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Ricky Gervais

Ricky Gervais

Birthday: 1961-06-25 | Place of Birth: Whitley, Berkshire, Reading, England, UK

Ricky Dene Gervais (born 25 June 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ricky Gervais, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2022
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank

as    Ika Chu (voice)

2022
2022
2021
Save Ralph

as    Interviewer (voice)

2021
2020
The Willoughbys

as    The Cat (voice)

2019
After Life

as    Tony

2018
Ricky Gervais: Humanity

as    Himself

2018
Child Support

as    Himself

2017
George Michael: Freedom

as    Self

2017
Jim Norton: Mouthful of Shame

as    Self (uncredited)

2016
Special Correspondents

as    Albert Finch

2016
David Brent: Life on the Road

as    David Brent

2016
The Little Prince

as    The Conceited Man (voice)

2015
Derek Special

as    Derek

2014
Muppets Most Wanted

as    Dominic Badguy

2014
2013
Derek

as    Derek

2013
Escape from Planet Earth

as    Mr Bing (voice)

2013
The Unbelievers

as    Self

2011
Life's Too Short

as    Ricky Gervais

2011
Spy Kids: All the Time in the World

as    Voice of Argonaut

2010
2010
Ricky Gervais Live 4: Science

as    Himself

2010
The Ricky Gervais Show

as    Himself

2010
Cemetery Junction

as    Len Taylor

2010
An Idiot Abroad

as    Self

2009
The Invention of Lying

as    Mark Bellison