Martin Freeman

For other people named Martin Freeman, see Martin Freeman (disambiguation).

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, and has been nominated for a Golden Globe Award.

Martin Freeman
Freeman in 2019
Born	Martin John Christopher Freeman (1971-09-08) 8 September 1971 (age 53) Aldershot, Hampshire, England
Alma mater	Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1997–present
Partner	Amanda Abbington (2000–2016)
Children	2

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. 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).^[1]

Early life

Martin John Christopher Freeman^[2] was born on 8 September 1971 in Aldershot, Hampshire,^[3] the youngest of five children. His parents, Philomena (née Norris) and naval officer Geoffrey Freeman, separated when he was a child.^[specify] His father died of a heart attack when Freeman was 10 years old.^[4]

Freeman's paternal grandfather, Leonard W. Freeman, was a medic in the British Expeditionary Force during World War II and was killed in action at Dunkirk just a few days before the Dunkirk evacuation.^[5] Leonard's father, Richard, was born blind and worked as a piano tuner and organist.^[5]

Freeman was raised in his mother's Catholic faith, and attended the Salesian School in Chertsey, Surrey, before attending Brooklands College in nearby Weybridge for media studies.^[6] His older brother, Tim, became a singer with the group Frazier Chorus.

Career

Freeman filming Sherlock in May 2011

Freeman attended the Central School of Speech and Drama^[6] and has appeared in at least 18 TV shows, 14 theatre productions, and several radio productions. He became notable for his role as Tim Canterbury in The Office (2001–2003), a role which, he said in 2004, "cast a very long shadow" for him as an actor.^[7] He appeared in the sitcom Hardware (2003–2004). He also appeared in several films, including Ali G Indahouse (2002) and Love Actually (2003).^[6]

He began to move into more serious dramatic roles on television with his appearance as Lord Shaftesbury in the 2003 BBC historical drama Charles II: The Power and The Passion. He made a brief appearance in the first episode of the second series of This Life. He starred in the BBC television series The Robinsons, and had a cameo in Episode 1 of Black Books. In 2007, he appeared in The All Together written and directed by Gavin Claxton, and in the Bill Kenwright theatre production of The Last Laugh. He is featured in the video for Faith No More's cover of "I Started a Joke".^[8] In May 2009, he starred in Boy Meets Girl, a four-part drama that charts the progress of characters Veronica and Danny after an accident which causes them to swap bodies.^[9]

He played Dr. John Watson in Sherlock, the BBC contemporary adaptation of the Sherlock Holmes detective stories. Its first episode, "A Study in Pink", was broadcast on 25 July 2010 to critical acclaim. For the role, Freeman won the 2011 BAFTA award for Best Supporting Actor and was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie.

Freeman played lead character Bilbo Baggins in Peter Jackson's three-part The Hobbit film series.^[10][11] For his performance in the first part, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Freeman won Best Hero at the 2013 MTV Movie Awards^[12] and Best Actor at the 18th Empire Awards.^[13]

Freeman at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, The Royal Albert Hall, April 2016

Freeman appeared in all three films of Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright's comedic Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy, commencing with a brief non-speaking role in Shaun of the Dead as Yvonne's boyfriend, Declan, followed by a brief cameo in Hot Fuzz as a police officer. He was a main cast member in the 2013 finale to the trilogy, The World's End. On 5 October 2013, he was presented with a fellowship bearing his name by the members of University College Dublin's Literary & Historical Society. In April 2014, he played insurance salesman Lester Nygaard in the dark comedy-crime drama series Fargo,^[14] for which he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award,^[15] a Golden Globe Award,^[16] and a Critics' Choice Television Award.^[17] He opened in the title role in Shakespeare's play Richard III in July 2014 at Trafalgar Studios.^[18]

In 2015, Freeman starred as producer Milton Fruchtman in the television film The Eichmann Show, based on blacklisted TV director Leo Hurwitz's filming of the 1961 trial of Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann. It intercut dramatic scenes with historical footage from the trial. The Daily Telegraph described it as "absolutely enthralling".^[19][20] Freeman also played Everett K. Ross,^[21] a Central Intelligence Agency agent in Captain America: Civil War, which was released in May 2016.^[22]

