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Steve Coogan
Coogan in 2017
Born
Stephen John Coogan

(1965-10-14) 14 October 1965 (age 59)
Middleton, Lancashire, England
Citizenship
  • United Kingdom
  • Ireland
EducationManchester Metropolitan University (BA)
Occupations
  • Actor
  • comedian
  • screenwriter
  • producer
Years active1988–present
TitleCo-founder and creative director of Baby Cow Productions
Spouse
Caroline Hickman
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(m. 2002; div. 2005)​
PartnerAnna Cole (1992–1996)
Children1
Relatives
Coogan's voice
from the BBC programme Desert Island Discs, 11 October 2009[1]

Stephen John Coogan (/ˈkuːɡən/; born 14 October 1965) is an English actor, comedian, screenwriter and producer. He is best known for creating and portraying Alan Partridge, a socially inept and politically incorrect media personality, which he developed while working with Armando Iannucci and Chris Morris on On the Hour and The Day Today. Partridge has featured in several television series such as I'm Alan Partridge (1997–2002) and the film Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa (2013). Coogan has earned accolades such as four BAFTA Awards and three British Comedy Awards, and nominations for two Academy Awards and a Golden Globe Award.

Coogan began his career in the 1980s as a voice actor on the satirical puppet show Spitting Image and providing voice-overs for television advertisements. He grew in prominence in the film industry in 2002, after starring in The Parole Officer and 24 Hour Party People. He continued to appear in films such as Around the World in 80 Days (2004), the Night at the Museum trilogy (2006-2014), Tropic Thunder (2008), Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010), Our Idiot Brother (2011), Ruby Sparks (2012), Irreplaceable You (2018), and Greed (2019). He co-starred as himself with Rob Brydon in A Cock and Bull Story (2005) and the BBC series The Trip (2010), The Trip to Italy (2014), The Trip to Spain (2017), and The Trip to Greece (2020), all of which were also re-edited into films.

In 1999, Coogan co-founded the production company Baby Cow Productions with Henry Normal. In 2013, he co-wrote, produced, and starred in the film Philomena, which earned him nominations at the Golden Globes and BAFTAs, and at the Academy Awards for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Picture. Coogan has also played dramatic roles, including Marie Antoinette (2006), What Maisie Knew (2012), The Look of Love (2013) and The Dinner (2017). For his portrayal of Stan Laurel in Stan & Ollie (2018), he earned a BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role nomination. For his portrayal of Jimmy Savile in the BBC drama The Reckoning (2023), he received a nomination for the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor.

Early life

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Stephen John Coogan[2] was born on 14 October 1965 in Middleton, Lancashire,[3][4] the son of housewife Kathleen (née Coonan) and IBM engineer Anthony "Tony" Coogan.[5][6] He has four brothers and one sister,[7] and was raised Roman Catholic in what he described as a "lower-middle or upper-working class" family which emphasised the values of education.[8] His elder brother Martin is a musician, while his younger brother Brendan is a presenter.[8] Coogan's mother is Irish and hails from County Mayo, while his father was born in Manchester to Irish parents Margaret (from County Kilkenny) and Thomas Coogan (a tailor from County Cork), who had settled there shortly before the First World War.[9][10] During the 1950s, his paternal grandfather established a dance hall for Irish immigrants.[8] Coogan has stated that he had a happy childhood, and his parents fostered children on a short-term basis.[11]

Coogan lived on Manchester New Road in Alkrington. His father stood for the SDP-Liberal Alliance in the Middleton South ward at the Rochdale Borough Council elections in both May 1983[12] and May 1984.[13] He was also chairman of the Catholic Grammar Schools Parents Association, and protested against the proposal by the Salford Roman Catholic Diocesan Schools Commission to close the sixth form (which ultimately did not happen).[14] Coogan attended St. Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary School and Cardinal Langley Roman Catholic High School.[15][16] Coogan passed two O-levels in 1983, which were likely re-take exams, aged 17.[17] In 1984 he gained 4 A-levels: English Literature, British Government and Politics, Art, and General Studies.[18][19] In the same year, his brother Kevin acquired nine O-levels at the same school[20] and took part in local and regional sports competitions, notably in basketball and cross country running.[21]

Coogan's sister trained to be a teacher at the nearby Hopwood Hall College.[citation needed] As a family, it was assumed that all the children would become teachers.[8] 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.[11] After five failed applications to various drama schools in London, he received a place at the theatre company New Music before gaining a place at the Manchester Polytechnic School of Drama,[11] where he met future collaborator John Thomson.

