In 2010, he was included in the Time 100 list of World's Most Influential People. 11 on Channel 4's 100 Greatest Stand-Ups, and at No. He has won seven BAFTA Awards, five British Comedy Awards, two Emmy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and the Rose d'Or twice (20), and has been nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award. He is best known for co-creating, co-writing, and acting in the British television mockumentary sitcom The Office (2001–2003). Ricky Dene Gervais ( / dʒ ər ˈ v eɪ z/ jər- VAYZ born 25 June 1961) is an English comedian, actor, director, and writer. Recorded June 2007 from the BBC Radio 4 programme Desert Island Discs
