- In 2005, Steve was voted amongst the top 20 greatest comedy acts ever by fellow comedians and comedy insiders.
- Steve has worked on BBC Radio.
- Steve's cousin is Aidan McArdle.
- 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.
- Steve Coogan's Manchester / Irish parents are devout Catholics.
- 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.
- 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.
- Steve Coogan is the third of six children.
- 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.
- Steve has one daughter called Clare.
- In 2003, he was listed in 'The Observer' as one of the 50 funniest acts in British comedy.
- Steve Coogan:I don't want to be someone who's trying to spin this public image of me. I have had some negative tabloid press, I'm sure you're aware [I am], but I don't like to portray myself as somehow a nice, well-rounded person.
- Steve Coogan: "Alan [Partridge] was a really popular character so I'm looking forward to seeing people's reactions to Tom [(Saxondale) from his new sitcom]."
- Steve Coogan: I always find it easier to portray myself as being unlikeable and idiotic; to actually play a character that is likeable and engages the audience is far more difficult. It's a more subtle kind of challenge.
- Steve Coogan: Actors say they do their own stunts for the integrity of the film but I did them because they looked like a lot of fun.
- Steve Coogan: As soon as I see period costume, I turn off. It's like hearing drama on Radio 4.
- Steve Coogan: If you do something very successful, you will then be defined by it.
