The Life and Career of Steve Carell
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He began as an improv performer and eventually found himself landing big Hollywood roles as a result of his outrageous and unique sense of humor. Since his humble beginning in television commercial for Brown's Chicken, Carell gained public attention as a corespondent of 'The Daily Show', before landing a film role in 'Bruce Almighty'. This resulted in his own spinoff, after he had became a phenomenon in the offbeat comedy 'The 40 Year Old Virgin' and his imbecilic role of Michael Scott on the hit American sitcom 'The Office.' In this video, http://www.WatchMojo.com takes a look at the rising star of comedian Steve Carell and his unique brand of humor.
Steve Carell Profile
He has become famous for his outrageous roles and unique sense of humor. Welcome to Watchmojo.com and today we’ll be taking a look at the career of comedian Steve Carell.
Born on August 16, 1962 in Concord, Massachusetts Carell studied at Denison University in the hopes of becoming a radiobroadcaster. However, he eventually found work with a theatre company performing in comedy musicals. During that time he tried to break into television with a 1989 commercial for Brown’s Chicken.
Despite an embarrassing entry into the entertainment industry, his career defining moment came to him as a result of taking on Steven Colbert as his understudy in the Chicago stage troupe “The Second City.”
As a result, the pair not only became cast members on the short-lived sketch 1996 comedy series “The Dana Carvey Show”, but it also gave him a chance to flex his comedic muscle by voicing the part of Gary in “the Ambiguously Gay Duo”. Fortunately, the cartoon skit endured by being transferred over to Saturday Night Live, and Carrel continued to land bit parts on several other comedy series (Editor’s note: Over the Top/Just Shoot Me).
In 1999, he became the outrageous correspondent of “The Daily Show”, and got to take part in various wacky segments opposite his Colbert.
With a newfound prominence as a comedian, he set his sights on film acting with 2003’s “Bruce Almighty”, alongside Jim Carrey. Interestingly, his supportive role of Evan Baxter later garnered its own dedicated sequel.
Further turning the spotlight onto himself in 2004, he appearing as the hilarious and slow-witted Brick Tamland in 2004’s “Anchorman: the Legend of Ron Burgundy”. Despite his involvement in this high-profile Will Farrell comedy, the movie that made him a Hollywood star was “The 40 Year-Old Virgin”. As a result of the enormous media buzz the film gathered, he was quickly cast in the lead role of Michael Scott on the American Mockumentary series “The Office.”
When not in playing his dumbfounded office role, he continued to appear in various feature films. These included that of a bearded Frank Ginsberg in “Little Miss Sunshine”, the hilarious voiceover of Hammy in the animated feature “Over the Hedge”, and as the mayor of WhoVille in the film adaptation of Dr. Seuss’s “Horton Hears a Who!”
Aside from his passion for voicing offbeat characters, Carell was also given several starring roles. These included the comedy-drama “Dan in Real Life”, and the imbecilic part of Maxwell Smart in 2008’s update of the Bond spoof “Get Smart.”
In 2010, Carell continued to make audiences laugh with by appearing opposite Tina Fey in the comedy romp “Date Night”, and as the world’s #2 super villain in the computer animated 3-D feature “Despicable Me”.
He has become famous for his outrageous roles and unique sense of humor. Welcome to Watchmojo.com and today we’ll be taking a look at the career of comedian Steve Carell.
Born on August 16, 1962 in Concord, Massachusetts Carell studied at Denison University in the hopes of becoming a radiobroadcaster. However, he eventually found work with a theatre company performing in comedy musicals. During that time he tried to break into television with a 1989 commercial for Brown’s Chicken.
Despite an embarrassing entry into the entertainment industry, his career defining moment came to him as a result of taking on Steven Colbert as his understudy in the Chicago stage troupe “The Second City.”
As a result, the pair not only became cast members on the short-lived sketch 1996 comedy series “The Dana Carvey Show”, but it also gave him a chance to flex his comedic muscle by voicing the part of Gary in “the Ambiguously Gay Duo”. Fortunately, the cartoon skit endured by being transferred over to Saturday Night Live, and Carrel continued to land bit parts on several other comedy series (Editor’s note: Over the Top/Just Shoot Me).
In 1999, he became the outrageous correspondent of “The Daily Show”, and got to take part in various wacky segments opposite his Colbert.
With a newfound prominence as a comedian, he set his sights on film acting with 2003’s “Bruce Almighty”, alongside Jim Carrey. Interestingly, his supportive role of Evan Baxter later garnered its own dedicated sequel.
Further turning the spotlight onto himself in 2004, he appearing as the hilarious and slow-witted Brick Tamland in 2004’s “Anchorman: the Legend of Ron Burgundy”. Despite his involvement in this high-profile Will Farrell comedy, the movie that made him a Hollywood star was “The 40 Year-Old Virgin”. As a result of the enormous media buzz the film gathered, he was quickly cast in the lead role of Michael Scott on the American Mockumentary series “The Office.”
When not in playing his dumbfounded office role, he continued to appear in various feature films. These included that of a bearded Frank Ginsberg in “Little Miss Sunshine”, the hilarious voiceover of Hammy in the animated feature “Over the Hedge”, and as the mayor of WhoVille in the film adaptation of Dr. Seuss’s “Horton Hears a Who!”
Aside from his passion for voicing offbeat characters, Carell was also given several starring roles. These included the comedy-drama “Dan in Real Life”, and the imbecilic part of Maxwell Smart in 2008’s update of the Bond spoof “Get Smart.”
In 2010, Carell continued to make audiences laugh with by appearing opposite Tina Fey in the comedy romp “Date Night”, and as the world’s #2 super villain in the computer animated 3-D feature “Despicable Me”.
