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Simon John Pegg (born February 14 , 1970 ) is an English Stand-up Comedian , Writer and film and television Actor . He is best-known for his roles (as a co-writer and an actor) in the Sitcom '' Spaced '' and the film '' Shaun Of The Dead ''. All his major work has been in collaboration with some combination of Jessica Stevenson , Edgar Wright and Nick Frost . BIOGRAPHY Pegg was born in Gloucester and studied drama at the University Of Bristol . In 1993 he moved to London and gigged on the stand-up comedy circuit before breaking into television comedy in '' Six Pairs Of Pants '', '' Faith In The Future '', '' Big Train '' and '' Hippies ''. In 1999 he created and co-wrote the Channel 4 sitcom '' Spaced '' with Jessica Stevenson . For this project Pegg brought in Frost, his best friend who had no formal training as an actor. Spaced promoted both Frost's TV and film career and a professional relationship with Pegg. For his performance in this series Simon Pegg was nominated for a British Comedy Award as Best Male Comedy Newcomer. Pegg co-wrote (with ''Spaced'' director Edgar Wright ) and starred in the "romantic zombie comedy" (rom-zom-com) film '' Shaun Of The Dead '', released in April 2004 . At George A. Romero 's invitation, Pegg and Wright made cameo appearances in Romero's latest zombie film, '' Land Of The Dead ''. OTHER ROLES Other credits include World War II Miniseries '' Band Of Brothers '', a guest appearance on '' Black Books '', '' I'm Alan Partridge '' and the Factory Records story '' 24 Hour Party People ''. He also played the mutant Bounty Hunter Johnny Alpha, the Strontium Dog , in a series of Big Finish Productions Audio Play s based on the character from British Comic 2000 AD . Pegg appeared in the Big Finish Productions '' Doctor Who '' audio story Invaders From Mars as Don Chaney, and portrayed the character of The Editor in the 2005 '' Doctor Who '' episode '' The Long Game ''. He also narrated the first series of the documentary series '' Doctor Who Confidential ''. Pegg also auditioned for a part in the romantic comedy, '' Love Actually ''. The part he auditioned for was taken by the actor Rowan Atkinson . FORTHCOMING WORK On ''. Pegg will be Benji Dunn, the technical sidekick to Cruise's Ethan Hunt. Pegg and Wright have written their second film, '' Hot Fuzz '', which is due to start filming in March 2006 . The film will be an police-action movie homage and will also star Nick Frost. Pegg will play Nicholas Angel, a London policeman who is transferred to rural Somerset, where grisly events start taking place. Simon recently stated that he would like to return to "Spaced" in the form of a one hour special which would reveal the characters fates. He revealed this in a radio interview with "Spaced" co-star Bill Bailey . SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY in '' The Long Game '']]
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