Nick Frost
Birthdate: March 28, 1972 (54 Years Old)
Birthplace: Hornchurch, Essex, England, UK
Nick Frost (birthname: Nicholas John Frost) is best known for his acclaimed comic performances in director/writer Edgar Wright’s Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy of apocalyptic comedies—Shaun of the Dead (2004), Hot Fuzz (2007), The World’s End (2013), which also established Frost as one half of a droll British twosome with fellow comic (and friend) Simon Pegg.
Frost followed up his first success with Wright with a supporting turn in the Julian Jarrold-directed drag queen comedy, Kinky Boots (2005), with Joel Edgerton, Chiwetel Ejiofor, and Sarah-Jane Potts, and earned $10 million for Miramax/Buena Vista Distribution.
Frost again played support in the UK/US fantasy rom-com Penelope (2006), which co-starred Christina Ricci, James McAvoy, Catherine O’Hara, Reese Witherspoon, Peter Dinklage, and Richard E. Grant under Mark Palansky’s direction. The film premiered at the Toronto Film Festival before returning a poor $21 million box office for Summit Entertainment (US)/Momentum Pictures (UK)/Hyde Park International (world).
Frost was cast by director/writer Richard Curtis for the starry ensemble of The Boat That Rocked aka Pirate Radio (2009), co-starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bill Nighy, Rhys Ifans, and Kenneth Branagh, but proving to be one of Curtis’s few money losers with only $36.6 million in grosses (against a $50 million budget) for Focus Features/Universal Pictures.
Nick Frost co-starred in director/writer Joe Cornish’s terrific sci-fi comedy, Attack the Block (2011), with John Boyega, Jodie Whittaker, and Alex Esmail, and after premiering at the South by Southwest Film Festival, it delivered a disappointing return of $6.5 million (on a $13 million budget) but rave reviews. Frost co-starred in and co-wrote the sci-fi/comedy road movie Paul (2011) with Simon Pegg, Jason Bateman, Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader, Blythe Danner, John Carroll Lynch, Sigourney Weaver, and Seth Rogen under Greg Mottola’s direction, which grossed $98 million for Universal Pictures on $40 million costs.
Frost delivered his first motion-capture performance in Steven Spielberg’s computer-animated The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn (2011), based on the beloved comic book series by Hergé, with Jamie Bell, Andy Serkis, Daniel Craig, Simon Pegg and Toby Jones, and grossing $374 million (against $135 million costs) for co-distributors Paramount Pictures and Sony Pictures Releasing International.
Frost played a dwarf opposite Ian McShane in Snow White and the Huntsman (2012), starring Chris Hemsworth, Kristen Stewart, Charlize Theron, Sam Claflin, Bob Hoskins, Ray Winstone, and Toby Jones under Rupert Sanders’ direction, and then Frost returned in the sequel, The Huntsman: Winter’s War (2016), with new cast members Emily Blunt, Jessica Chastain and Rob Brydon under Cedric Nicolas-Troyan’s direction, with the pair of movies grossing a combined $562 million for Universal Pictures.
Nick Frost did the first of his several voice performances in animated movies with the hit ($877 gross) sequel, Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012), with the voices of Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Nicki Minaj, Drake, Jennifer Lopez and Queen Latifah under the co-direction of Steve Martino and Michael Thurmeier for Blue Sky Studios/20th Century Fox Animation and distributor 20th Century Fox.
Frost also voiced for The Boxtrolls (2014), loosely based on Alan Snow’s 2005 novel, Here Be Monsters and featuring the voices of Ben Kingsley, Isaac Hempstead Wright, Elle Fanning, Dee Bradley Baker, Toni Collette, Jared Harris, Tracy Morgan, and Simon Pegg under the co-direction of Graham Annable and Anthony Stacchi and earning over $108 million for Focus Features/Universal Pictures.
Frost performed as Obelix in the UK English dub voice cast of the French-produced animated sequel, Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods (2016), with fellow voice cast members Jack Whitehall, Greg Davies, Matt Berry, Harry Enfield, Jim Broadbent, and which was produced by M6 Films/Belvision/Grid Animation. Frost co-starred in director/writer/producer Stephen Merchant’s wrestling comedy-drama for MGM and WWE Studios, Fighting with My Family (2019), also starring Florence Pugh, Lena Headey, Jack Lowden, Vince Vaughn, and Dwayne Johnson (who also produced), and grossing $41.5 million (on an $11 million budget) after premiering at the Sundance Film Festival.
