Ricky Gervais

Ricky Dene Gervais (/dʒərˈveɪz/ jər-VAYZ; born 25 June 1961) is an English comedian, actor, writer, producer and director. He is best known for co-creating, co-writing and acting in the British television mock-documentary sitcom The Office (2001–2003).[5] He has won seven BAFTA Awards, five British Comedy Awards, two Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and the Rose d'Or twice (2006 and 2019), as well as a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination. In 2007, he was placed at No. 11 on Channel 4's 100 Greatest Stand-Ups,[6] and he was placed at No. 3 in their 2010 list.[7] In 2010, he was named in the Time 100 list of the world's most influential people.[8]

Ricky Gervais
Gervais in 2018
Birth nameRicky Dene Gervais
Born (1961-06-25) 25 June 1961
Reading, Berkshire, England
Medium
Alma materUniversity College London
Years active1982–present
Genres
Partner(s)Jane Fallon (1982–present)
Websiterickygervais.com

Gervais initially worked in the music industry, attempting a career as a pop star in the 1980s as the singer of the new-wave act Seona Dancing and working as the manager of the then unknown band Suede before turning to comedy. Gervais appeared on The 11 O'Clock Show on Channel 4 between 1998 and 2000, garnering a reputation as a blunt and often controversial social critic. In 2000, he was given a Channel 4 spoof talk show, Meet Ricky Gervais. He achieved greater mainstream fame the following year with his BBC television mock documentary series The Office. It was followed by Extras in 2005. He co-wrote and co-directed both programmes with Stephen Merchant. In addition to writing and directing the shows, he played the lead roles of David Brent in The Office and Andy Millman in Extras. He starred in 2016 comedy film David Brent: Life on the Road, which he also wrote and directed.[9]

Gervais began his stand-up career in the late 1990s. He has performed five multi-national stand-up comedy tours, and he wrote the Flanimals book series. Gervais, Merchant, and Karl Pilkington created the podcast The Ricky Gervais Show, which has spawned various spin-offs starring Pilkington and produced by Gervais and Merchant.[10] Gervais has also starred in the Hollywood films Ghost Town, the Night at the Museum trilogy, For Your Consideration, and Muppets Most Wanted. He wrote, directed, and starred in The Invention of Lying and the Netflix-released Special Correspondents. He hosted the Golden Globe Awards in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2016, and again in 2020. Gervais also appears on the game show Child Support. Currently, Gervais is credited as the creator, executive producer, director, and writer for the Netflix comedy series After Life, where he plays the lead role of Tony Johnson.

Early life

Ricky Dene Gervais[11] was born at Battle Hospital in Reading, Berkshire.[12] He was brought up in the Whitley suburb of Reading, along with brother Larry, sister Marsha, and brother Robert.[13] His father, Lawrence Raymond "Jerry" Gervais (1919–2002) a French-Canadian from Pain Court, Ontario, emigrated to the UK whilst on foreign duty during the Second World War and worked as a labourer and hod carrier.[14] He met Gervais' English mother, Eva Sophia (née House; 1925–2000),[15] during a blackout and they settled in Whitley. She died aged 74 of lung cancer.[16]

Gervais attended Whitley Park Infants and Junior Schools and received his secondary education at Ashmead Comprehensive School; after a gap year which he spent working as a gardener at the University of Reading, he moved on to University College London (UCL) in 1980.[17][18] He intended to study biology but changed to philosophy after two weeks, and was awarded upper second-class honours degree in the subject from University of London in 1983.[19] During his time at UCL, he met Jane Fallon with whom he has been in a relationship since 1982.[20]

Career

Music

In 1983, during his final year as a student at University College London, Gervais and his best friend Bill Macrae formed the new wave pop duo Seona Dancing. They were signed by London Records, which released two of their singles—"More to Lose" and "Bitter Heart". The songs failed to make the UK Singles Chart.[21] Despite not being successful in the UK, Seona Dancing did manage to score a hit in the Philippines with "More to Lose".[22] He also worked as the manager for Suede before they became successful in the 1990s.[23]

In 2013, Gervais performed a live tour as David Brent along with his band Foregone Conclusion—Brent's fictional band in The Office.[24] Gervais and the band performed songs written under the Brent character including songs such as "Equality Street" and "Free Love Freeway".[25] Gervais also produced a series of YouTube videos under the title 'Learn Guitar with David Brent', featuring acoustic guitar versions of nine songs.

In 2016, as part of the Life on the Road film promotion, Gervais published the David Brent Songbook[26] containing 15 songs. These were also recorded for the album Life on the Road, under the name of David Brent and Foregone Conclusion.

