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Nicholas John Frost (born 28 March 1972) is an English actor. He has appeared in the Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy of films, consisting of Shaun of the Dead (2004), Hot Fuzz (2007), and The World's End (2013), and the television comedy Spaced (1999–2001). He also appeared in Joe Cornish's film Attack the Block (2011). He co-starred in the 2011 film Paul, which he co-wrote with frequent collaborator and friend Simon Pegg. He has also portrayed various roles in the sketch show Man Stroke Woman. In 2020, he co-created and starred in the paranormal comedy horror series Truth Seekers with Pegg.
In 2002, Frost wrote and presented the show Danger! 50,000 Volts!, a spoof of the outdoors survival genre in which military experts demonstrate how to improvise solutions to dangerous problems. In the same year, Frost co-wrote and starred in The Sofa of Time with Matt King. In 2004, he appeared in Shaun of the Dead, a "romantic zombie comedy" written by Simon Pegg and Spaced director Edgar Wright. In late 2005, Frost starred in the comedy sketch show Man Stroke Woman on BBC Three. A second series aired on in early 2007. In early 2006, Frost played Commander Henderson in two series of the BBC Two science fiction sitcom, Hyperdrive. Also in 2006, he acted in Kinky Boots. Frost had a small appearance in the British comedy Look Around You, a parody of 1970s/1980s technology parodying the format of shows like Tomorrow's World.
Frost and Pegg appeared in a second Pegg-Wright feature film called Hot Fuzz, an action and cop genre homage, set in Gloucestershire. Frost plays bumbling Constable Danny Butterman, who partners up with Pegg's dynamic Nicholas Angel after the latter is transferred from the Metropolitan Police in London. The pair teamed up again for their self-penned 2011 science-fiction comedy film Paul, whose storyline concerns a fugitive alien. The two also starred in Steven Spielberg's as Thomson and Thompson. Frost narrates the Channel 4 reality show Supernanny. He has made fleeting appearances on the Channel 4 surreal medical comedy series Green Wing as "just a man" in pub scenes (when Boyce asks who he is, he responds, "just a man"). In 2013, Frost played the role of Andy Knightley in the third Pegg-Wright feature film called The World's End. In 2014, he played the eponymous character in the Sky Atlantic comedy Mr. Sloane.
In 2016, Frost was cast in an ensemble role for the second season of the AMC television series Into the Badlands.
In January 2024, Frost was announced to play Gobber the Belch in the live-action remake of How to Train Your Dragon. Frost will portray Rubeus Hagrid in the HBO television adaptation of the Harry Potter series.
Frost lived with his half-Swedes wife, production executive Mariangela, in St Margarets, London. They married in 2008. He previously lived in Finsbury Park,Edinburgh Fringe Retrieved 8 September 2008. which was also one of the filming locations for Shaun of the Dead. On 22 June 2011, Mariangela gave birth to the couple's son. They separated in 2013, and later divorced.
In October 2015, Frost released a memoir titled Truths, Half Truths & Little White Lies (Hodder & Stoughton); the book details his life up to the age of 30.
Filmography
Film
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Television
Radio
2002 The Sofa of Time Parker Also co-creator and writer
Video games
2015 Esper 2 Ernie 2017 Augmented Empire Chris
Awards and nominations
2004 British Independent Film Awards BIFA for Most Promising Newcomer Shaun of the Dead 2005 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards Best Supporting Actor 2011 National Movie Awards NMA Performance of the Year Paul 2015 Behind the Voice Actors Awards Best Vocal Ensemble in a Feature Film The Boxtrolls (shared) 2014 2014 MTV Movie Awards MTV Movie Award for Best Fight (shared with Simon Pegg, Paddy Considine, & Martin Freeman The World's End 2014 Teen Choice Awards Choice Movie: Hissy Fit Choice Movie: Award for Best Fight (shared with Simon Pegg, Paddy Considine, & Martin Freeman Choice Movie: Award for Best Chemistry (shared with Simon Pegg, Paddy Considine, Martin Freeman and Eddie Marsan 2019 Women Film Critics Circle Awards Best Screen Couple Shared with: Lena Headey Fighting with My Family
External links
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