Nick Frost joined Dutch comedy filmmaker Steffen Haars as lead for two back-to-back horror-comedies, first with the Haars and Flip van der Kuil-directed Krazy House (2024), with Kevin Connolly and Alicia Silverstone, and then with Haars as solo director on Get Away (2024), which Frost also wrote and co-starred with Aisling Bea, Sebastian Croft and Maisie Ayres, and released in a wide pattern by IFC Films and streaming on Shudder after premiering at Fantastic Fest.
Frost was cast in a prominent role in DreamWorks Animation’s first live-action movie, How to Train Your Dragon (2025), a remake of the hit 2010 animated movie based on Cressida Cowell’s 2003 novel starring Mason Thames, Nico Parker, Julian Dennison, and Gerard Butler, and which was directed, written and co-produced by Dean DeBlois, and released by Universal Pictures.
Personal life
Nick Frost was born in the Greater London community of Hornchurch and was raised in Hornchurch and Ilford, by parents John and Tricia Frost (office furniture designers). Frost attended Beal High School in Ilford, but had to leave school and help support his family when his parents’ furniture business failed and he lost their home. Frost lived and worked at an Israeli kibbutz for two years. Frost lived with and then was married to half-Swedish production executive Mariangela Frost from 2008 to 2015; the couple has one child. Frost’s height is 5’ 7 ½ ”. Frost’s estimated net worth is $16 million.
Nick Frost Movies
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- 2025 |
How to Train Your Dragon
asGobber
As an ancient threat endangers both Vikings and dragons alike on the isle of Berk, the friendship between Hiccup, an inventive Viking, and Toothless, a Night Fury dragon, becomes the key to both species forging a new future together.
- 2025 |
- 2024 |
- 2024 |
Skeleton Crew
asSM 33
Four kids make a mysterious discovery on their home planet that leads them to get lost in a strange and dangerous galaxy.
- 2021 |
Monster Family 2
asFrank Wishbone
To free Baba Yaga and Renfield from the clutches of Monster Hunter Mila Starr, the Wishbone Family once more transforms into a Vampire, Frankenstein's Monster, a Mummy and a Werewolf. Aided and abetted by their three pet bats, our Monster Family zooms around the world again to sa... Read all
- 2020 |
StarDog and TurboCat
asBuddy
A loyal dog and a vigilante cat embark on a space age voyage to find their way home.
- 2019 |
Fighting with My Family
asRicky Knight
A former wrestler and his family make a living performing at small venues around the country while his kids dream of joining World Wrestling Entertainment.
- 2019 |
Slaughterhouse Rulez
asWoody Chapman
An illustrious British boarding school becomes a bloody battleground when a mysterious sinkhole appears at a nearby fracking site, unleashing unspeakable horror.
- 2018 |
Monster Family
asFrank Wishbone
Despite the title, the Wishbone family are far from happy. In an attempt to reconnect as a family, Mum Emma plan a fun night out. However, her plan backfires when an evil witch curses them, and they're all turned into Monsters.
- 2016 |
The Huntsman: Winter's War
asNion
Eric and fellow warrior Sara, raised as members of ice Queen Freya's army, try to conceal their forbidden love as they fight to survive the wicked intentions of both Freya and her sister Ravenna.
- -- | Unfinished Businessas Bill Whilmsley
- -- | The Boxtrollsas Mr. Trout
- -- | Snow White and the Huntsmanas Nion
- -- | Shaun of the Deadas Ed
- -- | The Adventures of Tintinas Thomson
- -- | as Flynn
- -- | Ice Age: Continental Driftas Flynn
- -- | as Mr. Craven
- -- | as PC Danny Butterman
Facts About Nick Frost
Fateful Meeting: Nick Frost met his future comedy partner and close friend Simon Pegg when working as a server at a North London branch of Chiquito.
Author, Author: Frost wrote a memoir, Truths, Half Truths & Little White Lies, which was published in 2015.
