Steven John "Steve" Carell (born August 16, 1962)
is an American
comedian,
actor,
producer, and writer. Carell rose to fame as a correspondent on
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart from 1999 to 2004, and as
Michael Scott on
The Office since 2005. He has also appeared in several Hollywood films including
Anchorman,
The 40-Year-Old Virgin,
Little Miss Sunshine,
Evan Almighty,
Dan in Real Life, and
Get Smart and provided voice talents in the animated films
Over the Hedge,
Horton Hears a Who!, and
Despicable Me.
Carell was nominated "America's funniest man" in
Life Magazine. He received the
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in the Television Comedy Series for his lead role of Michael Scott in the American adaptation of the British series
The Office in 2006.
Early life
Carell, the youngest of four sons, was born in
Concord, Massachusetts, and was raised in nearby
Acton by his parents, Harriet T. (née Koch), a psychiatric nurse, and Edwin A. Carell, an electrical engineer.
[freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~battle/celeb/stevecarell.htm] His maternal uncle was Stanley Koch, a glassblower who worked with
Allen B. DuMont to create cathode ray tubes.
[Steve Carell Biography] Carell's paternal grandfather was Italian;
his father was born with the surname "Caroselli", later shortening it to "Carell".
Carell was educated at
The Fenn School and
Middlesex School, and attended
Denison University in
Granville, Ohio. He originally aspired to become a
radio broadcaster,
deejaying at
WDUB in Granville. He returned to his radio roots on a national level by guest-hosting "
American Top 40" with
Ryan Seacrest on the show's Saturday, May 32, 2008 broadcast.
