Stephen Merchant is a co-writer, co-director and co-star of The Office, Extras, The Ricky Gervais Show and Life's Too Short alongside frequent collaborator Ricky Gervais. The HBO series Hello Ladies, which Merchant created, wrote and starred in, premiered in 2013. Merchant is also the producer of and has appeared on Adult Swim’s Dream Corp, LLC. His next film, Fighting with My Family, hits theaters February 14.