---
name: "Steve Carell"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/steve-carell"
fi1m_id: "steve-carell"
imdb_id: "nm0136797"
tmdb_id: 4495
wikidata_id: "Q216221"
roles: ["Actor","Writer","Producer"]
born: "16 August 1962"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 24
average_fi1m_score: 67
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 21
updated: "2026-10-13T21:40:42.535525+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Steve Carell

## Identity

Steve Carell

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/steve-carell
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** steve-carell
- **IMDb ID:** nm0136797
- **TMDB ID:** 4495
- **Wikidata ID:** Q216221
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Carell, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q216221, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0136797/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4495

Actor and writer. Born 16 August 1962 in Concord, Massachusetts, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor, Writer, Producer
- **Born:** 16 August 1962, Concord, Massachusetts, USA
- **Active:** 2003–present
- **Also known as:** Steven Carrel, Steven Carell, Steven John "Steve" Carell, Steven John Carell,  Стив Кэрелл
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 24: 21 acting, 2 directing, 1 other
- **Frequently works with:** [Chris Meledandri](https://film.one/person/chris-meledandri.md), [Janet Healy](https://film.one/person/janet-healy.md), [Ken Daurio](https://film.one/person/ken-daurio.md), [Pierre Coffin](https://film.one/person/pierre-coffin.md), [Adam McKay](https://film.one/person/adam-mckay.md), [Chris Renaud](https://film.one/person/chris-renaud.md), [Cinco Paul](https://film.one/person/cinco-paul.md), [Will Ferrell](https://film.one/person/will-ferrell.md)
- **Golden Globes:** 1 Golden Globe (1 won)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 67, as actor, over 21 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 73 (6), 2010s 67 (11), 2020s 63 (7)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 67 to 64 across 21 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 13 at 60–79, 6 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 12 of 20 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Comedy 19, Family 8, Animation 7, Drama 6, Science Fiction 4, Adventure 3
- **Screen time:** 32 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $7,495m across 18 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Carell, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q216221, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0136797/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4495

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Foxcatcher*](https://film.one/film/foxcatcher.md) (82), [*Over the Hedge*](https://film.one/film/over-the-hedge.md) (73), [*Beautiful Boy*](https://film.one/film/beautiful-boy.md) (68), [*Vice*](https://film.one/film/vice.md) (61)
- **Apple TV:** [*Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy*](https://film.one/film/anchorman-the-legend-of-ron-burgundy.md) (78), [*Despicable Me*](https://film.one/film/despicable-me.md) (74)
- **Peacock:** [*The Office*](https://film.one/tv/the-office-2005.md) (77), [*Despicable Me 2*](https://film.one/film/despicable-me-2.md) (71)
- **Netflix:** [*Minions: The Rise of Gru*](https://film.one/film/minions-the-rise-of-gru.md) (66), [*The Four Seasons*](https://film.one/tv/the-four-seasons.md) (64)
- **Pluto TV:** [*The Big Short*](https://film.one/film/the-big-short.md) (80)
- **AMC+:** [*The 40 Year-Old Virgin*](https://film.one/film/the-40-year-old-virgin.md) (79)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Fi1m on Steve Carell

> Steve Carell makes embarrassing men bearable by letting us see how badly they want to get things right. His patient, unshowy acting deserves better than scripts that expect his likeability to supply the story.

In *Rooster* (2026), Steve Carell’s Greg Russo tries to connect with his daughter Katie and makes an awkward business of it. Carell lets the wish to be a good father remain visible through the discomfort, without making Greg any less embarrassing. We warmed to him in these exchanges because his affection for Katie was so clear. Charly Clive gives him someone to work with rather than merely someone to be endearing at. Their rapport deserves more attention than the thinly written father-daughter story gives it.

That combination of awkwardness and vulnerability was central to his breakthrough in *The Office* (2005) and *The 40-Year-Old Virgin* (2005), which he also co-wrote. He can play broad comedy without signalling that he knows better than the character. Dramatic roles followed alongside the comedies and voice work, with *Foxcatcher* (2014) making conspicuous use of physical and vocal transformation. The mannered stillness there can feel too deliberate, as though we are being asked to notice how carefully he is acting. His precise observation of ordinary behaviour is usually more persuasive.

