Simon Pegg

  • Name: Simon Pegg
  • Date of Birth: February 14, 1970
  • Place of Birth: Gloucester, England, UK
Mini-bio: Simon John Pegg is an English stand-up comedian, writer and film and television actor. He is best-known for his title role in Shaun of the Dead and for the British sitcom Spaced. Much of his major wor...( read more)k has been in collaboration with some combination of Jessica Stevenson, Edgar Wright and Nick Frost.

Pegg studied drama at the University of Bristol. In 1993 he moved to London and gigged on the stand-up comedy circuit before breaking into television comedy in Asylum, Six Pairs of Pants, Faith in the Future, Big Train and 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 Stevenson. For this project Pegg brought in Frost, his best friend who had no formal training as an actor. Spaced promoted both Frost's TV and film career and a professional relationship with Pegg. For his performance in this series Simon Pegg was nominated for a British Comedy Award as Best Male Comedy Newcomer. Pegg co-wrote (with Spaced director Edgar Wright) and starred in the "romantic zombie comedy" (rom-zom-com) film Shaun of the Dead, released in April 2004. At George A. Romero's invitation, Pegg and Wright made cameo appearances in Romero's latest zombie film, Land of the Dead.
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  • daniellelisasealey
    daniellelisasealey
    simon pegg is a frigin legend ..i love his movies and tv shows hes sooooo freakin funny and extreamly sexy
    posted 3 days ago
  • mikefoot6
    mikefoot6
    fantastic guest on derren brown trick of the mind!!! He was chauffed when Derren Bought him a red BMX
    posted 48 days ago
  • j360chd
    j360chd
    merry christmas
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    posted 82 days ago
  • jbrigham007
    jbrigham007
    Halerious guy!!!Hot Fuzz was awsome & Run Fat Boy Run bril and halerious
    posted 114 days ago
  • poppyshirley1
    poppyshirley1
    i dont know if you are actually reading this but i am your biggest fan in the world i've watched all of your films you ask my friends im allways talking about you my dream is to be an actress and work in a film with you!!!!
    you are by far the best actor in the world!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    posted 127 days ago
  • annedrennan
    annedrennan
    simon pegg is my all time hero he is fab
    posted 158 days ago
  • Shootness
    Shootness
    Zebban is right. Also note: Simon Pegg is not on MySpace. ;)

    posted 161 days ago
  • frogsrule1995
    frogsrule1995
    I LOVE SHAUN OF THE DEAD!
    posted 173 days ago
  • faithchristmas2007
    faithchristmas2007
    He was hilarious in Hot Fuzz..that was a good movie!
    posted 174 days ago
  • Zebban
    Zebban
    U guys realise that this really isn't his profile right..
    It's just a profile where ppl that like hi movies and stuff can write comments and stuff...
    posted 178 days ago
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