Steve Edge
Edge in 2004
Born (1972-11-02) 2 November 1972
Cannock, Staffordshire, England
MediumTelevision, Comedy
NationalityBritish
Years active1997–present
GenresSituation comedy, sketch comedy
Subject(s)Celebrities, Football, Prison

Steve Edge (born 2 November 1972) is an English actor, writer and former stand-up comedian. He is most famous for his work on Starlings, Phoenix Nights, The Cup, The Visit, Peep Show, Benidorm and the satirical magazine show Star Stories.

Early life and stand-up

Edge was born in Cannock, Staffordshire, England. He attended Stafford College and the University of Salford. He began his career in 1997 and from then until 2004 worked as a stand-up comedian. From March–November 2004 Steve, Paddy McGuinness, Archie Kelly and Janice Connolly toured a live stand-up show "Jumping on the Bandwagon" in reference to the success of Phoenix Nights. The final show of the tour and the last time he did stand-up was at the Winter Gardens, Blackpool. Edge is most famous for playing Alan, one half of double-act Les Alanos with Les played by Toby Foster in That Peter Kay Thing, Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights and Max and Paddy's Road to Nowhere. He reprised the role in 2015 for Phoenix Nights LIVE where the cast performed 16 shows at Manchester Arena and raised £5 million for Comic Relief.

Writing and other work

Edge was a programme associate/writer on 8 Out of 10 Cats from 2007 to 2011.

He was script editor for the BBC2 comedy The Cup in which he also starred as the lead, Terry McConnell.

In 2009 he wrote the BBC1 show Walk on the Wild Side along with Jason Manford as well as adding the voices to the show, most notably the Marmot repeatedly shouting "Alan".[1]

In 2009 he wrote and narrated BBC3's Almost Famous III its 2010 sequel Almost Famous IV.

In 2002 he starred in a series of improvised adverts directed by Graham Linehan, for the now defunct ITV Sport Channel.[2]

He starred as a hapless undertaker in the Elbow promo for the song "Not a Job".[3]

Edge is the creator and co-writer of the series Starlings on Sky1 along with Matt King.[4]

He regularly joins Jason Manford on Manford's Sunday morning radio show on Absolute Radio.

Personal life

Edge has moved to Hastings. Before that, he lived in Didsbury, a suburb of Manchester, since 1995 and revealed on Soccer AM that he is a Wolverhampton Wanderers season ticket holder who sits in the Stan Cullis Stand.[5] He was married in August 2014, with friend and colleague Jason Manford as best man. He is godfather to Manford's twin daughters.[6]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2007MagiciansTony White
2014PaddingtonNatural History Museum Security Guard
2021CruellaSteven the Jewellery Shop Assistant
2022FloodlightsTerry Woodward
2023Bank of DaveCompere

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2000Live at the Top of the TowerBrian
That Peter Kay ThingAlan4 Episodes
2001–2002Phoenix NightsAlan12 Episodes
2003Cold FeetSeanEpisode: #5.2
2004Family BusinessTrevor1 Episode
No AngelsRay3 Episodes
Peep ShowDaryl1 Episode
Max and Paddy's Road to NowhereAlan2 Episodes
Christmas LightsGibbo
2005Twisted TalesTrax1 Episode
2006The StreetMalcolm McKenzie1 episode
2006–2008Star StoriesVarious5 episodes
2006I'm with StupidSgt. Swithenback6 episodes
2007The VisitClint7 episodes
DogfaceVarious4 episodes
2008The CupTerry McConnellAll 6 episodes
2009Comedy ShowcasePhilEpisode: "Guantanamo Phil"
2010Secret Diary of a Call GirlHamishEpisode: #3.2
ScallywaggaMr. StylesAll 6 episodes
The Great OutdoorsTomAll 3 episodes
2011Lunch MonkeysPatEpisode: "Who's the Daddy?"
2012The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd MargaretLionel T'LionEpisode: "Todd and his Valet Arrive in Leeds and What They Saw There"
The Royal BodyguardConstable TruncheonEpisode: "A Watery Grave"
2012–2013StarlingsFergieAll 16 episodes
2013Love MattersWarrenEpisode: "Officially Special"
2013–2015All at SeaKevin EnrightAll 26 episodes
2015Drunk History: UKVarious3 episodes
2016–2018BenidormBilly Dawson25 episodes
2016Do Not DisturbNeilTV film
Happy ValleyGraham Tattersall2 episodes
PlebsJustinEpisode: "Justin Junior"
2018The SplitMatthew RoystonEpisode: #1.4
Urban MythsBarryEpisode: "Public Enemy (feat. Kev Wells)"
The Reluctant LandlordDavid Foster12 episodes
2019ScarboroughBigsyAll 6 episodes
2021Death in ParadiseFreddie ArcherEpisode: #10.4
Murder, They HopeSimonEpisode: "Evil Under the Bun"
2021-PresentThe Madame Blanc MysteriesDom HayesMain character
2022Shakespeare & HathawayRob DavenportEpisode: "I No More Desire a Rose"
MaxineBrian FarmerAll 3 episodes
2023Ted LassoSimonEpisode: Mom City

Awards and nominations

References

  1. ↑ "The "Alan Alan Alan" Marmot on the BBC! - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Archived from the original on 18 December 2021.
  2. ↑ Wilkes, Neil (20 February 2002). "Streaker stars in new ITV Sport Channel ad". Digital Spy.
  3. ↑ "- YouTube". www.youtube.com. Archived from the original on 11 March 2016. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  4. ↑ "Steve Coogan and Matt King unite for Starlings". Sky One.
  5. ↑ "Skysports Video Portal". Archived from the original on 31 March 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2010.
  6. ↑ @Jason_Manford (4 November 2010). "unknown" (Tweet) – via Twitter. {{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)
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