Steve Carell Is FINALLY a Leading Man

Steve Carell is renowned for both his comedic talent, and timeless roles. However, it took him a long time to get there. Let's dive into how he got to where he is, and what obstacles stood in the way.
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[@usamaepekonis]

The thing that makes Steve Carell such a great actor to me is how he can act so genuine whether it is acting stupid, serious, angry or sad, the genuineness just makes him that much more loveable

[@serialfreak8115]

He is genuinely scary in Fix Catcher. I've noticed that comedians are very good at playing disturbing roles, especially him as Dupont.

[@Kirbstomp219]

It was weird how I genuinely despised him in The Way Way Back. He’s usually so likable and funny but he was able to morph into this mean almost evil man

[@cooperfuller9524]

Absolutely right. I’d say the same goes for Danny DeVito

[@RPPIII13]

Stupid - Anchorman Serious - Big Short Awkward/funny - 40 year old virgin He’s really a Jack of all trades

[@enmunap]

Little miss sunshine

[@justanothermortal1373]

I just love Steve Carrell. He's one of the most unproblematic celebrities ever. I think him rising to fame much later in his life has kept him humble. He deserves everything he's ever achieved. Love ya, Michael Scott/Gru

[@John-lp5xh]

Stupid word

[@charliedurnford3277]

You can’t help but love Steve Carrel.

[@devangerloff3462]

Steve Carell is seriously one of the best actors. His range is endless and he disappears into every role he plays. Plus, he is one of the nicest people on the planet

[@gautamdubey2822]

Little missunshine is crazy good

[@justanothermortal1373]

And he was so good in that movie, too!

[@alastair4839]

can't believe they didn't mention evan almighty ... love that film : ) - his scenes in the mirror trying to shave are genius

[@Antropovich]

well, they 'sort of' did. Evan Almighty is a spin-off of Bruce Almighty. They showed him and Jim Carrey.

[@WaterCarrier07]

His performances in the Big Short and the Morning Show, coupled with the big comedy hits… Steve is pure magic

[@ripevanwinkle494]

Yeah his Big Short character was memorable. He was good in that movie.

[@missgabbicris]

I love Steve Carrell! The Office is me and my husband’s favorite show ever. His range from that to Little Miss Sunshine and Fox Catcher is incredible.

[@themakerstoolbox9688]

Little Miss Sunshine is incredible and he knocks it out of the park in that. Truly well played drama and effortless comedy.

[@Srynan]

Deserved abo, you made me cry in 10 minutes talking about a humble person playing the funny every-man character until he became a story lead, just lovely ❤

[@Jared_Wignall]

Foxcatcher is a phenomenal film. I saw it twice in the theater and I was not only enraptured by the story, but by Carell’s performance. To me, he gave the best performance that year and I wanted to see him win the Academy Award, even though I knew it would be a long shot. It’s still amazing to think of how he began his career and to see how diverse he’s become. While him not getting the Oscar wasn’t a major surprise, it’s defiantly surprising how he never won an Emmy for The Office, not even for his final episode on the show, which I’d argue is his best performance on the show. Thank you for talking about Steve Carell, he’s a fantastic actor that is deserving of the success he’s received. Keep up the great work and take care!

[@danica4259]

I remember the exact moment I realized he was more than just the comic relief, and that was when he played Trent in ‘The way way back’

[@justanothermortal1373]

And the father in Beautiful Boy and the uncle in Little Miss Sunshine

[@dusanarsovski7059]

Steve Carell is a comedic genius, there's no question about it.

[@stephenphilip5294]

Just found this channel, insane production value. Will be going on a Deep dive now

[@Renzy_YT]

happy to hear it :D

[@danielogilvie3079]

Loving what you are putting out Renzy. You seem to deliver your content in a way that I can connect to and feels personal.

[@Renzy_YT]

that's super kind of you, thank you for the support!!

[@adamjlozano2454]

I love Steve Carell he is such a great actor. He was hilarious and so loveable in The Office, Anchorman, and Despicable me. Michael Scott is still my favorite character in TV history. He is truly a legend in my book.

[@MicahEdmonds]

My favourite aspect of Carrel's career is how he's played so many "everyman" type characters but none of them feel like the same guy. On paper Cal in Crazy, Stupid, Love is the same as Dodge in Seeking A Friend For The End of the World, but there's mannerisms and nuances which help them feel entirely distinct. It's something other comedically rooted actors often can't nail, where their roles are often the same charisma with different names, but no two Carrell performances ever feel like the same guy. I've loved and revered this man's work since I was a teenager studying acting and improv, and have long believed he's one of the greatest to ever do it. He's a man who's output we should treasure while he's still with us. This was a great video highlighting his rise to the screen and I really enjoyed watching it.

