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Simon John Pegg (né Beckingham) 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).
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Simon John Pegg (né Beckingham) 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).
Known For
The Daily Show
The One Show
The Graham Norton Show
Honest Trailers
Robot Chicken
Running Man
Doctor Who
SNL Korea
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
Phineas and Ferb
Doctor Who Confidential
Top Gear
Archer
WondLa
Agent Elvis
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off
The Boys Presents: Diabolical
The Boys Presents: Diabolical
Geeking Out
Critics Choice Awards
Staged
The Grand Tour
The Boys
Ice Age: Continental Drift
Band of Brothers
Phineas and Ferb: Night of the Living Pharmacists
Phineas and Ferb: Star Wars
Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Darth Maul Returns
24 Hour Party People
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Appointment with Dr. Terrible
The Parole Officer
Secrets of the Force Awakens: A Cinematic Journey
The Cloverfield Paradox
The Boxtrolls
America: The Motion Picture
Mission: Impossible III
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Star Trek
Ice Age: Collision Course
Spider-Plant Man
Ready Player One
Star Trek Into Darkness
Final Demand
The Adventures of Tintin
Untitled Star Trek 4
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
Star Trek Beyond
Mission: Impossible - Fallout
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
Ice Age: Boiling Point
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
Free Jimmy
Luck
Inheritance
A Night with the Stars
Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule
The Undeclared War
Hector and the Search for Happiness
Hot Fuzz
The World's End
Kill Me Three Times
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
Truth Seekers
Nandor Fodor and the Talking Mongoose
Shaun of the Dead
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild
Paul
Absolutely Anything
Production Credits
Star Trek Beyond
Hot Fuzz
Paul
Free Jimmy
Nandor Fodor and the Talking Mongoose
Truth Seekers
Sara Pascoe vs Monogamy
Shaun of the Dead
The World's End
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
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