Ricky Gervais

Known for ActingBorn 1961-06-25 (age 64)Whitley, Berkshire, Reading, England, UK

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Talking Sopranos

Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants

La oficina

This Side of the Truth, A Truly 'Honest' Making of The Invention of Lying

BoJack Horseman

The Office

Ricky Gervais Meets...

Derek Special

Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?

50 Years of BBC Two Comedy

After Life

Finding Leo

Curb Your Enthusiasm

How I Made The Office by Ricky Gervais

Offensive: The Real Derek and Clive

The Office PL

Spaced

The Simpsons

Louie

Ricky Gervais: Humanity

Michael McIntyre's Big Show

Extras

The Office

An Idiot Abroad

The Little Prince

Alan Partridge Presents: The Cream of British Comedy

Dog Man

SpongeBob SquarePants

Derek

Concert for Diana

Ricky Gervais: SuperNature

The Office Retrospective

Suede: The Insatiable Ones

Ricky Gervais: Out of England 2

Talking Funny

Galavant

Family Guy

Ricky Gervais: Armageddon

The Paper

George Michael: Freedom

Stardust

Life's Too Short

The Ricky Gervais Show

Conan

Ricky Gervais: Mortality

The Graham Norton Show

Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee

The Willoughbys