Ricky Gervais

Gervais fascinates me because his cruelty is a decoy. The Office weaponized embarrassment and his awards-show monologues weaponized celebrity discomfort, but After Life revealed what I always suspected: underneath the provocation sits an unabashed sentimentalist obsessed with grief, decency, and dogs. That tension — the philosophy graduate who needles the powerful, then writes the tenderest scenes on television — is what keeps his work interesting long after the shock fades. I do not always agree with his targets, but I admire a comedian who built an empire entirely on his own terms, refusing to soften a single edge to get there.

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Name (English)

Ricky Gervais

Name (Japanese)

リッキー・ジャーヴェイス

Reading

りっきー・じゃーゔぇいす

Born

June 25, 1961 (age 65)

Origin

Reading, United Kingdom

Occupation

actor / writer / musician / comedian / screenwriter

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Ox

University

University College London

Awards & achievements

• Writers Guild of America Award
• 2019 Richard Dawkins Award
• 2007 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

• Official sitehttps://www.rickygervais.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/rickygervais/
• Xhttps://x.com/rickygervais
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky%20Gervais
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AA%E3%83%83%E3%82%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A7%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23517

Tags

• actor
• writer
• musician

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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