Stephen Mangan

Stephen James Mangan (born 16 May 1968) is a British actor, comedian, presenter and writer. He has played Guy Secretan in Green Wing, Dan Moody in I'm Alan Partridge, Seán Lincoln in Episodes, Bigwig in Watership Down, Postman Pat in Postman Pat: The Movie, Richard Pitt in Hang Ups, Adrian Mole in The Cappuccino Years, Andrew in Bliss, and Nathan Stern in The Split (2018–2022). He has presented Artist of the Year since 2018 on Sky Arts.

As a stage actor, he was Tony-nominated for his portrayal of Norman in The Norman Conquests on Broadway. He starred as Bertie Wooster in Jeeves and Wooster in Perfect Nonsense at the Duke of York's Theatre in the West End, which won the 2014 Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Comedy. He co-presented the 2020 edition of Children in Need for the BBC.

Early life and education Mangan was born on 16 May 1968 in Ponders End, in Enfield, north London, to Irish parents. He has two younger sisters.

Mangan was educated at two private schools, Lochinver House School for boys in Potters Bar, and Haileybury and Imperial Service College (now co-educational), a boarding school in the village of Hertford Heath, Hertfordshire. He was in a school prog rock band called Aragon, which recorded an album called The Wizard's Dream.

Mangan studied for a Bachelor of Arts in Law at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, where he appeared in 21 plays, although he did not join the Cambridge Footlights. 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. The production was a huge critical success earning several Tony Award nominations, including one for Mangan himself and won the Tony Award for Best Revival.

In 2012, he appeared at the Royal Court in a Joe Penhall play, Birthday, directed by Roger Michell, playing a pregnant man.

Mangan appeared as Bertie Wooster in Jeeves and Wooster in Perfect Nonsense at the Duke of York's Theatre from October 2013. The production won the 2014 Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Comedy. That same year he appeared in Sword of Honour on Channel 4, alongside Daniel Craig.

In 2002, he appeared as Dan Moody in the I'm Alan Partridge episode "Bravealan". A scene where Alan repeatedly shouts "Dan!" at Dan from a distance in a car park, while Dan seems not to notice him, was named the second best moment from the series by Metro,

Mangan played Guy Secretan in the British sitcom Green Wing. In Channel 4's The World's Greatest Comedy Characters, Guy was voted 34th. He 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 long-suffering wife Anita. The series was written by Fintan Ryan for World Productions.

In 2009, Free Agents, a romantic black comedy starred Mangan, Sharon Horgan and Anthony Head. Originally a pilot for Channel 4 in November 2007, the series began on 13 February 2009. It spawned a short-lived US remake, which was cancelled after just four episodes aired, although four 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. The four episodes of Dirk Gently were later released on the BritBox streaming service.

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 Mangan as the former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, who is wanted for murder and on the run as a fugitive. 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).

He appeared in Episodes, a British-American television comedy series created by David Crane and Jeffrey Klarik and produced by Hat Trick Productions. It premiered on Showtime in the United States on 9 January 2011 and on BBC Two in the UK on 10 January 2011. On 11 December 2013, it was announced that Showtime had renewed Episodes for a fourth season. Episodes has received positive reviews by critics, with many singling out Mangan, Tamsin Greig, and Matt LeBlanc's performances.

In 2018, Mangan played the lead role in a black comedy TV series Bliss, created by American comedian David Cross, which was aired on Sky One and released by the BritBox streaming service. Bliss stars Mangan as Andrew, a fraudulent travel writer, who is struggling to maintain long-term relationships with two partners, Kim (Heather Graham) and Denise (Jo Hartley), who are not aware of one another.

He co-wrote and starred in Hang Ups for Channel 4, which was adapted from the American comedy series Web Therapy. It received rave reviews and was nominated for two major awards.

Also in 2018, Mangan starred in the BBC legal drama The Split opposite Nicola Walker. He reprised this role in the second series in 2020 and again in the third series in 2022.

In 2020, he co-hosted BBC Children in Need alongside Mel Giedroyc, Alex Scott and Chris Ramsey. He also served as the narrator of ITV's documentary series Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?: The Million Pound Question, which started airing in November 2020.

In May 2022, the BBC announced that Mangan would be one of the guest presenters to take over Richard Osman's role on Pointless.

In 2022, Mangan narrated the documentary and clip show 'Allo 'Allo! Forty Years of Laughter on Channel 5.

In 2023, Mangan narrated the documentaries and clips shows Keeping Up Appearances - 30 Years Of Laughs, One Foot in the Grave - 30 Years Of Laughs and Birds of a Feather - 30 Years Of Laughter for Channel 5.

