Martin Freeman
Birthplace: Aldershot
Born: 1971-09-08
Occupations recorded in source
actor; film actor; stage actor; television actor; voice actor
Biography from Wikipedia
Martin John Christopher Freeman (born 8 September 1971) is an English actor. Known for his performances on stage and screen, he has received various accolades, including two Emmy Awards, and a British Academy Television Award, as well as nominations for a Golden Globe Award and a Critics' Choice Television 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 (2022–2024).
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).
Sources & attribution
Wikidata · revision
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Films in Cinema Hound
Acting
- A Long Winter (2026)
- Momo (2025) — Master Hora
- The Fifth Step (2025) — James
- Miller's Girl (2024) — Jonathan Miller
- Queen of Bones (2023) — Malcolm
- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022) — Everett Ross
- Ode to Joy (2019) — Charlie
- The Operative (2019) — Thomas
- Black Panther (2018) — Everett K. Ross
- Cargo (2017) — Andy Rose
- Carnage (2017) — Jeff
- Ghost Stories (2017) — Mike Priddle
- The Final Problem (2017)
- The Lying Detective (2017)
- The Six Thatchers (2017)
- Captain America: Civil War (2016) — Everett K. Ross
- The Abominable Bride (2016)
- Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (2016) — Iain MacKelpie
- Stick Man (2015) — Stick Man
- The Eichmann Show (2015) — Milton Fruchtman
- His Last Vow (2014)
- The Empty Hearse (2014)
- The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014) — Bilbo Baggins
- The Sign of Three (2014)
- Saving Santa (2013) — Bernard D. Elf
- Svengali (2013)
- The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013) — Bilbo Beutlin
- The World's End (2013) — Oliver Chamberlain
- A Scandal in Belgravia (2012)
- Animals (2012)
- The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) — Bilbo Beutlin
- The Hounds of Baskerville (2012)
- The Pirates! Band of Misfits (2012) — The Pirate with a Scarf
- The Reichenbach Fall (2012)
- The Voorman Problem (2011) — Doctor Williams
- What's Your Number? (2011) — Simon
- A Study in Pink (2010)
- Swinging with the Finkels (2010) — Martin Finkel
- The Blind Banker (2010)
- The Great Game (2010)
Frequent collaborators
Shared films in this catalogue.
- Benedict Cumberbatch · 16 films
- Rupert Graves · 9 films
- Una Stubbs · 8 films
- Amanda Abbington · 7 films
- Andrew Scott · 7 films
- Mark Gatiss · 7 films
Catalogue credits: Wikidata and Open Media Database. Sources & licences.