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In 2005, Steve was voted amongst the top 20 greatest comedy acts ever by fellow comedians and comedy insiders.
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Steve has worked on BBC Radio.
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Steve's cousin is Aidan McArdle.
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In 2004, Steve Coogan released a book on Alan Partridge. Titled 'Alan Partridge: Every Ruddy Word'. The book charts Alan Partidge's incredible journey, it contains all the scripts and dialogue from Radio to TV and back.
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Steve Coogan's Manchester / Irish parents are devout Catholics.
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His show, Steve Coogan is The Man Who Thinks He's It, was nominated for a 1999 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for the Best Entertainment for the 1998 season.
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Steve Coogan based the character of Alan Partridge on a radio presenter who interviewed him just as he was becoming famous. Coogan began mimicking the interviewer during the interview and from this came the inspiration for Coogan's most famous creation.
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Steve Coogan is the third of six children.
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In August 2005, the 'News of the World' a British newspaper published that American rock star Courtney Love had claimed to be pregnant with Steve Coogan's child, following a two-week long fling the pair allegedly had while staying at the same hotel. The news came not long after Coogan had divorced his wife of 3 years, on the grounds of unreasonable behaviour, but has been dismissed by Steve Coogan's publicist. Courtney Love has now also denied that she had ever made the statement.
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Steve has one daughter called Clare.
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In 2003, he was listed in 'The Observer' as one of the 50 funniest acts in British comedy.