Radio

Gervais worked as an assistant events manager for the University of London Union (ULU), then moved from ULU to a job as head of speech at the alternative radio station Xfm.[27] Needing an assistant, Gervais interviewed the first person whose curriculum vitae he saw. It belonged to Stephen Merchant.[28] In 1998 Gervais' position was made redundant when the station was taken over by the Capital Radio group.[29] Around this time he was also a regular contributor to Mary Anne Hobbs's Radio 1 show, performing vox pop interviews in unlikely locations.[30]

After the first series of The Office, Gervais and Merchant returned to Xfm in November 2001 for a Saturday radio show as conquering heroes. This was when the pair first worked with Karl Pilkington who produced the shows and later collaborated with them on their series of podcasts.[31]

In October 2017, Gervais began hosting the weekly radio show Ricky Gervais Is Deadly Sirius on Sirius XM.[32]

Podcast
See also: The Ricky Gervais Show and List of The Ricky Gervais Show episodes

On 5 December 2005, Guardian Unlimited began offering free weekly podcasts, including The Ricky Gervais Show featuring Gervais, Merchant, and Karl Pilkington.[33] Throughout January and February 2006 the podcast was consistently ranked the number-one podcast in the world; it appeared in the 2007 edition of the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's most-downloaded podcast, having gained an average of 261,670 downloads per episode during its first month.[34] Two more series—each with six podcasts—were released between February and September 2006.

In late 2006, three more free podcasts were released. Together called "The Podfather Trilogy", they debuted individually at Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas.[35] These three were known by Gervais and Merchant as "The Fourth Season". In October 2007 another free full-length podcast was released through iTunes; this podcast was originally given out for free during a performance of Gervais's Fame stand-up tour in London. On 25 November 2007 Gervais, Merchant and Pilkington released another free full-length podcast, which lasted just over an hour.

In August 2008, Gervais, Merchant and Pilkington recorded their fifth season of audiobooks, totaling 4 chapters, which were released on 16 September 2008. These audiobooks were described as the 'guide to...' series, covering several topics. As of May 2011, there are 12 "Guides" in total: Medicine, Natural History, Arts, Philosophy, The English, Society, Law & Order, The Future, The Human Body, The Earth, The World Cup 2010, and Comic Relief.[36] The conversations typically begin on topic, but go onto tangents about other subjects.

Early television appearances
Gervais at the 60th British Academy Film Awards in 2007

Gervais has contributed to the BAFTA-winning The Sketch Show (ITV), penning several sketches. His mainstream-TV on-screen debut came in September 1998 as part of Channel 4's Comedy Lab series of pilots. His one-off show Golden Years focused on a David Bowie-obsessed character called Clive Meadows.[37]

Gervais then came to much wider national attention with an obnoxious, cutting persona featured in a topical slot that replaced Ali G's segments on the satirical Channel 4 comedy programme The 11 O'Clock Show in early 1999, in which his character used as many expletives as was possible and produced an inordinate number of politically incorrect statements. Among the other regular featured comedians on the show was Mackenzie Crook, later a co-star of The Office. Two years later, Gervais went on to present his own comedy chat show for Channel 4 called Meet Ricky Gervais. It was poorly received and has since been mocked by Gervais himself.

Throughout this time, Gervais also wrote for the BBC sketch show Bruiser and The Jim Tavare Show.[38]

The Office
Main article: The Office (UK TV series)

The Office started when Stephen Merchant, while on a BBC production course had to make his own short film. In August 1999 he made a docu-soap parody, set in an office, with help from Ash Atalla who was shown a 7-minute video called 'The Seedy Boss'. Thus the character of David Brent was created. Merchant passed this tape on to the BBC's Head of Entertainment Paul Jackson at the Edinburgh Fringe, who then passed it on to Head of Comedy Jon Plowman, who eventually commissioned a full-pilot script from Merchant and Gervais.[39]

The first six-episode series of The Office aired in the UK in July and August 2001 to little fanfare or attention.[40] Word-of-mouth, repeats, and DVDs helped spread the word, building up momentum and anticipation for the second series, also comprising six episodes.[41] Following the success of The Office's second series, Gervais was named the most powerful person in TV comedy by Radio Times.[42]

In 2004, The Office won the Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy as well as Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy for Gervais, who said in a 2015 BBC interview that the award was the gateway to America for him.[43]

The Office brand has since been remade for audiences in Sweden, France, Germany, Quebec, Brazil, and the United States.[44] Gervais and Merchant are producers of the American version, and they also co-wrote the episode "The Convict" for the show's third season.[45] Gervais has said that the episode "Training" is his favourite, where Brent plays his guitar and sings.

Extras
Main article: Extras (TV series)

Extras had its debut on the BBC on 21 July 2005; directed by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, the sitcom ran for twelve episodes and starred Gervais as Andy Millman, a background artist. Millman is more self-aware and intentionally humorous than Gervais's The Office character David Brent. Guest stars on the first series of Extras include Ross Kemp, Les Dennis, Patrick Stewart, Vinnie Jones, Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Stiller, Kate Winslet and Francesca Martinez. A second series began on 14 September 2006 in the UK and featured appearances by Daniel Radcliffe, Dame Diana Rigg, Orlando Bloom, Sir Ian McKellen, Chris Martin, Keith Chegwin, Robert Lindsay, Warwick Davis, Ronnie Corbett, Stephen Fry, Richard Briers, Patricia Potter, Sophia Myles, Moira Stuart, David Bowie, Robert De Niro and Jonathan Ross.[46]

Gervais (right) with Jonathan Ross at Live 8 in July 2005

A Christmas special of Extras aired on 27 December 2007 in the UK and on 16 December 2007 in the US, featuring guest appearances by George Michael, Clive Owen, Gordon Ramsay, Jonathan Ross, and David Tennant.

