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{{about|the various versions of the mockumentary The Office, comparing [[The Office (UK TV series)|UK]], [[The Office (U.S. TV series)|U.S.]], [[Le Bureau|French]], [[Stromberg (TV series)|German]], [[La Job|Québec]], Chilean, [[HaMisrad|Israeli]], and [[Os Aspones|Brazilian]] versions||Office (disambiguation)}} |
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[[Image:Two Offices.jpg|thumb|200px|right|The title card for the UK version (upper), and US version (lower).]] |
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'''''The Office''''' is a [[mockumentary]]/[[situation comedy]] TV show that was first made in the [[United Kingdom|UK]] and has now been re-made in many other countries. The [[The Office (UK TV series)|original version of ''The Office'']] was created by [[Ricky Gervais]] and [[Stephen Merchant]]. It starred Gervais as the boss and main character. Initially broadcast on [[BBC Two]] on 9 July 2001, the show ran for fourteen episodes – two series of six, plus a two-part Christmas special. |
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Gervais has announced he is starting work on a Chinese version of ''The Office''.<ref>[http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jlyRvDrJa1Hg9k6559trHYcVo8ug 'The Office' coming to China, says Gervais] (AFP) – Aug 16, 2010</ref> There is also a Swedish version in development. |
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==Counterparts== |
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!!width=13%|[[The Office (UK TV series)|British original]] |
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!!width=13%|[[The Office (U.S. TV series)|U.S. version]] |
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!!width=13%|French version<br>(''[[Le Bureau]]'') |
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!!width=13%|German version<br>(''[[Stromberg (TV series)|Stromberg]]'') |
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!!width=13%|Québec version<br>(''[[La Job]]'') |
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!!width=13%|Chilean version<br>(''La Ofis'') |
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!!width=13%|Israeli version<br>(''[[HaMisrad]]'' - המשרד) |
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|''Firm''||'''Wernham Hogg'''<br>[[Slough]] branch<br>(Paper Merchant)||'''[[Dunder Mifflin]]'''<br>[[Scranton, Pennsylvania|Scranton]] branch<br>(Paper Merchant)||'''Cogirep'''<br>[[Villepinte, Seine-Saint-Denis|Villepinte]] branch<br>(Paper Merchant)||'''Capitol-Versicherung AG'''<br>(Insurance Company)||'''Les Papiers Jennings'''<br>[[Saint-Laurent (borough)|Côte-de-Liesse]] branch<br>(Paper Merchant)||'''Papeles Lozano'''<br>[[Santiago, Chile|Santiago Centro]]<br>(Paper Merchant)||'''פייפר אופיס''', ('Paper Office')<br>[[Yehud]] Branch<br>(Office Supplies) |
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|''Regional<br>Manager''||'''[[David Brent]]'''<br>([[Ricky Gervais]])||'''[[Michael Scott (The Office)|Michael Scott]]'''<br>([[Steve Carell]])||'''Gilles Triquet'''<br>([[François Berléand]])||'''Bernd Stromberg'''<br>([[Christoph Maria Herbst]])||'''David Gervais'''<br>([[Antoine Vézina]])||'''Manuel Cerda'''<br>(Luis Gnecco)||'''Avi Meshulam'''<br>([[Dvir Benedek]]) |
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|''Assistant<br> to the Regional Manager''||'''[[Gareth Keenan]]'''<br>([[Mackenzie Crook]])||'''[[Dwight Schrute]]''' <br>([[Rainn Wilson]])||'''Joël Liotard'''<br>(Benoît Carré)||'''Berthold "Ernie" Heisterkamp'''<br>(Bjarne Mädel)||'''Sam Bisaillon'''<br>([[Paul Ahmarani]])||'''Cristian Müller'''<br>(Mauricio Dell)||'''Yariv Shauli'''<br>(Maayan Blum) |
