Steve Coogan
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| Steve Coogan | |
| Birth name | Stephen Coogan |
| Born | October 14, 1965 (age 41) Middleton, Greater Manchester, England |
| Spouse(s) | Caroline Hickman (Divorced) |
Stephen "Steve" John Coogan (born 14 October 1965) is an English actor, impressionist, and comedian. His best known character is Alan Partridge, the grotesque sports reporter-turned-television chat show host-turned-regional radio presenter who featured in several television series, such as The Day Today, Knowing Me, Knowing You... with Alan Partridge and I'm Alan Partridge.
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[edit] Background
Coogan is one of six children born to Irish immigrant Roman Catholic parents. He was born and raised in Middleton, near Rochdale, in Greater Manchester. One of his brothers, Brendan, is a former Top Gear presenter, and another, Martin, was the lead singer of the early 1990s band The Mock Turtles.
[edit] Career
[edit] Early years
Coogan started out as a stand-up comic and mimic, as well as doing voice over work for adverts and impressions on Spitting Image. He also acted on the observation round on The Krypton Factor during 1989-1991.
[edit] Alan Partridge
He teamed up with Chris Morris and Armando Iannucci, amongst others, on the Radio 4 comedy show On The Hour, where he helped give birth to his most famous creation Alan Partridge. Alan went on to have his own radio show and also appeared on TV in The Day Today and his own chat show, Knowing Me, Knowing You... with Alan Partridge. In 1997 he bounced back with the sitcom I'm Alan Partridge, which was followed by a second series in 2002. A film based around Partridge, Alan Partridge: The Movie is rumoured.
[edit] Other TV roles
Other notable Coogan creations include Tommy Saxondale, Duncan Thicket, Tony Ferrino, Paul Calf and his sister Pauline Calf.
Other TV shows he has starred in include Coogan's Run, Dr. Terrible's House of Horrible, Monkey Trousers and Saxondale.
He has provided voices for the animated series I Am Not an Animal, the one-off BBC2 comedy about sheep Combat Sheep, the Christmas specials Robbie The Reindeer, and an episode of the BBC Radio Four spoof sci-fi series Nebulous.
He has also starred in BBC2's The Private Life of Samuel Pepys in 2003, and Cruise of the Gods in 2002.
In 2006, he had a cameo in the Little Britain Christmas special as a Pilot taking Lou and Andy to Disneyland.
[edit] Film roles
His notable film roles include playing Factory Records boss, Tony Wilson in the film 24 Hour Party People, Mole in Terry Jones' The Wind in the Willows, Phileas Fogg in a remake of Jules Verne's Around the World in 80 Days with Jackie Chan, Ambassador Mercy in Marie Antoinette, and Octavius in Night at the Museum.
He has also played himself twice on screen. Firstly, in one of the vignettes of Jim Jarmusch's 2003 film Coffee and Cigarettes, alongside Alfred Molina. Secondly, in 2006 Coogan starred with Rob Brydon in Michael Winterbottom's A Cock and Bull Story, a self-referential film of the "unfilmable" self-referential novel Tristram Shandy by Laurence Sterne
The first film he co-wrote with Henry Normal was The Parole Officer. He also acted in this alongside Ben Miller and Lena Hedley.
Coogan also has a cameo in Hot Fuzz, scripted by Shaun of the Dead writers Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright. Inclusion of Coogan may be seen as Pegg showing his gratitude as Coogan took Pegg on tour with him during The Man Who Thinks He Is It
He is rumoured to partner his Night at the Museum co-star Ben Stiller in a motion picture remake of The Persuaders!. Furthermore, rumours persist that a 2007 big screen outing is planned for his signature character, Alan Partridge. [1] [2] [3].
[edit] Achievements
He has won numerous awards for his work in TV including British Comedy Awards, BAFTAs, and The South Bank Show award for comedy.
In 2003, he was listed in The Observer as one of the 50 funniest acts in British comedy.
In 2005, a poll to find The Comedian's Comedian saw him being voted amongst the top 20 greatest comedy acts ever by fellow comedians and comedy insiders.
[edit] Production company
Coogan, along with writing partner Henry Normal, founded Baby Cow Productions in 1999. Together they are the executive producers for such shows as The Mighty Boosh, starring Noel Fielding and Julian Barratt, Nighty Night, starring Julia Davis, and Marion and Geoff, starring Rob Brydon.
[edit] Personal life
A favourite of the British tabloids, Coogan's personal life has made headlines since the early nineties.
In August 2005, the News of the World stated that rock star Courtney Love had claimed to be pregnant with Coogan's child, following a two-week long fling the pair allegedly had while staying at the same hotel [4]. The news came a month after Coogan had divorced his wife [5] (whom he married in 2002) on the grounds that the marriage had irretrievably broken down, but has been dismissed by Coogan's publicist.
He has a daughter Clare from a previous relationship with Anna Cole.
[edit] External links
- Steve Coogan at TV.com
- Steve Coogan at the Internet Movie Database
- Coming to a cinema near you... Alan Partridge as Our Man in Tashkent
- Official Steve Coogan Fan Listing
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| NAME | Coogan, Steve |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Coogan, Stephen |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 14, 1965 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Middleton, Greater Manchester, England |
| DATE OF DEATH | |
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