The father of Simon Pegg is jazz musician and salesman John Henry Beckingham.
The grandpa of Simon was Frederick John Beckingham (the son of George Beckingham and Elizabeth Ann Mason).
Thomas Beckingham and Sarah Anne Hawkins were the parents of George. Elizabeth was the child of Mary Ann and David Mason.
John Henry Beckingham: Who is Simon Pegg’s father? Bio, age, wife, children, net worth
Pegg was seven years old when his parents split up.
Later, he adopted the last name “Pegg” of his stepfather.
After graduating from Gloucestershire’s Brockworth Comprehensive Secondary School, he continued his education at Stratford-upon-Avon College, where he majored in English literature and performance studies.
He afterwards pursued a bachelor’s in drama at the University of Bristol. Pegg relocated to London in the early 1990s and started building a lucrative stand-up comedy career.
Roles in television projects including Six Pairs of Pants (1995), Asylum (1996), and We Know Where You Live followed (1997).
Pegg and Jessica Hynes collaborated in the cult sitcom Spaced (1999), which was directed by Edgar Wright, both as writers and actors.
