Simon Pegg

Biography

Simon John Pegg (né Beckingham; born 14 February 1970) is an English actor, comedian and screenwriter. He came to prominence in the UK as the co-creator of the Channel 4 sitcom Spaced (1999–2001), directed by Edgar Wright. He and Wright co-wrote the films Shaun of the Dead (2004), Hot Fuzz (2007), and The World's End (2013), known collectively as the Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy, all of which saw Wright directing and Pegg starring alongside Nick Frost. Pegg and Frost also wrote and starred in the sci-fi comedy film Paul (2011). Pegg is one of the few performers to have achieved what Radio Times calls the "Holy Grail of Nerd-dom", having played popular supporting characters in Doctor Who (2005), Star Trek as Montgomery "Scotty" Scott (2009–2016), and Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015). He starred as Benji Dunn in six Mission: Impossible films, beginning with Mission: Impossible III (2006) and ending with Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (2025). He has also provided the voice of Buck in the Ice Age film series (2009–present). Description above from the Wikipedia article Simon Pegg, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

as Unkar Plutt

Ready Player One

as Curator / Ogden Morrow

The Boys

as Hugh Campbell

Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol

as Benji

Star Trek

as Lieutenant Commander Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott

Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation

as Benji Dunn

Star Trek Into Darkness

as Lieutenant Commander Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott

Shaun of the Dead

as Shaun

Mission: Impossible - Fallout

as Benji Dunn

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

as Buck (voice)