Huge sum Ricky Gervais banked from sell out Mortality stand-up tour revealed as star enjoys his best paid year to date
RICKY Gervais banked £16.2million from his sell-out 80-date live Mortality tour, accounts show.
The Brit comedy legend, 65, raked in £311,500 a week for the stint.
It meant the 2025-26 financial year was his best earner to date.
His firm, Red Lion 99, has £17.9million in assets and he has another £33.9million in his TV and film firms listed on Companies House.
Gervais will earn even more from a new nationwide tour, Legend, which starts this autumn.
Yet the Reading-born star is known to be disinterested in wealth.
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He once said: “People ask me why I dress like a tramp.
“And I say, ‘My clothes are clean and comfortable.
“Who am I trying to impress?’
“I don’t wear £50,000 watches. I don’t collect cars. I can’t drive.”
“Nothing gives me more of a buzz than to help an animal. I don’t get excited about things.
“I’m not a hippie or communist, I think money’s for the safety of your family and friends, and you can’t take it with you.”