Steven John "Steve" Carell (born August 16, 1962) is an American actor, comedian, voice artist, producer, director and writer. Carell became famous for his roles in the television series The Daily Show with Jon Stewart from 1999 to 2004, and The Office from 2005 onwards. He has also starred in several Hollywood films, including Anchorman, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Little Miss Sunshine, Evan Almighty, Dan in Real Life, Get Smart, Date Night and Dinner for Schmucks; and voiced characters 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. Carell is married to Saturday Night Live alumna Nancy Carell, whom he met when she was a student in an improvisation class he was teaching at Second City. They have two children, Elisabeth Anne "Annie" (born May 25, 2001) and John "Johnny" (born June 2004). Nancy acted with him on The Office as his realtor and short-lived girlfriend Carol Stills, and also cameoed 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, an antique country store well-known for its candy counter.
Series | Saturday TV Funhouse | Gary / The Police Commissioner (voice) | 2025 |
Movie | IF | Blue (voice) | 2024-05-08 |
Movie | Despicable Me 4 | Gru (voice) | 2024-06-27 |
Movie | Asteroid City | The Motel Manager | 2023-06-08 |
Movie | Jon Stewart: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize | Self | 2022-06-21 |
Movie | Minions & More 1 | Gru (voice) (uncredited) | 2022-09-27 |
Movie | Minions & More Volume 2 | Gru (voice) (uncredited) | 2022-11-08 |
Movie | Minions: The Rise of Gru | Gru (voice) | 2022-06-29 |
Series | The Patient | Alan Strauss | 2022-08-30 |
Series | Space Force | General Mark R. Naird | 2020-05-29 |
Movie | Irresistible | Gary Zimmer | 2020-07-01 |
Series | The Morning Show | Mitch Kessler | 2019-11-01 |
Movie | Illumination Presents: 10 Minion Mini-Movies | Gru (voice) | 2019-01-15 |
Movie | Vice | Donald Rumsfeld | 2018-12-25 |
Movie | Welcome to Marwen | Mark Hogancamp | 2018-12-21 |
Movie | Beautiful Boy | David Sheff | 2018-10-12 |
Movie | Battle of the Sexes | Bobby Riggs | 2017-09-22 |
Movie | Despicable Me 3 | Gru / Dru (voice) | 2017-06-15 |
Movie | Too Funny to Fail: The Life & Death of The Dana Carvey Show | Self | 2017-10-20 |
Movie | Last Flag Flying | Larry 'Doc' Shepherd | 2017-11-03 |
Movie | Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs | Self | 2017-11-18 |
Movie | Café Society | Phil Stern | 2016-05-11 |
Movie | The Big Short | Mark Baum | 2015-12-11 |
Movie | Minions | Gru (voice) | 2015-06-17 |
Movie | Freeheld | Steven Goldstein | 2015-10-02 |
Movie | 9 Kisses | Man on Bench | 2014-12-11 |
Movie | Foxcatcher | John du Pont | 2014-11-14 |
Movie | Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day | Ben Cooper | 2014-10-08 |
Movie | And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage) | 2014-02-01 |
Movie | Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues | Brick Tamland | 2013-12-18 |
Movie | Minions: Training Wheels | Gru (voice) (uncredited) | 2013-12-10 |
Movie | Panic in the Mailroom | Gru(voice)(uncredited) | 2013-12-10 |
Movie | Despicable Me 2 | Gru (voice) | 2013-06-26 |
Movie | The Way Way Back | Trent Ramsey | 2013-06-06 |
Movie | The Incredible Burt Wonderstone | Burt Wonderstone | 2013-03-14 |
Movie | Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot | Self | 2013-01-15 |
Movie | Hope Springs | Dr. Bernie Feld | 2012-08-07 |
Movie | Seeking a Friend for the End of the World | Dodge Petersen | 2012-06-22 |
Movie | Crazy, Stupid, Love. | Cal Weaver | 2011-07-29 |
Movie | Despicable Me | Gru (voice) | 2010-07-08 |
Movie | Dinner for Schmucks | Barry | 2010-07-30 |
Movie | Date Night | Phil Foster | 2010-04-08 |
Movie | We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial | Self | 2009-01-18 |
Movie | Get Smart | Maxwell Smart | 2008-06-19 |
Movie | Horton Hears a Who! | Mayor (voice) | 2008-03-03 |
Movie | Stories USA | Mark (segment "Street of Pain") | 2007-11-10 |
Movie | Dan in Real Life | Dan | 2007-10-26 |
Movie | Evan Almighty | Evan Baxter | 2007-06-09 |
Movie | Knocked Up | Self (uncredited) | 2007-06-01 |
Movie | Hammy's Boomerang Adventure | Hammy (voice) | 2006-10-17 |
Movie | Little Miss Sunshine | Frank Ginsberg | 2006-07-26 |
Movie | Over the Hedge | Hammy (voice) | 2006-05-17 |
Movie | The Da Vinci Code | 2006-05-17 | |
Movie | American Storage | 2006-05-01 | |
Series | The Office | Michael Scott | 2005-03-24 |
Movie | The 40 Year Old Virgin | Andy Stitzer | 2005-08-11 |
Movie | Bewitched | Uncle Arthur | 2005-06-21 |
Movie | Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie | Brick Tamland | 2004-12-28 |
Movie | Melinda and Melinda | Walt | 2004-10-29 |
Movie | Sleepover | Officer Sherman | 2004-07-09 |
Movie | Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy | Brick Tamland | 2004-06-28 |
Series | Come to Papa | Blevin | 2004-06-03 |
Movie | Bruce Almighty | Evan Baxter | 2003-05-23 |
Series | Watching Ellie | Edgar | 2002-02-26 |
Movie | Suits | United Standards 2 | 1999-01-10 |
Movie | Homegrown | Party Extra with Funny Pants (uncredited) | 1998-04-17 |
Movie | Tomorrow Night | Mailroom Guy #2 | 1998-01-23 |
Series | Over the Top | Yorgo Galfanikos | 1997-10-21 |
Series | The Ambiguously Gay Duo | Gary/Police Commissioner (voice) | 1996-09-28 |
Series | The Dana Carvey Show | 1996-03-12 | |
Movie | Curly Sue | Tesio | 1991-10-25 |