Simon Pegg is an English actor, comedian, screenwriter, and producer. He came to public prominence in the UK as the co-creator of the sitcom Spaced, directed by Edgar Wright. He went on to co-write and star in the Three Flavours Cornetto film trilogy: Shaun of the Dead (2004), Hot Fuzz (2007), and The World's End (2013). He and frequent collaborator Nick Frost wrote and starred in the sci-fi film Paul (2011). Pegg is also known for his portrayal of Montgomery "Scotty" Scott in all three films of the Star Trek reboot film series: Star Trek (2009), Into Darkness (2013), and Beyond (2016), and as the visual basis for Wee Hughie in the comic book The Boys (2006–2012; 2020), voicing the character in Diabolical (2022), and playing his father in The Boys from 2019 to 2024.
He first appeared as Benji Dunn in the film Mission: Impossible III (2006), the third installment in the Mission: Impossible film series, and went on to reprise the role in Ghost Protocol (2011), Rogue Nation (2015), Fallout (2018), Dead Reckoning Part One (2023) and the upcoming Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (2025). He has lent his voice to the animated character Buck in the Ice Age film series, namely Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009), Scrat's Continental Crack-up (2011), Ice Age: Collision Course (2016), and The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild (2022), the latter of which made him the only cast member to reprise a role from previous films.
As a director he has only one credit, directing the parody music video Au Revoir Chris Hemsworth, which is a parody of the song Chick Habit. The song was sung by Pom Klementieff and it was written for the Russo Brother's AGBO Superhero League Week.
Film
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| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Tube Tales | Clerk | Segment: "Steal Away" | |
| Guest House Paradiso | Mr. Nice | |||
| 2001 | The Parole Officer | Deflated Husband | ||
| 2002 | 24 Hour Party People | Paul Morley | ||
| 2004 | Shaun of the Dead | Shaun Riley | Also co-writer | |
| 2005 | The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse | Peter Cow | ||
| Land of the Dead | Photo Booth Zombie | |||
| 2006 | Mission: Impossible III | Benji Dunn | ||
| Big Nothing | Gus | |||
| Free Jimmy | Odd (voice) | Writer of the English version | ||
| 2007 | Grindhouse | Cannibal | Segment: "Don't" | |
| The Good Night | Paul | |||
| Hot Fuzz | Sgt. Nicholas Angel | Also co-writer | ||
| Run Fatboy Run | Dennis Doyle | |||
| Diary of the Dead | Newsreader (voice) | Cameo | ||
| 2008 | How to Lose Friends and Alienate People | Sidney Young | ||
| 2009 | Star Trek | Montgomery "Scotty" Scott | ||
| Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs | Buck (voice) | |||
| 2010 | Burke & Hare | William Burke | ||
| The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader | Reepicheep (voice) | [1] | ||
| 2011 | Paul | Graeme Willy | Also co-writer | [2] |
| Scrat's Continental Crack-up | Buck (voice) | Short film, archive audio | ||
| The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn | Thompson (voice) | Motion capture | ||
| Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol | Benji Dunn | |||
| The Death and Return of Superman | John Landis | Short film | ||
| 2012 | A Fantastic Fear of Everything | Jack | Also executive producer | |
| Ice Age: Continental Drift | Buck (voice) | Cameo, archive audio | ||
| 2013 | Star Trek Into Darkness | Montgomery "Scotty" Scott | ||
| The World's End | Gary King | Also co-writer and executive producer | ||
| 2014 | Cuban Fury | Mondeo Driver | Uncredited cameo | |
| Hector and the Search for Happiness | Hector | |||
| Kill Me Three Times | Charlie Wolfe | |||
| The Boxtrolls | Hebert Trubshaw (voice) | |||
| 2015 | Man Up | Jack | Also executive producer | |
| Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation | Benji Dunn | |||
| Absolutely Anything | Neil Clarke | |||
| Star Wars: The Force Awakens | Unkar Plutt | |||
| 2016 | Ice Age: Collision Course | Buck (voice) | ||
| Star Trek Beyond | Montgomery "Scotty" Scott | Also co-writer | ||
| 2018 | The Cloverfield Paradox | Radio Voice (voice) | ||
| Ready Player One | Ogden "Og" Morrow | |||
| Terminal | Bill | |||
| Mission: Impossible – Fallout | Benji Dunn | |||
| Slaughterhouse Rulez | Meredith Houseman | Also executive producer | ||
| 2019 | Lost Transmissions | Theo Ross | ||
| Piney: The Lonesome Pine | Jackster (voice) | Short film | ||
| 2020 | Inheritance | Morgan Warner | ||
| 2021 | The Sparks Brothers | John Lennon (voice) | ||
| America: The Motion Picture | King James (voice) | |||
| 2022 | The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild | Buck (voice) | ||
| Luck | Bob (voice) | |||
| 2023 | Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One | Benji Dunn The Entity (voice) |
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| Nandor Fodor and the Talking Mongoose | Nandor Fodor | |||
| 2025 | Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning † | Benji Dunn | Post-production | |
| 2026 | Ice Age 6 † | Buck (voice) | In production |
| † | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
Television
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Six Pairs of Pants | Various Characters | Writer; 3 episodes | |
