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Stephen Merchant

Stephen Merchant

19 movies on Netflix

Biography

Stephen Merchant is an English writer, director, and actor who also performs stand-up. Born in the Bristol suburb of Hanham, he studied film and literature at the University of Warwick. Gervais hired him at XFM London in 1997, and the pair went on to co-write and co-direct The Office and to co-write, co-direct, and co-star in Extras and Life's Too Short. Merchant hosted The Ricky Gervais Show, voiced Wheatley in Portal 2, and adapted his stand-up into the HBO series Hello Ladies. He wrote and directed Fighting with My Family (2019) and co-created and appeared in The Outlaws. His acting credits include Caliban in Logan (2017), a Gestapo leader in Jojo Rabbit (2019), and Stephen Port in Four Lives. He has won a Peabody Award, two Golden Globes, three BAFTAs, a Primetime Emmy, four British Comedy Awards, and the Rose d'Or.

51years old

Turns 52 on November 24in 37 days

  • Born Hanham
  • Star sign: SagittariusThe sign runs November 22 to December 21

Movie Career

Films
19
Career span
15 years2010 to 2025

Genres

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  1. Big break

    Stephen Merchant first met Ricky Gervais in 1997, when Gervais was in charge of speech at XFM London and brought Merchant in as his assistant. Gervais later said Merchant was called for an interview because his CV was the first one handed over.

  2. Behind the camera

    While taking a BBC production course, Merchant asked Gervais to act in a 30-minute short film titled Seedy Boss for his coursework. That film later served as the first idea behind their mock documentary The Office.

Stephen Merchant movies on Netflix

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. Logan2017 Action, Drama, Sci-Fias Caliban

    IMDb rating 8.1941K votes

  2. Fighting With My Family2019 Biography, Comedy, Drama, Sportas Hugh

    IMDb rating 7.094K votes

  3. Jojo Rabbit2019as Deertz

    IMDb rating 7.9495K votes

  4. Tooth Fairy2010as Tracy

    IMDb rating 5.154K votes

  5. Hall Pass2011as Gary

    IMDb rating 5.9138K votes

  6. A Boy Called Christmas2021as Miikavoice

    IMDb rating 6.732K votes

  7. The Girl in the Spider's Web2018as Frans Balder

    IMDb rating 6.156K votes

  8. I Give It a Year2013as Danny

    IMDb rating 5.741K votes

Most often with

Two actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Patrick Stewart, 3 films togetherSee the 3 films with Patrick StewartRichard E. Grant, 3 films togetherSee the 3 films with Richard E. GrantMichael Caine, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Michael CaineTimothy Spall, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Timothy SpallJohnny Depp, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Johnny DeppTom Wilkinson, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Tom Wilkinson

Films together

Box office

What Stephen Merchant's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$1.3 billion

13 of the 19 films have a worldwide figure.

Of the 19 films: 13 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 2 never in cinemas; 1 streaming, short cinema run; 2 figure not found.

  • 13Worldwide figure
  • 1US gross only
  • 2Never in cinemas
  • 1Streaming, short cinema run
  • 2Figure not found

Top grosser

Logan2017as Caliban$619 million

Highest grossing

The eight biggest films earned 97% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    Logan2017as Caliban
    $619M47.8% of the total
  2. 2
    Gnomeo & Juliet2011as Paris (voice)
    $190M14.7% of the total
  3. 3
    Tooth Fairy2010as Tracy
    $112M8.7% of the total
  4. 4
    Sherlock Gnomes2018as Paris (voice)
    $90M7.0% of the total
  5. 5
    Hall Pass2011as Gary
    $83M6.4% of the total
  6. 6
    Jojo Rabbit2019as Deertz
    $82M6.4% of the total
  7. 7
    Fighting With My Family2019as Hugh
    $39M3.0% of the total
  8. 8
    The Girl in the Spider's Web2018as Frans Balder
    $35M2.7% of the total
I Give It a Year (2013), $29.2 millionTable 19 (2017), $5.0 millionBurke and Hare (2010), $4.8 millionA Boy Called Christmas (2021), $3.7 millionJackboots on Whitehall (2010), $20,776

$42.8 millionfrom the other 5 films with a worldwide figure, 3% of the total

Awards

Two awards and honors from 2006 to 2007, one of them major.

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Stephen Merchant's awards and nominations, grouped by award
YearAwardFilmResult
Emmy Awards
2006Outstanding Comedy SeriesWon
Other honors
2007Writers Guild of America AwardWon

Online

Official profiles and reference pages.

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