Steve Coogan

Steve Coogan

Born Stephen John Coogan
(1965-10-14) 14 October 1965
Middleton, Lancashire, England
Residence Norwich, Norfolk, England
Occupation
  • Actor
  • Comedian
  • Writer
  • Producer
Years active 1987–present
Spouse(s) Caroline Hickman (2002–05)
Relatives Brendan Coogan (brother)
Martin Coogan (brother)
Coogan's voice
from the BBC programme Desert Island Discs, 11 10 2009[1]

Stephen John "Steve" Coogan (born 14 October 1965)[2] 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, leading him to win the Perrier Award at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.[3] In 1999, he co-founded the production company Baby Cow Productions.

While working with Armando Iannucci on On the Hour and The Day Today, 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 him three BAFTA nominations and two wins for Best Comedy Performance.[4] A feature-length film, Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa, was released in 2013, and opened at number one at the British box office.[5]

Coogan grew in prominence within the film industry in 2002, after starring in The Parole Officer and 24 Hour Party People. He portrayed Phileas Fogg in the 2004 remake Around the World in 80 Days and co-starred in The Other Guys, Tropic Thunder, In the Loop, Hamlet 2, Our Idiot Brother, Ruby Sparks and the Night at the Museum films, as well as collaborating with Rob Brydon in The Trip and A Cock and Bull Story. He was also a voice actor in the animated comedy films Despicable Me 2 and its prequel Minions, and played Hades in Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief.

Coogan has also branched out into more dramatic roles, with What Maisie Knew, and portrayed Paul Raymond in the biopic The Look of Love. He co-wrote, produced, and starred in the film adaptation Philomena,[6] which earned him a Golden Globe and BAFTA nomination, and two Academy Award nominations (for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Picture). He has been cast in the lead role for the ABC television pilot Doubt and the Showtime drama Happyish.[7]

On 22 November 2011, Coogan, along with Hugh Grant, gave evidence to the Leveson Inquiry on phone hacking, favouring regulation of the press.[8]

Early life

Coogan was born in Middleton, Lancashire.[2] He is the fourth of seven children[9] born to Kathleen (née Coonan), a housewife, and Anthony Coogan, an IBM engineer.[10][11] He was raised Roman Catholic, in a working class family. His mother is Irish-born, from Mayo, and his father is of Irish descent.[12][13] He attended Cardinal Langley Roman Catholic High School.[14] He has stated that he had a happy childhood, and in addition to having four brothers and two sisters, his parents fostered children on a short-term basis.[15]

Coogan had a talent for impersonation, and wanted to go to drama school, despite being advised by a teacher that it could lead to a precarious profession.[15] After five failed applications to various drama schools within London, he received a place at the theatre company New Music before gaining a place at the Manchester Metropolitan School of Theatre,[15] where he met future collaborator John Thomson.

Career

Coogan began his career as a comic and impressionist, performing regularly in Ipswich, before working as a voice artist for television advertisements and the satirical puppet show Spitting Image. In 1992, Coogan won the Perrier Award at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for his performance with long-time collaborator John Thomson, and starred alongside Caroline Aherne and John Thomson in a one-off Granada TV sketch show The Dead Good Show. His most prominent characters developed at this time were Paul Calf, a stereotypical working class Mancunian, and his sister Pauline, played by Coogan in drag.

Alan Partridge

Main article: Alan Partridge

While working with Armando Iannucci and Chris Morris on the Radio 4 comedy On the Hour, Coogan conceived his most popular and developed character, a socially awkward and politically incorrect regional media personality. He appeared as a sports presenter on the television comedy The Day Today, before hosting his own chat show, Knowing Me Knowing You with Alan Partridge. In 1997, Partridge returned in the sitcom I'm Alan Partridge, which was followed by a second series in 2002, and received five BAFTA nominations. Partridge featured in Coogan's 2008 stand-up tour.

