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.
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Ricky Gervais Biography / Wiki
| Name | Ricky Gervais |
| Also Know | Ricky Dene Gervais, Ρίκι ΤζεÏβÎÏ‚ |
| Gender | Male |
| Known For | Acting |
| Place of Birth | Whitley, Berkshire, Reading, England, UK |
| Date of Birth | 1961-06-25 |
| Age(as in 2022) | 61 |
| Deathday |
Ricky Gervais Acting Movies
| Movie Name | Character | Release Date | Overview |
| The Invention of Lying | Mark Bellison | 2009-09-13 | Set in a world where the concept of lying doesn’t exist, a loser changes his lot when he invents lying and uses it to get ahead…. |
| Ghost Town | Bertram Pincus | 2008-09-19 | A spirited romantic comedy, Ghost Town is the story of Bertram Pincus (Ricky Gervais), a cranky Manhattan dentist who develops the unwelcome ability t… |
| Ricky Gervais: Out of England | Himself | 2008-11-15 | Taped live before a sold-out audience at the WaMu Theater at New York Citys Madison Square Garden, Ricky Gervais: Out of England The Stand-Up Special … |
| Ricky Gervais: Out of England 2 | Himself | 2010-12-18 | The comic performs at the Chicago Theatre…. |
| Muppets Most Wanted | Dominic Badguy | 2014-03-20 | While on a grand world tour, The Muppets find themselves wrapped into an European jewel-heist caper headed by a Kermit the Frog look-alike and his das… |
| Prequel: The Dawn of Lying | 2009-12-17 | Short film that serves as a prequel to The Invention of Lying…. | |
| Ricky Gervais Live: Animals | Himself | 2003-11-17 | Ricky Gervais entertains a live audience in his first stand-up routine…. |
| Ricky Gervais Live 2: Politics | Himself | 2004-11-15 | A year after Animals, Ricky Gervais comes back with his second stand up comedy tour: Politics…. |
| Ricky Gervais Live 3: Fame | Himself | 2007-11-12 | The third of Ricky Gervais’ themed live stand-up shows…. |
| Ricky Gervais Live 4: Science | Himself | 2010-11-21 | Ricky Gervais Live IV Science or the way things worked before we invented God. The hilarious fourth live smash hit stand up show from Ricky Gervais, f… |
| David Brent: Life on the Road | David Brent | 2016-08-19 | A camera crew catches up with David Brent, the former star of the fictional British series, “The Office” as he now fancies himself a rockstar on the r… |
| Special Correspondents | Albert Finch | 2016-04-22 | A radio journalist and his technician get in over their heads when they hatch a scheme to fake their own kidnapping during a rebel uprising in South A… |
| Derek Special | Derek | 2015-04-03 | Pregnant again, Hannah is back with Tom, now working on the bins, and they are shortly to marry, with Derek giving the bride away. Derek himself spend… |
| The Return of Brent | David Brent | 2013-03-15 | In this mockumentary short, we revisit David Brent ten years after the events of “The Office†and find him helping young rapper Dom Johnson record… |
| Ricky Gervais: Humanity | Himself | 2018-03-13 | In his first special in seven years, Ricky Gervais slings his trademark snark at celebrity, mortality and a society that takes everything personally…. |
| This Side of the Truth, A Truly ‘Honest’ Making of The Invention of Lying | Himself | 2010-01-19 | The cast share their thoughts on Gervais, his laugh, and the art of “corpsing,” when Gervais can’t keep a scene together before laughing. A longer ree… |
| Meet Karl Pilkington II | Himself | 2010-11-23 | Ricky Gervais introduces his round headed and outrageously funny friend to the world on the set of The Invention of Lying (2010)… |
| Ricky Gervais: SuperNature | Self | 2022-05-24 | With his signature pitch-black sense of humor, Ricky Gervais takes the stage at the London Palladium in this provocative stand-up comedy special…. |
| Kick Out the Jams: The Story of XFM | Self | 2022-08-31 | Titled after the first-ever song to play on their airwaves, Kick Out the Jams follows the development of XFM from its rebellious pirate radio roots in… |
| Valiant | Bugsy (voice) | 2005-03-25 | Set in 1944, Valiant is a woodland pigeon who wants to become a great hero someday. When he hears they are hiring recruits for the Royal Homing Pigeon… |
| Ricky Gervais Meets… Larry David | Himself | 2006-01-05 | Ricky Gervais meets one of his comedy heroes, Larry David, much-lauded writer and co-creator of the huge hit series Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm…. |
| Karl Pilkington: Satisfied Fool | 2007-03-07 | Karl Pilkington, best known for his podcasts with Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant and his travel show An Idiot Abroad goes on a quest to find out i… | |
