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Ricky Dene Gervais, commonly known as Ricky Gervais, is a famous English actor, television director and producer, comedian, as well as an author. To the public, Ricky Gervais is perhaps best known as the co-creator and one of the main stars of a popular BBC sitcom called “The Office”, which first aired on television screens in 2001. In addition to Gervais, the show featured a cast of Martin Freeman, Mackenzie Crook, Lucy Davis and Oliver Chris. During the year of its debut, “The Office” won the British Comedy Awards, and several years later collected a Golden Globe Award, which made it the first British comedy to win the award. The show also inspired the release of various remakes of “The Office” all around the world, including the United States, French, German and Swedish versions. “The Office” also inspired the release of another British sitcom under the name of “The Extras”, which was once again co-created by Gervais and Stephen Merchant, who portrayed the main characters of the series. As its predecessor, “The Extras” received favorable reviews from both the critics and the audience, and was nominated for BAFTA Awards, Primetime Emmy Awards, as well as British Comedy Awards. In addition to these two shows, Ricky Gervais made appearances in such films and television series as “Night at the Museum” with Ben Stiller, Robin Williams and Dick Van Dyke, “Cemetery Junction” starring Felicity Jones and Christian Cooke, “The Simpsons”, as well as “Louie” with Louis C.K. among many others. A famous actor, as well as a television producer, how rich is Ricky Gervais? According to sources, Ricky Gervais’ net worth is estimated to be $80 million. Duo to his impressive earnings and net worth, Ricky Gervais managed to purchase several valuable assets, among which is his apartment in the Barbizon, the worth of which is $4.2 million.
Ricky Gervais Net Worth $80 Million
Ricky Gervais was born in 1961, in Berkshire, England. After graduating from high school, Gervais enrolled in the University College London, from which he graduated with a degree in philosophy. Ricky Gervais began his career with “Seona Dancing”, a new wave British group, which he co-founded with Bill Macrae. With the duo, Gervais released two singles, both of which were featured on the British music charts. In addition to making music, Gervais was a head of speech at the X-fm London radio station. Eventually, Gervais moved from music and radio to create television shows. His first attempt was a comedy one-off sitcom “Golden Years”, which was followed by Gervais’ appearance on “The 11 O’ Clock Show”. Shortly afterwards, Gervais began working on his popular series “The Office”. In addition to the latter show, Ricky Gervais is also known for “The Ricky Gervais Show” animated series, a mockumentary called “Life’s Too Short”, and comedy-drama show “Derek”. Ricky Gervais had also published several books, including a children’s book “Flanimals”, and the scripts of “The Office”, which were released in the form of a book. A well-known actor and television producer, Ricky Gervais has an estimated net worth of $80 million.
| Full Name | Ricky Gervais |
| Net Worth | $90 Million |
| Date Of Birth | October 15, 1976 |
| Place Of Birth | Reading |
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
| Profession | Author, Comedian, Actor, Television Director, Television producer, Screenwriter, Writer, Film director, Film Producer, Disc jockey |
| Education | University College London, University of London |
| Nationality | United Kingdom |
| Parents | Eva Sophia M Gervais, Lawrence Raymond 'Jerry' Gervais |
| Siblings | Marsha Gervais, Bob Gervais, Larry Gervais |
| Partner | Jane Fallon, Jane Fallon |
| Nicknames | Ricky Dene Gervais , Seona Dancing |
| http://www.facebook.com/rickygervais | |
| http://www.twitter.com/michellebeisner | |
| Google+ | http://plus.google.com/+rickygervais |
| http://www.instagram.com/rickygervais | |
| IMDB | http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0315041 |
| Awards | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series, Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy, British Academy Television Award for Best Comedy Performance, Writers Guild of America Award for Televisi... |
| Music Groups | Seona Dancing, Foregone Conclusion |
| Nominations | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Movie, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series, Primetime Emmy Award for Outsta... |
| Movies | David Brent: Life on the Road, Special Correspondents, The Invention of Lying, Cemetery Junction, Muppets Most Wanted, Ghost Town, Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb, Night at the Museum, Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, The Little Prince, Stardust, Spy Kids: All the Time in the ... |
| TV Shows | Derek, Extras, The Ricky Gervais Show, The Office, Life's Too Short, An Idiot Abroad, Meet Ricky Gervais, Le Bureau, Stromberg, La Job, HaMisrad, Derek Special, The Golden Globes |
| # | Trademark |
|---|---|
| 1 | Controversial, dark humor |
| 2 | Usually has a beer with him on stage when performing stand-up. |
| 3 | Unique, high-pitched laugh |
| 4 | Acerbic wit |
| 5 | Humor from awkward social situations |
| # | Quote |
|---|---|
| 1 | Everyone I've admired has been an acquired taste - The Simpsons (1989), Radiohead, David Bowie. Anything that captures everyone soon outstays its welcome. |
| 2 | I hate lateness. I hate people who are late. There is no excuse for turning up late for anything. I've never been late for anything in my life. I was actually born a week premature, because I wanted to be early for my own birth. Being late is an insult to me. |
| 3 | [on having any regrets about his act at the Golden Globes] I stand by everything. You shouldn't apologize for anything you meant to do. You can apologize for things you do when you're 15, but not when you're 50. People confuse the subject of the joke with the target of the joke, and they're very rarely the same. Let's get this in perspective: They're the wealthiest, most privileged people in the world. Offense is taken, not given. It's your choice. |
| 4 | Off to bed as I have to get up at Twat O'clock tomorrow for the first day filming on #SpecialCorrespondents. Night. |
| 5 | [on his cat Ollie] She is part Siamese, Burmese, Devon Rex and Cornish Rex. The result is of course cat perfection. She's a bit fickle in her emotions though. She goes from cuddly and needy, to furiously independent. She's quite surly. Luckily, I love a cat remembering it used to be a tiger. |
| 6 | [on what advice he would give to someone who wants success like his]...work hard, be original and write about what you know I believe that if you didn't have to work for something, it can't truly be considered success. Luck doesn't count. I think success is allowed a certain pride and you can't be proud of luck or even of being born smart, artistic, or talented. It's what you do with it that counts. ...being original is often considered dangerous if you want huge mainstream success. It seems safer to make anodyne stuff that most people might consume without offense. Making The Office taught me this. I truly believe this was a huge part of the show's success. I worked in a real office for 10 years and since I've always been a people watcher, or "piss taking twat," as it's also known, it was easy to keep an uncompromising attention to detail. Whatever I didn't know starting out, I did know the truth of the minutiae of modern day behaviour, and exactly how it should look. |
| 7 | I never tried hard at anything. I was born smart on a very working-class estate. A couple of people I knew went to university apart from me, but all the way through I was the smartest kid in the school. That's luck, but I was proud of it. And I was also proud of doing well without trying. As you get older, and it took me a long time to realise it, that's a disgusting attitude, revolting. It's ignorant and it's a tragic waste, and I realised that the work itself is the reward. The struggle itself is the reward. Everything else - fame, money, being best mates with Jonathan Ross - is secondary. |