He revisited the character in two one-off Sky Atlantic specials, including Alan Partridge: Welcome to the Places of My Life, which received a further two BAFTA nominations, as well as the mockumentary Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge, which has been renewed for a second season.[16] A feature-length film, Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa, was released in 2013.[5]

TV roles

Paul Calf first began as a character named 'Duncan Disorderly' in Coogan's early stand-up routines. Calf first came to wider public notice in 1993, with several appearances on Saturday Zoo, a late-night variety show presented by Jonathan Ross on Channel 4. Paul has appeared in two video diaries, an episode of Coogan's Run, and in various stand-up performances. He is an unemployed Mancunian wastrel with a particular hatred of students. His catchphrase is "Bag o' shite". Paul lives in a council house in the fictional town of Ottle with his mother and his sister, Pauline Calf (also played by Coogan). His father, Pete Calf (played by Coogan in Coogan's Run) died some time before the first video diary was made. For a long time he was obsessed with getting back together with his ex-girlfriend, Julie. Paul's best friend is "Fat" Bob (played by John Thomson), a car mechanic who eventually married Pauline. Paul supports Manchester City and is very partial to Wagon Wheels. He wears Burton suits, sports a bleached mullet and drives a Ford Cortina.

Other Coogan creations include Tommy Saxondale, Duncan Thicket and Portuguese Eurovision Song Contest winner Tony Ferrino. Duncan Thicket has appeared in 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 and Bob and Margaret, two Christmas specials featuring Robbie the Reindeer, and an episode of the BBC Radio Four spoof sci-fi series Nebulous.

He played the Gnat in the 1998 TV adaptation of Alice Through the Looking Glass starring Kate Beckinsale, and 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. In 2007, Coogan played a psychiatrist on HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm, and in 2008, starred in the BBC1 drama Sunshine.

In 2010, he reunited with actor Rob Brydon and director Michael Winterbottom (both of whom he had worked with on the 2002 film 24 Hour Party People and 2006's A Cock and Bull Story), for the partially improvised BBC2 sitcom The Trip, in which he and Brydon do a tour of northern restaurants, which he is writing up for The Observer. The Trip was nominated for a 2011 Television BAFTA for Best Situation Comedy, and Coogan won Best Male Performance in a Comedy Role.[17]

He provided the voices of Philip Masterson-Bowie (a horse) and Mark Andrews (a sparrow) for the animated comedy series I Am Not an Animal.[18] He was also the voice of Satan on Neighbors from Hell. In December 2011, Coogan voiced Roger Mellie and Tracey Tunstall of The Fat Slags in three Viz Comedy Blaps for Channel 4.[19] He voiced a cruise-ship director in The Simpsons episode "A Totally Fun Thing That Bart Will Never Do Again".[20]

Coogan co-stars in Moone Boy, along with Johnny Vegas and Chris O'Dowd, who also wrote the show. The series is a co-production between Sprout Pictures, who produced the original Little Crackers short, Baby Cow Productions, Hod Cod Productions and Grand Pictures, and began filming in early 2012 on location in Boyle and Dublin, Ireland. He also returned with his character Alan Partridge, in Alan Partridge – Welcome to the Places of My Life, which aired on Sky Atlantic. It was stated, by several critics and news papers, that the show has been highly anticipated, and was generally well received.[21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29]

Film roles

Michael Winterbottom, Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon at the Ryerson Theatre in Toronto for the screening of Tristram Shandy (14 September 2005)

Notable film roles include 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 comical version of Jules Verne's Around the World in 80 Days from Disney, with Jackie Chan, Ambassador Mercy in Marie Antoinette, Bruce Tick in Sweet Revenge, and Octavius in Night at the Museum (a role he reprised in Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian and Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb). He has also played himself four times 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, womanising version of himself. Thirdly he played himself in the 2010 film The Trip. He worked again with director Winterbottom in The Look Of Love, about '50s porn-king Paul Raymond. His fourth time playing himself on screen was in the 2014 film The Trip to Italy, a film about him and Rob Brydon taking a food-tasting trip through Italy.[30]

The first film which he co-wrote with Henry Normal was The Parole Officer, in which he also acted 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 most acclaimed work to date is the drama-comedy Philomena, which he co-wrote, produced, and starred in with Judi Dench.[31] This performance earned him a Golden Globe nomination, among many other nominations (and some wins). Philomena was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.

