The Office
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The Office is a mockumentary sitcom that was first made in the United Kingdom and subsequently remade in many other countries.
The original British series The Office was created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant. Starring Gervais as the boss and main character of the show, it was first broadcast was on BBC Two in 2001 and ran for 14 episodes.
The longest-running version of the series is the US adaptation, which ran for nine seasons from 2005 to 2013 for a total of 201 episodes.[1] The total overall viewership is in the hundreds of millions worldwide. According to Nielsen as of April 2019, the US version of The Office is the No. 1 streamed show on Netflix in the United States.[1]
A German version titled Stromberg ran for 46 episodes over five seasons and the follow-up film Stromberg - Der Film was released in German cinemas in 2014.
Extended episodes of the office have been added to the streaming platform Peacock, in addition to bloopers and extras.[2]
Counterparts
- Note that the set-up of the German version is more distinct from the original than it is with most of the other versions. The characters given are rough counterparts in terms of their role in the series. They generally have different job descriptions and, in a few cases, may not even work for the company at all. This is mostly due to the fact that, unlike the other derivatives, Stromberg wasn't an official adaptation of the original series but was merely inspired by it.
- A Russian language version for Channel One Russia with an initial run of 24 episodes was announced in 2008, but was never produced.[3]
| English-language | German-language | French-language | Spanish-language | Hebrew-language | Swedish-language | Czech-language | Finnish-language | Hindi-language | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Original version (2001–03) |
American version (2005–13) |
German version (2004–12) |
French version (2006) |
Canadian French version (2006–07) |
Chilean version (2008) |
Israeli version (2010–13) |
Swedish version (2012) |
Czech version (2014) | Finnish version (2017) |
Indian version (2019–) | |
| Name | The Office | The Office | Stromberg | Le Bureau ("The Office") |
La Job ("The Job") |
La ofis ("The Office") |
HaMisrad (המשרד, "The Office") | Kontoret ("The Office") |
Kancl ("The Office") | Konttori ("The Office") |
The Office |
| Firm | Wernham Hogg | Dunder Mifflin[a] | Capitol-Versicherung AG | Cogirep | Les Papiers Jennings | Papeles Lozano | פייפר אופיס | Svensk kontorshygien AB | Papír a print | Leskisen paperi | Wilkins Chawla |
| Business | Paper | Paper[a] | Insurance | Paper | Paper | Paper | Office supplies | Office hygiene | Paper | Paper | Paper |
| Location | Slough | Scranton | Unspecified German city | Villepinte | Côte-de-Liesse | Santiago Centro | Yehud | Upplands-Väsby | Brno | Riihimäki | Faridabad |
| Regional Manager |
David Brent (Ricky Gervais) |
Michael Scott (Steve Carell) Andy Bernard (Ed Helms) |
Bernd Stromberg (Christoph Maria Herbst) |
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) |
Jagadeep Chadda (Mukul Chadda) |
| Senior Sales Representative |
Tim Canterbury (Martin Freeman) |
Jim Halpert (John Krasinski) |
Ulf Steinke (Oliver Wnuk) |
Paul Delorme (Jérémie Elkaïm) |
Louis Tremblay (Sébastien Huberdeau) |
Diego Ramírez (Pablo Cazals) |
Yossi (Eldad Fribas) |
Erik Lundkvist (Kim Sulocki) |
Timo (Pyry Äikää) |
Amit Sharma (Sayandeep Sengupta) | |
| Assistant (to the) Regional Manager | Gareth Keenan (Mackenzie Crook) |
Dwight Schrute (Rainn Wilson) |
Berthold "Ernie" Heisterkamp (Bjarne Mädel) |
Joel Liotard (Benoît Carré) |
Sam Bisaillon (Paul Ahmarani) |
Cristián Müller (Mauricio Dell) |
Yariv Shauli (Maayan Blum) |
Viking Ytterman (Björn Gustafsson) |
Jaakko (Antti Heikkinen) |
T.P. Mishra (Gopal Datt) | |
| Receptionists | Dawn Tinsley (Lucy Davis) |