[@socksfersold]

Congrats on making it to the KZbin recommendations

[@ZdenekLU]

Steve Carrell was so good at The Big Short that I forgot Brad Pitt was in it :)

[@RyanKaufman]

The Way Way Back has one of my favorite Carell performances. He's such a believable dirtbag, I feel like I've met him before several times. Solid writeup, always wondered where Steve was earlier in his life

[@user-ng7gm7jd5i]

Steve Carrell is a timeless masterpiece of comedic freedom that ranges from the the Appalachians to the Rockies. ❤

[@F1_girl_55]

His story makes me think that I can actually achieve my dreams. I love him❤

[@CombatFitnessUSA]

This is such an interesting and inspirational story! I have so much more respect for the work he’s done and the hard work it takes to get there! Never give up! Never quit!

[@Renzy_YT]

Thank you so much. Just scoped your page. Love that it revolves around practical and responsible self defense. Happy to have you here!

[@IsaacBTTF]

You did a great job on this video, Renzy. I love Steve Carell, he's a very good and charismatic actor and I haven't even seen The Office.

[@andrefrv]

Such a great video and such well time spent! Thank you Renzy, please keep on making these.

[@brigit.the.seagoat]

Steve’s performance in Foxcatcher was mind blowing and quite chilling. Def worth the watch.

[@TheDame]

I often think about the fact that when the daily show had its best cast I didn’t appreciate it because I thought they would air for another decade. Looking back it really was THAT cast. ❤

[@therainman7777]

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. I also couldn’t help noticing that every single one of them was white, which means that cast could never exist today 🤷‍♂️

[@TheDame]

@@therainman7777 I agree to an extent but actually the daily show wound up introducing me to some pretty awesome POC comedians like Aasif Mandi, Larry Whitmore and Jessica Williams. And most of them came up around the same time or with Stewart.

[@therainman7777]

@@TheDame Yeah I’m not saying anything against any of that, just pointing out that it would never fly nowadays and we would’ve therefore been deprived of this all-time great cast.

[@TheDame]

@@therainman7777 100 percent true my friend 😂😂😂

[@Dailykaleroy]

Hey man, great video. Love how you take relevant clips to allow Steve himself to tell the story as much as possible. New subscriber here 👍

[@BatmanLeDetournement]

Great video! I think you forgot to mention his great part in Little Miss Sunshine a movie that had great success critics and audience alike. He was praised for his part as a depressed man finding happiness again.

[@pastelcardigan]

This is one of my favourite youtube videos. your analysis was so concise and to the point.

[@nickgentile944]

Great video! I wish you had name dropped The Way Way Back when talking about his pivot into deeper roles. One of my favorite movies and he killed his role in it

[@joemazzara4451]

Hey man, incredible video, the fact that it's the top video on my recommended!!! You got this homie good job, this crushed!

[@Renzy_YT]

Ur the man, Joe! Thank u for the kind words 🙏🏼

[@captar7601]

You’re videos are absolutely amazing, glad I get to be here to see you blow up

[@Renzy_YT]

happy to have you here :)

[@MPHswayze]

2:57 That Daily Show cast was absolutely stacked with comedic genius plus Mo Rocca

[@RicoDeMartineau]

Steve Carell is the only actor I can watch over and over again without getting tired once.. I've probably rewatch the office 5-6 times.. rewatch most of his movies at least 2-3 times, anytime I want to get a quick laugh or watch a movie I know I wont be disappointed I put on this man :)

[@whydidtheballooneatthefox282]

He’s my favourite Hollywood actor! BY FAR!

[@Brookefallsvlogs]

this video is so well done. I hope he sees this!!!!

[@drewtobia]

I don’t think I’ve hated a character more than him in the way way back! He’s so good!!! Great actor!

[@sundaypro]

Steve taught me walking when I was 28 years old. Thank you Steve. Thank you very walk!

[@LongWang24]

Always a good night when renzy uploads

[@Renzy_YT]

thank you, much love :D

[@BenHawkinsvids]

Steve has been around for so much of my life that I think he's often underrated as a hollywood heavyweight, but crazy stupid love, the big short, and 40 year old virgin are all easily top 5 movies for me across 3 completely different comedic genres and it speaks to his acting chops he had an instrumental role in all 3 (also interesting gosling wound up in two and in my other top 5 being nice guys)

[@ivanriskin1167]

Beautiful Boy is amazinggg, Timothée and Steve are superb

[@VitchAndVorty]

He's one of a few comedians who could constantly tickle my funny bones.

