Biography
Ricky Dene Gervais (born June 25, 1961) is an English comedian, actor, director, producer, musician and writer.
Gervais achieved mainstream fame with his television series The Office and the subsequent series Extras, both of which he co-wrote and co-directed with friend and frequent collaborator Stephen Merchant. In addition to writing and directing the shows, Gervais also played the lead roles of David Brent in The Office and Andy Millman in Extras. Gervais has also starred in a number of Hollywood films, assuming leading roles in Ghost Town and The Invention of Lying. He has performed on four sell-out stand-up comedy tours, written the best-selling Flanimals book series and starred with Merchant and Karl Pilkington in the most downloaded podcast in the world as of March 2009, The Ricky Gervais Show.
He has won a multitude of awards and honours, including seven BAFTA Awards, five British Comedy Awards, two Emmy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards and the 2006 Rose d'Or, as well as a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination. In 2007 he was voted the 11th greatest stand-up comic on Channel 4's 100 Greatest Stand-Ups and again in the updated 2010 list as the 3rd greatest stand-up comic. In 2010 he was named on the TIME 100 list of the world's most influential people. Gervais hosted both the 2010 and 2011 Golden Globe Awards.
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Ricky Gervais: Armageddon (2023)
The Office But It's Only Me: A Parody (2023)
7 Minutes (2023)
German Genius (2023)
Kick Out the Jams: The Story of XFM (2022)
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank (2022)
George Michael: Freedom Uncut (2022)
Ricky Gervais: SuperNature (2022)
Classic Albums: Suede - Coming Up (2021)
The Office: Superfan Episodes (2021)
Save Ralph (2021)
The Willoughbys (2020)
This Is Stand-Up (2020)
The Nazi Pug: Joke or Hate? (2019)
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? (2019)
After Life (2019)
Suede: The Insatiable Ones (2018)
The Alec Baldwin Show (2018)
Ricky Gervais: Humanity (2018)
Child Support (2018)
Great! Britain (2017)
George Michael: Freedom (2017)
Jim Norton: Mouthful of Shame (2017)
The Office (2017)
David Brent: Life on the Road (2016)
Special Correspondents (2016)
The Last Laugh (2016)
Michael McIntyre's Big Show (2016)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015)
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter (2015)
The Little Prince (2015)
Derek Special (2015)
Hot Ones (2015)
Galavant (2015)
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014)
BoJack Horseman (2014)
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy (2014)
Sesame Street: Alphabet Songs (2014)
Muppets Most Wanted (2014)
Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)
The Unbelievers (2013)
David Blaine: Real or Magic (2013)
Learn Guitar with David Brent (2013)
The Office Retrospective (2013)
The Return of Brent (2013)
Escape from Planet Earth (2013)
Derek (2013)
Sex, Death and the Meaning of Life (2012)
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee (2012)
Trust Us with Your Life (2012)
Life's Too Short (2011)
Spy Kids: All the Time in the World (2011)
David Haye versus (2011)
Talking Funny (2011)
Ricky Gervais: Out of England 2 (2010)
Meet Karl Pilkington II (2010)
When Karl Met Warwick (2010)
Ricky Gervais Live IV: Science (2010)
Conan (2010)
An Idiot Abroad (2010)
Louie (2010)
Cemetery Junction (2010)
The Marriage Ref (2010)
The Ricky Gervais Show (2010)
This Side of the Truth, A Truly 'Honest' Making of The Invention of Lying (2010)
Prequel: The Dawn of Lying (2009)
SpongeBob's Truth or Square (2009)
The Invention of Lying (2009)
Live from Studio Five (2009)
Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants (2009)
Alan Carr: Chatty Man (2009)
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009)
Horne & Corden (2009)
Ricky Gervais: Out of England (2008)
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008)
Ghost Town (2008)
Ricky Gervais Live 3: Fame (2007)
Stardust (2007)
Concert for Diana (2007)
Karl Pilkington: Satisfied Fool (2007)
The Graham Norton Show (2007)
Night at the Museum (2006)
For Your Consideration (2006)
La Job (2006)
The One Show (2006)
Le Bureau (2006)
Ricky Gervais Meets... Larry David (2006)
Ricky Gervais Meets... (2006)
Pictoplasma: Characters in Motion: Vol. 1 (2005)
Alan Partridge Presents: The Cream of British Comedy (2005)
Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List (2005)
Extras (2005)
Valiant (2005)
The Office (2005)
Kelsey Grammer Presents The Sketch Show (2005)
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2005)
Ricky Gervais Live 2: Politics (2004)
Golden Years (2003)
Ricky Gervais Live: Animals (2003)
Offensive: The Real Derek and Clive (2002)
Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe (2002)
How I Made The Office by Ricky Gervais (2002)
Fame Academy (2002)
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway (2002)
Dog Eat Dog (2001)
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (2001)
Alias (2001)
The Office (2001)
Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000)
Meet Ricky Gervais (2000)
Vic Reeves Examines (2000)
Bruiser (2000)
Spaced (1999)
SpongeBob SquarePants (1999)
Talking Movies (1999)
Family Guy (1999)
The 11 O'Clock Show (1998)
The View (1997)
The Daily Show (1996)
Room 101 (1994)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993)
GMTV (1993)
The Simpsons (1989)
This Morning (1988)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark (1988)
Saturday Night Live (1975)
Golden Globe Awards (1944)
The Wind in the Willows
Manila, Manila/America is in The Heart
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1961-06-25 (62 years old)
Birth NameRicky Dene Gervais
Birth PlaceReading, United Kingdom
LifestyleVeganism
Religionatheism
RelationshipsJane Fallon
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
Also Known Asริกกี้ เจอร์เวส
AwardsPrimetime Emmy Award, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series, Richard Dawkins Award, Writers Guild of America Award
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