Pam Beesly (Jenna Fischer) Erin Hannon (Ellie Kemper) |
Tanja Seifert (Diana Staehly) |
Laetitia Kadiri (Anne-Laure Balbir) |
Anne Viens (Sophie Cadieux) |
Rocío Poblete (Nathalia Aragonese) |
Dana (Mali Levi) |
Therese Johansson (Sissela Benn) |
Anna (Linda Wiklund) |
Pammi (Samridhi Dewan) | |
| Temp | Ricky Howard (Oliver Chris) |
Ryan Howard (B. J. Novak) |
Jonas Fischer (Max Mauff) |
Felix Pradier (Xavier Robic) |
Felipe Tomic (César Sepúlveda) |
Regev Steiner (Amir Wolf) |
"OP" (K. Puura) |
Sapan Gill (Abhinav Sharma) | |||
| Corporate Supervisors |
Jennifer Taylor‑Clarke (Stirling Gallacher) |
Jan Levinson (Melora Hardin) Gabe Lewis (Zach Woods) |
Tatjana Berkel (Tatjana Alexander) |
Juliette Lebrac (Astrid Bas) |
Emmanuelle Sirois-Keaton (Nathalie Coupal) |
Jimena Ibarra (Liliana García) |
Yelena (Helena Yaralova) |
Idun Falkenberg (Lisa Linnertorp) |
Katariina (Vera Kiiskinen) |
Riya Pahwa (Gauahar Khan) | |
| Accountants | 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) |
Maarit (Lotta Lindroos) |
Anjali (Priyanka Setia) | |||
| Oliver (Howard Saddler) |
Oscar Martinez (Oscar Nunez) |
Farzin (Mazdak Nassir) |
Rinchin (Chien Ho Liao) | ||||||||
| Keith Bishop (Ewen MacIntosh) |
Kevin Malone (Brian Baumgartner) |
César (Alfredo Portuondo) |
Teppo (Jan Nyquist) |
Kutti (Gavin Methalaka) | |||||||
| Travelling Sales Representative |
Chris Finch (Ralph Ineson) |
Todd Packer (David Koechner) |
Theo Hölter (Andreas Schmidt) |
Didier Leguelec (Jean-Pierre Loustau) |
Rocky Larocque (Yves Amyot) |
Carlitos García (Sergio Piña) |
Shimi Guetta (Shai Avivi) |
"Boozen" (Kristoffer Appelquist) |
Prem Chopra (Ranvir Shorey) | ||
| Receptionist's fiancé |
Lee (Joel Beckett) |
Roy Anderson (David Denman) |
Roland (off camera) |
Ludovic Correia (Julien Favart) |
Luc (Martin Tremblay) |
Marco | Lavi (Alon Hamawi) |
Kenneth Gustavsson Peter Jansson |
Ripa (Leo Honkonen) |
Parmeet (Kunal Pant) | |
| Senior Sales Representative's girlfriend |
Rachel (Stacey Roca) |
Katy Moore (Amy Adams) Karen Filippelli (Rashida Jones) |
Tanja Seifert (see above) |
Julie (Évelyne Rompré) |
Catalina (María José Urúza) |
Shiri (Noa Wollman) |
Loveleen (Anandita Pagnis) | ||||
| Other office co-workers |
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) |
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) |
Trini (Karla Matta) Jesús (Marcelo Valdivieso) Benito Rojas Dante Espinoza |
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) |
Aune (Paula Siimes) Leyla (Ushma Olava) |
Saleem (Sunil Jetly) Sarla Bansal (Preeti Kochar) Madhukar (Mayur Bansiwal) Kitty Kataria (Mallika Dua) | |||
| Warehouse Foreman |
Glynn "Taffy" (David Schaal) |
Darryl Philbin (Craig Robinson) |
Sami (Yaniv Suissa) |
Kenneth Gustavsson (Peter Jansson) |
Rajinder (Manpreet Singh) | ||||||
- Notes
Awards and honors
Selected major awards won only
- UK 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)[4][5][6]
- US 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)
- 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)
Notes
- ^ a b Metz, Nina. "'The Office' is Netflix's most popular show, even though it was made for and originally aired on an old-school broadcast network. Oh, the irony". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
- ^ Spangler, Todd; Spangler, Todd (14 December 2020). "'The Office' to Stream Exclusively on NBCU's Peacock Starting Next Month, With First Two Seasons Free". Variety. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
- ^ Smith, Neil (20 February 2018). "The Office: 10 David Brents from around the world". BBC News. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
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- ^ The 2002 British Academy Television Awards, winners and nominees.
- ^ The 2003 British Academy Television Awards, winners and nominees.
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