ACTOR
Steve Coogan
Known for Despicable Me 2 · The Simpsons · Despicable Me 4
Stephen John "Steve" Coogan (born October 14, 1965) is an English comedian, actor, writer and producer. His best known character in the United Kingdom is Alan Partridge, a socially awkward and politically incorrect regional media personality, who featured in several television series, such as The Day Today, Knowing Me Knowing You with Alan Partridge and I'm Alan Partridge. Outside the UK, Coogan is better known for his film roles.
Snapshot 2026-10-15
- Born
- Oct 14, 1965
- Birthplace
- Middleton, Manchester, England, UK
- Known For
- Acting
Biography
Stephen John "Steve" Coogan (born October 14, 1965) is an English comedian, actor, writer and producer.
His best known character in the United Kingdom is Alan Partridge, a socially awkward and politically incorrect regional media personality, who featured in several television series, such as The Day Today, Knowing Me Knowing You with Alan Partridge and I'm Alan Partridge. Outside the UK, Coogan is better known for his film roles.
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Known For
MOVIE
Despicable Me 2Silas (voice) · 2013
★ 6.9
★ 6.9
TV
The SimpsonsRowan Priddis (voice) · 1989
★ 8.0
★ 8.0
MOVIE
Despicable Me 4Silas (voice) · 2024
★ 7.0
★ 7.0
TV
Curb Your EnthusiasmDr. Bright · 2000
★ 8.1
★ 8.1
TV
I Am Not an AnimalMark the Bird (voice) · 2004
★ 8.6
★ 8.6
TV
The Daily ShowSelf · 1996
★ 6.4
★ 6.4
TV
The Graham Norton ShowSelf · 2007
★ 7.2
★ 7.2
TV
ConanSelf · 2010
★ 7.2
★ 7.2
Filmography
Movies
ResurrectedYouth 2
1989
Spitting Image: The Sound of MaggieVarious Roles
1989
Amnesty International's Big 30Self
1991
Spitting Image: Best Of - Is Nothing Sacred?Various characters (Voice)
1991
Spitting Image: Election Special '92Various Roles
1992
Paul Calf's Video DiaryPaul Calf / Pauline Calf
1993Paul Calf's Video DiaryWriter
1993
Thatcherworld
1993
Filth!Paul Calf/ Pauline Calf
1994Filth!Writer
1994PC
Pauline Calf's Wedding VideoPaul / Pauline Calf
1994PC
Pauline Calf's Wedding VideoWriter
1994
Steve Coogan: Live 'n' LewdVarious
1994Steve Coogan: Live 'n' LewdWriter
1994
Alan Partridge's Country RambleAlan Partridge
1995Alan Partridge's Country RambleWriter
1995
The Indian in the CupboardTommy
1995
The Wind in the WillowsMole
1996
Introducing Tony Ferrino: Who and Why? A QuestTony Ferrino
1997
The FixMike Gabbert
1997
The Tony Ferrino PhenomenonTony Ferrino
1997The Tony Ferrino PhenomenonSongs
1997The Tony Ferrino PhenomenonWriter
1997
Alice Through the Looking GlassGnat
1998
All Saints: The VideoAlan Partridge (archive footage) (uncredited)
1998
The Revengers' ComediesBruce Tick
1998
Robbie the Reindeer: Hooves of FireBlitzen (voice)
1999
Rude For A Reason: Live from Brixton AcademyHimself
1999
Steve Coogan: The Man Who Thinks He's It
1999Steve Coogan: The Man Who Thinks He's ItWriter
1999
Combat SheepCmdr. Harris (voice)
2001
Marion & Geoff: A Small Summer PartyGeoff
2001Marion & Geoff: A Small Summer PartyExecutive Producer
2001
The Parole OfficerSimon Garden
2001The Parole OfficerWriter
2001
24 Hour Party PeopleTony Wilson
2002
Cruise of the GodsNick Lee
2002Cruise of the GodsExecutive Producer
2002
Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost TribeBlitzen (voice)
2002
That Tony WilsonSelf
2002
Anglian Lives: Alan PartridgeAlan Partridge
2003Anglian Lives: Alan PartridgeWriter
2003
Appointment with Dr. TerribleInterviewee
2003Appointment with Dr. TerribleExecutive Producer
2003
Coogan's RunnerSelf – Executive Producer
2003
Paul and Pauline Calf's Cheese and Ham SandwichDuncan Thicket / Pauline Calf / Paul Calf
2003Paul and Pauline Calf's Cheese and Ham SandwichWriter
2003
The Private Life of Samuel PepysSamuel Pepys
2003The Private Life of Samuel PepysExecutive Producer
2003
AD/BC: A Rock OperaExecutive Producer
2004
Around the World in 80 DaysPhileas Fogg
2004
Coffee and CigarettesSteve (segment "Cousins?")
