Rebecca De Mornay has also been referenced in an episode of The Ricky Gervais Show co-starring with " Clive Warren " ( Clive Owen ) as part of a movie pitch by Karl Pilkington.

Gervais has also starred in Hollywood films, 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.

Gervais has stated that his upbringing and childhood were stable and trauma-free, with a high level of honesty and openness between his family members.

Gervais has contributed to the BAFTA-winning The Sketch Show ( ITV ), penning several sketches.

Two years later, Gervais went on to present his own comedy chat show for Channel 4 called Meet Ricky Gervais ; it was poorly received and has since been mocked by Gervais himself.

The Independent newspaper has described Gervais as " obsessed by his own celebrity ", but adds, " Who wouldn't want to be Peter Lawford in a comedy Rat Pack?

Gervais has announced he is starting work on a Chinese version of The Office.

Gervais has also published plays, children's books, non-fiction and, a book of photography, A Show of Hands: Boxing on the Border ( 2004 ).

Gervais has also been the recipient of 16 Western Ontario Newspaper Awards for journalism.

In more recent times, she has guest starred on the Ricky Gervais comedy Extras, and has appeared in The Inspector Lynley Mysteries as DI Fiona Knight.

Oliver has been regularly talked about by Karl Pilkington on The Ricky Gervais Show on a feature called " Monkey News ".

Amongst the many other artists who have performed at the theatre are ; UCL alumnus Ricky Gervais has performed two of his standup shows in the theatre, where they were also filmed for release on DVD and was the venue for Crusader Norman Housley come-back lecture series: Contesting the Crusades, which he developed into a popular history book.

She has worked with actor / comedian Ricky Gervais, appearing in Gervais's stand up show Animals and playing Jennifer Taylor-Clarke in both series of The Office.

She has also appeared as a guest on The Frank Skinner Show, and in Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant's comedy series Extras.

The Ricky Gervais Show in radio form has won a bronze Sony Award.

Merchant has played small roles in the films Hot Fuzz ( 2007 ), Run Fatboy Run ( 2007 ), and The Invention of Lying ( 2009 ), the latter starring Ricky Gervais.

It is a favorite of Josh Weinstein, who cites the scene when Grimes visits the Simpson home as one of his favorite scenes, while The Office creator Ricky Gervais has called it " the most complete episode.

The writ claims Savage's artistic and literary copyright has been infringed by Gervais.

Oliver has been regularly talked about by Karl Pilkington on The Ricky Gervais Show on a feature called " Monkey News ".

The large volume compiled by a certain Chaillou de pesstain expands Gervais ' original poem as well as 169 interpolated and notated musical pieces, some of which has been thought to have been composed by Philippe de Vitry.

Gervais won this award again in 2003 for another collection, To Be Now: New and Selected Poems.

In 2000 he won TV ’ s first Celebrity Late Night Poker on Channel 4, beating Al Alvarez, Martin Amis, Victoria Coren, Ricky Gervais, Patrick Marber and Stephen Fry.

Until Ricky Gervais hosted the 67th annual Golden Globe Awards Ceremony in 2010, the award ceremony was one of two major Hollywood award ceremonies ( the other being the Screen Actors Guild Awards ) that did not have a regular host ; every year a different presenter introduced the ceremony at the beginning of the broadcast.

Gervais returned to host the 68th annual Golden Globe Awards in 2011, and the 69th annual Golden Globe Awards in 2012.

In 2010 Gervais became the first British person to host the Golden Globe Awards in 14 years ; he returned to host in 2011 and again in 2012 ..

Gervais at the 60th British Academy Film Awards in 2007

In 1975, he went to Australia and lost by a knockout in five to Rocky Mattioli, and then he came back to the States, where he beat Marc Gervais by a knockout in ten.

* " Free Love Freeway ", written and sung by Ricky Gervais, who starred as David Brent in the British television comedy series The Office

British actor Ricky Gervais and Guardian columnist Marina Hyde have both called George " arguably the greatest sitcom character of all time ".

Many successful British TV shows have been exported around the world, such as Pop Idol ( created by Simon Fuller ), Who Wants to Be a Millionaire ?, Britain's Got Talent ( created by Simon Cowell ), The X Factor, Hell's Kitchen ( created by Gordon Ramsay ), The Office ( created by Ricky Gervais ), Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares, Strictly Come Dancing, Doctor Who, Skins and Top Gear.

This followed Gervais ' 2006 book, Wait For Me, that was launched on the west coast at readings in Victoria, British Columbia, and Salt Spring Island.

* In the second episode of the Christmas special of the British comedy programme The Office, David Brent ( played by Ricky Gervais ) explains how he would like to be interviewed by Michael Parkinson.

Einaudi's Nuvole Bianche was featured in the film Insidious ( 2010 ) directed by James Wan, the British TV-drama This Is England 86 and in the TV-series Derek ( 2012 ) directed by and starring Ricky Gervais.

In the British version of The Office, Stacey Roca's character can be seen laughing at Ricky Gervais when he performs his charity dance.

The name Razzle gains a fair bit of mainstream attention, having been mentioned on numerous British comedy programmes, including Meet Ricky Gervais, Max and Paddy's Road to Nowhere, and in an episode of Absolutely Fabulous where it is implied that Patsy once posed for the magazine ( albeit in the early 1970s ).

He is best known for his collaborations with Ricky Gervais, as the co-writer and co-director of the popular British sitcom The Office, as the co-writer, co-director and a co-star of Extras, and as the co-host of The Ricky Gervais Show in its radio, podcast, audiobook and television-show forms.

Seona Dancing () was a 1980s British New Wave group, best known for providing comedian Ricky Gervais with his first experiences as a public performer.

" Free Love Freeway " is a song written by Ricky Gervais, who starred as David Brent in the British comedy series The Office.

* Best TV Comedy Actor: Ricky Gervais ( Extras )

It went on to win the Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy which both Merchant and Gervais accepted.

Comedy was provided by Jon Culshaw, Avid Merrion, Ricky Gervais, Matt Lucas and David Walliams.