Steve Coogan
- 59 years old
- English
- Actor, writer, producer and executive producer
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Steve Coogan reveals delight at finally securing Irish passport two years after big decision to apply
Steve Coogan says he's officially an Irishman after getting his passport - almost four years after he famously sang "Come Out Ye Black And Tans" on British TV.
Aoife Bannon, The Irish Sun, 27th February 2023Steve Coogan stars in Peter Cattaneo-helmed The Penguin Lessons
Steve Coogan is set to star in The Penguin Lessons, with The Full Monty's Peter Cattaneo to direct the Jeff Pope-scripted adaptation of the Tom Michell nonfiction bestseller. The Penguin Lessons is the true story of a disillusioned Englishman who went to work in a school in Argentina in 1976.
Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 9th February 2023Steve Coogan and Michael Winterbottom on making 24 Hour Party People
"We re-created the Haçienda nightclub in a Manchester warehouse," says the film's director, Michael Winterbottom. "It was chaos - people were crying because they were so nostalgic".
Phil Hoad, The Guardian, 6th February 2023Chortle Awards 2023 results
Jazz Emu won in two categories at the Chortle Awards 2023. Other winners included Dara O Briain, Seann Walsh, Bob Mortimer, Joe Lycett and Zoe Lyons.
British Comedy Guide, 6th February 2023Alan Carr making ITV sitcom Changing Ends
Alan Carr has written and stars in Changing Ends, an ITV sitcom based upon his adolescence growing up gay in Northampton, while his father was manager of the local football club.
British Comedy Guide, 11th November 2022I'm Alan Partridge is 25 years old - isn't it about time we finally let Steve Coogan's alter-ego die?
Today marks a quarter of a century since the hit BBC sitcom first aired; somehow, Alan Partridge is still going strong. There's no denying the brilliance of Coogan's creation, writes Louis Chilton - but it's long felt like the character is running out of road.
Louis Chilton, The Independent, 3rd November 2022'You're a mentalist!': what happened when Alan Partridge met his number one fan
In Alan's finest half-hour, he offended the Irish, sold a few tie-and-blazer badge combinations and made a new friend. But what inspired it?
Tom Fordy, The Telegraph, 3rd November 2022Film review: The Lost King
Frustratingly, though, Frears is so blunt in his efforts to make this a populist underdog story in which she's sidelined in her own endeavour that he stacks the decks in Philippa's favour by turning virtually every academic expert she encounters into a snivelling, treacherous, elitist moustache-twirler.
Alistair Harkness, The Scotsman, 12th October 2022The Lost King review - Sally Hawkins saves Richard III dig drama
Stephen Frears, Jeff Pope and Steve Coogan turn the true story of how the infamous king's remains were found under a Leicester car park into an uneven comedy drama.
Mark Kermode, The Observer, 9th October 2022The Lost King, review
Steve Coogan's comedy about the discovery of King Richard III is no Philomena.
Francesca Steele, i Newspaper, 7th October 2022