Steve Coogan Biography

MARITAL STATUS
Professions Actor , Screenwriter , Producer more
Birth name Stephen John Coogan
British nationality
Birth October 14, 1965 (Middleton, Manchester – Great Britain)

BIOGRAPHY
Coming from a family of six children, Steve Coogan took his first steps in comedy at the Manchester Polytechnic Theater School. He then began his acting career by doing voices for advertising spots or for the English television show Spitting Image (1984). He launched a radio career with the comedy show On the Hour , where his most famous character, Alan Partridge, was born. This was followed in 1997 by a first television series, I’m Alan Partridge . After a small role in Paul Greengrass ‘s 1989

film , Resurrected , Steve the actor had to wait six years, and Frank Oz ‘s The Closet Indian , for his film career to take off. His interpretation of the boss of Factory Records, Tony Wilson, in the credits of 24 Hour Party People by Michael Winterbottom , finally gave him recognition from spectators in 2001. However, he decided to remain faithful to arthouse films and proved it by starring in Coffee and cigarettes (2002) by Jim Jarmusch . Shortly after, he tried his hand at writing with the screenplay for The Parole Officer directed by John Duigan , for which he also played the main role. In the space of a year, he accumulated no less than 5 films, including Happy Endings by Don Roos and the remake of Around the World in 80 Days with Jackie Chan . The Observer newspaper then named him among the 50 funniest British actors, not hesitating to find in him a certain ancestry with an illustrious model: Peter Sellers . He reunited with Michael Winterbottom in 2004, to play the title role in his zany comedy, Filming in an English Garden , alongside Stephen Fry and Gillian Anderson . The following year, he obtained a secondary role in Sofia Coppola ‘s third film , Marie-Antoinette , presented in official competition at the 59th Cannes Film Festival. He remains faithful to the register of comedy, more schoolboy this time, by playing opposite Ben Stiller in the crazy Night at the Museum , a hit at the American BO in 2007 with more than 250 million dollars in revenue, the sequel of which is planned for 2009. Between these two films, he found Ben Stiller in the middle of the group of actors struggling to

Thunder in the Tropics .

In 2010, Steve Coogan played Hades, god of the Underworld, in the fantasy blockbuster Percy Jackson the Lightning Thief . The same year, we saw him as a villain opposite Mark Wahlberg and Will Ferrell in the hilarious Very Bad Cops . Liking to vary projects, Coogan played his own role in the film and the resulting television series, The Trip (2011), and was headlining A Very Englishman (2013) where he reunited with Michael for the fourth time Winterbottom . In this biopic, the actor plays Paul Raymond, owner of private clubs and adult magazines, who in 1992 became the richest man in England.

At the same time, the actor is active in the production (mainly for the small screen) and dubbing of animated films, including Despicable Me 2 .

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