Simon Pegg


Actor, Stand-Up Comedian

About

Also Known As
Simon John Beckingham, Simon John Pegg
Birth Place
Gloucester, England, GB
Born
February 14, 1970

Biography

Filmography

 

Cast (Feature Film)

Ready Player One (2018)
God Particle (2018)
Voice
Slaughterhouse Rulez (2018)
Terminal (2018)
Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018)
Absolutely Anything (2017)
Star Trek Beyond (2016)
For the Love of Spock (2016)
Ice Age: Collision Course (2016)
Voice
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015)
Man Up (2015)
Kill Me Three Times (2015)
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
Hector and the Search for Happiness (2014)
A Fantastic Fear of Everything (2014)
The Boxtrolls (2014)
Voice
The World's End (2013)
Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)
Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012)
Voice
Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol (2011)
Burke and Hare (2011)
Paul (2011)
The Adventures of Tintin (2011)
Voice
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010)
Voice
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009)
Voice
Star Trek (2009)
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008)
Run, Fat Boy, Run (2008)
The Good Night (2007)
Hot Fuzz (2007)
Big Nothing (2007)
Slipp Jimmy Fri (2006)
Mission: Impossible III (2006)
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse (2005)
Land of the Dead (2005)
Shaun of the Dead (2004)
24 Hour Party People (2002)
The Parole Officer (2001)
Guest House Paradiso (2000)
Mr Nice

Writer (Feature Film)

Star Trek Beyond (2016)
Screenplay
The World's End (2013)
Screenplay
Paul (2011)
Screenplay
Run, Fat Boy, Run (2008)
Screenplay
Hot Fuzz (2007)
Screenplay
Slipp Jimmy Fri (2006)
Screenplay
Shaun of the Dead (2004)
Screenplay

Producer (Feature Film)

Slaughterhouse Rulez (2018)
Executive Producer
Man Up (2015)
Executive Producer
A Fantastic Fear of Everything (2014)
Executive Producer
The World's End (2013)
Executive Producer

Music (Feature Film)

Ice Age: Collision Course (2016)
Song Performer
Hot Fuzz (2007)
Song Performer

Life Events

1993

Moved to London and began working the stand-up comedy circuit

1995

Became a regular on the sketch comedy series "Six Pairs of Pants"; first met Jessica Stevenson and Edgar Wright

1996

Had a long-standing role as 'Jools' on the ITV sitcom "Faith in the Future"; also starred Jessica Stevenson

1998

Co-starred on the sketch show "Big Train"

1998

Featured regularly on BBC Radio 4's "The 99p Challenge"

1999

Co-wrote and co-starred with fellow comedian Jessica Stevenson in the Channel 4 sitcom "Spaced"; directed by Wright and introduced Pegg¿s real-life best friend Nick Frost

2001

Played Sergeant William Evans in the epic HBO miniseries "Band of Brothers"

2003

Played the lead role in "Final Demand"

2004

Teamed with Wright to co-penn the screenplay for the zombie film "Shaun of the Dead"; co-starred with Stevenson and Frost

2005

Made a cameo appearance in George A. Romero's zombie film "Land of the Dead"

2006

Played an I.M.F. technician who assists Tom Cruise's character Ethan Hunt in "Mission: Impossible III," directed by J.J. Abrams

2007

Once again teamed with Wright to co-write, and Frost to co-star in the cop comedy "Hot Fuzz"

2007

Cast in Jake Paltrow's directorial debut "The Good Night"

2008

Played the lead in David Schwimmer's directorial debut "Run, Fat Boy, Run"

2008

Joined an ensemble cast for "How to Lose Friends & Alienate People"

2009

Cast as Engineer Scotty in J.J. Abrams feature reboot of "Star Trek"

2009

Voiced a weasel known as Buck in the animated film "Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs"

2010

Voiced Reepicheep in "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader"

2011

With Nick Frost, co-wrote and co-starred in the sci-fi comedy "Paul"

2011

Reprised role opposite Tom Cruise in "Mission Impossible ¿ Ghost Protocol," directed by Brad Bird

2011

Cast as Inspector Thompson in Steven Spielberg's "The Adventures of Tintin"

2012

Reprised voice role of Buck the weasel in "Ice Age: Continental Drift"

2013

Played Scotty again in "Star Trek Into Darkness"

2013

Reunited with Edgar Wright and Nick Frost for "The World's End"

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