Stephen Merchant
Stephen James Merchant is an English comedian, writer, director, and actor. He was the co-writer and co-director of the British TV comedy series The Office (2001–2003), and co-writer, co-director, and co-star of both Extras (2005–2007) and Life's Too Short (2011–2013) alongside Ricky Gervais. With Gervais and Karl Pilkington, he hosted The Ricky Gervais Show in its radio, podcast, audiobook, and television formats; the radio version won a bronze Sony Award. He also provided the voice of the robotic Wheatley in the video games Portal 2 (2011) and Lego Dimensions (2015). Merchant co-developed the Sky One travel documentary series An Idiot Abroad (2010–2012) and co-created Lip Sync Battle (2015–2019).
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🎬 Movies
Goodbye June
actor
2025
A Boy Called Christmas
actor
2021
Locked Down
actor
2021
Jojo Rabbit
actor
2019
Fighting with My Family
writer
2019
Fighting with My Family
actor
2019
Fighting with My Family
director
2019
The Girl in the Spider's Web
actor
2018
Sherlock Gnomes
actor
2018
Table 19
actor
2017
Logan
actor
2017
There's Something About Romcoms
actor
2016
Donald Trump's The Art of the Deal: The Movie
actor
2016
Misery Loves Comedy
actor
2015
Hello Ladies: The Movie
writer
2014
Hello Ladies: The Movie
director
2014
Hello Ladies: The Movie
actor
2014
I Give It a Year
actor
2013
Hall Pass
actor
2011
Gnomeo & Juliet
actor
2011
Burke & Hare
actor
2010
Jackboots on Whitehall
actor
2010
Cemetery Junction
writer
2010
Cemetery Junction
director
2010
Tooth Fairy
actor
2010
Run Fatboy Run
actor
2007
The Ark and the Aardvark
actor
📺 TV Shows
The Paper
executive_producer
2025
Four Lives
actor
2022
The Outlaws
actor
2021
The Outlaws
creator
2021
The Outlaws
executive_producer
2021
Dream Corp LLC
executive_producer
2016
Lip Sync Battle
executive_producer
2015
Hello Ladies
executive_producer
2013
Hello Ladies
creator
2013
Hello Ladies
actor
2013
Life's Too Short
executive_producer
2011
Life's Too Short
actor
2011
Life's Too Short
creator
2011
An Idiot Abroad
creator
2010
The Ricky Gervais Show
actor
2010
The Ricky Gervais Show
executive_producer
2010
Extras
actor
2005
Extras
executive_producer
2005
The Office
executive_producer
2005
The Office
creator
2005