Ricky Gervais
- 63 years old
- English
- Actor, writer, director, executive producer and stand-up comedian
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Ricky Gervais donates £427k to animal charities
Platinum Ticket sales for Ricky Gervais's UK tour dates of his stand-up show 'Supernature' raised profits of £427,243.42, which Gervais has split evenly and donated to three worldwide animal charities.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 19th May 2022Ricky Gervais says 'smart' people don't get offended at his jokes
Ricky Gervais has opened up about his style of comedy as well as touching on taboo subjects.
Tamara Davison, Evening Standard, 19th May 2022Ricky Gervais 'lost all respect' for Piers Morgan after TalkTV Taliban interview
Comedian Ricky Gervais has weighed in on Piers Morgan's Tuesday interview with the official Taliban spokesman Suhail Shaheen on his TalkTV show Uncensored.
Rebecca Cook, The Mirror, 11th May 2022Fans 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 2022Ricky 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 2022National 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 2022Why critics love to loathe After Life
Reviewers have lost touch with what audiences enjoy.
Alex Cameron, Spiked, 3rd February 2022Ricky 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 2022Jimmy 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 2022Ricky 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