Steve Carell

Steven John Carell was born on August 16, 1962{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKkbjXYzxXA |title=Steve Carell Improvises some new Characters |author=Team Coco |author-link=Team Coco |date=August 9, 2012 |via=YouTube |access-date=November 22, 2015 |archive-date=November 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191110174543/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKkbjXYzxXA |url-status=live |quote=... birthday coming up... 16th [August]... 50 years old... }} at Emerson Hospital in Concord, Massachusetts, the youngest of four brothers, and raised in nearby Acton, Massachusetts.{{citation needed|date=May 2023}} His father, Edwin A. Carell (1925–2021), was a mechanical engineer,{{Cite web|title=Edwin Alfred Carell Obituary - Lady Lake, Florida, Beyers Funeral Home and Crematory|url=https://www.tributearchive.com/obituaries/20162265/Edwin-Alfred-Carell/Lady-Lake/Florida/Beyers-Funeral-Home-and-Crematory|access-date=March 30, 2021|website=Tribute Archive|archive-date=July 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725170846/https://www.tributearchive.com/obituaries/20162265/Edwin-Alfred-Carell/Lady-Lake/Florida/Beyers-Funeral-Home-and-Crematory|url-status=live}}{{cite news |last=Gostin |first=Nicki |title=As Nice as He Is Mean |work=Newsweek |date=June 22, 2007 |url=http://www.newsweek.com/id/33593/page/2 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130111070205/http://www.newsweek.com/id/33593/page/2 |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 11, 2013 |access-date=June 30, 2007}} and his mother, Harriet Theresa (née Koch; 1925–2016), was a psychiatric nurse.{{cite news |url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/bostonglobe/obituary.aspx?n=harriet-t-carell-koch&pid=179943910&fhid=6737 |title=Obituary: Harriet T. (Koch) Carell |date=May 11, 2016 |newspaper=Boston Globe |access-date=October 25, 2019 |via=Legacy.com |archive-date=February 23, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200223095052/http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/bostonglobe/obituary.aspx?n=harriet-t-carell-koch&pid=179943910&fhid=6737 |url-status=live }} Carell's maternal uncle, Stanley Koch, worked with scientist Allen B. DuMont to create improved cathode ray tubes.{{cite web |url=http://www.tiscali.co.uk/entertainment/film/biographies/steve_carell_biog.html |title=Steve Carell Biography |website=Tiscali.co.uk |access-date=February 20, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090209043311/http://www.tiscali.co.uk/entertainment/film/biographies/steve_carell_biog.html |archive-date=February 9, 2009}} His father was of Italian and German descent and his mother was of Polish ancestry.{{cite web |url=http://www.goldenglobes.com/articles/steve-carell |title=Steve Carell |first=Silvia |last=Bizio |date=December 30, 2015 |website=Golden Globe Awards |access-date=October 25, 2019 |archive-date=June 14, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614071740/https://www.goldenglobes.com/articles/steve-carell |url-status=live }} His father's surname was originally Caroselli but it was changed to Carell in the 1950s.{{Cite news|last=Lipworth|first=Elaine|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/jun/28/steve-carell-despicable-me-family-values|title=Steve Carell: My family values|date=June 28, 2013|work=The Guardian|access-date=March 27, 2020|issn=0261-3077|archive-date=December 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191222011651/https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/jun/28/steve-carell-despicable-me-family-values|url-status=live}}

Carell was raised Roman Catholic{{cite news |last=Pringle |first=Gill |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/steve-carell-the-american-ricky-gervais-is-now-a-major-movie-star-458804.html |title=Steve Carell: The American Ricky Gervais is now a major movie star |work=The Independent |quote=Carell has no witty speech rehearsed when you ask the Catholic comic... |date=July 27, 2007 |access-date=June 26, 2010 |location=London |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100630083616/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/steve-carell-the-american-ricky-gervais-is-now-a-major-movie-star-458804.html |archive-date=June 30, 2010}} and was educated at Nashoba Brooks School, The Fenn School, and Middlesex School. He played ice hockey and lacrosse while in high school.{{cite news |last=Cadwalladr |first=Carole |title=Steve Carell interview |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/aug/22/steve-carell-interview-dinner-for-schmucks |access-date=November 23, 2012 |newspaper=The Guardian |date=August 12, 2010 |archive-date=April 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190409172217/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/aug/22/steve-carell-interview-dinner-for-schmucks |url-status=live }} He played the fife, performing with other members of his family, and later joined a reenacting group portraying the 10th Regiment of Foot. He attributed his interest in history to this,{{Cite episode |url=http://www.cbs.com/e/oJZVSl08cDPeXI9wIfAhgagqtW98RFej/cbs/1/ |title=Steve Carell Plays the Fife |series=Late Show with David Letterman |network=CBS |airdate=July 20, 2010 |series-link=Late Show with David Letterman |access-date=July 21, 2010 }}{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luo8TpZTPY0&t=115s Video] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210819230748/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luo8TpZTPY0&t=115s |date=August 19, 2021 }} earning a degree in the subject from Denison University in Granville, Ohio, in 1984.{{cite web |url=http://www.bethel.edu/cas/dept/history/famous_majors |title=Some Famous History Majors |website=Bethel University College of Arts & Sciences |year=2011 |access-date=August 9, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927125001/http://www.bethel.edu/cas/dept/history/famous_majors |archive-date=September 27, 2011 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.denison.edu/offices/publicaffairs/featuredstories/steve_carell_letterman.html |title=Steve Carell's Denison Yearbook Photo Makes Appearance on Late Show |date=July 21, 2010 |publisher=Denison University |access-date=February 20, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110919182009/http://www.denison.edu/offices/publicaffairs/featuredstories/steve_carell_letterman.html |archive-date=September 19, 2011 }}

