England 2006: The Golden Generation
2026 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Ricky Gervais
1961-06-25
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Whitley, Berkshire, Reading, England, UK
Writers: , , , , Derek
Ricky Dene Gervais (born June 25, 1961) is an English comedian, actor, director, producer, musician and writer. Gervais achieved mainstream fame with his television series The Office and the subsequent series Extras, both of which he co-wrote and co-directed with friend and frequent collaborator Stephen Merchant. In addition to writing and directing the shows, Gervais also played the lead roles of David Brent in The Office and Andy Millman in Extras. Gervais has also starred in a number of Hollywood films, assuming leading roles in Ghost Town and The Invention of Lying. He has performed on four sell-out stand-up comedy tours, written the best-selling Flanimals book series and starred with Merchant and Karl Pilkington in the most downloaded podcast in the world as of March 2009, The Ricky Gervais Show. He has won a multitude of awards and honours, including seven BAFTA Awards, five British Comedy Awards, two Emmy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards and the 2006 Rose d'Or, as well as a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination. In 2007 he was voted the 11th greatest stand-up comic on Channel 4's 100 Greatest Stand-Ups and again in the updated 2010 list as the 3rd greatest stand-up comic. In 2010 he was named on the TIME 100 list of the world's most influential people. Gervais hosted both the 2010 and 2011 Golden Globe Awards.
Filmography
The Office: Ricky's Top 25 Brent Moments
2026 · Movie
as Self/David Brent (archive footage)
Ricky Gervais Alley Cats
2026 · TV Show
as Gus (voice)
Joe & David's Magical Sitcom Tour
2026 · TV Show
as Self
Ricky Gervais: Mortality
2025 · Movie
as Self
Dog Man
2025 · Movie
as Flippy (voice)
Stand-Up: The Laughing Therapy
2024 · TV Show
as Self (archive footage)
Ricky Gervais: Armageddon
2023 · Movie
as Self
German Genius
2023 · TV Show
as Ricky Gervais
George Michael: Freedom Uncut
2022 · Movie
as Self
Ricky Gervais: SuperNature
2022 · Movie
as Self
Kick Out the Jams: The Story of XFM
2022 · Movie
as Self
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
2022 · Movie
as Ika Chu (voice)
Classic Albums: Suede - Coming Up
2021 · Movie
as Self
The Willoughbys
2020 · Movie
as The Cat (voice)
Talking Sopranos
2020 · TV Show
as Self
The Nazi Pug: Joke or Hate?
2019 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
After Life
2019 · TV Show
as Tony
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
2019 · TV Show
as Ricky Gervais (voice)
Ricky Gervais: Humanity
2018 · Movie
as Self
Suede: The Insatiable Ones
2018 · Movie
as Self
The Alec Baldwin Show
2018 · TV Show
as Self
Child Support
2018 · TV Show
as Self
George Michael: Freedom
2017 · Movie
as Self
Jim Norton: Mouthful of Shame
2017 · Movie
as Self (uncredited)
The Last Laugh
2016 · Movie
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
David Brent: Life on the Road
2016 · Movie
as David Brent
Special Correspondents
2016 · Movie
as Albert Finch
Michael McIntyre's Big Show
2016 · TV Show
as Self - Performer
WIRED's Autocomplete Interviews
2016 · TV Show
as Self - Guest
Derek Special
2015 · Movie
as Derek
The Little Prince
2015 · Movie
as The Conceited Man (voice)
Galavant
2015 · TV Show
as Xanax
Hot Ones
2015 · TV Show
as Self
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015 · TV Show
as Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · TV Show
as Self, Self - Guest
Muppets Most Wanted
2014 · Movie
as Dominic Badguy
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
2014 · Movie
as Dr. McPhee
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
2014 · Movie
as Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · TV Show
as Self, Self - Guest
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · TV Show
as Self
BoJack Horseman
2014 · TV Show
as Hedgehog at Orphanage (voice)
Escape from Planet Earth
2013 · Movie
as Mr Bing (voice)
The Unbelievers
2013 · Movie
as Self
David Blaine: Real or Magic
2013 · Movie
as Self
The Return of Brent
2013 · Movie
