Ricky Gervais
- 63 years old
- English
- Actor, writer, director, executive producer and stand-up comedian
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Ricky Gervais to launch new podcast
Ricky Gervais is launching a new podcast about "being human". Absolutely Mental will feature the comic in conversation with American neuroscientist Sam Harris.
British Comedy Guide, 8th April 2021Gervais responses about whether US or UK Office is best
Responding to claims that The US Office is "bigger and better" than its Slough-based counterpart, Gervais said: "I remember once, after syndication, someone on Twitter sent me a tweet that said 'The American version of The Office is so much bigger and better than yours. How does that make you feel?'" Gervais responded: "F***ing rich."
Alex Roberts, JOE, 17th March 2021Ricky Gervais: One day I'll be replaced by a robot
Ricky Gervais has joked that he could one day be replaced by a robot who's better at stand-up than he is.
Chortle, 7th March 2021Gervais: People get 'cancelled' for the wrong reasons
"No-one really cares about the argument any more or the principle, they just care about who's saying it," he said.
Nihal Arthanayake, BBC, 24th February 2021Ricky Gervais is right: fear of offence is killing TV
The comedy legend says entertainment is being "watered down" to avoid upsetting audiences.
Spiked, 24th February 2021Comedy.co.uk Awards 2020 winners
After Life, Staged, Horrible Histories, Would I Lie To You?, Taskmaster and Inside No. 9 have won prizes in the Comedy.co.uk Awards 2020. Radio 4 comedies Michael Spicer: Before Next Door, Dead Ringers, I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue and Joe Lycett's Obsessions have also won.
British Comedy Guide, 8th February 2021Ricky Gervais only spends 8 minutes a day on scripts
The award-winning comedian, writer, director and actor says his attention span isn't long enough but clearly he's doing something right given his decades of sucess.
Halina Watts, The Mirror, 30th January 2021Right on: does stand-up comedy have a left-wing bias?
The idea that the artform skews left is widespread, but the prevalence of comedians punching down suggests otherwise.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 25th January 2021Ricky Gervais slams celebrity 'ponces' for honours
Ricky Gervais has launched a scathing attack on celebrity "ponces" for accepting honours during the pandemic.
The comic, 59, raged against famous names being included in the 2021 New Year Honours list for OBEs and knighthoods.
Hannah Hope, The Sun, 23rd January 2021Twitter suspends Ricky Gervais's cat
Following the suspension of Donald Trump's Twitter account the social media giant last night suspended the account of Pickle, the cat belonging to Ricky Gervais.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 13th January 2021