Simonpegg

Simon John Beckingham was born on Valentine’s Day 1970, in the city of Gloucester, Great Britain. The son of a civil servant and a jazz musician, his parents separated when he was 7 years old, and the boy ended up taking the surname Pegg, which comes from his mother’s new partner.

He studied theater at the University of Bristol, where he wrote a thesis on “A Marxist look at popular cinema of the 70s.” Upon leaving he specializes in stand-up comedy with which he manages to earn a living in different London venues. In the late 90s he became a regular face on British television as a supporting role in numerous series, and even landed a small role in the HBO blockbuster Blood Brothers , where he was a sergeant, appearing in a couple of episodes. . He also appears briefly, as a journalist on 24 Hour Party People , and a jailer on The Wells Mystery .

His life changed completely when he created the sitcom Spaced , with Jessica Hynes . Both also played the leads, two young men from London who are forced to pretend to be a couple in order to rent the only available apartment. His success made him a celebrity in Britain. In addition, during the filming she discovered how well she got along with the director Edgar Wright and the actor Nick Frost , one of the supporting cast, with whom she had long conversations about future projects.

With Wright, he co -wrote Zombies Party , a comedy about two irresponsible buddies trying to survive a plague of the undead. Wright was in charge of the realization and Pegg starred in it with Frost. Despite the low budget, the film won over audiences by word of mouth, and ended up having some buzz, making Pegg a popular face around the world.

The film captivated Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez , who turned to those responsible for one of the false trailers, possibly the best, of their Grindhouse diptych . Thus, Wright directed Pegg and Frost in “Don’t”, about a haunted house in which violent murders take place.

Again with Frost and Wright, he launches Fatal Weapon , a hilarious parody of the detective genre, where he plays a policeman so brilliant that his superiors and colleagues conspire to send him away, to a small town, because he makes them look lazy.

The trio of aces caught the attention of Steven Spielberg himself , who recruited Wright as a co-writer for The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn , while Pegg and Frost played detectives Hernández and Fernández using the image capture technique. On the other hand, Pegg and Frost paid homage to King Midas by co-writing and starring in Paul . “It’s a love letter to Spielberg and all of his wonderful movies that we grew up with,” Pegg stated. They played two British freaks on a trip to the United States, who picked up an alien. This time they were directed by New Yorker Greg Mottola ( Supersalidos ).

July 23, 2005 was a happy day for Pegg, because she married Maureen McCann. The couple had a baby girl, Matilda, in July 2009.

Pegg has also shot the comedies Long Distance Runner , Dream Girl and New York for Beginners . He was also the Scottish engineer Scotty, in charge of the Enterprise engines, in Star Trek . And he played Benji Dunn, Tom Cruise ‘s assisting technician in Mission Impossible III . He reprises the same character in Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol , making him one of the few to appear in more than one installment of the series.