Martin Freeman

Martin Freeman

Known for
Acting
Born
September 8, 1971 (age 55)
Birthplace
Aldershot, Hampshire, England, UK

Biography

Martin John Christopher Freeman (born 8 September 1971) is an English actor. Among other accolades, he has won two Emmy Awards, a BAFTA Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. He has been nominated for a Golden Globe Award. Freeman's most notable roles are that of Tim Canterbury in the mockumentary series The Office (2001–2003), Dr. John Watson in the British crime drama series Sherlock (2010–2017), young Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit film trilogy (2012–2014), Lester Nygaard in the first season of the dark comedy-crime drama series Fargo (2014), and Chris Carson in The Responder (2022–present). He has also appeared in films including the romantic comedy Love Actually (2003), the horror comedy Shaun of the Dead (2004), the sci-fi comedy The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005), the action comedy Hot Fuzz (2007), the semi-improvised comedy Nativity! (2009), and the sci-fi comedy The World's End (2013). Since 2016, he has portrayed Everett K. Ross in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, appearing in the films Captain America: Civil War (2016), Black Panther (2018), and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022), and the Disney+ series Secret Invasion (2023). Description above from the Wikipedia article Martin Freeman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Filmography

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Midnight of My Life poster

Midnight of My Life

Movie · as Steve Marriott

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Clybourne Park

Clybourne Park

Movie

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Fancy dress

Fancy dress

Movie · as The pirate

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Pretend I'm Not Here

Pretend I'm Not Here

Movie · as Wim

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Let God Sort It Out

Let God Sort It Out

Movie · as Kyle Roberts

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The Adam Trials

The Adam Trials

Movie

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Oddly Flowers

Oddly Flowers

Movie · as Walter

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A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Bride's Chamber

A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Bride's Chamber

Movie

2027
The Surgeon poster

The Surgeon

Movie · as Sean

2026
Flavia poster

Flavia

Movie · as Colonel Havilland de Luce

2026
Let's Love poster

Let's Love

Movie · as Nigel

2026
A Long Winter poster

A Long Winter

Movie · as Frank

2026
Agatha Christie's Seven Dials poster

Agatha Christie's Seven Dials

TV · as Superintendent Battle · 3 eps

2025
Queen of Bones poster

Queen of Bones

Movie · as Malcolm Brass

2025
Momo poster

Momo

Movie · as Master Hora

2025
National Theatre Live: The Fifth Step poster

National Theatre Live: The Fifth Step

Movie · as James

2025
Little Bug poster

Little Bug

Movie · as Dad

2024
Miller's Girl poster

Miller's Girl

Movie · as Jonathan Miller

2024
Standing on the Shoulders of Kitties poster

Standing on the Shoulders of Kitties

Movie · as Self

2023
Secret Invasion poster

Secret Invasion

TV · as Everett K. Ross · 2 eps

2023
Shakespeare: Rise of a Genius poster

Shakespeare: Rise of a Genius

TV · as Self · 3 eps

2022
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever poster

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Movie · as Everett Ross

2022
Angelyne poster

Angelyne

TV · as Harold Wallach · 3 eps

2022
The Responder poster

The Responder

TV · as Chris Carson · 10 eps

2022
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg poster

Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2021
Bridget Riley: Painting the Line poster

Bridget Riley: Painting the Line

Movie · as Self

2021
Jack

Jack

Movie · as Jack (voice)

2021
Marvel Studios Legends poster

Marvel Studios Legends

TV · as Everett K. Ross (archive footage) (uncredited) · 2 eps

2020
A Christmas Carol poster

A Christmas Carol

Movie · as Bob Cratchit (voice)

