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Ricky Gervais
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 Of…
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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.
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2026
Ricky Gervais Alley Cats
TV show Gus (voice)
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2026
Joe & David's Magical Sitcom Tour
TV show Self
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2026
The Office: Ricky's Top 25 Brent Moments
Movie Self/David Brent (archive footage)
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2026
England 2006: The Golden Generation
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2026
La oficina
TV show Original Series Creator
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2025
Ricky Gervais: Mortality
Movie Self
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2025
The Paper
TV show Executive Producer
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2025
Dog Man
Movie Flippy (voice)
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2024
Stand-Up: The Laughing Therapy
TV show Self (archive footage)
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2024
The Office
TV show Original Series Creator
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2023
Ricky Gervais: Armageddon
Movie Self
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2023
7 Minutes
Movie Executive Producer
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2023
German Genius
TV show Ricky Gervais
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2022
The Office (SA)
TV show Original Series Creator
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2022
Kick Out the Jams: The Story of XFM
Movie Self
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2022
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
Movie Ika Chu (voice)
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2022
George Michael: Freedom Uncut
Movie Self
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2022
Ricky Gervais: SuperNature
Movie Self
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2021
The Office PL
TV show Original Series Creator
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2021
Save Ralph
Movie the interviewer
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2021
Classic Albums: Suede - Coming Up
Movie Self
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2020
The Willoughbys
Movie The Cat (voice)
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2020
Out of Shadows
Movie Self (archive)
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2020
Talking Sopranos
TV show Self
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2019
Sesame Street: 50 Years and Counting
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2019
The Nazi Pug: Joke or Hate?
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2019
The Office
TV show Original Series Creator
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2019
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
TV show Ricky Gervais (voice)
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2019
After Life
TV show Tony
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2018
Suede: The Insatiable Ones
Movie Self
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2018
The Alec Baldwin Show
TV show Self
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2018
Ricky Gervais: Humanity
Movie Self
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2018
Child Support
TV show Self
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2017
George Michael: Freedom
Movie Self
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2017
Jim Norton: Mouthful of Shame
Movie Self (uncredited)
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2017
The Office
TV show Original Series Creator
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2016
David Brent: Life on the Road
Movie David Brent
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2016
Special Correspondents
Movie Albert Finch
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2016
The Last Laugh
Movie Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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2016
Michael McIntyre's Big Show
TV show Self - Performer
