Best known for playing the role of Michael Scott in the American series The Office (2005-11), Steven John Carell is a popular American actor, comedian, director, producer, and writer. His stellar performance in the show not only won him the Golden Globe Award for Best Action in a Television Series but also earned him a nomination in the America`s Funniest Man list compiled by the Life magazine. Having started his career as a mail carrier in Littleton, Massachusetts, Carell later started his acting career as a theater artist and he toured with the children`s touring company, and later performed in the comedy musical theater named Knat Scatt Private Eye. He also worked in several TV commercials for various brands like Brown`s Chicken.

He got his first big break on the silver screen with Curly Sue (1991) and subsequently starred in films like Tomorrow Night (1998) before eventually gaining wide fame with his role as Evan Baxter in the comedy Bruce Almighty (2003). His other notable film appearances include Little Miss Sunshine (2006), Evan Almighty (2007), Despicable Me (2010), Crazy, Stupid, Love (2011), The Big Short (2015), which won him a Golden Globe nomination and the Despicable 3 (2017). Apart from acting, Carrel has also produced many feature films including The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005), Get Smart (2008), Crazy, Stupid, Love (2011), and The Incredible Burt Wonderstone.

Apart from being a successful actor and producer in the film industry, Steven Carell is also a celebrated artist in the American TV industry. Having made his debut with The Dana Carvey Show (1996), Carell worked in series` like Over the Top (1997), Strangers with Candy (2000), The Naked Trucker and T-Bones Show (2007), Web Therapy (2013), and Angie Tribeca (2016). He then reprised his role as Gru/Dru in Despicable Me 3 (2017), Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022) and Despicable Me 4 (2024).

His other notable works include Beautiful Boy (2018), Vice (2018), Welcome to Marwen (2018), Irresistible (2020), Asteroid City (2023) and IF (2024).