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 | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 2.3106 |
| Birthday | 1961-06-25 |
| Place of Birth | Whitley, Berkshire, Reading, England, UK |
| Also Known As | ริกกี้ เจอร์เวส, Ricky Dene Gervais, Ρίκι Τζερβέιζ, |
2006
Night at the Museum
6.598/10900
Chaos reigns at the natural history museum when night watchman Larry Daley accidentally stirs up an ancient curse, awakening Attila the Hun, an army o...
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Night at the Museum
2002
How I Made The Office by Ricky Gervais
8/1
An exclusive documentary containing interviews with the cast and creators of The Office, with behind the scenes footage, original pilot footage and ou...
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How I Made The Office by Ricky Gervais
2009
The Invention of Lying
6.21/2305
Set in a world where the concept of lying doesn't exist, a loser changes his lot when he invents lying and uses it to get ahead.
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The Invention of Lying
2008
Ghost Town
6.523/1047
Bertram Pincus, a cranky, people-hating Manhattan dentist, develops the unwelcome ability to see dead people. Really annoying dead people. Even worse,...
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Ghost Town
2008
Ricky Gervais: Out of England
7.14/89
Taped live before a sold-out audience at the WaMu Theater at New York Citys Madison Square Garden, Ricky Gervais: Out of England The Stand-Up Special...
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Ricky Gervais: Out of England
2005
Valiant
5.572/959
Set in 1944, Valiant is a woodland pigeon who wants to become a great hero someday. When he hears they are hiring recruits for the Royal Homing Pigeon...
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Valiant
2010
Cemetery Junction
6.5/309
In 1970s England, three blue-collar friends spend their days joking, drinking, fighting and chasing girls. Freddie wants to leave their working-class...
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Cemetery Junction
2006
For Your Consideration
5.8/177
The possibility of Oscar gold holds the cast and crew of an independent film in its grip after the performance of its virtually unknown, veteran star...
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For Your Consideration
2011
Talking Funny
7.4/61
What does it mean to be a successful comedian? How far can the boundaries of taste be pushed to get a laugh? Four top comics, Ricky Gervais, Louis C.K...
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Talking Funny
2013
Escape from Planet Earth
5.8/812
Astronaut Scorch Supernova finds himself caught in a trap when he responds to an SOS from a notoriously dangerous alien planet.
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Escape from Planet Earth
2009
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
6.153/7260
Hapless museum night watchman Larry Daley must help his living, breathing exhibit friends out of a pickle now that they've been transferred to the arc...
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Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
2001
Dog Eat Dog
4.9/5
A group of twenty-somethings, one of whom is a single father with a precious daughter, have been unsuccessful in getting into a certain club so they c...
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Dog Eat Dog
2010
Ricky Gervais: Out of England 2
7.377/69
The comic performs at the Chicago Theatre.
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Ricky Gervais: Out of England 2
2014
Muppets Most Wanted
6.3/890
While on a grand world tour, The Muppets find themselves wrapped into an European jewel-heist caper headed by a Kermit the Frog look-alike and his das...
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Muppets Most Wanted
2014
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
6.222/6196
When the magic powers of The Tablet of Ahkmenrah begin to die out, Larry Daley spans the globe, uniting favorite and new characters while embarking on...
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Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
2022
George Michael: Freedom Uncut
7/19
Freedom Uncut chronicles the tumultuous — yet creatively fruitful — period of George Michael’s life and career following the release of his 1987 solo...
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George Michael: Freedom Uncut
2013
The Unbelievers
6.453/139
Scientists Richard Dawkins and Lawrence Krauss travel the globe promoting a scientific worldview and the rational questioning of religious belief.
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The Unbelievers
2009
SpongeBob's Truth or Square
7.1/13
It's the Krusty Krab's eleventy-seventh anniversary, and the nostalgia has SpongeBob, Squidward, Patrick, and Mr. Krabs looking back on key events in...
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SpongeBob's Truth or Square
2009
Prequel: The Dawn of Lying
2/1
Short film that serves as a prequel to The Invention of Lying.
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Prequel: The Dawn of Lying
2022
Ricky Gervais: SuperNature
7.45/337
With his signature pitch-black sense of humor, Ricky Gervais takes the stage at the London Palladium in this provocative stand-up comedy special.
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Ricky Gervais: SuperNature
2004
Ricky Gervais Live 2: Politics
6.831/68
A year after Animals, Ricky Gervais comes back with his second stand up comedy tour: Politics.
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Ricky Gervais Live 2: Politics
2007
Ricky Gervais Live 3: Fame
6.992/61
The third of Ricky Gervais' themed live stand-up shows.
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Ricky Gervais Live 3: Fame
2003
Ricky Gervais Live: Animals
7.171/79
Ricky Gervais entertains a live audience in his first stand-up routine.
