Ricky Dene Gervais (English pronunciation: /dʒərˈveɪz/, jər-VAYZ; born 25 June 1961) is an English comedian, actor, director, producer, musician, writer, and former radio presenter. 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 frequent collaborator Stephen Merchant. In addition to writing and directing the shows, Gervais 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 multiple 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
Jodie Foster's sons got a good hearty laugh out of Ricky Gervais cracking a "beaver" joke about their mom at the Golden Globes -- at least Ricky thinks so.We just caught up with the Globes host,… READ MORE >
Kim Kardashian was watching when Ricky Gervais unloaded on her at the Golden Globes last night -- and KK thought it was "hilarious."Ricky called Kim a trashier version of Kate Middleton -- someone… READ MORE >
Ricky Gervais basically called Jodie Foster a lesbian at the Golden Globes tonight.It all went down during the opening monologue, when Gervais said he had been forbidden from discussing anything… READ MORE >
Smiling, laughing, charming and jovial ... Ricky Gervais was all of those things when talking to our photogs this weekend. And he'll be those things again tonight when he hosts the Golden Globes… READ MORE >
John Travolta -- who was the implied butt of a controversial joke from Ricky Gervais during the Golden Globes -- seemed to acknowledge the situation last night when he told our photog the event… READ MORE >
Ricky Gervais doesn't care if he's ever asked back to host the Golden Globes"" ... because he's "not gonna do it again anyway."A smiling Gervais was weathering the storm in New York this morning… READ MORE >
Ricky Gervais and Robert De Niro both talked their way into a firestorm at the "Golden Globes" last night ... after each attempted risky jokes that some consider downright offensive. Gervais' dig… READ MORE >
Golden Globes host Ricky Gervais told Conan O'Brien earlier this week his Mel Gibson/Nazi joke was shot down by the show's producers, so our camera guy suggested he dress up as a different… READ MORE >