| Alan Partridge Presents: The Cream of British Comedy | 2005-09-26 | Alan Partridge presents an evening of comedy performances to raise money for the Teenage Cancer Trust…. | |
| Save Ralph | Interviewer (voice) | 2021-04-06 | Ralph, a bunny being interviewed for a documentary, goes through his daily routine as a “tester†in a lab…. |
| 50 Years of BBC Two Comedy | Self | 2014-05-24 | Documentary charting and celebrating five decades of often groundbreaking, boundary-pushing comedy from BBC Two…. |
| Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank | Ika Chu (voice) | 2022-07-14 | A hard-on-his-luck hound finds himself in a town full of cats in need of a hero to defend them from a ruthless villain’s wicked plot to wipe their vil… |
| When Karl Met Warwick | Self | 2010-11-22 | In this instalment of the ‘Meet Karl Pilkington’ series, Ricky introduces Karl to Warwick Davis for the first time with hilarious results…. |
| Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again | Dr. McPhee (voice) | Larry Daley’s son, Nick, is hesitant to follow in his father’s footsteps as night watchman of a museum that comes to life at night until Kahmunrah ret… | |
| Talking Funny | Himself | 2011-04-22 | What does it mean to be a successful comedian? How far can the boundaries of taste be pushed to get a laugh? Four top comics, Ricky Gervais, Louis C.K… |
| Jim Norton: Mouthful of Shame | Himself (Uncredited) | 2017-03-14 | Fedoras, mom’s underpants, and puppy love all make Jim Norton’s s**t list in ‘Mouthful of Shame’…. |
| Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb | Dr. McPhee | 2014-12-17 | When the magic powers of The Tablet of Ahkmenrah begin to die out, Larry Daley spans the globe, uniting favorite and new characters while embarking on… |
| The Nazi Pug: Joke or Hate? | Self (Archival Footage) | 2019-07-29 | Markus Meechan is a criminal. Guilty of posting a YouTube video judged “grossly offensive†and containing menacing, anti-Semitic and racist materi… |
| Cemetery Junction | Len Taylor | 2010-04-14 | In 1970s England, three blue-collar friends spend their days joking, drinking, fighting and chasing girls. Freddie wants to leave their working-class … |
| Escape from Planet Earth | Mr Bing (voice) | 2012-12-27 | Astronaut Scorch Supernova finds himself caught in a trap when he responds to an SOS from a notoriously dangerous alien planet…. |
| The Unbelievers | Self | 2013-12-13 | Scientists Richard Dawkins and Lawrence Krauss travel the globe promoting a scientific worldview and the rational questioning of religious belief…. |
| Stardust | Ferdy the Fence | 2007-08-09 | In a countryside town bordering on a magical land, a young man makes a promise to his beloved that he’ll retrieve a fallen star by venturing into the … |
| David Blaine: Real or Magic | Himself | 2013-11-19 | David Blaine’s signature brand of street magic mystifies the most recognisable celebrities in the world, such as Jamie Foxx, Bryan Cranston, Aaron Pau… |
| Suede: The Insatiable Ones | Himself | 2018-11-24 | Looking at identity, power, happiness, self-destruction and acceptance, this is a thematic exploration of a group that opened the door for Britpop and… |
| The Willoughbys | The Cat (voice) | 2020-04-22 | When the four Willoughby children are abandoned by their selfish parents, they must learn how to adapt their Old-Fashioned values to the contemporary … |
| Classic Albums: Suede – Coming Up | Himself | 2021-05-07 | SKY ARTS presents Suede’s Coming Up (released on Nude Records in 1996) in the Classic Albums series…. |
| Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe | Penguin | 2002-12-13 | Follow Robbie as he sets out to discover a mythical tribe of lost Viking warriors to help him save his friends from another dastardly plot by the evil… |
| Night at the Museum | Bambi | 2006-10-20 | Chaos reigns at the natural history museum when night watchman Larry Daley accidentally stirs up an ancient curse, awakening Attila the Hun, an army o… |
| Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian | Dr. McPhee | 2009-05-20 | Hapless museum night watchman Larry Daley must help his living, breathing exhibit friends out of a pickle now that they’ve been transferred to the arc… |
| Dog Eat Dog | Bouncer | 2001-12-07 | A group of twenty-somethings, one of whom is a single father with a precious daughter, have been unsuccessfully in getting into a certain club so they… |
| The Little Prince | The Conceited Man (voice) | 2015-07-29 | Based on the best-seller book ‘The Little Prince’, the movie tells the story of a little girl that lives with resignation in a world where efficiency … |
| George Michael: Freedom | Himself | 2017-10-16 | This documentary covers the span of George Michael’s entire career, concentrating on the formative period in the late Grammy® Award winner’s life a… |