[@PhilipVeinstein]

Another great video, man! The flow and feel of your videos is just so fun and intriguing to keep watching even if i'm not too much into the subject. Keep up the good work!

[@erikastrom4144]

Great video, just missed a mention of his dramatic support role from Little miss sunshine, that what was opening my eyes that he could do more than comedic roles

[@lhorkef]

My favorite scene with him is in the office when he figured out the company wanted to buy his company. The “oh.. ohh” :3

[@tony9146]

Amazing video. Love how your videos are packed with detailed, interesting, and educational content without stretching things out for the sake of having longer videos. So many other channels in your space will make videos 45 minutes+ that could easily have been 10 minutes.

[@Joshpower57]

Congrats to him staying true to himself as well. The guy didnt let fame destroy himself or his family. That definitely isnt easy considering how well known he is

[@noice5892]

I love the soft music over prison mike

[@codybaxter9939]

The improv thing makes that one episode of the office even funnier now knowing he's pretty good at it 😂

[@haytamberadi1072]

top example of hard work

[@MariW736]

When this popped up in my feed, I just wanted to take a minute and tell you I’ve been loving your videos! I found you a few weeks ago, and I’ve enjoyed watching a whole lot of your things. Excited to be a new-ish subscriber :-)

[@Renzy_YT]

That's incredibly kind of you. Happy to have you here :D

[@davehandelman2832]

That was beautiful. Nicely done.

[@TheAcharyaa]

I rarely click subscribe in the first few minutes of a video of a creator I’ve never heard of. Great video!

[@bigdawgpelchee5413]

Hope your channel has a come up story like Steve Carell cuz u deserve like a million subscribers with this quality great work !

[@flippinmokii3673]

Going into this video I thought this would be a meh at best mini talk about how Steve made his way to the top with no special or indepth telling. But instead I just found myself memsmerized and watching the whole video with deep thinking in it. The way you are able to easily tell the story with great details, simple phrasing and all in short 10 minute video? I know I might just be yapping at nothing but this is one of the few v ideos I really fucking love on youtube, a sub like and notifications on

[@Renzy_YT]

Thank you so much for the kind words :) ❤️

[@iPeace460]

Ahh I love this deep dive into Steve Carell’s career!! I just want to point out something though. When Steve was hired for Little Miss Sunshine, The Office and The 40-Year Old Virgin hadn’t come out yet. At that point he was a relatively unknown actor. The executives wanted to hire Bill Murray to play Frank because he had name credit and Steve didn’t. I believe Steve was the perfect choice for that role, I’m glad they didn’t cast based on name.

[@JonathanHassingerChannel]

In my top 5 actors. Drama. Comedy. Can do everything as good as any!

[@jazzybiscayne]

Incredible script. I really enjoyed this video. Thank you for your time

[@jayylad38]

seeking a friend for the end of the world is one of my favourite movies

[@heybigchris]

It's funny how Evan Baxter became the Anchorman who was always a 40-Year Old Virgin that Got Smart during Date Night and thought about Despicable Me while having to attend a Dinner for Schmuks and got some Crazy, Stupid Love to be a Leading Man.

[@RevistaLevelUp]

Amazing job bro. I love your channel.

[@thetoffeecentral2612]

steve carells my favourite actor. i love his comedies, i love his dramas. he's perfect

[@amoatlas]

great video, i hope you keep being as successful as your last video, you deserve it !

[@lilmissgearhead]

Great video!! Carell will go down as a comedy legend

[@splashion]

I love your channel dude! keep this up!

[@evanniseventy702]

This was such a good video, so so good please make more mate

[@razzle_dazzle]

Renzy, your comment sections are so wholesome, and I have to believe that's a reflection on you. You give out such wholesome vibes, lol. I love your videos, but here's a small critique: don't be afraid to use longer clips to illustrate your points - let the clips breathe. Fans of the person won't mind. ✌

[@Renzy_YT]

Some may not mind but unfortunately KZbin’s copyright system might, which I try to be overly cautious about 😅 I appreciate the kind words!!

[@razzle_dazzle]

​@@Renzy_YT That's a good point, but I think a good rule of thumb is that if the video is on KZbin (like an interview or behind-the-scenes clip), you don't have to worry too much about the copyright. There are even channels that react to entire episodes of copyrighted shows (clipped up to avoid showing the whole thing on screen), so I think what you do falls safely within the bounds of fair use. I just found your channel and am currently binging all your videos 😅. Keep up the good work! And don't be afraid to consider a Patreon - it can help channels like yours that make high-effort, low-frequency videos.

