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| Birth Name(s) : Stephen Coogan |
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Full Steve Coogan Biography
Stephen John "Steve" Coogan (born 14 October 1965) is an English actor, impressionist, and comedian. His best known character in the UK 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. Outside of the UK, Coogan is more well known for his film roles.
Coogan started out as a stand-up comic and mimic, as well as doing voiceover work for adverts and impressions on Spitting Image. He also acted on the observation round on The Krypton Factor in 1989.
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.
Other notable Coogan creations include Tommy Saxondale, Duncan Thicket, Tony Ferrino, Paul Calf and his sister Pauline Calf. Duncan Thicket has appeared on a tour of live shows. Other TV shows he has starred in include Coogan's Run, Dr. Terrible's House of Horrible, Monkey Trousers and Saxondale. Coogan 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 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. In 2007, Coogan will be seen playing a psychiatrist on HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm.
Notable film roles include Tony Wilson, Factory Records boss 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, the first Roman emperor and nephew to Julius Caesar, in Night at the Museum. He has also played himself twice on screen. First, in one of the vignettes of Jim Jarmusch's 2003 film Coffee and Cigarettes, alongside Alfred Molina. Second, 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. In the film, Coogan plays a fictional, womanizing version of himself.
The first film he co-wrote with Henry Normal was The Parole Officer. He also acted in this alongside Ben Miller and Lena Headey. Coogan has an uncredited cameo in Hot Fuzz, scripted by Shaun of the Dead writers Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright. Coogan's inclusion may be construed as a show of gratitude from Pegg, because Coogan brought Pegg along on his comedy tour Steve Coogan: The Man Who Thinks He's 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 2009 big screen outing is planned for his signature character, Alan Partridge .
Coogan was to be working with pal Owen Wilson on the upcoming film Tropic Thunder, however Owen Wilson's attempted suicide has caused the film to come to a crashing halt.
It was announced on 8 August 2007 that he is to star in a film adaptation of the life of Eddie 'the Eagle' Edwards .
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.
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. Baby Cow Productions latest venture is Where Are The Joneses the world first daily online comedy sitcom which uses wiki technology to allow the audience to upload scripts, storyline ideas etc.
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, although this claim has been dismissed by both parties . The news came a month after Coogan had divorced his wife, Caroline Hickman, (whom he married in 2002) on the grounds that the marriage had irretrievably broken down.
He has a daughter Clare from a previous relationship with Anna Cole. He lives in Brighton but still journeys north to watch Manchester United football club.
Some production staff working with Coogan are known to have objected to his "method" performance of Alan Partridge—maintaining the thoroughly unpleasant character from makeup to final call. |
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