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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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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
Saturday Night Live
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
The Daily Show
The Graham Norton Show
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Family Guy
GMTV
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
Parkinson
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Louie
BoJack Horseman
Alias
Curb Your Enthusiasm
The One Show
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
Michael McIntyre's Big Show
Talking Sopranos
Room 101
The Marriage Ref
The Simpsons
The Office
Galavant
SpongeBob SquarePants
Golden Globe Awards
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
Horne & Corden
German Genius
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
Stardust
Spy Kids: All the Time in the World
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
The Office Retrospective
The Little Prince
Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe
The Willoughbys
Night at the Museum
Dog Man
The Nazi Pug: Joke or Hate?
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
The 11 O'Clock Show
Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
Oppenheimer
The Ricky Gervais Show
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
Karl Pilkington: Satisfied Fool
Valiant
Ghost Town
Taping Nigel
Special Correspondents
Seedy Boss
David Brent: Life on the Road
Taping Nigel II: The Gimpening
Extras
How I Made The Office by Ricky Gervais
Muppets Most Wanted
After Life
Ricky Gervais: SuperNature
The Office
Ricky Gervais: Armageddon
The Return of Brent
The Invention of Lying
Ricky Gervais: Out of England 2
Production Credits
David Brent: Life on the Road
Ricky Gervais: Out of England 2
The Return of Brent
After Life
Extras
The Invention of Lying
Taping Nigel
The Willoughbys
The Office Retrospective
The Office
The Office
Taping Nigel II: The Gimpening
Special Correspondents
The Office
Ricky Gervais: Armageddon
The Paper
La oficina
The Simpsons
Ricky Gervais: SuperNature
The Ricky Gervais Show
The Office
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