| 8 | [on where his ideas come from for his work] I've usually got seven or eight write notebooks on the go that I have to find and collate wherever I am in the world or whatever drawer they're in, and, eventually, I think I find most ideas I ever came up with. It's more for standup where I have to collect them over five years. For TV or movies, I use them as a genesis and a start point and a finish point that I work on. I usually work on two or three ideas at a time. At the moment, I'm writing three screenplays in varying degrees of completion, and I like it that way because I work a few minutes on one, and then I have an idea about something else where I'll just stop - because I have a very short attention span, but it's very intense. I work the same way. You know, I bounce in on set at eight in the morning, do everything, and it's all over by three o'clock. Do you know what I mean? And my ideas come from, you know, everywhere. Real life is by far, the biggest influence, and it should be; I mean, everything you sort of do is semi-autobiographical. |
| 9 | [on why he was doing a weekly talk show podcast with Stephen Merchant and Karl Pilkington by Guardian Unlimited] I want to do a radio show where I can say what I want, when I want and that's free for anybody who can be bothered to listen. I suppose we are trying to create an exclusive club. We'd prefer this to be a few people's favourite show than a huge same-y, ineffectual broadcast. |
| 10 | [on accepting the hosting duties for the 67th Annual Golden Globes] Not only is this the biggest Hollywood celebration of the industry, which includes both film and TV, but also an environment where I feel I can get free reign as a host, I have resisted many other offers like this, but there are just some things you don't turn down. |
| 11 | [in 2004 on accepting the Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy(The Office) after receiving the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Television Series Musical or Comedy] Two. Bookends. Excellent. You need the set, one looks... y'know. |
| 12 | Future generations will view us as barbarians for bullfighting, enslaving dolphins and killing for fake medicine. And they should. It's mental. |
| 13 | I'm not a wolf in sheep's clothing. I'm a wolf in wolf's clothing. |
| 14 | [on Netflix acquiring Gervais' movie Special Correspondents for 2016] Having shaken up the TV industry, Netflix is about to do the same to Hollywood. It's great to be part of the changing future. |
| 15 | The only reason I work out is to live longer so I can eat more cheese and drink more wine. |
| 16 | [on his movie Life on the Road] I won't revisit 'The Office' because that wouldn't make sense. We did 'The Office' perfectly and for all those people to still be there - that would be ridiculous. Imagine going back to an office you worked in 20 years ago and they're still there, they're just a little bit older? But he's adamant about the aforementioned no office thing. "Imagine if that was a real documentary - 'The Office' - and David Brent was the person he was. He'd still be trying to be famous. You wouldn't go back and find him in the office - you would go back and find him repping like he is now, still trying to be a pop star and trying to get Simon Cowell's eye and trying to have his own YouTube channel. |
| 17 | What must've happened to you in your life to make you want to kill a beautiful animal & then lie next to it smiling? |
| 18 | The Jimmy Savile waxwork I got cheap from Madame Tussauds is doing a great job at my front gate keeping the trick or treaters away. Haha. |
| 19 | I love quoting great men. Ricky Gervais. |
| 20 | Just go into Ladbrokes tomorrow and put a thousand pounds on anyone in the Special Olympics "because they're all winners". You try telling that to Ladbrokes. "He won." "He came in eighth, mate." "He's a winner." "Fuck off out of the shop." |
| 21 | I can't stand lazy old people, do you know what I mean? Like Thora Hird. She's never off her arse. She comes home from shopping in one of those buggies, straight up a ramp, up a stairlift, her feet haven't touched the floor yet, she gets lowered into a bath. Never off her arse. Give her an award, she's up the stairs like a greyhound. |
| 22 | [on Sir Jimmy Savile] Basically The A-Team (1983) rolled into one. He's got the cigar of Hannibal, he's a ladies' man like Face, he's got the jewelry of Mr. T, and he's mad like Murdock. And not in a good way. |
| 23 | [on his look as a 1980s pop star in Seona Dancing] I'm not ashamed how I looked then, I'm ashamed how I look now. |
| 24 | [on the video for Bitter Heart by Seona Dancing] I think the video cost 400 pounds and luckily we had an underground car park for the day. But when you're 21 you can get away with anything can't you? |
| 25 | Celebrities, make it harder for hackers to get nude pics of you from your computer by not putting nude pics of yourself on the computer. |
| 26 | It's more important to spend your energy trying to stop actual bad things than to run around trying to stop jokes about bad things. |
| 27 | Offence is the collateral damage of free speech. |
| 28 | [on homosexual marriage] It's a victory for all of us. Anything that promotes equality, promotes progress. You can't take equality "too far". |
| 29 | [on Sir Jimmy Savile] My first guest on my first TV show. A proper British eccentric. |
| 30 | Someone not liking my work doesn't mean I have to give the awards or the money back. People who don't like your work have no effect on you. |
| 31 | [on 'Muppets Most Wanted'] I was okay with singing. I always sneak a song into everything I do. Dancing, a little awkward. Little embarrassed about that. I don't move well. But I was with a frog, so it doesn't matter. I'll do anything with a frog, that's my motto. He's great with tap-dancing or flap-dancing on my head. So no one's going to be looking at me when we're doing that dance. They're going to be saying, 'There's a frog dancing'. |
| 32 | [on the death of James Gandolfini] Damn. RIP James Gandofini. An amazing actor that made arguably the greatest drama of all time, & a funny, sweet, gentle giant off screen. |
| 33 | [in 2013 following a series of celebrity arrests in the UK on suspicion of sexual offences] Will all male British entertainers who were famous in the 1970s please just report to your local police station now. |
| 34 | [on Life's Too Short (2011)] This is about real people living their lives. It's a fake documentary like 'The Office' , but it's moved on. This is more about people who will do anything just to be on television, who are willing to open their lives to the cameras 24/7, because they've got a massive tax bill or they want to make a fast buck. |
| 35 | I deal in taboo subjects, particularly in standup, because I want to take the audience to a place they haven't been before. No harm can come of taboo subjects. People can say it's outrageous or sick or pushing the boundaries, but I don't see that it is. Some people confuse the target of a joke with the subject of a joke. You can have jokes about race without being racist. I think some people can flinch too soon. Very often the target is people's prejudices or the character's stupidity. I think smart people know what we're trying to do. |
| 36 | ... I suppose I was cursed with some early success. I was smart. The smartest kid in my class. Then the smartest kid in the next class and so on. I actually used to pride myself on the fact that I didn't have to even try to pass exams. This is my greatest regret. It's a disgusting attitude and potentially a waste of a life. Writing and directing "The Office" was the first thing I ever tried my hardest at. The reward was revelatory. At 40 I was addicted. Not to success. I was addicted to trying my hardest. That's the reward in itself. It's what life's about. The struggle. It's the only way you can be proud. You can't be proud of luck. Born clever? So what? What are you going to do with it? Your best, I hope, and no less. |
| 37 | As for cynicism, I don't care for it much. I'm a romantic. From The Office (2005), and Extras (2005) to The Invention of Lying (2009) and Cemetery Junction (2010), goodness and sweetness, honour and truth, love and friendship always triumph. For me, humanity is king. Oh and for the record I'd rather a waiter say, "Have a nice day" and not mean it, than ignore me and mean it. |
