I mean, yeah, I'm sure that Python and the other things have paved the way for a greater understanding of the British sense of humor, but I don't think it's all that different than the American sense of humor.

Pegg's other credits include the World War II mini-series Band of Brothers guest appearances on Black Books Brass Eye Special I'm Alan Partridge The Parole Officer and in the Factory Records story 24 Hour Party People. His parents divorced when he was seven and he took on the surname "Pegg" after his mother re-married. technician who assists Tom Cruise's character Ethan Hunt.

Simon Pegg (born Simon John Beckingham; 14 February 1970) is an English actor comedian writer film producer and director. Much of his major work has been in collaboration with some combination of Wright Nick Frost Jessica Hynes and Dylan Moran.