*Despicable Me 4* (2024) gives his Gru the gravelly courtesy and sudden flinches that still make the voice distinctive. What it seldom gives him is a choice worth playing: he spends much of the film reacting to whatever the script puts in front of him. The scattered sketches leave us waiting for the Minions rather than caring about Gru. The result is sometimes funny, but his familiar vocal habits cannot give those sketches a story.

In John Krasinski’s *IF* (2024), he voices Blue, a large purple creature whose appeal also owes much to the people building the image around him. Janusz Kamiński’s warm light makes the creatures belong in the flat, while Jess Gonchor gives their home rooms that change to suit whoever occupies them. Those are pleasures in a film short of jokes and unsure what to do with its imaginary friends. For a fuller account of Carell’s appeal, start with *The 40-Year-Old Virgin*, where the crude jokes come with a person worth caring about.

## Biography

Steve Carell is an American actor and comedian. He was born on 16 August 1962 in Concord, Massachusetts, and graduated from Denison University in 1984. He trained with the Second City improvisational troupe in Chicago.

Carell gained prominence as a correspondent on The Daily Show from 1999 to 2005. He starred as Michael Scott in the NBC series The Office (2005–2011), for which he received a Golden Globe Award. His film roles include Andy Stitzer in The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005), which he co-wrote, Frank Ginsberg in Little Miss Sunshine (2006), and John du Pont in Foxcatcher (2014). He voices Gru in the Despicable Me films, including Despicable Me 4 (2024), and Blue in IF (2024).

Carell has appeared in the series The Four Seasons (2025) as Nick Pagano and Rooster (2026) as Greg Russo.

*Sources: imdb.com, britannica.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (24)

### Performed in (21) — the average rests on these

- *Rooster* (2026), Fi1m 57, as Greg Russo — [page](https://film.one/tv/rooster.md)
- *The Four Seasons* (2025), Fi1m 64, as Nick Pagano — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-four-seasons.md)
- *Despicable Me 4* (2024), Fi1m 55, as Gru (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/despicable-me-4.md)
- *IF* (2024), Fi1m 56, as Blue (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/if.md)
- *Asteroid City* (2023), Fi1m 71, as The Motel Manager — [page](https://film.one/film/asteroid-city.md)
- *Minions: The Rise of Gru* (2022), Fi1m 66, as Gru (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/minions-the-rise-of-gru.md)
- *Beautiful Boy* (2018), Fi1m 68, as David Sheff — [page](https://film.one/film/beautiful-boy.md)
- *Vice* (2018), Fi1m 61, as Donald Rumsfeld — [page](https://film.one/film/vice.md)
- *Despicable Me 3* (2017), Fi1m 55, as Gru / Dru (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/despicable-me-3.md)
- *Minions* (2015), Fi1m 61, as Young Gru (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/minions.md)
- *The Big Short* (2015), Fi1m 80, as Mark Baum — [page](https://film.one/film/the-big-short.md)
- *Foxcatcher* (2014), Fi1m 82, as John du Pont — [page](https://film.one/film/foxcatcher.md)
- *Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues* (2013), Fi1m 58, as Brick Tamland — [page](https://film.one/film/anchorman-2-the-legend-continues.md)
- *Despicable Me 2* (2013), Fi1m 71, as Gru (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/despicable-me-2.md)
- *Life's Too Short* (2011), Fi1m 63, as Steve Carell — [page](https://film.one/tv/lifes-too-short.md)
- *Despicable Me* (2010), Fi1m 74, as Gru (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/despicable-me.md)
- *Little Miss Sunshine* (2006), Fi1m 78, as Frank Ginsberg — [page](https://film.one/film/little-miss-sunshine.md)
- *Over the Hedge* (2006), Fi1m 73, as Hammy (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/over-the-hedge.md)
- *The 40 Year-Old Virgin* (2005), Fi1m 79, as Andy Stitzer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-40-year-old-virgin.md)
- *Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy* (2004), Fi1m 78, as Brick Tamland — [page](https://film.one/film/anchorman-the-legend-of-ron-burgundy.md)
- *Bruce Almighty* (2003), Fi1m 55, as Evan Baxter — [page](https://film.one/film/bruce-almighty.md)

### Directed (2)

- *Angie Tribeca* (2016), Fi1m 66, Creator, Director, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/angie-tribeca.md)
- *The Office* (2005), Fi1m 77, as Michael Scott — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-office-2005.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Minions & Monsters* (2026), Fi1m 70, as Gru (archive) (uncredited) (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/minions-and-monsters.md)