| 38 | It's often dangerous to generalize, but under threat, I would say that Americans are more "down the line." They don't hide their hopes and fears. They applaud ambition and openly reward success. Brits are more comfortable with life's losers. We embrace the underdog until it's no longer the underdog.We like to bring authority down a peg or two. Just for the hell of it. Americans say, "have a nice day" whether they mean it or not. Brits are terrified to say this. We tell ourselves it's because we don't want to sound insincere but I think it might be for the opposite reason. We don't want to celebrate anything too soon. Failure and disappointment lurk around every corner. This is due to our upbringing. Americans are brought up to believe they can be the next president of the United States. Brits are told, "it won't happen for you." |
| 39 | There's a received wisdom in the U.K. that Americans don't get irony. This is of course not true. But what is true is that they don't use it all the time. It shows up in the smarter comedies but Americans don't use it as much socially as Brits. We use it as liberally as prepositions in every day speech. We tease our friends. We use sarcasm as a shield and a weapon. We avoid sincerity until it's absolutely necessary. We mercilessly take the piss out of people we like or dislike basically. And ourselves. This is very important. Our brashness and swagger is laden with equal portions of self-deprecation. This is our license to hand it out. This can sometimes be perceived as nasty if the recipients aren't used to it. It isn't. It's play fighting. It's almost a sign of affection if we like you, and ego bursting if we don't. You just have to know which one it is. |
| 40 | I guess the biggest difference between the U.S. version and the U.K. version of The Office (2005) reflected this. We had to make Michael Scott a slightly nicer guy, with a rosier outlook to life. He could still be childish, and insecure, and even a bore, but he couldn't be too mean. The irony is of course that I think David Brent's dark descension and eventual redemption made him all the more compelling. But I think that's a lot more palatable in Britain for the reasons already stated. Brits almost expect doom and gloom so to start off that way but then have a happy ending is an unexpected joy. Network America has to give people a reason to like you not just a reason to watch you. In Britain we stop watching things like Big Brother (2000) when the villain is evicted. We don't want to watch a bunch of idiots having a good time. We want them to be as miserable as us. America rewards up front, on-your-sleeve niceness. A perceived wicked streak is somewhat frowned upon. |
| 41 | Recently I have been accused of being a shock comic, and cruel and cynical. This is of course almost solely due to a few comments I made as host of this years Golden Globes. But nothing could be further from the truth. I never actively try to offend. That's churlish, pointless and frankly too easy. But I believe you should say what you mean. Be honest. No one should ever be offended by truth. That way you'll never have to apologize. I hate it when a comedian says, "Sorry for what I said." You shouldn't say it if you didn't mean it and you should never regret anything you meant to do. As a comedian, I think my job isn't just to make people laugh but also make them think. As a famous comedian, I also want a strict door policy on my club. Not everyone will like what I say or find it funny. And I wouldn't have it any other way. There are enough comedians who try to please everyone as it is. Good luck to them, but that's not my game, I'm afraid. |
| 42 | I'm not one of those people who think that comedy is your conscience taking a day off. My conscience never takes a day off and I can justify everything I do. There's no line to be drawn in comedy in the sense that there are things you should never joke about. There's nothing that you should never joke about, but it depends what that joke is. Comedy comes from a good or a bad place. The subject of a joke isn't necessarily the target of the joke. You can make jokes about race without any race being the butt of the joke. Racism itself can be the butt, for example. When dealing with a so-called taboo subject, the angst and discomfort of the audience is what's under the microscope. Our own preconceptions and prejudices are often what are being challenged. I don't like racist jokes. Not because they are offensive. I don't like them because they're not funny. And they're not funny because they're not true. They are almost always based on a falsehood somewhere along the way, which ruins the gag for me. Comedy is an intellectual pursuit. Not a platform. |
| 43 | I like Phil Collins, he's a lovely man, but I don't want Phil Collins fans. I don't want the comedy equivalent. |
| 44 | [Hosting the 2011 Golden Globes]: It's going to be night of partying and heavy drinking. Or as Charlie Sheen calls it, breakfast. |
| 45 | I worked in an office for about seven years, and I've always been a people watcher. So when it came to writing it down, I just had a big bag of observations really about office life. And it's not really about office life as such -- it's not about selling paper or politics of the office -- it's more about relationships. I think that's why it's sort of taken off around the world, 'cause the themes are big; you know, boy meets girl, a decent job of work, making a difference. It's also a comedy about comedy, really. It's about this guy who thinks he funny and isn't. He's not a bad man, David Brent; I suppose he's got a bit of a blind spot, and he's a bit of a twit, but I suppose the worst thing he did was confuse popularity with respect. But yeah, it's a show about people working in an office, trapped and wasting their life really. And it's not a snobby look at white-collar 9-to-5 -- one of the themes is sort of, if you don't enjoy it, don't sit there watching the clock 'til you're 65 and go, "oh, fuck, I always meant to write a novel." It's quite sweet and sad at parts, quite existential, I think, but very funny, I think. But you'll be the judge of that. |
| 46 | Oh, these actors who ask, "What's my motivation?" all the time. Who cares? I'll tell you what your motivation is: it's the only thing you can do, and you're getting paid to do it, so shut the hell up! |
| 47 | [mocking his comedy partner, Stephen Merchant] He's eight foot tall, has stupid glasses, awful hair, but it makes me look good, which is why he's in the series. We look so strange on screen together as well. The height difference is ridiculous. I want people to know that he is a freak and I'm the normal one. Don't look at this and go, 'What? Didn't know Ricky was a dwarf.' I'm not. He's the weird one. |
| 48 | There's nothing wrong with getting 20 million viewers, but I think there's something wrong with aiming at getting 20 million viewers, because then you have to take away all the things that will offend, and you'll end up with something so anodyne that it just washes over you for half an hour. I imagine The Office (2001) was also one of the most hated shows on television, that some people passionately hated it. But that's better, for me. David Bowie said that after Let's Dance, which is his biggest album ever and obviously not his best, he was doing these stadium gigs and looked out at the audience and suddenly realized that he had Phil Collins fans instead of Iggy Pop fans. And that's how I feel about everything I do: I want Iggy Pop fans. |
| 49 | I grew up watching fantastic mainstream comedies like Porridge (1974) and Rising Damp (1974). There are some mainstream things I love. |
| 50 | We're still trying to break records on the twentieth anniversary of Live Aid (1985). I've just heard Bob Geldof has put Phil Collins on a jet to Philadelphia. There's nothing going on there, we just don't want him around this year. No I'm joking, of course we didn't put him on a jet. We stuck him in a catapult. To be fair, he didn't get very far. Although it worked in rehearsals when we used it on Chris De Burgh. I could do a whole routine about injuring Phil fucking Collins. |
