Ricky Gervais
- 63 years old
- English
- Actor, writer, director, executive producer and stand-up comedian
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After Life Series 3 review
Ricky Gervais's foul-mouthed comedy about grief and community returns for a final six-episode run. Despite its good qualities, however, it fails to pluck at heartstrings quite like it intends.
Louis Chilton, The Independent, 14th January 2022After Life Series 3 review
Only Ricky Gervais could get away with a show this toothless.
Emily Baker, i Newspaper, 14th January 2022After Life review
After Life's saving grace is the cast of lovable freaks around Ricky Gervais.
Ed Power, The Irish Times, 14th January 2022After Life, review: the emotional depth of a Post-It note
Ricky Gervais's Netflix project has gone from perfectly watchable to a soggy pudding of a series that wallows in its own thin-skinned misanthropy.
Chris Bennion, The Telegraph, 14th January 2022After Life review
Ricky Gervais's After Life is a conundrum. Viewers love it and critics can't figure out why at all. What makes it odd is that this isn't a Mrs Brown's Boys situation, where the consensus critical position is: "Nope, sorry, you people are stupid and wrong, this is actually terrible." It's more complex than that. It's more of a sort of: "What, this? From him? But why?"
Hugo Rifkind, The Times, 14th January 2022Why comedians love to hate Ricky Gervais
The After Life star's 'edgy' brand of sentimentality has made him more popular than ever - except with his peers.
Stephen Armstrong, The Telegraph, 13th January 2022Ricky Gervais reveals After Life fans ask him to insult them
"The most frequent request is 'Can you call me a tubby ginger c***?' That's the most popular line from the show."
Robert Mann, The Sun, 12th January 2022Ricky Gervais weighs in on Downing Street's party scandal
The UK's leaders should not be trusted, comedian Ricky Gervais has said following the revelation that Downing Street staff were invited to a party in the garden of Number 10 during the nationwide lockdown.
Nina Nannar, ITV, 11th January 2022Drama Four Lives proves Merchant has finally overtaken Gervais
The former collaborators who brought the world The Office are both back on screen - and in very different shows. Gervais's career might have started out bigger and brasher, writes Ed Cumming, but the brilliant new BBC drama Four Lives shows that Stephen Merchant is the tortoise to his old partner's hare.
Ed Cumming, The Independent, 10th January 2022Ricky Gervais faces up to what's next
Ricky Gervais is coming to the end of After Life, the Netflix comedy series that he created and stars in and which has been watched by 100 million people around the world.
Peter White, Deadline, 8th January 2022