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Martin Freeman
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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).
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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).
Known For
Casualty
The Graham Norton Show
Saturday Night Live
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Late Night with Seth Meyers
GMTV
Sherlock
The Jonathan Ross Show
DuckTales
Who Do You Think You Are?
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
The One Show
Angelyne
Lily Allen and Friends
Toast of London
Alan Bennett's Talking Heads
Brian Pern: A Life in Rock
Marvel Studios Legends
Hot Fuzz
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'
Captain America: Civil War
What's Your Number?
Love Actually
Fargo
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman
Shaun of the Dead
StartUp
Pride
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Charles II: The Power and The Passion
Return of the Goodies
The Debt
The Debt
Dedication
Black Panther
The World's End
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
The Seven Dials Mystery
Carnage: Swallowing the Past
How I Made The Office by Ricky Gervais
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
The Eichmann Show
Secret Invasion
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
The Office
Miller's Girl
The Operative
Sherlock: The Abominable Bride
Micro Men
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
Cargo
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Nativity!
Ode to Joy
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
A Confession
Breeders
The Responder
Sherlock: Many Happy Returns
Production Credits
Breeders
Miller's Girl
The Responder
Walking with Dinosaurs
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