
Stephen Merchant
Highest Rated: 93% Fighting With My Family (2019)
Lowest Rated: 4% Movie 43 (2013)
Birthday: Nov 24, 1974
Birthplace: Bristol, England, UK
Writer-director-producer-actor Stephen Merchant rose to comedy stardom in collaboration with comedy icon Ricky Gervais on an impressive succession of hugely successful television projects in the U.K. and United States. Having received his start in stand-up comedy, he and Gervais became partners in crime as the co-hosts of a short-lived weekly radio show prior to sowing the seeds for what would evolve into the hugely influential workplace sitcom "The Office" (BBC2, 2001-03), which he co-wrote, co-produced and co-directed. Success from the series led to more work with Gervais on another popular radio show, acting and writing jobs on other BBC programs, and the smash-hit adaptation of "The Office" (NBC, 2005-13) on American TV. In addition to his usual duties, Merchant also performed in his and Gervais' next series, "Extras" (HBO, BBC2, 2005-07). His performance as the well-meaning, but utterly incompetent talent agent Darren Lamb earned Merchant a British Comedy Award for Best Actor. Other collaborations with Gervais included the feature dramedy "Cemetery Junction" (2010); the travel series starring their clueless radio producer Karl Pilkington, "An Idiot Abroad" (Sky1, 2010-13); and the series "Life's Too Short" (HBO, 2011- ), while his acclaimed stand-up comedy tour "Hello, Ladies" proved he had plenty to offer all on his own. Astonishingly prolific, he had amassed a career's worth of credits in a scant 10 years, and along with Gervais, earned the respect and adoration of fans, both famous and not, for their consistently hilarious work together as a comedic team.
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
Movies
Credit | |||||
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No Score Yet | 31% | Locked Down | Michael Morgan (Character) | - | 2021 |
46% | 30% | Locked Down | Unknown (Character) | - | 2021 |
93% | 86% | Fighting With My Family |
Hugh (Character), Director, Screenwriter, Producer |
$23M | 2019 |
80% | 94% | Jojo Rabbit | Deertz (Character) | $33.4M | 2019 |
27% | 36% | Sherlock Gnomes | Paris (Voice) | $43.1M | 2018 |
39% | 35% | The Girl in the Spider's Web | Frans Balder (Character) | $14.8M | 2018 |
93% | 90% | Logan | Caliban (Character) | $226.3M | 2017 |
25% | 40% | Table 19 | Walter Thimble (Character) | $3.6M | 2017 |
No Score Yet | 47% | Donald Trump's The Art of the Deal: The Movie | Barron Hilton (Character) | - | 2016 |
71% | 59% | Hello Ladies: The Movie |
Stuart Pritchard (Character), Director, Screenwriter, Executive Producer |
- | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Noah's Ark | Unknown (Character) | - | 2014 |
4% | 24% | Movie 43 | Donald (Character) | $8.8M | 2013 |
51% | 38% | I Give It a Year | Danny (Character) | $32.5K | 2013 |
33% | 40% | Hall Pass | Gary (Character) | $45M | 2011 |
55% | 54% | Gnomeo & Juliet | Paris (Voice) | - | 2011 |
17% | 41% | Tooth Fairy | Tracy (Character) | $60M | 2010 |
55% | 63% | Cemetery Junction |
Director, Screenwriter, Producer |
- | 2010 |
TV
Credit | ||||
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No Score Yet | 87% | Dream Corp LLC |
T.E.R.R.Y. (Character), Executive Producer |
2020 2018 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Would I Lie to You? |
Guest, Contestant |
2020 |
85% | 87% | Modern Family | Higgins (Guest Star) | 2020 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Travel Man: 48 Hours in... | Guest | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lip Sync Battle |
Contestant, Executive Producer |
2015-2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Last Call With Carson Daly | Guest | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Daily Blast Live | Guest | 2019 |
No Score Yet | 33% | The Late Late Show With James Corden | Guest | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Graham Norton Show | Guest | 2018-2019 2015 2013 2010 |
No Score Yet | 49% | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Guest | 2019 2014 |
97% | 89% | The Good Place | Neil (Guest Star) | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Last Leg | Guest | 2018 |
77% | No Score Yet | An Idiot Abroad | Unknown (Character) | 2018 2010-2012 |
No Score Yet | 91% | American Dad | Scientist (Guest Voice) | 2016 |
85% | 76% | The Simpsons | Conrad (Guest Voice) | 2016 |
81% | 82% | The Big Bang Theory | Dave Gibbs (Guest Star) | 2015 |
No Score Yet | 91% | Comedy Bang! Bang! | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2015 |
No Score Yet | 80% | Drunk History | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2013-2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Today | Guest | 2014 |
No Score Yet | 91% | Robot Chicken | Unknown (Guest Voice) | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Late Night With Jimmy Fallon | Guest | 2013-2014 2011 |
52% | 85% | Hello Ladies |
Stuart (Character), Creator, Executive Producer |
2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Conan |
Unknown (Character), Guest |
2011-2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Katie | Guest | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Guest | 2012-2013 2008 |
81% | 90% | The Office |
Writer, Executive Producer |
2005-2013 |
No Score Yet | 92% | The Ricky Gervais Show |
Unknown (Voice), Executive Producer |
2010-2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Daily Show With Jon Stewart | Guest | 2012 |
53% | 76% | Life's Too Short |
Self, Writer |
2011 |
88% | 88% | Extras |
Unknown (Character), Executive Producer, Director, Writer |
2005-2006 |
96% | 85% | The Office |
Director, Writer |
2001-2002 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Office: Superfan Episodes |
Executive Producer, Writer |
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