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Ricky Gervais Live: Animals
2010
Ricky Gervais Live 4: Science
7.078/58
Ricky Gervais Live IV Science or the way things worked before we invented God. The hilarious fourth live smash hit stand up show from Ricky Gervais, f...
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Ricky Gervais Live 4: Science
2016
The Last Laugh
6.9/20
Feature documentary about humor and the Holocaust, examining whether it is ever acceptable to use humor in connection with a tragedy of that scale, an...
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The Last Laugh
2013
David Blaine: Real or Magic
6.7/85
David Blaine's signature brand of street magic mystifies the most recognisable celebrities in the world, such as Jamie Foxx, Bryan Cranston, Aaron Pau...
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David Blaine: Real or Magic
2002
Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe
5.1/9
Follow Robbie as he sets out to discover a mythical tribe of lost Viking warriors to help him save his friends from another dastardly plot by the evil...
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Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe
2023
Ricky Gervais: Armageddon
7.184/215
Ricky Gervais dishes out controversial takes on political correctness and oversensitivity in a taboo-busting comedy special about the end of humanity.
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Ricky Gervais: Armageddon
2022
Kick Out the Jams: The Story of XFM
6.7/7
Titled after the first-ever song to play on their airwaves, Kick Out the Jams follows the development of XFM from its rebellious pirate radio roots in...
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Kick Out the Jams: The Story of XFM
2011
Spy Kids: All the Time in the World
4.693/1053
Eight years after the third film, the OSS has become the world's top spy agency, while the Spy Kids department has since become defunct. Retired spy M...
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Spy Kids: All the Time in the World
2014
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
8/2
Documentary charting and celebrating five decades of often groundbreaking, boundary-pushing comedy from BBC Two.
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50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
2007
Stardust
7.3/4408
In a countryside town bordering on a magical land, a young man makes a promise to his beloved that he'll retrieve a fallen star by venturing into the...
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Stardust
2008
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
6.004/831
Sidney Young is a down-on-his-luck journalist. Thanks to a stint involving a pig and a glitzy awards ceremony, Sidney turns his fortunes around, attra...
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How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
2009
Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants
10/2
Commemorates the 10th anniversary of the SpongeBob SquarePants. The documentary chronicles the beloved character's journey to international pop cultur...
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Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants
2007
Karl Pilkington: Satisfied Fool
6.25/4
Karl Pilkington, best known for his podcasts with Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant and his travel show An Idiot Abroad goes on a quest to find out i...
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Karl Pilkington: Satisfied Fool
2002
Offensive: The Real Derek and Clive
8/1
Documentary charting the Derek and Clive phenomenon. The two foul-mouthed toilet attendants were the creations of Peter Cook and Dudley Moore and were...
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Offensive: The Real Derek and Clive
2016
David Brent: Life on the Road
6.103/393
A camera crew catches up with David Brent, the former star of the fictional British series, "The Office" as he now fancies himself a rockstar on the r...
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David Brent: Life on the Road
The Wind in the Willows
0/0
Jailed for his reckless driving, rambunctious Mr. Toad has to escape from prison when his beloved Toad Hall comes under threat from the wily weasels,...
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The Wind in the Willows
2015
Derek Special
8.1/18
Pregnant again, Hannah is back with Tom, now working on the bins, and they are shortly to marry, with Derek giving the bride away. Derek himself spend...
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Derek Special
2016
Special Correspondents
5.776/555
A radio journalist and his technician get in over their heads when they hatch a scheme to fake their own kidnapping during a rebel uprising in South A...
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Special Correspondents
2005
Pictoplasma: Characters in Motion, Vol. 1
0/0
The 1st Volume of Characters in Motion introduces a new wealth of cutting edge character visuals to the established world of animation. The DVD compi...
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Pictoplasma: Characters in Motion, Vol. 1
2025
Ricky Gervais: Mortality
6.875/84
Ricky Gervais tackles life, death and the state of the world in a brutally honest special that spares no topic, even his own mortality.
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Ricky Gervais: Mortality
2015
The Little Prince
7.614/2959
Based on the best-seller book 'The Little Prince', the movie tells the story of a little girl that lives with resignation in a world where efficiency...
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The Little Prince
2004
Living with Ricky Gervais
0/0
A documentary about Ricky Gervais bullying his support act Robin Ince during his stand-up tour Politics.
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Living with Ricky Gervais
2007
Living with Ricky Gervais 2
0/0
The follow-up documentary about Ricky Gervais bullying his support act Robin Ince during his stand-up tour Fame.
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Living with Ricky Gervais 2
2007
Taping Nigel II: The Gimpening
6/1
A follow-up documentary of Ricky Gervais bullying his editor Nigel Williams during the second series of Extras
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Taping Nigel II: The Gimpening
2005
Taping Nigel
6/1
Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant look at Gervais' affectionate bullying of editor Nigel Williams during the making of the first series of Extras.