| 51 | I'm a lot taller than I look on television and younger, and for the role of David Brent, I wore a fat suit under my shirt and trousers. Really I'm about 25 and about 6' 1" tall. So that's probably why you don't recognize me in the street. |
| 52 | I have plenty of pet hates. I can't stand people scraping their plate or slurping their soup. I can't stand waiting in lines. I hate people talking inanely about The Lord of the Rings. I hate people whistling. But I'm not like this because I'm famous. I've always been a grumpy bastard. |
| 53 | [about animals] When I see a toreador in a bullfight getting gored, I think, "Good, you shouldn't be in there." What is the pleasure in seeing an animal speared to death? It's the same with fox hunting. They're just psychopaths. I think I'll end up doing something with animals-running a sanctuary or something. |
| 54 | Money gives me the creeps and mildly embarrasses me. I get paid too much anyway. |
| 55 | I remember when we were talking to one of the executives at the BBC. And he said, "Now hold on, this man [David Brent] is so incompetent, why wouldn't he be fired?' and I said, "Go and take a look around this building. Just go and knock on a few doors." |
| 56 | [on winning a Golden Globe] Apparently, I don't know if this is true but I hope it is, I've heard it from a few reports: When we went up to get our awards, apparently Clint Eastwood turned to someone that he was with and went [Clint impression], "Who the fuck are they?" |
| 57 | [on turning down the chance to appear in Ocean's Twelve (2004)] Why say a couple of lines opposite Brad Pitt when I could be playing lead back home? |
| 58 | [on Lord of the Rings]: I don't like all this stupid Gollum begat Wobblo and the Oompa Loompas and. . . . Oh Jesus Christ! There was too much "Oh, God, here come the gloodloys." Christ Almighty, what are they talking about!? |
| 59 | [about the show-biz lifestyle] It's all too much trouble for me. It's probably because I'm fat and lazy and old. |
| 60 | [accepting his Golden Globe] I'm not from these parts. I'm from a little place called England - we used to run the world before you lot. |
| 61 | I've been offered a part in Alias (2001)_ and I'm going to do it. I love Alias, it's great and J.J. Abrams is writing me a part especially. It's just whether I can do it or not-it's got to be the right time, the right project, it's got to be fun, it's got to be worth it and it mustn't be bad for my career. Most people go, "It'll do, it's work and it'll make me a bit more famous" or "the money's good," but I just think I've never regretted saying no. But a lot of people have regretted saying yes. |
| 62 | I hate lateness. I hate people who are late. There is no excuse for turning up late for anything. I've never been late for anything in my life. I was actually born a week premature, because I wanted to be early for my own birth. Being late is an insult to me. |
| 63 | [on turning down a role in Pirates of the Caribbean]: I didn't really fancy sitting in a hotel room in Los Angeles for nine weeks for two minutes on screen, to be honest. I don't really want to be an actor. I want to write and direct. I've been offered about ten British films. Obviously all shit. I was offered one with Johnny Depp, but again, it was a small character part, and I thought, "What's the point?" No one's ever watched someone in seven films for one minute and said, "Yeah, give him his own film." . . . It doesn't happen. |
| 64 | I did Jonathan Ross [Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (2001)] last year and he said 'do people do impressions of David Brent?' and I went 'well, they can't really because he's such a normal bloke'. Then, after the show, me and Ross are walking through the car park and this bloke jumps out and goes 'der-ner-ner-ner-ner', does the David Brent dance and runs away. Jonathon Ross was in hysterics: 'all that shit you came out with and then some bloke jumps out and runs away'. But on the whole it doesn't really happen. |
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | Cites Mike Leigh as a big influence. |
| 2 | His father, who was born in Kent, Ontario, Canada, was of French-Canadian, and some English, descent. His mother was English. |
| 3 | Suffers from arachnophobia. |
| 4 | (May 10, 2010) Merited a place in Time magazine's - The 100 Most Influential People in the World ("Artists" category) - with an homage contributed by Karl Pilkington. |
| 5 | Favorite all-time comedian is Woody Allen. |
| 6 | Has a degree in Philosophy. |
| 7 | Animal rights group PETA Europe have decided to name a bullock (a cow) they rescued in India, in honor of his love of all creatures [June 24, 2009]. |
| 8 | In the early '80s was in a pop group called "Seona Dancing". He was the main singer while Bill McCrae wrote music. They were not successful in the UK; however, they were very popular in the Phillipines. |
| 9 | Revealed in an online interview that he does not like using his fame to just make money, including an example when he was offered nearly $4,000,000 for just one day's work on an advert for an unnamed company. |
| 10 | Has stated in interviews that he turned down several film roles before he accepted his lead role in Ghost Town (2008). These included Mission: Impossible III (2006), The Da Vinci Code (2006), Ocean's Thirteen (2007) and "The Pirates of the Caribbean" trilogy. |
| 11 | Ranked #83 on the 2008 Telegraph's "100 most powerful people in British culture" list. |
| 12 | He has been with long-term partner, producer Jane Fallon, since 1982. |
| 13 | His favorite film is This Is Spinal Tap (1984). |
| 14 | Very good friends with American comedian and TV presenter Jon Stewart and British comedian and TV presenter Jonathan Ross. |
| 15 | Is the youngest of four siblings. |
| 16 | In 2004 Gervais released a children's book called "Flanimals." The sequel, "More Flanimals," was released in 2005. |
| 17 | He grew up in relative poverty but he has always admired his mother for the way in which she did not allow it to get in the way of a happy upbringing. She got herself into debt in order to make sure he had plenty of Christmas presents and it took her the whole of the following year to work her way out of it until Christmas beckoned again. |
| 18 | Former manager of the UK indie band Suede. |
| 19 | Was in a music group in the early 1980s called Seona Dancing. They released two singles, "Bitter Heart" and "More To Lose" but didn't have any success. |
| 20 | Can play the guitar |
| 21 | Won the 2003 O.K. Comedy Award. |
| 22 | Worked as a DJ on London's XFM radio station and managed bands before going into TV comedy. |
Writer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| David Brent: Life on the Road | 2016 | written by | |
| Special Correspondents | 2016 | written by | |
| 73rd Golden Globe Awards | 2016 | TV Special special material | |
| Derek | 2012-2014 | TV Series written by - 14 episodes | |
| Learn Guitar with David Brent | 2013 | TV Series 2 episodes | |
| The Office | TV Series creator - 187 episodes, 2005 - 2013 written by - 1 episode, 2006 based on the BBC series "The Office" created by - 1 episode, 2005 teleplay by - 1 episode, 2005 | ||
| Life's Too Short | TV Series creator - 8 episodes, 2011 - 2013 written by - 5 episodes, 2011 - 2013 writer - 3 episodes, 2011 | ||
| Kontoret | 2012-2013 | TV Series based on the BBC series "The Office" created by - 18 episodes | |
| The Return of Brent | 2013 | Short | |
| The Ricky Gervais Show | TV Series creator: the original audio book series - 26 episodes, 2011 - 2012 creator - 13 episodes, 2010 | ||
| The 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards | 2012 | TV Special special material written by | |
| The 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards | 2011 | TV Special special material written by | |
| Ricky Gervais: Out of England 2 - The Stand-Up Special | 2010 | TV Special documentary written by | |
| Ricky Gervais: Live IV - Science | 2010 | Video written by | |
| Cemetery Junction | 2010 | written by | |
| The 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards | 2010 | TV Special special material written by | |
| The Invention of Lying | 2009 | written by | |
| Comic Relief 2009 | 2009 | TV Special | |
| Ricky Gervais: Out of England - The Stand-Up Special | 2008 | TV Special documentary written by | |
