Ricky Gervais was born on 25-06-1961 in Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom. He is an English Comedian, Film Actor, Television Actor, Writer, Film Director, Film Producer, Musician, Podcaster, Screenwriter, Radio Personality, Television Producer, Voice Artist & Television Director.
He studied philosophy at the University College London. There he formed a collaboration with Bill Macrae, ‘Seona Dancing’, and released a couple of singles. He did a live tour as David Brent and also produced YouTube video series titled, ‘Learn Guitar with David Brent.
He also released the ‘David Brent Songbook’ in 2016. He recorded an album ‘Life on the Road’ as David Brent and his band ‘Foregone Conclusion. Gervais later got into a radio career and was associated with the University of London Union and Xfm. After being redundant in 1998, he returned to Xfm in 2001 and joined Karl Pilkington for a Saturday radio show.
How did Ricky Gervais make his money?
The famous comedian is believed to have earned 100m dollars before taxes through syndication sales, with Comcast’s NBC having paid 500m dollars for the rights to show ‘The Office’ in 2019. A couple of years ago, Gervais earned more than 3m dollars courtesy of the success of his Netflix series ‘After Life.