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The Office is the title of several mockumentary sitcoms based on a British series originally created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant as The Office in 2001. The original series also starred Gervais as manager and primary character David Brent. The two series were broadcast on BBC Two in 2001 and 2002, totalling 12 episodes, with two special episodes concluding the series in 2003.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> A follow up movie (David Brent: Life on the Road) starring Gervais and featuring his David Brent character was released in 2016.
Versions of the original were subsequently made in Germany, the United States, and many other countries.<ref name="10 David Brents" /> The longest-running version of the series, the American adaptation, ran for nine seasons on the NBC Television Network from 2005 to 2013, with a total of 201 episodes. According to Nielsen Ratings as of April 2019, the American version of The Office was the No. 1 streamed show on Netflix in the United States.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite web</ref> A follow-up to the American version was announced in 2024 for release on Peacock,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and Amazon Prime Video also debuted an Australian version of The Office, featuring the franchise's first female lead character, that same year.<ref name="Ozffice" />
Versions
Spin-offs
| Country/Region | Title | Network | Original run |
|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Flag | Stromberg – Der Film | Theatrical release | 20 February 2014<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
| Template:Flag | David Brent: Life on the Road | Theatrical release | 19 August 2016 |
| Template:Flag | The Paper | Peacock | September 2025 |
Unproduced versions
Additional versions of the show have been planned but never released. A Russian language version for Channel One with an initial run of 24 episodes was announced in 2008,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> but had not begun production by 2018.<ref name="10 David Brents">Template:Cite news</ref> Additionally, Ricky Gervais announced plans to create a Chinese language version of the show in 2010,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> but the show also had not begun production as of 2018.<ref name="10 David Brents" />
Timeline
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Counterparts
Template:Anchor Roles are recorded as of each character's first appearance.
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| Name | The Office | The Office | The Office | Stromberg | Os Aspones (Acronym for “Os Assistentes de Porra Nenhuma”, lit. “The Assistants of F*** All”) |
Le Bureau ("The Office") |
La Job ("The Job") |
Template:Ill ("The Office") |
HaMisrad ("המשרד", "The Office") | Template:Ill ("The Office") |
Kancl ("The Office") | Template:Ill ("The Office") |
The Office | The Office PL | Al-Maktab ("المكتب", "The Office") |
| Firm | Flinley Craddick | Wernham Hogg | Dunder MifflinTemplate:Efn | Capitol-Versicherung AG | Fichário Ministerial de Documentos Obrigatórios | Cogirep | Les Papiers Jennings | Papeles Lozano | פייפר אופיס (Piper Office) | Svensk kontorshygien AB | Papír a print | Leskisen paperi | Wilkins Chawla | Kropliczanka | Tard Postal Services |
| Business | Packaging | Paper | Paper and Office SuppliesTemplate:Efn | Insurance | Bureaucracy | Paper | Paper | Paper | Office supplies | Office hygiene | Paper | Paper | Paper | Mineral water | Postal service |
| Location | Rydalmere | Slough | Scranton | Unspecified, but filmed in Cologne | Brasília | Villepinte | Côte-de-Liesse | Santiago Centro | Yehud | Upplands-Väsby | Brno | Riihimäki | Faridabad | Siedlce | Riyadh<ref name="Saudi"/> |
| Regional Manager (or equivalent "boss" role) |
Hannah Howard (Felicity Ward) | David Brent (Ricky Gervais) |
Michael Scott (Steve Carell) |
Bernd Stromberg (Christoph Maria Herbst) |
Tales (Selton Mello) |
Gilles Triquet (François Berléand) |
David Gervais (Antoine Vézina) |
Manuel Cerda (Luis Gnecco) |
Avi Meshulam (Dvir Benedek) |
Ove Sundberg (Henrik Dorsin) |
Marek Chvála (Václav Kopta) |
