
Martin Freeman
- Date of Birth: 1971-09-08
- Place of Birth: Aldershot, Hampshire, England, UK
Biography
Martin John Christopher Freeman is an English actor. Among other accolades, he has won an Emmy Award, a BAFTA Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award, and has been nominated for a Golden Globe Award. F... Martin John Christopher Freeman is an English actor. Among other accolades, he has won an Emmy Award, a BAFTA Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award, and 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), Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit film trilogy (2012–2014), and Lester Nygaard in the first season of the dark comedy-crime drama series Fargo (2014). 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), the sci-fi comedy The World's End (2013). For the last few years he has been playing Everett K. Ross in the Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero films Captain America: Civil War (2016), Black Panther (2018), and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022). He will reprise the role in the upcoming Disney+ series Secret Invasion (2023).

The One Show
Talk • 2006 August

Swinging with the Finkels
Comedy, Romance • 2011 June

Hardware
Comedy • 2003 March

Live from Studio Five
Talk • 2009 September

Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
News, Talk • 2022 September

Let God Sort It Out
Action, Crime • 2025 June

Flavia de Luce
Family, Adventure, Mystery • 2025 June

Let's Love
Romance, Comedy • 2025 June

The Dog with the Woman
Drama, Comedy • 2017 October

Sherlock: Uncovered
Documentary • 2012 May