Actor
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Ricky Gervais
Born 1961-06-25
📍 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 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.
Filmography 128
Ricky Gervais: Mortality
as Self
2025
Dog Man
as Flippy (voice)
2025
Stand-Up: The Laughing Therapy
as Self (archive footage)
2024
Ricky Gervais: Armageddon
as Self
2023
German Genius
as Ricky Gervais
2023
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
2022
Classic Albums: Suede - Coming Up
as Self
2021
The Willoughbys
as The Cat (voice)
2020
Talking Sopranos
as Self
2020
The Nazi Pug: Joke or Hate?
as Self (archive footage)
2019
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
as Ricky Gervais (voice)
2019
After Life
as Tony
2019
Suede: The Insatiable Ones
as Self
2018
The Alec Baldwin Show
as Self
2018
Ricky Gervais: Humanity
as Self
2018
Child Support
as Self
2018
George Michael: Freedom
as Self
2017
Jim Norton: Mouthful of Shame
as Self (uncredited)
2017
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
2016
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest
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
2015
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
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Guest
2014
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
The Last Leg
as Self
2013
Learn English with Ricky Gervais
as Self
2012
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
as Self
2012
Sesame Street: Singing with the Stars
as Self
2012
The Muppets
as Himself (uncredited)
2011
Life's Too Short
as Ricky Gervais
2011
Spy Kids: All the Time in the World
as Voice of Argonaut
2011
Talking Funny
as Self
2011
Ricky Gervais: Out of England 2
as Self
2010
Meet Karl Pilkington II
as Self
2010
When Karl Met Warwick
as Self
2010
Ricky Gervais Live 4: Science
as Self
2010
Conan
as Self
2010
An Idiot Abroad
as Self
2010
Louie
as Dr. Ben
2010
Cemetery Junction
as Len Taylor
2010
The Ricky Gervais Show
as Self
2010
This Side of the Truth, A Truly 'Honest' Making of The Invention of Lying
as Self
2010
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
2009
Ricky Gervais: Out of England
as Self
2008
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
as Ricky Gervais (uncredited)
2008
Ghost Town
as Dr. Bertram Pincus
2008
Ricky Gervais Live 3: Fame
as Self
2007
Stardust
as Ferdy the Fence
2007
Concert for Diana
as David Brent
2007
Taping Nigel II: The Gimpening
as Self
2007
Karl Pilkington: Satisfied Fool
as Self
2007
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
2007
Night at the Museum
as Dr. McPhee
2006
For Your Consideration
as Martin Gibb
2006
The One Show
as Self - Guest
2006
Taping Nigel
as Self
2005
Pictoplasma: Characters in Motion, Vol. 1
as Audio Sample (Self)
2005
Alan Partridge Presents: The Cream of British Comedy
as Self
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
2005
Ricky Gervais Live 2: Politics
as Self
2004
Meet Karl Pilkington
as Self
2004
Ricky Gervais Live: Animals
as Self
2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest
2003
The Fight
as Self
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 Self
2002
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
as Self
2002
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
as Self - Guest Announcer
2002
Dog Eat Dog
as Bouncer
2001
Alias
as Daniel Ryan
2001
The Office
as David Brent
2001
Curb Your Enthusiasm
as Ricky Gervais
2000
Meet Ricky Gervais
2000
Spaced
as Dave
1999
SpongeBob SquarePants
as Narrator
1999
Family Guy
as Billy Finn (voice)
1999
The 11 O'Clock Show
as Self
1998
Parkinson
as Self
1998
The View
as Self - Guest
1997
The View
as Self
1997
The Daily Show
as Self
1996
The Daily Show
as Self - Guest
1996
Room 101
as Self
1994
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
1993
Late Show with David Letterman
as Self - Guest
1993
GMTV
as Self
1993
The Simpsons
as Charles Heathbar (voice)
1989
The Simpsons
as Ricky Gervais (voice)
1989
This Morning
as Self
1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self
1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest
1988
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Host
1944