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.

Filmography

• 2027The Surgeon — Sean
• 2026A Long Winter
• Agatha Christie's Seven Dials — Superintendent Battle
• 2026Flavia — Colonel Havilland de Luce
• 2026Let's Love — Nigel
• 2025Little Bug — Dad
• 2025Momo — Master Hora
• 2025National Theatre Live: The Fifth Step — James
• 2025Queen of Bones — Malcolm Brass
• 2024Miller's Girl — Jonathan Miller, Executive Producer
• Secret Invasion — Everett K. Ross
• Angelyne — Harold Wallach
• 2022Black Panther: Wakanda Forever — Everett Ross
• The Responder — Chris Carson, Executive Producer
• 2021Jack — Jack (voice)
• Marvel Studios Legends — Everett K. Ross (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Only Murders in the Building
• 2020A Christmas Carol — Bob Cratchit (voice)
• Alan Bennett's Talking Heads — Graham
• Breeders — Paul Worsley, Executive Producer
• A Confession — Steve Fulcher
• 2019A Confession As Told By ITV News — Martin Freeman - Self / Steve Fulcher
• 2019Ode to Joy — Charlie
• Rob & Romesh Vs
• 2019The Operative — Thomas
• 2018Black Panther — Everett K. Ross
• 2018Ghost Stories — Charles Cameron / Mike Priddle
• 2018To Provide All People — Consultant Cardiologist
• 2017Cargo — Andy
• 2017Carnage: Swallowing the Past — Jeff
• DuckTales — Poe De Spell (voice)
• 2017The Dog with the Woman — Charlie
• 2016Captain America: Civil War — Everett K. Ross
• 2016Sherlock: The Abominable Bride — Dr. John Watson
• StartUp — Phil Rask
• 2016Whiskey Tango Foxtrot — Iain MacKelpie
• 2015Stick Man — Stick Man (voice)
• 2015The Eichmann Show — Milton Fruchtman
• 2015The Jam: About The Young Idea
• Brian Pern: A Life in Rock — Young Brian Pern
• Fargo — Narrator, Lester Nygaard
• 2014The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies — Bilbo Baggins
• 2013Saving Santa — Bernard D. Elf (voice)
• 2013Sherlock: Many Happy Returns — Dr. John Watson
• 2013Svengali — Don
• 2013The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug — Bilbo Baggins
• 2013The Voorman Problem — Doctor Williams
• 2013The World's End — Oliver Chamberlain
• Toast of London — Martin Freeman
• 2013Walking with Dinosaurs — Executive Producer
• 2012Animals — Albert
• 2012Sherlock: Uncovered — Dr. Watson, Self
• 2012So You Want To Be A Pirate! — The Pirate With A Scarf
• 2012The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey — Bilbo Baggins
• 2012The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! — Pirate with a Scarf (voice)
• 2011Swinging with the Finkels — Alvin Finkel
• 2011What's Your Number? — Simon Forester
• Sherlock — John Watson
• 2010Wild Target — Dixon
• 2009Backstairs Billy: The Queen Mum's Butler — Narrator (voice)
• Boy Meets Girl — Danny Reed
• 2009HIV: The Musical — James McKenzie
• I'm Running Sainsbury's
• 2009Micro Men — Chris Curry
• 2009Nativity! — Paul Maddens
• 2009Svengali — Boss
• 2009The Girl Is Mime — Clive Buckle
• 2008Rembrandt's J'Accuse...! — Rembrandt
• When Were We Funniest?
• Comedy Showcase — Greg Wilson
• 2007Dedication — Jeremy
• 2007Hot Fuzz — Met Sergeant
• 2007Lonely Hearts — The Pig (voice)
• 2007Nightwatching — Rembrandt van Rijn
• 2007Rubbish — Kevin
• 2007The All Together — Chris Ashworth
• 2007The Good Night — Gary Shaller
• 2007The Old Curiosity Shop — Mr. Codlin
• 2006Breaking and Entering — Sandy
• 2006Confetti — Matt
• 2005Round About Five — The Man
• 2005The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy — Arthur Dent
• The Robinsons — Ed Robinson
• 2004Blake's Junction 7 — Vila
• 2004Call Register — Kevin
• 2004Pride — Fleck (voice)
• 2004Shaun of the Dead — Declan
• Charles II: The Power and The Passion — Lord Shaftesbury
• Hardware — Mike
• 2003Love Actually — John
• 2003Margery and Gladys — D.S. Stringer
• 2003The Debt — Terry Ross
• The Debt — Terry Ross
• 2002Ali G Indahouse — Richard 'Ricky C' Cunningham
• Helen West — DC Stone
• 2001Men Only — Dwight
• 2001The Low Down — Solomon
• The Office — Tim Canterbury
• Black Books — Doctor
• Bruiser
• Lock, Stock... — Jaap
• 1998I Just Want to Kiss You — Frank
• This Life — Stuart
• Casualty — Ricky Beck
• The Bill
• Clybourne Park
• Fancy dress — The pirate
• Let God Sort It Out — Kyle Roberts
• Midnight of My Life — Steve Marriott
• Oddly Flowers — Walter
• Pretend I'm Not Here — Wim
• The Adam Trials — Executive Producer

Appearances as themselves (37)

• 2024Standing on the Shoulders of Kitties — Self
• Shakespeare: Rise of a Genius — Self
• Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg — Self
• 2021Bridget Riley: Painting the Line — Self
• 2020Long Hot Summers: The Story of The Style Council — Self
• 2018Stevie Wonder: A Musical History — self
• 2016Derren Brown: Pushed to the Edge — Himself
• 2016Mark Gatiss: A Study in Sherlock — Himself
• 2015A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman — Self - Voice of The Pirate with a Scarf
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self - Guest
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self
• 2014Unlocking Sherlock — Himself / Dr. Watson
• 2013Completing the Golden Mile: The Making of The World's End — Self
• The Last Leg — Self
• The Jonathan Ross Show — Self - Guest
• 2010Unlocking Sherlock — Himself
• Live from Studio Five — Self
• The Justin Lee Collins Show — Self
• You Have Been Watching — Self
• Lily Allen and Friends — Self - Guest
• Derren Brown: Trick or Treat — Himself
• The Graham Norton Show — Self
• The One Show — Self
• 2005Don'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
• 2005Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' — Self
• 2005Return of the Goodies — Himself
• Parkinson — Self - Guest
• Who Do You Think You Are? — Self
• 2002How I Made The Office by Ricky Gervais — Self
• 2002The Fight — Self
• Friday Night with Jonathan Ross — Self
• Never Mind the Buzzcocks — Self, Self - Host
• GMTV — Self
• Shooting Stars — Self
• Have I Got News for You — Self
• This Morning — Self
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Host