Acting
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.
Filmography
England 2006: The Golden Generation
Film · 2026
The Office: Ricky's Top 25 Brent Moments
Film · 2026
Ricky Gervais Alley Cats
Series · 2026
Joe & David's Magical Sitcom Tour
Series · 2026
Ricky Gervais: Mortality
Film · 2025
Dog Man
Film · 2025
Stand-Up: The Laughing Therapy
Series · 2024
Ricky Gervais: Armageddon
Film · 2023
German Genius
Series · 2023
George Michael: Freedom Uncut
Film · 2022
Ricky Gervais: SuperNature
Film · 2022
Kick Out the Jams: The Story of XFM
Film · 2022
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
Film · 2022
Classic Albums: Suede - Coming Up
Film · 2021
The Willoughbys
Film · 2020
Out of Shadows
Film · 2020
Talking Sopranos
Series · 2020
The Nazi Pug: Joke or Hate?
Film · 2019
Sesame Street: 50 Years and Counting
Film · 2019
After Life
Series · 2019
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
Series · 2019
Ricky Gervais: Humanity
Film · 2018
Suede: The Insatiable Ones
Film · 2018
The Alec Baldwin Show
Series · 2018
Child Support
Series · 2018
George Michael: Freedom
Film · 2017
Jim Norton: Mouthful of Shame
Film · 2017
The Last Laugh
Film · 2016
David Brent: Life on the Road
Film · 2016
Special Correspondents
Film · 2016
Michael McIntyre's Big Show
Series · 2016
Derek Special
Film · 2015
The Little Prince
Film · 2015
Galavant
Series · 2015
Hot Ones
Series · 2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Series · 2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Series · 2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Series · 2015
Muppets Most Wanted
Film · 2014
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
Film · 2014
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
Film · 2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Series · 2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Series · 2014
BoJack Horseman
Series · 2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Series · 2014
Escape from Planet Earth
Film · 2013
The Unbelievers
Film · 2013
David Blaine: Real or Magic
Film · 2013
The Return of Brent
Film · 2013
The Office Retrospective
Film · 2013
Derek
Series · 2013
Learn Guitar with David Brent
Series · 2013
The Last Leg
Series · 2013
Learn English with Ricky Gervais
Film · 2012
Sesame Street: Singing with the Stars
Film · 2012
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
Series · 2012
Talking Funny
Film · 2011
Spy Kids: All the Time in the World
Film · 2011
The Muppets
Film · 2011
Life's Too Short
Series · 2011
David Haye versus
Series · 2011
Cemetery Junction
Film · 2010
Ricky Gervais: Out of England 2
Film · 2010
Ricky Gervais Live 4: Science
Film · 2010
This Side of the Truth, A Truly 'Honest' Making of The Invention of Lying
Film · 2010
Meet Karl Pilkington II
Film · 2010
When Karl Met Warwick
Film · 2010
The Simpsons: Mischief & Mayhem
Film · 2010
The Marriage Ref
Series · 2010
The Ricky Gervais Show
Series · 2010
Louie
Series · 2010
An Idiot Abroad
Series · 2010
Conan
Series · 2010
The Invention of Lying
Film · 2009
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
Film · 2009
SpongeBob's Truth or Square
Film · 2009
Prequel: The Dawn of Lying
Film · 2009
Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants
Film · 2009
Alan Carr: Chatty Man
Series · 2009
Horne & Corden
Series · 2009
Live from Studio Five
Series · 2009
Ghost Town
Film · 2008
Ricky Gervais: Out of England
Film · 2008
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
Film · 2008
Ricky Gervais Live 3: Fame
Film · 2007
Stardust
Film · 2007
Karl Pilkington: Satisfied Fool
Film · 2007
Living with Ricky Gervais 2
Film · 2007
Taping Nigel II: The Gimpening
Film · 2007
The Art of Breaking Character
Film · 2007
Concert for Diana
Film · 2007
The Graham Norton Show
Series · 2007
Night at the Museum
Film · 2006
For Your Consideration
Film · 2006
The One Show
Series · 2006
Valiant
Film · 2005
Pictoplasma: Characters in Motion, Vol. 1
Film · 2005
Taping Nigel
Film · 2005
Finding Leo
Film · 2005
Alan Partridge Presents: The Cream of British Comedy
Film · 2005
Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List
Series · 2005
The Office
Series · 2005
Extras
Series · 2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Series · 2005
The F Word
Series · 2005
Ricky Gervais Live 2: Politics
Film · 2004
Living with Ricky Gervais
Film · 2004
Meet Karl Pilkington
Film · 2004
Parkinson
Series · 2004
Ricky Gervais Live: Animals
Film · 2003
Golden Years
Series · 2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Series · 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Series · 2003
How I Made The Office by Ricky Gervais
Film · 2002
Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe
Film · 2002
Offensive: The Real Derek and Clive
Film · 2002
The Fight
Film · 2002
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
Series · 2002
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
Series · 2002
Dog Eat Dog
Film · 2001
Alias
Series · 2001
The Office
Series · 2001
Vic Reeves Examines
Series · 2000
Meet Ricky Gervais
Series · 2000
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Series · 2000
Spaced
Series · 1999
SpongeBob SquarePants
Series · 1999
Family Guy
Series · 1999
The Jim Tavaré Show
Series · 1999
The Office Pre-Pilot
Film · 1998
The 11 O'Clock Show
Series · 1998
Parkinson
Series · 1998
The View
Series · 1997
The View
Series · 1997
The Daily Show
Series · 1996
The Daily Show
Series · 1996
Room 101
Series · 1994
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Series · 1993
GMTV
Series · 1993
Late Show with David Letterman
Series · 1993
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Series · 1992
The Simpsons
Series · 1989
The Simpsons
Series · 1989
This Morning
Series · 1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Series · 1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Series · 1988
Comic Relief
Series · 1988
Saturday Night Live
Series · 1975
Golden Globe Awards
Series · 1944
The Wind in the Willows
Film
The Raccoon Killer
Film