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.

KNOWN FOR

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2022
The Office
2008
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2024
The Simpsons
2016
The Daily Show
2012
American Dad!
2016
Conan
2011
Modern Family
2014
The View
2022
The Graham Norton Show
2010
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2008

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
100
Directing
14
Writing
24
Producing
15
Camera
2
Crew
1
2026
England 2006: The Golden Generation
as Self (archive footage)
2025
Goodbye June
as Jerry
2025
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon
as Julian Chamberlain
2024
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
as Self - Guest Announcer
2024
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest
2024
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
2022
Kick Out the Jams: The Story of XFM
as Self
2022
Four Lives
as Stephen Port
2022
The View
as Self - Guest
2022
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest
2022
Big Fat Quiz
as Self - Panellist
2021
A Boy Called Christmas
as Miika (voice)
2021
Locked Down
as Michael Morgan
2021
The Outlaws
as Greg
2020
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
as Count Rugen
2019
Jojo Rabbit
as Deertz
2019
Fighting with My Family
as Hugh
2019
Good Boys
as Claude (uncredited)
2019
Critters: A New Binge
as Mr. President Critter (voice)
2019
Travel Man: 48 Hours in...
as Self - Guest
2019
The Russell Howard Hour
as Self
2019
Off Camera with Sam Jones
as Self
2018
Sherlock Gnomes
as Paris (voice)
2018
The Girl in the Spider's Web
as Frans Balder
2018
Click & Collect
as Andrew Bennett
2018
The Good Place
as Neil
2017
Table 19
as Walter Thimble
2017
Logan
as Caliban
2017
Making 'Logan'
as Self
2016
There's Something About Romcoms
as Self
2016
The Last Laugh
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2016
Donald Trump's The Art of the Deal: The Movie
as Barron Hilton
2016
The Jonathan Ross Show
as Self
2016
Dream Corp LLC
as T.E.R.R.Y. (voice)
2016
Norm Macdonald Live
as Self
2016
The Simpsons
as Conrad (voice)
2016
American Dad!
as Scientist (voice)
2015
Misery Loves Comedy
as Self
2015
Brand: A Second Coming
as Self
2015
Lip Sync Battle
as Self
2015
Drunk History
as F**kin' President Lincoln
2015
The Big Bang Theory
as Dave Gibbs
2015
Comedy Bang! Bang!
as Self
2015
The Last Leg
as Self
2014
Hello Ladies: The Movie
as Stuart Pritchard
2014
Gadget Man
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Guest
2014
Modern Family
as Higgins
2014
Real Time with Bill Maher
as Self
2013
Movie 43
as Donald (segment "Truth or Dare")
2013
I Give It a Year
as Danny
2013
Hello Ladies
as Stephen
2013
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
as Self - Presenter
2013
Drunk History
as Abraham Lincoln
2013
Have I Got News for You
as Self - Host
2012
The Daily Show
as Self
2011
Gnomeo & Juliet
as Paris (voice)
2011
Hall Pass
as Gary
2011
Derren Brown: Behind the Mischief
as Self
2011
Stephen Merchant: Hello Ladies... Live!
as Self
2011
Life's Too Short
as Stephen Merchant
2011
Conan
as Self
2010
Tooth Fairy
as Tracy
2010
Burke & Hare
as Footman
2010
Jackboots on Whitehall
as Tom (voice)
2010
Cemetery Junction
as Dougie Boden
2010
This Side of the Truth, A Truly 'Honest' Making of The Invention of Lying
as Self
2010
Gerard Kelly: A Celebration
as Self
2010
Alan Carr: Chatty Man
as Self
2010
GMTV
as Self
2010
Live from Studio Five
as Self
2010
The Ricky Gervais Show
as Self
2010
An Idiot Abroad
as Self
2010
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
2009
The Invention of Lying
as Man at the Door
2008
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
2008
The One Show
as Self - Guest
2007
Run Fatboy Run
as Man with Broken Leg
2007
Hot Fuzz
as Peter Ian Staker
2007
Taping Nigel II: The Gimpening
as Self
2007
The Art of Breaking Character
as Self
2007
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
as Self
2006
Derren Brown: Trick of the Mind
2005
Taping Nigel
as Self
2005
Finding Leo
as Self
2005
Soccer AM
as Self
2005
Extras
as Darren Lamb
2005
Bromwell High
as Mr. Phillips
2004
Garth Marenghi's Darkplace
as The Chef
2004
Green Wing
as Lab Technicianian
2002
How I Made The Office by Ricky Gervais
as Self
2002
Offensive: The Real Derek and Clive
as Self
2002
The Fight
as Self
2002
The Office
as Nathan
2001
The Office
as Paul Shepherd (voice)
2000
Meet Ricky Gervais
1999
Comedy Lab
as James
1998
The Office Pre-Pilot
as Office Worker
The Ark and the Aardvark
as Croc (voice)
The Sham