Stephen Mangan
| Stephen Mangan | |
|---|---|
 Stephen Mangan (2011) | |
| Born |
Stephen James Mangan May 16, 1968 Ponders End, London, England |
| Alma mater | Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, Royal Academy of Dramatic Art |
| Occupation | Actor, Comedian |
| Years active | 1994–present |
| Spouse(s) | Louise Delamere (m. 2007) |
Stephen James Mangan (born 16 May 1968[1][2]) is an English actor, best known for his roles as Guy Secretan in Green Wing, Dan Moody in I'm Alan Partridge, Sean Lincoln in Episodes and Postman Pat in Postman Pat: The Movie.
He is an acclaimed stage actor, having been Tony-nominated for his portrayal of Norman in The Norman Conquests on Broadway. He also starred as Bertie Wooster in Jeeves and Wooster in Perfect Nonsense at the Duke of York's Theatre, which won the 2014 Olivier Award for Best New Comedy.[3]
Early life and education
Mangan was born in Ponders End, North London, to Irish Catholic parents from the west coast of Ireland.[4][5] He has two sisters, Anita and Lisa.[6]
Mangan was educated at two independent schools for boys: at Lochinver House School, in Potters Bar, Hertfordshire and Haileybury and Imperial Service College (now co-educational), a boarding school in the village of Hertford Heath (also in Hertfordshire). He was in a school prog rock band called Aragon, who recorded an album called The Wizard's Dream.[7]
After gaining a Bachelor of Arts in Law at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, Mangan took a year out to nurse his mother, Mary, who died of colon cancer at age 45. Weeks after her death, he auditioned for the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) and went on to study there for three years. His father James died of a brain tumour at age 63.[8]
Career
Theatre
After graduating from RADA in 1994, Mangan did not pursue lead roles on-screen, preferring to take what he saw as the less limited opportunities on the stage. Between 1994 and 2000, he performed in plays by Shakespeare, Shaw, Coward, Benn and Goldsmith (among others) throughout the UK and the West End [9] before joining the theatre company Cheek by Jowl for an international tour of Much Ado About Nothing, earning him a nomination for a National Theatre Ian Charleson Award. He worked again for director Declan Donnellan at the Royal Shakespeare Company in School for Scandal, and at the Savoy Theatre in Hay Fever.
In 2008 he played the title role in The Norman Conquests, directed by Matthew Warchus, at The Old Vic and then at the Circle in the Square on Broadway.[10] The production was a huge critical success earning several Tony Award nominations, including one for Mangan himself [11] and won the Tony Award for Best Revival.
In 2012 he appeared at the Royal Court (for the second time) in a Joe Penhall play, Birthday, directed by Roger Michell,[12] playing a pregnant man.
Mangan starred as Bertie Wooster in Jeeves and Wooster in Perfect Nonsense at the Duke of York's Theatre[13] alongside Matthew Macfadyen as Jeeves from October 2013 until they were replaced by Mark Heap and Robert Webb in April 2014.[14] The production won the 2014 Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Comedy.[3]
Television
Mangan's breakthrough television performance was as Adrian Mole in the six-part BBC TV show series Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years in 2001.[15] In the same year he also appeared in Sword of Honour on Channel 4 alongside Daniel Craig.[16] Since then he has worked extensively in British television as a lead actor.
He played the arrogant "Swiss Love-God" anaesthetist Guy Secretan in the BAFTA-winning British sitcom Green Wing. In Channel 4's The World's Greatest Comedy Characters, Guy was voted 34th.[17]
Mangan starred as Keith in Never Better, a British television sitcom on BBC Two. He plays a recovering alcoholic Keith Merchant and Kate Ashfield is his suffering wife Anita. The series was written by Fintan Ryan for World Productions.[18]
In 2009, Free Agents, a romantic black comedy starred Stephen Mangan, Sharon Horgan and Anthony Head. Originally a pilot for Channel 4 in November 2007, the series began on 13 February 2009.[19] It spawned a short lived US remake, which was cancelled after just 4 episodes aired, although 4 more were later released on Hulu.
