Ricky Gervais
English comedian
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| 2025 | Ricky Gervais will voice Flippy the fish in the upcoming film 'Dog Man', which is currently in post-production. |
| December 25 2023 | Gervais released his next comedy special, 'Armageddon,' on Netflix, which faced controversy and later won for 'Best Performance in Stand-Up Comedy on Television' at the 81st Golden Globe Awards. |
| May 2023 | Gervais earned £1.41 million for a single stand-up gig at the Hollywood Bowl during his worldwide 'Armageddon' tour, the highest-grossing one-off gig by a British comedian. |
| May 2023 | The BBC aired 7 Minutes, a short film directed by Gervais about two people contemplating suicide. |
| March 2023 | Gervais teased his short film project 7 Minutes with a tweet featuring a photograph from the setting. |
| 2022 | Releases stand-up special 'SuperNature' |
| 2022 | Ricky Gervais performed in 'Ricky Gervais: SuperNature', a stand-up special. |
| 2022 | Gervais completed the series After Life. |
| 2022 | Ricky Gervais voices the character Ika Chu in 'Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank'. |
| March 2022 | The third season of Gervais's audio series Absolutely Mental was launched. |
| 2021 | Gervais launched a paid-for audio series titled Absolutely Mental, featuring conversations with philosopher Sam Harris. |
| 2021 | Gervais has a voice role as a documentary crew member in 'Save Ralph'. |
| 2021 | On the 20th anniversary of The Office, Gervais commented that the show would not have been produced in 2021 due to cancel culture. |
| October 28 2021 | Gervais released the comic story 'Bullfight' in collaboration with illustrator Rob Steen as part of the Rewriting Extinction campaign to fight climate and biodiversity crises. |
| August 2021 | Following COVID-19 pandemic-related cancellations, Gervais resumed his 'SuperNature' tours. |
| 2020 | Ricky Gervais serves as the executive producer and voices the character The Cat/Narrator in 'The Willoughbys'. |
| 2020 | Ricky Gervais signed a new deal with Netflix, which included a third season of 'After Life.' |
| 2020 | He hosted the 77th Golden Globe Awards, marking his final appearance as host. His opening monologue received both praise and criticism, leading him to comment on the negative media coverage. |
| 2020 | Gervais hosted the Golden Globe Awards for the fifth time. |
| April 24 2020 | The second season of 'After Life,' created and directed by Ricky Gervais, was launched on Netflix. |
| 2019 | After Life aired from 2019 to 2022, starring Ricky Gervais as Tony Johnson. |
| 2019 | Gervais announced his next tour and Netflix special titled 'SuperNature,' which began its shows. |
| 2019 | Ricky Gervais voiced himself in an episode of 'Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?'. |
| 2019 | Ricky Gervais concluded his role as host of 'Ricky Gervais Is Deadly Sirius' on Sirius XM. |
| September 3 2019 | Gervais received the 2019 Richard Dawkins Award during a ceremony at London's Troxy Theatre, recognizing his advocacy for secularism and rationalism. |
| April 3 2019 | Netflix renewed 'After Life' for a second season, which was once again helmed by Ricky Gervais. |
| March 8 2019 | The first season of 'After Life,' created and directed by Ricky Gervais, premiered on Netflix. |
| 2018 | Releases stand-up special 'Humanity' and appears in 'Child Support' |
| 2018 | Ricky Gervais performed in 'Ricky Gervais: Humanity', a stand-up special. |
| 2018 | Gervais received the Humane Society International Cecil Award for his frequent efforts on social media to end trophy hunting. |
| 2018 | Gervais' 'Humanity' tour continued into 2018, and he appeared at SF Sketchfest. |
| 2018 | Ricky Gervais appeared in the television show 'Child Support'. |
| May 9 2018 | Netflix announced a production order for the first season of the comedy drama 'After Life,' created and directed by Ricky Gervais. |
| 2017 | Gervais was awarded the Lord Houghton Award for Service to Animal Welfare from Animal Defenders International. |
| 2017 | Gervais continued his 'Humanity' stand-up show throughout 2017. |
| October 2017 | Gervais began hosting the weekly radio show Ricky Gervais Is Deadly Sirius on Sirius XM. |
| June 2017 | Gervais endorsed Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn in the 2017 UK general election through a tweet, stating that a vote for Corbyn was the only way to keep Theresa May out of power. |
| 2016 | Starred in and directed two films: 'Special Correspondents' as Ian Finch and 'David Brent: Life on the Road' as David Brent |
| 2016 | Ricky Gervais hosted the 73rd Golden Globe Awards. |
| 2016 | Ricky Gervais stars in and co-writes the film 'Special Correspondents'. |
| 2016 | Gervais hosted the Golden Globe Awards for the fifth time. |
| 2016 | Gervais wrote, directed and starred in the comedy film David Brent: Life on the Road. |
| 2016 | As part of the promotion for the film Life on the Road, Gervais published the David Brent Songbook, which included 15 songs recorded for the album Life on the Road as David Brent and Foregone Conclusion. |
| May 2016 | Gervais began performing warm-up stand-up shows in London, marking his return to stand-up after about six years. |
| 2015 | Ricky Gervais appeared in the episode 'Dungeons and Dragon Lady' of 'Galavant'. |
| 2015 | Gervais donated a signed acoustic guitar to support fundraising for Story Book Farm Primate Sanctuary in Ontario, Canada. |
| 2015 | Gervais voices the character The Conceited Man in 'The Little Prince'. |
| 2015 | Ricky Gervais voiced a character in an episode of 'BoJack Horseman'. |
| November 5 2015 | He signed up to voice Ika Chu, a villainous cat, in the animated film Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank. |
| May 2015 | Gervais began filming Special Correspondents, where he plays an assistant to Eric Bana's character. |
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