Ricky Gervais
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
Credits
- 2025 · Dog Man as Flippy (voice)
- 2024 · Stand-Up: The Laughing Therapy as Self (archive footage)
- 2023 · Ricky Gervais: Armageddon as Self
- 2023 · German Genius as Ricky Gervais
- 2022 · Kick Out the Jams: The Story of XFM as Self
- 2022 · Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank as Ika Chu (voice)
- 2022 · George Michael: Freedom Uncut as Self
- 2022 · Ricky Gervais: SuperNature as Self
- 2021 · Classic Albums: Suede - Coming Up as Self
- 2020 · The Willoughbys as The Cat (voice)
- 2020 · Talking Sopranos as Self
- 2019 · The Nazi Pug: Joke or Hate? as Self (Archival Footage)
- 2019 · Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? as Ricky Gervais (voice)
- 2019 · After Life as Tony
- 2018 · Suede: The Insatiable Ones as Himself
- 2018 · The Alec Baldwin Show as Self
- 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 · David Brent: Life on the Road as David Brent
- 2016 · Special Correspondents as Albert Finch
- 2016 · The Last Laugh as Self
- 2016 · Michael McIntyre's Big Show as Self - Performer
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- 2015 · Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
- 2015 · The Little Prince as The Conceited Man (voice)
- 2015 · Derek Special as Derek
- 2015 · Hot Ones as Self
- 2015 · Galavant as Xanax
- 2014 · Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb as Dr. McPhee
- 2014 · BoJack Horseman as Hedgehog at Orphanage (voice)
- 2014 · 50 Years of BBC Two Comedy as Self
- 2014 · Muppets Most Wanted as Dominic Badguy
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- 2013 · The Unbelievers as Self
- 2013 · David Blaine: Real or Magic as Self
- 2013 · Learn Guitar with David Brent as David Brent
- 2013 · The Office Retrospective as Self
- 2013 · The Return of Brent as David Brent
- 2013 · Escape from Planet Earth as Mr Bing (voice)
- 2013 · Derek as Derek
- 2013 · Derek as Self
- 2013 · The Last Leg as Self
- 2012 · Learn English with Ricky Gervais as Self
- 2012 · Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee as Self
- 2011 · Life's Too Short as Ricky Gervais
- 2011 · Spy Kids: All the Time in the World as Voice of Argonaut
- 2011 · David Haye versus as Self
- 2011 · Talking Funny as Himself
- 2010 · Ricky Gervais: Out of England 2 as Self
- 2010 · Meet Karl Pilkington II as Himself
- 2010 · When Karl Met Warwick as Self
- 2010 · Ricky Gervais Live 4: Science as Himself
- 2010 · Conan as Self
- 2010 · An Idiot Abroad as Self
- 2010 · Louie as Dr. Ben
- 2010 · Cemetery Junction as Len Taylor
- 2010 · The Marriage Ref as Self - Panelist
- 2010 · The Ricky Gervais Show as Himself
- 2010 · This Side of the Truth, A Truly 'Honest' Making of The Invention of Lying as Self
- 2009 · Prequel: The Dawn of Lying as Mark Bellison
- 2009 · SpongeBob's Truth or Square as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- 2009 · The Invention of Lying as Mark Bellison
- 2009 · Live from Studio Five as Self
- 2009 · Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants as Self
- 2009 · Alan Carr: Chatty Man as Self
- 2009 · Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian as Dr. McPhee
- 2009 · Horne & Corden as
- 2008 · Ricky Gervais: Out of England as Himself
- 2008 · How to Lose Friends & Alienate People as Self (uncredited)
- 2008 · Ghost Town as Dr. Bertram Pincus
- 2007 · Ricky Gervais Live 3: Fame as Himself
- 2007 · Living with Ricky Gervais 2 as Self
- 2007 · Stardust as Ferdy the Fence
- 2007 · Concert for Diana as David Brent
- 2007 · The Art of Breaking Character as Self
- 2007 · Taping Nigel II: The Gimpening as Self
- 2007 · Karl Pilkington: Satisfied Fool as
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self - Guest
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 2006 · Night at the Museum as Dr. McPhee
- 2006 · For Your Consideration as Martin Gibb
- 2006 · The One Show as Self - Guest
- 2006 · Ricky Gervais Meets... Larry David as Himself
- 2005 · Taping Nigel as Self
- 2005 · Finding Leo as Self
- 2005 · Pictoplasma: Characters in Motion, Vol. 1 as Audio Sample (Self)
- 2005 · Alan Partridge Presents: The Cream of British Comedy as
- 2005 · Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List as Self
- 2005 · Extras as Andy Millman
- 2005 · Valiant as Bugsy (voice)
- 2005 · The Office as David Brent
- 2005 · The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self
- 2004 · Ricky Gervais Live 2: Politics as Himself
- 2004 · Living with Ricky Gervais as Self
- 2003 · Golden Years as Clive Meadows
- 2003 · Ricky Gervais Live: Animals as Himself
- 2002 · Offensive: The Real Derek and Clive as Self
- 2002 · Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe as Penguin (voice)
- 2002 · How I Made The Office by Ricky Gervais as Himself
- 2002 · Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway as Self
- 2002 · Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway as Self - Guest Announcer
- 2001 · Dog Eat Dog as Bouncer
- 2001 · Alias as Daniel Ryan
- 2001 · The Office as David Brent
- 2000 · Curb Your Enthusiasm as Ricky Gervais
- 2000 · Meet Ricky Gervais as
- 1999 · Spaced as Dave
- 1999 · SpongeBob SquarePants as Narrator
- 1999 · Family Guy as Billy Finn (voice)
- 1998 · The 11 O'Clock Show as Self
- 1998 · Parkinson as Self
- 1997 · The View as Self - Guest
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1996 · The Daily Show as Self
- 1994 · Room 101 as Self
- 1993 · Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- 1993 · GMTV as Self
- 1989 · The Simpsons as
- 1989 · The Simpsons as Charles Heathbar (voice)
- 1989 · The Simpsons as Ricky Gervais (voice)
- 1988 · This Morning as Self
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Host
- Future · Ricky Gervais: Mortality as Self
- Future · Manila, Manila/America is in The Heart as Ricky Gervais (Voice)
- Future · The Wind in the Willows as Mole
- 2004 · Meet Karl Pilkington as Self
- 2000 · Vic Reeves Examines as
- 1998 · Seedy Boss as David Brent