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My Take
Stephen Merchant is, in my view, one of comedy's sharpest architects hiding inside a 204 cm frame. His work with Ricky Gervais on The Office rewired modern television humour, and the Emmy and Writers Guild awards confirm he is a writer first. Yet I love that he refuses to stay behind the desk, lending his voice to Portal 2 and stepping in front of the camera himself. His gift for mining awkwardness into laughter is unmistakable, and his willingness to turn his own height and gawkiness into material shows real comic generosity. A genuine double threat I keep rooting for.
Overview
Stephen James Merchant (born 24 November 1974) 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.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Stephen Merchant
- Name (Japanese)
- スティーヴン・マーチャント
- Reading
- すてぃーゔん・まーちゃんと
- Born
- November 24, 1974 (age 51)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Sagittarius / Tiger
- Origin
- Hanham, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 204 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / screenwriter / film actor / director / film director
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- University of Warwick
Awards & achievements
- 2007 Writers Guild of America Award
- 2006 Primetime Emmy Award
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | Portal 2 | — |
6. Links
- Official sitehttps://www.stephenmerchant.com/
- Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/johanpieters6/
- Xhttps://x.com/StephenMerchant
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen%20Merchant
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.