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Paul Freeman

Acting

Born January 18, 1943 · Barnet, London, England, UK

Biography

Paul Freeman (born January 18, 1943) played René Emile Belloq in Raiders of the Lost Ark and returned to the franchise ten years later to portray Frederick Selous in The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles. Among his other work, Freeman appeared in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie as Ivan Ooze and in the 2007 comedy Hot Fuzz, directed by Edgar Wright.

Filmography50+ titles

Lark Rise to Candleford

2008

Agatha Christie's Poirot

1989as Col. Carbury

Flight to Berlin

1984as Nicholas

The Sweeney

1975as Detective

Raiders of the Lost Ark

1981as Dr. René Belloq

ER

1994as Charles Corday

Spooks

2002as Levi Cohen

Hot Fuzz

2007as Rev. Philip Shooter

The Final Cut

1995as Tom Makepeace

Da Vinci's Demons

2013as The Architect

The Hollow Crown

2012as Thomas Erpingham

Midsomer Murders

1997as Sir John Waverley

The Man Who Fell to Earth

2022as Gregory Papel

The Bible

2013

The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler

2009as Monsignor Godlewski

Monarch of the Glen

2000as Andrew Booth

Absentia

2017as Warren Byrne

Waking the Dead

2001as Dr. Charles Hoyle

The Long Good Friday

1980as Colin

Lucan

as John Pearson

Gorky Resort

2026as Driver

High Strung

2016as Kramrovsky

Cagney & Lacey

1982

The Devil's Arithmetic

1999as Rabbi

Without a Clue

1988as Prof. James Moriarty

Tokyo Trial

as William. D. Patrick

The Thursday Murder Club

2025as John

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

as Julius Sorensen

Paris Christmas Waltz

2023as Henry

A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia

1992as Dumont

A World Apart

1988as Kruger

Number 13

2006as Mr. Harrington, Cathedral Archivist

The Final Option

1982as Sir Richard

The Gatehouse

2016as Evelyn Eldritch

Centurion

2010as Governor Julius Agricola

Van der Valk

1972as Michael Tromp

The Protectors

as Mechanic

Just Like a Woman

1992as Miles Millichamp

A Hobo's Christmas

1987Producer

The Man from Rome

2022as Father Ferro

Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius

2004as Angus

The Last Island

1990as Sean

And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen...

2002as le client anglais

The Dark Room

1999as Adam Kingsley

The Dogs of War

1980as Derek

A Fantastic Fear of Everything

2012as Dr. Friedkin

The Sender

1982as Dr Joseph Denman

Falcon Crest

1981as Gustav Riebmann

George and the Dragon

2004as Sir Robert

Only Love

1998as Dallesandro