Stephen Mangan Biography

Stephen Mangan (born 22 July 1972) is an English actor, best known for his roles as Guy Secretan in the television series Green Wing, Dan Moody in I'm Alan Partridge, Sean Lincoln in Episodes and holistic detective Dirk Gently in Dirk Gently.

Early life and education

Mangan was born in Winchmore Hill, North London, to Irish Catholic parents from the west coast of Ireland. He has two sisters, Anita and Lisa, and a cousin, Sean Collins, who is himself a promising young actor and engineer.

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), in the same year as Dom Joly. He was in a school band called Aragon that recorded an EP called The Wizard's Dream. 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). His father James died of a brain tumour at age 63.

Career

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. He gained television experience by performing in adverts, but only for overseas markets. In 2000, he appeared in Billy Elliot.

His breakthrough television performance was as Adrian Mole in the six-part BBC TV show series Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years in 2001.

He has performed voice-overs for television and radio advertisements, including for Specsavers and Barclaycard with Green Wing co-star Julian Rhind-Tutt. He is also known for his appearances in a series of televised advertisements for the instant coffee brand, Nescafe. On radio, he has done an advertisement supporting Marie Curie Cancer Care (2009). In television, he's appeared in an untitled Victoria Pile project (2008), as well as the film Beyond the Pole in 2010.

In 2008, he played the title role in The Norman Conquests at the Old Vic and subsequently on Broadway at the Circle in the Square Theatre in 2009. He was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his work in the play.

In 2007, he appeared in a pilot for Channel 4's Comedy Showcase, called Free Agents, which was commissioned for a 6 episode series that was broadcast in 2009.

He also stars in the 2011 BBC-Showtime comedy series Episodes, with Matt LeBlanc and Tamsin Greig.

He has said that he was "bitterly upset" at the BBC's axing of the BBC4 Programme Dirk Gently. The programme was abandoned after four episodes due to a freeze on the licence fee.

He has been cast in the animated feature Postman Pat: The Movie "? You Know You're the One as the voice of the titular postman.

On 28 April 2013, Mangan returned to host the British Academy Television Craft Awards in London for a second time.

Personal life

He is married to the actress Louise Delamere and they have two sons, Harry (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. He is an atheist: When asked the question whether football is bigger than God, he answered: "I think football is too beautiful and holy to be sullied by religion."

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role
1998	Martha, Meet Frank, Daniel and Laurence	Audition Actor No.3
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 "? You Know You're the One	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	Thunder Pig	Leon
2001	Horizon	Narrator
2001	Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years	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	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

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Venue
1994-5	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	Perfect Nonsense	Bertie Wooster	Richmond 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)
ElvenQuest (2009, Radio Series)
ElvenQuest (2010, Radio Series)
ElvenQuest (2011, Radio Series)