Information On Simon Pegg

| birthplace Brockworth Gloucestershire England United Kingdom | deathdate | deathplace | othername Dr. Russel Fell/The Fresh Pegg | occupation Actor, comedian, writer, producer, singer, director | yearsactive 1995–present | spouse Maureen Pegg (2005–present) 1 child. | domesticpartner | website http://www.peggster.net/ }} Simon Pegg (born Simon John Beckingham 14 February 1970) is an England actor comedian writer film producer and film director He is best known for his starring roles in [[Shaun of the Dead]] [[Hot Fuzz]] [[Run Fatboy Run]] the comedy series [[Spaced]]and his portrayal of Montgomery Scott in the revamped [[Star Trek (film)|Star Trek]] Much of his major work has been in collaboration with some combination of Nick Frost Jessica Hynes Dylan Moran and Edgar Wright

Early life

Pegg was born in Brockworth Gloucestershire England the son of Gillian Rosemary (married and maiden names Smith), a civil servant and John Henry Beckingham, a jazz musician and keyboard salesman.lt;/ref> His parents divorced when he was seven and he took on the surname "Pegg" after his mother re-married.http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1846732,00.html 10 Questions for Simon Pegg]lt;/ref> He attended many schools, including Castle Hill Primary School Brockworth Enterprise School and later Stratford-upon-Avon College to study English literature and performance studies Pegg studied drama at the University of Bristol and wrote his undergraduate thesis on "A Marxism overview of popular 1970s cinema and cultural hegemony discourses". At Bristol he appeared in a Drama Society production of Howard Barker s Victoryalongside Sarah Kane and David Greig (dramatist)

Career

In 1993, he moved to London and performed on the stand-up comedy circuit. In 1995 he took his acclaimed one-man show to the Edinburgh Festival which led to his being invited to perform at festivals in Adelaide and Melbourne in Australia and Auckland Wellington and Christchurch in New Zealand which he did in 1996 and 1997. His work as a stand up attracted the attention of several TV producers, leading to appearances in [[Asylum (television)|Asylum]] Six Pairs of Pants [[Faith in the Future]] [[Big Train]]and [[Hippies (TV comedy)|Hippies]] From 1998 to 2004, Pegg regularly featured on BBC Radio 4 s [[The 99p Challenge]] In 1999, he created and co-wrote the Channel 4 sitcom [[Spaced]]with Jessica Hynes For this project Pegg brought in Nick Frost his best friend. For his performance in this series, Pegg was nominated for a British Comedy Awards as Best Male Comedy Newcomer. Pegg co-wrote (with Spaceddirector Edgar Wright and starred in the "romantic zombie comedy" film [[Shaun of the Dead]] released in April 2004. At George A. Romero s invitation, Pegg and Wright made cameo appearances in Romeros film, [[Land of the Dead]] In 2004, Pegg also starred in a spin-off of the television show [[Danger! 50,000 Volts!]]called Danger! 50,000 Zombies! in which he played a zombie hunter named Dr. Russel Fell. File:SimonPeggApr09.jpg in April 2009]] Peggs other credits include the World War II miniseries [[Band of Brothers (TV miniseries)|Band of Brothers]] guest appearances on [[Black Books]] [[Brass Eye Special]] [[Im Alan Partridge]], [[The Parole Officer]]and in the Factory Records story [[24 Hour Party People]] He also played the mutant bounty hunter Johnny Alpha, the Strontium Dog in a series of Big Finish Productions radio drama based on the character from British comic [[2000 AD (comic)|2000 AD]]and featured in [[Guest House Paradiso]] a film based on the sitcom [[Bottom (TV series)|Bottom]] Pegg appeared in the Big Finish Productions [[Doctor Who]]audio story [[Invaders from Mars (Doctor Who audio)|Invaders From Mars]]as Don Chaney, and portrayed List of Doctor Who villains#Editor in the 2005 [[Doctor Who]]episode "The Long Game . He also narrated the first series of the documentary series [[Doctor Who Confidential]] Upon completion of Shaun of the Dead Pegg was questioned on whether he would be abandoning the British film industry for bigger and better things, to which he replied "Its not like Im going to run off and do [[Mission: Impossible III]]" He then promptly went on to do just that, playing Benji Dunn, an Impossible Mission Force technician who assists Tom Cruise s character, Ethan Hunt http://observer.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,,2005306,00.html A fair cop] observer.co.uk In 2006 he played an American character, Gus, in [[Big Nothing]]alongside David Schwimmer In 2006, Pegg and Wright completed their second film, [[Hot Fuzz]] released in February 2007. The film is a police-action movie homage and also stars Nick Frost. Pegg plays Nicholas Angel, a London policeman who is transferred to rural Sandford, a fictional village situated in Peggs home county of Gloucestershire where grisly events take place. In 2007, 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 2008, Pegg wrote the dialogue for an English language re-release of the cult 2006 animated 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 is co-writing and starring with Nick Frost in an upcoming film entitled [[Paul (film)|Paul]] with production expected to begin in June 2009. The plot revolves around characters played by Pegg and Frost road tripping across America.lt;/ref>lt;/ref> Pegg also announced that he and Wright had the idea for "the concluding part in what we are calling our Blood and Ice Cream trilogy" (the first two being [[Shaun of the Dead]]and [[Hot Fuzz]]. It is provisionally called The World Endslt;/ref> In those films and in Spaced Pegg typically plays the leading hero while Frost plays the sidekick. However, he has revealed that Paulwill reverse this dynamic. Pegg has also stated that Wright will not direct, Paulnot being part of their Blood and Ice Cream trilogy.lt;/ref> The completed script appeared on the 2008 Black List, a film-industry-compiled list of the best unproduced screenplays. Paulreceived two votes.lt;/ref> Pegg played engineer Montgomery Scott in the newest Star Trek (film) released 8 May 2009. He wore a kilt to the films United Kingdom premiere, at the Empire Leicester Square theatre. He told Jo Russell s show on Absolute Radio that he is waiting for a Scotty action figure to add to his collection of Simon Pegg action figures from Dr Who Hot Fuzz and Shaun of the Dead He is currently completing a film, directed by John Landis about Burke and Hare the Ulster men who were notorious murderers and bodysnatchers in early nineteenth-century Edinburgh His likeness was also used for the character of Wee Hughie in the comic book series [[The Boys (comic book)|The Boys]] while this was done without Peggs permission, he quickly became a fan of the title, and even wrote the introduction to the first bound volume.lt;/ref> He is also set to voice Reepicheep, the heroic mouse in Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treaderhttp://www.narniaweb.com/2010/06/simon-pegg-replaces-bill-nighy-as-the-voice-of-reepicheep Simon Pegg Replaces Bill Nighy as the Voice of Reepicheep]

