Stephen Hogan facts for kids

Stephen Hogan is an Irish actor who has appeared in movies, television shows, and plays. He is also a talented narrator, which means he reads books aloud for audiobook recordings.

Early Life and Education

Stephen Hogan was born in Dublin, Ireland, in August 1965. His father, Brian Hogan, was a well-known architect, and his grandfather was an important civil servant.

At first, Stephen decided to study architecture at Edinburgh University, just like his father. But after he graduated, he realized it wasn't the right career for him. He then went to the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, a famous school for music and drama, to train as an actor.

Acting Career

After finishing drama school in 1992, Hogan got a part in a Scottish TV show called Take the High Road. He later moved to London to find more acting jobs but often returns to Ireland for work and visits.

Hogan has a fun family story. His uncle, Paul Hogan, was involved in a famous prank in 1956 where he and another student took a painting called Summer's Day from the Tate Gallery in London. In 2005, Stephen Hogan got to play his own uncle in a radio play about the event.

Working from Home

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Hogan set up a home studio with a special microphone. This allowed him to continue recording audiobooks from home. He even voiced the character Kurtz from the famous novel Heart of Darkness for a BBC production in his home studio.

Famous Roles

Stephen Hogan has played many different characters throughout his career. He has been in big Hollywood movies, popular TV series, and even video games.

Movies

Hogan had a major role as Sky Marshall Omar Anoke in the science-fiction movie Starship Troopers 3: Marauder. He also played the main character in the war drama Kingdom of Dust.

Here are some of his other movie roles:

• Some Mother's Son (1996) - Young Turk
• Starship Troopers 3: Marauder (2008) - Sky Marshall Omar Anoke
• Dracula: The Dark Prince (2013) - Renfield
• Handsome Devil (2016) - Connor's dad
• The Foreigner (2017) - Christy Murphy
• Transformers: The Last Knight (2017) - Viviane's Father
• Show Dogs (2018) - Bullmastiff (voice)
• Dragon Rider (2020) - Spinecrackle (voice)
• Sardar Udham (2021) - Detective Inspector Swain

Television

On television, Hogan has appeared in many shows. He played Sir Henry Norris in the historical drama The Tudors and had a role in the popular science-fiction series Primeval. In 2022, he played Ealdorman Sigeferth in the Netflix series Vikings: Valhalla. An Ealdorman was a high-ranking royal official in Anglo-Saxon England.

Some of his TV appearances include:

• Take the High Road (1993) - Nick Stapleton
• Fair City (1995) - Sam Costigan
• The Tudors (2008) - Sir Henry Norris
• Primeval (2011) - Henry Merchant
• Saving the Titanic (2012) - Thomas Andrews
• Harley and the Davidsons (2016) - U.S. Army general
• Ridley Road (2021) - George Lincoln Rockwell

Voice Acting and Audiobooks

Hogan is a very successful audiobook narrator. He has won awards for his work, including the AudioFile Magazine Earphone Award for narrating the books The Heart's Invisible Furies and Typhoon.

He has also provided voices for popular video games. Gamers might recognize his voice as Sean Devlin in The Saboteur or as Volo in the hit game Baldur's Gate III.

Here are a few of his voice roles:

• Killzone 2 (2009) - Video Game
• The Saboteur (2009) - Video Game (Sean Devlin)
• The Zombie Survival Guide (2012) - Audiobook
• Divinity: Original Sin II (2017) - Video Game (Goblin King)
• Skulduggery Pleasant series (2018-20) - Audiobook
• Baldur's Gate III (2023) - Video Game (Volo)

Theatre

As a trained stage actor, Hogan has performed in many plays in both the United Kingdom and Ireland. He has taken on lead roles in plays like The Importance of Being Earnest at the famous Abbey Theatre in Dublin and played the character Howard Beale in a stage version of the movie Network.