Simon Pegg

He has been married to Maureen McCann since July 2005. The couple has one daughter.

Simon was born to John Beckingham and Gillian Rosemary. His father was a jazz musician and keyboard salesman. His parents divorced when he was seven and his mother remarried. He adopted his stepfather’s surname, Pegg.

He attended several schools as a child including the Castle Hill Primary School and The King’s School, Gloucester.

He went to Stratford-upon-Avon College to study English literature and Theatre. He earned his Bachelor’s degree from the University of Bristol where he studied drama.

He began performing stand-up comedy at local clubs in 1991. He moved to London to become a full-fledged comedian and toured all over U.K., Ireland, Australia and New Zealand to perform his routines.

He started appearing on television sketch comedies like ‘Faith in the Future’ and ‘Big Train’. He also performed on an episode of “Saturday Night Live’. He met Edgar Wright and Jessica Stevenson on the sets of ‘Six Pairs of Pants’—the duo would become his good friends and future business collaborators.

He co-wrote and starred in the television sitcom ‘Spaced’ along with Jessica Stevenson. The series was directed by Edgar Wright. The series was broadcast from 1999 to 2001 and was nominated for two British Academy Television Awards.

He made the leap to the big screen during the late 1990s when he started playing small roles in films like ‘Tube Tales’ and ‘Guest House Paradiso’.

He played Shaun in the zombie comedy film ‘Shaun of the Dead’ in 2004 which he also co-wrote. He portrayed a man caught up in family problems who at the same time has to deal with zombies as well. The film was a critical as well as a commercial success.

His best known work is the film ‘Shaun of the Dead’ which he co-wrote and starred in. The movie received favourable reviews and was critically acclaimed. The ‘Total Film’ magazine named it as the 49th greatest British film of all time in 2004.

The action comedy ‘Hot Fuzz’ which he co-wrote with Edgar Wright and starred in as Nicholas Angel, a dedicated police officer, is also one of his famous works. The movie was widely appreciated and was a huge critical as well as commercial success.