| Extras | 2005-2007 | TV Series written by - 13 episodes | |
| Ricky Gervais Live 3: Fame | 2007 | Video written by | |
| Ricky Gervais Meets... Garry Shandling | 2006 | TV Special | |
| Ricky Gervais Meets... Christopher Guest | 2006 | TV Special documentary | |
| Le bureau | 2006 | TV Mini-Series original screenplay - 5 episodes | |
| The Simpsons | 2006 | TV Series written by - 1 episode | |
| Ricky Gervais Meets... Larry David | 2006 | TV Special documentary | |
| Stromberg | TV Series "The Office" created & written by - 9 episodes, 2005 television series: "The Office" - 1 episode, 2005 | ||
| Kelsey Grammer Presents: The Sketch Show | 2005 | TV Series | |
| Ricky Gervais Live 2: Politics | 2004 | Video documentary written by | |
| The Office Values : Microsoft UK Training with David Brent | 2004 | Short | |
| The Office | 2001-2003 | TV Series written by - 14 episodes | |
| Ricky Gervais Live: Animals | 2003 | Video documentary written by | |
| The Sketch Show | 2001 | TV Series | |
| Meet Ricky Gervais | 2000 | TV Series writer - 6 episodes | |
| Bruiser | 2000 | TV Series additional material - 5 episodes | |
| The Jim Tavaré Show | 1999 | TV Series 12 episodes | |
| Comedy Lab | 1999 | TV Series written by - 1 episode | |
| The 11 O'Clock Show | 1998 | TV Series writer |
Producer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| David Brent: Life on the Road | 2016 | producer - producer for LOTR films | |
| Special Correspondents | 2016 | producer | |
| Derek | 2012-2014 | TV Series executive producer - 14 episodes | |
| Learn Guitar with David Brent | 2013 | TV Series producer | |
| The Office | 2005-2013 | TV Series executive producer - 179 episodes | |
| Life's Too Short | 2011-2013 | TV Series executive producer - 8 episodes | |
| The Making of Derek | 2013 | TV Movie executive producer | |
| An Idiot Abroad | 2010-2012 | TV Series documentary executive producer - 20 episodes | |
| 4Funnies | 2012 | TV Series executive producer - 1 episode | |
| The Ricky Gervais Show | 2010-2012 | TV Series executive producer - 39 episodes | |
| The Making of Life's Too Short | 2011 | TV Movie documentary executive producer | |
| Talking Funny | 2011 | TV Movie executive producer | |
| Ricky Gervais: Out of England 2 - The Stand-Up Special | 2010 | TV Special documentary executive producer | |
| Meet Karl Pilkington II | 2010 | Video short producer - uncredited | |
| Cemetery Junction | 2010 | executive producer | |
| The Invention of Lying | 2009 | producer | |
| Ricky Gervais: Out of England - The Stand-Up Special | 2008 | TV Special documentary executive producer | |
| Extras | 2006-2007 | TV Series executive producer - 7 episodes | |
| Ricky Gervais Live 3: Fame | 2007 | Video producer | |
| Ricky Gervais Meets... Garry Shandling | 2006 | TV Special executive producer | |
| Ricky Gervais Meets... Christopher Guest | 2006 | TV Special documentary executive producer | |
| Ricky Gervais Meets... Larry David | 2006 | TV Special documentary executive producer | |
| Meet Karl Pilkington | 2004 | Video short producer - uncredited | |
| The Office Values : Microsoft UK Training with David Brent | 2004 | Short producer |
Actor
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blazing Samurai | 2017 | filming | Ika Chu (voice) |
| The Wind in the Willows | announced | Mole (voice) | |
| David Brent: Life on the Road | 2016 | David Brent | |
| Special Correspondents | 2016 | Finch | |
| BoJack Horseman | 2015 | TV Series | Hedgehog at Orphanage |
| The Little Prince | 2015/I | The Conceited Man (voice) | |
| Galavant | 2015 | TV Series | Xanax |
| Derek | 2012-2014 | TV Series | Derek Derek Noakes |
| Night at the Museum 3 | 2014 | Dr. McPhee | |
| Muppets Most Wanted | 2014 | Dominic Badguy | |
| Learn Guitar with David Brent | 2013 | TV Series | David Brent |
| Life's Too Short | 2011-2013 | TV Series | Ricky Gervais |
| The Return of Brent | 2013 | Short | David Brent |
| Escape from Planet Earth | 2013 | Mr. James Bing (voice) | |
| Family Guy | 2012 | TV Series | Dolphin / Billy Finn |
| Spy Kids: All the Time in the World in 4D | 2011 | Argonaut (voice) | |
| Curb Your Enthusiasm | 2011 | TV Series | Ricky Gervais |
| The Office | 2011 | TV Series | David Brent |
| The Simpsons | 2006-2011 | TV Series | Ricky Gervais Charles Heathbar |
| Louie | 2010 | TV Series | Dr. Ben |
| Cemetery Junction | 2010 | Mr. Taylor | |
| Sesame Street | 2009 | TV Series | Ricky Gervais |
| Prequel: The Dawn of Lying | 2009 | Video short | |
| SpongeBob SquarePants | 2009 | TV Series | Narrator |
| The Invention of Lying | 2009 | Mark Bellison | |
| Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian | 2009 | Dr. McPhee | |
| Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian | 2009 | Video Game | Dr. McPhee (voice) |
| Ghost Town | 2008/I | Pincus | |
| Grand Theft Auto IV | 2008 | Video Game | Ricky Gervais (voice) |
| Extras | 2005-2007 | TV Series | Andy Millman |
| Stardust | 2007 | Ferdy the Fence | |
| Night at the Museum | 2006 | Dr. McPhee | |
| Scarface: The World Is Yours | 2006 | Video Game | Englishman (voice) |
| For Your Consideration | 2006 | Martin Gibb | |
| Valiant | 2005 | Bugsy (voice) | |
| Alias | 2004 | TV Series | Daniel Ryan |
| The Office Values : Microsoft UK Training with David Brent | 2004 | Short | David Brent |
| The Office | 2001-2003 | TV Series | David Brent |
| Happiness | 2003 | TV Series | Ricky Gervais |
| Robbie the Reindeer in Legend of the Lost Tribe | 2002 | TV Short | Penguin (voice) |
| Dog Eat Dog | 2001 | Bouncer | |
| Spaced | 2001 | TV Series | Dave |
| Can You Spare a Moment? | 2001 | Video short | David Brent |
| Comedy Lab | 1999 | TV Series | Clive Meadows |
| The Jim Tavaré Show | 1999 | TV Series | Various Characters |
Director
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| David Brent: Life on the Road | 2016 | directed by | |
| Special Correspondents | 2016 | ||
| Derek | 2012-2014 | TV Series 14 episodes | |
| Life's Too Short | 2011-2013 | TV Series 8 episodes | |
| Ricky Gervais: Live IV - Science | 2010 | Video | |
| Cemetery Junction | 2010 | ||
| Prequel: The Dawn of Lying | 2009 | Video short | |
| The Invention of Lying | 2009 | ||
| Extras | 2005-2007 | TV Series 13 episodes | |
| The Office Values : Microsoft UK Training with David Brent | 2004 | Short | |
| The Office | 2001-2003 | TV Series 14 episodes |
Soundtrack
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Special Correspondents | 2016 | writer: "Dollar for a Hero" | |
| Galavant | 2015 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
| The Galavant Showcase | 2014 | TV Movie documentary performer: "A Day In Richard's Life" | |
| Muppets Most Wanted | 2014 | performer: "I'm Number One" | |
| Inside the Actors Studio | TV Series performer - 1 episode, 2009 writer - 1 episode, 2009 | ||
| Extras | 2006 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
| The Simpsons | TV Series lyrics - 1 episode, 2006 performer - 1 episode, 2006 writer - 1 episode, 2006 | ||
| Valiant | 2005 | performer: " There'll Be Bluebirds Over The White Cliffs of Dover" | |
| The Office | TV Series performer - 4 episodes, 2001 - 2003 writer - 1 episode, 2001 |
Miscellaneous
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Comedy Showcase | 2009 | TV Series script editor - 1 episode | |
| PhoneShop | 2009 | TV Series script editor - 1 episode |
Music Department
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| This Life | 1996 | TV Series music advisor - 1 episode |
Thanks
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xander De Rycke: Houdt het voor bekeken 2015-2016 | 2016 | TV Special documentary thanks | |
| Neerja | 2010 | Video short special thanks | |
| The Mother of Invention | 2009 | special thanks | |
| How to Lose Friends & Alienate People | 2008 | thanks | |
| Say What | 2007-2008 | TV Series special thanks - 5 episodes | |
| The Artist as a Young Man: A Portrait of Cameron Fairchild | 2008 | Short special thanks | |
| Kids Unlimited | 2007 | TV Series special thanks - 4 episodes |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Up Close with Carrie Keagan | 2009 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| The 61st Primetime Emmy Awards | 2009 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter: Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series |