In November 2023, Mangan appeared on a celebrity edition of The Weakest Link and ended up in the head-to-head round alongside Ed Byrne.

In 2024, Mangan appeared as the host of Series One of The Fortune Hotel, a reality competition series, set in a luxury hotel in the Caribbean with a prize fund of £250,000. The show went on to film Series Two the following year for ITV.

In October 2025, Mangan appeared on a special battle of the nations edition of The Weakest Link where he represented England alongside Leomie Anderson and ended up being voted off in the fifth round.

Film Mangan's first film part was as Doctor Crane in Billy Elliot, which was released in 2000. In 2001, he appeared in the Miramax film Birthday Girl, starring Nicole Kidman and Vincent Cassel; in the same year he appeared as French cabaret singer Pierre Dupont in the film Chunky Monkey alongside David Threlfall and Alison Steadman. In 2002, he appeared opposite Keira Knightley in the short New Year's Eve.

He played the leading role in 2003's SuperTex, a Dutch film directed by Jan Schütte and filmed in English. In 2005, he played a comedian in Festival, a British black comedy film 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. He also played Josef in 2006's Confetti.

He starred in Beyond the Pole, a 2010 British mockumentary adapted from the BBC radio series of the same name. It received its UK cinema release in 2010. It was directed and produced by David L. Williams. The film was shot on floating sea ice off the coast of Greenland, and stars a cast of actors and comedians including Mangan, Rhys Thomas, Mark Benton, Alexander Skarsgård and Helen Baxendale. Variety magazine described the film as a cross between The Office and Touching the Void.

In 2013, Mangan played Alastair Caldwell in 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 2 September 2013 and was shown at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival before its UK and US theatrical releases on, respectively, 13 and 20 September 2013.

In 2014, Mangan voiced the title role in Postman Pat: The Movie, a British 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, but was pushed back to a year later. Pat's singing voice was performed by Ronan Keating. Other voice actors in the film included Jim Broadbent, Rupert Grint, and David Tennant.

In 2020, it was announced Mangan is to write his first film, an adaptation of the children's novel Harry And The Wrinklies.

Radio Mangan was announced in January 2024 as being a new presenter on Global's Classic FM, specifically hosting a Sunday afternoon (4pm) show.

In February 2025, he was the castaway for BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs. From 17 February 2025, Mangan is to star in a new desert island comedy, alongside other "castaway" celebrities, from previous editions of the programme.

Other

Mangan was host of the Evening Standard British Film Awards for four years (2009–2013). On 27 April 2014, he returned to host the British Academy Television Craft Awards in London for a third time. Mangan recorded several roles in the Arkangel Shakespeare audiobook series, directed by Clive Brill. Mangan has been one of the hosts of Artist of the Year since 2018.

Personal life His father, James, died of a brain tumour at the age of 63. Mangan backed the 2020 National Brain Appeal, a charity supporting research at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, with a unique online art gallery exhibition sale.

Mangan has been married to actress Louise Delamere since 2007. They live in Primrose Hill, north London and have three sons.

He is a fan of Tottenham Hotspur and goes to games with Tamsin Greig's husband Richard Leaf.

In August 2014, Mangan was one of 200 public figures who were signatories to a letter to The Guardian expressing their hope that Scotland would vote to remain part of the United Kingdom in that year's referendum on the issue.

In 2023, Mangan and his sister Anita appeared together on Celebrity Gogglebox.

Performances and works Film Year Title Role Notes 2000 Billy Elliot Dr. Crane Postman Pat / PatBot 3000 (voice) 2017 Breathe Dr. Clement Aitken 2019Pets United Bob (voice) 2022 A Gaza Weekend Michael

