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Ricky Dene Gervais (; born 25 June 1961) is an English comedian, actor, director, producer, writer, and musician. Gervais worked initially in the music industry, attempting a career as a pop star in the 1980s with Seona Dancing and working as the manager of a then-unknown Suede before turning to comedy. Gervais appeared on ''The 11 O'Clock Show'' on Channel 4 between 1998 and 2000. In 2000, he was given a Channel 4 talk show, ''Meet Ricky Gervais'', and then achieved greater mainstream fame a year later with his BBC television series ''The Office''. It was followed by ''Extras'' in 2005. He co-wrote and co-directed both series with Stephen Merchant. In addition to writing and directing the shows, he played the lead roles of David Brent in ''The Office'' and Andy Millman in ''Extras''. He has also starred in the Hollywood films ''Ghost Town'', and ''Muppets Most Wanted'', and wrote and directed ''The Invention of Lying''. He has performed on four stand-up comedy tours, written the ''Flanimals'' book series and starred with Merchant and Karl Pilkington in the podcast ''The Ricky Gervais Show''. He hosted the Golden Globe Awards in 2010, 2011 and 2012, and will return as host for the 2016 ceremony. Gervais has won seven BAFTA Awards, five British Comedy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, two Emmy Awards and the 2006 Rose d'Or, as well as a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination. In 2007 he was voted the 11th greatest stand-up comic on Channel 4's 100 Greatest Stand-Ups〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Episode 1.1 The 100 Greatest Stand-Ups 2007 )〕 and again in the updated 2010 list as the 3rd greatest stand-up comic.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Episode 1.2 The 100 Greatest Stand-Ups 2010 )〕 In 2010 he was named on the ''Time 100'' list of the world's most influential people. ==Early life== Gervais, along with siblings Larry (born 1945), Marsha (born 1948), and Bob (born 1950), was born and raised in Whitley, Berkshire. His father, Lawrence Raymond "Jerry" Gervais (1919–2002), a Franco-Ontarian from London, Ontario, Canada, emigrated while on foreign duty during the Second World War and worked as a labourer and hod carrier. He met Gervais's mother, Eva Sophia (née House; 1925–2000), who was English, during a blackout; they settled in Whitley. She died, aged 74, of lung cancer. He attended Whitley Park Infants and Junior Schools, and received his secondary education at Ashmead Comprehensive School; after a spell as a gardener at the town's university, he moved on to University College London in 1980. He arrived to study biology but changed to philosophy after two weeks, and earned an upper second-class honours degree in the subject.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ricky Gervais )〕 During his time at UCL, he met Jane Fallon, with whom he has been in a relationship since 1982.〔("Ricky Gervais: Grumpy middle-aged man" ), ''The Daily Telegraph''〕 He is the former boss of Coldplay drummer Will Champion 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ricky Gervais」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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