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Simon Pegg

Simon Pegg

Actor, also writer and producer · Born February 14, 1970 (56) · Brockworth, Gloucestershire, England, UK

BAFTA Award nominee · 1 other major award body

Simon John Pegg (né Beckingham; born 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 starred as Benji Dunn in six Mission: Impossible films, beginning with Mission: Impossible III (2006) and ending with Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (2025). He has also provided the voice of Buck in the Ice Age film series (2009–present). Description above from the Wikipedia article Simon Pegg, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Born
February 14, 1970 (56)
From
Brockworth, Gloucestershire, England, UK
Works as
Actor, also writer and producer
Titles
73 on MovieCove · 116 credits in all

What are Simon Pegg's films like?

Across their 45 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 43 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Light 27 · Serious 12 · Dark 4

A split, not a type: Grounded 13 · Stylized 14 · Heightened 16

A split, not a type: Gentle 10 · Charged 15 · Intense 18

Steady 15 · Shifting 18 · Whiplash 10

Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 24 · Funny 14

A split, not a type: Slow burn 10 · Even-paced 16 · Relentless 17

A split, not a type: Casual 17 · Engaged 16 · Full focus 10

Resolved 37 · Open-ended 4 · Ambiguous 2

Roles they play

27 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 8 of 27 analyzed roles.

Hero
8 of 27
Ally
5 of 27
Shadow
5 of 27
Trickster
4 of 27
Shapeshifter
2 of 27
Mentor
2 of 27
Threshold guardian
1 of 27
Show the 27 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
23
Thrilling
18
Joyful
13
Absurd
15
Warm
15
Other
40

How their films end · 10 with a twist

  • Happy20
  • Bittersweet14
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous10

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Simon Pegg's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 60 of their 73 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (14).

Subscription and free streaming for Simon Pegg's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

116 credits, 73 with a MovieCove page; 46 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Ice Age: Boiling Point (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)

    as Buck (voice)

  • Only What We Carry(2026)

    as Julian Johns

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
  • Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
  • EPIKASE (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Angel Pavement (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    as Sid Bunkin

  • WondLa(2024)

    Show 1 episode · as BOB (voice)

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows
  • Quentin Blake's Box of Treasures (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Show 1 episode · as George (voice) · as Sid Bunkin (voice)

  • Scott Pilgrim Takes Off(2023)

    Show 2 episodes · as Studio Security #1 (voice)

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows
  • Nandor Fodor and the Talking Mongoose(2023)

    Executive Producer · as Nandor Fodor

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
  • Agent Elvis(2023)

    Show 1 episode · as Paul McCartney (voice)

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all shows
  • Luck(2022)

    as Bob (voice)

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films
  • The Undeclared War(2022)

    Show 12 episodes · as Danny Patrick

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all shows
  • Diabolical(2022)

    Show 1 episode · as Hughie (voice)

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all shows
  • Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
  • America: The Motion Picture(2021)

    as King James (voice)

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
  • The Sparks Brothers(2021)

    as John Lennon (voice)

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
  • Truth Seekers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Show 8 episodes · Creator · Executive Producer · Writer · as Dave

  • Staged(2020)

    Show 1 episode · as Simon

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
  • Inheritance(2020)

    as Morgan Warner

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
  • Lost Transmissions(2019)

    as Theo Ross

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
  • Piney: The Lonesome Pine (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as Jackster

  • The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance(2019)

    Show 9 episodes · as skekSil (The Chamberlain) (voice)

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows
  • The Boys(2019)

    Show 9 episodes · as Hugh Campbell

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows
  • Slaughterhouse Rulez(2018)

    Executive Producer · as Meredith Houseman

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
  • Sara Pascoe vs Monogamy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Executive Producer

