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Ricky Gervais
Ricky Gervais

Ricky Gervais

  • 63 years old
  • English
  • Actor, writer, director, executive producer and stand-up comedian

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Fans slam Ricky Gervais doing intro to Piers Morgan's new show

Viewers were quick to denounce the Gervais video, with one calling it nearly the "worst thing he's done this year".

Amanda Whiting, The Independent, 25th April 2022

Ricky Gervais is working on his most close-to-the-bone show yet in a battle against the woke, cancel culture generation

Ricky Gervais has never been one to bite his tongue but now he is poised to battle against woke cancel culture with his most controversial show yet.

Bizarre was there for the comic's stand up comeback on Wednesday evening, in front of a small ­audience in ­central London, where he tried out material for his next tour.

Simon Boyle, The Sun, 24th March 2022

National Comedy Awards 2021 winners

The results of the National Comedy Awards 2021 have been revealed, ahead of Saturday's TV broadcast.

British Comedy Guide, 2nd March 2022

Why critics love to loathe After Life

Reviewers have lost touch with what audiences enjoy.

Alex Cameron, Spiked, 3rd February 2022

Ricky Gervais on why no subject should be off-limits in comedy

"I think a lot of this pious offense comes from people mistaking the target of the joke with the subject. You can joke about anything, but it depends on what the actual target is."

The Wall Street Journal, 31st January 2022

Jimmy Carr had the most streamed stand-up special of 2021

Jimmy Carr had the most-streamed UK stand-up special in this country last year. The top 10 also featured Russell Howard, James Acaster, Ricky Gervais and Michael McIntyre.

British Comedy Guide, 31st January 2022

Ricky Gervais insists he 'wants to get cancelled'

Funnyman Ricky Gervais says he 'wants to get cancelled' when he releases his new stand-up show and will 'treat it as his last ever'.

Brogan-Leigh Hurst, The Mirror, 31st January 2022

It's official! Ricky Gervais declares he is finally vegan

Comedian and animal rights advocate Ricky Gervais announced on Jimmy Fallon's Tonight Show that he is finally vegan after years of being meat-free.

Molly Pickering, Vegan Food & Living, 24th January 2022

Ricky Gervais on After Life scene that still makes him cry

He said the scene "still chokes me up" despite watching it 70 times.

Will Lavin, NME, 24th January 2022

After Life's Tony: the only local journalist in a £1m house

Tony's house used in filming is actually in Hampstead, just off the Heath, and would in real life cost comfortably north of £3 million. The rest of the Tambury locations are spread between the commuter-belt towns of Hemel Hempstead, Rickmansworth and Beaconsfield but even if it were here I think Tony's extremely des res would cost close to £1 million which he would be funding with what in reality be a salary of....£25,000 or so.

John Sturgis, The Press Gazette, 21st January 2022

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