STEPHEN MERCHANT
Steve Merchant - the googly eyed,lanky sidekick of Ricky Gervais.
Stephen merchant is co-creator and co-writer of many projects with Ricky Gervais but most notably,The Office and Extras.As a self confessed shy youngster,he graduated from University of Warwick and his first step on the showbiz ladder was a role as file reviewer on his local student radio,Radio Warwick.Even then,friends were adament that he was destined for great things and began a career as a stand up comedian with mixed success.He also had an appearance on Blockbusters(see video below).He teamed up with Gervais when he was hired to do all the boring stuff at Xfm,allowing Ricky to mess about.Following that 4 year stint,Steve has written for many projects but The Ofice was undoubtedly his finest hour.He actually made an a cameo appearance in The Office one of Gareths mates called The Oggmonster as did his Dad,Ron who played a handyman called Gordon.Steve still performs standup,continues to write comedy,star in the Ricky Gervais show podcasts and makes TV and film appearances regularly.He has appeared in such TV shows as Green Wing and US smash hit 24,as well as cameos in the Brittish films,Run fat boy run and Hot fuzz.