Simon Pegg (b. 1970) is a British actor, comedian, and screenwriter who built a remarkable career spanning film, television, and writing. His work in the British comedy circuit brought him to the attention of Hollywood where he made two films directed by Steven Spielberg, “The Adventures of Tintin” (2011) and “Radio Player One” (2018). He also became a part of the very profitable franchises of “Mission: Impossible” (six films); “Ice Age” (four films); “Star Trek” (three films); “Star Wars” and “The Chronicles of Narnia” (one film each).

His early life was marked by a love of performance and storytelling. After his parents’ divorce when he was seven, he took his stepfather’s surname, Pegg. When he was sixteen, he attended Stratford-upon-Avon College and went on to study drama and theatre at the University of Bristol, graduating in 1991. There he began developing his comedic voice. His university years introduced him to future collaborators and gave him the foundation for his later success in both acting and writing.

Pegg’s career took off with the Channel 4 sitcom “Spaced” (1999–2001), which he co-wrote with Jessica Stevenson (a.k.a. Jessica Hynes) and was directed by Edgar Wright. The show became a cult classic for its clever writing, pop-culture references, and unique visual style. “Spaced” was groundbreaking for the way it celebrated and satirized geek culture, long before it became mainstream. It also marked the beginning of Pegg’s creative partnership with director Edgar Wright and fellow actor Nick Frost; the trio would later produce some of the most iconic British comedies of the 2000s.

After they did “Spaced,” Pegg, Wright, and Frost collaborated on Edgar Wright’s low budget “Shaun of the Dead” (2004), a ‘rom-zom-com’—i.e. romantic zombie comedy—that became an international hit and grossed nearly $32 million worldwide. Pegg starred as Shaun, an ordinary man forced to confront a zombie apocalypse while trying to win back his girlfriend. The film combined sharp humor, genuine emotion, and inventive filmmaking, which became Pegg’s trademark as both a talented actor and writer. It also launched—what would later be known as—the “Three Flavours Cornetto” trilogy, followed by “Hot Fuzz” (2007) and “The World’s End” (2013). Each film offered a unique twist on genre storytelling, blending parody with heartfelt character work.

Pegg’s success in British cinema soon led to opportunities in Hollywood. As Benji Dunn, the tech-savvy field agent who assists Tom Cruise’s character Ethan Hunt in “Mission: Impossible III” (2006) and its five subsequent sequels, Pegg brought warmth and humor to the action-heavy series. In “Star Trek” (2009), the eleventh film of the series, and in two more sequels (including “Star Trek Beyond” in 2016, which he also co-wrote), he portrayed Montgomery ‘Scotty’ Scott, the witty and resourceful engineer—a role originally made famous by James Doohan. Pegg’s performance honored the legacy of the character while making it distinctly his own.

Beyond acting, Pegg has continued to write and produce, co-writing “Paul” (2011) with Nick Frost, and contributing to “Star Trek Beyond” (2016). His versatility extends to dramatic roles as well, with appearances in films like “Hector and the Search for Happiness” (2014), and “Lost Transmissions” (2019), showing his range beyond comedy, or opposite Margot Robbie in “Terminal” (2018), a film noir set in a train terminal at night.

As a key figure in both British and international entertainment, his blend of intelligence, heart, and humor earned him a dedicated following and critical acclaim. Whether fighting zombies, saving the galaxy, or delivering razor-sharp one-liners, Pegg’s work resonates with audiences around the world, proving that smart, character-driven comedies never go out of style.

That’s probably why he was a guest at the latest FACTS convention (FACTS is short for Fantasy Animation Comics Toys Science fiction), a Belgian Comic Con that took place in Gent, Belgium, in November 2025. A huge crowd welcomed him during a Q&A that you can find here, slightly edited for clarity. The first part was moderated by FACTS; the second part welcomed questions from the audience.

In the U.K., there’s this famous drinking game called ‘Name three famous Belgians.’ Can you name three famous Belgians?

Yes.

Can you be a little more specific?

No [laughs].

Are you a soccer fan?

No, I’m not a soccer fan.

Okay. There is Jean-Claude Van Damme…

 Of course! The Muscles from Brussels.

 Audrey Hepburn…

…I didn’t know she was from Belgium.

She was born in Brussels. There’s also [painter] René Magritte and quite a few others. You’re from Brockworth, aren’t you?

Brockworth in Gloucestershire, yes.

Apart from you, are there three famous people from Brockworth?

Not from Brockworth, but from Gloucestershire. There’s me… did anyone see “Alien Earth” [TV series, 2025] with the kid who plays the crazy kind of guy, the prodigy guy? He’s from Gloucestershire; he’s from Cheltenham, and Fred West, who is a serial killer. So it’s the three of us.

You are an actor. What is one perk of being an actor that we mortals cannot imagine having?

I guess free snowboards. I joined Instagram because someone I worked with on “Mission: Impossible” was on Instagram, and it seemed to me she was getting sent loads of really cool things like free clothes and sneakers. So I thought, ‘I can do that too,’ and I did. I got free toys and snowboards. So it was worth it.

As an actor, which emotion do you consider the most difficult to express? Laughing, crying, being angry, sad…?

I don’t know because emotion is a spectrum that’s all part of the same process. Sometimes it’s hard to get sad when you’re not feeling very sad, but that’s what acting is. It’s about simulating. I personally find dramatic acting more challenging than comedy acting because when you’re doing comedy, you can rely on a little bag of tricks that you have, while dramatic acting is harder. I love dramatic acting.

Can you cry easily?

Yes. But I’m not gonna do it now [laughs].

Being on set can be tiring and exhausting. Do you have any go-to rituals to wind down after a long day on set?

It depends because when I am shooting “Mission: Impossible,” we do that mostly in London. Then I can go home and have a little chill out with my kid and my dog, and go to bed. The next morning, I get up and do it again. If I’m away on location, we’ll go out for dinner, we’ll hang out, and do stuff. It depends on where we are in the world. But I don’t have a specific ritual that I go through.

Not a glass of wine that you have?

No, I don’t drink. I’ve been sober for fifteen years now.

You have been acting for twenty-five, thirty years? What would be the one thing that changed most in the acting profession over those three decades?

