Martin Freeman
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), as well as 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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- Born:
- Sep 8, 1971 In Aldershot, Hampshire, England, UK
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 142
- First Appeared:
- In the series Saturday Night Live 1975-10-11
- Latest Project:
- Series Hearfield 2026-06-19
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Pretend I'm Not Here | Unknown | 2026 |
| Movie | Let God Sort It Out | Kyle Roberts | 2026 |
| Series | The Seven Dials Mystery | Superintendent Battle | 2026 |
| Series | Hearfield | Martin McFadden | 2026-06-19 |
| Movie | Fancy dress | The pirate | 2026 |
| Movie | The Adam Trials | Unknown | 2026 |
| Movie | Midnight of My Life | Steve Marriott | 2026 |
| Movie | Clybourne Park | Unknown | 2026 |
| Movie | Flavia de Luce | Unknown | 2026 |
| Movie | Let's Love | Nigel | 2026 |
| Movie | Momo | Unknown | 2025-10-02 |
| Movie | National Theatre Live: The Fifth Step | James | 2025-11-28 |
| Movie | Miller's Girl | Jonathan Miller | 2024-01-18 |
| Movie | Standing on the Shoulders of Kitties | Self | 2024-12-06 |
| Series | Secret Invasion | Everett K. Ross | 2023-06-21 |
| Movie | Queen of Bones | Malcolm | 2023-09-10 |
| Series | The Responder | Chris Carson | 2022-01-24 |
| Series | Angelyne | Harold Wallach | 2022-05-19 |
| Movie | Black Panther: Wakanda Forever | Everett Ross | 2022-11-09 |
| Series | Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg | Self | 2022-09-04 |
| Series | Marvel Studios Legends | Everett K. Ross (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2021-01-08 |
| Movie | Jack | Jack (voice) | 2021-01-29 |
| Movie | Bridget Riley: Painting the Line | Self | 2021-11-19 |
| Series | Alan Bennett's Talking Heads | Graham | 2020-06-23 |
| Series | Breeders | Paul Worsley | 2020-03-02 |
| Movie | Long Hot Summers: The Story of The Style Council | Self | 2020-10-30 |
| Movie | A Christmas Carol | Bob Cratchit (voice) | 2020-12-04 |
| Movie | Official Secrets | 2019-08-30 | |
| Movie | The Operative | Thomas | 2019-07-24 |
| Series | A Confession | Steve Fulcher | 2019-09-02 |
| Movie | Ode to Joy | Charlie | 2019-09-08 |
| Movie | A Confession As Told By ITV News | Martin Freeman - Self / Steve Fulcher | 2019-10-07 |
| Movie | Ghost Stories | Charles Cameron / Mike Priddle | 2018-01-20 |
| Movie | Black Panther | Everett K. Ross | 2018-02-13 |
| Movie | To Provide All People | Consultant Cardiologist | 2018-06-28 |
| Movie | Stevie Wonder: A Musical History | self | 2018-11-30 |
| Movie | Sherlock: The Final Problem | John Watson | 2017-01-15 |
| Series | DuckTales | Poe De Spell (voice) | 2017-08-12 |
| Movie | Carnage: Swallowing the Past | Jeff | 2017-03-19 |
| Movie | The Dog with the Woman | Charlie | 2017-10-06 |
| Movie | Cargo | Andy | 2017-10-06 |
| Movie | Mark Gatiss: A Study in Sherlock | Himself | 2016-01-11 |
| Movie | Sherlock: The Abominable Bride | Dr. John Watson | 2016-01-01 |
| Movie | Derren Brown: Pushed to the Edge | Himself | 2016-01-12 |
| Series | StartUp | Phil Rask | 2016-09-06 |
| Movie | Whiskey Tango Foxtrot | Iain MacKelpie | 2016-03-04 |
| Movie | Captain America: Civil War | Everett K. Ross | 2016-04-27 |
| Movie | The Jam: About The Young Idea | Unknown | 2015-08-29 |
| Movie | The Eichmann Show | Milton Fruchtman | 2015-01-20 |
| Movie | Stick Man | Stick Man (voice) | 2015-12-07 |
| Movie | A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman | Self - Voice of The Pirate with a Scarf | 2015-12-26 |
| Movie | Unlocking Sherlock | Himself / Dr. Watson | 2014-01-19 |
| Series | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self | 2014-02-25 |
| Series | Brian Pern: A Life in Rock | Young Brian Pern | 2014-02-10 |
| Movie | The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies | Bilbo Baggins | 2014-12-10 |
| Series | Fargo | Lester Nygaard | 2014-04-15 |
| Movie | The Voorman Problem | Doctor Williams | 2013-04-25 |
| Movie | Svengali | Don | 2013-06-19 |
| Series | The Last Leg | Self | 2013-01-25 |
| Movie | The World's End | Oliver Chamberlain | 2013-07-18 |
| Movie | The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug | Bilbo Baggins | 2013-12-11 |
| Movie | Sherlock: Many Happy Returns | Dr. John Watson | 2013-12-24 |
| Series | Toast of London | Martin Freeman | 2013-10-20 |
| Movie | Completing the Golden Mile: The Making of The World's End | Self | 2013-11-19 |