[@Renzy_YT]

@@razzle_dazzle I think I've just heard enough horror stories regarding the algo that I'd prefer to be cautious even at the expense of the product. and I will eventually! I don't really have any ideas outside of a few tips and pointers, but hopefully in the coming months. I also appreciate the binge :D it's the highest compliment you can give a youtuber, imo

[@jonjustinoIRL]

I wish this video was longer 🥲❤ Please do more comedians/comedic actors! 😁

[@BitsofJoshua]

Great channel making a video on one of the best actors. 🎉 I want to see Carrell in a Tarantino movie.

[@BitsofJoshua]

Just finished: fantastic editing and writing. Great music choices

[@Renzy_YT]

thank you for the kind words!

[@blackphillipppp]

i think he's one of the best actors when it comes to serious roles

[@MrRono19]

The fact that no one is mentioning Get Smart is criminal. He was absolutely phenomenal in that movie.

[@thealexandralorian]

If that's the spy movie, I still quote "the element of surPRAH" ALL THE TIME

[@MrRono19]

@@thealexandralorian That's the one!

[@Brett-yq7pj]

Office Mike made the office once he left it wasn't the same

[@potato_duud6166]

Yeah he and jim pam and dwight were the bread and butter of the show

[@jmangrum32]

damn this video was great but the message at the end was unexpected well done

[@codythep]

Beautiful

[@Chipchap-xu6pk]

Steve Carell is so humble that he'll write entire KZbin scripts using his unique insights and give them to channels without taking any credit. Comments, too.

[@Tuan_Stories]

This channel so underrated, i thought it had 2 million subscriber

[@PaiOeShi]

His mini-series the Patient rocked me to my core.

[@Abboman111]

This is why I’ve rewatched the entire office 12 times +

[@JWALL_]

Great video man

[@BikeStuffPDX]

He was great in the first season of The Morning Show

[@bryanreed3559]

One of Steve carrells best movies is the way way back. Find some time to watch it

[@ninjanibba4259]

You GOTTA do Paul Rudd, kinda dude intrigues me

[@LeoAndTheOthers]

Awesome video 👍

[@Trololo231]

Carrell is a hard one for me to see in a dramatic role, his face (and more so, his nose) is so recognizable and his high pitched voice is so memorable that you can only think: "Michael Scott".

[@OiOi-Jim]

I think he did extremely well in The Big Short

[@spacepear9403]

He was great in beautiful boy. Watch it, trust me you’ll forget all about his other stuff

[@RainbowKatcher]

People used to say that about Bryan Cranston

[@serialfreak8115]

Watch Fox Catcher, he is extremely creepy in that.

[@ReaperspearX]

have you seen Little Miss Sunshine or the Foxcatcher? he's great in those

[@mrborisak]

good job with these videos

[@mrpickmanb]

And Angie Tribeca. The best spiritual successor to any of the Leslie Nielsen movies.

[@thekennedyrabbithole8534]

Great essay!

[@spookynoble4391]

OMG OMG OMG! I have seen this and watch this video with Yeti Smoke and Black Peter Griffin on KZbin and it was awesome! I love Steve Carell, The Office, The 40-Year-Old Virgin and Despicable Me! I also love the Michael Scott and Gru! This might be the greatest video of all time! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@DoctorDogma]

He was soo good in The Patient

[@govindsharma9871]

Listening to this while driving I couldn’t stop thinking that Oscar Martinez was narrating this video.

[@govindsharma9871]

No offence.

[@whitemoongrape]

me when blessed what a well made film

[@hanneo3654]

The Patient was on another level.

[@jordanbaker3845]

Damn what a great video, I’ve been trying to find that piano tune at the end licensed by Motion Array but can’t seem to find the right match

[@xCoffeeNWeedx]

Prison Mike: Thanks Renzy, tanks

[@dadyos]

Good video

[@andersondickey461]

New Renzy Dropped Rahhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[@GageAndrade]

I wouldn’t hate a deeper dive

[@powdermuaythai]

great work. +1 sub

[@AS-pug]

Ppl should check out a little known film of his called ‘friend for the end of the world’ Great film. And another film of him with Dane cook is also great.

[@JA-lh5kh]

Hit my recommended, your channel about to pop off. Great Video, could you help me remember the name of the Piano piece you have used?