Stephen Mangan
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Stephen Mangan, (born 22 July 1970), is an English stage, television and film actor, best known for his role in the television series Green Wing.
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[edit] Biography
After gaining a Bachelor of Arts in Law at Cambridge University, where his friends included Rachel Weisz and Sue Perkins, Mangan took a year out to nurse his mother, Mary, who was dying of cancer. Weeks after her death, he auditioned for the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He graduated from RADA In July 1994 and swore off television for years, preferring to take what he saw as the less limited opportunities on the stage.
His breakthrough television performance was Adrian Mole in the six-part BBC TV show series Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years in 2001 but he is probably best known as one of the stars of the Channel 4 comedy Green Wing, playing Doctor Guillaume Valerie Secretan (Guy). He played an egotistical, highly successful British TV comic with his eye on Hollywood in Annie Griffin's critically acclaimed film Festival in 2005, and appeared in the British film, Confetti which was released on 5 May 2006.
He is due to record a pilot of the book Is It Just Me or Is Everything Shit? for Channel 4 in June 2006. He also recently recorded Jack Rosenthal's Last Act, a 4 part series for Radio 4 in which he plays Jack Rosenthal. In 2006 he also starred in ITV drama series Jane Hall.
Engaged to the actress Louise Delamere.
[edit] Filmography
- Someone Else (2006) - David
- Confetti (2006) - Josef
- Festival (2005) - Shaun Sullivan
- SuperTex (2003) - Max Breslauer
- New Years Eve (2002) - David
- Chunky Monkey (2001) - Pierre Dupont
- Birthday Girl (2001) - Bank Manager
- Offending Angels (2001) - Fergus
- Billy Elliot (2000) - Dr Crane
- Martha Meets Frank, Daniel and Laurence (1998)
[edit] Television
- Is It Just Me or Is Everything Shit? (2006)
- MTV's Screenplay (2006)- Presenter
- Britain's Biggest Spenders (2006)- Narrator
- Confetti - Behind the scenes (2006)
- Green Wing (2006) - Dr. Guy Secretan
- A Funny thing happened on the way to the studio (2006)
- Jane Hall (2005) (2006) - Robert
- Bromwell High (2005) - Gavin (voice)
- Nathan Barley (2005) - Rod Senseless
- Sunday Pants (2005) - The Imp (voice)
- Green Wing (2004) - Dr. Guy Secretan
- Wren: The Man Who Built Britain (2004) - Robert Hooke
- End of Story (2004)
- Frankenstein: Birth of a Monster (2003) - Lord Byron
- Lucky Jim (2003) - Bertrand
- Ready When You Are Mr. McGill (2003) - Roland
- Seven Wonders of the Industrial World (2003) - Jules Isidore Dingler
- I'm Alan Partridge (2002) - Dan Moodly
- Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years (2001) - Adrian Mole
- The Armando Iannucci Shows (2001)
- Horizon (2001) - Cloning the First Human - Narrator
- Ancient Civilisations - Narrator
- Mummies - Narrator
- Fire, War Plague and Treason - Various Readings
- Sword of Honour (2001) - Frank De Souza
- Thunder Pig (2001) - Leon
- Human Remains (2000)
- In Defence (2000) - John Henderson
- Big Bad World (1999) - Justin
- Watership Down (1999) - Bigwig, Silverweed, Shale (voices)
[edit] Theatre
- The Magic Carpet, The Lyric Hammersmith Theatre
- The People Are Friendly, Royal Court Theatre
- Noises Off, Piccadilly Theatre
- A Midsummer Night's Dream, Royal Shakespeare Company
- She Stoops to Conquer, Birmingham Stage Company, Old Rep
- As You Like It, Nottingham Playhouse
- Hamlet, Norwich Theatre Royal
- Couch Grass & Ribbon, The Watermill, Newbury, Berkshire
- The Rover, Salisbury Playhouse
- The Tempest, Nottingham Playhouse and Theatr Clywd
- The Shoe Shop of Desire, Nottingham Playhouse and National
- Twelfth Night, Nottingham Playhouse
- Georges Dandin, Redgrave Theatre
- Mrs. Warren's Profession, Redgrave Theatre
- Much Ado About Nothing, Cheek By Jowl
- The School for Scandal, Royal Shakespeare Company
- Hay Fever, Savoy Theatre
[edit] Radio
- Last Act
- A Midsummer Night's Dream
- As You Like It
- Gordon Springer
- Jack the Giant Killer
- Into Exile
- The Man Who Knew Everything
- Othello
- Wild Things
- Cymberline
- The Winter's Tale
[edit] Trivia
- Mangan didn't realise he was in Billy Elliot because when he shot the film it was called Dancer.
- While playing Mole, he crashed the character's Montego.
- Mangan's favourite band are DC Talk, and he has strongly considered having a tattoo of their logo done on his lower back.
[edit] External links
- Stephen Mangan at the Internet Movie Database
- Agents Page on Stephen Mangan
- Green Wing "microsite" at Channel4.com
[edit] Interviews and Articles
- The Observer Interview - The new face of grown-up Adrian Mole (January 21, 2001)
- BBC article on Adrian Mole - the Cappuccino Years
- Green Wing Interview on T4 (Channel 4) March 2006
- Telegraph Magazine article March 18 2006
- Evening Standard article April 20 2006 entitled Comedy's Hottest Property
- Financial Times article May 06 2006 entitled Nicer than he looks on TV
- Sunday Times "He’s earned his wings" interview with Stephen Mangan, 9 July 2006