In 2017, Freeman starred in Cargo, a feature-length remake of a 2013 short film of the same name, which premiered at the Adelaide Film Festival on 6 August 2017.^[23][24] Later that year he appeared opposite Tamsin Greig in Labour of Love, a political comedy by James Graham, at the Noël Coward Theatre.^[25] Freeman portrayed fictional Labour MP David Lyons, whose modernising ideas pit him against the traditional left-wing constituency agent Jean Whittaker (Greig).^[25]

In 2018, he reprised his role as Everett K. Ross in Black Panther, which was set around two weeks after the event in Captain America: Civil War, making it his second appearance in Marvel Cinematic Universe.^[26][27] Between May 2017 and July 2019, he starred in numerous adverts for Vodafone.

In June 2018, Freeman was part of To Provide All People, a BBC Wales drama celebrating 70 years of the National Health Service.^[28]

Since March 2020, Freeman has starred in the FX/Sky One comedy series Breeders, of which he is also a creator and executive producer.^[29] On 18 May 2020 FX and Sky One renewed it for a second season.^[30]

Personal life

Freeman lives in the Belsize Park area of London.^[31] He previously lived in Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, with actress Amanda Abbington; they were together from 2000 to 2016, and have a son and a daughter.^[32] They appeared together in productions such as Sherlock, Swinging with the Finkels, The Debt, The Robinsons, and The All Together. On 22 December 2016, it was reported that they had separated.^[33]

Freeman is a former pescetarian^[34] who returned to eating red meat in 2024.^[35] He is a non-practising Catholic.^[36] He is a close friend of actor Simon Pegg, who is the godfather of his son.^[37] Freeman's personal style follows that of British mod subculture, and he cites Paul Weller as one of his heroes and influences on his style.^[38][39]

In 2011, Freeman umpired a charity cricket match to raise money for victims of the Christchurch earthquake.^[40]

Freeman's brother, singer-songwriter and website designer Jamie Freeman,^[41] died of brain cancer in December 2022.^[42]

Music

Freeman is a fan of soul, Motown and jazz music, and presented an episode of BBC Two's The Culture Show in 2009 titled "Martin Freeman Goes to Motown".^[43] He also selected music for a 2006 Motown compilation, "Made to Measure",^[44] and worked on a jazz compilation with his friend Eddie Piller, "Jazz on the Corner"; released on Acid Jazz Records on 23 March 2018, it features tracks by Kamasi Washington and The Brand New Heavies.^[45] The pair presented Craig Charles' Funk and Soul Show on 31 March 2018.^[46] In 2019, a follow-up album, "Soul on the Corner", was announced, with tracks by Leroy Hutson and Bobby Womack.^[47]

