Ricky Gervais
Acting
- Born:
- 1961-06-25
- Place of birth:
- Whitley, Berkshire, Reading, England, UK
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
Filmography
Ricky Gervais Alley Cats
Joe & David's Magical Sitcom Tour
England 2006: The Golden Generation
Ricky Gervais: Mortality
Dog Man
Stand-Up: The Laughing Therapy
Ricky Gervais: Armageddon
German Genius
Kick Out the Jams: The Story of XFM
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
George Michael: Freedom Uncut
Ricky Gervais: SuperNature
Classic Albums: Suede - Coming Up
The Willoughbys
Out of Shadows
Talking Sopranos
Sesame Street: 50 Years and Counting
The Nazi Pug: Joke or Hate?
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
After Life
Suede: The Insatiable Ones
The Alec Baldwin Show
Ricky Gervais: Humanity
Child Support
George Michael: Freedom
Jim Norton: Mouthful of Shame
David Brent: Life on the Road
Special Correspondents
The Last Laugh
Michael McIntyre's Big Show
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
The Little Prince
Derek Special
Hot Ones
Galavant
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
BoJack Horseman
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
Muppets Most Wanted
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Unbelievers
David Blaine: Real or Magic
Learn Guitar with David Brent
The Office Retrospective
The Return of Brent
Escape from Planet Earth
Derek
The Last Leg
Learn English with Ricky Gervais
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
Sesame Street: Singing with the Stars
The Muppets
Life's Too Short
Spy Kids: All the Time in the World
David Haye versus
Talking Funny
Ricky Gervais: Out of England 2
Meet Karl Pilkington II
When Karl Met Warwick
Ricky Gervais Live 4: Science
Conan
An Idiot Abroad
Louie
The Simpsons: Mischief & Mayhem
Cemetery Junction
The Marriage Ref
The Ricky Gervais Show
This Side of the Truth, A Truly 'Honest' Making of The Invention of Lying
Prequel: The Dawn of Lying
SpongeBob's Truth or Square
The Invention of Lying
Live from Studio Five
Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants
Alan Carr: Chatty Man
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
Horne & Corden
Ricky Gervais: Out of England
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
Ghost Town
Ricky Gervais Live 3: Fame
Living with Ricky Gervais 2
Stardust
Concert for Diana
Taping Nigel II: The Gimpening
The Art of Breaking Character
Karl Pilkington: Satisfied Fool
The Graham Norton Show
Night at the Museum
For Your Consideration
The One Show
Taping Nigel
Finding Leo
The F Word
Pictoplasma: Characters in Motion, Vol. 1
Alan Partridge Presents: The Cream of British Comedy
Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List
Extras
Valiant
The Office
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Ricky Gervais Live 2: Politics
Living with Ricky Gervais
Meet Karl Pilkington
Parkinson
The Office: The Christmas Special
Golden Years
Ricky Gervais Live: Animals
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The Fight
Offensive: The Real Derek and Clive
Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe
How I Made The Office by Ricky Gervais
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
Dog Eat Dog
Alias
The Office
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Meet Ricky Gervais
Vic Reeves Examines
Spaced
Golden Years
The Jim Tavaré Show
SpongeBob SquarePants
Family Guy
The 11 O'Clock Show
Parkinson
The Office Pre-Pilot
The View
The Daily Show
Room 101
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Late Show with David Letterman
GMTV
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Simpsons
This Morning
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Comic Relief
Saturday Night Live
Golden Globe Awards
The Wind in the Willows