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Simon John Pegg (né Beckingham; 14 February 1970) is an English actor, comedian and screenwriter. He came to prominence in the UK as the co-creator of the Channel 4 sitcom Spaced (1999–2001), directed by Edgar Wright. He and Wright co-wrote the films Shaun of the Dead (2004), Hot Fuzz (2007), and The World's End (2013), known collectively as the Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy, all of which saw Wright directing and Pegg starring alongside Nick Frost. Pegg and Frost also wrote and starred in the sci-fi comedy film Paul (2011). Pegg is one of the few performers to have achieved what Radio Times calls the "Holy Grail of Nerd-dom", having played popular supporting characters in Doctor Who (2005), Star Trek as Montgomery "Scotty" Scott (2009–2016), and Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015). He stars as Benji Dunn in the Mission: Impossible film series (2006–present). He provided the voice of Buck in Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009), Ice Age: Collision Course(2016), and The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild (2022).
Simon Pegg
Caractacus Burke
for Caractacus Burke in Voldemort: The Heir (Wizarding World Spinoff)
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"Voldemort: The Heir" is a Gothic character study that traces the transformation of Tom Marvolo Riddle from a charming, brilliant Head Boy into a monster. The story picks up in 1945, immediately after graduation. Riddle, obsessed with immortality and his own heritage, shockingly turns down prestigious Ministry jobs to work as a lowly clerk at Borgin and Burkes in Knockturn Alley. The film explores his psychological descent. It is not an action movie, but a thriller about manipulation. We see Riddle using his beauty and charm to seduce secrets out of the wealthy Hepzibah Smith to acquire the founders' artifacts (Hufflepuff’s Cup, Slytherin’s Locket). The narrative then shifts to his ten-year disappearance into the forests of Albania and the dark corners of Europe. It visualizes the horrific, forbidden rituals used to create the Horcruxes, showing the physical toll they take—his eyes bleeding red, his skin paling, his humanity stripping away piece by piece. It culminates in his return to Hogwarts to ask Dumbledore for the Defense Against the Dark Arts job, no longer Tom Riddle, but fully Lord Voldemort.