Awards

Coogan's show Steve Coogan in character with John Thomson was winner of the Perrier Award for best show at the 1992 Edinburgh Fringe. 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 Comedians' Comedian saw him being voted amongst the top 20 greatest comedy acts ever by fellow comedians and comedy insiders.[32]

Stand-up comedy comeback tour

In March 2008, it was confirmed that Coogan would return to doing stand-up comedy as part of his first stand-up tour in ten years. The tour, named "Steve Coogan as Alan Partridge and other less successful characters", saw the return of some of his old characters including Paul Calf and Alan Partridge.[33] Reviews of the tour were mixed.[34][35][36] Much of the criticism focused on the apparent unrehearsed quality of some of the performances and nervous stage presence of Coogan's. Chortle comedy guide described it as "most definitely a show of two halves: the superlative Alan Partridge plus a collection of characters that are not only less successful, but woefully less funny".[37]

As the tour progressed and the problems were ironed out, reviews were very positive. Dominic Maxwell of the Times described the show as "twice as entertaining as most other comedy shows this year." Brian Logan of the Guardian awarded it four stars and described it as "shamelessly funny." Reviews such as the one from Nottingham Arena exemplified how much the show had improved after dealing with the glitches on its first few dates; "When Steve Coogan first brought this show to Nottingham last month, the reviews were poor... the intervening weeks have made a big difference, and last night's audience at the Trent FM Arena went home happy. More please, and soon."

In 2009, Coogan was featured, alongside Vic Reeves, Bob Mortimer and Julia Davis, in the spoof documentary TV film Steve Coogan – The Inside Story.[38]

Production work

Coogan, along with his writing partner Henry Normal, founded Baby Cow Productions in 1999. Together, they have served as executive producers for shows such as The Mighty Boosh, Nighty Night, Marion and Geoff, Gavin and Stacey, Human Remains and Moone Boy, as well as the Alan Partridge feature film Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa. They have also produced Where Are the Joneses?, an online sitcom which uses wiki technology to allow the audience to upload scripts and storyline ideas.[39]

In the media

Coogan said he "liked to keep himself private", adding; "I have never wanted to be famous, as such – fame is a by-product".[40] He has been a popular target of the British tabloid press since 1996, who he stated have subjected him to entrapment and blackmail, printed obvious falsehoods about him,[41] also targeting his family and friends in attempts to extract stories from them.[42]

Coogan in some cases gave a strong denial to allegations, but in others did not contest them because he wanted to shield vulnerable friends from adverse publicity.[43] The tabloids also published intrusive information about his relationships and the schooling of his child. Coogan has also been critical of the broadsheet press, saying they have colluded with the tabloids in the interests of selling newspapers. In 2005 he said "The Guardian tends to have its cake and eat it. It waits for the tabloids to dish the dirt and then it talks about the tabloids dishing the dirt while enjoying it themselves."[44] However, Coogan later gave credit to the same newspaper for its investigation of the phone hacking scandal.[45] Coogan said that because of the persistent intrusion into his private life, the press had effectively made him "immune" to further attack, as his "closet is empty of skeletons".[46]

Phone hacking

Coogan became a prominent figure in the News International phone hacking scandal as one of the celebrities who took action against the British tabloids in light of these events. He was made aware by his phone service provider of "possible anomalies" on his phone in 2005 and 2006.[47] In 2010, Coogan's legal firm obtained a partially redacted version of Glenn Mulcaire's hacking notebook by a court order which showed Coogan had been targeted and his personal information was in the possession of Mulcaire.

Mulcaire was forced by the High Court of Justice to disclose to Coogan's legal team who amongst the staff at the News of the World ordered him to hack phones. This information was obtained by Coogan's lawyers on 26 August 2011.[48] Interviewed on Newsnight on 8 July 2011, Coogan said he was "delighted" by the closure of the News of the World and said it was a "fantastic day for journalism". He said the idea of press freedom was used by the tabloids as a "smokescreen for selling papers with tittle-tattle" and said the argument against press regulation was "morally bankrupt"[45]

Coogan provided an eight-page witness statement to the Leveson Inquiry and appeared at the inquiry on 22 November 2011 to discuss the evidence.[42] He said he was there reluctantly representing a lot of celebrities who felt they could not speak out for fear of reprisals from the tabloid press.[49]

Personal life

Coogan's younger brother, Brendan, is a former Top Gear presenter, and his elder brother, Martin, was the lead singer of the early 1990s band the Mock Turtles. All three attended the Cardinal Langley Roman Catholic High School in Middleton, Greater Manchester.[50] Although brought up Catholic, Coogan now describes himself as an atheist.[51]

