http://www.cooganresearchgroup.com/crg/index.htm 20 April 2022 Steve Coogan born: 1965 Comedian died: N/A FROM IMDB.com: English actor whose versatile character portrayals, range of voices and gift for mimicry have earned him comparisons with the late Peter Sellers. Has worked on BBC radio. Trained as an actor at Manchester Polytechnic School of Theatre. 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 interviewer and from this came the inspiration for Coogan's most famous creation. Parents are Irish. Third of six children. _____________________________________________________________________ http://www.coogans-run.co.uk