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Simon Pegg Biography

Birth Name:
Simon John Beckingham
Birth Place:
Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England
Profession
Actor, screenwriter

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

Awards

  • 2014Critics' Choice Movie Awards-Best Actor in a Comedy: nominated
  • 2002BAFTA Television Awards-Best Situation Comedy: nominated

Relationships

  • Matilda -- Daughter
  • Matilda Pegg -- Daughter
  • John Beckingham -- Father
  • John Henry Beckingham -- Father
  • Apple Blythe Alison Martin -- Godchild
  • Gillian Pegg -- Mother
  • Gillian Rosemary -- Mother
  • Katy Pegg -- Sister
  • Maureen McCann -- Wife