Steve Coogan is an English actor, screenwriter and producer, best known for his roles in the films Coffee and Cigarettes, Around the World in 80 Days and Night at the Museum. He is the owner of the BAFTA and BAFTA TV awards, has twice been nominated for an Academy Award. The biography, creativity and personal life of Steve Coogan - later in this article.
Biography
Stephen John Coogan was born on October 14, 1965 in the English city of Manchester. He grew up in a large Irish family and was the third of six children. After graduating from school, Steve studied at the Manchester Polytechnic Institute, but technical sciences did not attract the young man. In his second year, he tried his hand at the institute theater studio, where he realized that he wanted to connect his life with acting. Since then, he practically did not study in his specialty, giving all his free time to the stage. He mainly played comedic roles, also trying his hand at writing scripts. Some of his plays were first staged on the stage of the Polytechnic Institute.
After graduation, Steve Coogan began his career on television - appeared in a stand-up show, and was also an actor-puppeteer in the show "Exact Copy" (in Russia a similar program was called "Dolls"). The first success came to a novice actor after participating in the TV series "I Am Alan Partridge," which appeared on British television screens from 1997 to 2002.
In 2001, the actor founded his own film studio called Baby Cow Productions, which translates as "Baby Cows." The first film released by the studio was the painting "Overseer". Coogan was the screenwriter of this film, which became one of the highest grossing British premieres. In 2003, Coogan starred in one of Jim Jarmusch’s cult movie almanac, Coffee and Cigarettes. In 2004, he starred in his best film “Around the World in 80 Days,” where he played the main role of the scientist and dreamer, Phileas Fog. Notable was his role as Guy Octavius ​​in three parts of the film "Night at the Museum".
Steve Coogan is fond of music and was even a composer of a documentary autobiographical film. By the way, the autobiography of Kugan also exists in the book version. The actor released it in October 2015 and called "Broken attention."
Personal life
In 2002, Coogan married actress Caroline Hickman. The marriage was short-lived, and already in 2005 the couple divorced. From 2007 to 2011, the actor was in a relationship with lawyer Anna Cole, from whom he had a daughter, Claire. In 2011, Coogan married model Loretta Basie, whom she divorced in 2014. Currently, there is no information about Steve Coogan's personal life - he tries to keep his relationship secret and avoids reporters.
Acting
The debut in the filmography of Steve Coogan was the 1989 picture "Resurrected", where he played a small role as an unnamed guy. His first significant role was Tony Wilson, creator of the famous Factory label in Manchester, in the 2002 film 24 Hour Party People. In 2003, the actor appeared in Jim Jarmusch's film "Coffee and Cigarettes," in a short story entitled "Cousins?" His partner was Alfred Molina, and both actors played themselves. In the films “Night at the Museum” (2006), “Night at the Museum 2” (2009) and “Night at the Museum 3: The Secret of the Tomb” (2014), Coogan appeared as the animated museum figure of Guy Octavius, a famous Roman senator.
In 2013, Coogan played a major role in the film Philomena, appearing in an acting duet with actress Judy Dench. He also acted as a screenwriter and producer, and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Film. Steve Coogan’s latest film to date is the Wall and Ollie movie, which is about to be released in 2019. In it, the actor played the main role of the British comedian Stan Laurel, known as part of the cult duo Laurel and Hardy. Other notable paintings in Coogan's filmography include Enchanted Ella, Marie Antoinette, Type Cool Pointers, Find Amanda, Soldiers of Failure, Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief, Ruby Sparks, Northern Soul "," Perfect home. "
In 2013, Coogan played a major role in the film Philomena, appearing in an acting duet with actress Judy Dench. He also acted as screenwriter and producer and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Film. Steve Coogan’s latest film to date is the Wall and Ollie movie, which is about to be released in 2019. In it, the actor played the main role of the British comedian Stan Laurel, who performed in the cult duo Laurel and Hardy. Other notable paintings in Coogan's filmography include Enchanted Ella, Marie Antoinette, Type Cool Pointers, Find Amanda, Soldiers of Failure, Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief, Ruby Sparks, Northern Soul "," Perfect home. "
Voice roles
In addition to the usual acting, Steve Coogan is well known as an actor for dubbing. In particular, he took part in the dubbing of many cartoons, including Despicable Me (second and third parts), Minions, and The Secret Life of Pets. In addition, he voiced Racine in the movie "Marmadyuk" and Roderick in the television series "Tales of the River Bank."
Works as a screenwriter and producer
As mentioned above, Kugan was nominated for an Oscar for adapting the script to the film Filomena. This is not Steve’s first experience as a screenwriter - previously he was the author of the script for the TV series “I Am Alan Partridge,” in which he himself played a major role. He then wrote the script for the film “The Warden,” which was shot at his film studio. In 2013, Coogan became the author of the plot of the full-length version of Alan Partridge, titled Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa.
Steve Coogan also produced several films. Among them is “Snow Pie” with Sigourney Weaver and Alan Rickman, “Spare Glass”, in which he himself appeared in the lead role with Hilary Duff and “Filomena”, which was mentioned above.