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Martin Freeman

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

2026
Flavia

as Havilland

Movie
2025
Momo

as Master Hora

Movie
2025
Queen of Bones

as Malcolm Brass

Movie
2022
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

as Everett Ross

Movie
2018
Black Panther

as Everett K. Ross

Movie
2016
Captain America: Civil War

as Everett K. Ross

Movie
2014
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

as Bilbo Baggins

Movie
2013
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

as Bilbo Baggins

Movie
2013
The World's End

as Oliver Chamberlain

Movie
2012
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

as Bilbo Baggins

Movie
2009
Nativity!

as Paul Maddens

Movie
2004
Shaun of the Dead

as Declan

Movie
2003
Love Actually

as John

Movie
2014
Fargo

as Lester Nygaard

TV Show
2010
Sherlock

as John Watson

TV Show
2007
The Graham Norton Show

as Self

TV Show