Faatumu le fuaiupu lenei: Na amata lana galuega o Coogan o se tagata faʻataʻitaʻi ma faʻataʻitaʻi, e masani ona faʻatino i Ipswich, ae leʻi galue o se tagata faʻataʻitaʻi leo mo faʻasalalauga i le televise ma le faʻataʻitaʻiga faʻataʻitaʻi "Spitting Image". I le 1989, na ia faʻaalia i se faʻasologa o ata faʻapitoa na puʻeina i le Observation round i le ITV game show "The Krypton Factor". I le 1992, na manumalo ai Coogan i le
Perrier Award i le Edinburgh Festival Fringe mo lana faʻatinoga ma le paʻaga ua leva o John Thomson, ma sa faʻatasi ma ia ma Caroline Aherne i le tasi-off Granada TV sketch show, "The Dead Good Show". O ana tagata sili ona iloga na atiaʻe i lenei taimi o Paul Calf, o se tagata faigaluega masani a Mancunian, ma lona tuafafine o Pauline, na faia e Coogan i le ofu.