| Friday Night with Jonathan Ross | 2002-2009 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| A Night at the Office | 2009 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants | 2009 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Entertainment Tonight | 2009 | TV Series | Himself |
| Comic Relief 2009 | 2009 | TV Special | Himself |
| Inside the Actors Studio | 2009 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| The 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards | 2009 | TV Special | Himself - Host |
| Late Night with Conan O'Brien | 2005-2009 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Making 'Ghost Town' | 2008 | Video short | Himself |
| Ricky Gervais: Out of England - The Stand-Up Special | 2008 | TV Special documentary | Himself |
| US Election Night | 2008 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Richard & Judy's New Position | 2008 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| The 60th Primetime Emmy Awards | 2008 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter: Outstanding Directing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program |
| The Hour | 2008 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| The 6th Annual TV Land Awards | 2008 | TV Special | Himself |
| Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List | 2007-2008 | TV Series | Himself |
| Saturday Night Live | 2008 | TV Series | Himself |
| Night of Too Many Stars: An Overbooked Concert for Autism Education | 2008 | TV Movie | Himself |
| TV Burp | 2008 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Orange British Academy Film Awards | 2008 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Presenter |
| Jamie's Fowl Dinners | 2008 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Special Guest |
| The Comedy Christmas | 2007 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Heroes Unmasked | 2007 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Ricky Gervais Live 3: Fame | 2007 | Video | Himself |
| The Big Fat Anniversary Quiz | 2007 | TV Special | Himself (uncredited) |
| Comedy Lab | 2007 | TV Series | Himself |
| Richard & Judy | 2003-2007 | TV Series | Himself - Guest / Himself |
| The Making of 'Night at the Museum' | 2007 | Video short | Himself / Dr McPhee |
| The Culture Show | 2007 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Live Earth | 2007 | TV Special documentary | Himself |
| The F Word | 2007 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Concert for Diana | 2007 | TV Special documentary | David Brent |
| The BAFTA TV Awards 2007 | 2007 | TV Movie | Himself |
| The Making of 'The Larry Sanders Show' | 2007 | Video documentary | Himself |
| Taping Nigel II: The Gimpening | 2007 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| Comic Relief 2007: The Big One | 2007 | TV Special | Himself |
| Comedy Connections | 2007 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| The Orange British Academy Film Awards | 2007 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter |
| Film '72 | 2007 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Comedy Map of Britain | 2007 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Ricky Gervais Meets... Garry Shandling | 2006 | TV Special | Himself |
| Ricky Gervais Meets... Christopher Guest | 2006 | TV Special documentary | Himself |
| A Night at the Museum with McFly | 2006 | TV Movie | Himself |
| The British Comedy Awards 2006 Live | 2006 | TV Special | Himself |
| Richard & Judy's Christmas Books | 2006 | TV Movie | Himself |
| The Xtra Factor | 2006 | TV Series | Himself |
| Night of Too Many Stars: An Overbooked Event for Autism Education | 2006 | TV Special | Himself |
| The 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards | 2006 | TV Special | Himself |
| Movie Rush | 2006 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Imagine | 2003-2006 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Ricky Gervais Meets... Larry David | 2006 | TV Special documentary | Himself |
| It's Christmas with Jonathan Ross | 2005 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Live 8: A Bittersweet Symphony | 2005 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| The British Comedy Awards 2005 | 2005 | TV Special | Himself |
| 'Extras': The Difficult Second Album | 2005 | Video documentary short | Himself (uncredited) |
| Finding Leo | 2005 | Video documentary short | Himself (uncredited) |
| Taping Nigel | 2005 | Video documentary short | Himself (uncredited) |
| Parkinson | 2002-2005 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Alan Partridge Presents: The Cream of British Comedy | 2005 | Video | Himself |
| Avenue of the Stars: 50 Years of ITV | 2005 | TV Special | Himself |
| Talking Movies | 2005 | TV Series | Himself |
| Live 8 | 2005 | TV Special documentary | Himself |
| Making of: Valiant | 2005 | Video documentary short | Himself / Voice of Bugsy |
| Comic Relief: Red Nose Night Live 05 | 2005 | TV Special | Himself |
| UK Radio Aid | 2005 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| The British Comedy Awards 2004 | 2004 | TV Special | Himself |
| Meet Karl Pilkington | 2004 | Video short | Himself |
| Ricky Gervais Live 2: Politics | 2004 | Video documentary | Himself |
| Hurrah for Cancer | 2004 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Ministry of Mayhem | 2004 | TV Series | Himself |
| Happy Birthday BBC Two | 2004 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| The BAFTA TV Awards 2004 | 2004 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| The 61st Annual Golden Globe Awards | 2004 | TV Special | Himself - Winner: Best Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy |
| Alias Ricky Gervais | 2004 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Who Did You Do? | 2003 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Presenter |
| The British Comedy Awards 2003 | 2003 | TV Special | Himself |
| Ricky Gervais Live: Animals | 2003 | Video documentary | Himself |
| Ricky Gervais' and Stephen Merchant's Video Diary of the Making of Series Two of 'The Office' | 2003 | Video documentary short | Himself (uncredited) |
| Fame Academy | 2003 | TV Series | Himself |
| Comic Relief 2003: The Big Hair Do | 2003 | TV Special | Himself |
| The Fight | 2002 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Liquid News | 2001-2002 | TV Series | Himself |
| Room 101 | 2002 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| The BAFTA TV Awards 2002 | 2002 | TV Special | Himself |
| The British Comedy Awards 2001 | 2001 | TV Special | Himself |
| The 100 Greatest Kids TV Shows | 2001 | TV Special | Himself |
| Meet Ricky Gervais | 2000 | TV Series | Himself - Host |
| 100 Greatest TV Moments from Hell | 2000 | TV Special | Himself |
| Vic Reeves Examines | 2000 | TV Series | Himself |
| The 100 Greatest TV Ads | 2000 | TV Special | Himself |
| The 11 O'Clock Show | 1999-2000 | TV Series | Himself |
| Comedy Café | 1999 | TV Series | Himself |
| Razzamatazz | 1983 | TV Series | Himself |
| Harry | 2016 | TV Series | Himself |
| The British Academy Britannia Awards | 2016 | TV Movie | Himself - Honoree |
| Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show | 2009-2016 | TV Series | Himself - Guest / Himself |
| The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | 2014-2016 | TV Series | Himself / Himself - Guest |
| Loose Women | 2008-2016 | TV Series | Himself / Derek |
| Maya & Marty | 2016 | TV Series | Himself |
| Today | 2008-2016 | TV Series | Himself - Guest / Himself |
| The Daily Show | 2005-2016 | TV Series | Himself - Guest / Himself |
| Live with Kelly and Michael | 2008-2016 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Late Night with Seth Meyers | 2014-2016 | TV Series | Himself / Himself - Guest |
| The Graham Norton Show | 2008-2016 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| The Insider | 2016 | TV Series | Himself |
| Extra | 2016 | TV Series | Himself |
| 2016 Golden Globe Arrivals Special | 2016 | TV Special | Himself |
| 73rd Golden Globe Awards | 2016 | TV Special | Himself - Host |
| E! Live from the Red Carpet | 2014-2016 | TV Series | Himself / Himself - Golden Globes Host |
| Conan | 2010-2016 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| All-Star Dog Rescue Celebration | 2015 | TV Movie | Himself |
