Ricky Gervais
Director, Actor, and Comedian
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Gervais gets true laughs from others in 'Lying'...the making of "The Invention of Lying." "I surround myself with funny people, I laugh all the time," a mirthful Gervais told a press conference during the Toronto International Film Festival. "The actors will confirm that I ruin the... In this article: Ricky Gervais, Jennifer Garner, God, Rob Lowe, Suicide, Toronto International Film Festival, The Bishop's Wife, and It's a Wonderful Life |
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thestar.com | October 27, 2009
Hot Box: TV worth talking about
Hot Box: TV worth talking about Ricky Gervais, shown here during the Toronto International Film Festival, Sept. 14, 2009, will host the Golden Globes. Gervais is Golden: British comedian Ricky Gervais has been picked as host of the Golden...
In this article: Jennifer Aniston, Jonathan Jackson, Lucky Spencer, Golden Globes, Chelsea Handler, Hollywood, Halloween, and Academy Awards
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Daily Mail | September 16, 2009
Ricky Gervais shows off his trim new figure ... but still isn't looking as svelte as he does in his airbrushed film poster
...with partner Jane Fallon ahead of a screening of the film at the Toronto Film Festival on Monday night. Asked if he found Rob attractive, Ricky replied: 'Yeah, I'm jealous - his jaw line is ridiculous.' hmmmmm....not sure about him....
In this article: Toronto International Film Festival, Hollywood, Jane Fallon, The Office, Extras, Toronto, and Canada
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Sunday Mirror | September 15, 2009
Ricky Gervais goes on the Hollywood diet
...in the morning, look in the mirror, and say to myself, 'Oh, you f***ing fat b*****d'." Well not any more... Gervais, currently attending the Toronto Film Festival, is now a svelte 13 stone. Let's hope the jokes don't start wearing thin too.
In this article: Hollywood and Toronto Film Festival
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entertainment.timesonline.co.uk
The Invention of Lying and Harry Brown at the Toronto Film Festival
Two titans of British screen entertainment, Ricky Gervais and Michael Caine, went toe to toe at the Toronto Film Festival with the world premieres of their much-heralded projects, respectively The Invention of Lying and Harry Brown. The...
In this article: Toronto Film Festival, Michael Caine, Jennifer Garner, Daniel Barber, Jim Carrey, Liar Liar, and Toast
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www.washingtonpost.com | September 17, 2008
Gervais's On a Role: This Time, Leading Man
...in a smock. But his first big Hollywood leading role also proves what Gervais's fans have known all along: that even at his most cluelessly caustic, his bumbling, stumbling Everyman has always had a heart in there somewhere. We caught up...
In this article: Ghost Town, Tea Leoni, Extras, Hollywood, Zeitgeist, Toronto International Film Festival, David Brent, Andy Millman, and It's a Wonderful Life
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thestar.com | September 14, 2009
Tough to act when Ricky Gervais is cackling
...(``when someone says something funny, I laugh aEUR" just because I've heard the line 15 times before, or I even wrote it, it doesn't matter," Gervais said). "This is the man in charge," Garner said of Gervais. "He's the one who actually...
In this article: Jennifer Garner, Rob Lowe, Ben Affleck, Valentine's Day, Daredevil, Toronto International Film Festival, and Simon Cowell
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Yahoo! News | September 15, 2009
More Emmy presenters: Bacon, Sedgwick, Gervais (AP)
...Gervais (AP) More Emmy presenters: Bacon, Sedgwick, Gervais AP - Ricky Gervais poses for photos during the Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto, on Monday, … LOS ANGELES - The Emmy Awards are about to open a whole new set of...
In this article: Emmy Awards, Kevin Bacon, Toronto International Film Festival, Cat Deeley, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Sigourney Weaver, Alec Baldwin, Kiefer Sutherland, and Kate Walsh
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Telegraph.co.uk - Arts | September 25, 2009
Ricky Gervais on The Invention of Lying
It is his second visit to the Toronto festival, and he seems a lot more comfortable and at ease than he was on his previous visit, when he was promoting Ghost Town and appeared to be slightly overwhelmed by the demands of a hectic publicity...
In this article: The Office, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Extras, Stephen Merchant, David Brent, Ghost Town, Still Life, Bob Dylan, and Philosophy
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Cele--bitchy | September 15, 2009
Ricky Gervais: Jennifer Garner's favorite curse word is 'rats'
The Invention of Lying premiered at the Toronto Film Festival last night, and its three biggest stars showed up to walk the red carpet - Ricky Gervais (who not only stars, he's co-writer and co-director), Jennifer Garner and… Rob Lowe. I'm...
In this article: Jennifer Garner, Rob Lowe, Toronto International Film Festival, Jason Bateman, Prada, Oscar de la Renta, Jonah Hill, Kanye, and Tina Fey
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Description from Wikipedia:
Ricky Dene Gervais (pronounced: /dʒɜːˈveɪz/; born 25 June 1961) is an English comedian, author, actor, director, producer, screenwriter and former pop musician. Gervais achieved mainstream fame with his ground-breaking television series The Office and the subsequent series Extras, both of which he co-wrote and co-directed with friend and collaborator, Stephen Merchant. Besides 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 appeared in several Hollywood films, including For Your Consideration, Stardust, Night at the Museum and Ghost Town, in which he assumes the leading role.
Gervais has performed on three sell-out stand-up comedy tours, wrote the best-selling Flanimals book series, and starred with Merchant and Karl Pilkington in his podcast The Ricky Gervais Show. He has accumulated a multitude of awards and honours throughout his career, including seven BAFTA Awards, four British Comedy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, two Emmy Awards and the 2006 Rose d'Or, as well as a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination.
- Birth Date:
- June 25, 1961
- Birthplace:
- Reading, England
- Nationality:
- British
- Domestic Partner:
- Jane Fallon
- Occupation:
- stand-up, television, film, radio, author
- Years Active:
- 1983-present
- Website:
- http://www.rickygervais.com/
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