While at Denison, Carell was a member of Burpee's Seedy Theatrical Company, a student-run improvisational comedy troupe, and was a goalie on the school's Big Red hockey team for four years.{{cite web |url=http://bstcalumni.webs.com/thecompany.htm |title=History & Company Members |year=2008 |website=Burpee's Seedy Theatrical Company |access-date=February 20, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120117090229/http://bstcalumni.webs.com/thecompany.htm |archive-date=January 17, 2012}}{{cite web |last=Hoppes |first=Lynn |url=https://www.espn.com/blog/playbook/trending/post/_/id/15201/steve-carell-on-hockey-anchorman-sequel |title=Steve Carell on hockey, 'Anchorman' sequel |publisher=ESPN |date=March 20, 2013 |access-date=August 9, 2014 |archive-date=July 18, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160718193845/http://espn.go.com/blog/playbook/trending/post/_/id/15201/steve-carell-on-hockey-anchorman-sequel |url-status=live }} He also spent time as a disc jockey under the name "Sapphire Steve Carell" at WDUB, the campus radio station.{{cite web |url=https://www.denison.edu/theden/2011/07/sapphire-steve-carell-84-gives-a-shout-out-to-campus-radio-station/ |title='Sapphire' Steve Carell '84 gives a shout-out to campus radio station |date=July 28, 2011 |publisher=Denison University |access-date=January 19, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305204147/http://www.denison.edu/theden/2011/07/sapphire-steve-carell-84-gives-a-shout-out-to-campus-radio-station/ |archive-date=March 5, 2012}}

Carell stated that he worked as a USPS mail carrier in Littleton, Massachusetts. However, Carrell quit after seven months because his boss told him he was not very good at the job and needed to be faster.Interview: Steve Carell (March 20, 2006). InFANity: The Office, TV Guide Channel. Early in his performing career, Carell acted onstage in a touring children's theater company, later in the comedy musical Knat Scatt Private Eye, and in a television commercial for the restaurant chain Brown's Chicken in 1989.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBz_lbDRz1Y | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211028/rBz_lbDRz1Y| archive-date=October 28, 2021|title=Steve Carell in 1989 Brown's Chicken TV commercial |via=YouTube |date=August 15, 2008 |access-date=July 21, 2012}}{{cbignore}}

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In 1991, Carell performed with Chicago troupe The Second City where Stephen Colbert was his understudy for a time. Carell made his film debut in a minor role in Curly Sue. In spring 1996 he was a cast member of The Dana Carvey Show, a short-lived sketch comedy program on ABC. Along with fellow cast member Colbert, Carell provided the voice of Gary, half of The Ambiguously Gay Duo, the Robert Smigel-produced animated short which continued on Saturday Night Live later that year. While the program lasted only seven episodes, The Dana Carvey Show has since been credited with forging Carell's career.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/10/arts/television/10itzk.html |title=Comedy Ahead of Its Time (if That Time Ever Comes) |last=Itzkoff |first=Dave |date=May 7, 2009 |work=The New York Times |access-date=May 9, 2010 |archive-date=November 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191110091247/https://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/10/arts/television/10itzk.html |url-status=live }} He starred in a few short-lived television series, including Come to Papa and Over the Top. He has made numerous guest appearances, including in "Funny Girl," an episode of Just Shoot Me! Additional screen credits include Brad Hall's short-lived situation comedy Watching Ellie (2002{{ndash}}2003) and Woody Allen's Melinda and Melinda.

