Steve Coogan

Comedian, TV Writer

1965 –

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Who is Steve Coogan?

Stephen John "Steve" Coogan is an English actor, stand-up comedian, impressionist, writer and producer. He began his career in the 1980s, working as a voice artist on the satirical puppet show Spitting Image. In the early 1990s, he began creating original comic characters; this led him to win the Perrier Award at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. In 1999, he co-founded the production company Baby Cow Productions.

While working with Armando Iannucci on The Day Today and On the Hour, Coogan created his most developed and popular character, Alan Partridge, a socially awkward and politically incorrect regional media personality. He featured in several television series, which earned Coogan three BAFTA nominations and two wins for Best Comedy Performance. A feature-length film, Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa, was released in 2013, and opened at number one at the British box office.

Coogan grew in prominence within the film industry in 2002, after starring in The Parole Officer and 24 Hour Party People.

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Born
Oct 14, 1965
Middleton
Also known as
  • Stephen Coogan
  • Stephen John Coogan
  • Steve
  • Stephen John "Steve" Coogan
  • Tony Ferrino
  • Alan Partridge
  • Paul Calf
  • Tommy Saxondale
  • Duncan Thicket
Parents
Siblings
Spouses
Children
Religion
  • Catholicism
Ethnicity
  • Irish people in Great Britain
Nationality
  • United Kingdom
Profession
Education
  • Manchester Metropolitan University
Lived in
  • Middleton

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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