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Steve Carell

Steve Carell

9 films · 930 frames · top-billed in 7 · 20082024

Born 16 August 1962 · Concord, Massachusetts, USA

Steven John Carell is an American actor and comedian. He played Michael Scott in The Office (2005–2011), NBC’s adaptation of the British series created by Stephen Merchant and Ricky Gervais, where Carell also worked as an occasional producer, writer and director. Carell has received numerous accolades for his performances in both film and television, including the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy for his work on The Office. He was recognized as "America's Funniest Man" by Life magazine.

Carell gained recognition as a correspondent on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart from 1999 to 2005.

Awards

On FrameThrower we have: 9 films · 930 frames · top-billed in 7 · 20082024

  • Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy2006
  • Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
  • MTV Movie & TV Awards
  • Writers Guild of America Award
  • star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

How their films are shot

Measured across 930 frames from the 9 films we hold. This is the look of the work Steve takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 9 films we hold, 47% of their frames are day, 41% natural — the look of the work Steve takes.

Time of day

Day47%
Night34%
Interior14%

Lighting

Natural41%
High key32%
Low key25%

Shot size

Medium62%
Wide17%
Closeup12%
Fullbody6%

Camera angle

Eye level85%
High angle7%
Low angle5%

Mood

Neutral67%
Tense10%
Joyful5%
Chaotic5%

Films in the library

Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.

Often with

Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.

A reference database for filmmakers

FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 930 frames from Steve Carell's 9 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.