Pentti Markkanen (Sami Hedberg) |
Jagdeep Chadda (Mukul Chadda) |
Michał Holc (Piotr Polak) |
Malik Al Tuwaifi (Saleh Abuamrh) |
| Senior Sales Representative |
Nick Fletcher (Steen Raskopoulos) |
Tim Canterbury (Martin Freeman) |
Jim Halpert (John Krasinski) |
Ulf Steinke (Oliver Wnuk) |
Template:Center | Paul Delorme (Jérémie Elkaïm) |
Louis Tremblay (Sébastien Huberdeau) |
Diego Ramírez (Pablo Cazals) |
Yossi (Eldad Fribas) |
Erik Lundkvist (Kim Sulocki) |
Tomáš Trojan (Michal Dalecký) |
Timo (Pyry Äikää) |
Amit Sharma (Sayandeep Sengupta) |
Franek Wójcik (Mikołaj Matczak) Adam Szeliga (Rafał Kowalski) |
Talal Al Buwaibani (Fahad Al Butairi) |
| Assistant (to the) Regional Manager | Lizze MoyleTemplate:Efn (Edith Poor) |
Gareth Keenan (Mackenzie Crook) |
Dwight Schrute (Rainn Wilson) |
Berthold "Ernie" Heisterkamp (Bjarne Mädel) |
Leda Maria (Andréa Beltrão) |
Joel Liotard (Benoît Carré) |
Sam Bisaillon (Paul Ahmarani) |
Cristián Müller (Mauricio Dell) |
Yariv Shauli (Maayan Blum) |
Viking Ytterman (Björn Gustafsson) |
Jáchym Kořen (Radim Novák) |
Jaakko (Antti Heikkinen) |
T.P. Mishra (Gopal Datt) |
Darek Wasiak (Adam Woronowicz) |
Nidal Al Sheraiwi (Nawaf Al Shubaili) |
| Receptionists | Greta KingTemplate:Efn (Shari Sebbens) |
Dawn Tinsley (Lucy Davis) |
Pam Beesly (Jenna Fischer) |
Tanja Seifert (Diana Staehly) |
Template:Center | Laetitia Kadiri (Anne-Laure Balbir) |
Anne Viens (Sophie Cadieux) |
Rocío Poblete (Nathalia Aragonese) |
Dana (Mali Levi) |
Therese Johansson (Sissela Benn) |
Anna Kručinská (Sara Venclovská) |
Anna (Linda Wiklund) |
Pammi (Samridhi Dewan) |
Asia Kasprzyk (Kornelia Strzelecka) |
Basma Al Khattar (Reem Mansour) |
| Temp/Intern | Sebastian Roy (Raj Labade) |
Ricky Howard (Oliver Chris) |
Ryan Howard (B. J. Novak) |
Jonas Fischer (Max Mauff) |
Template:Center | Felix Pradier (Xavier Robic) |
Template:Center | Felipe Tomic (César Sepúlveda) |
Regev Steiner (Amir Wolf) |
Template:Center | Ota Kačer (Jiří Hájek) |
"OP" (K. Puura) |
Sapan Gill (Abhinav Sharma) |
Template:Center | Rayan Al Sosan (Saad Aziz) |
| Corporate Supervisors |
Alisha Khanna (Pallavi Sharda) | Jennifer Taylor‑Clarke (Stirling Gallacher) Neil Godwin |
Jan Levinson (Melora Hardin) |
Tatjana Berkel (Tatjana Alexander) |
Dr. Góes (Mário Schoemberger) |
Juliette Lebrac (Astrid Bas) |
Emmanuelle Sirois-Keaton (Nathalie Coupal) |
Jimena Ibarra (Liliana García) |
Yelena (Helena Yaralova) |
Idun Falkenberg (Lisa Linnertorp) |
Lenka Falešníková-Vondráčková (Pavla Vitázková) |
Katariina (Vera Kiiskinen) |
Riya Pahwa (Gauahar Khan) |
Patrycja Kowalska (Vanessa Aleksander) Patryk Kowalski (Maciej Musiałowski) |
Elham |
| Accountants | Deborah Leonard (Lucy Schmidt) | Sheila (Jane Lucas) |
Angela Martin (Angela Kinsey) |
– | – | Daniel Gabarda (Frédéric Merlo) |
– | Yanni (Jimena Nuñez) Teresita (Luz María Yacometti) |
Karol (Roberto Pollak) Ababa "Avi" Sharon (Yossi Vassa) |
Lennart Forsström (Rikard Ulvshammar) Anna Norén (Anna Åström) Margareta Wivallius (Ingbritt Hjälm) |
Petra (Barbora Sousa) |
Maarit (Lotta Lindroos) |
Anjali (Priyanka Setia) |
Sebastian Sołtys (Jan Sobolewski) |
Majida Al Huthail (Maryam Abdulrahman) Ziad (Yasin Ghazzawi) |
| Viktor (Tomáš Sýkora) |
Oliver (Howard Saddler) |
Oscar Martinez (Oscar Nunez) |
Farzin (Mazdak Nassir) |
Rinchin (Chien Ho Liao) | |||||||||||
| César (Alfredo Template:Not a typo) |
Keith Bishop (Ewen MacIntosh) |
Kevin Malone (Brian Baumgartner) |
Teppo (Jan Nyquist) |
Kutti (Gavin Methalaka) | |||||||||||
| Travelling Sales Representative |
Template:Center | Chris Finch (Ralph Ineson) |
Todd Packer (David Koechner) |
Theo Hölter (Andreas Schmidt) |
Template:Center | Didier Leguelec (Jean-Pierre Loustau) |
Rocky Larocque (Yves Amyot) |
Carlitos García
(Sergio Piña) |
Shimi Guetta
(Shai Avivi) |
"Boozen" (Kristoffer Appelquist) |
Jiří Nebeský (Rastislav Gajdoš) |
Template:Center | Prem Chopra (Ranvir Shorey) |
Template:Center | Template:Center |
| Receptionist's fiancéTemplate:Efn |
Mason (Claude Jabbour) |
Lee (Joel Beckett) |
Roy Anderson (David Denman) |
Roland (off camera) |
Template:Center | Ludovic Correia (Julien Favart) |
Luc (Martin Tremblay) |
Marco
(Marcelo Maldonado) |
Lavi (Alon Hamawi) |
Kenneth Gustavsson (Peter Jansson) |
