“Extras,” which premieres Sunday on HBO, is Ricky Gervais’ follow-up to “The Office,” the BBC series that made him famous and, I suppose, rich. The series, which focuses on the world of the uncredited ...

Extras: The Extra Special Series Finale is technically a Christmas special, but other than the box art depicting Ricky Gervais covered in lights with the tagline “Bloody merry,” you’d hardly know it.

The film and TV production industry is booming, and starting an extras-only casting agency can potentially secure you a portion of this multibillion-dollar industry. Extras casting is simply supplying ...

BBC sitcom Extras, from Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, began on Thursday. Ashley Jensen (l) and Gervais play bit-part actors in Extras In the space of just a few years, Ricky Gervais has become ...