Nothing has changed in acting, but I think the film industry has changed enormously, mainly because of the sheer choice of ways we watch cinema now. That has impacted the theatrical experience; theatrical cinema is slightly under threat because people are watching their movies at home. That’s a real shame because going to the movies to see a movie is the best way to see it. You watch it with a group of people that you don’t know, and you share that experience. It’s such a beautiful thing. I do worry that things are moving away from that. Also, the sort of reliance on sequels and prequels—I’m part of a lot of sequels, so I’m not decrying it, but it would be nice to see a few more original stories being told.

So you’re saying there will be no “Hot Fuzz 2”?

There will never be a “Hot Fuzz 2” or “Shaun of the Dead” or “World’s End 2.” But Edgar Wright and I will make another film together, absolutely. I think he’s just finishing off “The Running Man” right now, and when that comes out next year, and when we both get a few weeks, we can write something new.

“The Running Man” is a remake of the 1987 Arnold Schwarzenegger movie?

It’s not a remake of that movie because that movie took Stephen King’s novel [1982] and was based very loosely on that book. Edgar’s film is much more an adaptation of the book, not a remake of the film.

You have worked with many of the greats in cinema. Was there an experience or a moment when you were starstruck?

Yes, working with Steven Spielberg was like that because he made so many of the films that I grew up loving, and he shaped my love of cinema in so many ways. And so to get to be directed by him twice was very thrilling. I’m always a little bit giddy when I’m around him because I just wanna ask him loads of questions and hug him basically. He’s an amazing man.

“Ready Player One” (2018, trailer)

Do you also plan to direct in the future?

Yes, I’m developing a film right now to direct. I hope I can make it next year. It’s based on a book which I love, and it’s a sort of folk horror.

Would you only be directing it, or would you also be acting in it?

No, only directing. I think it would be such a difficult process to direct and act because you’d have to keep coming back behind the camera. I asked a friend of mine, who is an actor/director, why that’s a good idea, and he said, ‘It’s just one less actor to deal with,’ which I thought was a pretty good answer.

But it must be weird for the other actors because one of their colleagues is also the director.

I had that a little bit on “Star Trek Beyond” because as the co-writer, I was like part of the crew and part of the cast, but it just meant that I was able to interface with my castmates and make sure they were happy with the dialogue and all that stuff. That worked quite well.

You’re not only an actor, but you’re also famous. What’s your relationship with fame? You love it, hate it, maybe you don’t care?

It’s fine, you know [laughs]. I mean, there’s no point complaining about it. It’s part of the job if you end up doing it at the level that I’m doing it. And you have to be grateful that people take time to come and say hello. You have to be grateful, and if it feels a little bit too much, I live way out in the countryside now—where I live, there are no people—so that’s where I go when I want to get away from it. But it’s okay; I get free snowboards [laughs].

You’ve got action figures of your characters. How does it feel to play with yourself?

It’s incredible. I grew up buying action figures; I still have a case full of like seventy Star Wars figures, and now to have little action figures of me is crazy. I try to get them all if I can, and I have a room at home where they’re on a shelf. My daughter calls it the shrine because it’s just me, and there are a lot of Nick Frost as well, and it’s everything from “Shaun of the Dead” to Buck, the Weasel from “Ice Age,” and even Dupont and Dupont from “Tintin,” I’ve got them all lined up and I pray to them every night [laughs].

“The Adventures of Tintin” (2011, trailer)

If you were to host a dinner and invite three people, dead or alive, who would you choose?

I’d probably invite The Beatles… It’s difficult because I’m only allowed three Beatles. So I would definitely invite John Lennon. I would love to speak to George Harrison—the two Beatles that we’ve lost. And then I’ll get Paul McCartney in, obviously, and sneak Ringo Starr in. I’m a huge Beatles fan, so I would love to hear their story from them.

You never met Paul McCartney?

I haven’t.

If you could swap lives for one week with another celebrity, whose life would you like to live?

I don’t know, I’m kind of happy being me, you know. I don’t think I want to be anyone else. But I guess it would be interesting, just for a week, to see what it feels like to be Tom Cruise. He lives such an extraordinary life. He has dedicated his entire life to filmmaking, and he lives in a world of being a movie star. I know that he doesn’t know what it’s like to be a normal person because he has been like that since he was sixteen. A lot of my relationship with him is about reminding him of that, because I am a normal person. I try to live as normal a life as I possibly can. I don’t live in this bubble of fame; I don’t go out that much, I don’t go to parties. I do what I need to do as an actor to promote my films, and I also like to take time off to be with my family. Tom goes literally job to job to job, and it’s fun to remind him sometimes that he’s not normal [laughs].

You always read that he has an incredible work ethic and that he knows the names of everybody on set.

Yes, he’s extraordinary like that. He just makes it his business—it is his business. He is his own business. There isn’t another actor like him working today, I think.

He has made a fortune. Why would he keep on doing this work? He could retire and live on the beach.

He doesn’t do it for the money. He does it because he loves movies; I’m sure he would do it for free. He’d have a hard time getting around the planet, but it’s what he loves. He’s a businessman as well, but I can honestly say that he’s not in this for all that. He’s in it because he loves movies.

You’re approximately fifty.

Forty-two [laughs].

If you could talk to your fifteen-year-old self, what would you say?

Well, I’m kind of exactly where I want to be right now. So I would say, ‘Don’t change a thing.’ Maybe I’d also say, ‘Don’t waste three years after you graduate from university working in a department store.’ But maybe if I did that, I wouldn’t be sitting here now. So I would say, ‘Everything is going to be okay. You’re going to go through some dark times, but you’ll get through them, and you’ll be all right. So, just stick at it, kid.’

That is amazing because most people would answer that question with, ‘I would tell them to be patient, or be confident.’ It’s great that you say that you wouldn’t change things because otherwise you wouldn’t be who you are.

Exactly.

If you were to interview yourself, what question would you ask yourself?

Well, I wouldn’t ask what Tom Cruise is like because I get that all the time. I would rather ask, ‘Simon, tell us all about snowboarding!’ I could talk for hours about that [laughs].