Libor (Dušan Vitázek) |
Ripa (Leo Honkonen) |
Parmeet (Kunal Pant) |
Paweł Szod (Jakub Zając) |
Khattab Al Khattar (Alwesam Shigdar) |
| Senior Sales Representative's girlfriend |
Template:Center | Rachel (Stacey Roca) |
Katy Moore (Amy Adams) |
Tanja Seifert (Diana Staehly) |
Template:Center | Template:Center | Julie (Évelyne Rompré) |
Catalina (María José Urúza) |
Shiri (Noa Wollman) |
Template:Center | Template:Center | Template:Center | Loveleen (Anandita Pagnis) |
Marta Bielecka (Katarzyna Gałązka) |
Template:Center |
| Other office co-workers |
Martin Katavake
(Josh Thomson) Lloyd Kneathn (Jonny Brugh) Tina Kwong (Susan Ling Young) |
Jamie (Jamie Deeks) Ben (Ben Bradshaw) Emma (Emma Manton) Donna (Sally Bretton) Joan (Yvonne D’Alpra) Malcolm (Robin Hooper) Brenda (Julie Fernandez) Trudy (Rachel Isaac) |
Stanley Hudson (Leslie David Baker) Phyllis Lapin-Vance (Phyllis Smith) Kelly Kapoor (Mindy Kaling) Toby Flenderson (Paul Lieberstein) Meredith Palmer (Kate Flannery) Creed Bratton (Creed Bratton) Nellie Bertram (Catherine Tate) Clark Green (Clark Duke) Pete Miller (Jake Lacy) |
Erika Burstedt (Martina Eitner-Acheampong) Jennifer Schirrmann (Milena Dreißig) Lars Lehnhoff (Laurens Walter) Nicole Rückert (Angelika Richter) Hans Schmelzer (Ralf Husmann) Sabine Buhrer (Maja Beckmann) |
Caio (Pedro Paulo Rangel) Anete (Marisa Orth) Moira (Drica Moraes) |
Template:Center | Template:Center | Trini (Karla Matta) Jesús (Marcelo Valdivieso) Benito Rojas (Vittorio Yaconi) Dante Espinoza (Cristián Quezada) |
Yevgeni (Dima Ross) Leah (Ayelet Robinson) Riki (Hilla Sarjon) Abed (Jamil Khoury) |
Britt-Marie Lind (Veronica Dahlström) Massoud Ghorbani (Hassan Brijany) Robin T. Larsson (David Druid) Örjan Almqvist (Christoffer Olofsson) |
Template:Center | Aune (Paula Siimes) Leyla (Ushma Olava) |
Saleem (Sunil Jetly)
|
Bożena Grabowska (Milena Lisiecka) Gosia Uszyńska (Monika Obara) Agnieszka Majewska (Monika Kulczyk) Levan Kobiaszwili (Marcin Pempuś) Łukasz "Łuki" Gnatowski (Adam Bobik) Marzena Krupska (Daria Widawska) Kasia Płaczkiewicz (Małgorzata Gorol) Tomek "Reagan" Grabowski (Mateusz Król) |
Fadi (Aous Chazal) Suleiman (Mohamed Helal) Wedad (Hanaa Al Somali) Khalaf (Thamer Al Harbi) Abeer (Hind Al Saigh) Salem Al Sahhal (Hashem Hawsawi) |
| Warehouse Foreman |
Stevie Jones (Zoe Terakes) |
Glynn "Taffy" (David Schaal) |
Darryl Philbin (Craig Robinson) |
Template:Center | Template:Center | Template:Center | Template:Center | Sami (Yaniv Suissa) |
Kenneth Gustavsson (Peter Jansson) | Roman (Martin Tlapák) |
Template:Center | Rajinder (Manpreet Singh) |
Template:Center | Template:Center | Anwar Jibawi |
Selected major awards
- British version: 2005 Golden Globes for Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy and Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy (Ricky Gervais); 2001, 2002 and 2003 British Academy Television Awards for Situation Comedy and Best Comedy Performance (Ricky Gervais)<ref>The 2001 British Academy Television Awards, winners and nominees.</ref><ref>The 2002 British Academy Television Awards Template:Webarchive, winners and nominees.</ref><ref>The 2003 British Academy Television Awards Template:Webarchive, winners and nominees.</ref>
- American version: 2006 Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy (Steve Carell); 2006 Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series; 2007 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series; 2007 Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series (Greg Daniels); 2009 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series (Jeffrey Blitz). For other awards and honors see List of awards and nominations received by The Office (American TV series)Template:Cn
- German version: 2006 Grimme Award for Fiction/Entertainment – Series/Miniseries; 2007 Deutscher Fernsehpreis for Best Sitcom and Best Book; 2006, 2007, 2010 and 2012 Deutscher Comedypreis for Best Actor in a Comedy Series (Christoph Maria Herbst).Template:Cn
Notes
References
External links
- A comparison of the US, UK, French, and German shows on Slate
- The Office on Comedy Central Template:Webarchive
- The Office: A decade around the world
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