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Carell was a correspondent for The Daily Show from 1999 to 2005, with several regular segments including "Even Stevphen" with Stephen Colbert{{cite news |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/stephen-colbert-steve-carell-running-751543 |title=Stephen Colbert and Steve Carell on Running From the KKK and the Value of Being 'Nauseated by Food' |last=Lewis |first=Hilary |date=November 23, 2014 |newspaper=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=October 25, 2019 |archive-date=November 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191110091315/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/stephen-colbert-steve-carell-running-751543 |url-status=live }} and "Produce Pete."{{cite magazine |url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2015/08/06/jon_stewart_daily_show_s_most_stewart_esque_moments_from_squaring_off_with.html |title=The Most Jon Stewart Moments in the History of The Daily Show With Jon Stewart |last1=Bennett |first1=Laura |last2=Hess |first2=Amanda |last3=Harris |first3=Aisha |last4=Mathis-Lilley |first4=Ben |last5=Pesca |first5=Mike |last6=Roth |first6=Gabriel |last7=Smith |first7=Paul |last8=Stahl |first8=Jeremy |last9=Vuolo |first9=Mike |date=August 6, 2015 |magazine=Slate |access-date=October 25, 2019 |archive-date=July 17, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190717185355/http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2015/08/06/jon_stewart_daily_show_s_most_stewart_esque_moments_from_squaring_off_with.html |url-status=live }}{{cite magazine |title=Alumni Association: A roundup of The Daily Show{{'}}s coolest Graduates |last=Rudolph |first=Ileane |date=July 27, 2015 |magazine=TV Guide |pages=21–22}}

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Carell's first major film role was as weatherman Brick Tamland in the 2004 hit comedy Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy. Struck by Carell's performance in the film, Anchorman producer Judd Apatow approached Carell about creating a film together, and Carell told him about an idea he had involving a middle-aged man who is still a virgin.{{cite web |url=http://movies.about.com/od/the40yearoldvirgin/a/40yearsc041505.htm |title=40 Year Old Virgin – Steve Carell Interview |website=About.com Movies |first=Rebecca |last=Murray |date=March 4, 2014 |access-date=August 9, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131215060553/http://movies.about.com/od/the40yearoldvirgin/a/40yearsc041505.htm |archive-date=December 15, 2013 }} The result was the 2005 film The 40-Year-Old Virgin, which Carell and Apatow developed and wrote together, starring Carell as the title character. The film made $109 million in domestic box office sales{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=40yearoldvirgin.htm|title=The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005)|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=September 24, 2020|archive-date=August 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190802085009/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=40yearoldvirgin.htm|url-status=live}} and established him as a leading man. It also earned Carell an MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance{{cite web |title=Movie Awards 2006 |url=http://www.mtv.com/movie-awards/2006 |publisher=MTV |access-date=May 11, 2017 |archive-date=April 16, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160416071525/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/movieawards/2006/ |url-status=dead }} and a WGA Award nomination, along with Apatow, for Best Original Screenplay.{{Cite web |title=FilmAffinity: Full awards and nominations of The 40-Year-Old Virgin |url=https://www.filmaffinity.com/en/movie-awards.php?movie-id=302709 |access-date=2023-07-20 |website=FilmAffinity |archive-date=July 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230720142220/https://www.filmaffinity.com/en/movie-awards.php?movie-id=302709 |url-status=live }}

In 2005, Carell signed a deal with NBC to star in The Office, a remake of the British TV series of the same name which was created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant. Developed by Greg Daniels this series, shot mockumentary-style, revolves around life at a mid-sized paper supply company. Carell played the role of Michael Scott, the immature, idiosyncratic regional manager of Dunder Mifflin, in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Although the first season of the adaptation suffered mediocre ratings, NBC renewed it for another season due to the anticipated success of Carell's film The 40-Year-Old Virgin,{{cite news |url=http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2006/02/office_workers_.html |title=The Watcher: 'Office' promotions pay off in a big way |first=Maureen |last=Ryan |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |date=February 23, 2006 |access-date=August 9, 2014 |archive-date=November 7, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161107191911/http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2006/02/office_workers_.html |url-status=live }} and the series subsequently became a raging success. Carell won a Golden Globe Award and TCA Award in 2006 for his role in The Office. He received six consecutive Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series nominations{{cite web |url=http://www.emmys.com/celebrities/steve-carell |title=Steve Carell Emmy Nominated |website=Emmys.com |access-date=February 20, 2012 |archive-date=March 18, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318050627/http://www.emmys.com/celebrities/steve-carell |url-status=live }} for his work in the series (2006{{ndash}}2011). Carell earned approximately {{US$|175,000|link=yes}} per episode of the third season of The Office, twice his salary for the previous two seasons. 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."{{Cite news |last=Lynette |first=Rice |title=Deal or No Deal |newspaper=Entertainment Weekly |page=34 |date=March 30, 2007 }}

