Funny man Ricky Gervais, from the popular UK Television show The Office has announced that he is making a cameo appearance in Grand Theft Auto IV. Playing the part of one of the comedians at a Liberty City stand-up comedy club, which as we know is to contain real comedians, Gervais will be preforming 3 minutes of original material on top of some gags from his recent tour.

"It's a first - which always interests me. It was shot in New York, my favourite place in the world, and I got to wear a tight lycra suit as part of the digital process. No, hold on, that wasn't so good. Unfortunately they captured the whole horror, except I look slightly tougher. It's seriously a big deal, though. Games have outsold Hollywood for the past few years so it's nice to be a small part of that."

Gervais also revealed that he will pop-up at other points of the game, however he would not reveal much more then that just yet. If he is one of many comedians to make an appearance in the game, then boy have we got something in store for us here then, top-level comedians, this is turning from a game into a box office film!

Sources: CVG via Next-GenBIZ