Stephen Hogan is an Irish actor and audiobook narrator.

Biography

Hogan was born in August 1965 and grew up in

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. Hogan says he studied

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but upon graduating did not see himself in that profession for the remainder of his life. He says he obtained financially useful scholarship to Royal College of Music and Drama in Glasgow (

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), and was also able to obtain a part-time job in an architect's office at the same time. Upon qualifying from drama school in 1992 Hogan says he was lucky to get a role on the long running Scottish Soap drama ''

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'' with its "crazy characters", his recollections of his storylines as new character was "I worked my way through the entire female case over 60 episodes". He moved to London after leaving the soap, but has returned to Ireland frequently for work and pleasure since. His uncle, Paul Hogan, was one of two students behind the audacious 1956 theft of

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from the

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. Hogan played his uncle in a radio play based on the event in 2005, and is collaboration on attempts to develop a film based on the theft. Hogan states on Twitter he is a director of ''Gallery Films''. Hogan adapted to the UK's first

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by adapting purchasing a quality digital microphone and investing in acoustic paneling which enabled him to record audiobooks such as ''City in Flames'', though he says building work pile-driving near his home has caused inconveniences. He say he voiced the character Kurtz from the

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novel ''Heart of Darkness'' from his home for a BBC4 production. Hogan has interviewed about the upcoming

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2022 release of '' Vikings: Valhalla'' where he has the character of

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Works

Film

Hogan played Sky Marshall Omar Anoke in science-fiction film '' Starship Troopers 3: Marauder''. He played the lead role of Adam Smith in

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drama ''Kingdom of Dust: Beheading of Adam Smith'', in which critic Justin Richards averred that he "manages to portray an okay representation" of hostage Adam Smith.

Television

Radio and audio

Hogan has also narrated a number of

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recordings with

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. The audio book of The Secret Place won Library Journal's Best Media 2014. His respective narration in

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and

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won the AudioFile Magazine Earphone Awards.

Theatre and musical

Having trained at

, he has worked extensively in UK and Irish theaters.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hogan, Stephen Irish male film actors Irish male television actors 20th-century Irish male actors 21st-century Irish male actors Irish film producers Living people 1965 births Male actors from Dublin (city)