
Ricky Gervais
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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.
Known For

Saturday Night Live

The Daily Show

The Graham Norton Show

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

Family Guy

Late Night with Seth Meyers

SNL Digital Shorts

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Louie

BoJack Horseman

Alias

Curb Your Enthusiasm

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee

Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway

The Marriage Ref

The Simpsons

The Office

Galavant

SpongeBob SquarePants

Golden Globe Awards

Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?

German Genius

How to Lose Friends & Alienate People

Spy Kids: All the Time in the World

Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian

The Little Prince

The Office Retrospective

Dog Man

The Willoughbys

Night at the Museum

Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb

Making of The Office: The Pilot

Stardust

Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank

Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again

Valiant

The Ricky Gervais Show

Oppenheimer

Ricky Gervais: Out of England 2

Extras

After Life

Special Correspondents

The Invention of Lying

Muppets Most Wanted

Ricky Gervais: SuperNature

Ghost Town

Ricky Gervais: Armageddon

The Office

David Brent: Life on the Road
Production Credits

Extras

Ricky Gervais: SuperNature

Special Correspondents

Untitled Greg Daniels and Michael Koman Mockumentary

The Office Retrospective

The Office

Ricky Gervais: Armageddon

The Office

The Invention of Lying

The Simpsons

The Office

The Office

La oficina

Ricky Gervais: Out of England 2

The Willoughbys

After Life

David Brent: Life on the Road

The Ricky Gervais Show

Making of The Office: The Pilot
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