However, on the BBC Radio 5 Live Film Review show, he stated in an interview that his time on the show would probably end after his contract ran out after Season 7. Although The 40-Year-Old Virgin was a surprise success, Carell revealed in an interview with Entertainment Weekly that he had no plans to leave The Office. He also received Emmy nominations in 2006, 20 for his work in the series. Carell won a Golden Globe and Television Critics Association award in 2006 for his role.
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Although the series premiered to mediocre ratings, NBC renewed it for another season because of the anticipated success of Carell's movie The 40-Year-Old Virgin, and the show subsequently became a ratings success. In Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, Carell plays another news personality, as slow-witted weatherman Brick Tamland. Two supporting roles in films helped get the attention of audiences: Bruce Almighty, in which Carell plays Evan Baxter (an arrogant rival to Jim Carrey's character), who gets a humorous comeuppance while co-anchoring the news. also read for the role, but he was not able to get it as he had a deal with CBS. Reilly were also considered for the role. Rick Moranis, Dan Aykroyd, Eugene Levy, Dan Castellaneta, David Koechner (who went on to play supporting character Todd Packer), David Arquette, Richard Kind, Robert Townsend, Steve Buscemi, Christopher Guest, Kevin Nealon, Dave Foley, Owen Wilson, Jason Lee, Matthew Broderick, Jon Favreau, William H. Stanley Tucci, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bruno Kirby, Tim Blake Nelson, Stephen Colbert, David Herman, Mike White, Greg Kinnear, David Cross, Rob Schneider and Noah Emmerich, among others, turned down the role. On the audio commentary of the pilot episode, director Ken Kwapis says that Carell's unfamiliarity with the British version of The Office and their experience working together on Watching Ellie influenced him being cast as Scott. He did not continue watching for fear that he would start copying Ricky Gervais's characterizations. Carell later stated that he had only seen about half of the original pilot episode of the British series before he auditioned. Odenkirk went on to appear in the series in a brief role as an office manager reminiscent of Scott. However, Come to Papa was quickly cancelled, allowing Carell to commit to The Office. Paul Rudd advised Carell that the American version of The Office was never going to be as good as the British version. Due to Carell being unavailable, Odenkirk was selected as Michael Scott and was part of the cast presented to NBC executives. At the time, he was already committed to another NBC mid-season replacement comedy, Come to Papa.
In January 2004, Variety reported that Steve Carell of the popular Comedy Central program The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, was in talks to play the role. Martin Short, Hank Azaria, and Bob Odenkirk were also reported to be interested, with Odenkirk auditioning. NBC programmer Tracy McLaughlin suggested Paul Giamatti to producer Ben Silverman for the role of Michael Scott, but the actor declined. rendition of The OfficeĪll original series characters were adapted for the U.S. Steve Carell portrays Michael Scott in the U.S. ( Andy Bernard assumes the job in season 8, after Vickers becomes brain dead and ultimately Dwight Schrute becomes manager in season 9.) Michael's last appearance is in the finale where he is a surprise guest at Dwight’s wedding.įor his performance, Carell received significant critical acclaim and was nominated six consecutive times for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series as well as winning a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series (Musical or Comedy) in 2006. Shortly after that, he gets a colonoscopy.
Towards the end of the seventh season, he proposes to HR representative Holly Flax and moves to Colorado to take care of her aging parents, leaving the manager position to Deangelo Vickers in " Goodbye, Michael". However, he temporarily leaves the company to form his own paper company with Pam Beesly and Ryan Howard towards the end of the fifth season and shares a co-managerial position with Jim Halpert during a sixth season arc from " The Meeting" to " The Manager and the Salesman". Michael serves as the regional manager of the Scranton, Pennsylvania branch of paper company, Dunder Mifflin Inc. Michael Gary Scott is a fictional character and the protagonist of the NBC sitcom The Office, portrayed by Steve Carell. Michael Scott Paper Company (his own company) Telemarketer for Lipophedrine Diet Pill Company.Regional Manager at Dunder Mifflin and also Dunder Mifflin Sabre.Director of Paper Distribution in the Colorado Department of Natural Resources.
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