Television Year Title Role Notes 1999 Watership Down Bigwig (series 1–3), Silverweed, Shale (series 3 only) Voices only Big Bad World Justin 2000 In Defence John Henderson Human Remains Clown 2001 Sword of Honour Frank De Souza The Armando Iannucci Shows Television Executive Thunder Pig! Leon Voice only; pilot Horizon Narrator 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 Ready When You Are, Mr. McGill Roland Lucky Jim Bertrand 2004 End of Story Wren: The Man Who Built Britain Robert Hooke Green Wing Guy Secretan Two series (2004–2007) 2005 Sunday Pants The Imp Voice only Nathan Barley Rod Senseless Bromwell High Gavin Voice only 2005–2006 Jane Hall Robert 2006 A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Studio Britain's Biggest Spenders Narrator MTV ScreenPlay Presenter Is It Just Me or Is Everything Shit? Pilot episode 2007 Agatha Christie's Marple Inspector Larry Bird Agatha Christie's Marple, series 3 Hyperdrive Green Javelins Who Gets the Dog? Steve Hollister TV film 2008 Never Better Keith2009 Free Agents Alex Never Mind the Buzzcocks Himself, guest 2009–2010 Would I Lie to You?2010 Richard Bacon's Beer & Pizza Club Three in a Bed Narrator 2011 Rome Wasn't Built in a Day Celebrity Mastermind Himself, contestant Have I Got News for You Himself, host Series 41, episode 2 & series 42, episode 4 Meet the Middletons Narrator The Hunt for Tony Blair Tony Blair All Roads Lead Home Himself, co-presenter 2011–2017 Episodes Sean Lincoln Main role 2012 Just a Minute Himself, contestant Dirk Gently Dirk Gently Following pilot episode Have I Got News for You Himself, host Series 43, episode 1 2013 Series 45, episode 1 Fifteen to One Himself, contestant Celebrity special 2013–2014Barely Legal Drivers Narrator Series 1 2013–presentArtist of the Year Presenter Series 1–5 2014 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown Himself, contestant A Very British Airline Narrator Series 1 Wild Brazil The IT Crowd Manual 2015 Birthday Ed 2016 Houdini & Doyle Arthur Conan Doyle ITV Encore series Have I Got News for You Himself, host Series 51, episode 1 & series 52, episode 2 2017 The Fake News Show Olobob Top Narrator Animated series Have I Got News for You Himself, host Series 54, episode 7 2018 Bliss Andrew Marsden Main role Hang Ups Dr. Richard Pitt Also co-writer 2018–2022 The Split Nathan Stern TV series 2019 Top Gear Himself, guest 2019–2020 101 Dalmatian Street Doctor Dave Recurring character 2020 BBC Children in Need Himself, co-host 2020–2021 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?: The Million Pound Question Himself, narrator ITV series, 6 episodes 2021 Love Your Weekend with Alan Titchmarsh Himself, guest 2022 Pointless Himself, co-host 'Allo 'Allo! Forty Years of Laughter Narrator Documentary Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable Himself Series 3, episode 5 Travel Man: 96 Hours in Rio Christmas special 2023 World's Most Dangerous Roads with Lara Ricote Keeping Up Appearances - 30 Years Of Laughs Narrator Documentary One Foot in the Grave - 30 Years Of Laughs Birds of a Feather - 30 Years Of Laughter2023–present Celebrity GoggleboxHimself; alongside his sisterSeries 5 and 62023–2025The Weakest LinkHimself, contestantSeries 3 and 5 2024–present The Fortune Hotel Himself, host ITV series 2024 Password Game show; team captains: Alan Carr and Daisy May Cooper 2025Have I Got News for YouSeries 69, episode 7

Theatre Year Title Role Venue 1994–1995 Georges Dandin Clitandre Redgrave Theatre 1995 The Tempest Ferdinand International Tour Twelfth Night Sebastian Nottingham Playhouse Mrs Warrens Profession Frank Redgrave Theatre 1996 The Rover Belville Salisbury Playhouse Couch Grass and Ribbon Jack Watermill Theatre Hamlet Laertes Norwich Theatre Royal 1997 The Shoe Shop of Desire Bobby UK Tour As You Like It Orlando Nottingham Playhouse She Stoops to Conquer Marlow 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 Bliss 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 Circle in the Square Theatre 2012 Birthday Eddie Royal Court Theatre 2013–2014 Perfect Nonsense Bertie Wooster Duke of York's Theatre 2015 Rules for Living Adam National Theatre Dorfman 2018 The Birthday Party Goldberg Harold Pinter Theatre 2019 The Man in the White Suit Sidney Stratton Theatre Royal, Bath and Wyndham's Theatre 2021 A Christmas Carol Ebenezer Scrooge The Old Vic 2025 Unicorn Nick Garrick 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 – 2011, radio series) Lunch (2013 – 2014, radio series)Classic FM (2024 – present, Sunday Afternoons)The History of Mr Polly (2025, two-part dramatisation)

Audio Year Title Role Notes 2003 As You Like It Orlando part of The Complete Arkangel Shakespeare 2003 Cymbeline Cloten part of The Complete Arkangel Shakespeare 2003 Henry VIII Earl of Surrey part of The Complete Arkangel Shakespeare 2003 Measure for Measure Lucio part of The Complete Arkangel Shakespeare 2003 Othello Roderigo part of The Complete Arkangel Shakespeare