Ricky Gervais

Comedy Impact Report: U.K. native gives viewers an 'Extra' dose of laughter -- A surprise winner of this year's comedy actor trophy for HBO's "Extras," Gervais beat out Steve Carell -- American-version star of the U.K.-native multihyphenate's biggest creation, "The Office." "A few hours after the (Emmys), I turned my phone on and there were messages from my agent, 'You won! You won!' I still feel very flattered to be accepted in America. I was brought up on American TV." (link)