
Ricky Gervais
7 FOLLOWERS • 88 CREDITS • JUN 25, 1961 • 63
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

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

The Daily Show

The Graham Norton Show

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Family Guy

GMTV

Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway

Parkinson

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Louie

BoJack Horseman

Alias

Curb Your Enthusiasm

The One Show

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee

Michael McIntyre's Big Show

Talking Sopranos

Room 101

The Marriage Ref

The Simpsons

The Office

Galavant

SpongeBob SquarePants

Golden Globe Awards

Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?

German Genius

Horne & Corden

How to Lose Friends & Alienate People

Stardust

Spy Kids: All the Time in the World

The Office Retrospective

Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian

The Little Prince

The Willoughbys

Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe

Night at the Museum

Dog Man

The Nazi Pug: Joke or Hate?

Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb

The 11 O'Clock Show

Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank

Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again

Valiant

50 Years of BBC Two Comedy

The Ricky Gervais Show

Karl Pilkington: Satisfied Fool

Oppenheimer

Seedy Boss

Muppets Most Wanted

Taping Nigel II: The Gimpening

Ghost Town

The Invention of Lying

The Return of Brent

Taping Nigel

Ricky Gervais: SuperNature

Extras

David Brent: Life on the Road

After Life

Special Correspondents

The Office

Ricky Gervais: Armageddon

How I Made The Office by Ricky Gervais

Ricky Gervais: Out of England 2
Production Credits

After Life

Special Correspondents

David Brent: Life on the Road

Ricky Gervais: Out of England 2

Taping Nigel II: The Gimpening

Extras

The Simpsons

The Paper

The Invention of Lying

The Ricky Gervais Show

Taping Nigel

The Office

The Willoughbys

Ricky Gervais: SuperNature

The Office

Ricky Gervais: Armageddon

The Office

The Office

The Office Retrospective

La oficina

The Return of Brent
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