Steve Edge (born 2 November 1972) is an English actor, writer and former stand-up comedian. He is most famous for his work on ''

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'', ''

Phoenix Nights ''Phoenix Nights'' is a British sitcom about The Phoenix Club, a working men's club in the northern English town of Bolton, Greater Manchester. The show is a spin-off from the "In the Club" episode of the spoof documentary series '' That Pet ...

'', '' The Cup'', '' The Visit'', ''

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'', '' Benidorm'' and the satirical magazine show ''

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''.

Early life and stand-up

Edge was born in

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, Staffordshire, England. He attended Stafford College and the

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. He began his career in 1997 and from then until 2004 worked as a stand-up comedian. From March–November 2004 Steve,

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, Archie Kelly and

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toured a live stand-up show "Jumping on the Bandwagon" in reference to the success of ''

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''. 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

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in ''

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'',

Peter Kay Peter John Kay (born 2 July 1973) is an English actor, comedy writer and stand-up comedian. He has written, produced and acted in several television and film projects, and has written three books. Born and brought up in Bolton, Kay studied ...

's ''

'' and ''

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''. 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

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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

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as well as adding the voices to the show, most notably the Marmot repeatedly shouting "Alan". In 2009 he wrote and narrated BBC3's "Almost Famous III" and returned in 2010 with the much revered sequel "Almost Famous IV". In 2002 he starred in a series of improvised adverts directed by

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, for the now defunct

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. He starred as a hapless undertaker in the

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promo for the song "Not a Job" Edge is the creator and co-writer of the series

on Sky1 along with Matt King. He regularly joins

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

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, since 1995 and revealed on

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that he is a

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season ticket holder who sits in the Stan Cullis Stand. He was married in August 2014, with friend and colleague

as best man. He is godfather to Manford's twin daughters.

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

* Finalist in the 1998 BBC New Comedy Awards competition at the

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* Nominated in 2004 for the

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– Best Comedy for the "Jumping on the Bandwagon" Tour * Nominated in 2005 North West Comedy Awards – Best Comedic Performance on Film & TV for I'm with Stupid * Nominated in 2007

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Best Performance in a Comedy for The Visit * Nominated in 2008

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Best Male Comedy Newcomer for The Cup * Won in 2010

Best Performance in a Comedy for

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References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Edge, Steve 1972 births Living people People from Cannock English stand-up comedians English male television actors Alumni of the University of Salford English male comedians