## Complete filmography (81)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Minions & Monsters* (2026), as Gru (archive) (uncredited) (voice) — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/minions-and-monsters.md)
- *Rooster* (2026), series, as Greg Russo · Executive Producer — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/tv/rooster.md)
- *Mountainhead* (2025), as Randall Garrett
- *The Four Seasons* (2025), series, as Nick Pagano — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-four-seasons.md)
- *Despicable Me 4* (2024), as Gru (voice) — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/despicable-me-4.md)
- *IF* (2024), as Blue (voice) — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/if.md)
- *Who's Who?* (2023), series, as Gru (voice)
- *Asteroid City* (2023), as The Motel Manager — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/asteroid-city.md)
- *Minions & More 2* (2022), as Gru (voice) (uncredited)
- *Minions & More Volume 1* (2022), as Gru (voice) (uncredited)
- *The Patient* (2022), series, as Alan Strauss · Executive Producer
- *Minions: The Rise of Gru* (2022), as Gru (voice) — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/minions-the-rise-of-gru.md)
- *Irresistible* (2020), as Gary Zimmer
- *Space Force* (2020), series, as General Mark R. Naird · Executive Producer, Writer, Creator
- *The Morning Show* (2019), series, as Mitch Kessler
- *Illumination Presents: 10 Minion Mini-Movies* (2019), as Gru (voice)
- *Vice* (2018), as Donald Rumsfeld — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/vice.md)
- *Welcome to Marwen* (2018), as Mark Hogancamp
- *Beautiful Boy* (2018), as David Sheff — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/beautiful-boy.md)
- *Last Flag Flying* (2017), as Larry 'Doc' Shepherd
- *Battle of the Sexes* (2017), as Bobby Riggs
- *Despicable Me 3* (2017), as Gru / Dru (voice) — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/despicable-me-3.md)
- *Café Society* (2016), as Phil Stern
- *Angie Tribeca* (2016), series, Director, Writer, Creator — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/angie-tribeca.md)
- *The Big Short* (2015), as Mark Baum — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/the-big-short.md)
- *Freeheld* (2015), as Steven Goldstein
- *Minions* (2015), as Young Gru (voice) — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/minions.md)
- *Foxcatcher* (2014), as John du Pont — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/foxcatcher.md)
- *Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day* (2014), as Ben Cooper
- *Riot* (2014), series, Executive Producer
- *9 Kisses* (2014), as Man on Bench
- *Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues* (2013), as Brick Tamland — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/anchorman-2-the-legend-continues.md)
- *Training Wheels* (2013), as Gru (voice) (uncredited)
- *Panic in the Mailroom* (2013), as Gru(voice)(uncredited)
- *Despicable Me 2* (2013), as Gru (voice) — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/despicable-me-2.md)
- *The Way Way Back* (2013), as Trent Ramsey
- *The Incredible Burt Wonderstone* (2013), as Burt Wonderstone · Producer
- *The Office: Secret Santa Pack* (2012), as Michael Scott
- *Hope Springs* (2012), as Dr. Bernie Feld
- *Seeking a Friend for the End of the World* (2012), as Dodge Petersen
- *Life's Too Short* (2011), series, as Steve Carell — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/lifes-too-short.md)
- *Threat Level Midnight: The Movie* (2011), as Michael Scarn (Michael Scott) · Producer
- *Crazy, Stupid, Love.* (2011), as Cal · Producer
- *Web Therapy* (2011), series, as Jackson Pickett
- *Dinner for Schmucks* (2010), as Barry
- *Despicable Me* (2010), as Gru (voice) — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/despicable-me.md)
- *Date Night* (2010), as Phil Foster
- *Get Smart* (2008), as Maxwell Smart · Executive Producer
- *Horton Hears a Who!* (2008), as Mayor (voice)
- *Stories USA* (2007), as Mark (segment "Street of Pain")
- *Dan in Real Life* (2007), as Dan
- *Evan Almighty* (2007), as Evan Baxter
- *Hammy's Boomerang Adventure* (2006), as Hammy (voice)
- *Little Miss Sunshine* (2006), as Frank Ginsberg — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/little-miss-sunshine.md)
