Ricky Gervais
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He has won seven BAFTA Awards, five British Comedy Awards, two Emmy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, and the Rose d'Or twice (2006 and 2019). In 2003, ''The Observer'' named Gervais one of the 50 funniest performers in British comedy. In 2007, he was placed at No. 11 on Channel 4's 100 Greatest Stand-Ups, and at No. 3 in their 2010 list. In 2010, he was included in the ''Time 100'' list of World's Most Influential People.
Gervais initially worked in the music industry. He attempted a career as a pop star in the 1980s as the singer of the new-wave act Seona Dancing, and managed the then-unknown band Suede before turning to comedy. He appeared on ''The 11 O'Clock Show'' on Channel 4 between 1998 and 2000, garnering a reputation as an outspoken and sharp-witted social provocateur. In 2000, he was given a Channel 4 spoof talk show, ''Meet Ricky Gervais''. He achieved greater mainstream fame the following year with his BBC television mock documentary series ''The Office,'' followed by ''Extras'' in 2005. He also wrote the ''Flanimals'' book series.
Gervais began his stand-up career in the late 1990s. He has performed five multi-national stand-up comedy tours. Gervais, Merchant, and Karl Pilkington created the podcast ''The Ricky Gervais Show'', which has spawned various spin-offs including ''An Idiot Abroad'' (2010–2012), starring Pilkington and produced by Gervais and Merchant. In 2016, he wrote, directed and starred in the comedy film ''David Brent: Life on the Road''. Gervais has also starred in the Hollywood films ''For Your Consideration'' (2006), the ''Night at the Museum'' film series trilogy (2006–2014), ''Ghost Town'' (2008), and ''Muppets Most Wanted'' (2014). He wrote, directed, and starred in the 2009 romantic comedy film ''The Invention of Lying'' and the 2016 Netflix-released comedy film ''Special Correspondents''. He hosted the Golden Globe Awards five times, in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2016, and 2020.
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