Ricky Gervais (born 25 June 1961) is an English comic writer and performer from Reading, Berkshire, England. Gervais achieved mainstream fame with his award-winning BBC2 sitcom The Office, which he co-wrote and co-directed with his friend Stephen Merchant.
In 2005, Gervais and Merchant returned with the sitcom Extras. In 2006, Gervais became the first guest star on The Simpsons to also write an episode, which aired 26 March 2006. And besides writing and directing sitcoms, Gervais and Merchant hosted a radio show and a world record-breaking podcast with Karl Pilkington.
Multi-talented Gervais has authored three books for children based on his other-worldly creatures the Flanimals. He is also stand-up comedian, over the years writing and starring in his shows Animals, Politics, and Fame.
The Final Podcast? With Ricky saying this will be the last series of the The Ricky Gervais Show podcast, will today's be the last? No, it won't. The podcasts will be released on CD and that will include a brand new one hour show. But will that be the last...? (26 Sept 2006)
Chubby Little Fat Man Ricky Gervais has invitied his idol, David Bowie on to his sitcom Extras to sing a song that slags off his character. Bit weird, innit. (21 Sept 2006)
Ricky on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross. Celebrity chums Ricky Gervais and Jonathan Ross will be swapping insults, and maybe animals on BBC1 at 10:35pm on Friday 8th September. (Tues 29 Aug 2006)