Career

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1989–2002: Breakthrough as Alan Partridge

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Main article: Alan Partridge
Coogan in character as Alan Partridge signing copies of the spoof autobiography I, Partridge: We Need to Talk About Alan

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.[22] In 1988, he provided vocals for the acid house record 'Don't Believe the Hype' credited to Mista E. The record peaked at number 41 in December 1988, narrowly missing the main chart rundown. In 1989, he appeared in a series of specially shot sketches in the Observation round in the long-running ITV game show The Krypton Factor. In 1992, Coogan won the Perrier Award at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for his performance with long-time collaborator John Thomson, and starred alongside him and Caroline Aherne 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. While working on the Radio 4 comedy On the Hour, Coogan created Alan Partridge, a parody of British sports presenters, with the producer Armando Iannucci. Coogan described Partridge as a Little Englander, with right-wing values and poor taste.[23] He is socially inept, often offending his guests,[24] and has an inflated sense of importance and celebrity.[25] According to Coogan, Partridge was originally a "one-note, sketchy character"[26] and "freak show", but slowly became refined as a dysfunctional alter ego.[27]

In 1992, Partridge hosted a spin-off Radio 4 spoof chat show, Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan Partridge. On the Hour transferred to television as The Day Today in 1994,[23] followed by Knowing Me, Knowing You later that year.[28] In 1997, Coogan starred as Partridge in a BBC sitcom, I'm Alan Partridge, written by Coogan, Iannucci and Peter Baynham, following Partridge's life in a roadside hotel working for a small radio station.[23] It earned two BAFTAs[29] and was followed by a second series in 2002.[23] After I'm Alan Partridge, Coogan tired of Partridge and limited him to smaller roles.[30] Coogan said he did not want to say goodbye to Partridge, and that "as long as I can do my other things, that, to me, is the perfect balance".[30] He later said that Partridge had once been an "albatross" but had become "a battered, comfortable old leather jacket".[31] Critics have praised Partridge's complexity, realism and pathos. Vanity Fair called him a British national treasure[32] and the Guardian described him as "one of the greatest and most beloved comic creations of the last few decades".[33] Partridge is credited with influencing cringe comedies such as The Inbetweeners, Nighty Night and Peep Show.[34] In 2001 a poll by Channel 4, Partridge was voted seventh on their list of the 100 Greatest TV Characters.[35]

Partridge at the Hollywood Cinema

Paul Calf 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, spoken to disparage something or someone, 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 hairstyle, and drives a Ford Cortina. Pauline Calf's Wedding Video won the 1995 BAFTA Television Award for Best Comedy.[36]

Other Coogan creations include Tommy Saxondale, Duncan Thicket, Ernest Eckler and Portuguese Eurovision Song Contest winner Tony Ferrino. Duncan Thicket has appeared in a tour of live shows. 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 & 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.[37] 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,

2003–2009: Film roles and standup

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Coogan starred in BBC2's The Private Life of Samuel Pepys in 2003, and Cruise of the Gods in 2002 and portrayed Factory Records boss, Tony Wilson in the film, 24 Hour Party People (2002). In 2006, he had a cameo in the Little Britain Christmas special as a pilot taking Lou and Andy to Disneyland. Coogan has played himself several 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. The first film that Coogan co-wrote with Henry Normal was The Parole Officer, in which he also acted alongside Ben Miller and Lena Headey. He has an uncredited cameo in Hot Fuzz, scripted by Shaun of the Dead writers Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright. He also starred in the Night at the Museum trilogy in which he played Octavius, a miniature Roman general figure, alongside Owen Wilson's Jedediah, a miniature cowboy figure. In 2007, Coogan played a psychiatrist on Larry David's Curb Your Enthusiasm on HBO, and in 2008, starred in the BBC1 drama Sunshine.

