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Simon Pegg

Facts of Simon Pegg

Date of Birth: 1970 , February-14
Birth Nation: United Kingdom
Height: 5 Feet 10 Inch

Quick Timeline of Simon Pegg

1970 Born in Gloucester, Gloucestershire
1991 Graduated from University of Bristol
1995 Began his acting career
1998 First movie, Live from the Lighthouse
1986 Was the drummer of God's Third Leg
1999 Created the show, Spaced
2005 Married to Maureen McCann
2009 First child, Matilda Pegg
2004 Appeared in Shaun of the Dead
2015 Won Behind the Voice Actors Awards
2013 Won Utah Film Critics Association Awards
2014 Won Empire Awards, UK

Detail Timeline of Simon Pegg

February 14 , 1970

Born in Gloucester, Gloucestershire

Simon Pegg was born in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England of United Kingdom to Gillian Rosemary (née Smith) and John Henry Beckingham. He was born as Simon John Beckingham. He is English and is of white ethnicity. He is five feet and ten inch tall.

1991

Graduated from University of Bristol

He received his primary education from Castle Hill Primary School and then he joined Brockworth Comprehensive Secondary School. After completing his secondary education, he joined University of Bristol and he graduated from there in 1991.

1995

Began his acting career

Graduate of University of Bristol, Simon began his acting career since 1995 and that was from the television show, Faith in the Future. That year, he also appeared in another show, Six Pairs of Pants where he also served as the screenwriter.

1998

First movie, Live from the Lighthouse

After making his appearance in several shows and television series, he finally earned his place in the television movie, Live from the Lighthouse in 1998. Next year, he appeared in two different movies Tube Tales and Guest House Paradiso. 

1986

Was the drummer of God's Third Leg

In his early days, he has many dreams about his future and one of them was being the great musician. While he was 16, he joined the boy’s band, God's Third Leg and became their drummer but he remained there only for few times.

1999

Created the show, Spaced

Simon Pegg is a multi talented person from United Kingdom. After he played his first movie role in 1998, he went of creating the TV show, Spaced. He was not only the creator of this show but he was also the co writer along with Jessica Stevenson.

July 23 , 2005

Married to Maureen McCann

Simon was in love affairs with Maureen McCann since a long time. Maureen McCann is a music industry publicist. After being in love with her for such a long time, he also desired to make her his loving wife and he proposed her and they finally got married on 23rd of July 2005.

July 1 , 2009

First child, Matilda Pegg

He became father for the first time in his life and that was in 2009. He and love of his life, Maureen McCann welcomed their first child together on 1st of July and that time it was a baby girl and they named her Matilda Pegg. 

2004

Appeared in Shaun of the Dead

Behind the Voice Actors Awards winner for Best Vocal Ensemble in a Feature Film, Simon Pegg is an actor, singer and comedian from United Kingdom. He is popular in the world for being an actor and screen writer of the movies like Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, and The World's End.

2015

Won Behind the Voice Actors Awards

Till now, he has been nominated in Behind the Voice Actors Awards twice and both times he was nominated for Best Vocal Ensemble in a Feature Film. However, he has been honored only once and that was recently in 2015.

2013

Won Utah Film Critics Association Awards

In 2013, he got nominated in Utah Film Critics Association Awards for the first time in his life and that was for being the screen writer of the movie, The World's End. He won this award for Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen.

2014

Won Empire Awards, UK

He has been nominated in lots of prestigious awards and he has also won several of them. In 2005, he got his first nomination in Empire Awards, UK but he won this award only after a decade and that was in 2014.

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Simon was in love affairs with Maureen McCann for a long time. Maureen McCann is a music industry publicist. After being in love with her for such a long time, he also desired to make her his loving wife and he proposed to her and they finally got married on 23rd of July 2005. They welcomed a baby girl in 2009.

Graduate of the University of Bristol, Simon began his acting career in 1995 and that was from the television show, Faith in the Future. In 1998, he appeared in his first movie, Live from the Lighthouse. In 1999, he created the television series, Spaced and he also served as the co-writer of this show. The real figure about his salary is unknown, however, his net worth is said to be around $10 million.

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