  • Terminal(2018)

    as Bill

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
  • Ready Player One(2018)

    as Curator / Ogden Morrow

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
  • The Cloverfield Paradox(2018)

    as Radio Voice

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
  • Scrat: Spaced Out(2016)

    as Buck (voice) (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
  • Star Trek Beyond(2016)

    Writer · as Lieutenant Commander Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
  • Ice Age: Collision Course(2016)

    as Buck / Pythagorus Buck / Robo Buck (voice)

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
  • Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens(2015)

    Thanks · as Unkar Plutt

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
  • Robots (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Narrator

  • Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
  • Man Up(2015)

    Executive Producer · as Jack

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
  • Kill Me Three Times(2014)

    as Charlie Wolfe

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films
  • Absolutely Anything(2015)

    as Neil

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films
  • The Boxtrolls(2014)

    as Herbert Trubshaw (voice)

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
  • Phineas and Ferb: Star Wars (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    as Candace's C.O. / C-3PO (voice)

  • Cuban Fury(2014)

    as Driver during car park dance off (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
  • The World's End(2013)

    Executive Producer · Writer · as Gary King

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
  • Star Trek Into Darkness(2013)

    as Lieutenant Commander Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
  • Room on the Broom(2012)

    as Narrator (voice)

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
  • 30 Years of Comic Strip (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Actor

  • Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Darth Maul Returns (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Dengar (voice)

  • Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja(2012)

    Show 1 episode · as Pitch Kickham (voice)

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all shows
  • Ice Age: Continental Drift(2012)

    as Buck (voice)

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
  • A Fantastic Fear of Everything(2012)

    Executive Producer · as Jack

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
  • A Night with the Stars (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Show 1 episode · as Participant

  • Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
  • The Death and Return of Superman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as John Landis

  • The Adventures of Tintin(2011)

    as Thompson (voice)

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
  • Paul(2011)

    Writer · as Graeme Willy

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
  • Scrat's Continental Crack-Up (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as Buck (voice)

  • Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
  • Burke and Hare(2010)

    as William Burke

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films
  • Running Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Archer(2009)

    Show 2 episodes · as Aleister (voice)

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
  • Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs(2009)

    as Buck (voice)

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
  • Star Trek(2009)

    as Lieutenant Commander Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
  • Star Wars: The Clone Wars(2008)

    Show 1 episode · as Dengar (voice)

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
  • Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
  • Run Fatboy Run(2007)

    Screenplay · as Dennis

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
  • Phineas and Ferb(2007)

    Show 1 episode · as Candace's C.O. / C-3PO (voice) · as Shaun (voice)

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows
  • British Film Forever (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Producer · as Self

  • Diary of the Dead(2007)

    Thanks · as Newsreader (voice) (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films
  • Grindhouse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Bearded Cannibal (segment "Don't") (uncredited)

  • Hot Fuzz(2007)

    Screenplay · as Nicholas Angel

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
  • The Good Night(2007)

    as Paul

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
  • Big Nothing(2006)

    as Gus

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
  • Alan Partridge Presents: The Cream of British Comedy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as Jonathan Pearce

  • Land of the Dead(2005)

    as Photo Booth Zombie

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
  • Doctor Who(2005)

    Show 1 episode · as The Editor

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
  • Doctor Who Confidential (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Show 13 episodes · as Narrator

  • Comic Aid (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Actor

  • Robot Chicken(2005)

    Show 1 episode · as Daniel Day-Lewis / Scarecrow / Eric Draven (voice) · as Ringo Starr / George Harrison / Blue Meanie Captain (voice)

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows
  • Bottom Mindless Violence (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    as Mr. Nice (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • I Am Not an Animal(2004)

    Show 6 episodes · as Kieron the Cat (voice)

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all shows
  • Shaun of the Dead(2004)

    Writer · as Shaun

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
  • The Reckoning(2003)

    as Gaoler

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
  • Danger! 50,000 Zombies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    as Dr. Russel Fell

  • That Was the Week We Watched (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Show 6 episodes · Actor

