Simon Pegg

**Simon John Pegg** (né **Beckingham**; born 14 February 1970) is an English actor, comedian, director, producer and screenwriter. His best known roles are _Spaced_, _Shaun of the Dead_, _Hot Fuzz_, _Paul_ and the _Ice Age_ franchise. He is also known for working with Nick Frost.

## Personal life

Pegg married Maureen McCann on 23 July 2005. On 21 February 2009, Pegg said his wife was five months pregnant with the couple's first child. Their daughter Matilda was born early July 2009. Pegg has said on his personal Twitter feed that he is an atheist.

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_. His mother was in both _Shaun of the Dead_ and _Hot Fuzz_.

Pegg was awarded an honorary fellowship by the University of Gloucestershire on 4 December 2008.

### Television

|Year|Title|Role|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1995|_Six Pairs of Pants_|Various Characters|Also co-writer|
|1996|_Asylum_|Simon|Also co-writer|
|1996|_Faith in the Future_|Jools||
|1997|_I'm Alan Partridge_|Steve Bennett|1 episode: "Watership Alan"|
|1997|_We Know Where You Live_|Various Roles||
|1998|_Is It Bill Bailey?_|Various Roles||
|1998|_Big Train_|Various Roles|Nominated—British Comedy Award for Best Male Comedy Award <small>(also for Spaced)</small>|
|1999|_Spaced_|Tim Bisley|Also co-writer Nominated—BAFTA TV Situation Comedy Award <small>(shared with Edgar Wright, Nira Park and Jessica Hynes)</small> Nominated—British Comedy Award for Best Male Comedy Newcomer <small>(also for Big Train)</small>|
|1999|_Tube Tales_|Clerk|Segment: "Steal Away"|
|1999|_Hippies_|Ray Purbbs||
|2000|_Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)_|Justin Pope|1 episode: "Paranoia"|
|2001|_Brass Eye_|Gerard Chote|1 episode: "Paedophilia Special"|
|2001|_Band of Brothers_|First Sergeant William Evans|2 episodes|
|2001|_Dr. Terrible's House of Horrible_|Angus|1 episode: "Curse of the Blood of the Lizard of Doom"|
|2002|_Look Around You_|Sleeping Queen's Guard|1 episode: "Maths"|
|2002|_Linda Green_|Jay|1 episode: "Dark Side of the Moon"|
|2003|_Final Demand_|Colin Taylor||
|2004|_Sex & Lies_|Radio DJ||
|2004|_Black Books_|Evan|1 episode: "Manny Come Home"|
|2004|_I Am Not an Animal_|Kieron the Cat||
|2005|_Look Around You_|Handsome Man|1 episode" "Health"|
|2005|_Spider-Plant Man_|Frank Matters||
|2005|_Doctor Who_|The Editor|1 episode" "The Long Game"|
|2005|_Doctor Who Confidential_|Narrator||
|2006|_Big Nothing_|Gus||
|2009|_Robot Chicken_|Paul McCartney/George Harrison/Ringo Starr (voice)||
|2012|_Star Wars: The Clone Wars_|Dengar (voice)|1 episode: "Bounty"|
|2012|_L.A. Noir_|Hecky Nash|_Pre-Production_|

### Films

|Year|Title|Role|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|Also co-writer Bram Stoker Award for Best Screenplay <small>(shared with Edgar Wright, tied with Michel Gondry, Charlie Kaufman, and Pierre Bismuth)</small> British Independent Film Award for Best Screenplay <small>(shared with Edgar Wright)</small> Chainsaw Award for Best Actor Chainsaw Award for Best Screenplay <small>(shared with Edgar Wright)</small> Peter Sellers Award for Comedy Nominated—Chlotrudis Award for Best Original Screenplay <small>(shared with Edgar Wright)</small> Nominated—Empire Award for Best British Actor Nominated—London Film Critics' Circle ALFS Award for British Screewriter of the Year <small>(shared with Edgar Wright)</small> Nominated—Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Original Screenplay <small>(shared with Edgar Wright)</small>|
|2005|_The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse_|Peter Cow||
|2005|_Land of the Dead_|Photo Booth Zombie|Cameo|
|2006|_Mission: Impossible III_|Benji Dunn||
|2006|_Big Nothing_|Gus||
|2006|_Free Jimmy_|Odd|Also writer|
|2007|_Grindhouse_|Cannibal|Segment "Don't"|
|2007|_The Good Night_|Paul||
|2007|_Hot Fuzz_|PC/Sergeant/Chief Inspector Nicholas Angel|Also co-writer Nominated—Empire Award for Best Actor|
|2007|_Run Fatboy Run_|Dennis Doyle|Also co-writer|
|2007|_Diary of the Dead_|Voice-over Cameo||
|2008|_How to Lose Friends and Alienate People_|Sidney Young||
|2009|_Star Trek_|Montgomery "Scotty" Scott|Nominated—Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast Nominated—Scream Award for Best Ensemble|
|2009|_Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs_|Buck (voice)|Nominated—Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Animation in an Animated Feature Motion Picture <small>(shared with Peter de Sève)</small>|
|2010|_Burke and Hare_|William Burke||
|2010|_The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader_|Reepicheep (voice)||
|2010|_Fable III_|Ben Finn (voice)|Video game|
|2011|_Spare Parts_|Con-Rad (voice)|Video game|
|2011|_Paul_|Graeme Willy|Also co-writer|
|2011|_Scrat's Continental Crack-up_|Buck (voice)|Short|
|2011|_The Adventures of Tintin_|Thompson||
|2011|_Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol_|Benji Dunn||
|2012|_A Fantastic Fear of Everything_||Also executive producer|
|2013|_Star Trek Into Darkness_|Montgomery "Scotty" Scott|_Post-production_|
|2013|_The World's End_||Also co-writer; _pre-production_|

## Infobox (person)

- **image**: Simon Pegg Premiere of Kill Me Three Times (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Pegg at the Los Angeles premiere of _Kill Me Three Times_ in 2015
- **birth name**: Simon John Beckingham
- **birth place**: Brockworth, Gloucestershire, England
- **years active**: 1995–present
- **height m**: 1.78
- **children**: 1