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The Office

International series of mockumentary sitcoms

The Office

Summary

International series of mockumentary sitcoms

[[Title card]]s for the British original (top) and American version (bottom)

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. 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. 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. A follow-up to the American version was announced in 2024 for release on Peacock, and Amazon Prime Video also debuted an Australian version of The Office, featuring the franchise's first female lead character, that same year.

Versions

Country/RegionTitleNetworkOriginal run
AustraliaThe OfficeAmazon Prime Video
BrazilOs AsponesRede Globo
CanadaLa Job{{plainlist
ChileLa ofisCanal 13
Czech RepublicKanclČT1
FinlandKonttoriNelonen
FranceLe BureauCanal+
GermanyStrombergProSieben
IndiaThe OfficeHotstar
IsraelHaMisradyes Comedy
MexicoLa oficinaAmazon Prime VideoTBA
PolandThe Office PLCanal+
present
Saudi ArabiaAl MaktabMBC
South AfricakykNET
present
SwedenKontoretTV4
United KingdomThe OfficeBBC Two
United StatesThe OfficeNBC

Spin-offs

Country/RegionTitleNetworkOriginal run
GermanyStromberg – Der FilmTheatrical release20 February 2014
United KingdomDavid Brent: Life on the RoadTheatrical release19 August 2016
United StatesThe PaperPeacockSeptember 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, but had not begun production by 2018. Additionally, Ricky Gervais announced plans to create a Chinese language version of the show in 2010, but the show also had not begun production as of 2018.

Timeline

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Counterparts

Counterparts Roles are recorded as of each character's first appearance.

English-languageGerman-languagePortuguese-languageFrench-languageSpanish-languageHebrew-languageSwedish-languageCzech-languageFinnish-languageHindi-languagePolish-languageArabic-languageAUSGBRUSAGERBRAFRACANCHLISRSWECZEFININDPOLKSA
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")******
("The Office")*HaMisrad ("המשרד*", "The Office")******
("The Office")*Kancl* ("The Office")******
("The Office")*The Office**The Office PL**Al-Maktab*
("المكتب", "The Office")
FirmFlinley CraddickWernham HoggDunder MifflinCapitol-Versicherung AGFichário Ministerial de Documentos ObrigatóriosCogirepLes Papiers JenningsPapeles Lozanoפייפר אופיס (Piper Office)Svensk kontorshygien ABPapír a printLeskisen paperiWilkins ChawlaKropliczankaTard Postal Services
BusinessPackagingPaperPaper and Office SuppliesInsuranceBureaucracyPaperPaperPaperOffice suppliesOffice hygienePaperPaperPaperMineral waterPostal service
LocationRydalmereSloughScrantonUnspecified, but filmed in CologneBrasíliaVillepinteCôte-de-LiesseSantiago CentroYehudUpplands-VäsbyBrnoRiihimäkiFaridabadSiedlceRiyadh
*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)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 ManagerLizze Moyle
(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)
ReceptionistsGreta King
(Shari Sebbens)Dawn Tinsley
(Lucy Davis)Pam Beesly
(Jenna Fischer)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 Kručinská
(Sara Venclovská)Anna
(Linda Wiklund)Pammi
(Samridhi Dewan)Asia Kasprzyk
(Kornelia Strzelecka)Basma Al Khattar
(Reem Mansour)
Temp/InternSebastian Roy
(Raj Labade)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)Ota Kačer
(Jiří Hájek)"OP"
(K. Puura)Sapan Gill
(Abhinav Sharma)Rayan Al Sosan
(Saad Aziz)
*Corporate
Supervisors*Alisha Khanna (Pallavi Sharda)Jennifer Taylor‑Clarke
(Stirling Gallacher)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
AccountantsDeborah 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 Portuondo)Keith Bishop
(Ewen MacIntosh)Kevin Malone
(Brian Baumgartner)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 GarcíaShimi Guetta"Boozen"
(Kristoffer Appelquist)Jiří Nebeský
(Rastislav Gajdoš)Prem Chopra
(Ranvir Shorey)Tadek Boniacha
(Wojciech Żołądkowicz)
*Receptionist's
fiancé*Mason
(Claude Jabbour)Lee
(Joel Beckett)Roy Anderson
(David Denman)Roland
(off camera)Ludovic Correia
(Julien Favart)Luc
(Martin Tremblay)MarcoLavi
(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*Rachel
(Stacey Roca)Katy Moore
(Amy Adams)Tanja Seifert
(Diana Staehly)Julie
(Évelyne Rompré)Catalina
(María José Urúza)Shiri
(Noa Wollman)Loveleen
(Anandita Pagnis)Marta Bielecka
(Katarzyna Gałązka)
*Other office
co-workers*Martin KatavakeJamie
(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)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)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)Sami
(Yaniv Suissa)Kenneth Gustavsson (Peter Jansson)Roman
(Martin Tlapák)Rajinder
(Manpreet Singh)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)
  • 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)
  • 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

References

References

  1. Morris, Lauren. (9 July 2021). "How The Office changed the face of sitcoms".
  2. (3 July 2019). "'The Office' was Netflix's most popular show, even though it was made for and originally aired on an old-school broadcast network. Oh, the irony".
  3. (2024-05-08). "New 'The Office' Series Picked Up at Peacock, First Plot Details Reveal Midwestern Newspaper Setting".
  4. Garner, Glenn. (2024-08-18). "‘The Office’ Australia: Prime Video Reveals Premiere Date & First-Look At New Boss".
  5. de la Fuente, Anna Marie. (2024-10-23). "Ricky Gervais’ ‘The Office’ Gets a Mexican Remake (EXCLUSIVE)".
  6. (1 June 2022). "Al Maktab: Everything You Need To Know About The Office's Arabic Remake - Harper's Bazaar Arabia".
  7. Jambi, Rahaf. (27 October 2022). "MBC Studios, Shahid platform celebrate launch of Arabic version of 'The Office'".
  8. (28 October 2022). "The Office (TV Series 2022-2023)".
  9. Ramachandran, Naman. (2026-01-12). "‘The Office’ South African Remake ‘Die Kantoor’ Unveils First Trailer (EXCLUSIVE)".
  10. ""Stromberg"-Film kommt im Februar in die Kinos".
  11. (2008-07-25). "The Office to be remade in Russia". [[BBC News]].
  12. (20 February 2018). "The Office: 10 David Brents from around the world".
  13. (2010-08-13). "Ricky Gervais to make Chinese version of The Office". BBC News.
  14. [http://www.bafta.org/awards/television/nominations/?year=200bbc1 The 2001 British Academy Television Awards], winners and nominees.
  15. link. (14 September 2011 , winners and nominees.)
  16. link. (21 July 2012 , winners and nominees.)
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