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Carell played Uncle Arthur, imitating the camp mannerisms of Paul Lynde's original character, in Bewitched, a TV adaptation co-starring Nicole Kidman and Will Ferrell. He also voiced Hammy the Squirrel in the 2006 animated film, Over the Hedge and Ned McDodd, the mayor of Whoville, in the 2008 animated film Horton Hears a Who! He starred in Little Miss Sunshine during 2006, as Uncle Frank.{{cite web |url=https://www.comingsoon.net/news/reviewsnews.php?id=15698 |title=Little Miss Sunshine Movie Review |first=Edward |last=Douglas |website=ComingSoon.net |date=July 26, 2006 |access-date=August 9, 2014 |archive-date=June 21, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080621092046/http://www.comingsoon.net/news/reviewsnews.php?id=15698 |url-status=live }} His work in the films Anchorman, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, and Bewitched established Carell as a member of Hollywood's so-called "Frat Pack," a group of actors who often appear in films together, that also includes Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Will Ferrell, Jack Black, Vince Vaughn, Paul Rudd, and Luke Wilson. 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. The film received mostly negative reviews. Carell starred in the 2007 film Dan in Real Life, co-starring Dane Cook and Juliette Binoche. Carell played Maxwell Smart in the 2008 film Get Smart, an adaptation of the TV series starring Don Adams. It was successful, grossing over $230 million worldwide.{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=getsmart.htm |title=Get Smart |website=Box Office Mojo |access-date=February 22, 2018 |archive-date=February 24, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180224052835/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=getsmart.htm |url-status=live }} During 2007, he was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.{{cite news |url=http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=entertainment&id=5400194 |title=Film Academy Invites 115 New Members | publisher=KABC-TV |date=June 19, 2007 |access-date=July 21, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080221030429/http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=entertainment&id=5400194 |archive-date=February 21, 2008}}{{cite press release |title=Academy Invites 115 to Become Members |url=http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2007/07.06.18.html |location=California |publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |date=June 18, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081218111319/http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2007/07.06.18.html |archive-date=December 18, 2008 |access-date=January 19, 2015}}

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 Office.{{cite web |url=http://www.tv.com/tracking/viewer.html?tid%3D93405%26ref_id%3D22343%26ref_type%3D101 |title=Tracking |website=TV.com |access-date=November 9, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103095031/http://www.tv.com/tracking/viewer.html?tid=93405&ref_id=22343&ref_type=101 |archive-date=November 3, 2013}}{{Better source needed|date=October 2019}} 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, a WGA member,{{cite news |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e3i7ca2ef6b7899d1d4c7f297587fbd70ed |title=WGA uses YouTube to state case |first=Alex |last=Woodson |newspaper=The Hollywood Reporter |date=November 8, 2007 |access-date=August 9, 2014 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130111005118/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e3i7ca2ef6b7899d1d4c7f297587fbd70ed |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 11, 2013}} has written two episodes of The Office: "Casino Night" and "Survivor Man." Both episodes were praised, and Carell won a Writers Guild of America Award for "Casino Night."{{Citation|title=The Office - IMDb|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0386676/awards|access-date=August 23, 2020|archive-date=November 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124174927/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0386676/awards|url-status=live}} On April 29, 2010, Carell stated he would be leaving the show when his contract expired at the conclusion of the 2010{{ndash}}2011 season because he wanted to focus on his film career.{{Cite news|date=June 29, 2010|title=Steve Carell confirms Office exit|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/10446279|access-date=August 23, 2020|archive-date=June 24, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624043847/http://www.bbc.com/news/10446279|url-status=live}} However, according to interviews in The Office: The Untold Story of the Greatest Sitcom of the 2000s, Carell did not actually plan to leave at the time and was only "thinking out loud" during the interview, but after his statement failed to elicit a reaction from NBC, he decided it was best to move on.{{cite web |last1=Makuch |first1=Eddie |title=Why Did Steve Carell Leave The Office? A New Book Reveals The Juicy Details |url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/why-did-steve-carell-leave-the-office-a-new-book-r/1100-6475193/ |website=GameSpot |access-date=March 28, 2020 |date=March 26, 2020 |archive-date=March 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200327185902/https://www.gamespot.com/articles/why-did-steve-carell-leave-the-office-a-new-book-r/1100-6475193/ |url-status=live }}

