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:
- 136
- First Appeared:
- In the series Saturday Night Live 1975-10-11
- Latest Project:
- Series Hearfield 2026-06-19
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Let's Love | Nigel | 2026 |
| Series | The Seven Dials Mystery | Superintendent Battle | 2026 |
| Movie | Clybourne Park | Unknown | 2026 |
| Movie | Flavia de Luce | Unknown | 2026 |
| Movie | Midnight of My Life | Steve Marriott | 2026 |
| Series | Hearfield | Martin McFadden | 2026-06-19 |
| Movie | The Hobbit: There and Back Again | Bilbo Baggins | 2025-01-11 |
| Movie | Momo | Unknown | 2025-09-25 |
| Movie | Miller's Girl | Jonathan Miller | 2024-01-18 |
| Movie | Standing on the Shoulders of Kitties: The Bubbles and the Shitrockers Story | Self | 2024-12-06 |
| Series | Secret Invasion | Everett K. Ross | 2023-06-21 |
| Movie | Queen of Bones | Malcolm | 2023-09-10 |
| 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 | Marvel Studios Legends | Everett K. Ross (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2021-01-08 |
| Movie | Jack | Jack (voice) | 2021-01-29 |
| Movie | Bridget Riley: Painting the Line | Self | 2021-11-19 |
| Series | Breeders | Paul Worsley | 2020-03-02 |
| Series | Alan Bennett's Talking Heads | Graham | 2020-06-23 |
| Movie | A Christmas Carol | Bob Cratchit (voice) | 2020-12-04 |
| Movie | Long Hot Summers: The Story of The Style Council | Self | 2020-10-30 |
| Movie | The Operative | Thomas | 2019-07-24 |
| Movie | Official Secrets | 2019-08-30 | |
| Series | A Confession | Steve Fulcher | 2019-09-02 |
| Movie | A Confession As Told By ITV News | Martin Freeman - Self / Steve Fulcher | 2019-10-07 |
| Movie | Ode to Joy | Charlie | 2019-09-08 |
| Movie | Ghost Stories | Charles Cameron / Mike Priddle | 2018-01-20 |
| Movie | Black Panther | Everett K. Ross | 2018-02-13 |
| Movie | To Provide All People | Consultant Cardiologist | 2018-06-28 |
| Movie | Stevie Wonder: A Musical History | self | 2018-11-30 |
| Movie | Sherlock: The Final Problem | John Watson | 2017-01-15 |
| Movie | Carnage: Swallowing the Past | Jeff | 2017-03-19 |
| 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 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self | 2014-02-25 |
| Movie | Unlocking Sherlock | Himself / Dr. Watson | 2014-01-19 |
| Series | Brian Pern: A Life in Rock | Young Brian Pern | 2014-02-10 |
| 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 | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | Bilbo Baggins | 2012-12-12 |
| Movie | Animals | Albert | 2012-10-26 |
| Movie | So You Want To Be A Pirate! | The Pirate With A Scarf | 2012-07-09 |
| Movie | Swinging with the Finkels | Alvin Finkel | 2011-06-01 |
| 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 | 2010-07-25 |
| Series | Boy Meets Girl | Danny Reed | 2009-05-01 |
| Series | I'm Running Sainsbury's | Unknown | 2009-06-02 |
| Series | The Justin Lee Collins Show | Self | 2009-03-19 |
| Movie | Backstairs Billy: The Queen Mum's Butler | Narrator (voice) | 2009-01-02 |
| Series | You Have Been Watching | Self | 2009-07-07 |
| Movie | Svengali | Boss | 2009-02-01 |
| Series | Live from Studio Five | Self | 2009-09-14 |
| Movie | Nativity! | Paul Maddens | 2009-11-27 |
| Movie | The Girl Is Mime | Clive Buckle | 2009-12-31 |
| Movie | HIV - The Musical | James McKenzie | 2009-10-22 |
| Movie | Micro Men | Chris Curry | 2009-10-08 |
| Movie | A Night at the Office | Self | 2009-08-30 |
| Series | Lily Allen and Friends | Self - Guest | 2008-02-12 |
| Series | When Were We Funniest? | Unknown | 2008-02-28 |
| Movie | Rembrandt's J'Accuse...! | Rembrandt | 2008-10-04 |
| Series | Derren Brown: Trick or Treat | Himself | 2007-04-13 |
| Movie | Hot Fuzz | Met Sergeant | 2007-02-14 |
| Movie | The Good Night | Gary Shaller | 2007-01-25 |
| Movie | The All Together | Chris Ashworth | 2007-05-11 |
| Series | The Graham Norton Show | Self | 2007-02-22 |
| Series | Comedy Showcase | Greg Wilson | 2007-10-05 |
| Movie | Rubbish | Kevin | 2007-06-24 |
| Movie | Nightwatching | Rembrandt van Rijn | 2007-09-06 |
| Movie | The Old Curiosity Shop | Mr. Codlin | 2007-12-26 |
| Movie | Dedication | Jeremy | 2007-08-24 |
| 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 |