A Rolling Stone article remarks that in making Extras, Gervais was influenced by Larry David's Curb Your Enthusiasm, particularly in the format of celebrities making fools of themselves or subverting their public personas.[47]

In 2007, Gervais won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for his portrayal of Andy Millman in the second series of Extras. As Gervais was not present at the awards ceremony, the trophy was accepted on his behalf by Steve Carell, the actor who starred as regional manager Michael Scott—the counterpart to Gervais's David Brent—on the American adaptation of The Office.[48]

The Guardian's Chris Tryhorn explained the "few gripes" he had with Extras, "particularly in the second series". "You can forgive Gervais a certain arrogance after the success of The Office, but...." He remarks on the confused tone of the series, taking in the clash between the broad comedy of characters Barry (Shaun Williamson) and Darren (Stephen Merchant), and the apparent parody of this style with When The Whistle Blows, and "given their total indulgence of Gervais, the BBC is portrayed as interfering, its comedy department run by a rather crudely stereotyped gay couple".[49]

The Ricky Gervais Show

The Ricky Gervais Show is an animated TV show that debuted on US cable network HBO on 19 February 2010.[50][51] In the UK, the first series began airing on 23 April 2010 on Channel 4. The show was developed using original podcast recordings from The Ricky Gervais Show starring Gervais, Stephen Merchant, and Karl Pilkington. After receiving a loyal and enthusiastic following in the US, cable channel HBO recommissioned the show for a second series, which aired in 2011,[52] and a third series which started airing in April 2012.

Life's Too Short
Main article: Life's Too Short (TV series)

Life's Too Short began airing on BBC Two on 10 November 2011.[53][54] Gervais and Stephen Merchant would write this observational sitcom from an idea by Warwick Davis. It is described by Gervais as being about "the life of a showbiz dwarf" and as "a cross between Extras and The Office". The show stars actor Davis playing a fictionalised version of himself, as well as Gervais and Merchant.[55] Premium cable channel HBO, which co-produced the series with the BBC, had the US rights and began airing the series on 19 February 2012.[56][57]

An Idiot Abroad
Main article: An Idiot Abroad

An Idiot Abroad is a travel documentary produced by Gervais and Merchant where a reluctant Pilkington travels around the world, with his reactions to people and places recorded. Occasionally, Gervais and Merchant call to surprise him with a new place to visit or task to do. Pilkington reports back mostly complaining about the situation. Gervais says there is no planning; a camera crew follows his friend around filming for many hours, which Gervais edits down to an hour each episode.[58]

Two series and a Christmas special have aired; series one involves Pilkington visiting the Seven Wonders of the World. In the second show he chooses to complete tasks from a bucket list provided by Gervais and in the special Warwick Davis joins Pilkington on a journey following Marco Polo's route from Italy to China.

Derek
Main article: Derek (TV series)

In November 2011, Gervais filmed in London a 35-minute pilot episode for a potential comedy-drama series called Derek, which aired on Channel 4 on 12 April 2012.[59][60] The pilot is solely written and directed by Gervais and features him in the title role of Derek Noakes, a 49-year-old retirement home worker, who "loves animals, Rolf Harris, Jesus, Deal or No Deal, Million Pound Drop, and Britain's Got Talent." The character first appeared in a 2001 Edinburgh Festival Fringe sketch as an aspiring comedian who loves animals and still lives with his mother.[61][62] Gervais's co-host Karl Pilkington makes his acting debut as Derek's friend and facilities-caretaker Dougie who also works in the retirement home. British comedian Kerry Godliman plays Derek's best friend Hannah and David Earl plays Kev.[63]

Gervais said that the series is about "kindness [being] more important than anything else". He added "It's about the forgotten—everyone's forgotten. It's all these arbitrary people who didn't know each other, and they're in there now because they're in the last years of their life. And it's about the people who help them, who themselves are losers and have their own problems. It's about a bunch of people with nothing, but making the most of it, and they're together." He chose to set the sitcom in a retirement home after he watched Secret Millionaire—"It was always these people with huge problems who were helping other people. I thought about having Derek help old people because no one cares about old people in this country ... I think it's perfect for now."[64]

Channel 4 commissioned a full series of Derek that aired in early 2013.[65] Derek was recommissioned for a second series which premiered on 23 April 2014.[66] Derek ended with a one-off final special,[67] broadcast on Channel 4 in the UK on 22 December 2014.