Personal life

File:Simon Pegg 01.jpg Pegg married Maureen McCann on 23 July 2005, in Glasgow Nick Frost was the best man at his wedding. The couple reside in Finsbury Park, London "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno". Interview with Jay Leno. Retrieved on 2008-02-07. where parts of [[Shaun of the Dead]]were also filmed. On 21 February 2009, Pegg announced his wife was five months pregnant with the couples first child.http://celebrity-babies.com/2009/02/21/simon-pegg-and-wife-expecting-first-child/ Simon Pegg and Wife Expecting First Child] Celebrity Baby Blog, 21 February 2009 A healthy baby daughter was delivered successfully in July 2009.http://www.showbizlondon.com/20090707835/simon-pegg-becomes-dad.html Simon Pegg becomes dad] ShowBizLondon, 07 July 2009 He and his wife also have a Miniature Schnauzer named Minnie. Along with Jonny Buckland Pegg is godfather to Apple, daughter of close friends Chris Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/martin%20paltrow%20name%20pegg%20as%20godfather_1043099 Chris Martin - Martin + Paltrow Name Pegg As Godfather] Peggs parents and sister briefly appeared in [[Spaced]]while his mother alone appeared in both [[Shaun of the Dead]]and [[Hot Fuzz]] His favourite film is [[Raising Arizona]] He has stated that his favourite shows are [[The X-Files]]and [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV series)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]] Pegg was awarded an honorary fellow hip by the University of Gloucestershire on 4 December 2008.lt;/ref>

Credits

Television

| border"2" cellpadding"4" cellspacing"0" style"margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%" |- bgcolor"#CCCCCC" align"center" ! Year ! Programme ! Character ! Notes |- |1995 in film || Six Pairs of Pants|| Various Characters || |- |rowspan"2"| 1996 in film || [[Asylum (TV series)|Asylum]]|| Simon || |- |[[Faith in the Future]]|| Jools || |- |rowspan"2"| 1997 in film || [[Im Alan Partridge]] || Steve Bennett || Episode: "I'm Alan Partridge#Series One |- |We Know Where You Live|| Various Roleslt;/ref> || |- |rowspan"2"| 1998 in film || [[Is It Bill Bailey?]]|| Various Roles || |- |[[Big Train]]|| Various Roles || (1998–2002) |- |rowspan"3"| 1999 in film || [[Spaced]]|| Tim Bisley || (1999–2001) Co-written with Jessica Stevenson |- |[[Tube Tales]]|| Clerk || Segment: "Tube Tales#Steal Away |- |[[Hippies (TV series)|Hippies]]|| Ray Purbbs || |- |2000 in film | [[Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)]]|| Justin Pope || Episode: "Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)#Series 1 |- |rowspan"3"| 2001 in film || [[Brass Eye]]|| Gerard Chote || Episode: "Brass Eye#2001 paedophilia special |- | [[Band of Brothers (TV miniseries)|Band of Brothers]]|| First Sergeant William Evans || Episodes: "Band of Brothers (TV miniseries)#Episodes and "Band of Brothers (TV miniseries)#Episodes |- | [[Dr. Terribles House of Horrible]] || Angus || Episode: "Curse of the Blood of the Lizard of Doom" |- |rowspan"2"| 2002 in film || [[Look Around You]]|| Sleeping Queens Guard || Episode: "Look Around You#Series one |- |[[Linda Green]]|| Jay || Episode: "Dark Side of the Moon" |- |2003 in film | Final Demand|| Colin Taylor || |- |rowspan"3"| 2004 in film || Sex & Lies|| Radio DJ || |- |[[Black Books]]|| Evan || Episode: "List of Black Books episodes#Series 3 (2004) |- |[[I Am Not an Animal]]|| Kieron the Cat || |- |rowspan"4" |2005 in film ||Look Around You|| Handsome Man || Episode: "Look Around You#Series two |- | [[Spider-Plant Man]]|| Frank Matters || Comic Relief sketch |- | [[Doctor Who]]|| The Editor || Episode: "The Long Game |- |[[Doctor Who Confidential]]|| Narrator || Series 1 |- |2008 in film | [[The Sunday Night Project]]|| Himself (Guest Host) || Episode: The Sunday Night Project#Series 8 |- |2009 in film | [[Robot Chicken]]|| Paul McCartney George Harrison Ringo Starr || voice only |}