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In 2010, Carell starred with Tina Fey in Date Night and voiced Gru, the main character in the Universal CGI film Despicable Me along with Miranda Cosgrove, Kristen Wiig, and Julie Andrews. He reprised the role in the 2013 sequel Despicable Me 2, the third Despicable Me 3 in 2017, and fourth Despicable Me 4 in 2024. In 2008, Carousel signed a first look deal with Warner Bros.{{Cite web|last=Fleming|first=Michael|date=October 7, 2008|title=Carell inks first-look deal with WB|url=https://variety.com/2008/film/markets-festivals/carell-inks-first-look-deal-with-wb-1117993537/|access-date=April 26, 2021|website=Variety|archive-date=April 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210426002501/https://variety.com/2008/film/markets-festivals/carell-inks-first-look-deal-with-wb-1117993537/|url-status=live}} In 2009, his production company Carousel Productions launched a television arm and signed a deal with Universal Media Studios.{{Cite web|last1=Fleming|first1=Michael|date=January 14, 2009|title=Steve Carell's Carousel forms TV arm|url=https://variety.com/2009/scene/markets-festivals/steve-carell-s-carousel-forms-tv-arm-1117998469/|access-date=February 22, 2021|website=Variety|archive-date=December 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204153525/https://variety.com/2009/scene/markets-festivals/steve-carell-s-carousel-forms-tv-arm-1117998469/|url-status=live}} He has several other projects in the works, including a remake of the 1967 Peter Sellers film The Bobo. He is doing voice-over work in commercials for Wrigley's Extra gum. Carell has launched a television division of his production company, Carousel Productions, 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 Comedy Central's The Daily Show, were hired to manage Carousel's TV operations.{{cite news |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=January 13, 2009 |title=Steve Carell makes foray into TV prod'n |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/steve-carell-foray-tv-prodn-77596 |newspaper=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=January 19, 2015 |archive-date=July 30, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180730021515/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/steve-carell-foray-tv-prodn-77596 |url-status=live }}

His last episode as a main character, "Goodbye, Michael," aired April 28, 2011, with his final shot showing Michael returning his microphone to the fictional documentary crew, before walking to a Colorado-bound plane to join his fiancée, Holly Flax, in Boulder, Colorado. His final line in this episode, to Pam Beesly, is thus unheard. Although he was invited back for the series finale in 2013, Carell originally declined believing that it would go against his character's arc.{{cite web |url=http://tvline.com/2013/01/24/the-office-series-finale-spoilers-steve-carell-not-returning/ |title=Steve Carell Formally Nixes Office Series Finale Comeback: 'It Didn't Make Sense' |website=TVLine |first=Michael |last=Ausiello |date=January 24, 2013 |access-date=January 24, 2013 |archive-date=January 26, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130126220826/http://tvline.com/2013/01/24/the-office-series-finale-spoilers-steve-carell-not-returning/ |url-status=live }} Ultimately Carell did reprise the role briefly in the series finale.{{cite web |url=http://tvline.com/2013/05/06/steve-carell-the-office-series-finale/ |title=Exclusive: Steve Carell Back for The Office Finale |website=TVLine |first=Michael |last=Ausiello |date=May 6, 2013 |access-date=May 9, 2013 |archive-date=May 9, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509000905/http://tvline.com/2013/05/06/steve-carell-the-office-series-finale/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last=Holloway |first=Diane |title=Steve Carell's 42, a 'Virgin' and the worst boss ever |work=Austin American-Statesman |date=August 16, 2005 |url=http://www.austin360.com/tv/content/movies/television/2005/08/16tvcolumn.html |access-date=December 30, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070811043113/http://www.austin360.com/tv/content/movies/television/2005/08/16tvcolumn.html |archive-date=August 11, 2007}} Also in 2013 Carell acted in the summer coming-of-age comedy The Way, Way Back starring Sam Rockwell, Maya Rudolph, and Allison Janney. Carell was asked about participating in a revival of the series in 2018, during the press day for Welcome to Marwen, Carell told Collider reporter Christina Radish, "I'll tell you, no... The show is way more popular now than when it was on the air. I just can't see it being the same thing, and I think most folks would want it to be the same thing, but it wouldn't be. Ultimately, I think it's maybe best to leave well enough alone and just let it exist as what it was...I just wouldn't want to make the mistake of making a less good version of it. The odds wouldn't be in its favor, in terms of it recapturing exactly what it was, the first time."{{Cite web |url=https://collider.com/steve-carell-no-office-reunion-explained/ |title=Steve Carell Explains Why He Won't Do a Reunion for 'The Office' |last=Goldberg |first=Matt |date=December 19, 2018 |website=Collider |access-date=September 22, 2019 |archive-date=September 20, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190920233312/http://collider.com/steve-carell-no-office-reunion-explained/ |url-status=live }}

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In 2014, Carell starred in the true crime drama film Foxcatcher alongside Mark Ruffalo and Channing Tatum in which Carell played the millionaire and convicted murderer John Eleuthère du Pont. It premiered at the Cannes Film Festival.{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/foxcatcher/ |title=Foxcatcher |website=Rotten Tomatoes |date=May 25, 2013 |access-date=August 9, 2014 |archive-date=August 14, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814211903/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/foxcatcher/ |url-status=live }} Carell was nominated for the Golden Globe for Best Actor and the Academy Award for Best Actor.

In 2015, Carell reprised his role as Gru for a cameo appearance in the film Minions.

Carell played activist Steven Goldstein in the gay rights drama Freeheld, replacing Zach Galifianakis, who dropped out due to scheduling conflicts.{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2014/08/steve-carell-julianne-moore-in-freeheld-825367/ |title=Steve Carell Replaces Zach Galifianakis In 'Freeheld' |first=Mike Jr. |last=Fleming |date=August 26, 2014 |work=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=November 2, 2015 |archive-date=October 26, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151026030556/http://deadline.com/2014/08/steve-carell-julianne-moore-in-freeheld-825367/ |url-status=live }} The film co-stars Julianne Moore, Elliot Page, and Michael Shannon, and was released in October 2015.

He followed this with another biographical drama, The Big Short, in which he portrayed banker Steve Eisman, whose name was changed in the film to Mark Baum. Directed by Adam McKay, the film stars Christian Bale, Ryan Gosling, and Brad Pitt, and it was released in December 2015. The film earned Carell a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actor. The film was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. The following year he replaced Bruce Willis in Woody Allen's Café Society (2016), alongside Kristen Stewart and Jesse Eisenberg.{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2015/08/steve-carell-has-replaced-bruce-willis-in-woody-allens-latest |title=Steve Carell has replaced Bruce Willis in Woody Allen's Latest |first=Rachel |last=Handler |date=August 29, 2015 |magazine=Vanity Fair |access-date=October 25, 2019 |archive-date=October 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001163053/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2015/08/steve-carell-has-replaced-bruce-willis-in-woody-allens-latest |url-status=live }} The film premiered at the 69th Cannes Film Festival opening the festival. The film's consensus on Rotten Tomatoes reads, "Café Society's lovely visuals and charming performances round out a lightweight late-period Allen comedy whose genuine pleasures offset its amiable predictability."{{Cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/cafe_society_2016 |title=Café Society (2016) |website=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=October 25, 2019 |archive-date=July 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200720210909/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/cafe_society_2016 |url-status=live }} In 2017, Carell headlined the biographical comedy-drama Battle of the Sexes, portraying tennis star Bobby Riggs, with Emma Stone co-starring as Billie Jean King. The film earned both Carell and Stone Golden Globe nominations.{{Cite news |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/making-battle-sexes-how-emma-stone-mastered-signature-move-a-tennis-legend-1071797 |title=Making of 'Battle of the Sexes': How Emma Stone Mastered the Signature Move of a Tennis Legend |first=Pamela |last=McClintock |date=January 9, 2018 |newspaper=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=October 25, 2019 |archive-date=September 23, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200923192035/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/making-battle-sexes-how-emma-stone-mastered-signature-move-a-tennis-legend-1071797 |url-status=live }} Carell also starred as Larry "Doc" Shepherd in the war comedy-drama film Last Flag Flying directed by Richard Linklater starring Laurence Fishburne and Bryan Cranston.

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In 2018, Carell starred in three films. He led the addiction drama Beautiful Boy as real life father David Sheff, whose son Nic (Timothée Chalamet) struggles with drug addiction. He also played Donald Rumsfeld in Adam McKay's political satire, Vice, about the life of former Vice President Dick Cheney (Christian Bale). The film received mixed reviews,{{Cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/vice_2018 |title=Vice (2018) |website=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=October 25, 2019 |archive-date=October 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191009132832/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/vice_2018 |url-status=live }} and went on to be nominated for eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture.{{Cite web |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt6266538/awards |title=Vice |publisher=IMDb |access-date=October 25, 2019 |archive-date=December 25, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191225114019/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6266538/awards |url-status=live }} His third 2018 role was starring as Mark Hogancamp of Marwencol in Robert Zemeckis' Welcome to Marwen. The film received a 32% on Rotten Tomatoes, with the critical consensus reading, "Welcome to Marwen has dazzling effects and a sadly compelling story, but the movie's disjointed feel and clumsy screenplay make this invitation easy to decline."{{Cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/welcome_to_marwen |title=Welcome to Marwen (2018) |website=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=October 25, 2019 |archive-date=July 23, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190723064553/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/welcome_to_marwen |url-status=live }} The movie was a box office failure, grossing $12.7 million against a budget of around $49 million.{{Cite web |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Welcome-to-Marwen-(2018) |title=Welcome to Marwen (2018) – Financial Information |website=The Numbers |access-date=October 25, 2019 |archive-date=October 25, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191025103137/https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Welcome-to-Marwen-(2018) |url-status=live }}