- *Over the Hedge* (2006), as Hammy (voice) — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/over-the-hedge.md)
- *American Storage* (2006), as Rich
- *Saturday Night Live: The Best of Saturday TV Funhouse* (2006), as Gary (voice)
- *The 40 Year-Old Virgin* (2005), as Andy Stitzer · Executive Producer, Writer — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/the-40-year-old-virgin.md)
- *Bewitched* (2005), as Uncle Arthur
- *The Office* (2005), series, as Michael Scott · Writer, Director, Producer — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-office-2005.md)
- *Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie* (2004), as Brick Tamland
- *Melinda and Melinda* (2004), as Walt
- *Sleepover* (2004), as Sherman
- *Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy* (2004), as Brick Tamland — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/anchorman-the-legend-of-ron-burgundy.md)
- *Come to Papa* (2004), series, as Blevin
- *Bruce Almighty* (2003), as Evan Baxter — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/bruce-almighty.md)
- *Streets of Pain* (2003), as Mark
- *Fillmore!* (2002), series, as Mr. Delancey (voice)
- *Watching Ellie* (2002), series, as Edgar
- *H.U.D.* (2000), as Havoc
- *Suits* (1999), as United Standards 2
- *Homegrown* (1998), as Party Extra with Funny Pants (uncredited)
- *Tomorrow Night* (1998), as Mailroom Guy #2
- *Over the Top* (1997), series, as Yorgo Galfanikos
- *Just Shoot Me!* (1997), series, as Mr. Weiland
- *The Ambiguously Gay Duo* (1996), series, as Gary / Police Commissioner (voice)
- *The Dana Carvey Show* (1996), series, as Various Characters
- *Curly Sue* (1991), as Tesio
- *The Simpsons* (1989), series, as Dan Gillick (voice) — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)
- *Saturday TV Funhouse*, series, as Gary / The Police Commissioner (voice)
- *The Rabbit Factor*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Steve Carell as Andy Stitzer in The 40 Year-Old Virgin (2005)](https://film.one/media/title/5384/still-6a1040138753.jpg) Steve Carell as Andy Stitzer in *The 40 Year-Old Virgin* (2005) — Image via TMDB
- ![Steve Carell as Mark Baum in The Big Short (2015)](https://film.one/media/title/841/still-46b95735f345.jpg) Steve Carell as Mark Baum in *The Big Short* (2015) — Image via TMDB
- ![Steve Carell as Michael Scott in The Office (2005)](https://film.one/media/title/5521/still-6f49f7ac2cf2.jpg) Steve Carell as Michael Scott in *The Office* (2005) — Image via TMDB
- ![Steve Carell as Frank Ginsberg in Little Miss Sunshine (2006)](https://film.one/media/title/5408/still-b03530acab39.jpg) Steve Carell as Frank Ginsberg in *Little Miss Sunshine* (2006) — Image via TMDB
- ![Steve Carell as Brick Tamland in Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)](https://film.one/media/title/5358/still-6ce47541265e.jpg) Steve Carell as Brick Tamland in *Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy* (2004) — Image via TMDB
- ![Steve Carell as Greg Russo in Rooster (2026)](https://film.one/media/title/2024/still-64eb0dba06ed.jpg) Steve Carell as Greg Russo in *Rooster* (2026) — Image via TMDB
- ![Steve Carell](https://film.one/media/person/11263/gallery-2663006a0456.jpg) Steve Carell — Kevin Paul, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Steve_Carell_-_The_40-Year-Old-Virgin.jpg/1280px-Steve_Carell_-_The_40-Year-Old-Virgin.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Steve Carell](https://film.one/media/person/11263/gallery-6b6f2826c30c.jpg) Steve Carell — Image via TMDB
- ![Steve Carell](https://film.one/media/person/11263/gallery-040dea73d4cf.jpg) Steve Carell — Image via TMDB
- ![Steve Carell](https://film.one/media/person/11263/gallery-0afa3c61c9e6.jpg) Steve Carell — Image via TMDB
- ![Steve Carell as Nick Pagano in The Four Seasons (2025)](https://film.one/media/title/2870/still-c0a8858d546c.jpg) Steve Carell as Nick Pagano in *The Four Seasons* (2025) — Image via TMDB
- ![Steve Carell](https://film.one/media/person/11263/gallery-17094c8144b5.jpg) Steve Carell — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2015: Best Actor (nominated), for *Foxcatcher*

### Golden Globes — 1 won

- 2006: Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy (won), for *The Office*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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