[Questions from the audience] You have tattoos on your arms. What is your favorite tattoo, and is there a story behind it?

Can you see this one here? [Points to his right arm.] This is little Woody Woodpecker. That’s from “Raising Arizona” [1987], one of my favorite films of all time. Nicolas Cage’s character had it, so it’s kind of a nemesis. “Raising Arizona” was the film that Edgar Wright and I bonded over, and it was the first film I watched when I realized that to make a film comedy, you don’t just have to write a funny script. You can direct it in a funny way, you can act it in a funny way. Every part of the filmmaking process can be part of that comedy. And that’s something that Edgar and I took forward into our filmmaking. Costumes can have that effect, too.

Of all the “Mission: Impossible” films you did, which one was the most fun, or was one of the most amazing experiences ever?

They’re all very special. My first one was overwhelming. “Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol” [2011] was my first film on a global scale. “Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation” [2015] was kind of a buddy movie between [the characters of] Ethan and Benji, and I was in the big car chase in Morocco; that was incredibly fun. I met [co-star] Rebecca Ferguson for the first time, and she’s one of my best friends. We went to Morocco and then to Vienna; it was a real adventure. Each one of them had its charm, but “Rogue Nation” was a special one, I think.

Do you watch a lot of movies, and have you seen anything lately that you will always remember?

All I do is watch movies. That’s my love and my hobby. I also watch a lot of films with my daughter because I’ve raised her to be a film fan. This year, I’ve seen quite a few really good movies that I think I’ll go back and watch again. I thought “Weapons” was fantastic; also “One Battle After Another,” or “The Long Walk,” and “Bring Her Back.” “Together” was great too. I think the best thing you can hope for as a filmmaker is that your films stand the test of time, and I think people will go back to rewatch them. They were made with love and care, and they’re all original ideas as well. So yes, those five [laughs].

What is your take on the use of artificial intelligence?

AI can be an incredible tool in medicine, in travel, in science, but it’s never going to replace actors because AI has no trauma, AI has no childhood experience. It has no emotion; it never had its heart broken. It can only aggregate what’s already out there. It can’t have an original thought until you want to see a film about what it’s like to be in AI. AI should keep out of film writing. It’s going to replace CG—that’s going to happen—but then, CG is a technology as well. In movies, we have to approach it with caution, not with complete rejection. It’s going to become part of our landscape, and we just have to make sure it doesn’t go crazy and kill us all [laughs].

Would you ever do a “Spaced” reunion episode in a couple of years?

For those who don’t know, “Spaced” was a sitcom I made with Jessica Hynes, and Edgar Wright directed it. It was our third collaboration, but our first major collaboration. I think it would be difficult to do “Spaced” again now because I don’t think Edgar is ever going to go back to directing television, and it wouldn’t be “Spaced” if it wasn’t with Edgar. Also, when we made “Spaced,” we kind of were those people, you know. We were living in shared flats, and we were just hanging out, and now my life isn’t like that anymore. I don’t know if I can truthfully write what it’s like to be Tim [the character he played in “Spaced”] grown up because I don’t know where he went, unless he turned into a clueless actor who doesn’t know how to tie his shoelaces. That I could write. I’m very sad that we never made a third series; that’s just the way things have turned out. Edgar and I did “Shaun of the Dead” [2004], and things went in a different direction. But it’s still very special to me; it’s an important part of mine, and Edgar’s and Nick’s and Jess’s growth as actors. So I’ll always love it.

After the final “Mission: Impossible” film, “Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning” [2025], what was it like to finally wrap up that whole journey and legacy?

It was weird because it had been twenty years for me. I shot my very first scene in “Mission: Impossible 3” twenty years ago, and so it has become such a big part of my life, and Benji has become a character that I have grown up with literally. It was emotional, but I’m not entirely sure that was the last one, if I’m honest. It was “Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning” [2025] in terms of the fact that it was the wrapping up of the storyline that began with the first film, but who’s to say that another storyline couldn’t emerge? I can’t imagine Tom giving that up. He loves it too much; it’s his only chance to jump off a cliff on a motorbike, you know what I mean? You’re not going to give that up quickly.

In “Hot Fuzz” [2007] there are two films that are referred to a lot, “Bad Boys II” [2003] and “Point Break” [1991]. If you were to do something like “Hot Fuzz” again, which films from the past twenty years would you put on a pedestal like those two?

I don’t know because they’re very specific films. “Bad Boys II” is Michael Bay, and it has that ridiculous kind of drama to it. “Point Break” is a much better film than people realize; it was directed by Kathryn Bigelow, and it had something very different about its take on the action genre. But, in terms of action films of the last twenty years, I would say “The Raid” [2011], probably—they don’t make them like they used to, you know. These high-concept 1980s or 1990s action films don’t exist anymore. For the last sixteen or seventeen years, it’s all been superheroes. Since “Iron Man” [2008], there haven’t been too many earth-based [laughs] action films.

You are also a screenwriter. Does writing help you to become a better actor, or does acting help you to write better?

I don’t know. It’s something I always did, even as a kid. When you write for yourself, you can write to your strong points. But I see writing and acting as two separate things. I’m very lucky that I get to write stuff. I also wrote the film that I’m hoping to direct, and that was fun because it was the first time that I had ever written on my own, apart from a book [“Nerd Do Well: A Small Boy’s Journey to Becoming a Big Kid,” 2010]. So it’s just another discipline; it’s a different discipline. And, like I said, if you’re writing for yourself, you can write to what you know you’re good at.

“Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning” was also shot in South Africa. What was it like to work there?

We had a great time. We shot in Cape Town and up in wine country; we would drive up that long road in the truck up to the server; then we’d all get out of the truck, jump in a helicopter, and Tom would fly us back to the first position through this canyon. Every time we did a take, we’d all bundle into the helicopter and then Tom brought us back. It was really a fun day. We finished early, and we said, ‘What do we do now?’ Tom said, ‘Why don’t we go diving with sharks?’ Then we jumped back in the helicopter and flew out to the coast, where we all got in a cage and went down to feed the sharks.

In “Star Trek”  [2009] and “Star Trek Into Darkness” [2013], Leonard Nimoy returned to play Spock. What was he like to work with?

