Simon supported the ‘HeForShe’ feminist campaign.He did the voice-over for Reepicheep, the heroic mouse in Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader. His comic likeness was used for the character of ‘Wee Hughie’ in the comic book series- The Boys and he even wrote the introduction to the first bound volume.In 2011, he played the role of Benji Dunn in the film ‘Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol’ and also in the film ‘Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation’ (2015).He narrated the first series of the documentary- Doctor Who Confidential.In 2004, he starred in the television show called ‘Danger! 50,000 Zombies!’, in which he played a zombie hunter named Dr.In 1999, he created and co-wrote the Channel 4 sitcom- ‘Spaced’ with Jessica Stevenson and he wrote the character of Mike Watt specifically for his friend Nick Frost.Between the period (1998-2004), he has regularly featured on ‘BBC Radio 4’s The 99p Challenge’.Back at the University of Bristol, he used to perform as a member of a comedy troupe called- ‘David Icke and the Orphans of Jesus’, alongside other actors- David Walliams, Dominik Diamond, and Jason Bradbury.While he was graduating in theatre, he tried something unusual and titled his thesis “A Marxist overview of popular 1970s cinema and hegemonic discourses.Simon’s parents divorced when he was seven and after his mother remarried he took the surname of his stepfather (Pegg).Mother- John Henry Beckingham (jazz musician and keyboard salesman) Simon John Pegg aka Simon John BeckinghamĪctor, Ccomedian, Writer, Director, Producer and Singerīrockworth, Gloucestershire, England, United KingdomĬastle Hill Primary School, Chessington, Englandīrockworth Comprehensive Secondary School, Englandįather- Gillian Rosemary (a former civil servant)
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