He played the title role in Dirk Gently, a British comedy detective drama TV series based on characters from the Dirk Gently novels by Douglas Adams. The series was created by Howard Overman and co-starred Darren Boyd as his sidekick Richard MacDuff. Recurring actors included Helen Baxendale as MacDuff's girlfriend Susan Harmison, Jason Watkins as Dirk's nemesis DI Gilks and Lisa Jackson as Dirk's receptionist Janice Pearce. Unlike most detective series Dirk Gently featured broadly comic touches and even some science fiction themes such as time travel and artificial intelligence. He has said that he was "bitterly upset" at the BBC's axing of the series after four episodes due to a freeze on the licence fee.[20]
He played the title role in The Hunt for Tony Blair, a one-off episode of The Comic Strip Presents..., a British television comedy, which was first shown on Channel 4 on 14 October 2011. The 60 minute film was written by Peter Richardson and Pete Richens and presented in the style of a 1950s film noir. It stars Stephen Mangan as the former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, who is wanted for murder and on the run as a fugitive from justice. The film received its world premiere at the Edinburgh International Television Festival in August 2011. It first aired on Channel 4 on 14 October 2011; it received a mostly positive reaction from reviewers, and was nominated for a BAFTA award (Best Comedy Programme 2012) and the British Comedy Awards (Best Comedy Drama 2011).[21][22]
He is currently appearing in Episodes, a British/American television comedy series created by David Crane and Jeffrey Klarik and produced by Hat Trick Productions.[23] It premiered on Showtime in the United States on January 9, 2011 at 9:30 pm[24] and on BBC Two in the United Kingdom on January 10, 2011.[23]
The show is about a British husband-and-wife comedy writing team who travel to Hollywood to remake their successful British TV series, with disastrous results. On December 11, 2013, it was announced that Showtime had renewed Episodes for a fourth season.[25]
Episodes has received positive reviews by critics,[26] with many critics singling out Stephen Mangan, Tamsin Greig, and Matt LeBlanc's performances.[27]
Film
Mangan's first film part was as Doctor Crane in Billy Elliot.
He played French cabaret singer Pierre Dupont in the cult film Chunky Monkey alongside David Threlfall and Alison Steadman.
He also appeared in the Miramax film Birthday Girl, starring Nicole Kidman and Vincent Cassel.
He played the leading role in SuperTex (2003), a Dutch film, filmed in English and directed by Jan Schütte.
He played a comedian in Festival is a 2005 British black comedy about a number of people at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe directed by Annie Griffin. The general shots of the festival were filmed during the 2004 event. Mangan was nominated for a Scottish BAFTA for his performance.
Also Confetti, a 2006 British mockumentary romantic comedy film released on 5 May 2006. It was conceived and directed by Debbie Isitt and stars many acclaimed British comedians, including Jessica Stevenson, Jimmy Carr, Martin Freeman, Mark Heap, Julia Davis, Robert Webb, and Olivia Colman. It follows a bridal magazine competition for the most original wedding, the ultimate prize being a house, and the three couples who are chosen to compete. Mangan plays one of the grooms, a professional tennis player. The film follows the contestants in a fly-on-the-wall documentary style, akin to The Office. The script was entirely improvised.
He starred in Beyond the Pole, a 2010 British mockumentary adapted from the cult BBC radio series of the same name. It received its UK cinema release in 2010.[28] Directed and produced by David L. Williams[29] Beyond the Pole was shot on floating sea ice off the coast of Greenland, and stars an acclaimed cast of actors and comedians including: Stephen Mangan, Rhys Thomas, Mark Benton, Alexander Skarsgard and Helen Baxendale. Described by Variety Magazine as a cross between The Office and Touching the Void,[30] the film follows the trials and tribulations of the world's first Carbon Neutral, Vegetarian, Organic expedition to the North Pole.
In 2013 Mangan played Alastair Caldwell in Ron Howard's film Rush, a British-German biographical sports drama film centered on the rivalry between race car drivers James Hunt and Niki Lauda during the 1976 Formula One motor-racing season. It was written by Peter Morgan, directed by Ron Howard and stars Chris Hemsworth as Hunt and Daniel Brühl as Lauda. The film premiered in London on September 2, 2013 and was shown at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival[31][32] before its UK and US theatrical releases on, respectively, September 13 and 20, 2013.[33]
In 2014, Mangan voices the title role in Postman Pat: The Movie, a British 3D computer-animated comedy film featuring Postman Pat, star of a long-running BBC children's series. It was originally due to be released on 24 May 2013,[34] but was pushed back to a year later.[35] Pat's singing voice will be done by Ronan Keating. Also voicing characters in the film will be Jim Broadbent, Rupert Grint and David Tennant.[36]
Other
Mangan was host of the Evening Standard British Film Awards for four years (2009–2013).