Political views

Freeman is a supporter of the Labour Party. As a teenager, he supported the now-defunct political group Militant and volunteered with the Labour Party Young Socialists.^[31] In 2015, he appeared in a party political broadcast to endorse the Labour Party ahead of the 2015 UK general election.^[48] In August 2015, he supported Jeremy Corbyn's campaign in the Labour Party leadership election.^[49]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	I Just Want to Kiss You	Frank	Short film
1999	Exhaust	The Car Owner	Short film
2000	The Low Down	Solomon
2001	Round About Five	The Man	Short film
	Fancy Dress	Pirate
2002	Ali G Indahouse	Richard Cunningham
2003	Love Actually	John
2004	Blake's Junction 7	Vila	Short film
	Call Register	Kevin
	Shaun of the Dead	Declan	Cameo
2005	The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy	Arthur Dent
2006	Confetti	Matt Norris
	Breaking and Entering	Sandy Hoffmann
2007	Dedication	Jeremy
	The Good Night	Gary Shaller
	Hot Fuzz	Met. Sergeant
	Lonely Hearts	The Pig	Short film
	The All Together	Chris Ashworth
	Rubbish	Kevin	Short film
	Nightwatching	Rembrandt van Rijn
2008	Rembrandt's J'Accuse	Rembrandt van Rijn	Documentary
2009	Nativity!	Paul Maddens
	Swinging with the Finkels	Alvin Finkel
2010	Wild Target	Hector Dixon
	The Girl is Mime	Clive Buckle	Short film[50]
2011	What's Your Number?	Simon
2012	The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!	The Pirate with a Scarf	Voice
	Animals	Albert
	The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey	Bilbo Baggins
2013	The World's End	Oliver Chamberlain
	Svengali	Don
	Saving Santa	Bernard D. Elf	Voice
	The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug	Bilbo Baggins
	The Voorman Problem	Dr. Williams	Short film
2014	The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies	Bilbo Baggins
2015	Midnight of My Life	Steve Marriott	Short film
	Tubby Hayes: A Man in a Hurry	Narrator	Documentary
2016	Whiskey Tango Foxtrot	Iain MacKelpie
	Captain America: Civil War	Everett K. Ross
2017	Ghost Stories	Mike Priddle
	Cargo	Andy Rose
2018	Black Panther	Everett K. Ross
2019	The Operative	Thomas
	Ode to Joy	Charlie
2020	A Christmas Carol	Bob Cratchit	Voice
2022	Black Panther: Wakanda Forever	Everett K. Ross
2023	Queen of Bones	Malcolm
2024	Miller's Girl	Jonathan Miller
	Standing on the Shoulders of Kitties	Himself
TBA	Flavia		Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	The Bill	Craig Parnell	Episode: "Mantrap"
	This Life	Stuart	Episode: "Last Tango in Southwark"
1998	Casualty	Ricky Beck	Episode: "She Loved the Rain"
	Picking Up the Pieces	Brendan	Episode: "1.7"
2000	Bruiser	Various roles	6 episodes
	Lock, Stock...	Jaap	2 episodes
	Black Books	Doctor	Episode: "Cooking the Books"
2001	World of Pub	Various roles	5 episodes
	Men Only	Jamie	Television film
2001–2003	The Office	Tim Canterbury	14 episodes
2002	Helen West	DC Stone	3 episodes
	Linda Green	Matt	Episode: "Easy Come, Easy Go"
2003	Charles II: The Power and The Passion	Lord Shaftesbury	Miniseries
	The Debt	Terry Ross	Television film
	Margery & Gladys	D.S. Stringer
2003–2004	Hardware	Mike	12 episodes
2004	Pride	Fleck	Television film
2005	The Robinsons	Ed Robinson	6 episodes
2007	Comedy Showcase	Greg Wilson	Episode: "Other People"
	The Old Curiosity Shop	Mr. Codlin	Television film
2008	When Were We Funniest?	Himself	4 episodes
2009	Boy Meets Girl	Danny Reed	Miniseries
	Micro Men	Chris Curry	Television film
2010–2017	Sherlock	Dr. John Watson	13 episodes
2014	The Life of Rock with Brian Pern	Young Brian Pern	Episode: "Jukebox Musical"
	Saturday Night Live	Host	Episode: "Martin Freeman/Charli XCX"
2014–2015	Fargo	Lester Nygaard / Narrator	11 episodes
2015	The Eichmann Show	Milton Fruchtman	Television film
	Robot Chicken	Reverend Parris	Voice, episode: "Zero Vegetables"
	Toast of London	Himself	Episode: "Global Warming"
	Stick Man	Stick Man	Voice, television film
2016–2017	StartUp	Phil Rask	20 episodes
2017	Carnage: Swallowing the Past	Jeff	Television film
2018	To Provide All People	Consultant Cardiologist
2019	A Confession	Det. Supt. Steve Fulcher	6 episodes
2020	Talking Heads	Graham	Episode: "A Chip in the Sugar"
2020–2023	Breeders	Paul Worsley	Also creator & executive producer
2021	DuckTales	Poe De Spell	Voice, episode: "The Life and Crimes of Scrooge McDuck!"
2022	Angelyne	Harold Wallach	3 episodes
2022–present	The Responder	Chris	11 episodes
2023	Secret Invasion	Everett K. Ross / Everett K. Ross Skrull	2 episodes
TBA	The Seven Dials Mystery	Superintendent Battle	Miniseries

