Steve Carell: Net Worth, Age, Height & Everything You Need To Know About The Actor

Steve Carell is one of Hollywood's most beloved actors. Best known as Michael Scott on The Office, Carell has also built a successful film career with classics like Anchorman and The 40-Year-Old Virgin. After conquering comedy, Carell shifted to dramatic roles in The Big Short and Foxcatcher, earning his first Academy Award nomination for the latter. Recently, he's returned to television, delivering acclaimed performances in The Morning Show (Apple TV+) and The Patient (FX), and signing on for a new HBO series. However, his most lucrative role might be voicing Gru in the six films in the Despicable Me franchise.

The youngest of four brothers, Carell grew up in Acton, Massachusetts. Though he planned to go law school, Carell caught the performing bug after joining a student-run improv troupe while attending Denison University. After graduating, Carell moved to Chicago, where he joined the famed The Second City. His first big break came when he was cast in the short-lived ABC sketch series The Dana Carvey Show. In 1999, Carell's career took off when he became a correspondent for The Daily Show. He married Nancy Walls, a former Saturday Night Live cast member, in 1995, and the couple has two children.

Steve Carell's Net Worth

The Office Star Is Worth $80 Million

According to Celebrity Net Worth, Steve Carell is worth $80 million dollars. The site also reports that while Carell earned $175,000 per episode during the early seasons of The Office, his salary went up to $300,000 in later seasons. The show produced around 24 episodes per season, meaning that Steve took home approximately $7 million per year working on the show.

His film career also netted him huge paydays, earning him $12.5 million for Date Night, and $15 million for Crazy Stupid Love. However, his voice work in the Despicable Me franchise earned Carell his highest paychecks, as he reportedly earns $15-20 million per film. Carell's return to television has also been very lucrative. The star earned $1 million per episode for Netflix's short-lived Space Force and $750,000 per episode for The Morning Show.

Steve Carell's Age & Height

Carell Is A Leo

Steve Carell was born on August 16, 1962, making him 62 years old as of December 2024. Carell's Zodiac sign is Leo, symbolized by a lion and associated with fire. Leos are known for their leadership, confidence, and big-hearted nature, and love being the center of attention. These traits align with Carell's personality and humor — as well as his most famous character, Michael Scott.

According to his IMDb bio, Carell is 5'10". This makes him six inches shorter than his The Office co-star John Krasinksi who stands at 6'3", but three inches taller than Jenna Fischer, who played Pam, and is 5'6".

Steve Carell Wasn't The First Choice To Play Michael Scott

Paul Giamatti, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bob Odenkirk & More Were Considered

While it is hard to imagine the American version of The Office without Steve Carell, at least 35 other actors were considered for the role of Michael Scott before Carell was cast. In Andy Green's book, The Office: The Untold Story of the Greatest Sitcom of the 2000s: An Oral History, executive producer Ben Silverman revealed that actors as varied as Rick Moranis and John C Reilly were discussed. Paul Giamatti and Phillip Seymour Hoffman were both offered the role, but they ultimately passed. Eventually, the Michael Scott list was narrowed down to Carell and Bob Odenkirk.

Odenkirk recently reflected on this near-casting during an episode of The Office Ladies podcast, hosted by Jenna Fisher and Angela Kinsey (who played Angela Martin in The Office​​​​​​). He shared that his version of Michael Scott might have brought "a little bit too much earnest seriousness" to the role and admitted that the network made the right decision by going with Steve Carell.