Name | Simon Pegg |
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Caption | Pegg at the San Diego Comic-Con International in July 2010 |
Birth name | Simon John Beckingham |
Birth date | February 14, 1970 |
Birth place | Brockworth, Gloucestershire, UK |
Other names | Dr. Russel Fell/The Fresh Pegg |
Occupation | Actor, comedian, writer, producer, singer, director |
Years active | 1995–present |
Spouse | Maureen (née McCann, 2005–present) |
Children | Daughter |
Website | http://www.peggster.net/ |
Pegg's other credits include the World War II mini-series Band of Brothers, guest appearances on Black Books, Brass Eye Special, I'm Alan Partridge, The Parole Officer and in the Factory Records story 24 Hour Party People. He also played the mutant bounty hunter Johnny Alpha, the Strontium Dog, in a series of Big Finish Productions audio plays based on the character from British comic 2000 AD and featured in Guest House Paradiso, a film based on the sitcom Bottom.
Pegg appeared in the Big Finish Productions Doctor Who audio story Invaders From Mars as Don Chaney, and portrayed the Editor in the 2005 Doctor Who episode "The Long Game". He also narrated the first series of the documentary series Doctor Who Confidential.
Upon completion of Shaun of the Dead, Pegg was questioned on whether he would be abandoning the British film industry for bigger and better things, to which he replied "It's not like I'm going to run off and do Mission: Impossible III!" He then promptly went on to do just that, playing Benji Dunn, an I.M.F. technician who assists Tom Cruise's character, Ethan Hunt. In 2006 he played an American character, Gus, in Big Nothing alongside David Schwimmer.
In 2006, Pegg and Wright completed their second film, Hot Fuzz, released in February 2007. The film is a police-action movie homage and also stars Nick Frost. Pegg plays Nicholas Angel, a London policeman who is transferred to rural Sandford, a fictional village situated in Pegg's home county of Gloucestershire, where grisly events take place.
In 2007, Pegg starred in The Good Night (directed by Jake Paltrow) and Run Fatboy Run directed by David Schwimmer and co-starring Thandie Newton and Hank Azaria.
In 2008, Pegg wrote the dialogue for an English language re-release of the cult 2006 animated Norwegian film, Free Jimmy. Pegg received screenwriting credit for this, and Pegg also voiced one of the main characters in the English language version, which has an international range of actors including Woody Harrelson.
Pegg co-wrote and starred with Nick Frost in a film entitled Paul. The plot revolves around characters played by Pegg and Frost road tripping across America. Pegg also announced that he and Wright had the idea for "the concluding part in what we are calling our 'Blood and Ice Cream' trilogy" (the first two being Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz). It is provisionally called The World Ends. In those films and in Spaced, Pegg typically plays the leading hero while Frost plays the sidekick. However, he has revealed that Paul will reverse this dynamic. Pegg has also stated that Wright will not direct, Paul not being part of their 'Blood and Ice Cream' trilogy. The completed script appeared on the 2008 Black List, a film-industry-compiled list of the best unproduced screenplays. Paul received two votes.
Pegg played engineer Montgomery "Scotty" Scott in the eleventh Star Trek film, released 8 May 2009. He told Jo Russell's show on Absolute Radio that he is waiting for a Scotty action figure to add to his collection of Simon Pegg action figures from Dr. Who, Hot Fuzz, and Shaun of the Dead. In 2010 he appeared as William Burke in Burke and Hare, a film directed by John Landis about the Ulster men who were notorious murderers and bodysnatchers in early 19th-century Edinburgh. His likeness was also used for the character of Wee Hughie in the comic book series The Boys; while this was done without Pegg's permission, he quickly became a fan of the title, and even wrote the introduction to the first bound volume. He also voiced Reepicheep, the heroic mouse in Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader.
Pegg will be reprising the role of Benji Dunn in Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, making him the only actor from the film series other than Tom Cruise and Ving Rhames (who portrayed their characters in every film) to appear in more than one of the films.
Along with Jonny Buckland, Pegg is godfather to Apple, daughter of close friends Chris Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow in return Martin is godfather to Pegg's daughter. Pegg's parents and sister briefly appeared in Spaced while his mother alone appeared in both Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz.
His favourite film is Raising Arizona. He has stated that his favourite shows are The X-Files, Seinfeld, Red Dwarf, Arrested Development and Doctor Who.
Pegg was awarded an honorary fellowship by the University of Gloucestershire on 4 December 2008.
