Ricky Gervais

Ricky Gervais Movies and TV Shows

Ricky Dene Gervais (born 25 June 1961) is an English comedian, actor, director, producer, musician and writer. Gervais achieved mainstream fame with his television series The Office and the subsequent series Extras, both of which he co-wrote and co-directed with friend and frequent collaborator Stephen Merchant. In addition to writing and directing the shows, Gervais also played the lead roles of David Brent in The Office and Andy Millman in Extras. Gervais has also starred in a number of Hollywood films, assuming leading roles in Ghost Town and The Invention of Lying. He has performed on four sell-out stand-up comedy tours, written the best-selling Flanimals book series and starred with Merchant and Karl Pilkington in the most downloaded podcast in the world as of March 2009, The Ricky Gervais Show. He has won a multitude of awards and honours, including seven BAFTA Awards, five British Comedy Awards, two Emmy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards and the 2006 Rose d'Or, as well as a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination. In 2007 he was voted the 11th greatest stand-up comic on Channel 4's 100 Greatest Stand-Ups and again in the updated 2010 list as the 3rd greatest stand-up comic. In 2010 he was named on the TIME 100 list of the world's most influential people. Gervais hosted both the 2010 and 2011 Golden Globe Awards. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ricky Gervais, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Personal info

  • Gender: Male
  • Date of birth: 25/06/1961 (63 years old)
  • Place of birth: Whitley, Berkshire, Reading, England, UK
  • nationality: British
  • height: 1.73 m
  • Net worth: $140,000,000
  • twitter: rickygervais
  • instagram: rickygervais
Year
Genre
IMDB
TMDB
Available on the following streaming services in the UK
The Office
IMDB 4.4
TMDB 49%
role:
Original Series Creator
Not available
2024

Comedy

4.4
49%
Not available
Out of Shadows
IMDB 6.9
TMDB 0%
role:
Self (archive footage)
2024
6.9
0%
2023

Comedy

7.1
71%
2022

Action

Animation

Comedy

Family

5.7
68%
2022

Comedy

7.6
76%
Save Ralph
IMDB 8.4
TMDB 82%
role:
Interviewer (voice)
Not available
2021

Animation

8.4
82%
Not available
The Willoughbys
IMDB 6.4
TMDB 72%
role:
Executive Producer & 1 more
2020

Animation

Comedy

Family

6.4
72%
After Life
IMDB 8.4
TMDB 79%
role:
Tony & 1 more
2019

Comedy

Drama

8.4
79%
Ricky Gervais: Humanity
IMDB 8.0
TMDB 78%
role:
Writer & 2 more
2018

Comedy

8.0
78%
2017

Documentary

7.8
79%
Jim Norton: Mouthful of Shame
IMDB 7.0
TMDB 69%
role:
Himself (Uncredited)
2017

Comedy

TV Movie

7.0
69%
2016

Comedy

Music

6.3
61%
Special Correspondents
IMDB 5.9
TMDB 57%
role:
Writer & 3 more
2016

Comedy

5.9
57%
The Little Prince
IMDB 7.6
TMDB 76%
role:
The Conceited Man (voice)
2015

Adventure

Animation

Family

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.6
76%
Derek Special
TMDB 78%
role:
Writer & 2 more
Not available
2015

Comedy

Drama

TV Movie

78%
Not available
2014

Adventure

Comedy

Family

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.2
62%
Muppets Most Wanted
IMDB 6.4
TMDB 63%
role:
Dominic Badguy
2014

Adventure

Comedy

Crime

Family

6.4
63%
2013

Documentary

6.9
65%
2013

Documentary

7.6
67%
The Return of Brent
IMDB 7.3
TMDB 60%
role:
Writer & 3 more
2013

Comedy

7.3
60%
Derek
IMDB 8.1
TMDB 74%
role:
Derek
2013

Comedy

Drama

8.1
74%
Escape from Planet Earth
IMDB 5.8
TMDB 57%
role:
Mr Bing (voice)
2012

Adventure

Animation

Comedy

Family

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

5.8
57%
Life's Too Short
IMDB 7.5
TMDB 71%
role:
Executive Producer & 1 more
2011

Comedy

7.5
71%
Spy Kids: All the Time in the World
IMDB 3.6
TMDB 47%
role:
Voice of Argonaut & 1 more
2011

Action

Comedy

Family

3.6
47%
Ricky Gervais: Out of England 2
IMDB 7.9
TMDB 72%
role:
Writer & 1 more
Not available
2010

Comedy

7.9
72%
Not available
2010

Comedy

7.6
72%
An Idiot Abroad
IMDB 8.3
TMDB 78%
role:
Producer & 1 more
2010

Comedy

Documentary

8.3
78%
Cemetery Junction
IMDB 6.8
TMDB 66%
role:
Writer & 3 more
2010

Comedy

Drama

6.8
66%
2010

Animation

Comedy

8.4
75%
The Invention of Lying
IMDB 6.4
TMDB 62%
role:
Writer & 3 more
2009

Comedy

Romance

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.4
62%
2009

Action

Adventure

Comedy

Family

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.0
61%
Ricky Gervais: Out of England
IMDB 7.7
TMDB 73%
role:
Writer & 2 more
Not available
2008

Comedy

7.7
73%
Not available
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
IMDB 6.4
TMDB 60%
role:
Ricky Gervais (uncredited)
2008

Comedy

Drama

Romance

6.4
60%
Ghost Town
IMDB 6.7
TMDB 65%
role:
Bertram Pincus
2008

Comedy

Romance

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.7
65%
Ricky Gervais Live 3: Fame
IMDB 7.7
TMDB 69%
role:
Writer & 1 more
2007

Comedy

7.7
69%
Stardust
IMDB 7.6
TMDB 73%
role:
Ferdy the Fence
2007

Adventure

Family

Romance

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.6
73%
Night at the Museum
IMDB 6.5
TMDB 66%
role:
Dr. McPhee
2006

Action

Adventure

Comedy

Family

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.5
66%
2006

Comedy

Drama

6.3
58%
Extras
IMDB 8.3
TMDB 78%
role:
Executive Producer & 1 more
2005

Comedy

8.3
78%
Valiant
IMDB 5.5
TMDB 55%
role:
Bugsy (voice)
2005

Adventure

Animation

Comedy

Family

War & Politics

5.5
55%
The Office
IMDB 9.0
TMDB 86%
role:
Original Series Creator
2005

Comedy

9.0
86%
2003

Drama

Mystery

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.1
73%
The Office
IMDB 8.5
TMDB 79%
role:
David Brent
2001

Comedy

8.5
79%

FAQs

Some movies or TV shows available in the UK starring or involving Ricky Gervais are, for example, Ricky Gervais: Armageddon, Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank and Ricky Gervais: SuperNature.
The streaming services with the largest selection are Prime Video, iTunes and Google Play.
The best StreamFat ratings are The Office (8.2), Extras (8.1) and An Idiot Abroad (8.1).