| 1995–1998 | Faith in the Future | Jools | 15 episodes | |
| 1996 | Asylum | Simon | Writer; 6 episodes | |
| 1997 | I'm Alan Partridge | Steve Bennett | Episode: "Watership Alan" | |
| We Know Where You Live | Various Characters | 12 episodes | [3] | |
| 1998 | Is It Bill Bailey? | 6 episodes | ||
| Live from the Lighthouse | Robert Jobson | Television film | ||
| 1998–2002 | Big Train | Various Characters | Also writer; 12 episodes | |
| 1999 | Tube Tales | Clerk | Segment: "Steal Away" | |
| Hippies | Ray Purbbs | 6 episodes | ||
| 1999–2001 | Spaced | Tim Bisley | Also co-writer; 14 episodes | |
| 2000 | Randall & Hopkirk | Justin Pope | Episode: "Paranoia" | |
| 2001 | Brass Eye | Gerard Chote | Episode: "Paedophilia Special" | |
| Band of Brothers | First Sergeant William Evans | 2 episodes | ||
| Dr. Terrible's House of Horrible | Angus | Episode: "Curse of the Blood of the Lizard of Doom" | ||
| 2002 | Look Around You | Sleeping Queen's Guard | Episode: "Maths" | |
| Linda Green | Jay | Episode: "Dark Side of the Moon" | ||
| 2003 | Final Demand | Colin Taylor | Television film | |
| 2004 | Black Books | Evan | Episode: "Manny Come Home" | |
| I Am Not an Animal | Kieron (voice) | 6 episodes | ||
| Sex & Lies | Radio DJ | Television film | ||
| 2005 | Look Around You | Handsome Man | Episode: "Health" | |
| Doctor Who | The Editor | Episode: "The Long Game" | ||
| Doctor Who Confidential | Narrator | Documentary series | ||
| Spider-Plant Man | Frank Matters | Television film | ||
| 2009 | Robot Chicken | Various voices | 2 episodes | |
| 2012 | Star Wars: The Clone Wars | Dengar (voice) | Episode: "Bounty" | |
| Room on the Broom | Narrator | Television film | ||
| 2012–2014 | Phineas and Ferb | Various voices | 4 episodes | |
| 2013 | Mob City | Hecky Nash | 2 episodes | |
| 2013–2015 | Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja | Pitch Kickham (voice) | 2 episodes | |
| 2018 | Running Man | Himself (special guest) | Episode 410 | |
| 2019–2024 | The Boys | Hugh Campbell, Sr. | 9 episodes | [4] |
| 2019 | The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance | The Chamberlain (skekSil) (voice) | ||
| 2020 | Archer | Aleister (voice) | Episodes: "Robot Factory" and "Best Friends" | |
| Truth Seekers | Dave | Also writer; 8 episodes | ||
| 2021 | Staged | Himself | Episode: "The Dirty Mochyns" | |
| 2022 | The Boys Presents: Diabolical | Hugh "Wee Hughie" Campbell (voice) | Episode: "I'm Your Pusher" | |
| The Undeclared War | Daniel Patrick | Episode #1.1 | ||
| 2023 | Agent Elvis | Paul McCartney (voice) | 1 episode | |
| Scott Pilgrim Takes Off | Studio Security Guard #1 | 2 episodes | ||
| 2024 | WondLa | Bob (voice) | Episode: "Chapter 5: Captive"; archive audio from Luck |
Video games
edit| Year | Title | Voice role | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Fable III | Ben Finn | [5] |
| 2011 | Spare Parts | Con-Rad | [6] |
| 2013 | Star Trek | Montgomery "Scotty" Scott | [7] |
| 2016 | Star Wars Battlefront: Bespin | Dengar | [8] |
| Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens | 0-MR1 | [9] | |
| Ice Age: Arctic Blast | Buck | ||
| 2023 | Hogwarts Legacy | Headmaster Phineas Nigellus Black | [10] |
Director
edit| Year | Title | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Au Revoir, Chris Hemsworth | Also writer | [11] |
| 2023 | Rick Astley - Forever And More | Music Video | [12] |
References
edit- ^ "Voice of Reepicheep Recast Once Again as Simon Pegg".
- ^ "The Official Website of Simon Pegg". Peggster.net. 25 November 2010. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
- ^ "We Know Where You Live". BBC Comedy. Archived from the original on 16 December 2004. Retrieved 18 June 2007.
- ^ "Simon Pegg on New Indie 'Lost Transmissions', Plus 'Star Trek' & 'Mission: Impossible' Futures". Collider. 17 March 2020. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
Are you a part of Season 2 of The Boys, at all? PEGG: No. They got me out of the way. I did my little bit. It was very fun to do that show. I was pleased to be a part of it.
- ^ Tom Steel (4 August 2021). "Fable: 10 Recognizable Voices Behind The Characters (& Where You Know Them From)". CBR. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
- ^ Gary Napper (17 January 2011). "Spare Parts: Simon Pegg, Robots, and Co-Op". PlayStation Blog.
- ^ Geoff Boucher (19 February 2013). "'Star Trek: The Video Game'". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
- ^ Renee Johnson (21 June 2016). "Star Wars Battlefront's Bespin update takes the fight to Cloud City". The Tech Report. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
- ^ "Simon Pegg: Mitigating the 'Black Dog', The Tom Cruise Effect & Shaun of the Dead Brotherhood". Inside of You with Michael Rosenbaum. 12 November 2024. Retrieved 13 November 2024 – via YouTube.
- ^ Hogwarts Legacy (11 January 2023). "'Please welcome @simonpegg as Headmaster Phineas Nigellus Black. #HogwartsLegacy'". Twitter. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
- ^ Lee, Janet W. (14 November 2020). "Pom Klementieff (and Tom Cruise) Trash Talk Chris Hemsworth for Charity (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
- ^ Rick Astley - Forever and More (Official Video), 9 November 2023, retrieved 4 January 2024
External links
edit- Simon Pegg at IMDb