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|''Senior Sales<br>Representative''||'''[[Tim Canterbury]]'''<br>([[Martin Freeman]])||'''[[Jim Halpert]]'''<br>([[John Krasinski]])||'''Paul Delorme'''<br>([[Jérémie Elkaïm]])||'''Ulf Steinke'''<br>(Oliver Wnuk)||'''Louis Tremblay'''<br>([[Sébastien Huberdeau]])||'''Diego Ramírez'''<br>(Pablo Cazals)||'''Yossi'''<br>(Eldad Fribas) |
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|''Receptionist''||'''[[Dawn Tinsley]]'''<br>([[Lucy Davis]])||'''[[Erin Hannon|Kelly Erin Hannon]]'''<br>([[Ellie Kemper]])<br>(season 5–present)<br>'''[[Pam Halpert|Pam Beesly]]'''<br>(later Sales Rep., Office Administrator) <br>([[Jenna Fischer]])<br>||'''Laetitia Kadiri'''<br>(Anne-Laure Balbir)||'''Tanja Seifert'''<br>(co-worker)<br>(Diana Staehly)||'''Anne Viens'''<br>([[Sophie Cadieux]])||'''Rocío Poblete'''<br>(Nathalia Aragonese)||'''Dana'''<br>(Mali Levi) |
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|''Receptionist's<br>[[fiancé]]''||'''[[The Office (UK TV series)#Secondary characters|Lee]]'''<br>([[Joel Beckett]])||'''[[Roy Anderson (The Office)|Roy Anderson]]'''<br>([[David Denman]])||'''Ludovic Correia'''<br>(Julien Favart)||'''Roland'''<br>(off camera)||'''Luc'''<br>(Martin Tremblay)||'''Marco'''||'''Lavi'''<br>(Alon Hamawi) |
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|''Travelling Sales<br>Representative'' ||'''[[Chris Finch]]'''<br>([[Ralph Ineson]])||'''[[List of characters from The Office (US T.V. series)#Todd Packer|Todd Packer]]'''<br>([[David Koechner]])||'''Didier Leguelec'''<br>(Jean-Pierre Loustau)||'''Theo Hölter'''<br>(friend)<br>(Andreas Schmidt)||'''Rocky Larocque'''<br>([[Yves Amyot]])||'''Carlos García'''||'''Shimi Guetta'''<br> (Shai Avivi) |
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|''Corporate<br>Supervisor''||'''[[Jennifer Taylor-Clarke|Jennifer Taylor‑Clarke]]'''<br>([[Stirling Gallacher]])<br>'''[[Neil Godwin]]'''<br>([[Patrick Baladi]])||'''[[Jan Levenson]]'''<br> ([[Melora Hardin]])<br>'''[[Ryan Howard (The Office)|Ryan Howard]]'''<br>([[B.J. Novak]])<br>'''[[David Wallace (The Office)|David Wallace]]'''<br>([[Andy Buckley]])<br>'''[[Charles Miner (The Office)|Charles Miner]]'''<br>([[Idris Elba]])||'''Juliette Lebrac'''<br>(Astrid Bas)||'''Tatjana Berkel'''<br>(Tatjana Alexander)<br>'''Timo Becker'''<br>(Lars Gärtner)||'''Emmanuelle Sirois-Keaton'''<br>(Nathalie Coupal)||'''Jimena Ibarra'''<br>(Liliana García)||'''Yelena'''<br>(Helena Yaralova) |
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|''Accountants''||'''Keith Bishop'''<br>([[Ewen Macintosh]])<br>'''Sheila'''<br>(Jane Lucas)<br>'''Oliver'''<br>(Howard Saddler)||'''[[Kevin Malone]]'''<br>([[Brian Baumgartner]])<br>'''[[Oscar Martinez]]'''<br>([[Oscar Nuñez]])<br>'''[[Angela Martin]]'''<br>([[Angela Kinsey]])||'''Daniel Gabarda'''<br>(Frédéric Merlo)||N/A||N/A||'''César'''<br>(Alfredo Portuondo)<br>'''Yanni'''<br>(Jimena Nuñez)<br>'''Teresita'''<br>(Luz María Yacometti)||'''Karol'''<br>(Roberto Pollak)<br>'''Ababa (Avi) Sharon'''<br>(Yossi Vassa) |
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|''Senior Sales Representative's<br> girlfriend''||'''Rachel'''<br>(temporary girlfriend)<br>([[Stacey Roca]])||'''Katy Moore'''<br>([[Amy Adams]])<br>'''[[Karen Filippelli]]'''<br>([[Rashida Jones]])<br>[[Pam Halpert|Pam Beesly]]''<br>(girlfriend: ep. 401–501, then fiance and wife: ep. 502–603)<br>([[Jenna Fischer]])<br>||N/A||'''Sabine Buhrer'''<br>(former girlfriend)<br>(Maja Beckmann)||N/A||N/A||N/A |