After Life
Main article: After Life (TV series)

On 9 May 2018, it was announced that Netflix had given a production order for the first season of the comedy-drama After Life. The series was created and directed by Gervais who also stars, and was executive producer alongside Charlie Hanson.[68][69][70] On 14 January 2019, it was announced that the series would premiere on 8 March 2019. It was further announced that Duncan Hayes would serve as an additional executive producer and that Hanson would actually serve as a producer.[71] On 3 April 2019, Netflix renewed the series for a second season.[72] In May 2020 it was announced that Gervais had signed a new deal with Netflix, including a third season of After Life.[73] Before the announcement Gervais said, "For the first time ever, I would do a series three, because the world’s so rich. I love the characters, I love all the actors in it, I love my character, I love the town, I love the themes… I love the dog!”[74]

Stand-up comedy

Gervais began his stand-up career in the late 1990s; his first successful show took place at the Cafe Royal, as part of the 2001 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Titled Rubbernecker, the show also featured Jimmy Carr, Robin Ince and Stephen Merchant.[75]

Gervais later toured the UK in 2003 with his stand-up show Animals. The Politics tour followed a year later. Both of these shows were recorded for release on DVD and television broadcast. The third part of the themed live trilogy, Fame, took place in 2007. It started in Glasgow in January and ended in Sheffield in April. Blackpool reported selling out of tickets within 45 minutes of them going on sale.[76]

Gervais in 2010

Newsnight Review's panel saw Animals during its Bloomsbury run and covered it in January 2003. They were not favourable, with Private Eye editor Ian Hislop saying it was "cobbled together ... banal ... a bit flat".[77] After this, Gervais closed each show by calling Hislop an "ugly little pug-faced cunt".[78][79]

Fame was the subject of some controversy in January 2007 when Gervais included a routine, ostensibly about how people will do anything to become famous, referring to the murder of prostitutes in Ipswich.[80]

Gervais's fourth show was entitled Science, and commenced with an eleven-date tour in August 2009 at the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre in Glasgow.[81] The DVD for Science was released on 15 November 2010.[82]

In November 2009, he headlined the sixth annual New York Comedy Festival at Carnegie Hall.[83]

In 2013, Gervais announced that his next stand-up show would be called Humanity.[84] In December 2014, he said he was too busy to do this tour due to producing two films.[85]

In May 2016, Gervais performed stand-up in London, starting with some low key warm-ups with cast members from Derek.[86] He said, "Finally, I'm going to do some stand-up. The first in about six years if you don't count hosting the Golden Globes".

He continued his Humanity show throughout 2017 and into 2018; appearing at SF Sketchfest as part of the tour, which devoted a night in honor of the comedian, alongside comedic legend and mentor Christopher Guest.[87]

His next tour and Netflix special SuperNature was announced in late 2018, where Gervais warned people not to travel to see “work in progress” as it would be a “shambles”. The SuperNature shows continued through 2019 and 2020.[88]

Animation

One of the first animations Gervais voiced was the character of Penguin in Robbie the Reindeer's Legend of the Lost Tribe.[89] He had a starring role in Disney's Valiant, with Ewan McGregor, John Cleese and Jim Broadbent, as pigeon Bugsy.

Gervais guest-starred in an episode of The Simpsons entitled "Homer Simpson, This Is Your Wife". He is the only British comic to write and star in a Simpsons episode. The episode was the highest rated in Sky One's history; it revolved around the angle that Gervais was the episode's sole writer (and the first guest star on the show to also receive a writing credit for the episode of his appearance). Gervais clarified the extent of his input in a joint interview (with Christopher Guest) for Dazed and Confused magazine (January 2006): "No, all I did was put down a load of observations on an email and they made it look like a Simpsons script. I'm going to get the credit, but I think everyone in the industry knows it was a joint effort". Asked in a separate interview about how his idea for the episode (in which Homer swaps Marge on a game show) came about, Gervais replied: "I've always been fascinated with reality game shows but I think it was my girlfriend's idea. We watch Celebrity Big Brother at the moment, we watch I'm a Celebrity, Get Me out of Here... we watch all those reality TV shows—The Office came out of those docu-soaps".[90] Gervais, a longstanding Simpsons fan, presented a segment to mark the show's 20th anniversary on BBC Two's The Culture Show on 16 June 2007.

In 2012, Gervais made a guest appearance on Family Guy in the episode titled "Be Careful What You Fish For". In the episode, Gervais plays a dolphin named Billy Finn who gives Peter Griffin a Mercedes-Benz hood ornament, Peter half-heartedly promises a favor to him. Soon, Billy moves to Quahog but outstays his welcome at Peter's. Peter tries to reunite Billy with his ex-wife in hopes that he will return to the ocean. The episode also featured Lucy Davis. Both Gervais and Davis starred together in The Office.[91]

Guest star on television series

Gervais had a cameo role in Simon Pegg's and Jessica Hynes's sitcom Spaced, as Dave, an estate agent who mistakenly placed the advertisement for a property for a couple that turns out to be the premise of the show.[92]

Gervais has also guest-starred on Alias (appearing in the third-season episode "Façade") as Daniel Ryan, a former Royal Navy bomb-disposal specialist turned rogue Irish Republican Army bomb-maker.[93]

He also made guest appearances on Sesame Street.[94]

Louis C.K. had Gervais play Dr. Ben, his doctor on two episodes of his series Louie. Gervais would break into his trademark hysterical laugh every time his character made Louie the butt of a joke.[95]

Early in 2015, Gervais guest-starred in Galavant, a four-week comedy mini-series, as Xanax the magician. The show aired on ABC and Gervais got to show off his singing skills.[96][97]

Entertainment

Gervais made a cameo appearance on Saturday Night Live in a Digital Short during which he joked that The Office was adapted from a Japanese programme of the same name (with Steve Carell reprising his role as Michael Scott). The sketch re-creates scenes from the American and British pilot episode with Japanese elements (although in an exaggerated way). "It's funny", Gervais laughs at the end, "because it's racist".[98]