as David Brent
The Office Retrospective
2013 · Movie
as Self
Derek
2013 · TV Show
as Derek
Learn Guitar with David Brent
2013 · TV Show
as David Brent
The Last Leg
2013 · TV Show
as Self
Learn English with Ricky Gervais
2012 · Movie
as Self
Sesame Street: Singing with the Stars
2012 · Movie
as Self
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
2012 · TV Show
as Self
Talking Funny
2011 · Movie
as Self
Spy Kids: All the Time in the World
2011 · Movie
as Voice of Argonaut
The Muppets
2011 · Movie
as Himself (uncredited)
Life's Too Short
2011 · TV Show
as Ricky Gervais
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David Haye versus
2011 · TV Show
as Self
Cemetery Junction
2010 · Movie
as Len Taylor
Ricky Gervais: Out of England 2
2010 · Movie
as Self
Ricky Gervais Live 4: Science
2010 · Movie
as Self
This Side of the Truth, A Truly 'Honest' Making of The Invention of Lying
2010 · Movie
as Self
Meet Karl Pilkington II
2010 · Movie
as Self
When Karl Met Warwick
2010 · Movie
as Self
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The Simpsons: Mischief & Mayhem
2010 · Movie
as Self - Narrator
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The Marriage Ref
2010 · TV Show
as Self - Panelist
The Ricky Gervais Show
2010 · TV Show
as Self
Louie
2010 · TV Show
as Dr. Ben
An Idiot Abroad
2010 · TV Show
as Self
Conan
2010 · TV Show
as Self
The Invention of Lying
2009 · Movie
as Mark Bellison
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
2009 · Movie
as Dr. McPhee
SpongeBob's Truth or Square
2009 · Movie
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Prequel: The Dawn of Lying
2009 · Movie
as Mark Bellison
Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants
2009 · Movie
as Self
Alan Carr: Chatty Man
2009 · TV Show
as Self
Horne & Corden
2009 · TV Show
Live from Studio Five
2009 · TV Show
as Self
Ghost Town
2008 · Movie
as Dr. Bertram Pincus
Ricky Gervais: Out of England
2008 · Movie
as Self
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
2008 · Movie
as Ricky Gervais (uncredited)
Ricky Gervais Live 3: Fame
2007 · Movie
as Self
Stardust
2007 · Movie
as Ferdy the Fence
Karl Pilkington: Satisfied Fool
2007 · Movie
as Self
No image
Living with Ricky Gervais 2
2007 · Movie
as Self
Taping Nigel II: The Gimpening
2007 · Movie
as Self
No image
The Art of Breaking Character
2007 · Movie
as Self
Concert for Diana
2007 · Movie
as David Brent
The Graham Norton Show
2007 · TV Show
as Self
Night at the Museum
2006 · Movie
as Dr. McPhee
For Your Consideration
2006 · Movie
as Martin Gibb
The One Show
2006 · TV Show
as Self - Guest
Valiant
2005 · Movie
as Bugsy (voice)
Pictoplasma: Characters in Motion, Vol. 1
2005 · Movie
as Audio Sample (Self)
Taping Nigel
2005 · Movie
as Self
No image
Finding Leo
2005 · Movie
as Self
Alan Partridge Presents: The Cream of British Comedy
2005 · Movie
as Self
Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List
2005 · TV Show
as Self
The Office
2005 · TV Show
as David Brent
Extras
2005 · TV Show
as Andy Millman
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005 · TV Show
as Self
Ricky Gervais Live 2: Politics
2004 · Movie
as Self
No image
Living with Ricky Gervais
2004 · Movie
as Self
Meet Karl Pilkington
2004 · Movie
as Self
Ricky Gervais Live: Animals
2003 · Movie
as Self
No image
Golden Years
2003 · TV Show
as Clive Meadows
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003 · TV Show
as Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · TV Show
as Self - Guest
How I Made The Office by Ricky Gervais
2002 · Movie
as Self
Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe
2002 · Movie
as Penguin (voice)
Offensive: The Real Derek and Clive
2002 · Movie
as Self
The Fight
2002 · Movie
as Self
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
2002 · TV Show
as Self, Self - Guest Announcer
Dog Eat Dog
2001 · Movie
as Bouncer
Alias
2001 · TV Show
as Daniel Ryan
The Office
2001 · TV Show
as David Brent
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Vic Reeves Examines
2000 · TV Show
Meet Ricky Gervais
2000 · TV Show
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000 · TV Show
as Ricky Gervais
Spaced
1999 · TV Show
as Dave
SpongeBob SquarePants
