd Nominated — MTV Movie Award for Best Musical Performance shared with Will Ferrell, Paul Rudd and Fred Armisen
	Sleepover	Officer Sherman
	Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie	Brick Tamland
2005	Melinda and Melinda	Walt Wagner
	Bewitched	Uncle Arthur
	The 40-Year-Old Virgin	Andy Stitzer	MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance Nominated — MTV Movie Award for Best Performance Nominated — MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Team shared with Romany Malco, Seth Rogen and Paul Rudd Nominated — Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay shared with Judd Apatow
2006	Over the Hedge	Hammy	Voice
	Little Miss Sunshine	Frank Ginsburg	Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast Chlotrudis Award for Best Cast Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Ensemble Nominated — Gotham Award for Best Ensemble Cast Nominated - Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor
2007	Evan Almighty	Evan Baxter	Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie: Scream Nominated — Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Actor: Comedy Nominated — Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie: Hissy Fit
	Knocked Up	Himself
	Dan in Real Life	Dan Burns
2008	Horton Hears a Who!	Ned McDodd: Mayor of WhoVille	Voice
	Get Smart	Maxwell Smart	Nominated — MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance
2010	Date Night	Phil Foster
	Despicable Me	Gru	Voice
	Dinner for Schmucks	Barry	Filming

Television

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1996	The Dana Carvey Show	Various characters	Sketch comedy
1997	Over the Top	Yorgo Galfanikos	12 episodes; only 3 aired.
1998	Just Shoot Me	Insurance Agent
1999-2004	The Daily Show	Correspondent
2005-present	The Office	Michael Scott	Writer, episodes "Casino Night" and "Survivor Man"; Director, episode "Broke" Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy (2006) Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series (2007, 2008) Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Actor: Comedy (2007, 2008) TV Land Future Classic Award Television Critics Association Award for Individual Achievement in Comedy (2006) Writers Guild of America Award for Comedy Series shared with ensemble writers (2007) Writers Guild of America Award for Episodic Comedy for episode "Casino Night" Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010) Nominated — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor – Comedy Series (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009) Nominated — Prism Award for Best Performance in a Comedy Series (2007) Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy (2006, 2007) Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series (2007, 2008, 2009) Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series (2009) Nominated — Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Actor: Comedy (2006) Nominated — Television Critics Association Award for Individual Achievement in Comedy (2009) Nominated — Writers Guild of America Award for Comedy Series shared with ensemble writers (2008, 2009)

Awards

Carell won the Spike TV 2008 "Guys Choice", Funniest M.F. Award.¹⁵ and a 2010 Peoples Choice Award for Best Comedic Actor.

Salary

• The Office (Season 3) - $175,000 an episode (renegotiated in 2006).¹⁶ In an Entertainment Weekly interview, he commented on his salary, saying "You don't want people to think you're a pampered jerk. Salaries can be ridiculous. On the other hand, a lot of people are making a lot of money off of these shows."¹⁷
• The Office (Seasons 1, 2) - $76,000 an episode
• Evan Almighty - $5,000,000
• The 40-Year-Old Virgin - $500,000

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Steve Carell

• Steve Carell at the Internet Movie Database
• Steve Carell at TV.com
• Dateline NBC's interview with Carell
• Carell's antique country store in Marshfield, MA
• USA Today article on real-life CEO lessons

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NAME	Carell, Steve
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Carell, Steven John
SHORT DESCRIPTION	American actor
DATE OF BIRTH	August 16, 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH	Concord, Massachusetts
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH