Steve Carell is an American actor, comedian, writer, producer, and director. He has received a Golden Globe Award, three Screen Actors Guild Awards and two Writers Guild of America Awards as well as nominations for an Academy Award, 11 Primetime Emmy Awards, and a BAFTA Award. In 2016, Carell received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contributions to motion pictures.
Carell gained stardom for his portrayal of Michael Scott in the NBC sitcom The Office (2005âÂÂ2011). He received numerous accolades including the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor â Television Series Musical or Comedy in 2006 as well as nominations for five Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series and six Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series. For his role as a television anchor accused of sexual misconduct in the Apple TV+ drama series The Morning Show (2020) he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series. He played a mourning therapist in the FX on Hulu series The Patient (2022) for which he was nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie.
On film, he played John du Pont in the Bennett Miller directed sports drama Foxcatcher (2014) for which he earned nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actor, the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture â Drama, and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role. He is also known for his roles as a man looking for love in the romantic comedy The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005), a troubled scholar in the tragicomedy Little Miss Sunshine (2006), a businessman and investor in the biographical dramedy The Big Short (2015), and Bobby Riggs in the sports comedy Battle of the Sexes (2017).
On stage, Carell made his Broadway debut playing the title character in Lincoln Center Theater revival of the Anton Chekov play Uncle Vanya (2024) for which he was nominated for the Drama League Award for Distinguished Performance.