Stephen Merchant
- 49 years old
- English
- Actor, writer, director, executive producer and stand-up comedian
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Review: Stephen Merchant's Top Comedy Moments
Stephen Merchant is a great comedy writer and a naturally funny man. And this extremely enjoyable hour and a half in his company this evening helped to explain why.
Mike Norton, The Bristol Post, 24th January 2016Stephen Merchant to guest star in Big Bang Theory
Stephen Merchant has booked a guest role on an upcoming episode of the CBS comedy The Big Bang Theory.
Hollywood Reporter, 22nd October 2015Karl Pilkington: I owe my success to Ricky Gervais
He's returning to our TV screens to travel the globe yet again in The Moaning of Life 2, but Karl Pilkington says none of it would be possible if it wasn't for two people: Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant.
Sarah Doran, Radio Times, 7th October 2015Harriet Kemsley interview
Edinburgh intros #20: Say hello to a gently oddball comic who's supported both Katherine Ryan and Stephen Merchant on tour.
London Is Funny, 5th August 2015Stephen Merchant play The Mentalists to close early
West End play The Mentalists, starring comedian and The Office writer Stephen Merchant, is to close one month earlier than planned on 29 August.
BBC News, 28th July 2015Stephen Merchant's play closes early
The revival of The Mentalists had been planned to run at the Wyndham's Theatre for three months, ending on September 26. But now it has been announced that the show will end on August 29.
Chortle, 27th July 2015Stephen Merchant: don't expect my Macbeth anytime soon
"Two years ago I wouldn't have imagined doing this," says Stephen Merchant after making his stage acting debut this week in The Mentalists in London's West End.
Tim Masters, BBC News, 19th July 2015Stephen Merchant 'exhausted' but relieved by Mentalists
Stephen Merchant described his West End debut as "exhausting", but claimed it was not as terrifying as stand-up comedy.
Alistair Foster, Evening Standard, 14th July 2015Stephen Merchant in The Mentalists review
Delightfully quirky but lacks a punch.
Tom Eames, Digital Spy, 14th July 2015Review of The Mentalists starring Stephen Merchant
Two-hander 2002 The Mentalists is hardly top-drawer Richard Bean, and is the sort of thing I'd have expected to see revived at the smaller studio spaces at either the Park or the Southwark Playhouse, not one of the West End's most prestigious, heavily booked theatres.
Mark Shenton, London Theatre Guide, 14th July 2015