Nick Frost
Born: 28th March 1972 (as Nicholas John Frost)
Episodes Broadcast: 2014
Nick Frost was born in East London. In the wake of his parents'
bankruptcy and their subsequent health issues, Frost left school at the
age of sixteen to support his family by working at a shipping company.
After spending two years at a kibbutz in Israel, he returned to England
to try his hand at stand-up comedy, with little success. Instead, Frost
found himself toiling as a waiter, which brought him into contact with
Simon Pegg, the boyfriend of one of his co-workers. Recognising that
they shared a common sense of humour, Frost and Pegg became friends and
flatmates. When Pegg won a starring role in the 1998 sketch show Big
Train, he secured walk-on parts for Frost. Pegg's next project was
the sitcom Spaced, which he co-created with Jessica Stevenson,
and Frost joined the cast.
As the twenty-first century dawned, Frost's career was sufficiently
well-established that he began to be cast independently of Pegg. His
regular appearances included the sketch show Man Stroke Woman and
the science-fiction comedy Hyperdrive, and he took guest roles in
programmes like Twisted Tales and Green Wing. But Pegg and
Frost still maintained their association, which led to Frost's movie
debut in the 2004 cult classic Shaun Of The Dead. He could also
be seen in films such as Kinky Boots, Grindhouse and
The Boat That Rocked, plus another collaboration with Pegg in the
form of Hot Fuzz. Frost wedded Christina, a production executive,
in 2008; their son Mac was born in 2011, although the marriage would end
in a 2016 divorce.
Frost appeared in Attack The
Block starring the future Thirteenth Doctor, Jodie Whittaker
Frost's television work during the early 2010s included a starring role
in Mr Sloane, on which he was also an executive producer. Amongst
his appearances on the silver screen were the science-fiction comedy
Attack The Block starring the future Thirteenth Doctor, Jodie
Whittaker, as well as fantasy film Snow White And The Huntsman
and romantic comedy Cuban Fury. With Pegg, he both co-wrote and
co-starred in Paul, before he was an actor and executive producer
on The World's End. The pair also collaborated to voice lookalike
policemen Thomson and Thompson in Steven Spielberg's animated The
Adventures Of Tintin. In 2014, Frost tackled a Doctor Who
role for which he seemed destined from the moment his parents chose his
name. As none other than Santa Claus, he first appeared in a teaser at
the end of season finale Death In
Heaven, which led to a greater involvement in that year's
holiday special, Last
Christmas.
Frost's memoir, Truths, Half Truths & Little White Lies, was
published in 2015. Soon thereafter, he took prominent roles in
programmes such as Sick Note and Into The Badlands, while
appearing in movies like Fighting With My Family and Horrible
Histories: The Movie -- Rotten Romans. Further reunions with Pegg
came in Slaughterhouse Rulez and the short-lived series Truth
Seekers, which they co-created with James Serafinowicz and Nat
Saunders. Frost's other television projects during the Twenties included
Why Women Kill and The Nevers.
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