2020
Long Hot Summers: The Story of The Style Council poster

Long Hot Summers: The Story of The Style Council

Movie · as Self

2020
Alan Bennett's Talking Heads poster

Alan Bennett's Talking Heads

TV · as Graham · 1 ep

2020
Breeders poster

Breeders

TV · as Paul Worsley · 40 eps

2019
A Confession As Told By ITV News

A Confession As Told By ITV News

Movie · as Martin Freeman - Self / Steve Fulcher

2019
Ode to Joy poster

Ode to Joy

Movie · as Charlie

2019
The Operative poster

The Operative

Movie · as Thomas

2019
A Confession poster

A Confession

TV · as Steve Fulcher · 6 eps

2019
Rob & Romesh Vs poster

Rob & Romesh Vs

TV · 1 ep

2018
Stevie Wonder: A Musical History poster

Stevie Wonder: A Musical History

Movie · as self

2018
Ghost Stories poster

Ghost Stories

Movie · as Charles Cameron / Mike Priddle

2018
Black Panther poster

Black Panther

Movie · as Everett K. Ross

2018
To Provide All People

To Provide All People

Movie · as Consultant Cardiologist

2017
The Dog with the Woman poster

The Dog with the Woman

Movie · as Charlie

2017
Cargo poster

Cargo

Movie · as Andy

2017
Carnage: Swallowing the Past poster

Carnage: Swallowing the Past

Movie · as Jeff

2017
DuckTales poster

DuckTales

TV · as Poe De Spell (voice) · 1 ep

2016
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot poster

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

Movie · as Iain MacKelpie

2016
Captain America: Civil War poster

Captain America: Civil War

Movie · as Everett K. Ross

2016
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride poster

Sherlock: The Abominable Bride

Movie · as Dr. John Watson

2016
Mark Gatiss: A Study in Sherlock poster

Mark Gatiss: A Study in Sherlock

Movie · as Himself

2016
Derren Brown: Pushed to the Edge poster

Derren Brown: Pushed to the Edge

Movie · as Himself

2016
StartUp poster

StartUp

TV · as Phil Rask · 20 eps

2015
The Eichmann Show poster

The Eichmann Show

Movie · as Milton Fruchtman

2015
The Jam: About The Young Idea poster

The Jam: About The Young Idea

Movie

2015
Stick Man poster

Stick Man

Movie · as Stick Man (voice)

2015
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman poster

A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman

Movie · as Self - Voice of The Pirate with a Scarf

2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert poster

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2014
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies poster

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

Movie · as Bilbo Baggins

2014
Unlocking Sherlock poster

Unlocking Sherlock

Movie · as Himself / Dr. Watson

2014
Brian Pern: A Life in Rock poster

Brian Pern: A Life in Rock

TV · as Young Brian Pern · 1 ep

2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers poster

Late Night with Seth Meyers

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2014
Fargo poster

Fargo

TV · as Narrator, Lester Nygaard · 1 ep

2013
Sherlock: Many Happy Returns poster

Sherlock: Many Happy Returns

Movie · as Dr. John Watson

2013
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug poster

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Movie · as Bilbo Baggins

2013
The World's End poster

The World's End

Movie · as Oliver Chamberlain

2013
The Voorman Problem poster

The Voorman Problem

Movie · as Doctor Williams

2013
Svengali poster

Svengali

Movie · as Don

2013
Saving Santa poster

Saving Santa

Movie · as Bernard D. Elf (voice)

2013
Completing the Golden Mile: The Making of The World's End poster

Completing the Golden Mile: The Making of The World's End

Movie · as Self

2013
Toast of London poster

Toast of London

TV · as Martin Freeman · 1 ep

2013
The Last Leg poster

The Last Leg

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2012
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey poster

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Movie · as Bilbo Baggins

2012
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! poster

The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!

Movie · as Pirate with a Scarf (voice)

2012
Animals poster

Animals

Movie · as Albert

2012
Sherlock: Uncovered poster

Sherlock: Uncovered

Movie · as Dr. Watson, Self

2012
So You Want To Be A Pirate! poster

So You Want To Be A Pirate!

Movie · as The Pirate With A Scarf

2011
What's Your Number? poster

What's Your Number?

Movie · as Simon Forester

2011
Swinging with the Finkels poster

Swinging with the Finkels

Movie · as Alvin Finkel

2011
The Jonathan Ross Show poster

The Jonathan Ross Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2010
Wild Target poster

Wild Target

Movie · as Dixon

2010
Unlocking Sherlock poster

Unlocking Sherlock

Movie · as Himself

2010
Sherlock poster

Sherlock

TV · as John Watson · 12 eps

2009
Nativity! poster

Nativity!

Movie · as Paul Maddens

2009
Micro Men poster

Micro Men

Movie · as Chris Curry

2009
The Girl Is Mime

The Girl Is Mime

Movie · as Clive Buckle

2009
Svengali poster

Svengali

Movie · as Boss

2009
HIV: The Musical poster

HIV: The Musical

Movie · as James McKenzie

2009
Backstairs Billy: The Queen Mum's Butler

Backstairs Billy: The Queen Mum's Butler

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2009
Boy Meets Girl poster

Boy Meets Girl

TV · as Danny Reed · 4 eps

2009
You Have Been Watching poster

You Have Been Watching

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2009
The Justin Lee Collins Show

The Justin Lee Collins Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2009
I'm Running Sainsbury's

I'm Running Sainsbury's

TV · 4 eps

2009
Live from Studio Five poster

Live from Studio Five

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2008
Rembrandt's J'Accuse...! poster

Rembrandt's J'Accuse...!

