Steve Carell: 15 facts about the actor

Steve Carell is a well-known actor, mostly because of his comedy movies and his role in the series called ‘’ The Office’’.

These are some facts you should know about him!

1. Steve Carell was born on August 16, 1962.
2. He was born at Emerson Hospital in Concord, Massachusetts, and raised in nearby Acton, Massachusetts.
3. He is the youngest of four brothers.
4. His father is of German and Italian descent and his mother was of Polish ancestry.
5. He played ice hockey and lacrosse while in high school.
6. He played the fife, performing with other members of his family, and later joined a reenacting group portraying the 10th (North Lincoln) Regiment of Foot.
7. He attended Denison University in Granville, Ohio.
8. While in college, he spent time as a disc jockey under the name “Sapphire Steve Carell” at WDUB, the campus radio station.
9. Early in his performing career, Carell acted on the stage in a touring children’s theater company, later in the comedy musical Knat Scatt Private Eye and in a television commercial for the restaurant chain Brown’s Chicken in 1989.
10. His inspirations for acting and comedy are Steve Martin, Peter Sellers, John Cleese, Bill Cosby, and George Carlin.
11. In 2005, Carell signed a deal with NBC to star in The Office, a remake of the British TV series of the same name.
12. The actor’s first major film role was as weatherman Brick Tamland in the 2004 hit comedy Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy.
13. He is a member of Hollywood’s so-called “Frat Pack”, a group of actors who often appear in films together, that also includes Owen Wilson, Will Ferrell, Vince Vaughn, and Luke Wilson.
14. He voiced Gru, the main character in the Universal CGI film Despicable Me.
15. On August 5, 1995, he married Saturday Night Live alumna Nancy Carell (née Walls), whom he met when she was a student in an improvisation class he was teaching at Second City.