Steve Carell Now
In the 2010s, Carell began to gravitate toward more dramatic roles, with his portrayal of wrestling coach and convicted murderer John Eleuthère du Pont in the drama film Foxcatcher (2014) earning him nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actor, the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama, and the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, among other awards. He was also nominated for Golden Globes for his leading parts in Little Miss Sunshine (2006), The Big Short (2015), and Battle of the Sexes (2017), the latter two giving him his eighth and ninth nominations, respectively.
Steve Carell Now
John Krasinski Then
Krasinski interned as a scriptwriter on Conan O’Brien’s Late Night show in 2000. Post graduation from Brown University, Krasinski moved to New York to pursue acting. While working as a waiter, he featured in commercials and guest-starred on television shows, as well as giving readings of off-Broadway plays. His former undergraduate friends Emily O’Dell and Isaac Robert Hurwitz wrote and directed the play What the Eunuch Saw, in which he starred. In 2004, Krasinski got his big break when he was cast in the NBC sitcom The Office.
John Krasinski Then