It was absolutely mindblowing to be in a scene with him. I had many experiences in my life when I worked with actors or directors that I loved, like Steven Spielberg or Sigourney Weaver. But to be in a scene with a character that I’ve known all my life, and to be in a moment—not with Leonard Nimoy, but with Mister f**king Spock—was mindblowing because he said to me in that first scene, ‘You are Montgomery Scott.’ And I was going in my head like, ‘Oh my God, Spock is talking to me!’ I remember a very funny evening when Leonard; Chris [Pine] and I were shooting in a beer factory in Los Angeles. We had a trailer that was close to the set where the three of us could just hang out. It was late at night; we were talking, and Leonard fell asleep. Chris and I sat there, and Leonard sat there in full spot, with his pointed ears. Chris and I looked at each other, and we said, ‘Mister Spock snores!’ It was a wonderful experience, and Leonard was the sweetest man. He was generous and funny. It was a real privilege for me as a “Star Trek” fan to get to spend some time with him and his character.

You have been part of some very successful franchises. Are there other franchises that you would also like to be part of?

I think very carefully about joining another franchise now in my career because it takes up a lot of time. You hitch your wagon to a huge circus, and it can completely swallow you in some respects. If you do a Marvel film these days, you’ll be in your film; then you might be in other people’s films, and you might have to keep going back to more films, when you really want to do is different things. I’ve been part of “Star Trek,” “Star Wars,” “Mission: Impossible,” and “Ice Age,” and I think I’m done [laughs]. Unless it’s like a little guest part in something, which would be fun, if I could just get in and out. But I don’t really want to be a part of a big franchise again. I want to do interesting and smaller things now as I get older.

Is there a film you did that was very underrated?

I did a film called “Hector and the Search for Happiness” [2014] about a psychiatrist who goes around the world. I really had a wonderful time making that film. Everybody that I speak to and has seen it, is always very emotionally moved by it because it’s all about the nature of happiness. But it didn’t get a huge box office, and it’s one of those films that people eventually discover. But if you want to see a feel-good film about a psychiatrist called Hector, then watch that [laughs].

“Hector and the Search for Happiness” (2014, trailer)

FILMS

TUBE TALES (1999) DIR Charles McDougall (segment “Steal Away”), Amy Jenkins, Jude Law, Ewan McGregor, Gaby Dellal, Stephen Hopkins, Bob Hoskins, Menhaj Huda, Armando Iannucci PROD Richard Jobson, Tony Thompson SCR Nick Perry (segment “Steal Away”), Stephen Hopkins, Armando Iannucci, Amy Jenkins, Harsha Patel, Nick Perry, Ed Allen II, Gaby Dellal, Paul Fraser, Atalanta Goulandris, Mark Greig CAM David Johnson, Brian Tufano, Sue Gibson ED Liz Green, Niven Howie CAST (segment “Steal Away”) Simon Pegg (Clerk), Jim Carter, Emma Cunniffe, Clint Dyer, Jeillo Edwards, Annette Ekblom, Carmen Ejogo, Simon Kunz

GUEST HOUSE PARADISO (1999) DIR Adrian Edmondson PROD Phil McIntyre SCR Adrien Edmondson, Rick Mayall CAM Alan Almond ED Sean Barton MUS Colin Towns CAST Adrien Edmondson, Rick Mayall, Bill Nighy, Kate Ashfield, Steven O’Donnell, Fenella Fielding, Vincent Cassell, Hélène Mahieu, Simon Pegg (Mr. Nice)

THE PAROLE OFFICER (2001) DIR John Duigan PROD Andrew Macdonald, Callum McDougall, Duncan Kenworthy SCR Steve Coogan, Henry Normal CAM John Daly ED David Freeman MUS Alex Heffes CAST Steve Coogan, Lena Heady, Emma Gilmour, Susan Jane Tanner, Iain Mitchell, James Smith, Jenny Agutter, Om Puri, Steven Waddington, Simon Pegg (Deflated Husband), Omar Sharif

24 HOUR PARTY PEOPLE (2002) DIR Michael Winterbottom PROD Andrew Eaton SCR Frank Cottrell Boyce CAM Robby Müller ED Trevor Waite CAST Steve Coogan, John Thomson, Paul Popplewell, Lennie James, Shirley Henderson, Martin Hancock, Mark Meadows, Paddy Considine, John Simm, Ralf Little Simon Pegg (Journalist)

THE RECKONING (2003) DIR Paul McGuigan PROD Caroline Wood SCR Mark Mills (novel “Morality Play” [1995] by Barry Unsworth) CAM Peter Sova ED Andrew Hulme MUS Adrian Lee, Mark Mancina CAST Willem Dafoe, Paul Bettany, Marián Aguilera, Simon McBurney, Tom Hardy, Brian Cox, Gina Mckee, Vincent Cassell, Elvira Mínguez, Simon Pegg (Gaoler)

SHAUN OF THE DEAD (2004) DIR Edgar Wright PROD Nira Park SCR Simon Pegg, Edgar Wright CAM David M. Dunlap ED Chris Dickers MUS Dan Mudford, Pete Woodhead CAST Simon Pegg (Shaun), Kate Ashfield, Bill Nighy, Nick Frost, Lucy Davis, Dylan Moran, Nicola Cunningham, Keir Mills, Matt Jaynes, Edgar Wright

THE LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN’S APOCALYPSE (2005) DIR Steve Bendleback PROD Gregg Brenman, Ed Guiney SCR Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton, Reece Shearsmith, Jeremy Dyson CAM Rob Kitzmann ED Tony Cranstoun MUS Joby Talbot CAST Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton, Reece Shearsmith, Michael Sheen, Danielle Tilley, Bruno Langley, Alan Morrissey, Liana O’Cleirigh, Simon Pegg (Peter Cow)

LAND OF THE DEAD (2005) DIR – SCR George A. Romero PROD Peter Grunwald, Bernie Goldman, Mark Canton CAM Reinhold Heil, Johnny Klimek ED Miroslaw Baszak MUS Michael Doherty CAST Simon Baker, John Leguizamo, Dennis Hopper, Asia Argento, Robert Joy, Eugene Clark, Joanne Boland, Tony Nappo, Jennifer Baxter, Boyd Banks, Jasmin Geljo, Simon Pegg (Photo Booth Zombie), Edgar Wright

