Butlins gig goers shocked as Tom Cruise’s Hollywood movie co-star is spotted DJing at holiday resort
GIG GOERS at Butlins were left stunned when a Hollywood movie star came out onstage to DJ.
Playing some trance music at Fatboy Slim’s All Back to Minehead weekender this month, this movie star went viral on social media when fans realised who he was.
Tom Cruise’s movie co-star, Simon Pegg, was spotted DJing at holiday resort Butlins this month for the Fatboy Slim event.
Several holiday makers took to TikTok to share videos of the Mission Impossible star as he got his groove on behind the decks.
Simon could be seen DJing like a pro as he played some trance music to the crowd in front of him.
“Simon Pegg at f***ing Butlins,” one user penned over the video.
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In the caption, the TikToker added: “One of the best nights of my life, I’m a Butlins convert.”
Fans of Simon then went wild in the comments section when they realised he was DJ’ing at the holiday resort.
One person penned: “This is iconic.”
Another said: “It’s so random but loving it !!”
“Was a good gig! Just got back,” added a third.
“Everyone’s a DJ these days,” penned a fourth.
“So basically everyone’s a DJ,” wrote a fifth.
“His set is great, seen him at festivals,” said a seventh.
In May of this year, Simon opened up about his passion for DJing.
The actor has a music room at the end of the garden kitted out with CDJ-3000s and shelves of vinyl.
He regularly DJs at parties and festivals having self-taught himself three years ago.
Speaking to Hollywood Authentic, he said: “DJing reminds me of doing stand-up comedy, in that you have an audience, and they react immediately to what you’re doing.
“Stand-up is like, they either laugh or you die.
“With DJing, they either dance or you die!”
As well as his DJing stint at Butlins for the Fatboy Slim All Back to Minehead weekender, he played tunes at the Big Feastival in August 2025.
He also DJ’d in Kefalonia, Greece, at the Captain’s Bar in Skala in July 2025.
Away from the decks, Simon is good pals with his Mission Impossible co-star Tom Cruise.
Speaking to the previously mentioned publication, Simon opened up about what he learned from Tom over the years.
He said: “I get asked about him all the time because he very rarely speaks about himself in public. You know, even in private, he’ll always switch the conversation back to you.
“But everyone’s so desperate for some kind of concrete information about him because he’s such an enigma.
“But I think that’s part of his success, that he’s maintained that. He’s maintained the interest in himself simply by just taking a step back, because he can.
“His journey is extremely simple when you look at it. He’s just always given 100% to everything that he does. Everything,” he added.