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Ricky Gervais

Author of Flanimals

73+ Works 1,657 Members 17 Reviews 2 Favorited

About the Author

Image credit: Ricky Gervais at Comedy Central's "Night of Too Many Stars" in 2010.

Series

Works by Ricky Gervais

Flanimals (2004) 291 copies, 3 reviews
More Flanimals (2005) 146 copies
The Office: The Scripts Series 1 (2002) 130 copies, 3 reviews
The Invention of Lying [2009 film] (2009) — Writer, Director, Actor — 115 copies, 1 review
The Office: The Scripts Series 2 (2003) 95 copies, 1 review
Flanimals of the Deep (2006) 81 copies
The Office: The Complete Second Series (2004) 68 copies, 1 review
Extras: The Complete Series (2007) — Director — 45 copies
Extras: Season 2 (2007) 39 copies
Flanimals Pop-Up (2009) 33 copies, 4 reviews
Live : Animals [2003 film] (2003) 14 copies
Live : Politics [2004 film] (2004) 13 copies
Cemetery Junction [2010 film] (2010) — Director — 8 copies
Live : Fame [2007 film] (2007) 8 copies
David Brent: Life on the Road [2016 film] (2016) — Director — 5 copies
VIP Pass: SF Sketchfest (2018) 3 copies
Humanity (2018) 3 copies, 1 review
Live 1 & 2 : Politics + Animals (2003) — Author — 3 copies
Life's Too Short (2013) 2 copies
After Life 2 copies
Ricky Gervais: Armageddon 1 copy, 1 review
Mortality 1 copy
Supernature 1 copy, 1 review
Fame 1 copy
Derek 1 copy

Associated Works

Night at the Museum [2006 film] (2006) 948 copies, 7 reviews
Stardust [2007 film] (2007) — Actor — 755 copies, 3 reviews
Muppets Most Wanted [2014 film] (2014) — Actor — 205 copies, 2 reviews
Valiant [2005 film] (2005) — Actor — 135 copies
Ghost Town [2008 film] (2008) — Actor — 113 copies
Night at the Museum Collection 3 Movies [DVD] (2017) — Actor — 99 copies
For Your Consideration [2006 film] (2006) — Actor — 80 copies, 1 review
The Most Important Comic Book on Earth (2021) — Contributor — 62 copies
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank [2022 film] (2022) — Voice — 15 copies
Dog Man [2025 film] (2025) — Voice — 15 copies
Muppets Most Wanted: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2014) — Contributor — 6 copies
The Simpsons: Testify (2007) — Preformer — 3 copies
The Willoughbys [2020 film] (2020) — Narrator — 3 copies

Tagged

2000s (7) audible (13) BBC (15) cartoons (6) children (15) children's (19) comedy (72) DVD (80) fantasy (12) fiction (47) film (9) humor (73) Lucy Davis (7) Mackenzie Crook (9) Martin Freeman (10) monsters (10) movie (9) non-fiction (7) picture book (14) pop-up (6) read (13) Ricky Gervais (18) screenplay (9) script (14) series (8) Stephen Merchant (9) television (52) The Office (8) to-read (10) TV series (36)

Common Knowledge

Legal name
Gervais, Ricky Dene
Birthdate
1961-06-25
Gender
male
Education
University College London
Relationships
Fallon, Jane (partner)
Nationality
UK
Birthplace
Reading, Berkshire, England, UK
Places of residence
Whitley, Berkshire, UK
Hampstead, London, England, UK
Associated Place (for map)
England, UK

Members

Reviews

21 reviews
Atheist parents rejoice? Maybe, but it's only a small jab at believers in this book. The rest of the time it's just all around fun book. And what else did you expect from Ricky Gervais? So what if his dry humor (humour?) is lost upon Americans? As an American who finds this man hilarious, you all should just sit everything out. Quote me on that, if you'd like.

So what is a Flanimal? The grotesque creatures that are part of the unknown world. And perhaps it's better that way because these show more creatures are ugly. Written as a field guy for the unknown, this pop-up edition is nothing but page-after-page of fun. So much so, you might want to keep this one for yourself. Read it while the kids go to bed. Go ahead, have fun. show less
No matter what's he's taking on, Gervais's observations are on target. He makes it look effortless as he spins through a wide range of topics that are guaranteed to offend just about everyone except atheists.
Gervais amuses himself almost as much as he amuses the audience, but his timing is perfect, as is his sense of the absurd. He's an equal opportunity offendor in his role as an everyman who just happens to be rich.
Painfully funny at times as Gervais skewers varioius idiocies. Guaranteed to offend people you don't like.

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Statistics

Works
73
Also by
19
Members
1,657
Popularity
#15,508
Rating
½ 3.7
Reviews
17
ISBNs
53
Languages
3
Favorited
2

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