NEW YORK – Ricky Gervais (jur-VAYS') will be back again to host the Golden Globe Awards.

NBC and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced Wednesday that the British actor-writer-comic will make his encore appearance on the Jan. 16, 2011, live broadcast.

Gervais is perhaps best known as the co-creator and star of the British version of "The Office," which later was successfully adapted as an NBC comedy. He also co-created and starred in "Extras," a comedy series that aired on HBO. His current feature film is "Cemetery Junction."

Before Gervais, the Hollywood awards show had gone more than a decade without a host.