In 2019, Carell returned to television to star in the Apple TV+ drama series The Morning Show opposite Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston.{{Cite web|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|date=October 23, 2018|title=Steve Carell To Star in Apple's Morning Show Series With Reese Witherspoon & Jennifer Aniston|url=https://deadline.com/2018/10/steve-carell-star-apple-morning-show-series-reese-witherspoon-jennifer-aniston-1202487958/|access-date=November 18, 2018|work=Deadline Hollywood|archive-date=October 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181023220110/https://deadline.com/2018/10/steve-carell-star-apple-morning-show-series-reese-witherspoon-jennifer-aniston-1202487958/|url-status=live}} Carell played Mitch Kessler, a morning news show anchor who is struggling to maintain relevance after being fired due to a sexual misconduct accusation. The Morning Show received a two-season order from Apple. The first season premiered in the fall of 2019{{Cite web|last=Witherspoon|first=Reese|date=March 25, 2019|title=So excited to announce my new @apple show at the #appleevent! It's called The Morning Show ☀️and it reveals what happens in the fast-paced...|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/Bvctd5nDE0F/|access-date=August 9, 2019|website=Instagram|archive-date=May 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190515141445/https://www.instagram.com/p/Bvctd5nDE0F/|url-status=live}} and the second season premiered in 2020.{{Cite web|title=Here's When 'The Morning Show' Will Be Back With More BTS News Chaos|url=https://www.bustle.com/p/when-does-morning-show-season-2-premiere-its-been-in-the-works-for-a-while-19456632|access-date=December 29, 2019|website=Bustle|archive-date=December 29, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191229034758/https://www.bustle.com/p/when-does-morning-show-season-2-premiere-its-been-in-the-works-for-a-while-19456632|url-status=live}} For his performance in the first season, Carell was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, his eleventh Emmy nomination overall.{{Cite web|title=Steve Carell|url=https://www.emmys.com/bios/steve-carell|access-date=November 3, 2020|website=Television Academy|archive-date=January 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190130154403/http://www.emmys.com/bios/steve-carell|url-status=live}} Carell had originally signed a one-year deal with Apple to star in the first season only but he signed on to star in the second season in October 2019.{{Cite web|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|date=October 5, 2020|title='The Morning Show' To Resume Production On Season 2 With Steve Carell Returning To Apple Series|url=https://deadline.com/2020/10/the-morning-show-resume-production-season-2-steve-carell-returning-jennifer-aniston-reese-witherspoon-apple-1234590639/|access-date=November 3, 2020|website=Deadline|archive-date=October 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201005183649/https://deadline.com/2020/10/the-morning-show-resume-production-season-2-steve-carell-returning-jennifer-aniston-reese-witherspoon-apple-1234590639/|url-status=live}}