2004
Ella EnchantedHeston (voice)
2004
King of FridgesExecutive Producer
2004
A Cock and Bull StoryTristram Shandy / Walter Shandy / Steve Coogan
2005
Alan Partridge Presents: The Cream of British ComedyAlan Partridge
2005
Happy EndingsCharley
2005
Marie AntoinetteAmbassador Mercy
2006
Night at the MuseumOctavius
2006
Saxondale: On The RoadSelf
2006
Snow CakeExecutive Producer
2006
The AlibiRay Elliot
2006
When Comedy Changed ForeverSelf (archive material)
2006FT
For the Love of GodGraham
2007
Hot FuzzMetropolitan Police Inspector (uncredited)
2007
The Making of Marie AntoinetteSelf
2007
Finding AmandaMichael Henry
2008
Graham Linehan: Funny Business
2008
Hamlet 2Dana Marschz
2008
Tales of the RiverbankRoderick (voice)
2008
The Mighty Boosh: A Journey Through Time and SpaceHimself
2008
Tropic ThunderDamien Cockburn
2008
Tropic Thunder: Rain of MadnessDamien Cockburn
2008Tropic Thunder: Rain of MadnessDirector
2008Tropic Thunder: Rain of MadnessWriter
2008Tropic Thunder: Rain of MadnessCreator
2008
Believe: The Eddie Izzard StorySelf
2009
In the LoopPaul Michaelson
2009
Monkey MischiefOctavius
2009
Night at the Museum: Battle of the SmithsonianOctavius
2009
Steve Coogan - Live As Alan Partridge And Other Less Successful CharactersVarious
2009Steve Coogan - Live As Alan Partridge And Other Less Successful CharactersWriter
2009
Steve Coogan: The Inside StorySelf / Alan Partridge / Various
2009Steve Coogan: The Inside StoryWriter
2009
What Goes UpCampbell Babbitt
2009
I'm Still HereSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
2010
MarmadukeRaisin (voice)
2010
MarvinNarrator
2010
Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut) - Theatrical ReleaseSelf
2010
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning ThiefHades
2010
The Other GuysDavid Ershon
2010
Whatever Happened to Spitting Image?Self (archive footage)
2010DM
Darkwood ManorSteve Coogan
2011
Our Idiot BrotherDylan Byng
2011
The TripSteve Coogan
2011
Alan Partridge on Open Books with Martin BryceAlan Partridge
2012Alan Partridge on Open Books with Martin BryceWriter
2012
Alan Partridge: Welcome to the Places of My LifeAlan Partridge
2012Alan Partridge: Welcome to the Places of My LifeWriter
2012Alan Partridge: Welcome to the Places of My LifeExecutive Producer
2012
Evidently... John Cooper ClarkeHimself
2012
Ruby SparksLangdon Tharp
2012
Uncle Wormsley's ChristmasNarrator
2012
Alan Partridge: Alpha PapaAlan Partridge
2013Alan Partridge: Alpha PapaWriter
2013Alan Partridge: Alpha PapaExecutive Producer
2013
Despicable Me 2Silas (voice)
2013D
DoubtVincent Calzonetti
2013
PhilomenaMartin Sixsmith
2013PhilomenaProducer
2013PhilomenaScreenplay
2013SC
Steve Coogan: Stand Up Down Under
2013
The Look of LovePaul Raymond
2013
What Maisie KnewBeale
2013
Night at the Museum: Secret of the TombOctavius
2014
Northern SoulMr. Banks
2014
One Rogue Reporter
2014
The Kate Bush Story: Running Up That HillSelf
2014
The Trip to ItalySteve
2014
MinionsProfessor Flux / Tower Guard (voice)
2015
Misery Loves ComedySelf
2015
Alan Partridge's Scissored IsleAlan Partridge
2016Alan Partridge's Scissored IsleWriter
2016Alan Partridge's Scissored IsleExecutive Producer
2016
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at OurselvesSelf / Alan Partridge
2016
