Happy Birthday: Stephen Merchant

Stephen Merchant

Born: November 24, 1974 in Bristol, England, UK

My father was a plumber and I remember him coming home when I was 16 and telling me he hated his job and I shouldn’t do it. I’m sure there are people who love being plumbers or working in offices and that’s great – there’s lots of jobs which might be considered mundane which people take great satisfaction from doing. We’re presenting characters who have jobs they don’t enjoy and that aren’t fulfilling them and ask if they’re going to do anything about it. It’s not interesting to do a story about happy people in a happy place. Extras (2005) was about people in showbusiness who weren’t happy doing that either.

GNOMEO AND JULIET dir. Kelly Asbury Stars: James McAvoy Emily Blunt

HALL PASS dir. Bobby Farrelly Peter Farrelly Stars: Owen Wilson Jason Sudeikis

The Invention of Lying dir. Gervais Matthew Robinson Starring Gervais Jennifer Garner

CEMETERY JUNCTION 2010 dir. Ricky Gervais Stephen Merchant Starring: Christian Cooke Felicity Jones

TOOTH FAIRY dir. Michael Lembeck Stars: Dwayne Johnson Ashley Judd Hot Fuzz 2007 dir. Wright Starring Simon Pegg Martin Freeman MOVIE 43 2013 Stars: Emma Stone Stephen Merchant Richard Gere Liev Schreiber I GIVE IT A YEAR 2013 dir. Dan Mazer Stars: Rose Byrne Rafe Spall

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