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Stephen Hogan
Born August 1965 (age 59)
Nationality Irish
Alma mater
Occupation
  • actor
  • narrator
Years active 1993–present

Stephen Hogan is an Irish actor and audiobook narrator.

Biography

Hogan was born in August 1965 and grew up in Darty, Dublin, Ireland. Hogan says he studied architecture at Edinburgh University 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 (Royal Conservatoire of Scotland), 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 Take the High Road 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 Summer's Day from the Tate Gallery. 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 Covid-19 Pandemic lockdown 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 Conrad novel Heart of Darkness from his home for a BBC4 production.

Hogan has interviewed about the upcoming Netflix 2022 release of Vikings: Valhalla where he has the character of Ealdorman Sigeferth of Wessex.

Works

Film

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

Year Title Role References and notes
1996 Some Mother's Son Young Turk
1999 Vicious Circle Frankie
2003 Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor Joseph Reed
2008 Starship Troopers 3: Marauder Sky Marshall Omar Anoke
2009 Terror! Robespierre and the French Revolution Maximilien Robespierre Drama-Documentary
Lead role
2011 Kingdom of Dust: Beheading of Adam Smith Adam David Smith Lead role
2013 The Sweeter Side of Life Wade Harper
Dracula: The Dark Prince Renfield
Earthbound Dr. Richard Webb
2016 Jarhead 3: The Siege Ambassador Dan Cahill
Handsome Devil Connor Master's dad
2017 The Foreigner henchman Christy Murphy
Transformers: The Last Knight Viviane Wembly's Father
The Young Karl Marx Thomas Naylor
2018 We Have Always Lived in the Castle John Blackwood
Show Dogs Bullmastiff, Canini Announcer
2020 Dragon Rider Spinecrackle (voiceover)
2021 Sardar Udham Detective Inspector Swain Indian Hindi-language film

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1993 Take the High Road Nick Stapleton
1995 Fair City Sam Costigan/Sam Maguire/Brian Sweeney
1996 The Governor Declan Lowndes
2002 Doctors Robert Brackley/Blake Calverly
2005 Totally Frank Freddie
2006 The Line of Beauty News presenter
2008 The Tudors Sir Henry Norris
2011 Primeval Henry Merchant
Injustice Eric Duncann
2012 Saving the Titanic Thomas Andrews
2015 X Company General Ned Butler
2016 Harley and the Davidsons U.S. Army general
2017 Kat & Alfie: Redwater Padraig Kelly
2018 They Shall Not Grow Old Various character voicing
2020 Thieves of the Wood Meyvis (English re-voice of principal character)
2021 Capitani English re-voice of series regular
Red Election MI5 agent Alaric Henderson
Ridley Road George Lincoln Rockwell

Radio and audio

Hogan has also narrated a number of audiobook recordings with Penguin Random House. The audio book of The Secret Place won Library Journal's Best Media 2014. His respective narration in The Heart's Invisible Furies and Typhoon won the AudioFile Magazine Earphone Awards.

Year Title Role Notes
1999 Hamlet Rosencrantz
2005 Taking the Picture Paul Hogan (his uncle)
2007 Hellgate: London Video game Voice actor
2008 The Secret Scripture Audiobook narrator
2009 Killzone 2 Video game voice actor for Helghast
The Saboteur Video game voice actor for Sean Devlin
Typhoon Audiobook narrator
2010 The Robot Wars / Penrose Series Audiobook narrator
2011 The Plough and the Stars Peter
2012 Broken Harbour Audiobook narrator
The Zombie Survival Guide Audiobook narrator
2014 Divinity: Original Sin Video game voice actor
Lords of the Fallen Video game voice actor
The Secret Place One of the audiobook narrators
2016 Murphy Audiobook narrator
Hunters in the Dark Audiobook narrator
2017 The Heart's Invisible Furies Audiobook narrator
Divinity: Original Sin II Video game voice actor for Goblin King
Midwinter Break Audiobook narrator
2018 Michael O'Leary Audiobook narrator
Last Stories One of the audiobook narrators
The Heather Blazing Audiobook narrator
2018-20 Skulduggery Pleasant Audiobook narrator
2019-20 Three books of The Sonchai Jitpleecheep Series Audiobook narrator
2020 Weird Tales One of the audiobook narrators
Little Cruelties One of the audiobook narrators
The Guns of Easter Audiobook narrator
2021 Heart of Darkness Kurtz (audiobook)
Cowboys and Indians Audiobook narrator
Sláine the Horned God (Sláine series) One of the audiobook narrators
Mosley Must Fall Liam McEnroe
2023 Baldur's Gate III Volo

Theatre and musical

Having trained at Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, he has worked extensively in UK and Irish theaters.

Year Title Role Location
2019 Napoli, Brooklyn, directed by Lisa Blair Albert Duffy Oxford Playhouse
2018 Mad as Hell, directed by Cassie McFarlane Peter Finch/Howard Beale (lead role) Jermyn Street Theatre
2011 The Field, directed by Joe Dowling Willie Dee Royal Theatre
2006 Merrily We Roll Along, directed by Karen Louise Hebden Jerome Derby Playhouse
The Importance of Being Earnest, directed by Conall Morrison Algernon Moncrieff Abbey Theatre
2004 A Doll's House, directed by Graham McLaren Torvald Helmer Perth Theatre
2002 Possible Worlds, directed by Adrian Osmond George Barber (lead role) Tron Theatre
2001 The ... of the Western World, directed by Robert Delamere Shawn Keogh Liverpool Playhouse
2000 Medea, directed by Graham McLaren Jason Old Fruit Market of Glasgow
Peer Gynt, directed by Conall Morrison Bigriffenfeldt Royal National Theatre
1999 Fast Food, directed by Marianne Elliott Billy (lead role) Manchester Royal Exchange
1998 Richard III, directed by Paul Kerryson King Edward IV & Sir William Catesby Leicester Haymarket Theatre
Saint Joan, directed by Patrick Mason John de Stogumber, English chaplain Abbey Theater
1997 The Heiress, directed by Michael Colgan and Michael Rudman Morris Townsend (lead role) Gate Theatre
1995 Angels in America, directed by Patrick Mason and Conall Morrison Joe Pitt, The Eskimo, Ghost Prior Abbey Theatre
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