2000s—Pegg & Frost

Simon Pegg and Nick Frost’s ‘Star Wars’

Picking the best comedy duo of the 2000s is no easy task. It’s the decade that saw exceptional pairings,
including Ben Stiller & Owen Wilson, Will Ferrel & John C. Reilly, John Cho & Kal Penn, and many more.
Despite all the offerings, the decade goes to Simon Pegg and Nick Frost.The pair began working together
in 1999 on Spaced, and they kept their incredible on-screen chemistry going for years — and they’re still
at it. During the first decade of the 21st century, Pegg and Frost appeared in the Three Flavours Cornetto
trilogy.Those films include Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, and The World’s End, which came out in 2013,
so it’s a bit outside the scope. The first two films are arguably the best they’ve done together, and they
continue to work together in both film and television to this day.Their most recent collaboration is the
Amazon Prime series Truth Seekers, which was released in October 2020. Both comics remain close
friends and collaborators on numerous projects, which is something that is likely to continue well into
the next decade.