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.Twitter Simon Pegg's Twitter Feed

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.

Filmography
Television
 Year Title Role Notes 1995 Six Pairs of Pants Various Characters Also co-writer 1996 Asylum Simon Also co-writer 1996Faith in the Future Jools 1997  I'm Alan Partridge Steve Bennett   1 episode: "Watership Alan" 1997We 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 (also for Spaced) 1999  Spaced  Tim Bisley  Also co-writerNominated—BAFTA TV Situation Comedy Award (shared with Edgar Wright, Nira Park and Jessica Hynes)Nominated—British Comedy Award for Best Male Comedy Newcomer (also for Big Train)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 2005Look Around You  Handsome Man  1 episode" "Health"2005 Spider-Plant Man Frank Matters  2005 Doctor Who The Editor 1 episode" "The Long Game"2005Doctor Who Confidential Narrator   2006 Big Nothing Gus 2009 Robot Chicken Paul McCartney/George Harrison/Ringo Starr (voice) 2012Star Wars: The Clone Wars  Dengar (voice) 1 episode: "Bounty"2012L.A. Noir Hecky Nash Pre-Production 

Films
 Year Title Role Notes1999  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-writerBram Stoker Award for Best Screenplay (shared with Edgar Wright, tied with Michel Gondry, Charlie Kaufman, and Pierre Bismuth)British Independent Film Award for Best Screenplay (shared with Edgar Wright)Chainsaw Award for Best ActorChainsaw Award for Best Screenplay (shared with Edgar Wright)Peter Sellers Award for ComedyNominated—Chlotrudis Award for Best Original Screenplay (shared with Edgar Wright)Nominated—Empire Award for Best British ActorNominated—London Film Critics' Circle ALFS Award for British Screewriter of the Year (shared with Edgar Wright)Nominated—Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Original Screenplay (shared with Edgar Wright) 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-writerNominated—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 CastNominated—Scream Award for Best Ensemble 2009Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs Buck (voice) Nominated—Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Animation in an Animated Feature Motion Picture (shared with Peter de Sève) 2010Burke and Hare William Burke 2010The 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  2011Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol Benji Dunn  2012A Fantastic Fear of Everything  Also executive producer2013Star Trek Into Darkness Montgomery "Scotty" Scott Post-production2013 The World's End Also co-writer; pre-production

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