Martin Freeman
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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- Born:
- Sep 8, 1971 In Aldershot, Hampshire, England, UK
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 139
- 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 |
| Series | The Seven Dials Mystery | Superintendent Battle | 2026 |
| Series | Hearfield | Martin McFadden | 2026-06-19 |
| Movie | Fancy dress | The pirate | 2026 |
| Movie | Let's Love | Nigel | 2026 |
| Movie | Clybourne Park | Unknown | 2026 |
| Movie | Midnight of My Life | Steve Marriott | 2026 |
| Movie | Flavia de Luce | Unknown | 2026 |
| Movie | Queen of Bones | Malcolm | 2025-04-10 |
| Movie | Momo | Unknown | 2025-10-02 |
| 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 |
| 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 | Bridget Riley: Painting the Line | Self | 2021-11-19 |
| Movie | Jack | Jack (voice) | 2021-01-29 |
| Series | Breeders | Paul Worsley | 2020-03-02 |
| Series | Alan Bennett's Talking Heads | Graham | 2020-06-23 |
| 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 | Black Panther | Everett K. Ross | 2018-02-13 |
| Movie | Ghost Stories | Charles Cameron / Mike Priddle | 2018-01-20 |
| Movie | To Provide All People | Consultant Cardiologist | 2018-06-28 |
| Movie | Stevie Wonder: A Musical History | self | 2018-11-30 |
| Movie | Carnage: Swallowing the Past | Jeff | 2017-03-19 |
| Movie | Sherlock: The Final Problem | John Watson | 2017-01-15 |
| Movie | The Dog with the Woman | Charlie | 2017-10-06 |
| Series | DuckTales | Poe De Spell (voice) | 2017-08-12 |
| Movie | Cargo | Andy | 2017-10-06 |
| Movie | Sherlock: The Abominable Bride | Dr. John Watson | 2016-01-01 |
| Movie | Derren Brown: Pushed to the Edge | Himself | 2016-01-12 |
| Movie | Mark Gatiss: A Study in Sherlock | Himself | 2016-01-11 |
| Movie | Whiskey Tango Foxtrot | Iain MacKelpie | 2016-03-04 |
| Movie | Captain America: Civil War | Everett K. Ross | 2016-04-27 |
| Series | StartUp | Phil Rask | 2016-09-06 |
| Movie | The Eichmann Show | Milton Fruchtman | 2015-01-20 |
| Movie | The Jam: About The Young Idea | Unknown | 2015-08-29 |
| 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 |
| Series | Brian Pern: A Life in Rock | Young Brian Pern | 2014-02-10 |
| Series | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self | 2014-02-25 |
| Movie | Unlocking Sherlock | Himself / Dr. Watson | 2014-01-19 |
| Series | Fargo | Lester Nygaard | 2014-04-15 |
| Movie | The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies | Bilbo Baggins | 2014-12-10 |
| Movie | The World's End | Oliver Chamberlain | 2013-07-18 |
| Series | The Last Leg | Self | 2013-01-25 |
| Series | Toast of London | Martin Freeman | 2013-10-20 |
| Movie | The Voorman Problem | Doctor Williams | 2013-04-25 |
| Movie | Svengali | Don | 2013-06-19 |
| Movie | Saving Santa | Bernard D. Elf (voice) | 2013-11-05 |
| Movie | The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug | Bilbo Baggins | 2013-12-11 |
| Movie | Sherlock: Many Happy Returns | Dr. John Watson | 2013-12-24 |
| Movie | Completing the Golden Mile: The Making of The World's End | Self | 2013-11-19 |
| Movie | The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! | Pirate with a Scarf (voice) | 2012-03-12 |
| Series | Honest Trailers | Everett K. Ross (archive footage) | 2012-02-13 |