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Taping Nigel
2022
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
6.6/326
A hard-on-his-luck hound finds himself in a town full of cats in need of a hero to defend them from a ruthless villain's wicked plot to wipe their vil...
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Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
2012
Learn English with Ricky Gervais
0/0
Ricky explores the English language with Karl Pilkington.
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Learn English with Ricky Gervais
2007
The Art of Breaking Character
0/0
The cast of Extras talking about corpsing on set.
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The Art of Breaking Character
2005
Finding Leo
8/1
Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant try to contact Leonardo DiCaprio after Jude Law pulls out of a guest appearance in Extras (2005)
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Finding Leo
2004
Meet Karl Pilkington
0/0
Ricky Gervais introduces his friend Karl Pilkington to the world in an Interview discussing race, disability, sexuality, education, the elderly and cr...
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Meet Karl Pilkington
2013
The Return of Brent
6/7
In this mockumentary short, we revisit David Brent ten years after the events of “The Office” and find him helping young rapper Dom Johnson record his...
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The Return of Brent
2017
George Michael: Freedom
7.2/31
This documentary covers the span of George Michael's entire career, concentrating on the formative period in the late Grammy® Award winner’s life and...
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George Michael: Freedom
2017
Jim Norton: Mouthful of Shame
6.4/39
Fedoras, mom's underpants, and puppy love all make Jim Norton's s**t list in 'Mouthful of Shame'.
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Jim Norton: Mouthful of Shame
2018
Ricky Gervais: Humanity
7.651/515
In his first special in seven years, Ricky Gervais slings his trademark snark at celebrity, mortality and a society that takes everything personally.
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Ricky Gervais: Humanity
2020
The Willoughbys
7.043/964
When the four Willoughby children are abandoned by their selfish parents, they must learn how to adapt their Old-Fashioned values to the contemporary...
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The Willoughbys
2018
Suede: The Insatiable Ones
7.4/5
Looking at identity, power, happiness, self-destruction and acceptance, this is a thematic exploration of a group that opened the door for Britpop and...
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Suede: The Insatiable Ones
2019
The Nazi Pug: Joke or Hate?
0/0
Markus Meechan is a criminal. Guilty of posting a YouTube video judged “grossly offensive” and containing menacing, anti-Semitic and racist material....
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The Nazi Pug: Joke or Hate?
2010
This Side of the Truth, A Truly 'Honest' Making of The Invention of Lying
9.3/3
The cast share their thoughts on Gervais, his laugh, and the art of "corpsing," when Gervais can't keep a scene together before laughing. A longer ree...
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This Side of the Truth, A Truly 'Honest' Making of The Invention of Lying
2010
Meet Karl Pilkington II
0/0
Ricky Gervais and Karl Pilkington discuss the big bang, the space race, time travel, biology, and logic.
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Meet Karl Pilkington II
2007
Concert for Diana
7.6/5
Concert for Diana was a benefit concert held at the then newly built Wembley Stadium in London, United Kingdom in honour of Diana, Princess of Wales,...
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Concert for Diana
2013
The Office Retrospective
7.5/8
The cast and crew of the American version of The Office discuss the show and highlights from the previous episodes.
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The Office Retrospective
2010
When Karl Met Warwick
0/0
In this instalment of the 'Meet Karl Pilkington' series, Ricky introduces Karl to Warwick Davis for the first time with hilarious results.
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When Karl Met Warwick
2005
Alan Partridge Presents: The Cream of British Comedy
7/2
Alan Partridge presents an hilarious night of comedy live from the Royal Albert Hall. Boasting a stellar line-up, the 2004 Teenage Cancer Trust Comedy...
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Alan Partridge Presents: The Cream of British Comedy
2021
Classic Albums: Suede - Coming Up
6.8/2
SKY ARTS presents Suede's Coming Up (released on Nude Records in 1996) in the Classic Albums series.
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Classic Albums: Suede - Coming Up
2025
Dog Man
7.427/351
When a faithful police dog and his human police officer owner are injured together on the job, a harebrained but life-saving surgery fuses the two of...
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Dog Man
1998
Seedy Boss
0/0
In June 1998, Merchant and Gervais made Seedy Boss, a 20-minute film starring Gervais, as part of Merchant's TV producer training for the BBC
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Seedy Boss
2010
The Simpsons: Mischief & Mayhem
0/0
A look at how The Simpsons (1989) has courted controversy over the years.
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The Simpsons: Mischief & Mayhem
2012
Sesame Street: Singing with the Stars
0/0
Dance and sing along with this star-studded special from Sesame Street! From Alicia Keys to the Dixie Chicks, Andrea Bocelli, Adam Sandler and more, t...
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Sesame Street: Singing with the Stars
2002
The Fight
0/0
For charity, comedian Ricky Gervais and celebrity and husband of Anthea Turner, Grant Bovey train as boxers for a month before taking each other on in...
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