Gervais hosted the 67th, 68th, 69th, 73rd and 77th Golden Globe Awards. His appearance in 2010 made him the first master of ceremonies since 1995. He stated: "I have resisted many other offers like this, but there are just some things you don't turn down."[99] His performance as host received a mixed response with positive reviews from the New York Daily News and the Associated Press, but also some negative comments from The Hollywood Reporter.[100]

His 2011 hosting of the awards was controversial for his jokes that were at the expense of many of the nominees, similar to the New York Friars Club roast-style jokes.[101] His jibes were described as setting "a corrosive tone" by one critic, though some celebrities were seen crying from laughter, leaving the overall reaction to be 'mixed'.[102][103] Gervais responded, "They are my friends, but I had to play the outsider."[43]

His 2020 hosting performance has garnered both praise as well as negative critique from the public and press, in particular his opening monologue. Later responding to the backlash by saying it's a shame journalists don't understand what jokes are. He also stated several times during the opening monologue that it would be his final appearance as host.[104]

Gervais was a guest judge on Jerry Seinfeld's NBC show The Marriage Ref alongside Larry David and Madonna.[105] He has also been a regular guest on Seinfeld's Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee.

Talking Funny, which first aired on 28 April 2011, starred Gervais and fellow standup comedians Louis C.K., Chris Rock and Jerry Seinfeld having an informal round-table discussion on stand-up comedy. This one off HBO special was well received by critics & audience alike.[106][107][108]

In 2013, Gervais guest starred in David Blaine: Real or Magic, a television special where Blaine proceeded to run a large needle through his forearm in front of Gervais.[109]

Talk shows

In January 2006, Gervais interviewed Larry David in a one-off special, Ricky Gervais Meets... Larry David. On 25 and 26 December 2006 he interviewed Christopher Guest and Garry Shandling which aired on Channel 4. There are no plans for further episodes of Meets..., although editions with Monty Python co-founder John Cleese and The Simpsons creator Matt Groening were recorded in 2006 for broadcast in 2007. A source claimed, "The Shandling experience put him off for good".[110]

In January 2009, Gervais was a guest on BravoTV Inside the Actors Studio season 15 with James Lipton, where at one point of the interview he answered Lipton's question as David Brent his character from The Office. Brent obliged the audience by singing his song "Freelove Freeway" with a guitar supplied to him by Lipton.[111]

Gervais has been on The Late Show with David Letterman 26 times.[112] In 2008, he helped Letterman read out the Late Show Top Ten List, Top Ten Stupid Things Americans Say To Brits.[113] In mid-2014, upon hearing that Letterman was up for retirement, Gervais jokingly tried to discourage him by suggesting they go on a road trip where they would spend all their money.[114]

Gervais has appeared on the BBC's The Graham Norton Show many times over the years. He has been on Graham Norton's couch with Stephen Merchant, co-creator and co-writer of The Office, to promote Cemetery Junction.[115] Another appearance saw him talk about his series Life's Too Short and Johnny Depp who was there to promote his own film was also present.[116]

Video games

Gervais is one of two featured comedians (the other being Katt Williams) in the video game Grand Theft Auto IV who performs at the Split Sides comedy club on the virtual stand-up stage and as an interviewee on the in game radio station We Know The Truth. For the stand-up bit a special 3-minute act was written, recorded and fully motion-captured.[117]

Flanimals

Gervais released a children's book in 2004, Flanimals (illustrated by Rob Steen), which depicted nonsense animals. After the success of this book, he released its sequel More Flanimals in 2005, with Flanimals of the Deep coming the next year. A new Flanimals book, Flanimals: The Day of the Bletchling, was released in October 2007. Flanimals: Pop Up was also published in 2009.[118] There is a wide range of Flanimals merchandise available, including dolls and gift cards.

Published television scripts

The Office scripts have been released in book form, with Series 1 issued in 2002,[119] and the remaining episodes following in 2003.[120] Extras: The Illustrated Scripts: Series 1 & 2 has been released, as well.[121]

Other books

The World of Karl Pilkington presented by Gervais and Merchant. These were essentially transcripts of Xfm shows podcasts and featured illustrations by Pilkington.[122]

Film

Gervais's film career has included small roles as the voice of a pigeon Bugsy, in 2005's Valiant,[123] as a studio executive in 2006's For Your Consideration,[124] as museum director Dr. McPhee in 2006's Night at the Museum and its sequels Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian and Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb, and as "Ferdy the Fence" in the 2007 film Stardust.[125]

Gervais starred in Ghost Town (2008) as a dentist who sees spirits,[126][127] and was in Lowell, Massachusetts during May 2008 filming his next project, The Invention of Lying (2009), in which he starred alongside Jennifer Garner, Rob Lowe and Louis C.K.. The social comedy, was co-written and co-directed by Gervais and Matt Robinson.[128][129]

Gervais and co-writer Stephen Merchant made a film called Cemetery Junction, set in 1970s Britain, about class, love and fulfillment.[130] The film was released in April 2010.

