The Office is the title of a number of 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 the boss and main character of the show. The two seasons were broadcast on BBC Two in 2001 and 2002, totalling 12 episodes, with two special episodes in 2003, and an extra short spectacular ten years later. [1] Versions of the original were subsequently made in Germany, the United States, and many other countries.
The longest-running version of the series, the US 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 US version of The Office was the No. 1 streamed show on Netflix in the United States. [2]
Country/Region | Title | Network | Original run |
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Australia | The Office Australia | Amazon Prime Video | 2024 (in production from June 2023) [4] [5] |
Canada | La Job | 2006, 9 October – 2007, 1 January | |
Chile | La ofis | Canal 13 | 2008, 6 August – 2008, 22 November |
Czech Republic | Kancl | ČT1 | 2014, 1 December – 2014, 17 December |
Finland | Konttori | Nelonen | 2017, 3 March – 2019, 15 February |
France | Le Bureau | Canal+ | 2006, 25 May – 2006, 30 June |
Germany | Stromberg [lower-alpha 2] | ProSieben | 2004, 11 October – 2012, 31 January |
Greece | TBA | ANT1 | TBA, 2023 |
India | The Office | Hotstar | 2019, 28 June – 2019, 15 September |
Israel | HaMisrad | yes Comedy | 2010, 10 August – 2013, 3 October |
Poland | The Office PL | Canal+ | 2021, 22 October – 2023, 24 November |
Saudi Arabia | Al Maktab | MBC | 2022, 28 October – 2023, 6 January [6] [7] [8] |
Sweden | Kontoret | TV4 | 2012, 12 February – 2013, 17 March |
United Kingdom | The Office | BBC Two | 2001, 9 July – 2003, 27 December |
United States | The Office | NBC | 2005, 24 March – 2013, 16 May |
English-language | German-language | French-language | Spanish-language | Hebrew-language | Swedish-language | Czech-language | Finnish-language | Hindi-language | Polish-language | |||
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Name | The Office | The Office | Stromberg | 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 |
Firm | Wernham Hogg | Dunder Mifflin [lower-alpha 3] | Capitol-Versicherung AG | Cogirep | Les Papiers Jennings | Papeles Lozano | פייפר אופיס (Piper Office) | Svensk kontorshygien AB | Papír a print | Leskisen paperi | Wilkins Chawla | Kropliczanka |
Business | Paper | Paper and Office Supplies [lower-alpha 3] | Insurance | Paper | Paper | Paper | Office supplies | Office hygiene | Paper | Paper | Paper | Mineral water |
Location | Slough | Scranton | Unspecified, but filmed in Cologne | Villepinte | Côte-de-Liesse | Santiago Centro | Yehud | Upplands-Väsby | Brno | Riihimäki | Faridabad | Siedlce |
Regional Manager | David Brent (Ricky Gervais) | Michael Scott (Steve Carell) Andy Bernard (Ed Helms) | Bernd Stromberg (Christoph Maria Herbst) | Gilles Triquet (François Berléand) | David Gervais (Antoine Vézina) | Manuel Cerda (Luis Gnecco) | Avi Meshulam (Dvir Benedek) | Ove Sundberg (Henrik Dorsin) | Marek Chvála | Pentti Markkanen (Sami Hedberg) | Jagdeep Chadda (Mukul Chadda) | Michał Holc (Piotr Polak) president Patrycja Kowalska (Vanessa Aleksander) S1: vicepresident S2: co-president S3: member of the board |
Senior Sales Representative | 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) | S1: Franek Wójcik (Mikołaj Matczak) since S2: Adam Szeliga (Rafał Kowalski) new marketing specialist |
Assistant (to the) Regional Manager | Gareth Keenan (Mackenzie Crook) | Dwight Schrute (Rainn Wilson) | Berthold "Ernie" Heisterkamp (Bjarne Mädel) | 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) head of the logistics department |
Receptionists | Dawn Tinsley (Lucy Davis) | Pam Beesly (Jenna Fischer) Erin Hannon (Ellie Kemper) | 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) |
Temp | 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) | – |
Corporate Supervisors | Jennifer Taylor‑Clarke (Stirling Gallacher) Neil Godwin | Jan Levinson (Melora Hardin) Gabe Lewis (Zach Woods) | Tatjana Berkel (Tatjana Alexander) | 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) | CEO - Patrycja's father (Tomasz Sapryk) Patryk Kowalski (Maciej Musiałowski) |
Accountants | 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) |
Oliver (Howard Saddler) | Oscar Martinez (Oscar Nunez) | Viktor (Tomáš Sýkora) | Farzin (Mazdak Nassir) | Rinchin (Chien Ho Liao) | ||||||||
Keith Bishop (Ewen MacIntosh) | Kevin Malone (Brian Baumgartner) | César (Alfredo Portuondo) | 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) unemployed Manager friend |
Receptionist's fiancé | 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) |
Senior Sales Representative's girlfriend | Rachel (Stacey Roca) | Katy Moore (Amy Adams) Karen Filippelli (Rashida Jones) | Tanja Seifert (see above) | – | Julie (Évelyne Rompré) | Catalina (María José Urúza) | Shiri (Noa Wollman) | – | – | Loveleen (Anandita Pagnis) | S1: Marta Bielecka (Katarzyna Gałązka) | |
Other office co-workers | 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) | 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) | – | – | 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) Sarla Bansal (Preeti Kochar) Madhukar (Mayur Bansiwal) Kitty Kataria (Mallika Dua) | Bożena Grabowska (Milena Lisiecka) Gosia Uszyńska (Monika Obara) Agnieszka Majewska (Monika Kulczyk) Levan Kobiaszwili (Marcin Pempuś) Łukasz "Łuki" Gnatowski (Adam Bobik) S2: Marzena Krupska (Daria Widawska) S3:Kasia Płaczkiewicz (Małgorzata Gorol) S3:Tomek "Reagan" Grabowski (Mateusz Król) | |
Warehouse Foreman | Glynn "Taffy" (David Schaal) | Darryl Philbin (Craig Robinson) | – | – | – | – | Sami (Yaniv Suissa) | Kenneth Gustavsson (Peter Jansson) | Roman (Martin Tlapák) | – | Rajinder (Manpreet Singh) | – |
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