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 Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama and the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. He also received acclaim for his roles in "Little Miss Sunshine" (2006), "The Big Short" (2015), and "Battle of the Sexes" (2017), the latter two earning him his eighth and ninth Golden Globe Award nominations, respectively. The youngest of four brothers, Carell was born at Emerson Hospital in Concord, Massachusetts, and raised in nearby Acton, Massachusetts. His father, Edwin A. Carell, was an electrical engineer, and his mother, Harriet Theresa ("née" Koch) (1925–2016), was a psychiatric nurse. His maternal uncle, Stanley