Year | ! Programme | ! Character | ! Notes | |
1995 | Six Pairs of Pants | Various Characters | ||
rowspan="2" | 1996 | Asylum (TV series)Asylum || | Simon | |
Faith in the Future | Jools | |||
rowspan="2" | 1997 | I'm Alan Partridge| | Steve Bennett | Episode: "I'm Alan Partridge#Series one>Watership Alan" |
We Know Where You Live | Various Roles | |||
rowspan="2" | 1998 | Is It Bill Bailey?| | Various Roles | |
Big Train | Various Roles | |||
rowspan="3" | 1999 | Spaced| | Tim Bisley | (1999–2001) Co-written with Jessica Stevenson |
Tube Tales | ||||
Hippies (TV series)Hippies | |
Ray Purbbs | ||
2000 | Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)| | Justin Pope | Episode: "Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)#Series 1>Paranoia" | |
rowspan="3" | 2001 | Brass Eye| | Gerard Chote | Episode: "Brass Eye#2001 paedophilia special>Paedophilia Special" |
Band of Brothers (TV miniseries)Band of Brothers | |
First Sergeant William Evans | Episodes: "Currahee" and "Day of Days" | ||
Dr. Terrible's House of Horrible | Angus | |||
rowspan="2" | 2002 | Look Around You| | Sleeping Queen's Guard | Episode: "Look Around You#Series one>Maths" |
Linda Green | Jay | |||
2003 | Final Demand| | Colin Taylor | ||
rowspan="3" | 2004 | Sex & Lies| | Radio DJ | |
Black Books | ||||
I Am Not an Animal | Kieron the Cat | |||
rowspan="4" | 2005 | Look Around You| | Handsome Man | Episode: "Look Around You#Series two>Health" |
Spider-Plant Man | Frank Matters | |||
Doctor Who | The Editor | |||
Doctor Who Confidential | Narrator | |||
2007 | Top Gear (2002 TV series)Top Gear || | Himself | Series 9, Episode 4 | |
2008 | The Sunday Night Project| | Himself (Guest Host) | Episode: The Sunday Night Project#Series 8>Series 8, Episode 2 | |
2009 | Robot Chicken| | Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr | voice only | |
rowspan="3" | 2011 | Top Gear (2002 TV series)Top Gear || | Himself | Series 16, Episode 4 |
A Quiet Word With ... | Himself | |||
Good News Week | Himself |
Year | ! Film | ! Character | ! Notes | |
1999 | Guest House Paradiso | Mr. Nice | ||
2001 | The Parole Officer| | Deflated Husband | ||
2002 | 24 Hour Party People| | Paul Morley | ||
2004 | Shaun of the Dead| | Shaun Riley | Co-written with Edgar Wright | |
rowspan="2" | 2005 | The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse| | Peter Cow | |
Land of the Dead | Photo Booth Zombie | |||
rowspan="3" | 2006 | Mission: Impossible III| | Benji Dunn | |
Big Nothing | Gus | |||
Free Jimmy | Odd | |||
rowspan="5" | 2007 | Grindhouse (film)Grindhouse || | Cannibal | Segment: "Don't (grindhouse film)>Don't" |
The Good Night | Paul | |||
Hot Fuzz | PC/Sergeant/Chief Inspector Nicholas Angel | |||
Run Fatboy Run | Dennis Doyle | |||
Diary of the Dead | Voice-over Cameo | |||
2008 | How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (film)How to Lose Friends and Alienate People || | Sidney Young | ||
rowspan="2" | 2009 | Star Trek (film)Star Trek || | Montgomery Scott>Montgomery "Scotty" Scott | |
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs | Buck | |||
rowspan="2" | 2010 | Burke and Hare (film)Burke and Hare || | Burke and Hare>William Burke | |
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader | Reepicheep | |||
rowspan="4" | 2011 | Paul (film)Paul || | Graeme Willy | Co-written with Nick Frost |
Scrat's Continental Crack-up | Buck | |||
The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn | Thomson and Thompson>Thompson | |||
Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol | Benji Dunn | |||
rowspan="2" | 2012 | Star Trek XIIUntitled Star Trek Sequel || | Montgomery Scott>Montgomery "Scotty" Scott | Announced |
A Fantastic Fear of Everything | Leading role |
style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year | Game | Role |
2010 | Fable III | Ben Finn | |
2011 | Spare Parts (video game)>Spare Parts |
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