Where are Steve Coogan’s parents from?

Stephen John Coogan is an English actor, comedian, producer and screenwriter.

Stephen Coogan began his career in the 1980s as a voice actor on the satirical puppet show Spitting Image and providing voice-overs for television advertisements.

Stephen Coogan began his career as a comic and impressionist, performing regularly in Ipswich, before working as a voice artist for television advertisements and the satirical puppet show Spitting Image.

In 1992, Stephen Coogan won the Perrier Award at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for his performance with long-time collaborator John Thomson, and starred alongside him and Caroline Aherne in a one-off Granada TV sketch show, The Dead Good Show.

Where are Steve Coogan’s parents from?

Stephen John Coogan was born on 14 October 1965 in Middleton, Lancashire, and he is the son of housewife Kathleen (née Coonan) and IBM engineer Anthony “Tony” Coogan.

Stephen Coogan’s mother is Irish and hails from County Mayo, while his father is also of Irish descent, his paternal grandparents – Margaret (from County Kilkenny) and Thomas Coogan (a tailor from County Cork) – having settled in Manchester shortly before the First World War.

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