Simon Pegg, Unkar Plutt in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and Nick Frost, SM-33 in Star Wars: Skeleton Crew, will be attending Awesome Con at Walter E. Washington CC between April 4th – 6th, 2025. Pegg and Frost will be attending on the Saturday and Sunday, as will Ming-Na Wen who plays Fennec Shand in The Mandalorian, Star Wars: The Bad Batch, and The Book of Boba Fett.
Simon Pegg
Simon Pegg co-wrote and co-starred (as Tim Bisley) in the worldwide acclaimed, cult television show Spaced. After two groundbreaking seasons, he moved on to develop and co-write, with Edgar Wright, the critically praised Shaun of the Dead, starring as the eponymous hero, Shaun. The film has since been voted one of the Best British Comedies ever made by many, including Empire magazine and Channel 4.
After conquering zombies, award ceremonies and the USA, Pegg and Wright reprised their debut movie success with the smash-hit follow-up feature, Hot Fuzz, in which Pegg starred as über cop Nicholas Angel. Pegg then went on to star in the David Schwimmer-directed feature film, Run Fatboy Run, and as the anti-hero, Sidney Young, in How to Lose Friends and Alienate People, alongside Kirsten Dunst and Jeff Bridges.
Simon co-starred, with Nick Frost, in their co-written feature film Paul with cast including Seth Rogen and Sigourney Weaver. Most recently Simon and Nick starred together again in the incredible, The World’s End (which Simon co-wrote with Edgar Wright). Since then Simon has filmed two independent feature films: Kill Me Three Times and the title role in Hector and the Search for Happiness.
Simon stars in the iconic role of Montgomery Scott (“Scotty”) in J.J. Abrams’ highly acclaimed reboot of the Star Trek films, as well as starring as Benji Dunn in the worldwide smash hit Mission: Impossible III, Mission Impossible – Ghost Protocol, and follow up, Mission Impossible Rogue Nation (the 5th in the feature series).
Other notable credits include starring in (and executive producing) the cult film, A Fantastic Fear of Everything and co starring in Steven Spielberg’s The Adventures of Tin Tin: The Secret of the Unicorn; John Landis’ Burke & Hare – and voicing ‘Reepicheep’ in The Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader, and ‘Buck’ in Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs.
Simon’s debut book, Nerd Do Well, is published by Century.
Nick Frost
Nick Frost is a British actor, director, writer and artist. Nick came to prominence as the gun-mad character Mike Watt in the award-winning Channel 4 sitcom SPACED (1999). He is best known for 2004 cult zombie film SHAUN OF THE DEAD, starring opposite Simon Pegg. Nick and Simon teamed up again for the hugely successful hit comedy HOT FUZZ (2007) and rounded off ‘The Blood and Ice Cream Trilogy’ in 2013 with THE WORLD’S END. They teamed up again in 2011 for sci-fi comedy PAUL, which debuted at the top of the UK box office and became an international hit. In that same year he appeared as Ron in the award winning Attack the Block.
Nick’s extensive film credits include Tomb Raider, Fighting with my Family and Horrible Histories: The Movie; as well as the blockbusters Snow White and the Huntsman and The Huntsman: Winter’s War.
His many television credits include ‘badass Santa’ on BBC’s DR. WHO Christmas Special ‘LAST CHRISTMAS’, series regular Bajie on AMC’s INTO THE BADLANDS, Declan Arrun on THE NEVERS, Bertram on WHY WOMEN KILL, and the lead role of Gus on TRUTH SEEKERS, a series he created and co-wrote for Amazon Prime.
Find out more about Awesome Con at the link below.
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