Since May 2020, Carell also starred in the Netflix workplace comedy series Space Force, based on the proposed space warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces: the United States Space Force.{{cite web |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |title='Space Force' Workplace Comedy Series From 'The Office's Steve Carell & Greg Daniels Ordered By Netflix |url=https://deadline.com/2019/01/space-force-workplace-comedy-series-steve-carell-star-greg-daniels-netflix-the-office-reunion-1202535944/ |website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=January 16, 2019 |date=January 16, 2019 |archive-date=November 21, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191121173721/https://deadline.com/2019/01/space-force-workplace-comedy-series-steve-carell-star-greg-daniels-netflix-the-office-reunion-1202535944/ |url-status=live }} Carell created and produces Space Force with Greg Daniels, who created and produced The Office. Carell also wrote the pilot episode with Daniels. The show was renewed for a second season in November 2020.{{Cite web|title='Space Force' Renewed for Season 2 at Netflix (Exclusive) {{!}} Hollywood Reporter|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/space-force-renewed-for-season-2-at-netflix-exclusive|access-date=November 14, 2020|website=www.hollywoodreporter.com|date=November 13, 2020|archive-date=November 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201114172729/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/space-force-renewed-for-season-2-at-netflix-exclusive|url-status=live}} Carell starred in the political comedy film Irresistible, written and directed by Jon Stewart.{{Cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2019/03/jon-stewart-steve-carell-rose-byrne-chris-cooper-irresistible-focus-features-brad-pitt-planb-1202578124/ |title=Chris Cooper Joins Steve Carell & Rose Byrne in Jon Stewart's Campaign Trail Comedy 'Irresistible' For Focus & Plan B |first1=Andreas |last1=Wiseman |date=March 19, 2019 |website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=October 25, 2019 |archive-date=March 20, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190320122559/https://deadline.com/2019/03/jon-stewart-steve-carell-rose-byrne-chris-cooper-irresistible-focus-features-brad-pitt-planb-1202578124/ |url-status=live }} The film was initially set for a theatrical release in May 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, the film was released on Premium VOD and selected theaters on June 26, 2020. In 2022, Carell reprised his role as Gru in the film Minions: The Rise of Gru. He also starred in (and served as executive producer for) FX on Hulu's ten-episode original series The Patient; in that series, Carell portrays a therapist who is imprisoned by a serial killer who wants to resist the urge to kill.{{Cite web |last=Petski |first=Denise |date=October 7, 2021 |title=Steve Carell To Star In & EP FX Limited Series 'The Patient' From 'The Americans' Duo |url=https://deadline.com/2021/10/steve-carell-fx-limited-series-the-patient-the-americans-joe-weisberg-joel-fields-1234852088/ |access-date=December 2, 2022 |website=Deadline Hollywood}} Carell replaced Bill Murray, who contracted COVID-19, in Wes Anderson's Asteroid City (2023).{{cite magazine |last1=Schulman |first1=Michael |date=June 29, 2023 |title='The Missing Bill Murray Part from Asteroid City |url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-missing-bill-murray-part-from-asteroid-city |access-date=2024-05-14 |magazine=The New Yorker}}

In 2023, it was announced that Carell would be making his Broadway debut as the title role in the Lincoln Center revival of Anton Chekov's Uncle Vanya at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre.{{cite web|url= https://playbill.com/article/steve-carell-will-make-broadway-debut-as-uncle-vanya-alongside-alison-pill|title= Steve Carell Will Make Broadway Debut as Uncle Vanya Alongside Alison Pill|website= Uncle Vanya|accessdate= November 25, 2023|archive-date= November 16, 2023|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231116125108/https://playbill.com/article/steve-carell-will-make-broadway-debut-as-uncle-vanya-alongside-alison-pill|url-status= live}} The production was directed by Lila Neugebauer and Carell starred alongside Alison Pill, William Jackson Harper, Alfred Molina, Anika Noni Rose and Jayne Houdyshell.

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On August 5, 1995, Carell married Saturday Night Live cast member Nancy Walls, whom he met when she was a student in an improv class he was teaching at The Second City Training Center.Interview: Steve Carell (January 11, 2006). The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, NBC. They have a daughter named Elisabeth Anne (born May 2001) and a son named John (born June 2004).{{cite web |url=http://www.biography.com/people/steve-carell-562090 |title=Steve Carell – Bio |website=Biography.com |access-date=June 26, 2015 |archive-date=June 26, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626155845/http://www.biography.com/people/steve-carell-562090 |url-status=live }}

Carell and his wife have appeared together in the comedy films The 40-Year-Old Virgin and Seeking a Friend for the End of the World, as well as the comedy series The Daily Show and The Office. They also co-created the comedy series Angie Tribeca.

In February 2009, Carell purchased the Marshfield Hills General Store in Marshfield, Massachusetts.{{cite news|url=https://www.boston.com/ae/movies/articles/2011/07/24/steve_carell_returns_to_massachusetts_for_some_much_needed_r__r/?page=all |title=Kickin' back with Steve Carell |newspaper=Boston.com |date=July 24, 2011 |first=Ty |last=Burr |access-date=November 17, 2014 |archive-date=November 29, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129060726/http://www.boston.com/ae/movies/articles/2011/07/24/steve_carell_returns_to_massachusetts_for_some_much_needed_r__r/?page=all |url-status=live }}{{cite news |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/15/steve-carell-buys-massach_n_158171.html |title=Steve Carell Buys Massachusetts General Store |work=HuffPost |date=February 15, 2009 |access-date=November 17, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129041027/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/15/steve-carell-buys-massach_n_158171.html |archive-date=November 29, 2014}}

In an interview with 60 Minutes, Carell cited George Carlin, John Cleese, Bill Cosby, Steve Martin, and Peter Sellers as his inspirations for acting and comedy.

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For his contributions to the film industry, Carell received the 2,570th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2016.{{cite web|url=http://www.walkoffame.com/steve-carell |title=Steve Carell |website=Hollywood Walk of Fame |publisher=Hollywood Chamber of Commerce |access-date=February 11, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118095642/http://www.walkoffame.com/steve-carell |archive-date=January 18, 2017 |url-status=dead}}

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