| Movie | Saving Santa | Bernard D. Elf (voice) | 2013-11-05 |
| Movie | The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! | Pirate with a Scarf (voice) | 2012-03-12 |
| Movie | Sherlock: Uncovered | Dr. Watson, Self | 2012-05-22 |
| Series | Honest Trailers | Everett K. Ross (archive footage) | 2012-02-13 |
| Movie | So You Want To Be A Pirate! | The Pirate With A Scarf | 2012-07-09 |
| Movie | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | Bilbo Baggins | 2012-12-12 |
| Movie | Animals | Albert | 2012-10-26 |
| Movie | Swinging with the Finkels | Alvin Finkel | 2011-06-01 |
| Movie | What's Your Number? | Simon Forester | 2011-09-30 |
| Series | The Jonathan Ross Show | Self - Guest | 2011-09-03 |
| Movie | Wild Target | Dixon | 2010-06-17 |
| Movie | Unlocking Sherlock | Himself | 2010-08-30 |
| Series | Sherlock | John Watson | 2010-07-25 |
| Series | I'm Running Sainsbury's | Unknown | 2009-06-02 |
| Series | Boy Meets Girl | Danny Reed | 2009-05-01 |
| Movie | Backstairs Billy: The Queen Mum's Butler | Narrator (voice) | 2009-01-02 |
| Series | You Have Been Watching | Self | 2009-07-07 |
| Movie | Svengali | Boss | 2009-02-01 |
| Series | The Justin Lee Collins Show | Self | 2009-03-19 |
| Movie | Nativity! | Paul Maddens | 2009-11-27 |
| Series | Live from Studio Five | Self | 2009-09-14 |
| Movie | HIV: The Musical | James McKenzie | 2009-10-22 |
| Movie | The Girl Is Mime | Clive Buckle | 2009-12-31 |
| Movie | Micro Men | Chris Curry | 2009-10-08 |
| Series | Lily Allen and Friends | Self - Guest | 2008-02-12 |
| Series | When Were We Funniest? | Unknown | 2008-02-28 |
| Movie | Rembrandt's J'Accuse...! | Rembrandt | 2008-10-04 |
| Series | Derren Brown: Trick or Treat | Himself | 2007-04-13 |
| Series | The Graham Norton Show | Self | 2007-02-22 |
| Movie | Hot Fuzz | Met Sergeant | 2007-02-14 |
| Movie | The All Together | Chris Ashworth | 2007-05-11 |
| Movie | The Good Night | Gary Shaller | 2007-01-25 |
| Movie | The Old Curiosity Shop | Mr. Codlin | 2007-12-26 |
| Movie | Lonely Hearts | The Pig (voice) | 2007-12-29 |
| Series | Comedy Showcase | Greg Wilson | 2007-10-05 |
| Movie | Nightwatching | Rembrandt van Rijn | 2007-09-06 |
| Movie | Rubbish | Kevin | 2007-06-24 |
| Movie | Dedication | Jeremy | 2007-08-24 |
| Series | The One Show | Self | 2006-08-14 |
| Movie | Confetti | Matt | 2006-05-05 |
| Movie | Breaking and Entering | Sandy | 2006-12-15 |
| Movie | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | Arthur Dent | 2005-04-28 |
| Series | The Robinsons | Ed Robinson | 2005-05-05 |
| Movie | Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' | Self | 2005-07-05 |
| Movie | Return of the Goodies | Himself | 2005-12-30 |
| Movie | 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' | Self | 2005-09-05 |
| Movie | Round About Five | The Man | 2005-08-28 |
| Movie | Shaun of the Dead | Declan | 2004-04-09 |
| Movie | Pride | Fleck (voice) | 2004-06-21 |
| Movie | Call Register | Kevin | 2004-07-13 |
| Movie | Blake's Junction 7 | Vila | 2004-08-24 |
| Series | Who Do You Think You Are? | Self | 2004-10-12 |
| Series | The Debt | Terry Ross | 2003-08-31 |
| Series | Hardware | Mike | 2003-03-23 |
| Movie | The Debt | Terry Ross | 2003-08-31 |
| Movie | Love Actually | John | 2003-09-07 |
| Series | Charles II: The Power and The Passion | Lord Shaftesbury | 2003-11-16 |
| Movie | Margery and Gladys | D.S. Stringer | 2003-09-21 |
| Movie | Ali G Indahouse | Richard "Ricky C" Cunningham | 2002-03-21 |
| Movie | How I Made The Office by Ricky Gervais | Himself | 2002-10-14 |
| Series | Helen West | DC Stone | 2002-05-06 |
| Movie | The Low Down | Solomon | 2001-01-26 |
| Movie | Men Only | Dwight | 2001-06-03 |
| Series | The Office | Tim Canterbury | 2001-07-09 |
| Series | Friday Night with Jonathan Ross | Self | 2001-11-02 |
| Series | Bruiser | Unknown | 2000-02-28 |
| Series | Black Books | Doctor | 2000-09-29 |
| Series | Lock, Stock... | Jaap | 2000-05-29 |
| Movie | I Just Want to Kiss You | Frank | 1998-01-01 |
| Series | Never Mind the Buzzcocks | Self - Host | 1996-11-12 |
| Series | This Life | Stuart | 1996-03-18 |
| Series | GMTV | Self | 1993-01-01 |
| Series | Shooting Stars | Self | 1993-12-27 |
| Series | Have I Got News for You | Self | 1990-09-28 |
| Series | This Morning | Self | 1988-10-03 |
| Series | Casualty | Ricky Beck | 1986-09-06 |
| Series | The Bill | Unknown | 1984-10-16 |
| Series | Saturday Night Live | Self - Host | 1975-10-11 |