In March 2008, it was confirmed that Coogan would return to doing 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.[38] Reviews of the tour were mixed.[39][40][41] Much of the criticism focused on the apparent unrehearsed quality of some of the performances and on Coogan's nervous stage presence. 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".[42]

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".[43] Brian Logan of The Guardian awarded it four stars and described it as "shamelessly funny".[44] Reviews such as the one from the Trent FM 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."[45]

In 2008, BBC Worldwide bought a 25% stake in the production company. It did not offer the largest sum, but was chosen by Coogan and Normal owing to their previous work with and strong connection with the BBC. In 2009, Coogan was featured, alongside Vic Reeves, Bob Mortimer and Julia Davis, in the spoof documentary TV film Steve Coogan – The Inside Story.[46] The same year he spoke on the influence of Monty Python on his comedy when he appeared in the television documentary, Monty Python: Almost the Truth (Lawyers Cut).[47]

2010–2019: The Trip and Philomena

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Coogan (left) and Rob Brydon at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival

In 2010, he worked again with Brydon and Michael Winterbottom for the partially improvised BBC2 sitcom The Trip, in which he and Brydon tour northern restaurants.[48] The movie was followed in 2014 with the film, The Trip to Italy, about him and Brydon taking a food-tasting trip through Italy, followed by The Trip to Spain (2017)[49] and The Trip to Greece (2020).[50] He worked again with director Winterbottom in The Look of Love (2013), about '50s porn-king, Paul Raymond. Partridge returned in 2010 with a series of shorts, Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge, written with new writers Rob and Neil Gibbons.[51] It was followed by the spoof memoirs I, Partridge: We Need to Talk About Alan (2011)[52] and Nomad (2016),[53] the feature film Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa (2013),[54] and several TV specials.[55][56] In his memoir, Coogan wrote that Alpha Papa was the hardest he had ever worked and that the production was fraught; however, he was proud of the finished film.[57]

Coogan produced, co-wrote and co-starred in the drama film Philomena (2013).[58] He portrayed the journalist Martin Sixsmith, who helps a former nun Philomena Lee, played Judi Dench, find her son after decades long absence. The film received acclaim and was a financial success. The Variety critic Justin Chang wrote, "The two leads make decent sparring partners and better allies, and Coogan is especially good whenever Martin's impatient manner tilts into genuine moral indignation."[59] Coogan received the BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and the Venice Film Festival Award for Best Screenplay as well as nominations for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and the Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay. The film earned four Academy Award nominations including for Best Picture losing to Steve McQueen's historical drama 12 Years a Slave (2013).[citation needed] Coogan's autobiography, Easily Distracted, was published in October 2015.[60]

Coogan (left) with Stephen Frears at a screening for Philomena

In 2016, after Henry Normal stood down, Christine Langan (head of BBC Film at the time) was hired by Coogan (creative director of Baby Cow Productions) as the new CEO; this led to BBC Worldwide increasing its stake to 73%.[61] Since joining, Langan has executive-produced all of the content from Baby Cow Productions, including Camping, Stan & Ollie, Zapped and The Witchfinder.[citation needed]

Coogan played the comedian Stan Laurel in the 2018 biographical film Stan & Ollie, alongside the American actor John C. Reilly, who played Oliver Hardy.[62] Todd McCarthy of The Hollywood Reporter wrote that Coogan "slips neatly into the role" and added, "Coogan and Reilly not only excel at creating convincing impressions of one of the most famous comic teams of the last century, but they do an uncanny job of recreating a handful of their famous routines, which today mostly play as mild yet expertly timed delights."[63] For his performance, he earned a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. In 2019, Partridge returned to the BBC with This Time with Alan Partridge, a spoof of magazine shows such as The One Show,[64] followed by an Audible podcast, From the Oasthouse, in 2020.[65] The podcast has now run for three seasons,[66] including a free teaser episode where Partridge commented on the coronation of Charles III and Camilla.[67]