Film

| border"2" cellpadding"4" cellspacing"0" style"margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%" |- bgcolor"#CCCCCC" align"center" ! Year ! Film ! Character ! Notes |- |1999 in film || [[Guest House Paradiso]]|| Mr. Nice || |- |2001 in film || [[The Parole Officer]]|| Deflated Husband || |- |2002 in film || [[24 Hour Party People]]|| Paul Morley || |- | 2004 in film || [[Shaun of the Dead]]|| Shaun || Co-written with Edgar Wright |- |rowspan"2"| 2005 in film || [[The League of Gentlemens Apocalypse]] || Peter Cow || |- | [[Land of the Dead]]|| Photo Booth Zombie || |- |rowspan"3"| 2006 in film || [[Mission: Impossible III]]|| Benji Dunn || |- | [[Big Nothing]]|| Gus || |- | [[Free Jimmy]]|| Odd || Wrote English script |- |rowspan"5"| 2007 in film || [[Grindhouse (film)|Grindhouse]]|| Cannibal || Segment: "Grindhouse (film)#Don't |- | [[The Good Night]]|| Paul || |- | [[Hot Fuzz]]|| Sergeant Nicholas Angel || Co-written with Edgar Wright |- | [[Run Fatboy Run]]|| Dennis Doyle || Co-written with Michael Ian Black |- | [[Diary of the Dead]]|| Voice-over Cameo || |- | rowspan"1"| 2008 in film || [[How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (film)|How to Lose Friends and Alienate People]]|| Sidney Young || |- | rowspan"2"| 2009 in film || [[Star Trek (film)|Star Trek]]|| Montgomery Scott || |- |[[Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs]]|| Buck || Voice only |- | rowspan"2"| 2010 in film ||[[Burke and Hare (film)|Burke and Hare]]lt;ref>http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0670408/ || Burke and Hare || Pre-production |- |[[The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader]]lt;ref>http://www.aslanscountry.com/2010/06/voice-of-reepicheep-recast-once-again-as-simon-pegg/ Voice of Reepicheep Recast Once Again as Simon Pegg] || Reepicheep || Post-production, Voice only |- | rowspan"2"| 2011 in film || [[Paul (film)|Paul]]lt;ref>http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1092026/ || Graham || Post-production, Co-written with Nick Frost lt;ref>http://www.peggster.net/ |- || [[The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn]]lt;ref>http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0983193/ || Thomson and Thompson || Post-production |- |2012 ||[[Star Trek (film)#Sequel|Untitled Star Trek Sequel]]lt;ref>http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1408101/ || Montgomery Scott || Announced |- |TBA || [[The Worlds End]] || || Co-writing with Edgar Wright |}

Video games

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References

External links

*http://www.peggster.net/ Peggster.net] * * *http://www.bbc.co.uk/gloucestershire/content/articles/2008/12/04/simon_pegg_feature.shtml Simon Pegg in Gloucestershire] * *http://www.bbc.co.uk/fivelive/entertainment/kermode_archive_h.shtml#hotfuzz Mark Kermodes review of Hot Fuzz on BBC Radio Five Live - includes Simon Pegg & Edgar Wright interview] *http://www.bbc.co.uk/gloucestershire/content/articles/2007/02/21/rockley_with_simon_pegg_feature.shtml BBC Radio Gloucestershire interview with Simon and John Beckingham (his father) - from the set of Run Fatboy Run *http://twitter.com/simonpegg Simon Pegg on Twitter] Category:1970 births Category:Living people Category:2000 AD creators Category:Alumni of the University of Bristol Category:English comedians Category:English film actors Category:English television actors Category:English voice actors Category:English film producers Category:Mission: Impossible Category:People from Crouch End Category:People from Gloucester de:Simon Pegg es:Simon Pegg fr:Simon Pegg ko:사이먼 페그 id:Simon Pegg it:Simon Pegg hu:Simon Pegg nl:Simon Pegg ja:サイモン・ペグ no:Simon Pegg pl:Simon Pegg pt:Simon Pegg ru:Пегг, Саймон simple:Simon Pegg fi:Simon Pegg sv:Simon Pegg tr:Simon Pegg zh:西蒙·柏奇

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