| The Office Retrospective | Self | 2013-05-16 | The cast and crew of the American version of The Office discuss the show and highlights from previous episodes…. |
| George Michael Freedom Uncut | Self | 2022-06-16 | Freedom Uncut chronicles the tumultuous — yet creatively fruitful — period of Michael’s life and career following the release of his 1987 solo d… |
| Spy Kids: All the Time in the World | Voice of Argonaut | 2011-08-18 | Eight years after the third film, the OSS has become the world’s top spy agency, while the Spy Kids department has since become defunct. A retired spy… |
| For Your Consideration | Martin Gibb | 2006-11-22 | Three actors learn that their respective performances in the film “Home for Purim,” a drama set in the mid-1940s American South, are generating award-… |
| Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey | Self (Archival Footage) | 2011-10-21 | Beloved by children of all ages around the world, Elmo is an international icon. Few people know his creator, Kevin Clash, who dreamed of working with… |
| SpongeBob SquarePants: Truth or Square | Narrator (voice) | 2009-11-06 | The cast look back on major events in their lives; Patchy hosts a star-studded anniversary special…. |
| Concert for Diana | Himself | 2007-07-01 | Live broadcast of the concert at Wembley Stadium in London on July 1st 2007 to commemorate the life of Princess Diana on what would have been her 46th… |
Ricky Gervais Directing Movies
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| The Invention of Lying | Director | 2009-09-13 | Set in a world where the concept of lying doesn’t exist, a loser changes his lot when he invents lying and uses it to get ahead…. |
| Cemetery Junction | Director | 2010-04-14 | In 1970s England, three blue-collar friends spend their days joking, drinking, fighting and chasing girls. Freddie wants to leave their working-class … |
| Prequel: The Dawn of Lying | Director | 2009-12-17 | Short film that serves as a prequel to The Invention of Lying…. |
| Ricky Gervais Live 4: Science | Director | 2010-11-21 | Ricky Gervais Live IV Science or the way things worked before we invented God. The hilarious fourth live smash hit stand up show from Ricky Gervais, f… |
| David Brent: Life on the Road | Director | 2016-08-19 | A camera crew catches up with David Brent, the former star of the fictional British series, “The Office” as he now fancies himself a rockstar on the r… |
| Special Correspondents | Director | 2016-04-22 | A radio journalist and his technician get in over their heads when they hatch a scheme to fake their own kidnapping during a rebel uprising in South A… |
| Derek Special | Director | 2015-04-03 | Pregnant again, Hannah is back with Tom, now working on the bins, and they are shortly to marry, with Derek giving the bride away. Derek himself spend… |
| The Return of Brent | Director | 2013-03-15 | In this mockumentary short, we revisit David Brent ten years after the events of “The Office†and find him helping young rapper Dom Johnson record… |
| When Karl Met Warwick | Director | 2010-11-22 | In this instalment of the ‘Meet Karl Pilkington’ series, Ricky introduces Karl to Warwick Davis for the first time with hilarious results…. |
| Director | Andy Millman gave up his day job five years ago in the hope of achieving the big time, but he’s yet to land a speaking part, let alone saunter down … | ||
| Director | Documentary-style sitcom set in the offices of a Slough paper merchant…. | ||
| Director | Life’s Too Short is a British sitcom mockumentary created and written by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant from an idea by Warwick Davis, and is as d… | ||
| Director | Tony had a perfect life. But after his wife Lisa suddenly dies, Tony changes. After contemplating taking his own life, he decides instead to live long… | ||
| Director | Derek is a loyal nursing home caretaker who sees only the good in his quirky co-workers as they struggle against prejudice and shrinking budgets to ca… | ||
Ricky Gervais Production Movies
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| Ricky Gervais: Out of England | Executive Producer | 2008-11-15 | Taped live before a sold-out audience at the WaMu Theater at New York Citys Madison Square Garden, Ricky Gervais: Out of England The Stand-Up Special … |
| Cemetery Junction | Executive Producer | 2010-04-14 | In 1970s England, three blue-collar friends spend their days joking, drinking, fighting and chasing girls. Freddie wants to leave their working-class … |
| The Invention of Lying | Producer | 2009-09-13 | Set in a world where the concept of lying doesn’t exist, a loser changes his lot when he invents lying and uses it to get ahead…. |