2020–present

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In April 2022, Coogan began an Alan Partridge tour, Stratagem.[68] Reviewing the show for the Guardian, Brian Logan noted that though Coogan had once tired of Partridge, he now "clearly takes pleasure in the performance".[69] Coogan starred in the 2022 film The Lost King, playing the husband of the writer Philippa Langley, who discovered the bones of King Richard III.[70]

Coogan played Jimmy Savile in the BBC One series The Reckoning (2023). Coogan said the decision to play Savile was "not one I took lightly", and that the script "tackled a horrific story which – however harrowing – needs to be told".[71][72] Despite the controversy surrounding the series,[73] Coogan's performance was mostly praised by critics,[74] and he was nominated for the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor.[75] Coogan appeared in the 2024 film Joker: Folie à Deux as Paddy Meyers, a TV personality who interviews the Joker.[76]

Filming for the next Partridge project, And Did Those Feet... With Alan Partridge, began in early 2024.[77] Coogan stars in multiple roles in a London stage version of the 1964 film Dr. Strangelove, adapted by Iannucci. The play opened at the Noël Coward Theatre on 8 October 2024.[78]

In the media

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Public image

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Coogan at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival

Coogan has said that he likes to "keep [himself] private", and added: "I have never wanted to be famous, as such – fame is a by-product."[79] He has been a British tabloid fixture since as early as 1996, and has stated that such outlets have subjected him to entrapment and blackmail, printed obvious lies about him,[80] and have targeted his family and friends in attempts to extract stories from them.[81] Coogan in some cases strongly denied allegations, but in others did not contest them because he wanted to shield vulnerable friends from adverse publicity.[82]

The tabloids[which?] 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."[83] He later gave credit to the same newspaper for its investigation of the phone hacking scandal.[84] He has said that the press, by persistently intruding in his private life, has effectively made him "immune" to further attack as his "closet is empty of skeletons".[85]

Phone hacking scandal

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Main article: News International phone hacking scandal

Coogan favours reform and regulation of the British press.[86] He 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.[87] 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.[88] 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".[84]

Coogan provided an eight-page witness statement to the Leveson Inquiry, and appeared at the inquiry on 22 November 2011 to discuss the evidence.[81] 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.[89]

In March 2021, Coogan said "the tabloid press is controlled by a handful of tax shy billionaires with an agenda. Anyone who stands up to the press is attacked by them because they're bullies." He added "the fact that Meghan Markle and Harry were attacked has nothing to do with jet-setting hypocrisy. It's because they broke the golden rule, which is to leave us alone and we'll go easy on you next time."[90]

Personal life

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In 1993, Coogan was living in Didsbury.[91] He later lived in the manor house Ovingdean Grange in Ovingdean until 2017, when it was advertised for sale at £3.25 million.[92] As of 2022, Coogan has lived in Barcombe, in the Lewes District of East Sussex.[93]

Coogan married Caroline Hickman in 2002 and they divorced in 2005.[94] He entered rehab for personal issues.[citation needed] He dated model China Chow for three years.[95] In March 2011, he was guest editor for Loaded, where he met and began dating glamour model Loretta "Elle" Basey.[96] They were together until 2014.[97] He has a daughter from a previous four-year relationship with solicitor Anna Cole.[98][99][100]

Although raised Catholic, Coogan is now an atheist.[101] A motoring enthusiast, he has owned a number of Ferraris, but ceased after calculating that the overall costs exceeded those of running a private plane.[102] In February 2016, he was fined £670 and banned from driving for 28 days after being caught speeding in Brighton.[103] In August 2019, he escaped the usual six-month ban for a further speeding offence by saying that his next TV series depended on his ability to drive; he was given a two-month ban and a £750 fine.[104] He has been open about his struggle with depression and has said he "will always be a recovering addict".[105] He gained Irish citizenship in March 2023 and described himself as "half-Irish" in an interview.[106]

