- published: 25 Jul 2013
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Nicholas John "Nick" Frost (born 28 March 1972) is an English actor, comedian and screenwriter. He is best known for his work with Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg in the role of Mike Watt in the television comedy Spaced, as well as the film characters Ed in Shaun of the Dead, PC/Sgt. Danny Butterman in Hot Fuzz, Clive Gollings in Paul, and drug-dealer Ron in Attack the Block. He is also well known for his various roles in the sketch show Man Stroke Woman.
Frost was born in Dagenham, Essex, the son of office furniture designers. Frost attended Beal High School.
He worked as a waiter and appeared in corporate training video clips such as 'Chris Carter and The Coverplan Challenge', a Dixons Group sales video, before gaining fame as Tim's Army-obsessed best friend Mike in the British comedy Spaced, which was written by Pegg and Jessica Hynes and aired on Channel 4 for two series. In 2001, Frost played a small role in a one-off episode of Victoria Wood's Acorn Antiques. This was a specially written episode shown during the series, "The Sketch Show Story" that Victoria narrated, in which Frost played an armed robber who 'shot dead' Acorn Antiques' most lovable character, Mrs Overall (Julie Walters).
Actors: Simon Pegg (writer), Nick Frost (actor), Simon Pegg (actor), Nick Frost (writer), Peter Rnic (actor), Sebastian Scott (producer), Jon Riley (producer), Jon Riley (director), Henrietta Conrad (producer), Tony Bowden (actor), Augustin Bousfield (composer), Kerry Solez (actress), Kara Solez (actress), Gary Anderton (editor), Gayani Wanigaratne (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Comedy, Horror, Short,Actors: Joel Goldsmith (composer), Jim Wynorski (writer), Howard Hesseman (actor), Mike Elliott (producer), Jennifer Love Hewitt (actress), James Avery (actor), Lorna Scott (actress), Jim Wynorski (actor), Roger Corman (producer), Jim Wynorski (actor), Cole S. McKay (actor), Paul Hertzberg (actor), Peter Spellos (actor), Bundy Chanock (miscellaneous crew), Jim Wynorski (director),
Plot: For 9 year old Heather, having millions is misery! Stuck with a money-grubbing stepmother, Heather escapes to find her real mom. But Heather's stepmom isn't about to let her meal ticket go without a battle. So she hires Nick Frost, Private Eye, to bring her back. Then, in a crafty case of double-cross, Mrs. Freeloading Stepmother sics the Feds on Nick - for the kidnapping of one Little Miss Millions.
Keywords: christmas, family-relationships, independent-film, private-detective, runaway