Simon Pegg
Simon Pegg
Simon John Pegg is an English actor, comedian, screenwriter, and producer. He co-wrote and starred in the Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy of films: Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, and The World's End. He portrayed Benji Dunn in the Mission: Impossible film series and Montgomery Scott in Star Trekand Star Trek Into Darkness, and both starred in and co-wrote Star Trek Beyond...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth14 February 1970
CityBrockworth, England
stars tvs profile
There are actually quite high profile British TV star cameos in it that you probably wouldn't even notice, that the British wouldn't even notice, let alone the American audience.
humanity bills hicks
Bill Hicks wasn't just a comic, he was a crusader against humanity's relentless capacity to underachieve
fighting journey emotional
Films used to be about challenging, emotional journeys or moral questions that might make you walk away and re-evaluate how you felt about... whatever. Now we're walking out of the cinema really not thinking about anything, other than the fact that the Hulk had a fight with a robot.
geek liberating
Being a geek is extremely liberating
honest geek being-honest
Being a geek is all about being honest about what you enjoy...
people kind assumption
One thing that irritates me is when people kind of make assumptions.
cities
There's this thing of you can live in a city and be completely alone, not notice anything going on around you.
addiction car hearing
The trouble with addiction is that you can park the car but you can never switch off the engine or stop yourself from hearing the revs.
humor mean thinking
I mean, yeah, I'm sure that Python and the other things have paved the way for a greater understanding of the British sense of humor, but I don't think it's all that different than the American sense of humor.
country thinking obvious
I think the jokes would have been a bit broader and a bit more obvious in terms of the day-to-day of country life.
years tv-shows world
Nira Park, who is my longtime producer and friend - I've know her since we did Spaced, the TV show - she gave me this script the last day of filming The World's End. She said, "Take a look at this. It's filming in London next year, and you might like to look at Jack." I trust Nira implicitly.
taken house unapologetic
The thought of filming in London was a big draw because I could stay in my house. I read it, and I was really taken with it because it felt at once very unapologetic for what it was, which is a romantic comedy. But at the same time, a little spiky and a little truthful.
dad father blood
Rory is very established in England, which you are seeing right now with Bond. But his father Roy Kinnear was a very, very beloved comedy actor here in the UK. And Rory actually even looks a bit like his dad. And so it makes a lot of sense to me that Rory has such good comic chops because it's in his blood. He's very, very funny as Sean.
important guessing assumption
That's always important to us, is being truthful. Not guessing, not making any assumptions. Just coming at it with knowledge.