DancerExecutive Producer
2016
MindhornPeter Easterman
2016MindhornExecutive Producer
2016
Rules Don't ApplyColonel Nigel Briggs
2016
The Secret Life of PetsOzone / Reginald (voice)
2016
Alan Partridge: Why, When, Where, How And Whom?Himself
2017Alan Partridge: Why, When, Where, How And Whom?Executive Producer
2017
Despicable Me 3Fritz / Silas Ramsbottom (voice)
2017
Dying LaughingSelf
2017
Shepherds and ButchersJohn Weber
2017
The DinnerPaul Lohman
2017
The Trip to SpainSteve
2017
Holmes & WatsonGustav Klinger (uncredited)
2018
Hot AirLionel
2018Hot AirExecutive Producer
2018
Ideal HomeErasmus
2018
Irreplaceable YouMitch
2018
Stan & OllieStanley "Stan" Laurel
2018
GreedSir Richard McCreadie
2019
My ZoeExecutive Producer
2019
The Professor and the MadmanFrederick James Furnivall
2019
Peter Sellers: A State of Comic EcstasySelf
2020
The Big Night InSteve Coogan
2020
The Trip to GreeceSteve
2020
Minions: The Rise of GruSilas Ramsbottom (voice)
2022
The Lost KingJohn Langley
2022The Lost KingProducer
2022The Lost KingWriter
2022
Alan Partridge Live: StratagemAlan Partridge / Martin Brennan
2023Alan Partridge Live: StratagemWriter
2023
Caroline Aherne: Queen of ComedySelf
2023
Scandalous: Phone Hacking on TrialSelf
2023
Despicable Me 4Silas (voice)
2024
From Roger Moore with LoveRoger Moore (voice)
2024
Joker: Folie à DeuxPaddy Meyers
2024
National Theatre Live: Dr. StrangeloveDr Strangelove/Captain Mandrake/President Muffley/Major TJ Kong
2025
SaipanMick McCarthy
2025
The Academy of ArmandoSelf
2025
The Penguin LessonsTom Michell
2025The Penguin LessonsExecutive Producer
2025
Bad Bridgets
LI
Love Is Not the AnswerIngo
The Adventures of DrunkyThe Devil (voice)
TP
The PlayersWilliam MacCready
TP
The PlayersExecutive Producer
Television
The South Bank Show1 eps
1978
Question TimeSelf - Panellist · 2 eps
1979
Spitting Image132 eps
1984
Comic Relief1 eps
1988
Tales from the CryptDanny Skeggs · 1 eps
1989
The SimpsonsRowan Priddis (voice) · 1 eps
1989
The Word1 eps
1990PO
Packet of ThreeWriter
1991TW
Terry Wogan's Friday NightSelf · 1 eps
1992
The Dead Good ShowVarious · 1 eps
1992H
HarryStebbings · 2 eps
1993
Late Night with Conan O'BrienSelf - Guest · 2 eps
1993
The Smell of Reeves and MortimerLead Singer of Go West · 12 eps
1993
Jo Brand Through the Cakehole2 eps
1994
Knowing Me Knowing You with Alan PartridgeAlan Partridge · 6 eps
1994Knowing Me Knowing You with Alan PartridgeCreator
1994
The Day TodayAlan Partridge / Various Characters · 6 eps
1994The Day TodayWriter
1994
Coogan's RunPaul Calf / Pauline Calf / Gareth Cheeseman / Tim Fleck / Ernest Moss / Mike Crystal / Guy Slump · 6 eps
1995Coogan's RunWriter
1995Coogan's RunAdditional Writing
1995Coogan's RunCreator
1995
The Frank Skinner ShowSelf · 1 eps
1995
The Mrs Merton ShowSelf · 1 eps
1995
TFI Friday1 eps
1996
The Daily ShowSelf · 1 eps
1996
I'm Alan PartridgeAlan Partridge · 12 eps
1997I'm Alan PartridgeWriter
1997I'm Alan PartridgeExecutive Producer
1997I'm Alan PartridgeCreator
1997
Bob and Margaret52 eps
1998
ParkinsonSelf · 1 eps
1998
Mrs Merton and Malcolm6 eps
1999
Curb Your EnthusiasmDr. Bright · 1 eps
2000
Human RemainsProducer
2000
Marion and GeoffAssociate Producer
2000Marion and GeoffExecutive Producer
2000
Dr Terrible's House of HorribleCaptain Hans Broken · 1 eps
