Nick Frost

Last updated on the 7 June 2025 by Evandrus

Mini Biography

Born: 28 March 1972, Hornchurch, London, England.

Nick Frost attended Beal High School in Ilford. When he was 15, his parents’ furniture business failed, leading to the loss of their family home. This hardship compelled Frost to leave school and take a job with a shipping company to help support his family. Later, he spent two years working at an Israeli kibbutz before returning to England.

Nick Frost’s major film and television roles often feature his frequent collaborations with actor Simon Pegg and director Edgar Wright. He really hit his stride with the TV comedy series “Spaced”, playing the character Mike Watt from 1999 to 2001. This led to his prominent role as Ed in the zombie comedy “Shaun of the Dead” (2004), which marked his film debut.

He continued to build on this success with roles like PC Danny Butterman in the action-comedy “Hot Fuzz” (2007) and Andy Knightley in the science fiction comedy “The World’s End” (2013), completing what is known as the “Three Flavours Cornetto” trilogy.

Beyond these collaborations, Frost has also appeared in films such as “Paul” (2011), which he co-wrote with Pegg, “Attack the Block” (2011), “Snow White and the Huntsman” (2012) and “Fighting with My Family” (2019). He’s also appeared on TV shows like “Sick Note”, “Hyperdrive”, “Man Stroke Woman” and “Into the Badlands”.

He is a supporter of West Ham United and the England national football team. He has also been a rugby player. Frost has spoken about a challenging childhood, including his mother’s struggles with alcoholism and the deaths of close family members. He is a patron of Humanists UK.

Suggested viewing

The Boat That Rocked (2009)

Bftv 8.0 / IMDb 7.3

A misfit crew of passionate DJs broadcasts rock and roll into 1960s Britain from a pirate radio ship in the North Sea. They defy the stuffy government, who seeks to shut them down, with a shared devotion to the music that defines a generation.

Top cast: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bill Nighy, Rhys Ifans, Nick Frost, Kenneth Branagh, Tom Sturridge, Chris O’Dowd, Rhys Darby.

Shaun of the Dead (2004)

Bftv 9.0 / IMDb 7.9

A slacker’s uneventful life takes a terrifying turn when a zombie apocalypse descends upon London. With his best friend, he devises a foolproof (or not so foolproof) plan: rescue his girlfriend and mum and hole up in their favourite pub until it all blows over. What follows is a hilarious, gory fight for survival, forcing our hero to finally grow up.

Top cast: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Peter Serafinowicz, Jessica Hynes, Dylan Moran, Penelope Wilton, Lucy Davis, Bill Nighy, Kate Ashfield.

Hot Fuzz (2007)

Bftv 9.0 / IMDb 7.8

An overachieving London police officer is transferred to a seemingly idyllic, crime-free village. Bored and frustrated, he’s partnered with a naive, action-movie-obsessed local copper. However, a series of gruesome “accidents” leads them to uncover a sinister conspiracy beneath the village’s peaceful facade, transforming their quiet lives into an explosive, action-packed showdown.

Top cast: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Kevin Eldon, Bill Bailey, Olivia Coleman, Jim Broadbent, Rafe Spall, Karl Johnson, Paddy Considine.

The World’s End (2013)

Bftv 8.0 / IMDb 6.9

Five middle-aged friends reunite to complete an epic pub crawl they attempted in their youth. As they revisit their old haunts, they discover their hometown has been subtly, eerily changed. What begins as a nostalgic trip devolves into a desperate fight for survival when they uncover a sinister alien conspiracy, forcing them to save humanity, one pint at a time.

Top cast: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Rosamund Pike, David Bradley, Darren Boyd, Paddy Considine, Pierce Brosnan, Eddie Marsan, Martin Freeman.

Sick Note (2017)

Bftv 8.5 / IMDb 6.8

A deceptive comedy follows a compulsive liar who, after a misdiagnosis, pretends to have cancer to avoid being fired. This initial deception snowballs, leading to increasingly outrageous lies and a tangled web of complications involving his family, friends and a bumbling Doctor, all while he tries to maintain the elaborate charade.

Top cast: Rupert Grint, Nick Frost, Lindsay Lohan, Don Johnson, Pippa Bennett-Warner, Daniel Rigby, Belinda Stewart-Wilson, Marama Corlett, Karl Theobald.

Spaced (1999)

Bftv 9.0 / IMDb 8.5

Two twenty-somethings, a struggling artist and a directionless writer, pretend to be a couple to secure a flat in London. Their eccentric landlady and a bizarre conceptual artist downstairs add to the chaos as they negotiate friendship, unrequited feelings and pop culture references, all while trying to figure out their lives.

Top cast: Simon Pegg, Jessica Hynes, Nick Frost, Katy Carmichael, Mark Heap, Julia Deakin.

Truth Seekers (2020)

Bftv 8.0 / IMDb 7.0

A broadband installer secretly moonlights as a paranormal investigator, documenting his eerie findings online. When a new, reluctant partner joins him, their odd jobs become increasingly supernatural. As they stumble upon more terrifying encounters, they uncover a chilling, apocalyptic conspiracy that threatens to plunge the world into darkness, forcing them to become unlikely heroes.

Top cast: Nick Frost, Samson Kayo, Emma D’Arcy, Malcolm McDowell, Susan Wokoma, Simon Pegg, Julian Barratt, Taj Atwal.

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