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Steve Coogan - Biography, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Filmography
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Steve Coogan - biography, date of birth, place of birth, filmography, clips, Actor, Producer, Writer, Composer.
Born October 14, 1965, Manchester, England, UK - British actor, comedian, film producer, and screenwriter.
Received acting training at the Theater School of Manchester Polytechnic Institute.
After graduating from drama school, he began his acting career as a pop comedian, worked in comedy programs on radio and television. For a long time he worked in "Spitting Image" ("exact copy") - a puppet television series, where famous politicians and cultural figures were caricatured.
In 1992 he won the Perrier Prize for his Steve Coogan and John Thompson program. The series "I - Alan Partridge" ("I'm Alan Partridge", 1997-2002) brought him special popularity.
Coogan's numerous small-screen roles have earned him wide acclaim and a number of prestigious awards, including the British Academy of Film and Television.
Coogan's first work in "big" cinema was the film "Resurrected" (1989). A few years later followed the films "Indian in the Cupboard" ("Indian in the Cupboard", 1995) and "The Wind in the Willows" ("The Wind in the Willows", a year in the cinema | 1996).
In 2001, Coogan founded Baby Cow Productions. For the first film released by the studio, Coogan wrote the script himself (co-written with partner Harry Normal). The Parole Officer (2001) directed by John Dewigan became one of the highest grossing films of the year in England.
In 2002, Michael Winterbottom's film "24 Hour Party People" was released, in which Coogan played the role of Tony Wilson, founder of Manchester label Factory Records.
Coogan has played himself twice: the first in Coffee and Cigarettes by Jim Jarmusch (2003), and the second in the postmodern film Tristram Shandy: The Cock and Bull Story, 2005), the film adaptation of The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, a Gentleman by Lawrence Stern.
Coogan became famous all over the world for the roles of Phileas Fogg in the 2004 film Around the World in 80 Days, Roman Senator Guy Octavius ??in Sean Levy's trilogy Night at the Museum and the ancient Greek god Hades in the 2010 film Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief ".
