Nick Frost

Nick Frost
Nick Frost at the San Diego Comic-Con International in July 2013
Born Nicholas John Frost
(1972-03-28) 28 March 1972
Dagenham, London, England
Nationality British
Education Beal High School
Occupation
  • Actor
  • Comedian
  • Screenwriter
  • Producer
  • Author
Years active 1998–present
Spouse(s)
Christina Frost
(m. 2008; div. 2015)
Children 1

Nicholas John Frost (born 28 March 1972) is an English actor, comedian, screenwriter, producer, and author. He is best known for his work 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 best friend Simon Pegg. He is also well known for his various roles in the sketch show Man Stroke Woman.

Early life

Frost was born in Dagenham, London, the son of Tricia (d. 2005)[1] and John Frost, office furniture designers.[2][3] When he was ten, his sister died of an asthma attack aged 18.[4] He attended Beal High School in Ilford.[5] When Frost was 15 his parents' business failed and they lost the family home. They moved in with neighbours where he witnessed his mother having a stroke due to the stress. Frost left school and took a job with a shipping company to support the family. He subsequently spent two years at a kibbutz in Israel. He met actor Simon Pegg while working as a waiter at a North London Mexican restaurant and the two became close friends and flatmates. Pegg and Jessica Hynes wrote a role for Frost in the cult slacker comedy series Spaced that was partly based on Pegg and Frost's lifestyle at the time.[4]

Career

He 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 Spaced (1999–2001), which 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 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 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.[6] 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"). 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.[7]

Personal life

Frost is best friends with fellow actor Simon Pegg and the two have appeared alongside each other in several films. In a 2005 interview, Frost stated that he was brought up as a Catholic[8] but is now an atheist, as is Simon Pegg. He is a supporter of West Ham United, as well as being a rugby player, formerly playing for Barking RFC.

Frost lived with his half-Swedish wife, production executive Christina,[9] in St Margarets, London.[10] They married in 2008. He previously lived in Finsbury Park,[11] which was also the filming location for Shaun of the Dead. On 22 June 2011, Christina gave birth to the couple's son. They separated in 2013,[1][12] and later divorced.[13]

In October 2015, Frost released a memoir titled Truths, Half Truths & Little White Lies (Hodder & Stoughton), detailing his life up to the age of 30.[14]

Frost is a patron of Humanists UK.[15]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2004Shaun of the DeadEdChainsaw Award for Best Supporting Actor
Nominated – British Independent Film Award for Most Promising Newcomer
2005Kinky BootsDon
2006PenelopeMax Campion
2007GrindhouseBaby eaterSegment: Don't
2007Hot FuzzPolice Constable Danny Butterman
2008Wild ChildMr. Christopher
2009The Boat that RockedDave
2011PaulClive GollingsAlso co-writer
Nominated – National Movie Award for Performance of the Year
2011Attack the BlockRon
2011The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the UnicornThomson (voice)
2012Snow White & the HuntsmanNion
2012Ice Age: Continental DriftFlynn (voice)
2013The World's EndAndy KnightleyAlso executive producer
2014Cuban FuryBruce GarrettAlso executive producer
2014The BoxtrollsMr. Trout (voice)
2015Unfinished BusinessBill Whilmsley
2015SyreniaDr. Welles
2016The Huntsman: Winter's WarNion
2016Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods[16]Obelix (voice)English dub[17]
2017Monster FamilyFrank Wishbone (voice)
2018Tomb RaiderAlan
2018The FestivalRicky the Tatooist
2018Slaughterhouse RulezAnonymousPost-production
2019Fighting with My FamilyRicky KnightPost-production
TBACaptain PugwashCaptain Horatio PugwashPre-production[18]

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1998Big TrainConstruction Worker / Engineer2 episodes
1999–2001SpacedMike Watt14 episodes
2000–2004Black BooksSecurity System Man / Paul (voice)2 episodes
2001Acorn AntiquesArmed robberTelevision special
2002Danger! 50,000 Volts!Host4 episodes
2003Danger! Incoming Attack!Host4 episodes
2005Twisted TalesKeithEpisode: "Txt Msg Rcvd"
2005Look Around YouCaveman / Hot Jon2 episodes
2005Spider-Plant ManScientistTelevision short
2005–2008SupernannyNarrator26 episodes
2005–2007Man Stroke WomanVarious characters12 episodes
2006Green WingJust a ManEpisode #2.8
2006–2007HyperdriveCommander Henderson12 episodes
2010MoneyJohn Self2 episodes
2014Mr. SloaneJeremy Sloane6 episodes; also executive producer
2014Mr. Drew's School for BoysNarrator4 episodes
2014Sober CompanionPilot
2014Phineas and FerbEd (voice)Episode: "Night of the Living Pharmacists"
2014Doctor WhoSanta Claus2 episodes
2016GalavantAndreEpisode: "Giants vs. Dwarves"
2017–presentInto the BadlandsBajie18 episodes[7]
2017–presentSick NoteDr. Ian Glennis6 episodes

Radio

Year Title Role Notes
2002 The Sofa of Time Parker Also co-creator and writer

References

  1. 1 2 BBC Scotland - The Janice Forsyth Show - Nick Frost 2015 interview with Edi Stark at BBC Programmes
  2. ↑ "Nick Frost: Being funny is like a six-pack for a fat man". The Evening Standard. 20 May 2010. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  3. ↑ India Sturgis (4 April 2016). "Nick Frost: 'I don't laugh as much anymore'". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  4. 1 2 Day, Elizabeth (4 May 2014). "Nick Frost: the film funnyman on fame, fatherhood and a painful past". The Guardian. Guardian Media Group. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  5. ↑ "Nick Frost". The New York Times. The New York Times Company. Archived from the original on 26 May 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
  6. ↑ Gilsdorf, Ethan (18 March 2011). "Q&A With Nick Frost and Simon Pegg: Pockets of 'Us-es' Everywhere". Wired. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  7. 1 2 Petski, Denise (19 August 2016). "'Into The Badlands' Casts Nick Frost As Series Regular". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  8. ↑ Naugle, Patrick (14 February 2005). "Night of the Laughing Dead: An Interview With Shaun of the Dead Writer/Actor Simon Pegg And Co-Star Nick Frost". dvdverdict.com. Archived from the original on 24 July 2008. Retrieved 29 January 2010.
  9. ↑ "Nick Frost: 'I'll do anything for Money'". The Independent. London. 23 May 2010. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  10. ↑ "IGN Interviews Nick Frost". 25 October 2005. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  11. ↑ Fringe Comedy Awards Interview Retrieved 8 September 2008.
  12. ↑ Husband, Stuart (18 July 2013). "Nick Frost: 'It's about time I showed off my smokingly hot side'". The Telegraph. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  13. ↑ Sturgis, India. "Nick Frost: 'I don't laugh as much anymore'". The Daily Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group, Ltd. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  14. ↑ Frost, Nick. "The Guardian". The Guardian. Guardian Media Group.
  15. ↑ "Actor Nick Frost appointed Humanists UK patron". Humanists UK. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  16. ↑ Good Movies for Kids [@goodmovies4kids] (20 June 2016). "The new ASTÉRIX & OBELIX movie invades UK cinemas August 19th, with @jackwhitehall @nickjfrost @dickndom & more!" (Tweet). Retrieved 31 July 2018 – via Twitter.
  17. ↑ Collinson, Garry (21 June 2016). "Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods set for UK release in August". Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  18. ↑ "Battling barnacles! Nick Frost to play Captain Pugwash". Chortle. 19 May 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
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