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3	Stephen James Merchant (born in Bristol, England, on 24 November 1974) is a British actor, comedian, radio host, writer and director. He is best known for his work writing ''Series/TheOfficeUK'' and ''{{Series/Extras}}'' with Creator/RickyGervais, and playing a recurring character in the latter, as well as Neil in ''Series/TheGoodPlace''. He also has had a pretty successful career in voice acting, including voicing Paris in ''WesternAnimation/GnomeoAndJuliet'', Mr. Phillips in ''WesternAnimation/BromwellHigh'', and Wheatley in ''VideoGame/{{Portal 2}}''.
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5	Merchant often works with Creator/RickyGervais and Creator/KarlPilkington.
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7	He is currently on a stand-up tour and starred in the Creator/{{HBO}} sitcom ''Series/HelloLadies'' and in 2017, Merchant made his first foray into the comic book movie genre with the release of ''Film/{{Logan}}'', playing the role of Caliban. He also voices the Crite President in ''WebVideo/CrittersANewBinge''. He has also recently wrote and starred in the show ''Series/TheOutlaws''.
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9	!!Tropes associated with Stephen Merchant:
10	* BerserkButton: He also seems to hate being called an "invalid" as one episode of ''Radio/TheRickyGervaisShow'' indicates.
11	* {{Catchphrase}}: "Man alive!"
12	* FatAndSkinny: He is often seen with fellow comedian and friend Ricky Gervais, which of course only makes his height and skinniness more obvious.
13	* GameShowAppearance: Was on ''Series/{{Blockbusters}}'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdNP53mu4jg before he made it big.]] It was incorporated into a scene in ''Series/TheOfficeUK'' with Ricky the intern, who had also been on ''Blockbusters''.
14	* GentleGiant: He's ''6 feet 7 inches'' tall, and yet he's said to be quite shy, possibly because of it. Not many people to talk to up there, eh Steve?
15	* HeightAngst: He's said on ''The Ricky Gervais Show'' that being as tall as he is can become a bit of a disability. He complains about it a few times throughout the show.
16	* MotorMouth: If he wants to, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4p7VJicsP8c he can really let the words fly]].
17	* TheOtherDarrin: Icelandic actor [[Creator/TomasLemarquis Tómas Lemarquis]] played Caliban in ''Film/XMenApocalypse'' the year before Merchant did in ''Film/{{Logan}}''. The two movie crews didn't ask each other about the issue of using the same character.
18	* TheScrooge: His tightness with money is often made fun of by Ricky Gervais, and even Karl Pilkington will sometimes get a dig in at him regarding this.
19	* ShakingTheRump: His appearance on ''Series/LipSyncBattle'' included a rendition of Music/ChristinaAguilera's "Dirrty" which involved a lot of this. It's worth noting the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-pa--gHjkE outfit he was wearing]] during said performance...

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