ALAN PARTRIDGE PRESENTS: THE CREAM OF BRITISH COMEDY (2005) PROD Des Murphy ED Nick J. Webb CAST Steve Coogan, Ricky Gervais, Rob Brydon, Hugh Parker, Rich Hall, Rob Childs, Noel Fielding, Simon Pegg (Jonathan Pearce), Morwenna Banks, David Walliams, Matt Lucas

FREE JIMMY, a.k.a. SLIPP JIMMY FRI (2008, animated) DIR Christopher Nielsen PROD Lars Andreas Hellebust, Häkon Gunderson SCR Simon Pegg, Christopher Nielsen ED Alastair Reid MUS Simon Boswell CAST (English-language version, voices only) Woody Harrelson, Simon Pegg (Odd), Phil Daniels, Jay Simpson, Kyle MacLachlan, Samantha Morton, Jim Broadbent, Emilia Fox, Kris Marshall, Lisa Maxwell, Steve Pemberton, Reece Shearsmith, Mark Gatiss

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE III (2006) DIR J. J. Abrams PROD Tom Cruise, Paula Wagner SCR J. J. Abrams, Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman (television series “Mission: Impossible” [1966-1973] created by Bruce Geller) CAM Dan Mindel ED Mary Jo Markey, Nick Gibbs, Maryann Brandon MUS Michael Giacchino CAST Tom Cruise, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ving Rhames, Billy Crudup, Michelle Monaghan, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Keri Russell, Maggie Q, Simon Pegg (Benji Dunn), Eddie Marsan, Laurence Fishburne

BIG NOTHING (2006) DIR Jean-Baptiste Andrea PROD Andras Hamori, Gabriella Stollenwerck SCR Jean-Baptista Andrea, William Rosenfeld CAM Richard Greatrex ED Antoine Vareille MUS Alan Anton CAST David Schwimmer, Simon Pegg (Gus), Alice Eve, Natascha McElhore, Jon Polito, Mimi Rogers, William Rosenfeld, Julian Glover, Olivia Peterson, Sarah Edmondson

THE GOOD NIGHT (2006) DIR – SCR Jake Paltrow PROD Bill Johnson, Donna Gigliotti CAM Giles Nuttgens ED Rick Lawley MUS Alec Puro CAST Penélope Cruz, Martin Freeman, Gwyneth Paltrow, Simon Pegg (Paul), Danny DeVito, Keith Allen, Steffan Boje, Sonia Doubell, Michael Gambon, Stephen Graham, Kate Harper

HOT FUZZ (2007) DIR Edgar Wright PROD Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Nira Park SCR Simon Pegg, Edgar Wright CAM Jess Hall ED Chris Dickens MUS David Arnold CAST Simon Pegg (Nicholas Angel), Nick Frost, Jim Broadbent, Martin Freeman, Bill Nighy, Robert Popper, Joe Cornish, Chris Waitt, Eric Mason, Billie Whitelaw, Timothy Dalton, Paddy Considine, Olivia Colman, Cate Blanchett, Peter Jackson, Edgar Wright

GRINDHOUSE (2007) DIR Edgar Wright (segment “Don’t”), Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez, Eli Roth, Rob Zombie PROD Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez, Elizabeth Avellan, Erica Steinberg SCR Edgar Wright (segment “Don’t”), Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez, Eli Roth, Rob Zombie, Jeff Rendell, Rob Cotterill, John Davies, Jason Eisener CAM (segment “Don’t”) Jess Hall MUS (segment “Don’t”) David Arnold CAST (segment “Don’t”) Simon Pegg (Bearded Cannibal [uncredited]), Nick Frost, Emily Booth, Georgina Chapman, Jacon Isaacs, Matthew Macfayden

RUN FATBOY RUN (2007) DIR David Schwimmer PROD Robert Jones, Sarah Curtis SCR Simon Pegg, Michael Ian Black (story by Michael Ian Black) CAM Richard Greatrex ED Michael Parker MUS Alex Wurman CAST Simon Pegg (Dennis), Thandiwe Newton, Hank Azaria, Dylan Moran, Harish Patel, India de Beaufort, Matthew Fenton, Simon Day, Ruth Sheen, Tyrone Higgins, Nevan Finegan, David Schwimmer

DIARY OF THE DEAD (2007) DIR – SCR George A. Romero PROD Ara Katz, Peter Grunwald, Sam Englebardt CAM Adan Swica ED Michael Doherty MUS Norman Orenstein CAST Michelle Morgan, Schroeder Todd, Laura de Carteret, Amy Lalonde, Martin Roach, Joshua Close, Joe Dinicol, Wes Craven, Guillermo del Toro, George A. Romero, Quentin Tarantino, Simon Pegg (Newreader [voice only, uncredited])

HOW TO LOSE FRIENDS & ALIENATE PEOPLE (2008) DIR Robert B. Weide PROD Elizabeth Karlsen, Stephen Woolley SCR Peter Straughan (memoir “How to Lose Friends & Alienate People” [2001] by Toby Young) CAM Oliver Stapleton ED David Freeman MUS David Arnold CAST Simon Pegg (Sidney Young), Kirsten Dunst, Danny Huston, Gillian Anderson, Megan Fox, James Bridges, Toni Collette, Daniel Craig, Ricky Gervais, Kate Winslet

STAR TREK (2009) DIR J. J. Abrams PROD J. J. Abrams, Damon Lindelof SCR Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci (television series “Star Trek” [1966-1969] created by Gene Roddenberry) CAM Dan Mindel ED Maryann Brandon, Mary Jo Markey MUS Michael Giacchino CAST Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Leonard Nimoy, Bruce Greenwood, Karl Urban, Zoe Saldaña, Simon Pegg (Montgomery ‘Scotty’ Scott), John Cho, Anton Yelchin, Ben Cross, Winona Ryder, Chris Hemsworth, Osgood Perkins