2001Dr Terrible's House of HorribleNathan Blaze · 1 eps
2001Dr Terrible's House of HorribleDr Donald Baxter · 1 eps
2001Dr Terrible's House of HorribleDenham Denham · 1 eps
2001Dr Terrible's House of HorribleLester Crown · 1 eps
2001Dr Terrible's House of HorribleCaptain Tobias Slater · 1 eps
2001Dr Terrible's House of HorribleExecutive Producer
2001Dr Terrible's House of HorribleWriter
2001
The Sketch ShowProducer
2001
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night TakeawayAlan Partridge - Guest Announcer · 1 eps
2002
Top GearSelf · 3 eps
2002
Up in TownProducer
2002
Brain CandyExecutive Producer
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!Self · 1 eps
2003
Real Time with Bill MaherSelf · 1 eps
2003
Holly & Stephen's Saturday ShowdownSelf · 1 eps
2004
I Am Not an AnimalMark the Bird (voice) · 6 eps
2004I Am Not an AnimalProducer
2004
Nighty NightExecutive Producer
2004TA
The All Star Comedy ShowProducer
2004TK
The Keith Barret ShowProducer
2004
The Mighty BooshProducer
2004The Mighty BooshExecutive Producer
2004
Monkey Trousers7 eps
2005
Sensitive SkinExecutive Producer
20051L
1 Leicester Square1 eps
2006
SaxondaleTommy Saxondale · 13 eps
2006SaxondaleProducer
2006SaxondaleWriter
2006SaxondaleCreator
2006
British Film Forever1 eps
2007
The Graham Norton ShowSelf · 2 eps
2007
SunshineBing Crosby · 3 eps
2008
Live from Studio FiveSelf · 1 eps
2009CC
Chekhov Comedy Shorts1 eps
2010
ConanSelf · 1 eps
2010ConanSelf - Guest · 1 eps
2010
Mid Morning Matters with Alan PartridgeAlan Partridge · 12 eps
2010Mid Morning Matters with Alan PartridgeCreator
2010
Neighbors from HellSatan · 10 eps
2010
The TripSteve · 24 eps
2010WO
Work of Art: The Next Great Artist1 eps
2010CB
Comedy Blaps3 eps
2011
The Jonathan Ross ShowSelf · 1 eps
2011
Moone Boy1 eps
2012
The Last LegSelf · 1 eps
2013
Late Night with Seth MeyersSelf · 1 eps
2014
Monty Python's Best Bits (Mostly)Self · 1 eps
2014
Off Camera with Sam JonesSelf · 1 eps
2014
The Lost Honour of Christopher JefferiesHimself · 1 eps
2014
HAPPYishThom Payne · 10 eps
2015
TFI FridaySelf · 1 eps
2015
John Bishop: In Conversation with...Self · 1 eps
2016
ZappedMalador · 1 eps
2016ZappedFeffenhoffer · 1 eps
2016ZappedExecutive Producer
2016
High & DryExecutive Producer
2018
The Lateish Show with Mo GilliganSelf · 1 eps
2019
This Time with Alan PartridgeAlan Partridge · 12 eps
2019
What We Do in the ShadowsLord Roderick Cravensworth · 1 eps
2019
NewscastSelf · 1 eps
2020
StephenDCI Clive Driscoll · 3 eps
2021
ChivalryCameron · 6 eps
2022ChivalryWriter
2022
Ellie & NatasiaBert · 1 eps
2022
Sunday with Laura KuenssbergSelf – Actor · 1 eps
2022Sunday with Laura KuenssbergSelf · 1 eps
2022
The SandmanBarnabas (voice) · 5 eps
2022
The WitchfinderScript Consultant
2022
The ReckoningJimmy Savile · 4 eps
2023
Mitt liv som Roger MooreRoger Moore (voice) · 2 eps
2024
Brian and MaggieBrian Walden · 2 eps
2025Brian and MaggieExecutive Producer
2025
FunboysPhillip Cantwell · 1 eps
2025
How Are You? It's Alan (Partridge)Alan Partridge · 6 eps
2025How Are You? It's Alan (Partridge)Executive Producer
2025How Are You? It's Alan (Partridge)Writer
2025How Are You? It's Alan (Partridge)Creator
2025
LegendsDon · 6 eps
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