  • Appointment with Dr. Terrible (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    as Interviewee – Actor

  • Final Demand (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    as Colin Taylor

  • Look Around You (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Show 1 episode · as Handsome Man · as Sleeping Queen's Guard

  • Icons(2002)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
  • 24 Hour Party People(2002)

    as Journalist

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
  • Dr. Terrible's House of Horrible(2001)

    Show 1 episode · as Angus

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all shows
  • Band of Brothers(2001)

    Show 2 episodes · as William S. Evans

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows
  • The Parole Officer(2001)

    as Deflated Husband

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
  • Black Books(2000)

    Show 1 episode · as Evan

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
  • Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Guest House Paradiso(1999)

    as Mr. Nice

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
  • Tube Tales(1999)

    as Clerk (segment "Steal Away")

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
  • Hippies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Show 6 episodes · as Ray Purbbs

  • Steve Coogan: The Man Who Thinks He's It (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Actor

  • Spaced (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Show 14 episodes · Creator · Writer · as Tim Bisley

  • Big Train (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Show 12 episodes · as Various Roles

  • Is It Bill Bailey? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Show 6 episodes · as Various Roles

  • I'm Alan Partridge (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Show 1 episode · as Steve Bennett

  • We Know Where You Live (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Show 13 episodes · as Various Characters

  • Saturday Live (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Show 3 episodes · as Various

  • Asylum (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Show 6 episodes · Writer · as Simon

  • Faith in the Future (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Show 22 episodes · as Jools

  • Six Pairs of Pants (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Show 3 episodes · Writer · Actor

  • 30 Minutes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Narrator / Benji Dunn

  • Angels in the Asylum (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Dr. Anderson

  • Dr. Mason Miller (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Dr. Mason Miller

  • Hump (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Basil (voice)

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 116 titles, 111 of them dated from 1995 to 2026; peak year 2014.

Film career

MilestoneBreakout
19952026

Peak 2014 · steadily prominent in film for years. Top draw in 27 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

  • 1998Screen debut· Big Train
  • 1999First film· Guest House Paradiso
  • 2004First top-billed film· Shaun of the Dead
  • 2004Breakout· Shaun of the Dead

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting114 of 116: 98 only acting, 16 with another role · typical Midcredits score69thWriting10 of 116: 0 only writing, 10 with another role · typical Midcredits score81stProducing8 of 116: 2 only producing, 6 with another role · typical Midcredits score37thOther crew4 of 116: 0 only other crew, 4 with another role

116 titles, 16 with more than one role — acting and writing overlap on 10 of them.

By decade

1990s13 · 13 acting · 3 crew2000s38 · 37 acting · 5 crew2010s39 · 38 acting · 8 crew2020s21 · 21 acting · 2 crew

Billing

usually 4th · top billed in 28% of 50 roles
99091419

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

Awards

2 major nominations and no wins, 2002–2014.

  1. 2014
    • Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Actor in a Comedy
  2. 2002
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Situation Comedy Award

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Simon Pegg's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 58th percentile, the median of all 54; across their 43 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 68th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

68thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 43

Approval · how many liked their films

74thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 43

Reach · how many have seen their films

94thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 43

Midcredits score across 73 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up33
  • 50th to 74th17
  • 25th to 49th17
  • Below 25th6

Shape of the crowd

24 of their 73 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved19
  • Divisive1
  • Crowd Pleaser24
  • Broadly Agreed10
  • Mixed19

Reviewers score the acting 72/100 in their films, across 36 reviewed titles; fans 79, detractors 49. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Simon Pegg's work okay for kids?

Across up to 34 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore31 titles31–89 · median 58 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity34 titles20–54 · median 34 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity29 titles23–85 · median 51 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs29 titles10–59 · median 32 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense30 titles29–66 · median 52 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Simon Pegg work with?

People who share at least 2 of Simon Pegg's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Nick Frost shares the most, 9.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles