Ricky Gervais
- 63 years old
- English
- Actor, writer, director, executive producer and stand-up comedian
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Ricky Gervais criticises "homogenised" gross-out movies
The Office creator says that Netflix has allowed him to be an "auteur" with his new film Special Correspondents set to be released on the streaming service this April.
Ben Dowell, Radio Times, 11th April 2016This topical comedy show brings together young British comics, including Dane Baptiste, Ivo Graham, Rhys James, Ellie White and Jamie Demetriou. It feels like a scattershot ensemble, but makes slightly more sense when you learn this is being positioned as a reboot of The 11 O'Clock Show, the late-90s format that helped to shape the current comedy mainstream by employing everyone from Ricky Gervais to Sacha Baron Cohen, David Mitchell, Robert Webb, Charlie Brooker and Robert Popper.
Rachel Aroesti, The Guardian, 17th March 2016Review: 'Outside Looking In Left' by Ed Byrne
Ed Byrne brings his show from the last Edinburgh fringe to the Warwick Arts Centre; a comfortable and rather jolly evening. Byrne causes no controversy, and in a comedy scene that is often filled with a Ricky Gervais-esque desire to be the most offensive as possible within ninety minutes, Byrne's show is a welcome relief.
Jess Glass, The Boar, 21st February 2016Mackenzie Crook interview
Mackenzie Crook on the 'excitable' Ricky Gervais, the 'gruelling' Game of Thrones, and the mysterious childhood moment that changed his life.
Jane Annie, The Big Issue, 1st February 2016The day I played David Bowie's hands in Extras
When Bowie appeared on Ricky Gervais's TV show in 2006, he needed someone to play the piano while he mimed. It would be his last appearance on TV and the song he played, Little Fat Man, would later be echoed in Where Are We Now?, a track on his 2013 album The Next Day.
Clifford Slapper, The Guardian, 24th January 2016Ricky Gervais says he wants to do new stand-up show
Ricky Gervais has hinted that he may be up for a new stand-up show in 2017 after hosting the 73rd Golden Globes this year.
Roisin O'Connor, The Independent, 12th January 2016Ricky Gervais Golden Globes monologue pulls no punches
"I'm going to be nice tonight," Ricky Gervais promised the assembled Hollywood luminaries in the Beverly Hilton Hotel's ballroom - a promise that expired approximately once sentence later.
Scott Bixby, The Guardian, 11th January 2016Ricky Gervais: His 30 funniest insults
Hollywood and your precious Golden Globes - brace yourselves. Ricky Gervais is back for a fourth night of constant piss-taking and putdowns. And we can't wait.
Tom Eames, Digital Spy, 7th January 2016Ricky Gervais apologises in advance for Golden Globes
Gird your loins celebs, Ricky Gervais has apologised in advance for what he's going to say when he returns as host for this year's Golden Globes.
Emma Daly, Radio Times, 2nd January 2016Ricky Gervais reveals plot details of David Brent movie
The former boss of The Office is still touring that Freelove Freeway.
Radio Times, 10th December 2015