Gervais started in Muppets Most Wanted (2011) as Dominic Badguy, the partner of the movie's villain, Constantine.[131]

Gervais directed and starred in, Special Correspondents, which began filming in May 2015.[132][133] The comedy stars Eric Bana as a journalist and Gervais as his assistant. They pretend to report news from a war torn country but in actuality they are safe in New York.[134] The film was released on Netflix. Gervais directed and starred in the 2016 film David Brent: Life on the Road, a mockumentary following David Brent, a character first seen in The Office series, as he lives his dream of being a rockstar.[135][136] On 5 November 2015 Gervais signed up to play Ika Chu, a villainous cat, in an animated film Blazing Samurai. The movie is about a dog Hank played by Michael Cera who wants to be a warrior and fights with Ika Chu for the town of Kakamucho.[137]

Other appearances
Ricky Gervais performing at Tribeca Performing Arts Center in 2007

On 2 July 2005, Gervais appeared at the Live 8 event held in London's Hyde Park, where he performed his famous dance.[138]

Concert for Diana and Live Earth

On 1 July 2007, Gervais performed at the Concert for Diana in Wembley Stadium, a music event celebrating the life of Princess Diana 10 years after her death.[139] Towards the end of the event—after a pre-recorded introduction from Ben Stiller—Gervais appeared along with fellow Office star Mackenzie Crook. They performed "Free Love Freeway", a song previously heard in the fourth episode of series one of The Office. Due to a technical problem, Gervais then had to fill time until he was able to re-introduce Elton John to close the show, so he did the David Brent dance again, as well as singing the "Little Fat Man" song as performed by David Bowie in episode two of the second series of Extras.[140]

In July 2007, following Gervais's appearance at the memorial concert for the Princess of Wales, The Guardian ran a column by Daily Mirror television critic Jim Shelley entitled "Call Me Crazy... But Has Ricky Gervais Lost It?", where he described Gervais as a "tiresome embarrassment". The following week, The Guardian noted that Gervais had responded with "an exhilaratingly foul-mouthed tirade" on his website, concluding with the sentence "yes I am resting on my fucking laurels you cunt!" In this video, Gervais mocked Jim Shelley typing the words "resting on his laurels" as Gervais jokingly lashed out by stating that he was resting on his laurels and that he was not going to make another show for television, quipping: "What's the point? What is there to beat?"[141]

Personal life

Gervais lives between Hampstead, London[142] and Marlow, Buckinghamshire.[143] He also has an apartment in the Barbizon 63 building in New York City.[144] He has been in a relationship with producer and author Jane Fallon since 1982, and says they chose not to marry because "there's no point in us having an actual ceremony before the eyes of God because there is no God" or have children because they "didn't fancy dedicating 16 years of [their] lives [...] and there are too many children, of course".[145]

Gervais is a staunch supporter of gay rights and has praised the introduction of same-sex marriage in England and Wales as "a victory for all of us" and stated "anything that promotes equality, promotes progress". He added, "You can't take equality 'too far'."[146]

He is a vegetarian,[147] an atheist[148] and a humanist,[149] and states that he abandoned religion at the age of eight. In December 2010, he wrote an editorial for The Wall Street Journal defending his atheism.[150] He is an honorary associate of the UK's National Secular Society,[151] and a patron of Humanists UK, a British charity which promotes the humanist worldview and campaigns for a secular state and on human rights issues.[149] On 3 September 2019, Gervais was awarded the 2019 Richard Dawkins Award. The award recognizes individuals who proclaim "the values of secularism and rationalism, upholding scientific truths wherever it may lead." Gervais received the award during a Center for Inquiry-sponsored award ceremony at London's Troxy Theatre. Dawkins praised Gervais for being a "witty hero of atheism and reason."[152]

Gervais is a fan of the UFC and Reading FC.[153][154] He is a music fan and has stated that his hero is David Bowie, with his favourite song being "Letter to Hermione".[155][156] He has also stated that his first experience of a live music gig was watching Iggy Pop.[157] In 2013, he wrote that Lou Reed was "one of the greatest artists of our time" following Reed's death.[158]

In June 2017, Gervais endorsed Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn in the 2017 general election. He tweeted, "OK. I'm not telling you how to vote, but this is a fact. The only vote that will keep Theresa May out is a vote for Jeremy Corbyn. Cheers."[159]

Social media

He joined Twitter in December 2009 when he first hosted the 66th Golden Globes.[160] After a two-year hiatus, he returned in September 2011.[161] In 2012, Gervais won a Shorty Award for Lifetime Achievement for his popular presence on social media.[162] As of January 2021 he was followed by 14.5 million fans whom he calls 'Twonks'.[163]

He uses social media to promote his work to his fans. After 10 years Gervais brought back his character Brent on his YouTube channel in a web series Learn Guitar with David Brent.[164][165] Gervais uses many ways to promote his new series, for example for Derek, he posts contests or questions for his fans.[166]

Gervais uses social media to raise awareness of animal welfare. He tweets links to petitions to rescue animals from captivity, he highlights the plight of animals being used for testing, and he encourages people to adopt dogs instead of buying them from breeders.[167] Gervais won the Genesis Award from the Humane Society in March 2015 for his contribution to raising awareness for animal welfare on social media.[168] In 2014, he was named most influential London Twitter user.[169]

