Simon Pegg - Wikipedia. Simon Pegg. Pegg in March 2. Born. Simon John Beckingham(1. February 1. 97. 0 (age 4. Brockworth, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom. Residence. Crouch End, London, England, United Kingdom. Occupation. Actor, comedian, screenwriter, producer.

Years active. 19. Spouse(s)Maureen Mc. Cann (m. 2. 00. 5)Children. Simon John Pegg (néBeckingham; [1][2] born 1. February 1. 97. 0)[3] is an English actor, comedian, screenwriter, and producer. He co- wrote and starred in the Three Flavours Cornettotrilogy of films: Shaun of the Dead (2. Hot Fuzz (2. 00. 7), and The World's End (2.

He and Nick Frost wrote and starred in the sci- fi film Paul (2. Pegg portrayed Benji Dunn in the Mission: Impossible film series (2.

Montgomery Scott in Star Trek (2. Star Trek Into Darkness (2. Star Trek Beyond (2. Early life. Pegg was born and raised in Brockworth, Gloucestershire,[4][5] the son of Gillian Rosemary (née Smith), a former civil servant, and John Henry Beckingham, a jazz musician and keyboard salesman.[6] His parents divorced when he was seven and he took the surname of his stepfather (Pegg) after his mother remarried.[1][2] Pegg attended Castle Hill Primary School,[7]Brockworth Comprehensive Secondary School,[7] and The King's School, Gloucester.[8]Pegg moved to Stratford- upon- Avon, Warwickshire when he was 1. English Literature and Theatre at Stratford- upon- Avon College.[9] He graduated from the University of Bristol in 1. BA in Theatre, Film, and Television,[3] titling his undergraduate thesis "A Marxistoverview of popular 1.

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Share this Rating. Title: Benji (1974) 6.1 /10. Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. Simon John Pegg (né Beckingham; born 14 February 1970) is an English actor, comedian, screenwriter, and producer. He co-wrote and starred in the Three Flavours. In 1995, at the age of 16, Joel Madden, his brother Benji, and a friend started their own band. The band was short-lived and the Maddens eventually recruited fellow.

While there, he performed as a member of a comedy troupe called David Icke and the Orphans of Jesus, alongside David Walliams, Dominik Diamond, and Jason Bradbury.[7]Career. Pegg in New York City, July 2. Pegg's early appearances in TV series and films include Asylum, Six Pairs of Pants, Faith in the Future, Big Train and Hippies. Between 1. 99. 8 and 2.

Pegg was regularly featured on BBC Radio 4's The 9. Challenge. Pegg's other credits include appearances in the World War II mini- series. Band of Brothers; the television comedies Black Books, Brass Eye and I'm Alan Partridge; and the films The Parole Officer, 2. Hour Party People, and Guest House Paradiso. He played various roles during the tour of Steve Coogan's 1. The Man Who Thinks He's It.[7]In 1.

Channel 4 sitcom Spaced with Jessica Stevenson. The series was directed by Edgar Wright, with whom Pegg and Stevenson had previously worked on Asylum, and Pegg wrote the character of Mike Watt specifically for his friend Nick Frost.[7] For his performance in this series, Pegg was nominated for a British Comedy Award as Best Male Comedy Newcomer.[1. The experience of making a Spaced fantasy sequence featuring zombies led to Pegg and Wright co- writing the "romantic zombie comedy" film Shaun of the Dead, released in April 2. Pegg also starred.[7] At George A. Romero's invitation, Pegg and Wright made cameo appearances in Romero's zombie film, Land of the Dead.[7] In 2. Pegg starred in a spin- off of the television show Danger! Volts! called Danger!

Zombies!, in which he played a zombie hunter named Dr. Fell. He played mutantbounty hunter Johnny Alpha, the Strontium Dog, in a series of Big Finish Productionsaudio plays based on the character from British comic 2. AD. Pegg also appeared in Big Finish Productions' Doctor Who audio story Invaders From Mars as Don Chaney, and appeared in the Doctor Who television series, playing the Editor in the 2. The Long Game".[1. He also narrated the first series of the "making- of" documentary series Doctor Who Confidential.[1.

Upon completion of Shaun of the Dead, Pegg was questioned as to whether he would be abandoning the British film industry for Hollywood, and he replied, "It's not like we're going to go away and do, I don't know, Mission: Impossible III", picking the title of an imaginary blockbuster. When the film Mission: Impossible III was subsequently made, Pegg appeared in it as Benji Dunn, an IMF technician who assists Tom Cruise's character Ethan Hunt.[2] He reprised the role of Benji Dunn in the 2. Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol[1.

Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation. In 2. 00. 6, he played Gus in Big Nothing alongside David Schwimmer.[1. The same year, Pegg and Wright completed their second film, Hot Fuzz, released in February 2. The film is a police- action movie homage and also stars Nick Frost, in which Pegg plays Nicholas Angel, a London policeman transferred to rural Sandford, a fictional village where grisly events take place.[1. In 2. 00. 7, Pegg starred in The Good Night (directed by Jake Paltrow) and Run Fatboy Run directed by David Schwimmer and co- starring Thandie Newton and Hank Azaria. In 2. 00. 8, he wrote the dialogue for an English language re- release of the cult 2. Norwegian film, Free Jimmy.

Pegg received screenwriting credit for this, and Pegg also voiced one of the main characters in the English- language version, which has an international range of actors including Woody Harrelson. Pegg co- wrote the script for a film called Paul, about two young men who encounter a comedic extraterrestrial alien during a road trip across the US.[1. The completed script appeared on the 2. Brit List", a film- industry- compiled survey of the best unproduced British screenplays, inspired by the American Black List.[1. In those films and in Spaced, Pegg typically plays the leading hero while Frost plays the sidekick.

However Paul reverses this dynamic.[1. The film was later produced, and was released in 2. Pegg played engineer Montgomery "Scotty" Scott in Star Trek, the eleventh film in the Star Trek film series,[2. May 2. 00. 9. He reprised the role in the 2.

Star Trek Into Darkness and Star Trek Beyond (2. In 2. 01. 0 he appeared as William Burke in Burke and Hare, a film directed by John Landis about two Ulstermen who were notorious murderers and bodysnatchers in early 1. Edinburgh. His likeness was also used for the character of Wee Hughie in the comic book series The Boys; while this was done without Pegg's permission, he quickly became a fan of the title, and even wrote the introduction to the first bound volume.[2. He voiced Reepicheep, the heroic mouse in Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader.[2. Pegg and Wright completed the Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy (the first two films being Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz) with their 2. The World's End.[2. Charity work. Pegg has supported the He.

For. She feminist campaign.[2. Personal life. Pegg is an atheist.[2. He married his long- time girlfriend Maureen Mc. Cann, a music industry publicist, on 2. July 2. 00. 5 in Glasgow.[2.

Best friend Nick Frost was the best man at his wedding.[3. The couple have one child together, Matilda (born 2. Along with Jonny Buckland, Pegg is godfather to Apple, daughter of close friends Chris Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow.[3. In return, Martin is godfather to Pegg's daughter.[3. Pegg is also godfather to the son of actor and friend Martin Freeman.[3.

Pegg's parents and sister briefly appeared in Spaced, while his mother appeared in both Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz. Filmography. Film. Television. Video games. Awards and nominations. Honours. Pegg was awarded an honorary fellowship by the University of Gloucestershire on 4 December 2.

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