ICE AGE 3: DAWN OF THE DINOSAURS (2009, animated) DIR Carlos Saldanha, Michael Thurmeier PROD John C. Donkin, Lori Forte SCR Michael Berg, Yoni Brenner, Mike Reiss, Peter Ackerman (story by Jason Carter eaton) ED Harry Hitner, James Palumbo MUS John Powell CAST (voice only) Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Queen Latifah, Simon Pegg (Buck), Carlos Sandanha, Kristen Wiig

BURKE AND HARE (2010) DIR John Landis PROD Barnaby Thompson SCR Nick Moorcroft, Piers Ashworth CAM John Mathieson ED Mark Everson MUS Joby Talbot CAST Simon Pegg (William Burke), Andy Serkis, Isla Fisher, Tom Wilkinson, Tim Curry, Christian Brassington, Gabrielle Downey, Christopher Lee, Ronnie Corbett, Ray Harryhausen, Jenny Agutter, Max Landis, Costa-Gavras, Romain Gavras

THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER (2010) DIR Michael Apted PROD Andrew Adamson, Mark Johnson, Philip Steuer SCR Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely, Michael Petroni (book “The Voyage of the Dawn Treader” [1952] by C.S. Lewis) CAM Dante Spinotti ED Rick Shaine MUS David Arnold CAST Georgie Henley, Skander Keynes, Ben Barnes, Will Poulter, Tilda Swinton, Liam Neeson, Simon Pegg (Reepicheep [voice only])

PAUL (2011) DIR Greg Mottola PROD Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Nira Park SCR Simon Pegg, Nick Frost CAM Lawrence Sher ED Chris Dickens MUS David Arnold CAST Simon Pegg (Graeme Willy), Nick Frost, Jeremy Owen, Jeffrey Tambor, David House, Jennifer Granger, Nelson Ascencio, Bobby Lee, Jane Lynch, Jason Bateman, Sigourney Weaver, Kristen Wiig, Blythe Danner, Seth Rogan (voice only), Steven Spielberg (voice only)

THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN: THE SECRET OF THE UNICORN (2011, computer animation) DIR Steven Spielberg PROD Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy, Peter Jackson SCR Edgar Wright, Steven Moffat, Joe Cornish (comic albums “The Adventures of Tintin” by Hergé) CAM Janush Kaminski ED Michael Kahn MUS John Williams CAST (voice only) Jamie Bell, Daniel Craig, Nick Frost, Simon Pegg (Thompson), Daniel Mays, Gad Elmaleh, Toby Jones, Joe Starr, Enn Reitel, Mackenzie Cook, Carey Elwes

MISSION IMPOSSIBLE – GHOST PROTOCOL (2011) DIR Brad Bird PROD Tom Cruise, J. J. Abrams, Josh Appelbaum SCR Josh Appelbaum, André Nemec (television series “Mission: Impossible” [1966-1973] created by Bruce Geller) CAM Robert Elswit ED Paul Hirsch MUS Michael Giacchino CAST Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg (Benji Dunn), Paula Patton, Léa Seydoux, Michael Nykvist, Vladimir Mashkov, Ivan Svedoff, Anil Kapoor, Samuli Edelman, Michelle Monaghan, Ving Rhames, Tom Wilkinson

A FANTASTIC FEAR OF EVERYTHING (2012) DIR Chris Hopewell, Crispian Mills PROD Crispian Mills, Geraldine Patten EXEC PROD Simon Pegg, Mick Southworth, Johnny Fewings, Jasbinder Singh Mann SCR Crispian Mills CAM Simon Chaudoir ED Dan Roberts MUS Michael Price CAST Simon Pegg (Jack), Paul Freeman, Amara Karan, Alan Drake, Kiran Shah, Jack Jaikol Situn

ICE AGE 4: CONTINENTAL DRIFT (2012, animated) DIR Steve Martino, Michael Thurmeier PROD John C. Donkin, Lori Forte SCR Michael Berg, Jason Fuchs (story by Michael Berg, Lori Forte) CAM Renato Falcão ED David Ian Saltar, James Palumbo MUS John Powell CAST (voice only) Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Nicki Minaj, Drake, Jennifer Lopez, Queen Latifah, Simon Pegg (Buck), Patrick Stewart

STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS (2013) DIR J. J. Abrams PROD J. J. Abrams, Bryan Burk, Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci, Damon Lindelof SCR Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci, Damon Lindelof (television series “Star Trek” 1966-1969] by Gene Roddenberry) CAM Dan Mindel ED Maryann Brandon, Mary Jo Markey MUS Michael Giacchino CAST Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldaña, Leonard Nimoy, Karl Urban, Simon Pegg (Montgomery ‘Scotty’ Scott), John Cho, Benedict Cumberbatch, Anton Yelchin, Bruce Greenwood, Peter Weller, Alice Eve

THE WORLD’S END (2013) DIR Edgar Wright PROD Nira Park, Eric Fellner, Tim Bevan EXEC PROD Simon Pegg, Edgar Wright, Nick Frost, Liza Chasin, James Biddle SCR Simon Pegg, Edgar Wright CAM Bill Pope ED Paul Machliss MUS Steven Price CAST Simon Pegg (Gary King), Nick Frost, Martin Freeman, Thomas Law, Zachary Bailess, Jasper Levine, Pierce Brosnan

CUBAN FURY (2014) DIR James Griffiths PROD Nira Park, James Biddle SCR Jon Brown (original idea by Nick Frost) CAM Dick Pope ED Jonathan Amos MUS Daniel Pemberton CAST Nick Frost, Rashida Jones, Chris O’Dowd, Ian McShane, Ben Radciffe, Isabella Steinbarth, Olivia Colman, Rory Kinnear, Simon Pegg (Driver in Car Park [uncredited])

HECTOR AND THE SEARCH FOR HAPPINESS (2014) DIR Peter Chelsom PROD Christian Angermayer, Klaus Dohle, Trish Dolman, Christine Haebler, Phil Hunt, Compton Ross, Judy Tossell SCR Peter Chelsom, Tinker Lindsay, Maria von Heland (novel “Le voyage d’Hector ou la recherche de bonheur” [2002] by François Lelord) CAM Kolja Brandt ED Claus Wehlisch MUS Dan Mangan, Jesse Zubot CAST Simon Pegg (Hector), Toni Collette, Rosamund Pike, Stellan Skarsgård, Jean Reno, Veronica Ferres, Barry Astma, Christopher Plummer

