Which former "Daily Show" correspondent starred in "The Office"?

The former "Daily Show" correspondent who starred in "The Office" was Steve Carell.

Carell joined "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" as a correspondent in 1999 and remained with the program until 2005. His reports often used a deliberately awkward, deadpan style, helping establish the comic persona that later made him a major film and television star.

In 2005, Carell began playing Michael Scott, the well-meaning but spectacularly misguided regional manager of Dunder Mifflin's Scranton branch, on NBC's American adaptation of "The Office." He starred in the series from 2005 to 2011 and returned for its 2013 finale. He also worked as a writer, director, and producer on the show.

A common mix-up is Ed Helms, another "Daily Show" alumnus who later appeared in "The Office" as Andy Bernard. Carell, however, was the show's central star and played Michael Scott.