Ricky Gervais
- 63 years old
- English
- Actor, writer, director, executive producer and stand-up comedian
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Ricky Gervais at O2 Forum Kentish Town review
Gags are shocking as ever at socially distanced gig.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 28th October 2020Gervais's Humanity named UK's top stand-up special
Ricky Gervais: Humanity has been named Britain's favourite Netflix stand-up special. It was also No.1 in Italy, Slovakia and Turkey, based on new analysis of internet search terms.
Chortle, 29th September 2020New Netflix shows for Ricky Gervais
Ricky Gervais has revealed he has two further projects in the pipeline with Netflix, following the launch of stand-up special SuperNature and the third series of his comedy After Life next year.
British Comedy Guide, 9th September 2020The BBC's bid to axe left-wing comedy will fail
From Punch in the 19th century to P. J. O'Rourke to Auberon Waugh to Craig Brown to Titania McGrath, if it's grown-up, nuanced political humour and satire you want, refer to books, newspapers, magazines or the internet. Let the lefties have the airwaves.
Patrick West, The Spectator, 3rd September 2020Ricky Gervais & Jane Fallon 'ignore' their wealth
Ricky Gervais and Jane Fallon "ignore their wealth" after once living above a brothel in London's Kings Cross.
Best selling author Jane was asked what it's like to be "super rich" when she chatted to the Loose Women panel today about her new book, Queen Bee.
Mary Gallagher, The Sun, 27th August 2020Ricky Gervais faces plagiarism fight
Biologist and illustrator says Flanimals book stole his ideas.
Chortle, 24th August 2020Ricky Gervais calls out celebrity cancel culture
"Trying to get someone fired isn't cool."
Andrei Harmsworth, Metro, 7th August 2020Ricky Gervais lends support to save club
Edinburgh Festival venue Just The Tonic has started a fundraiser to help them restart for the Fringe in 2021 with the support of Ricky Gervais, who did his very first stand-up show at the club many years ago!
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 20th July 2020Ricky Gervais wants lions to eat his corpse after death
After Life star Ricky Gervais has admitted he does not care about his physical body and loves the idea of tourists seeing his corpse being ripped apart by lions at a zoo after he dies.
Ed Gleave, Daily Star, 18th July 2020Ricky Gervais hits out at 'cancel culture' & 'wokeness'
Ricky Gervais has criticised cancel culture and wokeness as a "weird sort of fascism".
The comedian and actor, 59, spoke up in defence of free speech in a recent interview with TalkRADIO amid the growth of a movement that shames and silences anyone with opposing views.
Dan Cain, The Sun, 15th July 2020