The Office
International series of mockumentary sitcoms
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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.[1] 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.[2] 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.[3] A follow-up to the American version was announced in 2024 for release on Peacock,[4] and Amazon Prime Video also debuted an Australian version of The Office, featuring the franchise's first female lead character, that same year.[5]
Versions
| Country/Region | Title | Network | Original run |
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 Australia |
The Office | Amazon Prime Video | 18 October 2024[5] |
 Brazil |
Os Aspones | Rede Globo | 5 November 2004 – 17 December 2004 |
 Canada |
La Job | 9 October 2006 – 1 January 2007 | |
 Chile |
La Ofis | Canal 13 | 6 August 2008 – 22 November 2008 |
 Czech Republic |
Kancl | ČT1 | 1 December 2014 – 17 December 2014 |
 Finland |
Konttori | Nelonen | 3 March 2017 – 15 February 2019 |
 France |
Le Bureau | Canal+ | 25 May 2006 – 30 June 2006 |
 Germany |
Stromberg[a] | ProSieben | 11 October 2004 – 31 January 2012 |
 India |
The Office | Hotstar | 28 June 2019 – 15 September 2019 |
 Israel |
HaMisrad | yes Comedy | 10 August 2010 – 3 October 2013 |
 Mexico |
La oficina[6] | Amazon Prime Video | 13 March 2026 |
 Poland |
The Office PL | Canal+ | 22 October 2021 – present |
 Saudi Arabia |
Al Maktab | MBC | 28 October 2022 – 6 January 2023[7][8][9] |
 South Africa |
Die Kantoor[10] | kykNET | 18 January 2026 – present |
 Sweden |
Kontoret | TV4 | 12 February 2012 – 17 March 2013 |
 United Kingdom |
The Office | BBC Two | 9 July 2001 – 27 December 2003 |
 United States |
The Office | NBC | 24 March 2005 – 16 May 2013 |
On the Swedish series, Kontoret, it can be particularly noted that it was made as a combined remake as well as a spin-off, since the part as head of the office was given to the obnoxious character Ove Sundberg from the established Swedish TV series Solsidan. Actor Henrik Dorsin, who plays the character, stated in an interview, "it feels good to contribute with something of my own, Ove that is, when you're supposed to work with a well established material such as The office. So that it doesn't just become repetition. Furthermore, it's fun to take part in the first combined remake and spin-off ever in Sweden, or maybe even in the world? A spin-make. Or a re-off."[11]
Spin-offs
| Country/Region | Title | Network | Original run |
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| Germany |
Stromberg – Der Film | Theatrical release | 20 February 2014[12] |
| United Kingdom |
David Brent: Life on the Road | Theatrical release | 19 August 2016 |
| United States |
The Paper | Peacock | September 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,[13] but had not begun production by 2018.[2] Additionally, Ricky Gervais announced plans to create a Chinese language version of the show in 2010,[14] but the show also had not begun production as of 2018.[2]
Timeline
Counterparts
Roles are recorded as of each character's first appearance.
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| 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") | La ofis ("The Office") | HaMisrad ("המשרד", "The Office") | Kontoret ("The Office") |
Kancl ("The Office") | Konttori ("The Office") | The Office | The Office PL | Al-Maktab ("المكتب", "The Office") |
| Firm | Flinley Craddick | Wernham Hogg | Dunder Mifflin[b] | Capitol-Versicherung AG | Fichário Ministerial de Documentos Obrigatórios | Cogirep | Les Papiers Jennings | Papeles Lozano | פייפר אופיס (Piper Office) | Svensk kontorshygien AB | Papír a print | Leskisen paperi | Wilkins Chawla | Kropliczanka | Tard Postal Services |
| Business | Packaging | Paper | Paper and Office Supplies[b] | Insurance | Bureaucracy | Paper | Paper | Paper | Office supplies | Office hygiene | Paper | Paper | Paper | Mineral water | Postal service |
| Location | Rydalmere | Slough | Scranton | Unspecified, but filmed in Cologne | Brasília | Villepinte | Côte-de-Liesse | Santiago Centro | Yehud | Upplands-Väsby | Brno | Riihimäki | Faridabad | Siedlce | Riyadh[8] |
| 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 Manager | Lizze Moyle[c] (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) |
| Receptionists | Greta King[d] (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/Intern | Sebastian 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) Neil Godwin |
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 |
| Accountants | Deborah 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 García
(Sergio Piña) |
Shimi Guetta
(Shai Avivi) |
"Boozen" (Kristoffer Appelquist) |
Jiří Nebeský (Rastislav Gajdoš) | – | Prem Chopra (Ranvir Shorey) | Tadek Boniacha (Wojciech Żołądkowicz) | – |
| Receptionist's fiancé[e] |
Mason (Claude Jabbour) | Lee (Joel Beckett) | Roy Anderson (David Denman) | Roland (off camera) | – | Ludovic Correia (Julien Favart) | Luc (Martin Tremblay) | Marco
(Marcelo Maldonado) |
Lavi (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) |
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Loveleen (Anandita Pagnis) |
Marta Bielecka (Katarzyna Gałązka) |
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| Other office co-workers |
Martin Katavake
(Josh Thomson) Lloyd Kneathn (Jonny Brugh) Tina Kwong (Susan Ling Young) |
Jamie (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)
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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)[15][16][17]
- 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)[citation needed]
- 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).[citation needed]
Notes
- Unlike the other derivatives, Stromberg, the German version, was not an official adaptation of the original series but merely inspired by it. The BBC threatened legal action against the series, and a compromise was reached that Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant would receive credits in the German version.[2]
- From Mid-Season 6 to the conclusion of Season 8, Dunder Mifflin was a subsidiary of Sabre – a printer company. During this time, Dunder Mifflin also sold Sabre printer and printing supplies
- Lizze is employed as the Receptionist, but has character traits similar to other "Assistant Regional Managers"
- Greta is employed in Sales, but is in the story role of being the Senior Sale Rep's love interest.
- In The Office Saudi Arabia, the receptionists' fiancé is replaced with the receptionists' brother to comply with Sharia law.
