Simon Pegg movie list

English actor, writer and comedian Simon Pegg was born Simon John Beckingham in Brockworth, Gloucestershire, to Gillian Rosemary (Smith), a civil servant, and John Henry Beckingham, a jazz musician. His parents divorced when Pegg was seven. He later took his stepfather's surname, "Pegg". He was educated at Brockworth Comprehensive Secondary School in Gloucestershire and went on to Stratford-upon-Avon College to study English literature and performance studies. He then attended the University of Bristol, and earned a bachelor's degree in drama. In the early 1990s, Pegg moved to London and began forging a successful career in stand-up comedy. Television opportunities followed including roles in Six Pairs of Pants (1995), Asylum (1996) and We Know Where You Live (1997). In 1999, Pegg and Jessica Hynes teamed up to write and star in cult sitcom Spaced (1999), directed by Edgar Wright. The series also featured Pegg's best friend, Nick Frost. Pegg's breakthrough in film came with the zom-rom-com Shaun of the Dead (2004), which he also co-wrote with director Edgar Wright. Again, the film featured Nick Frost. The trio also scored a hit with police comedy Hot Fuzz (2007). Further film successes followed for Pegg, notably in the iconic role of Montgomery "Scotty" Scott in Star Trek (2009) and alongside Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible III (2006) and Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011).

The Boys

8.4United States2024ActionComedyDramaCrimeScience fiction

A group of vigilantes known informally as “The Boys” set out to take down corrupt superheroes with no more than blue-collar grit and a willingness to fight dirty.

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

8.8United States2023ActionThrillerAdventure

Ethan Hunt and his IMF team must track down a dangerous weapon before it falls into the wrong hands.

Luck

5.7United StatesSpain2022ComedyDramaCartoonScience fictionAdventure

The curtain is pulled back on the millennia-old battle between the organizations of good luck and bad luck that secretly affects everyday lives.

The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild

The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild

3United StatesCanada2022ComedyCartoonAdventure

The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild continues the escapades of the possum brothers Crash and Eddie who set out to find a place of their own. Together with the one-eyed weasel, Buck Wild, they face the dinosaurs who inhabit the Lost World.

America: The Motion Picture

America: The Motion Picture

4.5United States2021ActionCartoonAdventure

A chainsaw-wielding George Washington teams with beer-loving bro Sam Adams to take down the Brits in a tongue-in-cheek riff on the American Revolution.

Inheritance

4United States2020DramaThrillerScience fiction

When Lauren's wealthy father dies and leaves her the keys to a hidden bunker on their estate, what she finds could destroy her family — and their lives.

Lost Transmissions

Lost Transmissions

5.1United States2020Drama

When an acclaimed music producer goes off his medication for schizophrenia, his friends chase him though the LA music scene to help commit him to a psychiatric hospital, revealing the troubling inadequacies of our mental health care system.

The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance

The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance

8.5United States2019DramaScience fictionAdventure

As power-hungry overlords drain life from the planet Thra, a group of brave Gelfling unite on a quest to save their world and fight off the darkness.

Mission: Impossible - Fallout

Mission: Impossible - Fallout

8.7NorwayUnited KingdomUnited StatesChinaFrance2018ActionThrillerAdventure

When an IMF mission ends badly, the world is faced with dire consequences. As Ethan Hunt takes it upon himself to fulfill his original briefing, the CIA begin to question his loyalty and his motives. The IMF team find themselves in a race against time, hunted by assassins while trying to prevent a global catastrophe.

Ready Player One

Ready Player One

7.3United StatesIndia2018ActionScience fictionAdventure

In a world on the brink of collapse, a talented gamer takes the lead in a series of challenges to win ownership of a massive virtual reality universe.