Simon Pegg

Pegg was born as Simon John Beckingham in Gloucester, England, on 14 February 1970. He attended Brockworth Comprehensive Secondary School and later Stratford Upon Avon College to study English Literature and Performance Studies. Pegg finally studied drama at the University of Bristol and wrote his undergraduate thesis on "A Marxist overview of popular Seventies cinema and hegemonic discourses".
From 1998 to 2004, Pegg regularly featured on BBC Radio 4's The 99p Challenge. Pegg appeared in the Big Finish Productions Doctor Who audio story Invaders From Mars as Don Chaney, and portrayed the Editor in the 2005 Doctor Who episode "The Long Game". He also narrated the first series of the documentary series Doctor Who Confidential.
Upon completion of Shaun of the Dead, Pegg, he then promptly went on to do just that, playing Benji Dunn, an I.M.F. technician who assists Tom Cruise's character, Ethan Hunt. In 2006 he played an American character, Gus, in Big Nothing alongside David Schwimmer.
In 2006, Pegg and Wright completed their second and third film, Hot Fuzz, released in 2007. Pegg has also starred in The Good Night (directed by Jake Paltrow) and Run, Fat Boy, Run directed by David Schwimmer and co-starring Thandie Newton and Hank Azaria.
Pegg plays the part of engineer Montgomery "Scotty" Scott in a new film adaptation of Star Trek, released May 8, 2009.
Pegg married Maureen McCann on 23 July 2005 in Glasgow.
Pegg is godfather to Chris Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow's daughter, Apple.
Pegg's parents and sister briefly appeared in Spaced while his mother alone appeared in both Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz.
Simon and Maureen's first child was born Summer 2009.

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