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|''Other office<br>co-workers||'''Jamie'''<br>(Jamie Deeks)<br>'''Ben'''<br>(Ben Bradshaw)<br>'''Emma'''<br>(Emma Manton)<br>'''Donna'''<br>([[Sally Bretton]])<br>'''Joan'''<br>(Yvonne D’Alpra)<br>'''Malcolm'''<br>(Robin Hooper)<br>'''Brenda'''<br>([[Julie Fernandez]])<br>'''Trudy'''<br>(Rachel Isaac)<br>'''Rachel'''<br>([[Stacey Roca]])||'''[[Andy Bernard|Andrew Bernard]]'''<br>([[Ed Helms]])<br>'''[[Stanley Hudson]]'''<br>([[Leslie David Baker]])<br>'''[[Phyllis Vance]]'''<br>([[Phyllis Smith]])<br>'''[[Kelly Kapoor]]'''<br>([[Mindy Kaling]])<br>'''[[Meredith Palmer]]'''<br>([[Kate Flannery]])<br>'''[[Toby Flenderson]]'''<br>([[Paul Lieberstein]])<br>'''[[Holly Flax]]'''<br>([[Amy Ryan]])<br>'''[[Creed Bratton (character)|Creed Bratton]]'''<br>([[Creed Bratton]]) <br>'''[[Gabe Lewis (The Office)|Gabe Lewis]]'''<br>([[Zach Woods]])||N/A||'''Erika Burstedt'''<br>(Martina Eitner-Acheampong)<br>'''Jennifer Schirrmann'''<br>(Milena Dreißig)||N/A||'''Trini'''<br>(Karla Matta)<br>'''Benito Rojas'''<br>'''Dante Espinoza'''||'''Yevgeni'''<br>(Dima Ross)<br>'''Leah'''<br>(Ayelet Robinson)<br>'''Riki'''<br>(Hilla Sarjon)<br>'''Abed'''<br>(Jamil Khoury) |
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|''Temp''||'''Ricky Howard'''<br>([[Oliver Chris]])||'''[[Ryan Howard (The Office)|Ryan Howard]]'''<br>([[B.J. Novak]])||'''Felix Pradier'''<br>(Xavier Robic)||'''Lars Lehnhoff'''<br>(Laurens Walter)<br>||N/A||'''Felipe Tomic'''<br>(César Sepúlveda)||'''Regev Steiner'''<br>(Amir Wolf) |
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|''Warehouse<br>Foreman''||'''Glynn (Taffy)''' <br>([[David Schaal (actor)|David Schaal]])<br>||'''[[Darryl Philbin]]''' <br>([[Craig Robinson (actor)|Craig Robinson]])||N/A||N/A||N/A||N/A||'''Sami''' <br>(Yaniv Suissa) |
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==Awards and honors== |
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''Selected major awards won only'' |
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*UK version: 2004 [[Golden Globe]]s 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)<ref>[http://www.bafta.org/awards/television/nominations/?year=2001 The 2001 British Academy Television Awards], winners and nominees.</ref><ref>[http://www.bafta.org/awards/television/nominations/?year=2002 The 2002 British Academy Television Awards], winners and nominees.</ref><ref>[http://www.bafta.org/awards/television/nominations/?year=2003 The 2003 British Academy Television Awards], winners and nominees.</ref> |
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*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) |
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*German version: 2006 [[Adolf Grimme Awards|Grimme Award]] for Fiction/Entertainment – Series/Mini series |
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==Notes== |
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==External links== |
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*[http://www.offthetelly.co.uk/?page_id=62 Offthetelly.co.uk comparison of the UK and US versions] |
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*[http://www.slate.com/id/2150015/ A comparison of the US, UK, French, and German shows] on [[Slate (magazine)|Slate]] |
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*[http://www.billdoty.com/2010/03/office-uk-vs-us-and-winner-is.html A comparison of the US, UK] on [[Bill Doty (Blog)|Bill Doty]] |
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*[http://www.comedycentral.co.uk/shows/the-office-season-1/ The Office on Comedy Central UK ] |
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Revision as of 17:42, 28 February 2011
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