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Nicholas John Frost (born 28 March 1972) is an English actor. He has appeared 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 friend Simon Pegg. He has also portrayed various roles in the sketch show Man Stroke Woman. In 2020, he co-created and starred in the paranormal comedy horror series Truth Seekers with Pegg.

Early life

Frost was born on 28 March 1972 in Hornchurch, Greater London; he is the son of John Frost and his Welsh wife, Tricia (died 2005), who were office furniture designers. When he was 10, his sister died of an asthma attack, aged 18. He attended Beal High School in Ilford. 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 has made fleeting appearances on 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 October 2015, Frost released a memoir titled Truths, Half Truths & Little White Lies (Hodder & Stoughton); the book details his life up to the age of 30. In 2016, Frost was cast in an ensemble role for the second season of the AMC television series Into the Badlands. In January 2024, Frost was announced to play Gobber the Belch in the live-action remake of How to Train Your Dragon. Frost will portray Rubeus Hagrid in the HBO television adaptation of the Harry Potter series.

Personal life

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

Frost lived with his half-Swedish wife, production executive Mariangela, in St Margarets, London. They married in 2008. He previously lived in Finsbury Park, which was also one of the filming locations for Shaun of the Dead. On 22 June 2011, Mariangela gave birth to the couple's son. They separated in 2013, and later divorced.

Filmography

Film

{|class="wikitable sortable"

!Year

!Title

!Role

!Notes

!Ref.

|2004||Shaun of the Dead||Ed||

|2005||Kinky Boots||Don||

|2006||Penelope||Max Campion||

| rowspan="2" |2007||Grindhouse||Baby eater||Segment: Don't

|Hot Fuzz||PC Danny Butterman||

|2008||Wild Child||Mr. Christopher||

|2009||The Boat That Rocked||Dave||

| rowspan="3" |2011||Paul||Clive Gollings||Also co-writer

|Attack the Block||Ron||

|The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn||Thomson|||Motion-capture

| rowspan="2" |2012||Snow White and the Huntsman||Nion||

|Ice Age: Continental Drift||Flynn|||Voice

|2013||The World's End||Andy Knightley|| rowspan="2" |Also executive producer

| rowspan="2" |2014||Cuban Fury||Bruce Garrett

|The Boxtrolls||Mr. Trout||Voice

| rowspan="2" |2015||Unfinished Business||Bill Whilmsley||

|Syrenia||Dr. Welles||

| rowspan="2" |2016||The Huntsman: Winter's War||Nion||

|Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods||Obelix||English dub||

|2017||Monster Family||Frank Wishbone ||Voice

| rowspan="3" |2018||Tomb Raider||Alan||Uncredited

|The Festival||Ricky the Tattooist||

|Slaughterhouse Rulez||Woody|| Also executive producer

| rowspan="3" |2019||Fighting with My Family||Ricky Knight||

|Horrible Histories: The Movie – Rotten Romans|| Arghus||

|StarDog and TurboCat||Buddy|| rowspan="6" |Voice

| rowspan="5" |2021|| The Sparks Brothers || Ringo Starr

| Extinct || Captain

| Scooby-Doo! The Sword and the Scoob|| Merlin

| Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans || Stuart

| Monster Family 2 || Frank Wishbone

| rowspan="6" | 2024 || Krazy House ||Bernie || ||

|Seize Them!

|Bobik

|Get Away

|Richard

| Also writer and producer

|Timestalker

|George

|Black Cab

|Ian

|How to Date Billy Walsh

|William

| rowspan="3" | 2025 || How to Train Your Dragon|| Gobber the Belch ||

| Grow|| Arlo || ||

| Whistle|| Mr. Craven ||

| 2027 || How to Train Your Dragon 2|| Gobber the Belch || Filming ||

Television

{|class="wikitable sortable"

!Year

!Title

!Role

!Notes

!Ref.

|1998||Big Train||Construction Worker / Engineer||2 episodes

|2000||Black Books||Security System Installer||1 episode

|1999–2001||Spaced||Mike Watt||14 episodes

|2000, 2004||Black Books||Security System Man / Paul||Voice, 2 episodes

|2001||Acorn Antiques||Armed robber||Television special

|2002||Danger! 50,000 Volts!|| rowspan="2" |Himself|| rowspan="2" |Host, 4 episodes

|2003||Danger! Incoming Attack!

| rowspan="3" |2005||Twisted Tales||Keith||Episode: "Txt Msg Rcvd"

|Look Around You||Caveman / Hot Jon||2 episodes

|Spider-Plant Man||Scientist||Television short

|2005–2007||Man Stroke Woman||Various characters||12 episodes

|2005–2008||Supernanny||Narrator||Voice, 26 episodes

|2006||Green Wing||Just a Man||Episode #2.1

|2006–2007||Hyperdrive||Commander Henderson||12 episodes

|2010||Money||John Self||2 episodes

|2011, 2014||Phineas and Ferb||Captain Squint / Ed||Voice, 2 episodes

| rowspan="4" |2014||Mr. Sloane||Jeremy Sloane||6 episodes; also executive producer

|Mr Drew's School for Boys||Narrator (voice)||4 episodes

|Sober Companion||Robert||Pilot

|Doctor Who||Santa Claus||2 episodes; Last Christmas and Death in Heaven (cameo)

|2016||Galavant||Andre||Episode: "Giants vs. Dwarves"

|2017–2018||Sick Note||Dr. Ian Glennis||14 episodes

|2017–2019||Into the Badlands||Bajie||24 episodes||

|Truth Seekers||Gus||8 episodes; also co-creator, writer and executive producer

|rowspan="2"|2021||Staged || Himself || Episode: "The Dirty Mochyns"

| Why Women Kill||Bertram|| 10 episodes

|2021–2023|| The Nevers||Declan Orrun||Main cast

|2023||Scott Pilgrim Takes Off||Studio Security Guard #2 (voice)||2 episodes

|2024–present||Star Wars: Skeleton Crew||SM-33 (voice)||7 episodes

|2025

|Transaction

|Simon

|6 episodes

|2026–present|| Harry Potter || Rubeus Hagrid ||Upcoming; main cast ||

Radio

{|class="wikitable sortable"

!Year

!Title

!Role

!Notes

!Ref.

|2002

|The Sofa of Time

|Parker

|Also co-creator and writer

Video games

{| class="wikitable sortable"

! Year

! Title

! Role

!Ref.

|2015

|Esper 2

|Ernie

|2017

|Augmented Empire

|Chris

Awards and nominations

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"

! Year

! Award

! Category

! Work

! Result

| 2004

| British Independent Film Awards

| BIFA for Most Promising Newcomer

|rowspan="2" | Shaun of the Dead