Coogan married Caroline Hickman in 2002, and divorced in 2005.[52] Coogan entered rehab for personal issues.[53] He dated model China Chow for three years.[54] In March 2011 Coogan was guest editor for lads mag Loaded, where he met and began dating glamour model Elle Basey.[55] As of 2013, he and Basey are still together.[55][56] He has a daughter from a previous relationship with solicitor Anna Cole.[57]

Coogan supports the Labour Party.[58] He believes that Conservatives think "people are plebs" and that "they like to pat people on the head".[59] In August 2014, Coogan was one of 200 public figures who were signatories to a letter to The Guardian opposing Scottish independence in the run-up to September's referendum on that issue.[60]

A noted motoring enthusiast, he has owned a succession of Ferrari cars, but stopped buying them after realising that the depreciation and running costs were greater than hiring a private plane.[61]

Coogan's autobiography, Easily Distracted, was published in October 2015.[62]

Filmography

Feature films

Year Title Role Notes
1989 Resurrected Youth
1995 The Indian in the Cupboard Tommy Atkins
1996 The Wind in the Willows Mole
1998 Sweet Revenge Bruce Tick aka The Revengers' Comedies
2001 The Parole Officer Simon Garden Writer
Nominated – BAFTA Award for Best Newcomer
2002 24 Hour Party People Tony Wilson Nominated – Empire Award for Best British Actor
Nominated – Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Breakthrough Performance
2003 Coffee and Cigarettes Himself Segment: "Cousins?"
2004 Ella Enchanted Heston the snake Voice only
Around the World in 80 Days Phileas Fogg
2005 Happy Endings Charley Nominated – Satellite Award for Outstanding Actor in a Supporting Role, Comedy or Musical
A Cock and Bull Story Tristram Shandy / Walter Shandy / Steve Coogan
2006 The Alibi Ray Elliot
Night at the Museum Octavius
Marie Antoinette Ambassador Mercy
2007 For the Love of God Graham
Hot Fuzz Metropolitan Police Inspector Uncredited
2008 Finding Amanda Michael Henry
Tales of the Riverbank Roderick Voice only
Tropic Thunder Damien Cockburn
Hamlet 2 Dana Marschz
2009 What Goes Up Campbell Babbitt Producer
In the Loop Paul Michaelson
Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian Octavius
2010 Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief Hades
Marmaduke Raisin Voice only
The Other Guys David Ershon
2011 The Trip Steve Coogan U.S. film edit
Our Idiot Brother Dylan
2012 Ruby Sparks Langdon Tharp
What Maisie Knew Beale
2013 The Look of Love Paul Raymond
Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa Alan Partridge Writer
Despicable Me 2 Silas Ramsbottom Voice only
Philomena Martin Sixsmith Writer (With Jeff Pope)/Producer
Best Screenplay, Venice Film Festival (With Jeff Pope)
Best Movie About Women, Women Film Critics Circle
BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
Nominated — Academy Award for Best Picture
Nominated — Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
Nominated – Best Adapted Screenplay (with Jeff Pope) Best Adapted Screenplay
Nominated – Best Film
Nominated – Best Adapted Screenplay (with Jeff Pope)Alliance of Women Film Journalists
Nominated – BAFTA Award for Best Film
Nominated – BAFTA Award for Best British Film
Nominated – Best Adapted Screenplay (with Jeff Pope)Best Adapted Screenplay
Nominated – British Actor of the Year London Film Critics' Circle
Nominated – British Film of the Year London Film Critics' Circle
Nominated – Screenwriter of the Year (with Jeff Pope) London Film Critics' Circle
Nominated – Best Actor
Nominated – Best British Independent Film
Nominated – Best Adapted Screenplay (with Jeff Pope) BIFA Awards
Nominated – Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama
Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay
Nominated – Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
Nominated – Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Film
Nominated – San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
Nominated – St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Award for Best Screenplay
Nominated – Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival
2014 The Trip to Italy Steve Coogan U.S. film edit
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb Octavius
Northern Soul Mr. Banks
2015 Minions Professor Flux and a tower guard Voice only
2016 Shepherds and Butchers Johan Webber
The Secret Life of Pets Sphynx Cat Voice only
2017 The Dinner Paul Lohman Filming