Political views

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Coogan has supported both the Labour Party and the Liberal Democrats.[107] He believes that the Conservative Party think "people are plebs" and that "they like to pat people on the head".[108] In 2013 he voiced his support for abolishing the British monarchy.[109] In August 2014, Coogan was one of 200 public figures who were signatories to a letter to The Guardian expressing their hope that Scotland would vote to remain part of the United Kingdom in the Scottish independence referendum.[110]

Coogan endorsed the Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn in the 2017 general election. He hosted a rally for Corbyn in Birmingham, saying: "The Tory tactic was to try to make this a choice between Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn, but this has backfired as people – and I readily admit to being one of them – have started to listen to what Jeremy Corbyn says rather than what other people have been saying about him."[111]

In November 2019, along with other public figures, Coogan signed a letter defending Corbyn, describing him as "a beacon of hope in the struggle against emergent far-right nationalism, xenophobia and racism in much of the democratic world" and endorsed him in the 2019 general election.[112] In December 2019, along with 42 other cultural figures, he signed a letter endorsing the Labour Party in the election. The letter stated that "Labour's election manifesto under Jeremy Corbyn's leadership offers a transformative plan that prioritises the needs of people and the planet over private profit and the vested interests of a few".[113][114]

In September 2023, Coogan addressed the Liberal Democrat Conference by video link, expressing that he would tactically vote for the Liberal Democrats over the Labour Party in the 2024 general election, as "the candidate best placed to kick the Tories out is the Lib Dem candidate".[115]

In October, Coogan, Tilda Swinton, Miriam Margolyes, Charles Dance, Maxine Peake, and Peter Mullan were among more than 2,000 cultural figures to sign a letter calling for a Gaza ceasefire and accused the UK government of "not only tolerating war crimes but aiding and abetting them" in the wake of the 2023 Israel-Hamas war.[116] Following criticism that the letter did not acknowledge or condemn the 7 October attack by Hamas on Israel, Coogan said that "it goes without saying that what Hamas did is evil beyond imagination — it was horrific and brutal".[117] In June 2024, Coogan was one of more than 100 cultural figures to sign a letter calling for Labour to halt sales of arms to Israel if it is elected.[118]

In June 2024, ahead of the 2024 general election, Coogan endorsed the Green Party and campaigned for Sian Berry.[119]

Filmography

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Film

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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
2001 The Parole Officer Simon Garden Also writer
2002 24 Hour Party People Tony Wilson
2003 Coffee and Cigarettes Himself Segment: "Cousins?"
2004 Ella Enchanted Heston the Snake Voice
Around the World in 80 Days Phileas Fogg
2005 Happy Endings Charley Peppitone
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 Voice
Hot Fuzz Metropolitan Police Inspector Uncredited
2008 Finding Amanda Michael Henry
Tales of the Riverbank Roderick Voice
Tropic Thunder Damien Cockburn
Hamlet 2 Dana Marschz
2009 What Goes Up Campbell Babbitt Also producer
In the Loop Paul Michaelson
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian Octavius
2010 Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief Hades
Marmaduke Raisin Voice
The Other Guys David Ershon
2011 The Trip Steve Coogan U.S. film edit
Our Idiot Brother Dylan Anderson
2012 Ruby Sparks Langdon Tharp
What Maisie Knew Beale
2013 The Look of Love Paul Raymond
Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa Alan Partridge Also writer
Despicable Me 2 Silas Ramsbottom Voice
Philomena Martin Sixsmith Also writer and producer
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/Tower Guard Voice
2016 Shepherds and Butchers Johan Webber
The Secret Life of Pets Ozone / Reginald Voice
Rules Don't Apply Colonel Nigel Briggs
Mindhorn Peter Eastman Also executive producer
2017 The Dinner Paul Lohman
Despicable Me 3 Silas Ramsbottom/Fritz Voice
The Trip to Spain Steve Coogan U.S. film edit
2018 Ideal Home Erasmus Brumble
Irreplaceable You Mitch
The Adventures of Drunky The Devil Voice
Hot Air Lionel Macomb
Holmes & Watson Gustav Klinger Uncredited
Stan & Ollie Stan Laurel
2019 The Professor and the Madman Frederick James Furnivall
Greed Sir Richard McCreadie
2020 The Trip to Greece Steve Coogan U.S. film edit
2022 Minions: The Rise of Gru Silas Ramsbottom Voice
The Lost King John Langley Writer and producer
2024 Despicable Me 4 Silas Ramsbottom Voice
Joker: Folie à Deux Paddy Meyers
The Penguin Lessons[120] Tom Michell
TBA Saipan Mick McCarthy Filming