THE BOXTROLLS (2014, animated) DIR Graham Annable, Anthony Stacchi PROD David Bleiman Ichioka SCR Adam Pava, Irena Brignull (novel “Here Be Monsters!” [2005] by Alan Snow; story adaptation by Anthony Stacchi, Phil Dale) CAM John Ashlee Prat ED Edie Ichioka MUS Dario Marianelli CAST (voice only) Ben Kingsley, Jared Harris, Nick Frost, Steve Blum, Toni Collette, Elle Fanning, Dee Bladley Baker, Max Mitchell, Richard Ayoade, Tracy Morgan, Nika Futterman, Simon Pegg (Herbert Trubshaw)

CALL ME THREE TIMES (2014) DIR Kriv Stenders PROD Tania Chambers, Laurence Malkin, Share Stallings SCR James McFarland CAM Geoffrey Simpson ED Jill Bilcock MUS Johnny Klimek CAST Sullivan Stapleton, Alice Braga, Teresa Palmer, Callan Mulvey, Luke Hemsworth, Bryan Brown, Simon Pegg (Charlie Wolfe), Kriv Stenders

ABSOLUTELY ANYTHING (2015) DIR Terry Jones PROD Bill Jones, Ben Timlett SCR Terry Jones, Gavin Scott CAM Peter Hannan ED Julian Rodd MUS George Fenton CAST Simon Pegg (Neil), Kate Beckinsdale, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Bob Riggle, Eddie Izzard, Joanna Lumley; Robin Williams, Monty Python [John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin] (voice only)

MAN UP (2015) DIR Ben Palmer PROD Emma Jouannet, James Biddle, Nira Park, Rachael Prior SCR Tess Morris CAM Andrew Dunn ED Paul Machliss MUS Dickon Hinchliffe CAST Simon Pegg (Jack), Lake Bell, Rory Kinnear, Ken Scott, Harriet Walter, Olivia Williams, Sharon Horgan, Ophelia Lovibond

MISSION IMPOSSIBLE – ROGUE NATION (2015) DIR Christopher McQuarrie PROD Tom Cruise, J. J. Abrams, Bryan Burk, David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, Don Granger SCR Christopher McQuarrie (story by Christopher McQuarrie, Drew Pearce; television series “Mission: Impossible” [1966-1973] created by Bruce Geller) CAM Robert Elswit ED Eddie Hamilton MUS Joe Kraemer CAST Tom Cruise, Rebecca Ferguson, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg (Benji Dunn), Ving Rhames, Sean Harris, Simon McBurney, Alec Baldwin

STAR WARS: EPISODE VII – THE FORCE AWAKENS (2015) DIR J. J. Abrams PROD J. J. Abrams, Bryan Burk, Kathleen Kennedy SCR J. J. Abrams, Lawrence Kasdan, Michael Arndt (characters created by George Lucas) CAM Dan Mindel ED Maryann Brandon, Mary Jo Markey MUS John Williams CAST Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Lupita Nyong’o, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, Anthony Daniels, Pater Mayhew, Max von Sydow, Simon Pegg (Unkar Plutt), Kiran Shah, Ed Sheeran

ICE AGE 5: COLLISION COURSE (2016, animated) DIR Galen Tan Chu, Michael Thurmeier PROD Lori Forte SCR Michael Berg, Michael J. Wilson, Yoni Brenner (story by Aubrey Solomon) CAM Renato Falcão ED James Palumbo, Erin Crackel MUS John Debney CAST (voice only) Denis Leary, John Leguizamo, Jennifer Lopez, Ray Romano, Stephanie Beatriz, Robert Cardone, Simon Pegg (Buck/Pythagorus Buck/Robo Buck)

STAR TREK BEYOND (2016) DIR Justin Lin PROD Justin Lin, J. J. Abrams, Roberto Orci, Lindsay Weber SCR Simon Pegg, Doug Jung (television series “Star Trek” 1966-1969] by Gene Roddenberry) CAM Stephen F. Windon ED Steven Sprung, Kelly Matsumoto, Dylan Highsmith, Greg D’Auria MUS Michael Giacchino CAST Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Karl Urban, Zoe Saldaña, Simon Pegg (Montgomery ‘Scotty’ Scott), John Cho, Anton Yelchin, Idris Elba, Sofia Boutella

THE CLOVERFIELD PARADOX (2018) DIR Julius Onah PROD J. J. Abrams, Lindsey Weber SCR Oren Uziel (story by Oren Uziel, Doug Jung) CAM Dan Mindel ED Rebecca Valentine, Matt Evans, Alan Baumgarten MUS Bear McCreary CAST Daniel Brühl, Elizabeth Debicki, Aksel Hennie, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Chris O’Dowd, John Ortiz, David Oyelowo, Ziyi Zhang, Simon Pegg (Radio Voice)

RADIO PLAYER ONE (2018) DIR Steven Spielberg PROD Steven Spielberg, Kristie Macosko Krieger, Dan Farah, Donald De Line SCR Ernest Cline, Zak Penn (novel “Ready Player One” [2011] by Ernest Cline) CAM Janusz Kaminski ED Michael Kahn, Sarah Broshar MUS Alan Silvestri CAST Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke, Ben Mendelsohn, Lena Waithe, T. J. Miller, Simon Pegg (Curator/Ogden Morrow), Mark Rylance, Philip Zhao

TERMINAL (2018) DIR – SCR Vaughn Stein PROD Margot Robbie, Josey McNamara, Tom Ackerly, David Barron, Arianne Fraser, Molly Hassell, Teun Hite CAM Christopher Ross ED Johannes Bock, Alex Marquez MUS Tony Clarke, Rupert Gregson-Williams CAST Margot Robbie, Simon Pegg (Bill), Dexter Fletcher, Max Irons, Mike Myers, Katarina Cas, Nick Moran, Les Loveday, Jourdan Dunn, Matthew Lewis

