Ricky Gervais
- 63 years old
- English
- Actor, writer, director, executive producer and stand-up comedian
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Scope hits out at Ricky Gervais's stand-up special
Disability charity Scope says it has been bombarded with abuse against disabled people after criticising Ricky Gervais for using 'ableist slurs' in his new Netflix special.
Chortle, 8th December 2023Ricky Gervais donates £1.9m to animal charities
Ricky Gervais is donating the £1,910,000 extra profits he made on Platinum Tickets for his tour to animal charities.
British Comedy Guide, 5th December 2023Ricky Gervais announces surprising new career move into booze
Ricky Gervais has announced he is delving into alcohol production, after becoming the co-owner of Ellers Farm Distillery. The comedian, 62, shared the career move in an amusing Instagram clip, urging followers to purchase the brand's vodka as it would help to make him 'hundreds of millions of pounds.'
Laura Fox, Daily Mail, 28th November 2023Ricky Gervais special Armageddon launches on Netflix on Christmas Day
Ricky Gervais: Armageddon, the 2023 stand-up special from the Office star, will be published on Netflix on 25th December.
British Comedy Guide, 20th November 2023Ricky Gervais is first British comedian to sell-out 20,000 seat Scotiabank Arena in Canada
Ricky Gervais has made history as the first British comedian to sell-out a 20,000 capacity arena in Canada during his Armageddon tour.
Chikamso Chukwuenyem, Daily Mail, 27th October 2023Ricky Gervais's After Life park bench vandalised
The bench was installed as part of a mental health awareness campaign.
Chris Edwards, NME, 18th October 2023Ricky Gervais: Armageddon at Wembley Arena review
He acknowledges that negative publicity only seems to make him more successful (which presumably means anybody writing anything critical about this show is part of its publicity machine. Whoops). You may have heard the phrase 'never wrestle with a pig. You both get dirty, but the pig likes it.' Maybe ignoring people who profit from making us angry is the best approach to take from now on.
Mark Muldoon, Chortle, 16th October 2023The tedious world of anti-woke comedy
From Jimmy Carr to Ricky Gervais, "edgy" comics are making jokes about 9/11 and Michael Jackson in an attempt to offend. But we've heard it all before.
Sarah Manavis, The New Statesman, 28th September 2023Ricky Gervais at the London Palladium review: lashings of cheap laughs
The comedian's latest show is pithy, pacey and performed with casual aplomb.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 18th September 2023Punching up: how British comedy became kinder and more inclusive - without losing its edge
As British politics has got crueller, our comedy has gone in the opposite direction, becoming a haven of decency and diversity. In this extract from his new book, Different Times, David Stubbs asks if these gentler comics are the new cutting edge.
David Stubbs, The Guardian, 17th July 2023