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1988–1992 Spitting Image Various characters Voice only
1992 The Dead Good Show Various characters
1993 The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer Lead singer of Go West 1 episode
Harry Stebbings 2 episodes
Saturday Zoo Paul Calf/Pauline Calf
1994 The Day Today Various characters Writer
7 episodes
1995 Coogan's Run Writer
6 episodes
1994–1995 Knowing Me Knowing You with Alan Partridge Alan Partridge Writer
7 episodes
1996 Tales from the Crypt Danny Skeggs 1 episode
1997 The Friday Night Armistice Alan Partridge
The Fix Mike Gabbett
The Tony Ferrino Phenomenon Tony Ferrino
1997–2002 I'm Alan Partridge Alan Partridge Writer
12 episodes
1998 Bob and Margaret Various characters 1 episode
Alice Through the Looking Glass Gnat
1999 Hooves of Fire Blitzen Voice only
Mrs Merton and Malcolm Various characters 6 episodes (5 as voice only)
2001 Combat Sheep Commander Harris Executive producer
Voice only
A Small Summer Party Geoff Executive producer
Dr. Terrible's House of Horrible Various characters Writer and executive producer
6 episodes
2002 Cruise of the Gods Nick Lee Executive producer
Legend of the Lost Tribe Blitzen Voice only
2002, 2004, 2006 Top Gear Himself Series 1, Episode 4, Series 5 Episode 4, Series 8 Episode 7
2003 The Private Life of Samuel Pepys Samuel Pepys
Anglian Lives: Alan Partridge Alan Partridge Writer
2004 I Am Not An Animal Various characters Voice only
Executive producer
6 episodes
2005 Monkey Trousers Executive producer
5 episodes
2006 Little Britain Pilot 1 episode
2006–2007 Saxondale Tommy Saxondale Writer and executive producer
13 episodes
2007 Curb Your Enthusiasm Dr. Bright 1 episode
2008 Sunshine Bing Crosby 3 episodes
2010 Neighbors from Hell Satan 6 episodes
2010–2011 Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge Alan Partridge Writer
12 episodes
2010 The Trip Steve Coogan 6 episodes
2012 The Simpsons Rowan Priddis Voice only
Episode: "A Totally Fun Thing That Bart Will Never Do Again"
Moone Boy Francie "Touchie" Feeley 1 episode
2014 The Lost Honour of Christopher Jeffries Steve Coogan 1 episode
2015 Happyish Thom Payne 10 episodes

Awards and nominations

Year Title Award Category Result
1992 In Character with John Thomson Perrier Comedy Award Best Comedy Show Won
1994 Knowing Me Knowing You with Alan Partridge British Comedy Awards Best Male TV Performer Won
1995 Pauline Calf's Wedding Video BAFTAs Best Comedy Performance Nominated
Knowing Me Knowing You with Alan Partridge Best Light Entertainment Performance Nominated
1998 I'm Alan Partridge British Comedy Awards Best TV Comedy Actor Won
BAFTAs Best Comedy Performance Won
Best Comedy (Programme or Series) Won
2002 The Parole Officer BAFTA Award for Best Newcomer Nominated
2003 Cruise of the Gods British Comedy Awards Best TV Comedy Actor Won
I'm Alan Partridge BAFTAs Best Comedy Performance Nominated
Royal Television Society Nominated
24 Hour Party People Empire Awards Best British Actor Nominated
Online Film Critics Society Best Breakthrough Performance Nominated
2005 Happy Endings Satellite Award Best Supporting Actor Nominated
2011 The Trip BAFTAs Best Male Comedy Performance Won[63]
2013 Alan Partridge: Welcome to the Places of My Life BAFTAs Best Male Comedy Performance Won
2014 Philomena Academy Awards Best Picture Nominated
Best Writing – Adapted Screenplay Nominated
BAFTAs Best Writing – Adapted Screenplay Won
Best British Film Nominated
Best Film Nominated

Stand-up releases

Year Title
1994 Live 'N' Lewd
1998 Live – The Man Who Thinks He's It
2009 As Alan Partridge And Other Less Successful Characters – Live

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