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Simon Pegg
Co-writing and starring in Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz.
Shaun of the Dead · Hot Fuzz
- Born
- 14 February 1970
- Birthplace
- Brockworth, UK
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Simon Pegg
Simon Pegg is a British actor and screenwriter whose comedy frequently grows from a love of film genres. His collaborations with Edgar Wright and Nick Frost preceded prominent roles in international adventure franchises.
Early life
Gloucestershire childhood
Grew up in Gloucestershire and developed an interest in comedy and performance.
Drama studies
Studied theatre, film and television at the University of Bristol.
Career
- 1990s
Stand-up and television
Performed comedy and took roles in television programmes.
- 1999–2001
Spaced
Co-wrote and starred in the sitcom with Jessica Hynes.
- 2004–2013
Feature comedies
Co-wrote a trilogy of films with Edgar Wright.
- 2006 onward
Franchise roles
Joined Mission: Impossible and later played Scotty in Star Trek films.
Selected work
Shaun of the Dead
A directionless man faces a zombie outbreak.
Hot Fuzz
An accomplished police officer investigates a deceptively peaceful village.
The World’s End
A reunion pub crawl becomes a science-fiction confrontation.
Beyond work
Creative friendship
His long collaboration with Nick Frost began before either became widely known.
Memoir
Published Nerd Do Well, mixing autobiography with comic fiction.
Sources & photo credit
Life and career ↗Institutional or specialist reference ↗Photo: Bryan Berlin. CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
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