Steve Carell

Steven John "Steve" Carell  (born August 16, 1962) is an American actor, comedian, producer, writer, and director who is best known for his role as Micheal Scott on the American version of The Office on NBC from 2005 to 2011 and its finale. He has also voiced characters in animated films, such as Over the Hedge as Hammy, Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who as Ned McDodd the Mayor of Whoville and in the Despicable Me movies as Gru.

For Disney, he portrayed Ben Cooper in the 2014 fantasy comedy film Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. He also voiced Mr. Delancey in the Disney animated series Fillmore!, and played Dan Burns in Dan in Real Life.

Trivia

 * He was considered for the role of Inspector Gadget in the 1999 film Inspector Gadget along with Brendan Fraser, Kevin Kline, Chevy Chase and Steve Martin.