Awards and nominations

Year	Work	Award	Category	Result
2002	The Office	British Comedy Awards	Best Comedy Actor	Nominated
2004	The Office (for "The Office Christmas Specials")	BAFTAs	Best Comedy Performance	Nominated
		British Comedy Awards	Best TV Comedy Actor	Nominated
	Love Actually	Phoenix Film Critics Society	Best Cast	Nominated
		Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Award	Best Ensemble Cast	Won
		Critics' Choice Movie Awards	Best Acting Ensemble	Nominated
	Hardware	Rose d'Or	Best Male Comedy Performance	Won
2011	Sherlock	BAFTAs	Best Supporting Actor	Won
2012				Nominated
	Sherlock (for "A Scandal in Belgravia")	Primetime Emmy Award	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie	Nominated
		Gold Derby TV Awards	TV movie/Miniseries Supporting Actor	Won
	Sherlock	Crime Thriller Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Won
		Online Film Critics' Awards	Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture or Miniseries	Nominated
		PAAFTJ Awards	Best Cast in a Miniseries or TV Movie	Won
			Best Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or TV Movie	Nominated
		Tumblr TV Awards	Hottest Male Character in a TV Show	Nominated
			Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series	Won
			Best Male Character in a TV Series	Nominated
			Best Cast in a TV Show	Won
	The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey	Total Film Hotlist Awards	Hottest Actor	Nominated
2013		Empire Awards	Best Actor	Won[13][51]
		Saturn Award	Best Actor	Nominated
		MTV Movie Awards	Best Scared-as-S**t Performance	Nominated[52]
			Best Hero	Won[12]
		SFX Awards	Best Actor	Nominated
		Shorts Awards	Visionary Actor	Won
		New Zealand Movie Awards	Hero of the Year	Nominated
		Constellation Awards	Best Male Performance In A 2012 Science Fiction Film, TV Movie, Or Mini-Series	Nominated
		Tumblr Movie Awards	Best Leading Actor	Nominated
			Best Ship	Nominated
		Online Film Critics' Awards	Most Cinematic Moment	Nominated
		Stella Awards	Best Actor in a Leading Role	Won
	The World's End	Alternative End of Year Film Awards	Best Ensemble Cast	Won
2014	The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug	Empire Awards	Best Actor	Nominated
		MTV Movie Awards	Best Hero	Nominated
		Constellation Awards	Best Male Performance In A 2013 Science Fiction Film, TV Movie, Or Mini-Series	2nd Place
		YouReviewers Awards	Best Hero	Nominated
		Stella Awards	Best Actor in a Leading Role	Won
		Online Film Critics' Awards	Most Cinematic Moment	Nominated
		CinEuphoria Awards	Best Ensemble	Nominated
	Fargo	Critics' Choice Television Awards	Best Actor in a Movie or Mini-Series	Nominated
		Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie	Nominated
		Online Film Critics' Awards	Best Actor in a Motion Picture or Miniseries	Nominated
			Best Ensemble in a Motion Picture or Miniseries	Nominated
		Golden Globe Award	Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film	Nominated
		Crime Thriller Awards	Best Actor	Nominated[53]
	Sherlock
		Critics' Choice Television Awards	Best Supporting Actor in a Movie or Mini-Series	Nominated
		Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie	Won
		Online Film Critics' Awards	Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture or Miniseries	Nominated
			Best Ensemble in a Motion Picture or Miniseries	Nominated
	The World's End	MTV Movie Awards	Best Fight	Nominated
2015	The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies	MTV Movie Awards	Best Hero	Nominated
		Favorite British Artists of the Year	Favourite Actor in a Motion Picture	Nominated
	Fargo		Favourite Actor in a Television Series	Nominated
	Richard III	The Mousetrap Awards	Best Male Performancer	Won
2016	Stick Man	British Animation Awards	Best Voice Performance	Won
2018	Labour of Love	WhatsOnStage Awards	Best Actor in a Play	Nominated
2019	Black Panther	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture	Won
2023	The Responder	British Academy Television Awards	Best Actor	Nominated
		International Emmy Awards	Best Actor	Won

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External links

• Martin Freeman at IMDb 
• Martin Freeman discography at Discogs