Simon Pegg
Simon Pegg
Mission:Impossible III, Star Trek, Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz
Simon Pegg co-wrote and co-starred (as Tim Bisley) in the worldwide acclaimed cult television show Spaced. After two groundbreaking seasons, he moved on to develop and co-write, with Edgar Wright, the critically praised Shaun of the Dead, starring as the eponymous hero, Shaun. The film has since been voted one of the Best British Comedies ever made by many including Empire magazine and Channel 4 (UK).
After conquering zombies, award ceremonies and the USA, Simon and Edgar Wright reprised their debut movie success with the smash-hit follow-up Hot Fuzz. Afterwards, Simon went on to star in the David Schwimmer-directed feature film Run, Fatboy, Run and as the anti-hero Sidney Young in How to Lose Friends and Alienate People alongside Kirsten Dunst, Jeff Bridges, and Gillian Anderson.
Simon Pegg and Nick Frost returned to the screen together in their co-written feature film Paul with Kristin Wiig, Seth Rogan, and Sigourney Weaver. Other recent notable credits include starring in John Landis' Burke & Hare, voicing 'Reepicheep' in The Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader, and 'Buck' in Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs. He was also seen boldly going in to the J.J. Abrams-directed Star Trek playing the iconic role of Montgomery Scott ("Scotty").
In December 2011, he was seen in Mission:Impossible - Ghost Protocol in which he reprised his Mission: Impossible III (2006) character Benji Dunn making him the only actor from the film series (other than Tom Cruise and Ving Rhames) to appear in more than one of the MI movies.
Scheduled to be released in the UK this year is A Fantastic Fear of Everything in which he pals Jack, a children's author turned crime novelist whose detailed research into the lives of Victorian serial killers has turned him into a paranoid wreck.
Simon is currently filming an untitled Star Trek sequel, once again directed by J.J. Abrams (to be released in 2013).
He is married to Maureen McCann and they have an almost 3 year old daughter named Matilda who drew the doodle with him.
Simon Pegg Official Website
Simon Pegg at the Internet Movie Database