'This is my first time on television!' Steve Carell arrives in character as Gru to promote Despicable Me 2 on Ellen

To get into character as Gru, Steve Carell doesn't normally leave the recording studio.

But the 50-year-old funnyman totally transformed into the reformed super-villain in order to promote Despicable Me 2 on The Ellen DeGeneres Show airing Thursday.

For the first time ever, the Golden Globe winner donned a bald cap, prosthetic pointy nose, and massive zip-up suit to become the grumpy (and apparently neck-less) CG-animated baddie.

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First time ever! Steve Carell totally transformed into his animated character Gru in order to promote Despicable Me 2 on The Ellen DeGeneres Show airing Thursday

 

Gru in his element: The Golden Globe winner donned a bald cap, prosthetic pointy nose, and massive zip-up suit to become the reformed super-villain
Ellen gleefully questions Steve in character, asking him if it's tougher to steal the moon or raise his three adopted daughters - Margo, Edith, and Agnes.

The talk show host also probed Gru about what it's like to 'work with those mischievous Minions.'
And he insisted: 'This is my first time on television'. Before revealing his favourite thing about Los Angeles was the 'good Starbucks'.

The nine-time Emmy nominee also busts a move on the episode as he's seen shaking his groove thing in her live studio audience.

 

Where's your neck? Ellen gleefully questions Steve in character, asking him if it's tougher to steal the moon or raise his three adopted daughters - Margo, Edith, and Agnes

 

Go white boy! The nine-time Emmy nominee also busts a move on the episode as he's seen shaking his groove thing in her live studio audience
In the Universal Pictures sequel, due out July 3, Carell's Gru is recruited by the Anti-Villain League to help defeat a new menace called Eduardo.

Coming July 3! In Despicable Me 2, Gru is recruited by the Anti-Villain League to help defeat a new menace called Eduardo

Ken Jeong, Kristen Wiig, Miranda Cosgrove, Benjamin Bratt, Russell Brand, and Steve Coogan also voice roles in the flick.

The Office star has had plenty of experience having also provided voices in animated films Over the Hedge and Horton Hears a Who!

Back in 2010, the first Despicable Me grossed more than $540 million and became the 10th-biggest animated motion picture in U.S. history.

Steve was last seen celebrating his two children's birthdays with a trip to Disneyland's California Adventure Park on Saturday.

The Daily Show veteran was photographed riding the Grizzly River Run white-water rafting ride with his wife, SNL alumna Nancy Walls, 12-year-old daughter Annie, and eight-year-old son Johnny.

It was more wet-and-wild fun for Carell, whose next film was literally set in a water park.

The Little Miss Sunshine actor stars in the teen dramedy The Way, Way Back, which comes out July 5.

It also stars AnnaSophia Robb, Sam Rockwell, Toni Collette, Maya Rudolph, and Allison Janney.

Steve is currently reprising his role as Brick Tamland in Anchorman: The Legend Continues, which has been shooting in San Diego and Manhattan this month.

 

The Grizzly River Run! Steve was last seen celebrating his two children's birthdays with a trip to Disneyland's California Adventure Park with wife Nancy Walls on Saturday

 

Coming July 5! It was more wet-and-wild fun for Carell, whose next film - The Way, Way Back - was literally set in a water park

The highly-anticipated sequel, due out December 20, brings back original cast members Will Ferrell, Paul Rudd, Christina Applegate, and David Koechner.

Carell will take a break from comedy to play convicted killer John du Pont in Foxcatcher about Olympic Wrestling champion Mark Schultz.

The drama also features Channing Tatum, Mark Ruffalo, Anthony Michael Hall, Sienna Miller, and Vanessa Redgrave.