Nick Frost

For Australian Olympic swimmer, see Nic Ffrost.

Nick Frost
Frost at the San Diego Comic-Con International in July 2013.
Born	Nicholas John Frost (1972-03-28) 28 March 1972 Dagenham, East London, England
Education	Beal High School
Occupation(s)	Actor, comedian, writer
Years active	1998–present
Spouse	Christina Frost

Nicholas John "Nick" Frost (born 28 March 1972) is an English actor, comedian and screenwriter. He is best known for his work with Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright in the role of Mike Watt in the television comedy Spaced, as well as Ed in Shaun of the Dead, Danny Butterman in Hot Fuzz, Andrew Knightley in The World's End, Clive Gollings in Paul, and drug dealer Ron in Attack the Block. He is also well known for his various roles in the sketch show Man Stroke Woman.

Early life and career

Frost was born in Dagenham, East London, the son of office furniture designers. He attended Beal High School in Ilford. He worked as a waiter and appeared in corporate training video clips such as Chris Carter and the Coverplan Challenge, a Dixons sales video, before gaining fame as Tim's army-obsessed best friend Mike in the British comedy series Spaced, which was written by Simon Pegg and Jessica Hynes and aired on Channel 4 for two series. In 2001, Frost played a small role in a one-off episode of Victoria Wood's Acorn Antiques. This was a specially written episode shown during the series called "The Sketch Show Story" that Victoria narrated, in which Frost played an armed robber who shot dead Acorn Antiques' most lovable character, Mrs Overall.

In 2002, Frost wrote and presented the show Danger! 50,000 Volts!, a spoof of the outdoors survival genre in which SAS experts or the like demonstrated 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 of Man Stroke Woman aired on BBC Three 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 the 2011 sci-fi film Paul, whose storyline concerned a fugitive alien. The two also starred in Steven Spielberg's The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn as Thomson and Thompson. Frost narrates the Channel 4 reality show Supernanny. He has made fleeting appearances in 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").

Personal life

Frost is best friends with fellow actor Simon Pegg. He currently resides with his half-Swedish wife, production executive Christina in St Margarets, London. He previously lived in Finsbury Park, which was also the filming location for Shaun of the Dead. In a 2005 interview, Frost stated that he was brought up as a Catholic and is now an atheist. He is a supporter of West Ham United, as well as being a rugby player, formerly playing for Barking RFC. On 22 June 2011, Frost's wife gave birth to a son.

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	Big Train	Construction worker	Episode 1
		Engineer	Episode 2
1999	Spaced	Mike Watt
2000	Black Books	Security system man	Episode: "The Big Lock-Out"
2001	Acorn Antiques	Armed robber
2002	The Sofa of Time	Parker
	Danger! 50,000 Volts!	Host
2003	Danger! Incoming Attack!
2004	Black Books	Paul	Voice only Episode: "Moo-Ma and Moo-Pa"
2005	Twisted Tales	Keith	Episode: "Txt Msg Rcvd"
	Look Around You	Caveman	Episode: "Music"
		Hot Jon	Episode: "Live Final"
	Spider-Plant Man	Scientist
	Supernanny (XXX Version)	Narrator
	Man Stroke Woman	Various characters
2006	Green Wing	Just a man	Episode 1
	Hyperdrive	Commander Henderson
2010	Money	John Self
2011	Top Gear	Himself	Series 16, Episode 4
	A Quiet Word With ...		Series 1, Episode 5
	Good News Week		1 episode
2013	It's Kevin		Series 1
2014	Mr. Sloane	Mr Sloane

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Shaun of the Dead	Ed	Chainsaw Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated - British Independent Film Award for Most Promising Newcomer
2005	Kinky Boots	Don
2007	Grindhouse	Baby eater	Segment: Don't
	Hot Fuzz	PC Danny Butterman
2008	Wild Child	Mr. Christopher
	Penelope	Max Campion
2009	The Boat that Rocked	Dave
2011	Paul	Clive Gollings	Also co-writer; Nominated - National Movie Award for Performance of the Year
	Attack the Block	Ron
	The Adventures of Tintin	Thomson
2012	Snow White & the Huntsman	Nion
	Ice Age: Continental Drift	Flynn	Voice only
2013	The World's End	Andy Knightley	Also executive producer
2014	Cuban Fury	Bruce Garrett
	The Boxtrolls	TBC	Post-Production
	Business Trip	TBC	Filming
2015	The Adventures of Tintin: Prisoners of the Sun	Thomson

External links

• Nick Frost at IMDb
• Frostitution: A Nick Frost Fanpage
• Hamilton Hodell Agency – Nick Frost
• Shaun of the Dead interview
• Hot Fuzz Interview
• Nick Frost – Twitter Page