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Stephen Merchant

Director, Actor

 
Office, The (TV Series)Office, The (TV Series) (2002) Aro Favourite
Dir. Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant
Feat. Ricky Gervais, Martin Freeman
A BAFTA–winning, mock–documentary–style situation comedy about a team of paper–merchant administrators who allow a film crew…
Extras - Series 1 (TV Series)Extras - Series 1 (TV Series) (2005) Recommended
Dir. Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant
Feat. Ricky Gervais, Ashley Jensen, Ben Stiller
Gervais' self–proclaimed "difficult second album" is a more conventional but no less assured comedy success recalling the misadventures of Andy…
Tooth FairyTooth Fairy (2010)
Dir. Michael Lembeck
Feat. Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, Ashley Judd, Stephen Merchant
Gently funny family comedy has boorish and particularly violent hockey player whisked away to Fairyland where he's given gainful employment as a…
Cemetery JunctionCemetery Junction (2010)
Dir. Ricky Gervais
Feat. Christian Cooke, Tom Hughes, Jack Doolan
Ricky Gervais directs this 70s coming of age tale of three young and rebellious insurance salesman set against the less–than–glamorous…
An Idiot Abroad (TV Series)An Idiot Abroad (TV Series) (2010) Recommended
Feat. Karl Pilkington, Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant
The whinging round–headed Manc and unwitting star of 'The Ricky Gervais Show', Karl Pilkington, is sent on a journey around the world, partly…
Jackboots on WhitehallJackboots on Whitehall (2010)
Dir. Edward McHenry, Rory McHenry
Feat. Ewan McGregor, Rosamund Pike, Richard E. Grant
Batty puppet caper set in a Britain under Nazi rule, and only a rag–tag bunch of yokels and a Frenchman stand in the way. An anarchic…
Burke and HareBurke and Hare (2010)
Dir. John Landis
Feat. Simon Pegg, Andy Serkis, Tom Wilkinson
An oddball comedic take on the infamous grave robbing duo, with Serkis and Pegg supported by a terrific ensemble of British comedic thesps. While…
Gnomeo & JulietGnomeo & Juliet (2011)
Dir. Kelly Asbury
Feat. James McAvoy, Emily Blunt, Ashley Jensen
A charming, if smugly delivered animated tale which reimagines Shakespeare’s most recognisable work in the setting of a garden decorated by…
Hall PassHall Pass (2011)
Dir. Pete Farrelly, Bob Farrelly
Feat. Owen Wilson, Jason Sudeikis, Christina Applegate
The Farrelly brothers' crass comedy of marital anxiety in which two friends are given a week off – or 'Hall Pass' – from monogamy by…
Life's Too Short (TV Series)Life's Too Short (TV Series) (2011-2013)
Feat. Warwick Davis, Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant
British sitcom mockumentary created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant about "the life of a showbiz dwarf" with the vertically–challenged…
Movie 43Movie 43 (2013)
Feat. Dennis Quaid, Greg Kinnear, Common
Hollywood's enthusiasm for large ensemble comedies continues with this star–studded monstrosity, framed around a struggling director (Quaid)…
I Give It a YearI Give It a Year (2013)
Dir. Dan Mazer
Feat. Rose Byrne, Rafe Spall, Stephen Merchant
A newly wed couple agree to give their marriage a year to gestate after other prospective romances surface in this light British relationship comedy.
LoganLogan (2017) Recommended
Dir. James Mangold
Feat. Hugh Jackman, Dafne Keen, Patrick Stewart
Passionate, mature X–Men spin–off featuring the surly Wolverine. Withdrawn and noticeably older (but still ass–kicking), Logan…
Table 19Table 19 (2017)
Dir. Jeffrey Blitz
Feat. Anna Kendrick, Craig Robinson, June Squibb
Wedding cringe–comedy co–written by the often hilarious Duplass Brothers centered around the wedding table reserved for the unpopular and…
Girl in the Spider's Web, TheGirl in the Spider's Web, The (2018)
Dir. Fede Alvarez
Feat. Claire Foy, Sverrir Gudnason, Sylvia Hoeks
Hacker Lisbeth Salander (Claire Foy) returns in this sequel to David Fincher's American remake of GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO. A less complex by…
Fighting With My FamilyFighting With My Family (2019)
Dir. Stephen Merchant
Feat. Florence Pugh, Lena Headey, Nick Frost
Big–hearted wrestling biopic centered around real–life WWE wrestler Paige (Florence Pugh), whose dad is also a former wrestler.
Jo-Jo RabbitJo-Jo Rabbit (JoJo Rabbit) (2019) Aro Favourite
Dir. Taika Waititi
Feat. Roman Griffin Davis, Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie, Taika Waititi
Wildly satirical WWII comedy following Jojo, a lonely German boy who discovers his mother, who is secretly anti–Nazi, is hiding a young Jewish…
Locked DownLocked Down (2021) Recommended
Dir. Doug Liman
Feat. Anne Hathaway, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Stephen Merchant
Anne Hathaway and Chiwetel Ejiofor play a newly separated couple confined to their swanky London apartment during a mandatory lockdown, with…

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