Ricky Gervais started his acting career late in life, but he has made up for lost time and conquered film and television on both sides of the English speaking pond. Gervais made his bones first on the smallscreen. His role as David Brent in the original UK TV series "The Office" put him on the map. Gervais is an admirer of the long-running American animated family, "The Simpsons," and he turned out one of the most emotionally resplendent Christmas 2007/finale episodes on "Extras," taking tabloid culture and the shallowness of celebrity life to task. It was this exceptional season of the short-lived HBO series that earned an Emmy for Gervais as Outstanding Lead Actor in a comedy series. »
- April MacIntyre

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