Ricky Gervais

British comedian · United Kingdom · Comedians · Born 1961 · age 65

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The man who made cringe comedy primetime and then spent two decades refusing to let anyone forget it.

A life in dates

2023“If humanity was , the Earth would return to a paradise in a few hundred years. If we lose bees, we’re a desert, forever. We’re not that important.”In their wordsDecember 2023Ricky Gervais: Armageddon (transcript). December 2023.Read the whole statement

2019Richard Dawkins AwardAward2017“It’s awful to think of people eating dogs, but some people eat pork. I don’t, but some people do. And a pig is just like a dog, there is no difference between them.”In their words13 September 2017From his Humanity show; quoted in "Ricky Gervais chooses vegan," Vegetarians of Washington (13 September 2017)Read the whole statement

2011“I think a comedian's job isn't just to make people laugh. I think it's to make people think.”In their wordsAt Piers Morgan Tonight, 2011Read the whole statement

2010“Science seeks the truth. And it does not discriminate. For better or worse it finds things out. Science is humble. It knows what it knows and it knows what it doesn’t know.”In their words"Ricky Gervais: Why I’m an Atheist," WSJ, 2010Read the whole statement

2009“If there is a god, why did he make me an atheist? That was his first mistake. Well, the talking snake was his first mistake.”In their words"Inside the Actors Studio," 2009Read the whole statement

2008“You have options. You can either continue to be miserable or you can just stop being angry at everyone and accept the way things are. Allow yourself to live.”In their wordsGhost Town, 2008Read the whole statement

2007Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy SeriesAward1961Born25 June 1961

Also in Deutsch

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Gervais at the 60th British Academy Film Awards in 2007

Gervais (right) with Jonathan Ross at Live 8 in Hyde Park, London, July 2005

Gervais on stage at the London Palladium in the West End, September 2021

Gervais in 2010

Ricky Gervais performing at Tribeca Performing Arts Center in New York in 2007

In their own words 10

Ricky Gervais

10 statements, newest first

If humanity was , the Earth would return to a paradise in a few hundred years. If we lose bees, we’re a desert, forever. We’re not that important.
Dec 2023, Ricky Gervais: Armageddon (transcript). December 2023., Own words
It’s awful to think of people eating dogs, but some people eat pork. I don’t, but some people do. And a pig is just like a dog, there is no difference between them.
Sep 13, 2017, From his Humanity show; quoted in "Ricky Gervais chooses vegan," Vegetarians of Washington (13 September 2017), Own words
If we took something like any fiction, any holy book… and destroyed it, in a thousand year’s time that wouldn’t come back just as it was.
Feb 1, 2017, Interview on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert, first broadcast by CBS on 1 February 2017., Own words

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Awards

Richard Dawkins Award2019

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series2007

Writers Guild of America Award

About this person

Gervais tried pop stardom first: his 1980s new-wave act Seona Dancing flopped in the UK but somehow charted in the Philippines with "More to Lose" before London Records dropped them. He managed Suede, then pivoted to comedy in the late 1990s, sharpening his edge on Channel 4's The 11 O'Clock Show as a provocateur. In 2001 he co-created The Office with Stephen Merchant, a BBC mockumentary that turned workplace humiliation into appointment television. Extras followed in 2005, then Derek, After Life, and a string of stand-up tours. He hosted the Golden Globes five times between 2010 and 2020, appeared in the Night at the Museum trilogy, and co-created The Ricky Gervais Show podcast with Merchant and Karl Pilkington, which spun off An Idiot Abroad. By 2010 Time had named him one of the world's most influential people - a designation earned less by charm than by volume.

Country

United Kingdom

In common with Ricky

Sean CombsAlso in Muppets Most Wanted (2014)

Nick JonasAlso in Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009)

Hugh LaurieAlso in Valiant (2005)

Jack BlackAlso in The Muppets (2011)

UsherAlso in Muppets Most Wanted (2014)

Jessica AlbaAlso in Spy Kids: All the Time in the World (2011)

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