Influences

Gervais has cited Laurel & Hardy, Groucho Marx, Peter Cook, and Christopher Guest as significant influences.[170][171][172][173][174] The decision of John Cleese to stop making his acclaimed 1970s comedy sitcom Fawlty Towers after 12 episodes—when it was at its creative height—inspired Gervais in keeping his own sitcoms (The Office, Extras and Derek) to 12 episodes each.[175][176]

Charity work

Boxing

In 2002, Gervais took part in a charity boxing match against Grant Bovey, for the UK charity telethon Comic Relief. He was trained for the three-round contest by boxing trainer brothers Frank and Eugene Maloney, at their Fight Factory gymnasium. It was the second televised charity boxing match, the first being Bob Mortimer against Les Dennis. The fight was televised by the BBC, and Gervais came out on top by a split decision verdict.[177][178] He donated his £5,000 prize money to the training of a Macmillan nurse who specialised in cancer support.[179]

Animal rights

Gervais is a supporter of animal rights and has stated that he will leave his fortune to animal charities.[180] Gervais named an Asian black bear, also known as a moonbear, Derek after his character Derek Noakes from his series Derek.[181] In December 2013, Gervais bought a $1000 cake shaped like a moonbear to raise funds for Animal Asia.[182] Gervais is active in the prevention of illegal wildlife trade; he supported the handing over of ivory trinkets to the Metropolitan police in London.[183]

In 2015, Gervais donated a signed acoustic guitar to help raise funds for Story Book Farm Primate Sanctuary in Ontario, Canada, with a special call-out to Pockets Warhol.[184][185][186] The guitar which was signed by Gervais was purchased by Danny Young from the United Kingdom who has since had the guitar signed by several celebrities in order to raise further funds for the Story Book Farm Primate Sanctuary. Celebrities who signed the guitar include: Brian May, Will Ferrell, Bryan Cranston, Dhani Harrison, Peter Frampton, Ricky Warwick, and Steve Cutts.[187][188][189]

In 2017, Gervais was awarded the Lord Houghton Award for Service to Animal Welfare from Animal Defenders International.[190] Gervais was also awarded the Humane Society International Cecil Award in 2018 for his frequent social media efforts to end trophy hunting.[191]

Filmography

Films
Year Title Role Notes Ref(s)
2001 Dog Eat Dog Bouncer [192]
2004 Fat Slags Driver
2005 Valiant Bugsy (voice) [193]
2006 For Your Consideration Martin Gibb [194]
Night at the Museum Dr. McPhee [195]
2007 Stardust Ferdy the Fence [196]
2008 Ghost Town Dr. Bertram Pincus [127]
2009 Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian Dr. McPhee [197]
The Invention of Lying Mark Bellison Also director, writer and producer [129]
2010 Cemetery Junction Len Taylor Also director, writer and executive producer [198]
2011 Spy Kids: All the Time in the World Argonaut (voice) [199]
The Muppets Himself Deleted scenes [200]
2013 The Unbelievers Documentary [201]
Escape from Planet Earth Mr. James Bing (voice) [202]
2014 Muppets Most Wanted Dominic Badguy [203]
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb Dr. McPhee [204]
2015 The Little Prince The Conceited Man (voice) [205]
2016 Special Correspondents Ian Finch Also director, writer and producer [206]
David Brent: Life on the Road David Brent Also director, writer and producer [207]
2020 The Willoughbys The Cat (voice) Also executive producer and narrator [208]
2021 Blazing Samurai Ika Chu (voice) [209]

Television
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1999The Jim Tavaré ShowVarious7 episodes; also writer
Comedy LabClive MeadowsEpisode: "Golden Years"; also writer
2000The 11 O'Clock ShowVarious20 episodes
BruiserN/AWriter
Meet Ricky GervaisHimself (host)6 episodes
2001SpacedDaveEpisode: "Dissolution"
2001–2003The OfficeDavid Brent15 episodes; also co-creator, writer and director
2002Robbie the Reindeer in Legend of the Lost TribePenguinVoice; Television special
2003HappinessHimselfEpisode: "Real Dancing"
Ricky Gervais Live: AnimalsStand-up special
2004Ricky Gervais Live 2: PoliticsStand-up special
AliasDaniel RyanEpisode: "Façade"
2005–2013The Office (U.S.)David BrentEpisodes: "The Seminar"
"Search Committee"
also executive producer
2005–2007ExtrasAndy Millman13 episodes;
also co-creator, writer, director and executive producer
2006Ricky Gervais Meets...Himself3 episodes
2006, 2011The SimpsonsCharles Heathbar
Himself		Voice; 2 episodes; also writer
2007Ricky Gervais Live 3: FameHimselfStand-up special
2008Ricky Gervais: Out of EnglandStand-up special
2009Sesame Street3 episodes
SpongeBob SquarePantsNarratorVoice; Episode: "SpongeBob's Truth or Square"
201067th Golden Globe AwardsHimself (host)Television special
2010–2012The Ricky Gervais ShowHimselfVoice; 39 episodes
also co-creator, writer and executive producer		[210]
An Idiot AbroadHimself21 episodes
also co-creator and executive producer
2010LouieDr. Ben2 episodes
Ricky Gervais: Out of England 2HimselfStand-up special
Ricky Gervais Live 4: ScienceStand-up special
2011Talking FunnyHimselfTelevision special, HBO
also executive producer
201168th Golden Globe AwardsHimself (host)Television special, NBC
2011–2013Life's Too ShortHimself7 episodes
also co-creator, writer, director and executive producer
2011Curb Your EnthusiasmEpisode: "The Hero"
201269th Golden Globe AwardsHimself (host)Television special, NBC
Family GuyBilly FinnVoice; Episode: "Be Careful What You Fish For"
2012–2014DerekDerek Noakes14 episodes
also creator, writer, director and executive producer
2015GalavantXanaxEpisode: "Dungeons and Dragon Lady"
BoJack HorsemanHedgehog at OrphanageVoice; Episode: "Out to Sea"
201673rd Golden Globe AwardsHimself (host)Television special, NBC
2018Child SupportHimselfAlso creator and executive producer
Ricky Gervais: HumanityStand-up special, Netflix
2019–presentAfter LifeTony JohnsonAlso creator, writer, director and executive producer
2019Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?HimselfVoice; Episode: "Ollie Ollie In-Come Free!"
202077th Golden Globe AwardsHimself (host)Television special, NBC

