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Michael Scott

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Michael Gary Scott is a fictional character and the protagonist of the NBC sitcom The Office, portrayed by Steve Carell. Michael serves as the regional manager of the Scranton, Pennsylvania branch of paper company, Dunder Mifflin, for the majority of the series. Like his counterpart in the earlier British version of the show, David Brent, he is characterized as a largely incompetent, unproductive, and unprofessional boss, though he is depicted as kinder and occasionally is shown to be effective at his job in key moments. Towards the end of the seventh season, he marries HR representative Holly Flax and moves to Colorado with her; this wrapped up his story in "Goodbye, Michael", an extended episode. He is then absent from the series until the finale. For his performance, Carell received significant critical acclaim and was nominated six consecutive times for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series as well as winning a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series (Musical or Comedy) in 2006. Casting All original series characters were adapted for the U.S. version. NBC programmer Tracy McLaughlin suggested Paul Giamatti to producer Ben Silverman for the role of Michael Scott, but the actor declined. Martin Short, Hank Azaria, and Bob Odenkirk were also reported to be interested, with Odenkirk auditioning. In January 2004, Variety reported that Steve Carell of the popular Comedy Central program The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, was in talks to play the role. At the time, he was already committed to another NBC mid-season replacement comedy, Come to Papa. Due to Carell being unavailable, Odenkirk was selected as Michael Scott and was part of the cast presented to NBC executives. Paul Rudd advised Carell that the American version of The Office was never going to be as good as the British version. However, Come to Papa was quickly cancelled, allowing Carell to commit to The Office. Odenkirk went on to appear in the series in a brief role as an office manager reminiscent of Scott. Carell later stated that he had only seen about half of the original pilot episode of the British series before he auditioned. He did not continue watching for fear that he would start copying Ricky Gervais's characterizations.

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Not who you're looking for? Others named Michael Scott: Irish architect (1905–1989) · Anglican priest (20th century) · Scottish rugby union player (born 1997) · American basketball player (born 1986)

Overview

Michael Gary Scott is a fictional character and the protagonist of the NBC sitcom The Office, portrayed by Steve Carell. Michael serves as the regional manager of the Scranton, Pennsylvania branch of paper company, Dunder Mifflin, for the majority of the series. Like his counterpart in the earlier British version of the show, David Brent, he is characterized as a largely incompetent, unproductive, and unprofessional boss, though he is depicted as kinder and occasionally is shown to be effective at his job in key moments. Towards the end of the seventh season, he marries HR representative Holly Flax and moves to Colorado with her; this wrapped up his story in "Goodbye, Michael", an extended episode. He is then absent from the series until the finale. For his performance, Carell received significant critical acclaim and was nominated six consecutive times for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series as well as winning a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series (Musical or Comedy) in 2006. Casting All original series characters were adapted for the U.S. version. NBC programmer Tracy McLaughlin suggested Paul Giamatti to producer Ben Silverman for the role of Michael Scott, but the actor declined. Martin Short, Hank Azaria, and Bob Odenkirk were also reported to be interested, with Odenkirk auditioning. In January 2004, Variety reported that Steve Carell of the popular Comedy Central program The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, was in talks to play the role. At the time, he was already committed to another NBC mid-season replacement comedy, Come to Papa. Due to Carell being unavailable, Odenkirk was selected as Michael Scott and was part of the cast presented to NBC executives. Paul Rudd advised Carell that the American version of The Office was never going to be as good as the British version. However, Come to Papa was quickly cancelled, allowing Carell to commit to The Office. Odenkirk went on to appear in the series in a brief role as an office manager reminiscent of Scott. Carell later stated that he had only seen about half of the original pilot episode of the British series before he auditioned. He did not continue watching for fear that he would start copying Ricky Gervais's characterizations.

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