Ricky Gervais
- 63 years old
- English
- Actor, writer, director, executive producer and stand-up comedian
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Star comics on camera in their early Fringe days
A stash of film shot in the 1990s chronicles the rise of comedy's big names including Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon and Jo Brand.
Dan Glaister, The Guardian, 16th July 2017Ricky Gervais, comedy review
Much more than another day at the office.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 10th July 201716 years of The Office: David Brent's 12 finest moments
16 years ago on 9th July 2001 we were first introduced to David Brent, the general manager of Wernham Hogg, a fictitious paper company in Slough, and the role that made Ricky Gervais a household name.
Elliot Gonzalez, I Talk Telly, 9th July 2017Ricky Gervais slammed for insenstive AIDS joke tweet
"The 80's called (and Jim Davidson shortly after) they want their prejudiced jokes back."
Attitude Magazine, 21st June 2017Ricky Gervais interview
Though it's only been 16 years since we first met David Brent on The Office, it's not an understatement to say that Ricky Gervais's tragic-comic creation utterly changed the landscape of TV comedy.
Stacey Wilson Hunt, Vulture, 21st June 2017Ricky Gervais: Humanity review
In Humanity, he's still on politically incorrect territory. But his fifth show is also his most mature yet, not by sacrificing crassness, but by giving it context.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 16th June 2017Ricky Gervais, Touring review
You would think by now his trolls would know better than to take him on, but they don't. It's just material for his next show.
Veronica Lee, The Arts Desk, 12th May 2017Review - Ricky Gervais: Humanity
Ricky Gervais caused a minor media stir recently, when a grieving couple decried his routine about a hypothetical dead baby. Tweeting afterwards about offence, the comic struck me as theoretically correct but insensitive - surely discretion should be the better part of valour and he could spare them the distress of continuing the argument beyond the stage. Yet the incident, which went unmentioned in this Glasgow show, neatly illustrates Humanity's core preoccupation and George Carlin's maxim that it's the comedian's duty to find out where the line is drawn and cross it deliberately.
Jay Richardson, The Scotsman, 6th May 2017Comedy review: Ricky Gervais
Gervais has spoken at length about the perils of celebrity, and his ruminations on social media's role in the rise of ignorant populism might sound superficial. But this, his first stand-up show in seven years, is also his most personal and his best yet.
Jay Richardson, The Scotsman, 4th May 2017Ricky Gervais slammed for 'dead baby joke'
Ricky Gervais has been slammed by bereaved parents who stormed out of one of his gigs claiming he had made a sick joke about a dead baby.
The Sun, 30th March 2017