Stephen Merchant is a British writer, director, radio presenter, stand-up comedian, and actor, best known for his work on The Office, Extras, and The Ricky Gervais Show.

Filmography

• La oficina — Original Series Creator
• 2025Goodbye June — Jerry
• The Paper — Executive Producer, Original Series Creator
• The Office — Original Series Creator
• The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon — Julian Chamberlain
• Four Lives — Stephen Port
• The Office (SA) — Original Series Creator
• 2021A Boy Called Christmas — Miika (voice)
• 2021Locked Down — Michael Morgan
• The Office PL — Original Series Creator
• The Outlaws — Greg, Director, Executive Producer, Writer, Creator
• Home Movie: The Princess Bride — Count Rugen
• Critters: A New Binge — Mr. President Critter (voice)
• 2019Fighting with My Family — Hugh, Director, Writer, Producer
• 2019Good Boys — Claude (uncredited)
• 2019Jojo Rabbit — Deertz
• The Office — Original Series Creator
• 2018Click & Collect — Andrew Bennett
• 2018Sherlock Gnomes — Paris (voice)
• 2018The Girl in the Spider's Web — Frans Balder
• 2017Logan — Caliban
• 2017Table 19 — Walter Thimble
• The Office — Original Series Creator
• 2016David Brent: Life on the Road — Characters
• 2016Donald Trump's The Art of the Deal: The Movie — Barron Hilton
• Dream Corp LLC — T.E.R.R.Y. (voice), Executive Producer
• The Good Place — Neil
• Lip Sync Battle — Self, Executive Producer, Creator
• 2014Hello Ladies: The Movie — Stuart Pritchard, Director, Writer, Executive Producer
• Drunk History — F**kin' President Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln
• Hello Ladies — Stephen, Writer, Director, Executive Producer, Creator
• 2013I Give It a Year — Danny
• 2013Movie 43 — Donald (segment "Truth or Dare")
• 2013The Return of Brent — Characters
• Gadget Man
• 2011Gnomeo & Juliet — Paris (voice)
• 2011Hall Pass — Gary
• Life's Too Short — Stephen Merchant, Director, Writer, Executive Producer, Creator
• 2011Stephen Merchant: Hello Ladies... Live! — Self, Writer, Producer
• An Idiot Abroad — Self, Producer
• 2010Burke & Hare — Footman
• 2010Cemetery Junction — Dougie Boden, Director, Writer, Executive Producer
• HaMisrad — Creator
• 2010Jackboots on Whitehall — Tom (voice)
• The Office — Original Series Creator
• The Ricky Gervais Show — Self, Producer, Creator
• 2010Tooth Fairy — Tracy
• Modern Family — Higgins
• 2009The Invention of Lying — Man at the Door
• 2007Hot Fuzz — Peter Ian Staker
• 2007Run Fatboy Run — Man with Broken Leg
• 2007Taping Nigel II: The Gimpening — Self, Camera Operator
• The Big Bang Theory — Dave Gibbs
• La Job — Creator
• Le Bureau — Creator
• American Dad! — Scientist (voice)
• Bromwell High — Mr. Phillips
• Extras — Darren Lamb, Writer, Director, Executive Producer, Creator
• 2005Finding Leo — Self, Director
• 2005Taping Nigel — Self, Camera Operator
• The Office — Executive Producer, Writer, Director, Original Series Creator, Teleplay
• Derren Brown: Trick of the Mind
• Garth Marenghi's Darkplace — The Chef
• Green Wing — Lab Technicianian
• The Last Chancers — Director
• Golden Years — Writer
• The Office — Paul Shepherd (voice), Nathan, Director, Writer, Creator
• Meet Ricky Gervais
• Comedy Lab — James, Director
• 1998The Office Pre-Pilot — Office Worker, Director
• The Simpsons — Conrad (voice)
• The Ark and the Aardvark — Croc (voice)
• The Sham — Director, Screenplay, Producer

Appearances as themselves (40)

• 2026England 2006: The Golden Generation — Self (archive footage)
• 2022Kick Out the Jams: The Story of XFM — Self
• 2017Making 'Logan' — Self
• The Russell Howard Hour — Self
• 2016The Last Laugh — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 2016There's Something About Romcoms — Self
• 2015Brand: A Second Coming — Self
• 2015Misery Loves Comedy — Self
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self - Guest
• Travel Man: 48 Hours in... — Self - Guest
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self - Guest
• Off Camera with Sam Jones — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self - Guest
• Norm Macdonald Live — Self
• The Last Leg — Self
• Comedy Bang! Bang! — Self
• 2011Derren Brown: Behind the Mischief — Self
• The Jonathan Ross Show — Self
• Conan — Self
• 2010Gerard Kelly: A Celebration — Self
• 2010This Side of the Truth, A Truly 'Honest' Making of The Invention of Lying — Self
• Alan Carr: Chatty Man — Self
• Live from Studio Five — Self
• 2007The Art of Breaking Character — Self
• The Graham Norton Show — Self
• The One Show — Self - Guest
• Big Fat Quiz — Self - Panellist
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self
• Real Time with Bill Maher — Self
• Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway — Self - Guest Announcer
• 2002How I Made The Office by Ricky Gervais — Self
• 2002Offensive: The Real Derek and Clive — Self
• 2002The Fight — Self
• Friday Night with Jonathan Ross — Self
• The View — Self - Guest
• The Daily Show — Self
• Soccer AM — Self
• GMTV — Self
• Have I Got News for You — Self - Host
• Have I Got a Bit More News for You — Self - Presenter