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – FALLOUT (2018) DIR Christopher McQuarie PROD Tom Cruise, J. J. Abrams, Christopher McQuarrie, Jake Myers SCR Christopher McQuarrie (television series “Mission: Impossible” [1966-1973] created by Bruce Geller) CAM Rob Hardy ED Eddie Hamilton MUS Lorne Balfe CAST Tom Cruise, Henry Cavill, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg (Benji Dunn), Rebecca Ferguson, Sean Harris, Angela Bassett, Vanessa Kirby, Michelle Monaghan, Wes Bentley, Alec Baldwin

SLAUGHTERHOUSE RULEZ (2018) DIR Crispian Mills PROD Charlotte Walls SCR Crispian Mills, Henry Fitzherbert (story by Crispian Mills, Henry Fitzherbert, Luke Passmore) CAM John de Borman ED Victoria Boydell, David Freeman, Peter Christelis MUS Jon Ekstrand CAST Asa Butterfield, Finn Cole, Hermione Corfield, Michael Sheen, Nick Frost, Simon Pegg (Meredith Houseman), Margot Robbie

LOST TRANSMISSIONS (2019) DIR – SCR Katharine O’Brien PROD Al Di, Olga Kagan, Filip Jan Rymsza CAM Arnau Valls Colomer ED Yannis Chaldiadakis MUS Hugo Nicholson CAST Simon Pegg (Theo Ross), Juno Temple, Alexandra Daddario, Rebecca Hazlewood, Daisy Bishop, Jamie Harris, Robert Schwartzman, Grant Harvey, Danny Ramirez

INHERITANCE (2020) DIR Vaughn Stein PROD Arianne Fraser, Richard Barton Lewis, David M. Wulf SCR Matthew Kennedy CAM Michael Merriman ED Kristi Shimek MUS Marlon Espino CAST Lily Collins, Simon Pegg (Morgan Warner), Connie Nielsen, Chace Crawford, Patrick Warburton, Marque Richardson, Michael Beach, Rebecca Adams, Alec James

THE ICE AGE ADVENTURES OF BUCK WILD (2022, animated) DIR John C. Donkin, Marshall Fels Elliott SCR Jim Hecht, William Schifrin, Ray DeLaurentis (story by Jim Hecht) ED Braden Oberson MUS Batu Sener CAST (voice only) Utkarsh Ambudkar, Sean Kenin, Jake Green, Aaron Harris, Dominique Jennings, Justina Machado, Simon Pegg (Buck)

LUCK (2022, animated) DIR Peggy Holmes, Javier Abad PROD David Eisenmann, Dana Goldberg, David Ellison SCR Kiel Murray (story by Kiel Murray, Jonathan Aibel, Glenn Berger; concept by Rebeca Carrasco, Juan De Dios, Julian Muños Romero) ED William J. Caparella MUS John Debney CAST (voice only) Eva Noblezada, Simon Pegg (Bob), Jane Fonda, Whoopi Goldberg, Colin O’Donoghue, Lil Rel Howery, Flula Borg, John Ratzenberger

THE DISAPPEARANCE OF TOBY BLACKWOOD (2022) DIR Joe Ahern PROD Sara Flynn Fletcher, Doug Mellard, Katie Middleton, Dan Riddle SCR Joe Ahern, Doug Mellard CAM Catherine Cajolet ED Dan Riddle MUS The Octopus Project CAST Grant Harvey, Joe Ahern, Doug Mellard, Dana DeLorenzo, Todd Giebenhain, Natasha Hall, Rudy Mungaray, Jackie Preciado, Simon Pegg (Garth Arthur)

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – DEAD RECKONING PART ONE (2023) DIR Christopher McQuarrie PROD Tom Cruise, Christopher McQuarrie SCR Christopher McQuarrie, Erik Jendresen (television series “Mission: Impossible” [1966-1973] created by Bruce Geller) CAM Fraser Taggart ED Eddie Hamilton MUS Lorne Balfe CAST Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg (Benji Dunn), Rebecca Ferguson, Vanessa Kirby, Esai Morales, Pom Klementieff, Cary Elwes

NANDOR FODOR AND THE TALKING MONGOOSE (2023) DIR – SCR Adam Sigal PROD Jack Christian, Karl Hall, Sasha Yelaun, Robert Paschall Jr. CAM Sara Deane ED David Freeman MUS Bill Prokopow CAST Simon Pegg (Nandor Fodor), Minnie Driver, Christopher Lloyd, Tim Downie, Gary Beadle, Paul Kaye, Jessica Balmer, Ruth Connell, Emilio Calcioli, Edmund Kingsley

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – THE FINAL RECKONING (2025) DIR Christopher McQuarrie PROD Tom Cruise, Christopher McQuarrie SCR Christopher McQuarrie, Erik Jendresen (television series “Mission: Impossible” [1966-1973] created by Bruce Geller) CAM Fraser Taggart ED Eddie Hamilton MUS Alfie Godfrey, Max Aruj CAST Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg (Benji Dunn), Esai Morales, Pom Klementieff, Henry Czerny, Angela Bassett, Cary Elwes

TV MOVIES

FINAL DEMAND (2003) DIR Tom Vaughan PROD Joy Spink TELEPLAY Deborah Moggach CAM Peter Greenhalgh ED Chris Ridsdale MUS Mark Hinton Stewart CAST Tamzin Outhwaite, Liam Cunningham, Hazel Ellerby, Demelza Randall, Simon Pegg (Colin Taylor), Dorian Healy, Matthew Chambers, Archie Panjabi, Tabitha Wady

AMERICA: THE MOTION PICTURE (2021, animated) DIR Matt Thompson PROD Channing Tatum, Matt Thompson, Christian Danley, Will Allegra, Dave Callahan, Reid Carolin, Neal Holman, Peter Kiernan, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, Eric Sims TELEPLAY Dave Callahan ED Christian Danley, Nate Ladd MUS Mark Mothersbaugh CAST (voice only) Channing Tatum, Jason Mantzoukas, Olivia Munn, Bobby Moynihan, Judy Greer, Will Forte, Raoul Max Trujillo, Killer Mike, Simon Pegg (King James)