page_title: Simon Pegg
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caption_attribution_description: English: Actors Simon Pegg, Alice Braga and Luke Hemsworth at the Los Angeles Premiere of "Kill Me Three Times" on March 24, 2015
context_page_description: Simon John Pegg is an English actor, comedian, screenwriter, and producer. He came to public prominence in the UK as the co-creator of the Channel 4 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, Hot Fuzz, and The World's End. He and Nick Frost wrote and starred in the sci-fi film Paul.
  Pegg is one of the few performers to have achieved what Radio Times calls "the Holy Grail of nerd-dom", playing popular supporting characters in Doctor Who, Star Trek as Montgomery "Scotty" Scott, and Star Wars: The Force Awakens. He currently stars as Benji Dunn in the Mission: Impossible film series, and the Chamberlain in The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance.
context_section_description: Simon John Pegg (né Beckingham; born 14 February 1970) is an English actor, comedian, screenwriter, and producer. He came to public prominence in the UK as the co-creator of the Channel 4 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 Nick Frost wrote and starred in the sci-fi film Paul (2011).
  Pegg is one of the few performers to have achieved what Radio Times calls "the Holy Grail of nerd-dom", playing popular supporting characters in Doctor Who (2005), Star Trek as Montgomery "Scotty" Scott (2009–2016), and Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015). He currently stars as Benji Dunn in the Mission: Impossible film series (2006–present), and the Chamberlain in The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance (2019).
caption: Pegg at the Los Angeles premiere of Kill Me Three Times in 2015
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