On 27 April 2014, Mangan returned to host the British Academy Television Craft Awards in London for a third time.[37]
He is also a voiceover artist, voicing animation, commercials and documentaries.
Mangan recorded the role of Cloten in Shakespeare's Cymbeline for the Arkangel Shakespeare audiobook series, directed by Clive Brill
Personal life
Mangan is married to actress Louise Delamere and they have two sons, Harry (born October 2007) and Frank (2010). He is also a Celebrity Mastermind champion, scoring 29 points, 15 of which were on his specialist subject, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. He is a fan of Tottenham Hotspur and goes to games with Tamsin Greig's husband Richard Leaf.[38]
He is an atheist: when asked the question whether football is bigger than God, he answered: "The passion displayed on the football terraces is something of which the church must be envious".[39]
In August 2014, Mangan was one of 200 public figures who were signatories to a letter to The Guardian opposing Scottish independence in the run-up to September's referendum on that issue.[40]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Billy Elliot | Dr Crane |
| 2001 | Offending Angles | Fergus |
| 2001 | Birthday Girl | Bank manager |
| 2001 | Chunky Monkey | Pierre DuPont |
| 2002 | New Year's Eve | David |
| 2003 | SuperTex | Max Breslauer |
| 2005 | Festival | Shaun Sullivan |
| 2006 | Confetti | Josef |
| 2006 | Someone Else | David |
| 2009 | Beyond The Pole | Mark |
| 2013 | Rush | Alastair Caldwell |
| 2014 | Postman Pat: The Movie | Unknown[41][42] | Postman Pat (Voice only) |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Watership Down | Bigwig (series 1-3), Silverweed, Shale (series 3 only) | Voices Only |
| 1999 | Big Bad World | Justin | |
| 2000 | In Defence | John Henderson | |
| 2000 | Human Remains | Clown | |
| 2001 | Sword Of Honour | Frank De Souza | |
| 2001 | The Armando Ianucci Shows | Television Executive | |
| 2001 | Thunder Pig | Leon | |
| 2001 | Horizon | Narrator | |
| 2001 | Adrian Mole: the Cappuccino Years (TV series) | Adrian Mole | |
| 2002 | I'm Alan Partridge | Dan Moody | Season 2, Episode 3 |
| 2003 | Seven Wonders Of The Industrial World | Jules Isidore Dingler | |
| 2003 | Ready When You Are, Mr McGill | Roland | |
| 2003 | Lucky Jim | Bertrand | |
| 2004 | End of Story | ||
| 2004 | Wren: The Man Who Built Britain | Robert Hooke | |
| 2004 | Green Wing | Guy Secretan | |
| 2005 | Sunday Pants | The Imp | Voice Only |
| 2005 | Nathan Barley | Rod Senseless | |
| 2005 | Bromwell High | Gavin | Voice Only |
| 2005–2006 | Jane Hall | Robert | |
| 2006 | A Funny Thing Happened On the Way To The Studio | ||
| 2006 | Britain's Biggest Spenders | Narrator | |
| 2006 | MTV ScreenPlay | Presenter | |
| 2006 | Is It Just Me or Is Everything Shit? | Pilot Episode | |
| 2007 | Marple | Inspector Larry Bird | Agatha Christie's Marple |
| 2007 | Hyperdrive | Green Javelins | |
| 2008 | Never better | Keith | |
| 2009 | Never Mind The Buzzcocks | Himself, Guest | |
| 2009 | Free Agents | Alex | |
| 2009–2010 | Would I Lie To You? | Himself, Guest | |
| 2010 | Three In A Bed | Narrator | |
| 2010 | Richard Bacon's Beer & Pizza Club | Himself, Guest | |
| 2011 | Rome Wasn't Built In A Day | Narrator | |
| 2011 | Celebrity Mastermind | Himself, Contestant | |
| 2011 | Have I Got News for You | Himself, Host | Season 41-02, Season 42-04 |
| 2011 | Meet The Middletons | Narrator | |
| 2011 | The Hunt for Tony Blair | Tony Blair | |
