Steve Carell

**Steven John "Steve" Carell** (born August 16, 1962) is an American actor and comedian. His father is of Italian and German descent, and his mother was of Polish ancestry. Carell is best known for his comedic work as Michael Scott in _The Office_ and _The Daily Show_. For his work with Jim Carrey, he broke through to a more broader audience in the movie, Bruce Almighty, where he played Evan Baxter as a news anchor. This performance earned him his first big screen blockbuster, say a spin-off to the latter, Evan Almighty.

He played Andy Stitzer in _The 40-Year-Old Virgin_, Gru in _Despicable Me,_ _Despicable Me 2, Despicable Me 3, Despicable Me 4,_ and John Eleuthère du Pont in _Foxcatcher_. He has appeared on _Saturday Night Live_.

He starred as Donald Rumsfeld in the 2018 comedy _Vice_. In 2020, he starred as General Mark R. Naird in the Netflix sitcom _Space Force_.

## Filmography

|scope="col"|Year|scope="col"|Title|scope="col"|Role|scope="col"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1991|_Curly Sue_|Tesio|Credited as "Steven Carell"|||||
|rowspan="2"|1998|_Tomorrow Night_|Mailroom Guy without Glasses|||||
|_Homegrown_|Party Extra with Funny Pants|Uncredited||||||
|rowspan="2"|2003|_Street of Pain_|Mark|Short film||||
|_Bruce Almighty_|Evan Baxter|Credited as "Steven Carell"||||||
|rowspan="3"|2004|_Sleepover_|Officer John Sherman|||||
|_Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy_|rowspan=2|Brick Tamland||||||
|_Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie_|Direct-to-DVD|||||||
|rowspan="3"|2005|_Melinda and Melinda_|Walt Wagner|||||
|_Bewitched_|Uncle Arthur|||||||
|_The 40-Year-Old Virgin_|Andy Stitzer|Also writer and executive producer||||||
|rowspan="4"|2006|_Little Miss Sunshine_|Frank Ginsburg|||||
|_American Storage_|Rich|Short film||||||
|_Over the Hedge_|rowspan="2"|Hammy|Voice|||||
|_Hammy's Boomerang Adventure_|Voice, Short film|||||||
|rowspan="4"|2007|_Evan Almighty_|Evan Baxter|||||
|_Knocked Up_|Himself|Uncredited cameo||||||
|_Dan in Real Life_|Dan Burns|||||||
|_Stories USA_|Mark Ronson|Segment: "Street of Pain"||||||
|rowspan="2"|2008|_Horton Hears a Who!_|Ned McDodd|Voice||||
|_Get Smart_|Maxwell Smart|Also executive producer||||||
|rowspan="3"|2010|_Date Night_|Phil Foster|||||
|_Despicable Me_|Gru|Voice||||||
|_Dinner for Schmucks_|Barry Speck|||||||
|2011|_Crazy, Stupid, Love_|Cal Weaver|Also producer|||||
|rowspan="2"|2012|_Seeking a Friend for the End of the World_|Dodge Petersen|||||
|_Hope Springs_|Dr. Bernie Feld|||||||
|rowspan="4"|2013|_The Incredible Burt Wonderstone_|Burt Wonderstone|Also producer||||
|_Despicable Me 2_|Gru|Voice||||||
|_The Way, Way Back_|Trent|||||||
|_Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues_|Brick Tamland|||||||
|rowspan="2"|2014|_Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day_|Ben Cooper|||||
|_Foxcatcher_|John Eleuthère du Pont|||||||
|rowspan="3"|2015|_Minions_|Young Gru|Voice cameo||||
|_Freeheld_|Steven Goldstein|||||||
|_The Big Short_|Mark Baum|||||||
|2016|_Café Society_|Phil||||||
|rowspan="4"|2017|_Despicable Me 3_|Gru and Dru|Voice||||
|_Battle of the Sexes_|Bobby Riggs|||||||
|_Too Funny to Fail_|Himself|Documentary||||||
|_Last Flag Flying_|Larry "Doc" Shepherd|||||||
|rowspan="3"|2018|_Beautiful Boy_|David Sheff|||||
|_Vice_|Donald Rumsfeld|||||||
|_Welcome to Marwen_|Mark Hogancamp|||||||
|2020|_Irresistible_|Gary Zimmer||||||
|2022|_Minions: The Rise of Gru_|Gru||||||
|2023|_Asteroid City_|Motel Manager||||||
|rowspan="2"|2024|_IF_|Blue|Voice; Post-production||||
|_Despicable Me 4_|Gru|Voice; In production||||||

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Steve Carell
- **image**: Steve Carell November 2014.jpg
- **caption**: Carell at the 2014 Montclair Film Festival
- **birthname**: Steven John Carell
- **birth place**: Concord, Massachusetts, U.S.
- **yearsactive**: 1989–present
- **children**: 2
- **parents**: Edwin Carell
Harriet (née Koch)
- **awards**: **Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series - Musical Or Comedy, Best Actor - Musical or Comedy Series**
2006 _The Office (U.S. TV series), The Office_
**Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture**
2006 _Little Miss Sunshine_
**Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series, Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series**
2006 _The Office_
2007 _The Office_
- **alma mater**: Denison University
- **television**: _The Daily Show_
_Watching Ellie_
_Over the Top_
_The Office (U.S. TV series), The Office_
- **nationality**: Americans, American