Movie · as Rembrandt

2008
Lily Allen and Friends poster

Lily Allen and Friends

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2008
When Were We Funniest?

When Were We Funniest?

TV · 4 eps

2007
Nightwatching poster

Nightwatching

Movie · as Rembrandt van Rijn

2007
The Good Night poster

The Good Night

Movie · as Gary Shaller

2007
The All Together poster

The All Together

Movie · as Chris Ashworth

2007
Rubbish poster

Rubbish

Movie · as Kevin

2007
Hot Fuzz poster

Hot Fuzz

Movie · as Met Sergeant

2007
The Old Curiosity Shop poster

The Old Curiosity Shop

Movie · as Mr. Codlin

2007
Dedication poster

Dedication

Movie · as Jeremy

2007
Lonely Hearts

Lonely Hearts

Movie · as The Pig (voice)

2007
Comedy Showcase poster

Comedy Showcase

TV · as Greg Wilson · 1 ep

2007
Derren Brown: Trick or Treat poster

Derren Brown: Trick or Treat

TV · as Himself · 1 ep

2007
The Graham Norton Show poster

The Graham Norton Show

TV · as Self · 11 eps

2006
Breaking and Entering poster

Breaking and Entering

Movie · as Sandy

2006
Confetti poster

Confetti

Movie · as Matt

2006
The One Show poster

The One Show

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2005
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy poster

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Movie · as Arthur Dent

2005
Round About Five poster

Round About Five

Movie · as The Man

2005
Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' poster

Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'

Movie · as Self

2005
Return of the Goodies poster

Return of the Goodies

Movie · as Himself

2005
Don't Crash: The Documentary of the Making of the Movie of the Book of the Radio Series of 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' poster

Don't Crash: The Documentary of the Making of the Movie of the Book of the Radio Series of 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'

Movie · as Self

2005
The Robinsons poster

The Robinsons

TV · as Ed Robinson · 6 eps

2004
Pride poster

Pride

Movie · as Fleck (voice)

2004
Call Register poster

Call Register

Movie · as Kevin

2004
Blake's Junction 7 poster

Blake's Junction 7

Movie · as Vila

2004
Shaun of the Dead poster

Shaun of the Dead

Movie · as Declan

2004
Who Do You Think You Are? poster

Who Do You Think You Are?

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2004
Parkinson poster

Parkinson

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2003
Love Actually poster

Love Actually

Movie · as John

2003
Margery and Gladys poster

Margery and Gladys

Movie · as D.S. Stringer

2003
The Debt poster

The Debt

Movie · as Terry Ross

2003
The Office: The Christmas Special poster

The Office: The Christmas Special

Movie · as Tim Canterbury

2003
Hardware poster

Hardware

TV · as Mike · 12 eps

2003
The Debt poster

The Debt

TV · as Terry Ross · 2 eps

2003
Charles II: The Power and The Passion poster

Charles II: The Power and The Passion

TV · as Lord Shaftesbury · 4 eps

2002
Ali G Indahouse poster

Ali G Indahouse

Movie · as Richard 'Ricky C' Cunningham

2002
How I Made The Office by Ricky Gervais poster

How I Made The Office by Ricky Gervais

Movie · as Self

2002
The Fight poster

The Fight

Movie · as Self

2002
Helen West poster

Helen West

TV · as DC Stone · 3 eps

2001
The Low Down poster

The Low Down

Movie · as Solomon

2001
Men Only poster

Men Only

Movie · as Dwight

2001
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross poster

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

TV · as Self · 3 eps

2001
The Office poster

The Office

TV · as Tim Canterbury · 12 eps

2000
Lock, Stock... poster

Lock, Stock...

TV · as Jaap · 2 eps

2000
Bruiser poster

Bruiser

TV · 6 eps

2000
Black Books poster

Black Books

TV · as Doctor · 1 ep

1998
I Just Want to Kiss You

I Just Want to Kiss You

Movie · as Frank

1996
This Life poster

This Life

TV · as Stuart

1996
Never Mind the Buzzcocks poster

Never Mind the Buzzcocks

TV · as Self, Self - Host · 2 eps

1993
Shooting Stars poster

Shooting Stars

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1993
GMTV poster

GMTV

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1990
Have I Got News for You poster

Have I Got News for You

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1988
This Morning poster

This Morning

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1986
Casualty poster

Casualty

TV · as Ricky Beck · 1 ep

1984
The Bill poster

The Bill

TV · 1 ep

1975
Saturday Night Live poster

Saturday Night Live

TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep