Born as Stephen John Coogan on the 14th October 1965 in Middleton, Lancashire, England, he is an Academy Award-nominated actor, screenwriter, producer, and stand-up comedian, perhaps best known to the world as Phileas Fogg in the remake of the adventure film “Around the World in 80 Days” (2004), then as Damien Cockburn in “Tropic Thunder” (2008), and as the titular character in “Alan Partridge” (2013). Coogan’s career started in the late 1980s.
Have you ever wondered how rich Steve Coogan is, as of mid-2017? According to authoritative sources, it has been estimated that Coogan’s net worth is as high as $12 million, an amount earned largely through his successful acting career, but also from his work as a producer and screenwriter.
Steve Coogan Net Worth $12 Million
Steve is the middle of seven children of Kathleen, a housewife, and Anthony Coogan, an IBM engineer. He went to the Cardinal Langley Roman Catholic High School, and developed an interest towards impersonation, which ultimately led him to enroll at the Manchester Metropolitan School of Theatre.
Steve started his career as a local impressionist in Ipswich, but in 1987 he got an opportunity to lend his voice to various characters in the television comedy series “Spitting Image”, appearing in 63 episodes until 1993, while a year later, he starred in the show called “The Day Today”. From 1994 to 1995, he played a lead in “Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan Partridge, and then he had a role in Frank Oz’s “The Indian in the Cupboard” (1995). Steve continued with “Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride” (1996), starred in “The Tony Ferrino Phenomenon” (1997), and also played in 12 episodes of “I’m Alan Partridge” (1997-2002), all contributing to his growing net worth.
In the early 2000’s, Coogan starred alongside Lena Headey and Emma Gilmour in “The Parole Officer” (2001), and the same year played Dr. Terrible in six episodes of “Dr. Terrible’s House of Horrible”. After that, Steve starred in “Around the World in 80 Days” (2004) alongside Jackie Chan and Jim Broadbent, and in “Happy Endings” (2005) starring Lisa Kudrow and Maggie Gyllenhaal, and later that year starred in “Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story” (2005), and then co-starred alongside Rebecca Romijn in “Lies & Alibis” (2006). He ended a decade with appearances in several popular movies such as “Night at the Museum” (2006) with Ben Stiller, Carla Gugino and Ricky Gervais, and “Hamlet 2” (2008) starring Elisabeth Shue and Catherine Keener. Also in 2008, Steve had a part in the Oscar Award-nominated blockbuster “Tropic Thunder” (2008) alongside Ben Stiller, Jack Black and Robert Downey Jr.
From 2010 to 2016, Coogan played in 18 episodes of “Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge”, while from 2010 to 2017, he appeared in 18 episodes of “The Trip”. Also in 2010, Steve starred in “Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief”, and alongside Rob Brydon in the movie version of “The Trip”.
Switching to Hollywood helped Coogan to increase his net worth significantly. Steve stayed busy and appeared alongside Julianne Moore and Alexander Skarsgård in “What Maisie Knew” (2012). The next year was quite lucrative for Coogan as he played in “Alan Partridge” (2013) and received two Academy Award nominations for “Philomena” (2013) with Judie Dench, writing the screenplay too for this Stephen Frears’ film. In 2014, Steve co-starred in “The Trip to Italy” with Rob Brydon, had a lead role in the BAFTA-nominated “Northern Soul”, and appeared in “Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb”. Most recently, he worked in the series called “Happyish” (2015), and in “The Trip to Spain” (2017) also with Rob Brydon. At the moment, Coogan is filming “Ideal Home”, “Irreplaceable You”, and “Stan and Ollie”, all of which will be released in late 2017 or 2018.
In October 2015, Coogan published his autobiography entitled “Easily Distracted”, the sales of which increased his net worth to a large degree.
Regarding his personal life, Steve Coogan was married to Caroline Hickman from 2002 to 2005. After that, he dated model China Chow, and it lasted three years. He shares a daughter with Anna Cole from an earlier relationship. Coogan openly supports the Labour Party.
