The comedian played David Brent in the original version of The Office, and made a brief cameo in the US remake.

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Ricky Gervais clears up long-running rumour about The Office US - Exclusive: After Carell left ‘The Office’ in 2011, reports ...

Comedian Ricky Gervais recounts living in a cramped London apartment with college sweetheart Jane Fallon to PEOPLE's Editor-in-Chief Jess Cagle From enduring a desk job that eventually inspired ...

Of all the original content scheduled to hit Netflix this year, there’s one movie that has me more intrigued than anything else: Special Correspondents. Written and directed by Ricky Gervais ...

Before he became a stand-up comedian, in the late 1990s, Ricky Gervais worked in music (he was an early manager of Suede), ...

Ricky Gervais’ cat died on Monday after experiencing a sudden "downturn in her health" Maria Pasquini is the staff editor for human interest’s digital vertical at PEOPLE. She has been working ...

Ricky Gervais has said that he turned down being cast as Michael Scott in the US series of The Office because he didn’t want to move to America. When the show was picked up for American TV and ...

Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant look at Gervais' affectionate bullying of editor Nigel Williams during the making of the first series of Extras. StarringRicky Gervais Stephen Merchant Nigel ...