| David Brent: Life on the Road | Producer | 2016-08-19 | A camera crew catches up with David Brent, the former star of the fictional British series, “The Office” as he now fancies himself a rockstar on the r… |
| Ricky Gervais: Humanity | Executive Producer | 2018-03-13 | In his first special in seven years, Ricky Gervais slings his trademark snark at celebrity, mortality and a society that takes everything personally…. |
| The Willoughbys | Executive Producer | 2020-04-22 | When the four Willoughby children are abandoned by their selfish parents, they must learn how to adapt their Old-Fashioned values to the contemporary … |
| Special Correspondents | Producer | 2016-04-22 | A radio journalist and his technician get in over their heads when they hatch a scheme to fake their own kidnapping during a rebel uprising in South A… |
| When Karl Met Warwick | Producer | 2010-11-22 | In this instalment of the ‘Meet Karl Pilkington’ series, Ricky introduces Karl to Warwick Davis for the first time with hilarious results…. |
| Ricky Gervais: Out of England 2 | Executive Producer | 2010-12-18 | The comic performs at the Chicago Theatre…. |
| Executive Producer | The everyday lives of office employees in the Scranton, Pennsylvania branch of the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Company…. | ||
| Executive Producer | Andy Millman gave up his day job five years ago in the hope of achieving the big time, but he’s yet to land a speaking part, let alone saunter down … | ||
| Producer | An Idiot Abroad is a British travel documentary television series broadcast on Sky1 and Science, as well as spin-off books published by Canongate Book… | ||
| Producer | The Ricky Gervais Show is an American cartoon series produced for and broadcast by HBO and Channel 4. The series is an animated version of the popular… | ||
| Executive Producer | Tony had a perfect life. But after his wife Lisa suddenly dies, Tony changes. After contemplating taking his own life, he decides instead to live long… | ||
| Executive Producer | Life’s Too Short is a British sitcom mockumentary created and written by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant from an idea by Warwick Davis, and is as d… | ||
| Executive Producer | Contestants are asked to answer 10 questions correctly to earn the top prize of $200,000. If they answer incorrectly, they have a chance to be saved b… | ||
Writing
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| The Invention of Lying | Writer | 2009-09-13 | Set in a world where the concept of lying doesn’t exist, a loser changes his lot when he invents lying and uses it to get ahead…. |
| Ricky Gervais: Out of England | Writer | 2008-11-15 | Taped live before a sold-out audience at the WaMu Theater at New York Citys Madison Square Garden, Ricky Gervais: Out of England The Stand-Up Special … |
| Cemetery Junction | Writer | 2010-04-14 | In 1970s England, three blue-collar friends spend their days joking, drinking, fighting and chasing girls. Freddie wants to leave their working-class … |
| Ricky Gervais Live: Animals | Writer | 2003-11-17 | Ricky Gervais entertains a live audience in his first stand-up routine…. |
| Ricky Gervais Live 2: Politics | Writer | 2004-11-15 | A year after Animals, Ricky Gervais comes back with his second stand up comedy tour: Politics…. |
| Ricky Gervais Live 3: Fame | Writer | 2007-11-12 | The third of Ricky Gervais’ themed live stand-up shows…. |
| Ricky Gervais Live 4: Science | Writer | 2010-11-21 | Ricky Gervais Live IV Science or the way things worked before we invented God. The hilarious fourth live smash hit stand up show from Ricky Gervais, f… |
| Ricky Gervais: Out of England 2 | Writer | 2010-12-18 | The comic performs at the Chicago Theatre…. |
| Ricky Gervais Meets… Larry David | Writer | 2006-01-05 | Ricky Gervais meets one of his comedy heroes, Larry David, much-lauded writer and co-creator of the huge hit series Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm…. |
| David Brent: Life on the Road | Writer | 2016-08-19 | A camera crew catches up with David Brent, the former star of the fictional British series, “The Office” as he now fancies himself a rockstar on the r… |
| Special Correspondents | Writer | 2016-04-22 | A radio journalist and his technician get in over their heads when they hatch a scheme to fake their own kidnapping during a rebel uprising in South A… |
| Derek Special | Writer | 2015-04-03 | Pregnant again, Hannah is back with Tom, now working on the bins, and they are shortly to marry, with Derek giving the bride away. Derek himself spend… |
