Simon Pegg Biography
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Graduated from Bristol university in 1991 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in theatre, film and television.

In addition to the numerous visual reference to Star Wars (1977) in Shaun of the Dead (2004), his flatmate, Pete, is played by Peter Serafinowicz, the voice of Darth Maul.

Was offered the lead role of Rorschach in the doomed movie adaptation of the comic book mini-series, The Watchmen. He turned it down because it would become too "Simon Pegg *is* Rorschach."

Was the drummer in a band called "God's Third Leg" when he was 16.

Is godfather of Chris Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow's daughter, Apple.

Was offered a role in Dog Soldiers (2002), but turned it down at Edgar Wright's request, as Wright wanted Shaun of the Dead (2004) to be Pegg's first role in a horror movie.

He was cast in the role of "Benji" in Mission: Impossible III (2006) after Ricky Gervais was unable to take the role. 'JJ Abrams', director of the film, is said to be a huge fan of Shaun of the Dead (2004).

Pegg revealed that he would like to return to "Spaced" (1999), in the form of a one-hour special. The one-off show would reveal what became of the main characters. Pegg revealed this in a 2007 interview with Spaced co-star Bill Bailey.

When asked by a journalist whether England hadn't become too small for him after the world-wide success of Shaun of the Dead (2004), he replied "It's not like I'm going to be starring in Mission Impossible 3". Six months later, he was cast as Benji in Mission: Impossible III (2006).

He is a big fan of Gillian Anderson and "The X Files" (1993).

Along with Alan Dale, Daphne Ashbrook, Guy Siner, Maurice Roëves, Olaf Pooley, Barrie Ingham, John Franklyn-Robbins, Christopher Neame and Deep Roy, he is one of only ten actors to have speaking roles in both the "Star Trek" and "Doctor Who" franchises. He played the Editor in "Doctor Who: The Long Game (#1.7)" (2005) and Montgomery "Scotty" Scott in Star Trek (2009). He appeared with Roy in the latter.

Worked in UK department store Debenhams on the menswear department at the Bristol store before he went into acting.

On 6 July 2009, Simon announced on his official website that his wife Maureen McCann had given birth to a daughter a few days earlier. However he added "name, weight, time, place etc all belong to us and we won't be going out of our way to divulge them anytime soon".

Father's Name is John.
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