
Biography
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), and 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.
Awards & recognition
- Romics d'Oro · 2018
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie · 2014
- MTV Movie Award — Best Hero · 2013
- British Academy Television Award — Best Supporting Actor · 2011
- James Joyce Awards
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- MTV Movie Award — Best Hero · 2014 · nominated
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie · 2014 · nominated
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie · 2014 · nominated
- MTV Movie Award — Best Scared-As-S**t Performance · 2013 · nominated
- MTV Movie Award — Best Hero · 2013 · nominated
- British Academy Television Award — Best Supporting Actor · 2012 · nominated
- Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie · 2012 · nominated
- British Academy Television Award — Best Supporting Actor · 2011 · nominated
- British Academy Television Award — Best Comedy Performance · 2004 · nominated
- Phoenix Film Critics Society Award — Best Cast · 2004 · nominated
Filmography50+ titles

Sherlock

Fargo

Black Books

Derren Brown: Trick or Treat

The Jam: About The Young Idea

Helen West

DuckTales

Sherlock: The Abominable Bride

The Office

Margery and Gladys

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Hot Fuzz

A Christmas Carol

Toast of London

Shaun of the Dead

Marvel Studios: Legends

Black Panther

Captain America: Civil War

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

StartUp

The Graham Norton Show

Love Actually

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

The Responder

A Confession

Breeders

Saturday Night Live

Who Do You Think You Are?

Stick Man

The World's End

The Bill

The Eichmann Show

The Voorman Problem

Rembrandt's J'Accuse...!

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Secret Invasion

The Pirates! Band of Misfits

What's Your Number?

Standing on the Shoulders of Kitties

Ghost Stories

Cargo

Wild Target

Dedication

Agatha Christie's Seven Dials

Miller's Girl

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

Animals

The Last King

Ode to Joy