What is Simon Pegg?
{{Infobox person | image = Simon Pegg Premiere of Kill Me Three Times (cropped).jpg | caption = Pegg at the Los Angeles premiere of ''[[Kill Me Three Times]]'' in 2015 | birth_name = Simon John Beckingham | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1970|2|14}} | birth_place = [[Brockworth]], [[Gloucestershire]], England | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = {{flatlist| * [[Actor]] * [[comedian]] * [[film director|director]] * [[film producer|producer]] * [[screenwriter]] }} | years_active = 1995–present | height_m = 1.78 | spouse = {{marriage|Maureen McCann|23 July 2005}} | children = 1 }} [[File:SimonPeggApr09.jpg|upright|thumb|right|Pegg at the premiere for ''[[Star Trek (film)|Star Trek]]'' in 2009]] '''Simon John Pegg''' (né '''Beckingham'''; born 14 February 1970) is an [[English people|English]] actor, comedian, director, producer and screenwriter. His best known roles are ''[[Spaced]]'', ''[[Shaun of the Dead]]'', ''[[Hot Fuzz]]'', ''[[Paul (movie)|Paul]]'' and the [[Ice Age (franchise)|''Ice Age'' franchise]]. He is also known for working with [[Nick Frost]]. ==Personal life== Pegg [[married]] Maureen McCann on 23 July 2005.<ref name=people-baby /> On 21 February 2009, Pegg said his wife was five months pregnant with the couple's first child.<ref name=people-baby>{{cite web |url=http://celebrity-babies.com/2009/02/21/simon-pegg-and-wife-expecting-first-child/ |title=Simon Pegg and Wife Expecting First Child |publisher=[[People (magazine)|People.com]] |date=21 February 2009 |access-date=12 September 2012 |archive-date=16 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216113941/http://celebritybabies.people.com/2009/02/21/simon-pegg-and-wife-expecting-first-child/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Their daughter Matilda<ref>{{cite news|url=http://blogs.laweekly.com/stylecouncil/2011/06/simon_pegg_book_interview.php|title=Simon Pegg's New Autobiography: Well Done, Nerd!|work=[[LA Weekly]