| 2011 | All Roads Lead Home | Himself, Co-Presenter | |
| 2011–Present | Episodes | Sean Lincoln | |
| 2012 | Just a Minute | Himself, Contestant | |
| 2012 | Dirk Gently | Dirk Gently | Following Pilot Episode |
| 2012 | Have I Got News for You | Himself, Host | Season 43-01 |
| 2013-Present | Barely Legal Drivers | Narrator | Season 1 |
| 2013 | Have I Got News for You | Himself, Host | Season 45-01 |
| 2013 | Fifteen to One | Himself, Contestant | Celebrity Special |
| 2014-Present | A Very British Airline | Narrator | Season 1 |
Theatre
| Year | Title | Role | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994–95 | Georges Dandin | Clitandre | Redgrave Theatre |
| 1995 | The Tempest | Ferdinand | International Tour |
| 1995 | Twelfth Night | Sebastian | Nottingham Playhouse |
| 1995 | Mrs Warrens Profession | Frank | Redgrave Theatre |
| 1996 | "The Rover" | Belville | Salisbury Playhouse |
| 1996 | "Couch Grass and Ribbon" | Jack | Watermill Theatre |
| 1996 | Hamlet | Leartes | Norwich Theatre Royal |
| 1997 | The Shoe Shop of Desire | Bobby | UK Tour |
| 1997 | As You Like It | Orlando | Nottingham Playhouse |
| 1997 | She Stoops to Conquer | Marlowe | Birmingham Stage Company |
| 1998 | The School for Scandal | Sir Benjamin Backbite | Royal Shakespeare Company |
| 1998–1999 | Much Ado About Nothing | Don Pedro | International Tour |
| 1999 | Hay Fever | Simon | Savoy Theatre |
| 2001 | Noises Off | Gary Lejeune | Piccadilly Theatre |
| 2002 | The People Are Friendly | Robert | Royal Court Theatre |
| 2005–2006 | The Magic Carpet | Miloshin | Hammersmith Theatre |
| 2008 | The Norman Conquests | Norman | The Old Vic Theatre |
| 2009 | The Norman Conquests | Norman | Circle in the Square Theatre |
| 2012 | Birthday | Eddie | Royal Court Theatre |
| 2013–2014 | Perfect Nonsense | Bertie Wooster | Duke of York's Theatre |
Radio
| Title |
|---|
| The Winter's Tale |
| Cymbeline |
| Wild Things |
| Othello |
| The Man Who Knew Everything |
| Into Exile |
| Jack the Giant killer |
| Gordon Springer |
| As You Like It |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Last Act (2006 Radio Series) |
| Number 10 (2007, Radio Series) |
| ElvenQuest (2009, Radio Series) |
| ElvenQuest (2010, Radio Series) |
| ElvenQuest (2011, Radio Series) |
References
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- ↑ company check ltd (2007-05-31). "STEPHEN JAMES MANGAN director information. Free director information". Companycheck.co.uk. Retrieved 2014-08-26.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Furness, Hannah (13 April 2014). "Olivier Awards: how a tiny theatre in north London trounced the West End". The Daily Telegraph (London).
- ↑ "My parents' real medical drama – and the stars who gave them dignity, by Green Wing's Stephen Mangan". Daily Mail.
- ↑ "My looks: the unlikely sex symbols". The Guardian (London). 27 July 2012.
- ↑ "My family values: Stephen Mangan, actor". The Guardian (London). 25 April 2009.
- ↑ "Q&A Stephen Mangan". Retrieved 15 January 2013.
- ↑ Interview by Sophie Donnelly (2012-06-26). "Stephen Mangan: I’m determined to protect myself from bowel cancer | Health | Life & Style | Daily Express". Express.co.uk. Retrieved 2014-05-14.
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- ↑ Michael Billington. "Theatre review: The Norman Conquests / Old Vic, London | Stage". The Guardian. Retrieved 2014-05-14.
- ↑ Billy Elliot Earns 15 Nominations "Nominations for 2009 Tony Awards Announced-Billy-Elliot-Earns-15-Nominations". Playbill.com. 2009.
