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Comic Ricky Gervais on Thursday introduced “Ricky Gervais: Mortality”, a tour he’ll head out on later this 12 months, which is able to run by way of the tip of 2025 and culminate in a brand new particular for Netflix.
The particular shall be Gervais’ fourth for the streamer, on the heels of Armageddon, Humanity and SuperNature. Launched final 12 months, Armageddon was No. 1 on Netflix’s most-watched record for a interval, incomes him the inaugural Golden Globe recognizing stand-up comics. That particular got here on the heels of a record-breaking worldwide tour, which noticed him promote out 85 enviornment dates and set a Guinness world file on the Hollywood Bowl with the highest-grossing stand-up efficiency in historical past.
In a press release on his new tour, Gervais stated, “We’re all gonna die. Might as properly have fun about it. Mortality appears on the absurdities of life. And loss of life. Deliver it on.”
The winner of 4 Golden Globes, two Emmys and 7 BAFTAs, Gervais is without doubt one of the most influential British comedians nonetheless working. Beforehand creating and starring within the acclaimed sequence After Life for Netflix, he is additionally the creator and star of comedies Extras and Derek and the unique UK model of The Workplace.
Identified for his biting humor and sharp social commentary, Gervais has hosted the Golden Globes awards 5 instances, most just lately in 2020. Different previous comedy specials from him embrace Ricky Gervais: Out of England 1 & 2, Fame, Politics, and Animals. As an actor, he is additionally been seen in a number of Evening on the Museum movies, in addition to Muppets Most Wished, Cemetery Junction, The Invention of Mendacity, Ghost City and different titles.
Gervais is repped by United Brokers, WME, MHA Administration, and Nelson Davis.
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