ricky dene gervais (english pronunciation: /dʒərˈveɪz/; born 25 june 1961) is a british comedian, actor, director, producer, musician and writer. gervais achieved mainstream fame with his television series the office and the subsequent series extras, both of which he co-wrote and co-directed with friend and frequent collaborator stephen merchant. besides writing and directing the shows, gervais played the lead roles of david brent in the office and andy millman in extras. gervais has starred in a number of hollywood films, assuming leading roles in ghost town and the invention of lying. gervais 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. [wikipedia]
gervais told kirsty young that he is an atheist during a 2007 interview for desert island discs, later stating he lost his faith at age eight, and in june 2008 he became an honorary associate of the national secular society. in december 2010, he wrote an editorial for the wall street journal defending his lack of faith. [wikipedia]
the golden globe awards start at 5pm today (january 16) and the pre-show starts at 4:30pm. you can watch them on ctv and ctv-hd.
