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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
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off
Agent Elvis
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
Ice Age: Collision Course
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Star Trek Into Darkness
Ready Player One
Untitled Star Trek 4
Star Trek Beyond
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
The Adventures of Tintin
Mission: Impossible - Fallout
Ice Age 6
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
Inheritance
Luck
Free Jimmy
Absolutely Anything
The World's End
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Nandor Fodor and the Talking Mongoose
Hot Fuzz
Truth Seekers
Paul
The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild
Shaun of the Dead
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
Kill Me Three Times
Production Credits
Truth Seekers
Nandor Fodor and the Talking Mongoose
Paul
Star Trek Beyond
Shaun of the Dead
The World's End
Hot Fuzz
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Free Jimmy
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