Early life

Frost was born in Dagenham, Essex, the son of Tricia and John Frost, office furniture designers. When he was ten, 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 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.

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 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 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. 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.

Personal life

Frost is good 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 but is now an atheist along with Simon Pegg. He is a supporter of West Ham United, as well as being a rugby player, formerly playing for Barking RFC.

Frost's mother passed away in 2005.

Frost lived with his half-Swedish wife, production executive Christina, in St Margarets, London. They married in 2008. He previously lived in Finsbury Park, 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, and are now divorced.

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.

Filmography

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
2006	Penelope	Max Campion
2007	Grindhouse	Baby eater	Segment: Don't
2007	Hot Fuzz	PC Danny Butterman
2008	Wild Child	Mr. Christopher
2009	The Boat that Rocked	Dave
2011	Paul	Clive Gollings	Also co-writer Nominated - National Movie Award for Performance of the Year
2011	Attack the Block	Ron
2011	The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn	Thomson (voice)
2012	Snow White & the Huntsman	Nion
2012	Ice Age: Continental Drift	Flynn (voice)
2013	The World's End	Andy Knightley	Also executive producer
2014	Cuban Fury	Bruce Garrett	Also executive producer
2014	The Boxtrolls	Mr. Trout (voice)
2015	Unfinished Business	Bill Whilmsley
2015	Syrenia	Dr. Welles
2016	The Huntsman: Winter's War	Nion

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	Big Train	Construction Worker / Engineer	2 episodes
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!	Host	4 episodes
2003	Danger! Incoming Attack!	Host	4 episodes
2005	Twisted Tales	Keith	Episode: "Txt Msg Rcvd"
2005	Look Around You	Caveman / Hot Jon	2 episodes
2005	Spider-Plant Man	Scientist	Television short
2005-2008	Supernanny	Narrator	26 episodes
2005-2007	Man Stroke Woman	Various characters	12 episodes
2006	Green Wing	Just a Man	Episode #2.8
2006-2007	Hyperdrive	Commander Henderson	12 episodes
2010	Money	John Self	2 episodes
2014	Mr. Sloane	Jeremy Sloane	6 episodes; also executive producer
2014	Mr. Drew's School for Boys	Narrator	4 episodes
2014	Sober Companion		Pilot
2014	Phineas and Ferb	Ed (voice)	Episode: "Night of the Living Pharmacists"
2014	Doctor Who	Santa Claus	2 episodes
2016	Galavant	Andre	Episode: "Giants vs. Dwarves"

Radio

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

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