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Simon Pegg

Simon John Pegg (né Beckingham; 14 February 1970) is an English actor, comedian and screenwriter. He came to prominence in the UK as the co-creator of the Channel 4 sitcom Spaced (1999–2001), directed by Edgar Wright. He and Wright co-wrote the films Shaun of the Dead (2004), Hot Fuzz (2007), and The World's End (2013), known collectively as the Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy, all of which saw Wright directing and Pegg starring alongside Nick Frost. Pegg and Frost also wrote and starred in the sci-fi comedy film Paul (2011). Pegg is one of the few performers to have achieved what Radio Times calls the "Holy Grail of Nerd-dom", having played popular supporting characters in Doctor Who (2005), Star Trek as Montgomery "Scotty" Scott (2009–2016), and Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015). He stars as Benji Dunn in the Mission: Impossible film series (2006–present). He provided the voice of Buck in Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009), Ice Age: Collision Course(2016), and The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild (2022).

Filmography

2027
Ice Age: Boiling Point

as Buck (voice)

Movie
2025
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning

as Benji Dunn

Movie
2023
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

as Benji Dunn

Movie
2022
Luck

as Bob (voice)

Movie
2022
The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild

as Buck (voice)

Movie
2018
Mission: Impossible - Fallout

as Benji Dunn

Movie
2018
Ready Player One

as Curator / Ogden Morrow

Movie
2016
Star Trek Beyond

as Lieutenant Commander Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott

Movie
2016
Ice Age: Collision Course

as Buck (voice)

Movie
2015
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

as Unkar Plutt

Movie
2015
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation

as Benji Dunn

Movie
2013
The World's End

as Gary King

Movie
2013
Star Trek Into Darkness

as Lieutenant Commander Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott

Movie
2011
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol

as Benji

Movie
2011
The Adventures of Tintin

as Thompson (voice)

Movie
2011
Paul

as Graeme Willy

Movie
2010
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

as Reepicheep (Voice)

Movie
2009
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

as Buck (voice)

Movie
2008
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People

as Sidney Young

Movie
2007
Hot Fuzz

as Nicholas Angel

Movie
2006
Mission: Impossible III

as Benji

Movie
2004
Shaun of the Dead

as Shaun

Movie
2024
WondLa

as BOB (voice)

TV Show
2019
The Boys

as Hugh Campbell

TV Show