Steve Carell in "Over the Hedge" (2006), "Horton Hears a Who!" (2008) and the "Despicable Me" franchise (2010–2017). In 2016, Carell co-created the TBS comedy series "Angie Tribeca" with his wife, Nancy Carell. Carell was nominated as "America's funniest man" in "Life" magazine, and received the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy for his work on the first season of "The Office". His role as wrestling coach and convicted murderer John Eleuthère du Pont in the drama film "Foxcatcher" (2014) earned him, among various honors, nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actor, the Golden Globe
Steve Carell hit comedy "". Struck by Carell's performance in the film, "Anchorman" producer Judd Apatow approached Carell about creating a film together, and Carell told him about an idea he had involving a middle-aged man who is still a virgin. The result was the 2005 film "The 40-Year-Old Virgin", which Carell and Apatow developed and wrote together, starring Carell as the title character. The film made $109 million in domestic box office sales and established him as a leading man. It also earned Carell an MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance and a WGA Award nomination, along with Apatow, for