Simon Pegg

Simon Pegg

actor, writer, producer

Simon Pegg was born on Feb 14, 1970 in UK. Simon Pegg's big-screen debut came with Six Pairs of Pants - Season 1 directed by Nick Jones in 1995, strarring Various Characters. Simon Pegg is known for Piney: The Lonesome Pine directed by Todd Edwards, Jason Anthony stars as Piney and Dora Yolland as Georgie (older). Simon Pegg has got 12 awards and 27 nominations so far. The most recent award Simon Pegg achieved is Prague Independent Film Festival. The upcoming new movie Simon Pegg plays is Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One which will be released on Jul 12, 2023.

English actor, writer, and comedian Simon Pegg was born Simon John Beckingham in Brockworth, Gloucestershire, to Gillian Rosemary (Smith), a civil servant, and John Henry Beckingham, a jazz musician. His parents divorced when he was seven. He later took his stepfather's surname "Pegg." He was educated at Brockworth Comprehensive Secondary School in Gloucestershire and went on to Stratford-upon-Avon College to study English literature and performance studies. He then attended the University of Bristol, and earned a bachelor's degree in drama. In the early 2000s, Pegg moved to London and began forging a successful career in stand-up comedy. Television opportunities followed including roles in Six Pairs of Pants (1995), Asylum (1996), and We Know Where You Live (1997). In 1999, Pegg and Jessica Hynes teamed up to write and star in cult sitcom Les allumés (1999), directed by Edgar Wright. The series also featured Pegg's best friend Nick Frost. Pegg's breakthrough in film came with the zom-rom-com Shaun of the Dead (2004), which he also co-wrote with director Edgar Wright. Again, the film featured Nick Frost. The trio also scored a hit with police comedy Hot Fuzz (2007). Further film successes followed for Pegg, notably in the iconic role of Montgomery "Scotty" Scott in Star Trek (2009) and alongside Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible III (2006) and Mission: Impossible - Protocole fantôme (2011).

  • Birthday

    Feb 14, 1970
  • Place of Birth

    Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England, UK
  • Also known

    Саймон Пегг, Саймон Джон Бэкингем, 사이먼 페그, Simon John Beckingham, Σάιμον Πεγκ

Known For

Awards

12 wins & 27 nominations

Prague Independent Film Festival
2020
Best Actor
Winner - Golden Statuette
National Film Awards, UK
2017
Global Contribution to motion picture
Winner - National Film Award
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