1999 · TV Show
as Narrator (voice)
Family Guy
1999 · TV Show
as Billy Finn (voice)
No image
The Jim Tavaré Show
1999 · TV Show
as Various
No image
Seedy Boss
1998 · Movie
as David Brent
The 11 O'Clock Show
1998 · TV Show
as Self
Parkinson
1998 · TV Show
as Self
The View
1997 · TV Show
as Self - Guest, Self
The Daily Show
1996 · TV Show
as Self, Self - Guest
Room 101
1994 · TV Show
as Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993 · TV Show
as Self - Guest
GMTV
1993 · TV Show
as Self
Late Show with David Letterman
1993 · TV Show
as Self - Guest
The Simpsons
1989 · TV Show
as Charles Heathbar (voice), Ricky Gervais (voice)
This Morning
1988 · TV Show
as Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988 · TV Show
as Self, Self - Guest
Saturday Night Live
1975 · TV Show
as Self (uncredited)
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · TV Show
as Self - Host
No image
The Wind in the Willows
· Movie
as Mole
Crew Credits
La oficina
2026 · TV Show
Original Series Creator
Ricky Gervais Alley Cats
2026 · TV Show
Executive Producer, Writer, Director, Creator
Ricky Gervais: Mortality
2025 · Movie
Writer
The Paper
2025 · TV Show
Executive Producer, Original Series Creator
The Office
2024 · TV Show
Original Series Creator
Ricky Gervais: Armageddon
2023 · Movie
Writer
7 Minutes
2023 · Movie
Executive Producer, Director
German Genius
2023 · TV Show
Creator
Ricky Gervais: SuperNature
2022 · Movie
Writer, Original Music Composer
The Office (SA)
2022 · TV Show
Original Series Creator
The Office PL
2021 · TV Show
Original Series Creator
The Willoughbys
2020 · Movie
Executive Producer
After Life
2019 · TV Show
Executive Producer, Director, Writer, Creator
The Office
2019 · TV Show
Original Series Creator
Ricky Gervais: Humanity
2018 · Movie
Writer, Executive Producer
Child Support
2018 · TV Show
Executive Producer
The Office
2017 · TV Show
Original Series Creator
David Brent: Life on the Road
2016 · Movie
Director, Writer, Producer
Special Correspondents
2016 · Movie
Director, Writer, Producer
Derek Special
2015 · Movie
Director, Writer
The Return of Brent
2013 · Movie
Director, Characters, Writer
The Office Retrospective
2013 · Movie
Creator
Derek
2013 · TV Show
Writer, Director, Creator
Learn Guitar with David Brent
2013 · TV Show
Creator
The Office: Secret Santa Pack
2012 · Movie
Writer
Learn English with Ricky Gervais
2012 · Movie
Director
Sesame Street: Singing with the Stars
2012 · Movie
Original Music Composer
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4funnies
2012 · TV Show
Producer
Talking Funny
2011 · Movie
Executive Producer
Brad & Gary
2011 · Movie
Book
Life's Too Short
2011 · TV Show
Writer, Director, Executive Producer, Creator
Cemetery Junction
2010 · Movie
Director, Writer, Executive Producer
Ricky Gervais: Out of England 2
2010 · Movie
Executive Producer, Writer
Ricky Gervais Live 4: Science
2010 · Movie
Director, Writer
When Karl Met Warwick
2010 · Movie
Producer, Director
An Idiot Abroad
2010 · TV Show
Producer, Creator
The Ricky Gervais Show
2010 · TV Show
Producer, Creator
The Office
2010 · TV Show
Original Series Creator
The Invention of Lying
2009 · Movie
Director, Writer, Producer
Prequel: The Dawn of Lying
2009 · Movie
Director, Screenplay
Ricky Gervais: Out of England
2008 · Movie
Writer, Executive Producer
Ricky Gervais Live 3: Fame
2007 · Movie
Writer
Taping Nigel II: The Gimpening
2007 · Movie
Director, Camera Operator
La Job
2006 · TV Show
Creator
Le Bureau
2006 · TV Show
Creator
Ricky Gervais Meets...
2006 · TV Show
Creator
No image
Finding Leo
2005 · Movie
Director
Taping Nigel
2005 · Movie
Director, Camera Operator
The Office
2005 · TV Show
Executive Producer, Writer, Original Series Creator, Teleplay
Extras
2005 · TV Show
Executive Producer, Director, Writer, Creator
Kelsey Grammer Presents: The Sketch Show
2005 · TV Show
Writer
Ricky Gervais Live 2: Politics
2004 · Movie
Writer
Meet Karl Pilkington
2004 · Movie
Director, Producer
Ricky Gervais Live: Animals
2003 · Movie
Writer
No image
Golden Years
2003 · TV Show
Writer
The Office
2001 · TV Show
Writer, Director, Creator
Bruiser
2000 · TV Show
Additional Writing
The Simpsons
1989 · TV Show
Writer
No image
HaMisrad
· TV Show
Creator