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1988–92 Spitting Image Various characters Voice
1989 The Krypton Factor Various characters Specially shot sketches for the Observation round
1992 The Day Today Alan Partridge 6 episodes
The Dead Good Show Various characters
1993 The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer Lead singer of Go West Episode: "Water"
Harry Stebbings 2 episodes
Saturday Zoo Paul Calf/Pauline Calf 10 episodes
1994 The Day Today Alan Partridge
Various characters 		Writer; 7 episodes
Pauline Calf's Wedding Video Paul Calf/Pauline Calf Writer; 1 episode
1994–95 Knowing Me Knowing You with Alan Partridge Alan Partridge Writer; 7 episodes
1995 Coogan's Run Various characters Writer; 6 episodes
1996 Tales from the Crypt Danny Skeggs Episode: "The Kidnapper"
1997 The Tony Ferrino Phenomenon Tony Ferrino Television film
Introducing Tony Ferrino - Who? And Why? - A Quest Tony Ferrino Television film
The Friday Night Armistice Alan Partridge Episode: "The Election Night Armistice
The Fix Mike Gabbert Television film
1997, 2002 I'm Alan Partridge Alan Partridge Writer; 12 episodes
1998 Bob and Margaret Various characters Voice; 3 episodes
Alice Through the Looking Glass The Gnat Television film
1999 Mrs Merton and Malcolm Various Character 6 episodes (five as voice actor)
Hooves of Fire Blitzen Voice; Short
2000 Human Remains Executive producer
2001 Combat Sheep Commander Harris Voice; Executive producer
A Small Summer Party Geoff Executive producer
Dr. Terrible's House of Horrible Various characters Writer/executive producer; 6 episodes
2002 Top Gear Himself Guest; Series 1, Episode 4
Cruise of the Gods Nick Lee Executive producer
Legend of the Lost Tribe Blitzen Voice
2003 Paul and Pauline Calf's Cheese and Ham Sandwich Paul Calf/Pauline Calf Writer/executive producer
Anglian Lives: Alan Partridge Alan Partridge Writer
The Private Life of Samuel Pepys Samuel Pepys Television film
2003–05 The Mighty Boosh Executive producer
2004 I Am Not An Animal Various Voice; Executive producer; 6 episodes
Top Gear Himself Guest; Series 5, Episode 4
2004–05 Nighty Night Executive producer
The Keith Barret Show Executive producer
2005 Monkey Trousers Various Executive producer; 5 episodes
Ideal Executive producer
2005–07 Sensitive Skin Executive producer
2006 Top Gear Himself Guest; Series 8, Episode 7
Little Britain Pilot Episode: "Little Britain Abroard"
2006–07 Saxondale Tommy Saxondale Writer and executive producer; 13 episodes
2007 Curb Your Enthusiasm Dr. Bright Episode: "The Therapists"
2008 Sunshine Bing Crosby 3 episodes
2009 Steve Coogan: The Inside Story Himself
Various characters 		Writer; Television film
2010 Neighbors from Hell Satan Voice; 6 episodes
2010–16 Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge Alan Partridge Writer; 24 episodes
2010–20 The Trip Himself 24 episodes; also writer
2012 The Simpsons Rowan Priddis (voice) Episode: "A Totally Fun Thing That Bart Will Never Do Again"
Alan Partridge on Open Books with Martin Bryce Alan Partridge Special; also writer and executive producer
Alan Partridge: Welcome to the Places of My Life Alan Partridge Special; also writer and executive producer
Moone Boy Francie "Touchie" Feeley Episode: "Bunch of Marys"; also executive producer
2013–14 Us & Them Executive producer
2014 The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies Himself 1 episode
2015 Happyish Thom Payne 10 episodes
2016 Zapped Malador 1 episode; also executive producer
Alan Partridge's Scissored Isle Alan Partridge Special; also writer and executive producer
2017 Alan Partridge Why, When, Where, How and Whom Himself Television Documentary
2019–21 This Time with Alan Partridge Alan Partridge Writer; 12 episodes
2021 Stephen DCI Clive Driscoll 3 episodes
2022 Chivalry Cameron Writer
2023 The Reckoning Jimmy Savile 4 episodes
2024 What We Do in the Shadows Lord Roderick Cravensworth 1 episode
TBA And Did Those Feet... With Alan Partridge Alan Partridge Upcoming six-part series[121]
TBA Brian and Margaret Brian Walden Filming[122]