| The 67th Primetime Emmy Awards | 2015 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series and Nominated: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie |
| Close Up with the Hollywood Reporter | 2015 | TV Series | Himself |
| Skavlan | 2015 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee: Single Shot | 2014-2015 | TV Series | Himself |
| Inside Edition | 2015 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| 72nd Golden Globe Awards | 2015 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter / Nominee |
| Made in Hollywood | 2009-2014 | TV Series | Himself |
| This Morning | 2003-2014 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| The 66th Primetime Emmy Awards | 2014 | TV Special | Himself - Nominee: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series and Presenter: Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special |
| Late Show with David Letterman | 2003-2014 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | 2014 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| 50 Years of BBC2 Comedy | 2014 | TV Movie documentary | |
| Muppets Most Wanted... On Set | 2014 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Unscripted | 2014 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Queen Latifah Show | 2014 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Jimmy Kimmel Live! | 2008-2014 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| David Blaine: Real or Magic | 2013 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Charlie Rose | 2004-2013 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| CBS News Sunday Morning | 2013 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Guest |
| Piers Morgan Tonight | 2011-2013 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Late Night with Jimmy Fallon | 2010-2013 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| The Office Retrospective | 2013 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Creator |
| The One Show | 2008-2013 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| The Unbelievers | 2013 | Documentary | Himself |
| Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway | 2005-2013 | TV Series | Himself / Himself - Guest Announcer |
| The Making of Derek | 2013 | TV Movie | Himself / Derek |
| An Idiot Abroad | 2010-2012 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Executive Producer / Himself |
| The View | 2008-2012 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Dawkins: Sex, Death and the Meaning of Life | 2012 | TV Series | Himself |
| Sesame Street | 2012 | TV Series | Himself |
| The 64th Primetime Emmy Awards | 2012 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter: Outstanding Directing for a Variety Special and Outstanding Variety Series |
| Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee | 2012 | TV Series | Himself |
| Trust Us with Your Life | 2012 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| The Ricky Gervais Show | 2010-2012 | TV Series | Himself |
| The 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards | 2012 | TV Special | Himself - Host |
| Dateline NBC | 2012 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Alan Carr: Chatty Man | 2010-2011 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| The 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards | 2011 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter: Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series |
| Super 8 35mm Special | 2011 | TV Movie | Himself |
| The Marriage Ref | 2010-2011 | TV Series | Himself - Panelist |
| Talking Funny | 2011 | TV Movie | Himself |
| In the House with Peter Bart & Peter Guber | 2011 | TV Series | |
| Breakfast | 2005-2011 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| The 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards | 2011 | TV Special | Himself - Host |
| Making It in Hollywood | 2011 | Documentary | Himself |
| Ruth Jones' Christmas Cracker | 2010 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Ricky Gervais: Out of England 2 - The Stand-Up Special | 2010 | TV Special documentary | Himself |
| Meet Karl Pilkington II | 2010 | Video short | Himself |
| Ricky Gervais: Live IV - Science | 2010 | Video | Himself |
| Bloomberg Game Changers | 2010 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Comedian |
| Night of Too Many Stars: An Overbooked Concert for Autism Education | 2010 | TV Movie | Himself |
| The 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards | 2010 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter: Outstanding Directing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Special and Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series |
| The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | 2010 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Xposé | 2009-2010 | TV Series | Himself |
| An Extras Night In | 2010 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Channel 4's Comedy Gala | 2010 | TV Movie | Himself (voice) |
| The Jay Leno Show | 2010 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Golden Globes Red Carpet Live | 2010 | TV Movie | Himself |
| The 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards | 2010 | TV Special | Himself - Host |
| The Simpsons: Celebrity Friends | 2010 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Narrator (voice) |
| The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien | 2009-2010 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| The Simpsons: Mischief & Mayhem | 2010 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Narrator (voice) |
| Live from Studio Five | 2009-2010 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Simpsons: Access All Areas | 2010 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Narrator (voice) |
| 60 Minutes | 2009 | TV Series documentary | Himself (segment "Ricky Gervais") |
| The Paul O'Grady Show | 2005-2009 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Alex Zane's GuestList | 2009 | TV Series | Himself |
Archive Footage
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entertainment Tonight | 2016 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Drunken Peasants | 2015 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Graham Norton Show | 2008-2014 | TV Series | Himself / Himself - Guest |
| Greatest Stand Up Comedians | 2013 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - 18th Place |
| Are You Having a Laugh? Comedy and Christianity | 2013 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Tales of Television Centre | 2012 | TV Movie documentary | David Brent (uncredited) |
| Live from Studio Five | 2009-2010 | TV Series | Himself |
| ITV Lunchtime News | 2010 | TV Series | Himself |
| Comedy Superstars 2010 | 2010 | Video | Himself (uncredited) |
| Loose Women | 2009 | TV Series | Himself |
| Saturday Night Live: Just Shorts | 2009 | TV Special | Himself (uncredited) |
| Sunday Night | 2009 | TV Series | Himself / Dominic Badguy |
| Comedy Connections | 2008 | TV Series documentary | Andy Millman |
| The Comedy Map of Britain | 2008 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| TV's Funniest Music Moments | 2008 | TV Movie | Himself - Seona Dancing |
| New Heroes of Comedy | 2008 | TV Series documentary | Himself David Brent Andy Millman ... |
| Channel 4 at 25 | 2007 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| 100 Greatest Stand-Ups | 2007 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Room 101 | 2007 | TV Series | Andy Millman |
| The Big Fat Quiz of the Year | 2006 | TV Special | Andy Millman (uncredited) |
| The Story of Light Entertainment | 2006 | TV Mini-Series documentary | |
| The Big Fat Quiz of the Year | 2005 | TV Special | Himself (uncredited) |
| Greatest Before They Were Stars TV Moments | 2005 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Seona Dancing |
| Greatest TV Comedy Moments | 2005 | TV Movie documentary | Himself / David Brent (uncredited) |
| Richard & Judy | 2005 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Comedians' Comedian | 2005 | TV Movie documentary | |
| The Curse of Noel Edmonds | 2004 | TV Movie documentary | David Brent |