- ↑ Cavendish, Dominic (29 June 2012). "Birthday, Royal Court, review". The Daily Telegraph (London).
- ↑ "Jeeves and Wooster | A new London Play". Jeevesandwoosterplay.com. Retrieved 2014-05-14.
- ↑ "Mark Heap and Robert Webb to take over as West End's Jeeves and Wooster". The Guardian. Guardian News and Media. 3 February 2014.
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- ↑ "Sword of Honour". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2014-05-14.
- ↑ "The World's Greatest Comedy Characters". 2007-04-14. Missing or empty
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- ↑ Hemley, Matthew (2008-01-04). "Mangan to star in theatre agent comedy for C4". The Stage. Retrieved 2008-01-04.
- ↑ Masters, Tim (2012-07-01). "BBC News - Stephen Mangan 'bitterly upset' over axed Dirk Gently". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2014-05-14.
- ↑ "Television Awards Winners in 2012 - TV Awards - Television - The BAFTA site". Retrieved 22 March 2013.
- ↑ "The British Comedy Awards - Winners 2011". Retrieved 22 March 2013.
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 "Press Packs: Episodes". BBC. December 17, 2010. Retrieved December 19, 2010.
- ↑ "Breaking News - Biggest Sunday Ever on Showtime! Shameless, Episodes & Californication to Premiere January 9th". TheFutonCritic.com. Retrieved 2014-05-14.
- ↑ "'Episodes' Renewed For Fourth Season by Showtime". Deadline. December 11, 2013. Retrieved December 22, 2013.
- ↑ "Episodes Season 1 Metacritic Reviews". CBS. Interactive Inc. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
- ↑ Gay, Verne. "'Episodes' review: Matt LeBlanc's a star". Newsday. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
- ↑ "Beyond the Pole(2010)". Yahoo movies. Retrieved 2 June 2012.
- ↑ "Beyond the Pole (2008)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2 June 2012.
- ↑ Elley, Derek (10 January 2010). "VARIETY". URL retrieved on 24 July 2010
- ↑ "Toronto film festival 2013: the full line-up". The Guardian (London). 23 July 2013. Retrieved 2013-07-24.
- ↑ Evans, Ian (2013), "Rush TIFF premiere photos", DigitalHit.com
- ↑ "Rush Movie Official UK Site for the Rush Film In Cinemas 13th September". Retrieved September 19, 2013.
- ↑ Roberts, Katie (2012-04-16). "Postman Pat The Movie to hit screens in 2013 | Latest news from the toy industry | ToyNews". Toynews-online.biz. Retrieved 2014-05-14.
- ↑ "Postman Pat". filmdates.co.uk. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
- ↑ "BBC News - Postman Pat to make movie debut". Bbc.co.uk. 2011-09-16. Retrieved 2014-05-14.
- ↑ "Television Craft Awards Host: Stephen Mangan". BAFTA. 20 March 2013. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
- ↑ Tom Lamont (8 February 2008). "Stephen Mangan's sporting life - Sport - The Observer". London: guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
- ↑ "Channel 4". 4thought.tv. Retrieved 2014-05-14.
- ↑ "Celebrities' open letter to Scotland – full text and list of signatories | Politics". theguardian.com. 2014-08-07. Retrieved 2014-08-26.
- ↑ "Postman Pat to make movie debut". BBC (UK). 16 September 2011. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
- ↑ "Postman Pat to Hit the Big Screen in 3D". ComingSoon. 16 September 2011. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
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Interviews and articles
- The Observer Interview - The new face of grown-up Adrian Mole (21 January 2001)
- BBC article on Adrian Mole - the Cappuccino Years
- Green Wing Interview on T4 (Channel 4) March 2006
- Telegraph Magazine article 18 March 2006
- Evening Standard article 20 April 2006 entitled Comedy's Hottest Property
- Times article 6 May 2006 entitled Nicer than he looks on TV
- Sunday Times "He’s earned his wings" interview with Stephen Mangan, 9 July 2006
- Stephen Mangan hands out his very own BAFTAs, Bafta.org 4 March 2009
- Interview with Stephen Mangan on Broadway.com May 2009
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