Simon John Pegg (born 14 February 1970) is an English actor, comedian, screenwriter, and producer. He came to public prominence in the UK as the co-creator of the Channel 4 sitcom Spaced, directed by Edgar Wright. He went on to co-write and star in the Three Flavours Cornetto film trilogy: Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, and The World’s End. He currently stars as Benji Dunn in the Mission: Impossible film series.
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Simon John Pegg (born 14 February 1970) is an English actor, comedian, screenwriter, and producer. He came to public prominence in the UK as the co-creator of the Channel 4 sitcom Spaced, directed by Edgar Wright. He went on to co-write and star in the Three Flavours Cornetto film trilogy: Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, and The World’s End. He and Nick Frost wrote and starred in the sci-fi film Paul. Pegg is one of the few performers to have achieved what Radio Times calls \”the Holy Grail of nerd-dom\”, playing popular supporting characters in Doctor Who, Star Trek and Star Wars: The Force Awakens. He currently stars as Benji Dunn in the Mission: Impossible film series, and he played the Chamberlain in The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance. Pegg was born and raised in Brockworth, Gloucestershire, the son of Gillian Rosemary, a former civil servant, and John Henry Beckingham, a jazz musician and keyboard salesman.
His parents divorced when he was seven and he took the surname of his stepfather after his mother remarried. He studied English literature and theatre at Stratford-upon-Avon College. He graduated from the University of Bristol in 1991 with a BA in Theatre, Film, and Television, titling his undergraduate thesis \”A Marxist overview of popular 1970s cinema and hegemonic discourses\”. 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. He also appeared in Big Finish’ Doctor Who audio story Invaders From Mars, playing the editor Don Chaney, in the 2005 episode “The Long Game” Pegg also narrated the first series of Doctor Who Confidential, the documentary series Doctor Who: The Making of the Doctor. He has appeared in a series of Big Finish audio plays based on the British comic book The Strontium Dog.
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