| Movie | Sherlock: Uncovered | Dr. Watson, Self | 2012-05-22 |
| Movie | Animals | Albert | 2012-10-26 |
| 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 | Swinging with the Finkels | Alvin Finkel | 2011-06-01 |
| Series | The Jonathan Ross Show | Self - Guest | 2011-09-03 |
| Movie | What's Your Number? | Simon Forester | 2011-09-30 |
| Movie | Unlocking Sherlock | Himself | 2010-08-30 |
| Movie | Wild Target | Dixon | 2010-06-17 |
| Series | Sherlock | Self / Dr. John Watson | 2010-07-25 |
| Series | Boy Meets Girl | Danny Reed | 2009-05-01 |
| Series | The Justin Lee Collins Show | Self | 2009-03-19 |
| Series | I'm Running Sainsbury's | Unknown | 2009-06-02 |
| Movie | Backstairs Billy: The Queen Mum's Butler | Narrator (voice) | 2009-01-02 |
| Movie | Svengali | Boss | 2009-02-01 |
| Movie | Micro Men | Chris Curry | 2009-10-08 |
| Movie | Nativity! | Paul Maddens | 2009-11-27 |
| Movie | HIV - The Musical | James McKenzie | 2009-10-22 |
| Series | You Have Been Watching | Self | 2009-07-07 |
| Series | Live from Studio Five | Self | 2009-09-14 |
| Movie | The Girl Is Mime | Clive Buckle | 2009-12-31 |
| Series | When Were We Funniest? | Unknown | 2008-02-28 |
| Series | Lily Allen and Friends | Self - Guest | 2008-02-12 |
| Movie | Rembrandt's J'Accuse...! | Rembrandt | 2008-10-04 |
| Movie | The All Together | Chris Ashworth | 2007-05-11 |
| Series | The Graham Norton Show | Self | 2007-02-22 |
| Movie | The Good Night | Gary Shaller | 2007-01-25 |
| Movie | Rubbish | Kevin | 2007-06-24 |
| Movie | Hot Fuzz | Met Sergeant | 2007-02-14 |
| Series | Derren Brown: Trick or Treat | Himself | 2007-04-13 |
| Movie | The Old Curiosity Shop | Mr. Codlin | 2007-12-26 |
| Movie | Dedication | Jeremy | 2007-08-24 |
| Series | Comedy Showcase | Greg Wilson | 2007-10-05 |
| Movie | Nightwatching | Rembrandt van Rijn | 2007-09-06 |
| Movie | Lonely hearts | The pig (voice) | 2007-12-29 |
| Movie | Confetti | Matt | 2006-05-05 |
| Movie | Breaking and Entering | Sandy | 2006-12-15 |
| Series | The One Show | Self | 2006-08-14 |
| Movie | Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' | Self | 2005-07-05 |
| Movie | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | Arthur Dent | 2005-04-28 |
| Series | The Robinsons | Ed Robinson | 2005-05-05 |
| Movie | Round About Five | The Man | 2005-08-28 |
| 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 | Return of the Goodies | Himself | 2005-12-30 |
| 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 | Margery and Gladys | D.S. Stringer | 2003-09-21 |
| Movie | Love Actually | John | 2003-09-07 |
| Series | Charles II: The Power and The Passion | Lord Shaftesbury | 2003-11-16 |
| Movie | Ali G Indahouse | Richard "Ricky C" Cunningham | 2002-03-21 |
| Series | Helen West | DC Stone | 2002-05-06 |
| Movie | How I Made The Office by Ricky Gervais | Himself | 2002-10-14 |
| Movie | The Low Down | Solomon | 2001-01-26 |
| Movie | Men Only | Dwight | 2001-06-03 |
| Series | Friday Night with Jonathan Ross | Self | 2001-11-02 |
| Series | The Office | Tim Canterbury | 2001-07-09 |
| Series | Bruiser | Unknown | 2000-02-28 |
| Series | Lock, Stock... | Jaap | 2000-05-29 |
| Series | Black Books | Doctor | 2000-09-29 |
| Movie | I Just Want to Kiss You | Frank | 1998-01-01 |
| Series | This Life | Stuart | 1996-03-18 |
| Series | Never Mind the Buzzcocks | Self - Host | 1996-11-12 |
| 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 |