| Ricky Gervais: Humanity | Writer | 2018-03-13 | In his first special in seven years, Ricky Gervais slings his trademark snark at celebrity, mortality and a society that takes everything personally…. |
| Prequel: The Dawn of Lying | Screenplay | 2009-12-17 | Short film that serves as a prequel to The Invention of Lying…. |
| The Return of Brent | Writer | 2013-03-15 | In this mockumentary short, we revisit David Brent ten years after the events of “The Office†and find him helping young rapper Dom Johnson record… |
| The Return of Brent | Characters | 2013-03-15 | In this mockumentary short, we revisit David Brent ten years after the events of “The Office†and find him helping young rapper Dom Johnson record… |
| Ricky Gervais: SuperNature | Writer | 2022-05-24 | With his signature pitch-black sense of humor, Ricky Gervais takes the stage at the London Palladium in this provocative stand-up comedy special…. |
| Writer | Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday adventures of the Simpson family; Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa … | ||
| Writer | The everyday lives of office employees in the Scranton, Pennsylvania branch of the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Company…. | ||
| Writer | Andy Millman gave up his day job five years ago in the hope of achieving the big time, but he’s yet to land a speaking part, let alone saunter down … | ||
| Writer | Documentary-style sitcom set in the offices of a Slough paper merchant…. | ||
| Writer | … | ||
| Writer | Golden Years is a sitcom pilot that aired in 1998 as part of Channel 4’s Comedy Lab. It stars Ricky Gervais as Clive Meadows, the 30-something co-owne… | ||
| Writer | Life’s Too Short is a British sitcom mockumentary created and written by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant from an idea by Warwick Davis, and is as d… | ||
| Writer | Tony had a perfect life. But after his wife Lisa suddenly dies, Tony changes. After contemplating taking his own life, he decides instead to live long… | ||
| Writer | Derek is a loyal nursing home caretaker who sees only the good in his quirky co-workers as they struggle against prejudice and shrinking budgets to ca… | ||
Sound
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| Ricky Gervais: SuperNature | Original Music Composer | 2022-05-24 | With his signature pitch-black sense of humor, Ricky Gervais takes the stage at the London Palladium in this provocative stand-up comedy special…. |
Other Info
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| The Office Retrospective | Creator | 2013-05-16 | The cast and crew of the American version of The Office discuss the show and highlights from previous episodes…. |
| Additional Writing | Bruiser is a TV comedy sketch show produced for BBC Two…. | ||
| Creator | La Job is a French Canadian comedy television series set in Montreal. It is an adaptation of the British show The Office of the BBC. Produced by Anne-… | ||
| Creator | The everyday lives of office employees in the Scranton, Pennsylvania branch of the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Company…. | ||
| Creator | Andy Millman gave up his day job five years ago in the hope of achieving the big time, but he’s yet to land a speaking part, let alone saunter down … | ||
| Creator | Documentary-style sitcom set in the offices of a Slough paper merchant…. | ||
| Creator | Le Bureau was a 2006 French television show that aired on Canal+. It is a French version of the popular British television series The Office. Le Burea… | ||
| Creator | An Idiot Abroad is a British travel documentary television series broadcast on Sky1 and Science, as well as spin-off books published by Canongate Book… | ||
| Creator | HaMisrad is an Israeli television sitcom, that airs on the Yes Comedy channel. It is a version of The Office, a 2001-2003 British sitcom that had alre… | ||
| Creator | The Ricky Gervais Show is an American cartoon series produced for and broadcast by HBO and Channel 4. The series is an animated version of the popular… | ||
| Creator | Life’s Too Short is a British sitcom mockumentary created and written by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant from an idea by Warwick Davis, and is as d… | ||
| Creator | Derek is a loyal nursing home caretaker who sees only the good in his quirky co-workers as they struggle against prejudice and shrinking budgets to ca… | ||
| Creator | Tony had a perfect life. But after his wife Lisa suddenly dies, Tony changes. After contemplating taking his own life, he decides instead to live long… | ||
| Creator | Ricky Gervais meets up with the comedians who have inspired him…. | ||
| Creator | … | ||
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