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Simon Pegg: Biography

Simon Pegg

Birth Name: Simon John Beckingham
Birth Place: Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 02/14/1970, Aquarius
Profession: Actor; screenwriter

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Simon Pegg Fast Facts:

Played drums in a band called God's Third Leg as a teenager.
Appeared as a panelist on the BBC Radio 4 series The 99p Challenge.
Was asked to join the cast of Mission: Impossible III (2006) by director J.J. Abrams after Abrams saw Pegg's work in Shaun of the Dead (2004). Also collaborated with Abrams in the Star Trek reboot (2009).
Selected his friend and frequent costar Nick Frost to be the best man for his 2005 wedding to Maureen McCann.
Is godfather to Chris Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow's daughter Apple.

Simon Pegg Relationships:
Maureen McCann - Wife
John Beckingham - Father
Gillian Pegg - Mother
Katy Pegg - Sister
Apple Blythe Alison Martin - Godchild
College:
Attended Stratford-upon-Avon College, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England; University of Bristol, Bristol, England, (BA in Drama, 1991).

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Conan, Conan O'Brien, Simon Pegg Meghan Sinclair/TBS

Doctor Who, Christopher Eccleston, Billie Piper, Simon Pegg courtesy SCI FI Channel

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