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title: "Stephen Merchant: Stand-Up Comedian, TV Roles | D.O.C."
description: "Stephen Merchant is a comedian who began stand-up at Bristol"
url: https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-stephen-merchant.html
updated: 2026-11-13
---

Stand-up comedian

# Stephen Merchant

## Who Stephen Merchant is

Stephen Merchant is a comedian who began stand-up at Bristol's Comedy Box club and reached the finals of the 1998 Daily Telegraph Open Mic awards. He worked in radio at Radio Caroline and XFM, where he began working with [Ricky Gervais](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-ricky-gervais.html), and co-wrote and co-directed The Office, appearing in its second series. He co-wrote Extras and starred in it as Darren Lamb, winning the British Comedy Award for Best TV Actor in 2006.

## Follow their dates

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Saw them live? [Make a card →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/share-my-doc.html#live)

## Is Stephen Merchant on tour?

**No upcoming dates on record** No upcoming dates are on record right now. That doesn't mean they have stopped touring; follow them to hear when the next ones are booked.

Last checked 13 November 2026.

### Are they coming to my town?

No dates are on record right now (checked 13 November 2026), so no town is confirmed yet. Follow them and your town to hear when one is booked.

### Want them in your town?

Name your town and how many of you would come: the towns fans ask for show here, with how many asked.

Lineups belong to the rooms and the comedians, and can change; each listing has the last word. [Their nights on the Comedy Calendar →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedy-calendar.html) [Build a night out around their show →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/build-my-comedy-night.html)

## Specials, shows and podcasts

### On screen

- **The Office**
- **Extras**

## Comedians like Stephen Merchant

Each linked to them by something on the record — a stage they both came through, a bill, a show, a style or a home town.

- [Ricky Gervais](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-ricky-gervais.html) also in Extras
- [Francesca Martinez](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-francesca-martinez.html) also in Extras
- [Marek Larwood](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-marek-larwood.html) also in Extras
- [Matt Green](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-matt-green.html) also in Extras
- [Ronnie Corbett](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-ronnie-corbett.html) also in Extras

[Six Degrees of Komic Bacon: how they connect to anyone →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/six-degrees-of-komic-bacon.html)

[Every stand-up comedian with a page, A to Z →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/stand-up-comedians.html)

## Questions and answers

### Where is Stephen Merchant performing next?

No date is on D.O.C.'s Comedy Calendar right now.

### What TV shows and films are they in?

The Office and Extras.

### Who are some comedians like them?

[Ricky Gervais](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-ricky-gervais.html) (also in Extras), [Francesca Martinez](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-francesca-martinez.html) (also in Extras), [Marek Larwood](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-marek-larwood.html) (also in Extras), [Matt Green](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-matt-green.html) (also in Extras) and [Ronnie Corbett](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-ronnie-corbett.html) (also in Extras).

## Is this you?

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Your short address, for your bio: **disciplesofcomedy.com/stephen-merchant**

[Make this page yours →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-profile.html) [Your dates on your own site](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/tour-dates-widget.html) [Your show on a poster](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedy-show-flyer-maker.html)

## The full SUCDb record

The full record — the career in order, the specials and credits, and the sources for each — is on SUCDb, with a button to add them to your D.O.C., your twelve.

[Their SUCDb record →](https://disciplesofcomedy.com/comedian-stephen-merchant.html)

### Sources

- [Chortle · chortle.co.uk ↗](https://www.chortle.co.uk/comics/s/33386/stephen_merchant) Began stand-up at the Comedy Box, Bristol; 1998 Daily Telegraph Open Mic finalist; radio work; The Office and Extras credits; 2006 British Comedy Award

Updated 13 November 2026 · the record checked 12 November 2026