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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.

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.[2] 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.

Interests

Michael's catchphrase is "That's what she said!", which he uses whenever someone, intentionally or not, makes a sexually suggestive double entendre, including business meetings and legal depositions. Michael finds uttering the phrase so irresistible that in "Sexual Harassment", he is goaded by Jim into saying it just seconds after Jan Levinson and a lawyer from corporate specifically asked him to stop.

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.

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.[2] 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.

Interests

Michael's catchphrase is "That's what she said!", which he uses whenever someone, intentionally or not, makes a sexually suggestive double entendre, including business meetings and legal depositions. Michael finds uttering the phrase so irresistible that in "Sexual Harassment", he is goaded by Jim into saying it just seconds after Jan Levinson and a lawyer from corporate specifically asked him to stop.

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.

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.[2] 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.

Interests

Michael's catchphrase is "That's what she said!", which he uses whenever someone, intentionally or not, makes a sexually suggestive double entendre, including business meetings and legal depositions. Michael finds uttering the phrase so irresistible that in "Sexual Harassment", he is goaded by Jim into saying it just seconds after Jan Levinson and a lawyer from corporate specifically asked him to stop.