Career Steve Coogan

1 career

1.1 alan partridge
1.2 tv roles
1.3 film roles
1.4 awards
1.5 stand-up comedy comeback tour
1.6 production work

career

coogan began career comic , impressionist, performing regularly in ipswich, before working voice artist television advertisements , satirical puppet show spitting image. first experience in movies in deerhunter starring robert de niro. in 1989, appeared in series of specially shot sketches in observation round in long-running itv game show krypton factor. in 1992, coogan won perrier award @ edinburgh festival fringe performance long-time collaborator john thomson, , starred alongside caroline aherne , john thomson in one-off granada tv sketch show dead show. prominent characters developed @ time paul calf, stereotypical working class mancunian, , sister pauline, played coogan in drag.

alan partridge

while working armando iannucci , chris morris on radio 4 comedy on hour, coogan conceived popular , developed character, socially awkward , politically incorrect regional media personality. appeared sports presenter on television comedy day today, before hosting own chat show, knowing me knowing alan partridge. in 1997, partridge returned in sitcom m alan partridge, followed second series in 2002, , received 5 bafta nominations. partridge featured in coogan s 2008 stand-up tour.

he revisited character in 2 one-off sky atlantic specials, including alan partridge: welcome places of life, received further 2 bafta nominations, mockumentary mid morning matters alan partridge, has been renewed second season. feature-length film, alan partridge: alpha papa, released in 2013.

tv roles

paul calf first began character named duncan disorderly in coogan s stand-up routines. calf first came wider public notice in 1993, several appearances on saturday zoo, late-night variety show presented jonathan ross on channel 4. paul has appeared in 2 video diaries, episode of coogan s run, , in various stand-up performances. unemployed mancunian wastrel particular hatred of students. catchphrase bag o shite . paul lives in council house in fictional town of ottle mother , sister, pauline calf (also played coogan). father, pete calf (played coogan in coogan s run) died time before first video diary made. long time obsessed getting ex-girlfriend, julie. paul s best friend fat bob (played john thomson), car mechanic married pauline. paul supports manchester city , partial wagon wheels. wears burton suits, sports bleached mullet , drives ford cortina.

other coogan creations include tommy saxondale, duncan thicket, ernest eckler , portuguese eurovision song contest winner tony ferrino. duncan thicket has appeared in tour of live shows. other tv shows has starred in include coogan s run, dr. terrible s house of horrible, monkey trousers , saxondale. coogan has provided voices animated series not animal , bob , margaret, 2 christmas specials featuring robbie reindeer, , episode of bbc radio 4 spoof sci-fi series nebulous.

he played gnat in 1998 tv adaptation of alice through looking glass starring kate beckinsale, , starred in bbc2 s private life of samuel pepys in 2003, , cruise of gods in 2002. in 2006, had cameo in little britain christmas special pilot taking lou , andy disneyland. in 2007, coogan played psychiatrist on hbo s curb enthusiasm, , in 2008, starred in bbc1 drama sunshine.

in 2010, reunited actor rob brydon , director michael winterbottom (both of whom had worked on 2002 film 24 hour party people , 2006 s cock , bull story), partially improvised bbc2 sitcom trip, in , brydon tour of northern restaurants, writing observer. trip nominated 2011 television bafta best situation comedy, , coogan won best male performance in comedy role.

he provided voices of philip masterson-bowie (a horse) , mark andrews (a sparrow) animated comedy series not animal. voice of satan on neighbors hell. in december 2011, coogan voiced roger mellie , tracey tunstall of fat slags in 3 viz comedy blaps channel 4. voiced cruise-ship director in simpsons episode totally fun thing bart never again .

coogan co-stars in moone boy, along johnny vegas , chris o dowd, wrote show. series co-production between sprout pictures, produced original little crackers short, baby cow productions, hod cod productions , grand pictures, , began filming in 2012 on location in boyle , dublin, ireland. returned character alan partridge, in alan partridge – welcome places of life, aired on sky atlantic. stated, several critics , news papers, show has been highly anticipated, , received.

film roles

michael winterbottom, coogan , rob brydon @ ryerson theatre in toronto screening of tristram shandy (14 september 2005)

notable film roles include factory records boss tony wilson in film 24 hour party people, mole in terry jones wind in willows, phileas fogg in comical version of jules verne s around world in 80 days disney, jackie chan, ambassador mercy in marie antoinette, bruce tick in sweet revenge, , octavius in night @ museum (a role reprised in night @ museum: battle of smithsonian , night @ museum: secret of tomb).

he has played himself several times on screen. first, in 1 of vignettes of jim jarmusch s 2003 film coffee , cigarettes, alongside alfred molina. second, in 2006 coogan starred rob brydon in michael winterbottom s cock , bull story, self-referential film of unfilmable self-referential novel tristram shandy laurence sterne. in film, coogan plays fictional, womanising version of himself. thirdly, played himself in 2010 film trip. worked again director winterbottom in of love, 50s porn-king paul raymond. fourth time playing himself on screen in 2014 film trip italy, film him , rob brydon taking food-tasting trip through italy, followed in 2017 trip spain

the first film co-wrote henry normal parole officer, in acted alongside ben miller , lena headey. coogan has uncredited cameo in hot fuzz, scripted shaun of dead writers simon pegg , edgar wright.

coogan s acclaimed work date drama-comedy philomena, co-wrote, produced, , starred in judi dench. performance earned him golden globe nomination, among many other nominations (and wins). philomena nominated academy award best picture.

awards

coogan s show steve coogan in character john thomson winner of perrier award best show @ 1992 edinburgh fringe. has won numerous awards work in tv including british comedy awards, baftas , south bank show award comedy. in 2003, listed in observer 1 of 50 funniest acts in british comedy. in 2005, poll find comedians comedian saw him being voted amongst top 20 greatest comedy acts ever fellow comedians , comedy insiders.

stand-up comedy comeback tour

in march 2008, confirmed coogan return doing stand-up comedy part of first stand-up tour in ten years. tour, named steve coogan alan partridge , other less successful characters , saw return of of old characters including paul calf , alan partridge. reviews of tour mixed. of criticism focused on apparent unrehearsed quality of of performances , nervous stage presence of coogan s. chortle comedy guide described show of 2 halves: superlative alan partridge plus collection of characters not less successful, woefully less funny .

as tour progressed , problems ironed out, reviews positive. dominic maxwell of times described show twice entertaining other comedy shows year. brian logan of guardian awarded 4 stars , described shamelessly funny. reviews such 1 trent fm arena exemplified how show had improved after dealing glitches on first few dates: when steve coogan first brought show nottingham last month, reviews poor... intervening weeks have made big difference, , last night s audience @ trent fm arena went home happy. more please, , soon.

in 2009, coogan featured, alongside vic reeves, bob mortimer , julia davis, in spoof documentary tv film steve coogan – inside story.

production work

coogan, along writing partner henry normal, founded baby cow productions in 1999. together, have served executive producers shows such mighty boosh, nighty night, marion , geoff, gavin & stacey, human remains , moone boy, alan partridge feature film alan partridge: alpha papa. have produced joneses?, online sitcom uses wiki technology allow audience upload scripts , storyline ideas.