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Simon John Pegg (né Beckingham; born 14 February 1970) is an English actor, comedian and screenwriter. He came to prominence in the UK as the co-creator of the Channel 4 sitcom Spaced (1999–2001), directed by Edgar Wright. He and Wright co-wrote the films Shaun of the Dead (2004), Hot Fuzz (2007), and The World's End (2013), known collectively as the Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy, all of which saw Wright directing and Pegg starring alongside Nick Frost. Pegg and Frost also wrote and starred in the sci-fi comedy film Paul (2011). Pegg is one of the few performers to have achieved what Radio Times calls the "Holy Grail of Nerd-dom", having played popular supporting characters in Doctor Who (2005), Star Trek as Montgomery "Scotty" Scott (2009–2016), and Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015). He stars as Benji Dunn in the Mission: Impossible film series (2006–present). He provided the voice of Buck in Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009), Ice Age: Collision Course(2016), and The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild (2022). Description above from the Wikipedia article about Simon Pegg, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Simon John Pegg (né Beckingham; born 14 February 1970) is an English actor, comedian and screenwriter. He came to prominence in the UK as the co-creator of the Channel 4 sitcom Spaced (1999–2001), directed by Edgar Wright. He and Wright co-wrote the films Shaun of the Dead (2004), Hot Fuzz (2007), and The World's End (2013), known collectively as the Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy, all of which saw Wright directing and Pegg starring alongside Nick Frost. Pegg and Frost also wrote and starred in the sci-fi comedy film Paul (2011). Pegg is one of the few performers to have achieved what Radio Times calls the "Holy Grail of Nerd-dom", having played popular supporting characters in Doctor Who (2005), Star Trek as Montgomery "Scotty" Scott (2009–2016), and Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015). He stars as Benji Dunn in the Mission: Impossible film series (2006–present). He provided the voice of Buck in Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009), Ice Age: Collision Course(2016), and The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild (2022). Description above from the Wikipedia article about Simon Pegg, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
The Graham Norton Show
Doctor Who
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
Band of Brothers
Phineas and Ferb
Top Gear
Archer
WondLa
Agent Elvis
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off
The Boys Presents: Diabolical
The Boys Presents: Diabolical
Geeking Out
Critics Choice Awards
The Grand Tour
The Boys
Ice Age: Continental Drift
Phineas and Ferb: Night of the Living Pharmacists
Phineas and Ferb: Star Wars
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
24 Hour Party People
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
The Cloverfield Paradox
The Parole Officer
Secrets of the Force Awakens: A Cinematic Journey
The Boxtrolls
America: The Motion Picture
Mission: Impossible III
Star Trek
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Ice Age: Collision Course
Star Trek Into Darkness
Ready Player One
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
The Adventures of Tintin
Star Trek Beyond
Untitled Star Trek 4
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
Mission: Impossible - Fallout
Ice Age 6
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
Free Jimmy
Inheritance
Luck
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
Nandor Fodor and the Talking Mongoose
The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild
Absolutely Anything
Shaun of the Dead
Truth Seekers
The World's End
Kill Me Three Times
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Hot Fuzz
Paul
Production Credits
Truth Seekers
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Free Jimmy
Shaun of the Dead
Hot Fuzz
Paul
The World's End
Star Trek Beyond
Nandor Fodor and the Talking Mongoose
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