Ricky Gervais

Date of Birth

1961-06-25

Place of Birth

Whitley, Berkshire, Reading, England, UK

Known for

Night at the Museum, The Invention of Lying, Ghost Town, Ricky Gervais: Out of England, Valiant

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TV Reviews

Alley Cats TV Review: Ricky Gervais’s animated cat comedy is an outrageously foul look at mortality and found family dynamics

Posted 2 weeks ago

Laugh-out-loud funny one minute, devastating the next. Ricky Gervais' Alley Cats is a crude, brilliant adult animation with a huge heart.

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Ricky Gervais leads a pack of feral cats in the upcoming animated series Alley Cats

Posted 11 months ago

The comedian had dabbled in animation 13 years ago with a cartoon podcast. Now, he will be voicing a stray cat for Netflix.

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Ricky Gervais takes aim at Diddy, Justin Timberlake, the Vatican & more in Golden Globes jokes

Posted 2 years ago

Ricky Gervais isn't hosting the Golden Globes this year, but he's still sharing jokes ripping Diddy, Justin Timberlake & more.

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Ricky Gervais has revealed the premiere date for his new After Life series

Posted 8 years ago

Comedic actor and Reading, Berkshire native Ricky Gervais … and a dog, have revealed the premiere date for AFTER LIFE, a new Netflix original series comedy. In the past, Gervais and Netflix have teamed for serveal projects including, the actor's...

Ricky Gervais to return to Netflix with new dark comedy series After Life

Posted 8 years ago

Ricky Gervais has given me some of my absolute favourite moments of comedy in The Office, Extras, and The Ricky Gervais Show on XFM, but his more recent series' haven't quite done it for me. That said, I'm always excited...

Ricky Gervais reprises his Office persona in new Life on the Road trailer

Posted 10 years ago

Ricky Gervais has been promoting his new movie, DAVID BRENT: LIFE ON THE ROAD, for some time now, and the mass audience will finally get to see it on February 10 when it debuts on Netflix. Many people might not...

Ricky Gervais & Eric Bana team up in the trailer for Special Correspondents

Posted 10 years ago

Not content with pumping out amazing original shows, Netflix is also scooping up films left and right. Next on the Netflix movie docket is SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS. The story follows a radio journalist (Eric Bana) and his technician (Ricky Gervais) get...

Where in the Horror are they Now? Warwick Davis!

Posted 10 years ago

WARWICK DAVIS THEN: There are movie legends and then there are MOVIE LEGENDS! Imagine an actor being a part of not only the STAR WARS franchise, but HARRY POTTER as well. Come on man, this weeks subject was a freaking...

Here is the final list of winners for the 2016 Golden Globe Awards!

Posted 11 years ago

I can’t believe it folks but the Earth has already made yet another rotation around the Sun and it’s that time of the year again. A time when the internet and social media come together to politely discuss and debate...

Ricky Gervais returns to host the Golden Globes in 2016

Posted 11 years ago

Just last week we found out that Chris Rock would be hosting the 88th Academy Awards, and with that mystery out of the way our inquisitive minds soon turned to another question of monumental importance; who would host the Golden...

The Ricky Gervais directed comedy Special Correspondents to debut on Netflix

Posted 11 years ago

Ricky Gervais announced his third film as director back in October and now we have learned that the comedy will debut on Netflix in 2016. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS, starring Eric Bana, already has been sold to Sony for international distribution while...

Big Bang Theory co-creator will script Muppets revival pilot for ABC

Posted 11 years ago

Get ready to rekindle some more nostalgia as ABC is set to film a proof of concept pilot for The Muppets. This latest iteration will be brought to us by Bill Prady, who more recently was responsible for co-creating The...

Review: Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb

Posted 12 years ago

PLOT: Larry Daly’s (Ben Stiller) wax museum friends begin to lose their powers when the magical Tablet of Ahkmenrah begins to rot. Their only hope is for Larry and his some of his waxwork pals including Roosevelt (Robin Williams), Jedediah...

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