Won Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Banff Rockie Award | Banff Television Festival | Best Comedy Program | Extras (2005) |
| 2008 | British Comedy Award | British Comedy Awards | Best Television Comedy Actor | Extras (2005) |
| 2008 | Satellite Award | Satellite Awards | Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical | Ghost Town (2008) |
| 2007 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series | Extras (2005) |
| 2007 | BAFTA TV Award | BAFTA Awards | Best Comedy Performance | Extras (2005) |
| 2007 | WGA Award (TV) | Writers Guild of America, USA | Comedy Series | The Office (2005) |
| 2006 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Comedy Series | The Office (2005) |
| 2006 | Banff Rockie Award | Banff Television Festival | Best Comedy Program | Extras (2005) |
| 2006 | Honorary Rose | Rose d'Or Light Entertainment Festival | ||
| 2006 | WIN Award | Women's Image Network Awards | Outstanding Comedy Series | The Office (2005) |
| 2004 | Golden Globe | Golden Globes, USA | Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Comedy or Musical | The Office (2001) |
| 2004 | BAFTA TV Award | BAFTA Awards | Best Comedy Performance | The Office (2001) |
| 2004 | BAFTA TV Award | BAFTA Awards | Situation Comedy Award | The Office (2001) |
| 2004 | Gold Derby TV Award | Gold Derby Awards | Drama Guest Actor | Alias (2001) |
| 2004 | TCA Award | Television Critics Association Awards | Individual Achievement in Comedy | The Office (2001) |
| 2003 | BAFTA TV Award | BAFTA Awards | Best Comedy Performance | The Office (2001) |
| 2003 | BAFTA TV Award | BAFTA Awards | Situation Comedy Award | The Office (2001) |
| 2003 | Writer's Award | Broadcasting Press Guild Awards | The Office (2001) | |
| 2003 | RTS Television Award | Royal Television Society, UK | Best Comedy Performance | The Office (2001) |
| 2002 | BAFTA TV Award | BAFTA Awards | Best Comedy Performance | The Office (2001) |
| 2002 | BAFTA TV Award | BAFTA Awards | Situation Comedy Award | The Office (2001) |
| 2002 | British Comedy Award | British Comedy Awards | Best Comedy Actor | The Office (2001) |
| 2002 | Writer's Award | Broadcasting Press Guild Awards | The Office (2001) |
Nominated Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Special Class Program | 73rd Golden Globe Awards (2016) |
| 2015 | Golden Globe | Golden Globes, USA | Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Comedy or Musical | Derek (2012) |
| 2015 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Movie | Derek (2012) |
| 2015 | OFTA Television Award | Online Film & Television Association | Best Guest Actor in a Comedy Series | Galavant (2015) |
| 2015 | OFTA Television Award | Online Film & Television Association | Best Actor in a Motion Picture or Miniseries | Derek (2012) |
| 2014 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series | Derek (2012) |
| 2012 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Special Class Programs | The 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards (2012) |
| 2012 | Broadcasting Press Guild Award | Broadcasting Press Guild Awards | Best Multichannel Programme | An Idiot Abroad (2010) |
| 2012 | National Television Award | National Television Awards, UK | Most Popular Factual Programme | An Idiot Abroad (2010) |
| 2011 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Special Class Programs | The 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards (2011) |
| 2011 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Comedy Series | The Office (2005) |
| 2011 | TV Quick Award | TV Quick Awards, UK | Best Comedy Show | The Ricky Gervais Show (2010) |
| 2010 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Comedy Series | The Office (2005) |
| 2010 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Animated Program | The Ricky Gervais Show (2010) |
| 2010 | Peter Sellers Award for Comedy | Evening Standard British Film Awards | The Invention of Lying (2009) | |
| 2009 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Comedy Series | The Office (2005) |
| 2009 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special | Ricky Gervais: Out of England - The Stand-Up Special (2008) |
| 2009 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Special | Ricky Gervais: Out of England - The Stand-Up Special (2008) |
| 2009 | Astra Award | Astra Awards | Favourite International Personality or Actor | Extras (2005) |
| 2009 | OFTA Television Award | Online Film & Television Association | Best Host or Performer of a Variety, Musical, or Comedy Program | Ricky Gervais: Out of England - The Stand-Up Special (2008) |
| 2008 | Golden Globe | Golden Globes, USA | Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Comedy or Musical | Extras (2005) |
| 2008 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special | Extras (2005) |
| 2008 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie | Extras (2005) |
| 2008 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Comedy Series | The Office (2005) |
| 2008 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Made for Television Movie | Extras (2005) |
| 2008 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special | Extras (2005) |
| 2008 | Writer's Award | Broadcasting Press Guild Awards | Extras (2005) | |
| 2008 | Broadcasting Press Guild Award | Broadcasting Press Guild Awards | Best Comedy/Entertainment | Extras (2005) |
| 2008 | Gold Derby TV Award | Gold Derby Awards | TV Movie/Mini Actor | Extras (2005) |
| 2008 | PGA Award | PGA Awards | Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Comedy | Extras (2005) |
| 2008 | Actor | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series | Extras (2005) |
| 2007 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series | Extras (2005) |
| 2007 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Comedy Series | The Office (2005) |
| 2007 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series | Extras (2005) |
| 2007 | BAFTA TV Award | BAFTA Awards | Best Writer | Extras (2005) |
| 2007 | Gold Derby TV Award | Gold Derby Awards | Comedy Lead Actor | Extras (2005) |
| 2007 | OFTA Television Award | Online Film & Television Association | Best Actor in a Comedy Series | Extras (2005) |
| 2007 | Satellite Award | Satellite Awards | Best Actor in a Series, Comedy or Musical | Extras (2005) |
| 2007 | Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award | Writers' Guild of Great Britain | Television Comedy/Light Entertainment | Extras (2005) |
| 2006 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series | Extras (2005) |
| 2006 | BAFTA TV Award | BAFTA Awards | Best Situation Comedy | Extras (2005) |
| 2006 | BAFTA TV Award | BAFTA Awards | Best Writer | Extras (2005) |
| 2006 | British Comedy Award | British Comedy Awards | Best TV Comedy Actor | Extras (2005) |
| 2006 | British Comedy Award | British Comedy Awards | Best TV Comedy | Extras (2005) |
| 2006 | Broadcasting Press Guild Award | Broadcasting Press Guild Awards | Best Comedy/Entertainment | Extras (2005) |
| 2006 | WGA Award (TV) | Writers Guild of America, USA | Comedy Series | The Office (2005) |
| 2006 | WGA Award (TV) | Writers Guild of America, USA | New Series | The Office (2005) |
| 2005 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special | The Office (2001) |
| 2005 | British Comedy Award | British Comedy Awards | Best TV Comedy Actor | Extras (2005) |
| 2005 | British Comedy Award | British Comedy Awards | Best New TV Comedy | Extras (2005) |
| 2005 | British Comedy Award | British Comedy Awards | Best TV Comedy | Extras (2005) |
| 2005 | OFTA Television Award | Online Film & Television Association | Best Actor in a Comedy Series | Extras (2005) |
| 2004 | British Comedy Award | British Comedy Awards | Best TV Comedy Actor | The Office (2001) |
| 2004 | RTS Television Award | Royal Television Society, UK | Best Comedy Performance | The Office (2001) |
| 2003 | OFTA Television Award | Online Film & Television Association | Best Actor in a Comedy Series | The Office (2001) |
| 2002 | RTS Television Award | Royal Television Society, UK | Best Actor - Male | The Office (2001) |
Known for movies
The Office (2005-2013)
as Writer
The Invention of Lying (2009)
as Writer
Cemetery Junction (2010)
as Writer
Ricky Gervais: Out of England - The Stand-Up Special (2008)
as Writer
