Steve Coogan

Steve Coogan interview

In Britain, Steve Coogan's Alan Partridge is as celebrated as John Cleese's Basil Fawlty or Rowan Atkinson's Mr. Bean. And in America, Coogan's cult status has been spreading, thanks to The Trip, the recent movie drawn from one of his wildly popular BBC shows. David Kamp explores Coogan's comic genius, his stormy history with the U.K. tabloids (once a target thanks to his romantic and chemical exploits, he's now a plaintiff in the Murdoch phone-hacking case), and his even more complex relationship with his most famous creation.

Steve Coogan interview

Steve Coogan has revealed he's enjoyed reuniting with Pete Baynham and Armando Iannucci for the upcoming Alan Partridge film.

Steve Coogan to guest on Question Time tonight

The Alan Partridge star will join the panel for this evening's debate in London. He will be joined by Defence Secretary Philip Hammond, Liberal Democrat politician Shirley Williams, journalist Ann Leslie and former No 10 Director of Communications Alastair Campbell.

Steve Coogan's tragic hairstyle

Steve Coogan has been on TV a lot recently in relation to the Leveson inquiry. Unfortunately, everything he said was undermined by his preposterous hair.

Steve Coogan due to settle phone-hacking claim

Actor expected to announce settlement in long-standing dispute with News International, days before case is due to go to trial.

Being modern: Arena comedy

Lee Evans, Steve Coogan, Dylan Moran, Eddie Izzard, Peter Kay, Russell Brand, Tim Vine, Michael McIntyre... the very best of our home-grown talent has since filled the O2 Arena, the very biggest of our coliseums - and McIntyre has made playing to these rooms an expected practice rather than a remarkable event thanks to his televised "roadshows". Fewer than 100,000 arena-comedy tickets were sold in 2004; within five years, that figure had breached a million.

Steve Coogan & Matt King unite for Starlings

We've bagged two of the UK's funniest men for a brand new Sky1 HD family comedy...

Audio: Coogan on Leveson's 'watershed week'

The actor and comedian Steve Coogan has said that the evidence given by witnesses at the start of the Leveson inquiry has made it "a watershed week". Mr Coogan, who this week gave evidence to Lord Justice Leveson's examination of the inquiry, which is examining press ethics in the wake of the recent phone hacking scandal, added that "the McCann evidence alone was vindication of the inquiry".

But while agreeing that it was right to look into the current system of press regulation in the United Kingdom The Guardian's Simon Jenkins said that "I do think celebrities are distorting this debate."

The inquiry resumes on Monday, when those giving evidence will include the singer Charlotte Church.

Coldplay charity gig to feature Steve Coogan

Coldplay will be joined by Steve Coogan's alter ego Alan Partidge for the Under 1 Roof benefit concert at London's O2 Arena.