Simon Pegg's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Band of Brothers 1st Sgt. Wi… Doctor Who Confidential (UK) Narrator (2) Spaced (UK) Tim Bisley Derren Brown: Trick of the Mind (UK) Simon Pegg Asylum (UK) Simon Hippies (UK) Ray Purbbs That Was the Week We Watched (UK) Narrator Faith in the Future (UK) Jools (2) From Bard to Verse (UK) Simon Pegg Saturday Live (UK) Simon Pegg We Know Where You Live (UK) Various Cha…

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BIOGRAPHY:

Simon Pegg (born Simon John Beckingham; 14 February 1970) is an English actor, comedian, writer, film producer, and director. He is best known for having co-written and starred in various Edgar Wright features, mainly Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, and the comedy series Spaced.
He also portrayed Montgomery "Scotty" Scott in the 2009 Star Trek film, Benji Dunn in Mission: Impossible III and its sequel Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, and Thompson in The Adventures of Tintin. Much of his major work has been in collaboration with some combination of Wright, Nick Frost, Jessica Hynes, and Dylan Moran. He also starred in and co-wrote Paul (with Frost) and Run Fatboy Run (with Michael Ian Black).
He will reprise his role as Scotty in Star Trek into Darkness and will star in Wright's next film The World's End.

Pegg married Maureen McCann on 23 July 2005. On 21 February 2009, Pegg announced his wife was five months pregnant with the couple's first child. Their daughter Matilda was born circa early July, 2009. Pegg has stated 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 while his mother alone appeared in both Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz.
Pegg was awarded an honorary fellowship by the University of Gloucestershire on 4 December 2008.


TRIVIA:

• _Hot Fuzz (2007)_ (qv) was shot in and around the city of Wells, one of the smallest cities in the UK.
• Was offered a role in _Dog Soldiers (2002)_ (qv), but turned it down at 'Edgar Wright' (qv)'s request, as Wright wanted _Shaun of the Dead (2004)_ (qv) to be Pegg's first role in a horror movie.
• He is a big fan of 'Gillian Anderson (I)' (qv) and _"The X Files" (1993)_ (qv).
• Lost two stone (28 pounds) for his role in _Hot Fuzz (2007)_ (qv).
• Pegg revealed that he would like to return to _"Spaced" (1999)_ (qv), in the form of a one-hour special. The one-off show would reveal what became of the main characters. Pegg revealed this in a 2007 interview with Spaced co-star Bill Bailey.
• He was cast in the role of "Benji" in _Mission: Impossible III (2006)_ (qv) after 'Ricky Gervais' (qv) was unable to take the role. 'JJ Abrams', director of the film, is said to be a huge fan of _Shaun of the Dead (2004)_ (qv).
• Attended Stratford-Upon-Avon college, and studied Performance Studies and English.
• His wife of four years, Maureen McCann gave birth to a healthy baby girl, the couple's first child together, in July 2009.