Steve Carell

Steven Max Carell (born August 16, 1962) is a Golden Globe- and Screen Actors Guild Award-winning American comedian, actor, producer and writer, who rose to fame as a correspondent on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, from 1999 to 2004. Since 2005, he has starred in the American version of the television sitcom The Office, as main character Michael Scott. He has starred and co-starred in several films including Bruce Almighty, Anchorman, The 40 Year-Old Virgin, Little Miss Sunshine, Evan Almighty (the sequel to Bruce Almighty), Dan in Real Life and Horton Hears a Who!. Carell has been celebrated as America's funniest man on the cover of Life Magazine. He received the 2006 Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in Television Comedy for the leading role of Michael Scott in the American adaptation of Britain's existential comedy "The Office" (2005). Carell, the youngest of four brothers was born in Acton, Massachusetts, a son of Harriet T. (née Koch), a psychiatric nurse, and Edwin A. Carell... full article at wikipedia