Video games
Year Title Role Ref(s)
2006Scarface: The World Is YoursEnglishman[211]
2008Grand Theft Auto IVHimself[212]
2009Night at the Museum: Battle of the SmithsonianDr. McPhee[213]

Recurring collaborators
Actor Office Extras Show Idiot Short Derek Road After Ref(s)
Stephen Merchant [214]
Karl Pilkington [215]
Ashley Jensen [216]
Warwick Davis
Shaun Williamson [217]
David Earl [218]
Kerry Godliman
Joe Wilkinson [219]
Colin Hoult [220]

Tom Basden

Tom Bennett

Andrew Brooke

Mandeep Dhillon

Jo Hartley

Diane Morgan

Stand-up tours

SuperNature is the sixth stand up comedy tour by British comedian Ricky Gervais. The tour will be recorded live and will be a released as a Netflix exclusive special, similar to his previous tour Humanity which was released in 2018.

Tour dates
Date City Venue
13 May 2019 York, United Kingdom Barbican Centre, York
14 May 2019 York, United Kingdom Barbican Centre, York
4 June 2019 Newcastle, United Kingdom Newcastle City Hall
5 June 2019 Newcastle, United Kingdom Newcastle City Hall
19 June 2019 Portsmouth, United Kingdom Portsmouth Guildhall
20 June 2019 Portsmouth, United Kingdom Portsmouth Guildhall
26 June 2019 Cardiff, United Kingdom Motorpoint Arena Cardiff
27 June 2019 Cardiff, United Kingdom Motorpoint Arena Cardiff
5 July 2019 Amsterdam, Netherlands AFAS Live
6 July 2019 Amsterdam, Netherlands AFAS Live
16 November 2019 Madrid, Spain Palacio Municipal de Congresos de Madrid
24 November 2019 Paris, France Olympia (Paris)

DVD / Netflix releases
Year Title Notes Shows Ref(s)
2003AnimalsDVD releaseN/A
2004PoliticsDVD releaseN/A
2007FameDVD releaseN/A
2009ScienceDVD release32 shows
2017–2018HumanityNetflix Exclusive146 shows
2019–2020SuperNatureNetflix ExclusiveTBD

Awards and nominations
Main article: Awards and nominations received by Ricky Gervais

Over his career, Gervais has won numerous awards including two Primetime Emmy Awards for his work on The Office and Extras. He has also received seven BAFTA Awards, five British Comedy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, as well as a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination.

Bibliography
  • Gervais, Ricky (March 2005). Flanimals. Putnam Juvenile. ISBN 978-0399243974.
  • Gervais, Ricky (March 2006). More Flanimals. Putnam Juvenile. ISBN 978-0399246050.
  • Gervais, Ricky (October 2006). Flanimals of the Deep. Faber Children's Books. ISBN 978-0571234035.
  • Gervais, Ricky (October 2007). Flanimals: The Day of the Bletchling. Faber Children's Books. ISBN 978-0571238514.
  • Gervais, Ricky (December 2007). Flanimals: A Complete Natural History. Faber Children's Books. ISBN 978-0571238507.
  • Gervais, Ricky (March 2010). Flanimals Pop-up. Candlewick. ISBN 978-0399246050.
  • Gervais, Ricky; Merchant, Stephen (November 2006). Extras: The Illustrated Scripts: Series 1 & 2. Little, Brown Book Group. ISBN 978-0316030397.
  • Gervais, Ricky; Merchant, Stephen (August 2007). The Office: The Scripts Series 1. BBC Books. ISBN 978-0563488477.
  • Gervais, Ricky; Merchant, Stephen (August 2007). The Office: The Scripts Series 2. BBC Books. ISBN 978-0563487418.
  • Pilkington, Karl (September 2006). The World of Karl Pilkington. Hachette Books. ISBN 978-1401303426.

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