Stephen Merchant Bio | Wiki
Stephen Merchant is an English comedian, actor, director, presenter, and writer. He served as a co-host of the British TV comedy series The Office alongside Ricky Gervais. Stephen was a co-writer, co-director, and co-star of both Extras and Life’s Too Short.
He appeared as the mutant Caliban in the superhero film Logan in 2017. Stephen played serial killer Stephen Port in the 2022 television drama Four Lives. He has received numerous accolades, including two Golden Globe Awards, four British Comedy Awards, three BAFTA Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award.
Stephen Merchant Age
Stephen was born on November 24, 1974, in Hanham, Bristol, United Kingdom. He is 47 years old.
Stephen Merchant Height
He is a man of tall average stature and stands at a height of 6 ft 7 in (Approx. 2.01 m).
Stephen Merchant Family
He was born in the Hanham suburb of Bristol to his parents Jane Elaine and Ronald John Merchant. Stephen’s mother was a nursery nurse and his father was a plumber and a builder. He has a sister named Alexandra.
Stephen Merchant Wife
Stephen lives with his girlfriend American actress Mircea Monroe in a home previously owned by Ellen DeGeneres in the Nichols Canyon area of Los Angeles, United States. The couple started dating in 2017. He also owns a home in London.
Stephen Merchant Education
He attended Hanham Secondary School and later the University of Warwick in Coventry from 1993 to 1996. Stephen received a 2:1 for his BA in Film and Literature. He worked as a film reviewer on the student radio station Radio Warwick, where he began his broadcasting career. His group there included film critic James King. A number of tapes of The Steve Show have been rediscovered and distributed on various Stephen fan sites.
Stephen Merchant The Office
He served as a co-host of the British TV comedy series The Office alongside Ricky Gervais from 2001 to 2003. In March 2005, the American version of The Office premiered, with Stephen and Gervais credited as executive producers. They would later co-write the third-season episode “The Convict”, and Merchant would go on to direct the fifth-season episode “Customer Survey”.
Stephen Merchant Podcast
With sponsorship by The Guardian, Stephen, Gervais, and Pilkington began recording a weekly podcast. Throughout its first series, the podcast was consistently ranked the most popular in the world and was certified as the most downloaded of all time by Guinness World Records.
Two more series and three special installments were recorded in 2006, with the final episode released on Christmas Eve. In late 2008, they recorded four more podcasts and began a series of audiobooks examining Pilkington’s perspective on various subjects.
Stephen Merchant Show
In January 2007, Stephen began hosting his own radio show on BBC 6 Music, airing weekly on Sunday afternoons. Instead of comedy, The Steve Show focused on toast and music, particularly “new music”, defined by him as “music you’ve not heard before.” Many of the songs on the show were suggested by listeners or co-presenters. The Steve Show” aired for four series and concluded in May 2009.
Stephen Merchant Stand Up
He started performing stand-up comedy in the late 1990s to critical success, but he decided to focus more on his work with writing partner Ricky Gervais after the success of The Office. Stephen returned to stand-up with a nationwide tour of the United Kingdom in September 2011, under the title Hello Ladies.
The tour, which ended in New York, was later released on DVD. In late 2012, the tour continued in Australia and New Zealand. Stephen performed his first-ever stand-up tour of Scandinavia in October 2014, performing in 11 different cities as part of a European festival circuit.
Stephen Merchant Four Lives
He appeared as the mutant Caliban in the superhero film Logan in 2017 and as serial killer Stephen Port in the 2022 television drama Four Lives. Other films include:
A Boy Called Christmas
Locked Down
Jojo Rabbit
Good Boys
Fighting with My Family
The Girl in the Spider’s Web
Sherlock Gnomes
Table 19
Logan
Stephen Merchant Net Worth
He earns his wealth from his career, therefore, he has amassed a fortune over the years. Stephen’s estimated net worth is $40 million.
Who Is Stephen Merchant
Stephen is an English comedian, actor, director, presenter, and writer. He served as a co-host of the British TV comedy series The Office alongside Ricky Gervais. Stephen was a co-writer, co-director, and co-star of both Extras and Life’s Too Short.