Stage

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Year Title Role Notes
2024 Dr.Strangelove Dr.Strangelove [78]

Awards and nominations

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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.[123]

Year Award Category Title Result Ref.
1992 Edinburgh Comedy Awards Best Comedy Show In Character with John Thomson Won
1994 British Comedy Awards Best Male TV Performer Knowing Me Knowing You
with Alan Partridge		 Won
1995 British Academy Television Awards Best Light Entertainment Performance Nominated [124]
Best Comedy Performance Pauline Calf's Wedding Video Nominated
1998 British Comedy Awards Best TV Comedy Actor I'm Alan Partridge Won
British Academy Television Awards Best Comedy Performance Won [124]
Best Comedy (Programme or Series) Won
2002 Best Newcomer The Parole Officer Nominated
2003 British Comedy Awards Best TV Comedy Actor Cruise of the Gods Won
British Academy Television Awards Best Comedy Performance I'm Alan Partridge Nominated [125]
Royal Television Society Nominated
Empire Awards Best British Actor 24 Hour Party People Nominated
Online Film Critics Society Best Breakthrough Performance Nominated
2005 Satellite Award Best Supporting Actor Happy Endings Nominated
2011 British Academy Television Awards Best Male Comedy Performance The Trip Won [126]
2013 Best Male Comedy Performance Alan Partridge Won
2013 Venice Film Festival Best Screenplay Philomena Won [127]
2013 Academy Awards Best Picture Nominated [128]
Best Adapted Screenplay Nominated
2013 Golden Globe Awards Best Screenplay Nominated [129]
2013 British Academy Film Awards Best Film Nominated [130]
Outstanding British Film Nominated
Best Adapted Screenplay Won
2013 London Film Critics' Circle Best Screenplay Nominated [131]
2013 British Independent Film Awards Best Actor Nominated [132]
Best Screenplay Nominated
2013 Broadcast Film Critics Association Best Adapted Screenplay Nominated [133]
2017 British Academy Television Awards Best Male Comedy Performance Alan Partridge's Scissored Isle Won [125]
2018 British Academy Film Awards Best Actor in a Leading Role Stan & Ollie Nominated [125]
2018 British Independent Film Awards Best Actor Nominated [134]
2018 London Film Critics' Circle British/Irish Actor of the Year Nominated [132]
2018 Dublin Film Critics' Circle Best Actor Nominated [132]
2019 Britannia Awards Charlie Chaplin Award – Excellence in Comedy — Won [135]
2024 British Academy Television Awards British Academy Television Award for Best Actor The Reckoning Nominated [136]

Stand-up tours

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Year Title
1994 Live 'N' Lewd
1998 Live – The Man Who Thinks He's It
2005 Alan Partridge Presents: The Cream of British Comedy
2009 As Alan Partridge And Other Less Successful Characters – Live
2022 Alan Partridge: Stratagem

See also

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