Ricky Dene Gervais is an English comedian, actor, writer, producer, and director. He co-created, co-wrote, and acted in the British television sitcoms The Office (2001–2003), Extras (2005–2007), and Life's Too Short (2011–2013) with Stephen Merchant. He also created, wrote and starred in Derek (2012–2014) and After Life (2019–2022).
Gervais in 2021
Gervais at the 60th British Academy Film Awards in 2007
Gervais (right) with Jonathan Ross at Live 8 in Hyde Park, London, July 2005
Gervais on stage at the London Palladium in the West End, September 2021
The Office (British TV series)
The Office is the original British mockumentary television sitcom first broadcast in the UK on BBC Two on 9 July 2001. Created, written and directed by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, it follows the day-to-day lives of office employees in the Slough branch of the fictional Wernham Hogg paper company. Gervais also starred in the series as central character David Brent.
The Office (British TV series)