Martin Freeman

Martin Freeman

1971-09-08 Aldershot, Hampshire, England, UK 92 Credits

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 o...

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National Theatre Live: The Fifth Step

National Theatre Live: The Fifth Step

2025

as James

Acting

Olivier Award-winner Jack Lowden (Slow Horses, Dunkirk) is joined by Emmy and BAFTA-winner Martin Freeman (The Hobbit, The Responder) in the criticall...

Momo

Momo

2025

Acting

Momo is a young orphan girl who lives in the ruins of an old Roman amphitheater and becomes friends with everybody in the neighborhood. But when a pow...

Standing on the Shoulders of Kitties

Standing on the Shoulders of Kitties

2024

as Self

6.4
Acting

Bubbles and his band, The Shitrockers, embark on a European rock tour and earn a spot opening for Billy Bob Thornton and the Boxmasters. However, afte...

Miller's Girl

Miller's Girl

2024

as Jonathan Miller

6.4
Acting

A talented young writer embarks on a creative odyssey when her teacher assigns a project that entangles them both.

Miller's Girl

Miller's Girl

2024

Executive Producer

6.4
Producing

A talented young writer embarks on a creative odyssey when her teacher assigns a project that entangles them both.

Queen of Bones

Queen of Bones

2023

as Malcolm

7.7
Acting

Twin siblings seek answers about their mother's death and her connection to the supernatural while living on a remote homestead with their father in 1...

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

2022

as Everett Ross

7.1
Acting

Queen Ramonda, Shuri, M’Baku, Okoye and the Dora Milaje fight to protect their nation from intervening world powers in the wake of King T’Challa’s dea...

Bridget Riley: Painting the Line

Bridget Riley: Painting the Line

2021

as Self

Acting

With exclusive behind-the-scenes access, seldom-seen footage from the archives and a rare interview with Kirsty Wark, this is the story of a true visi...

Jack

2021

as Jack (voice)

Acting

The true story of Jack, the “soldier dog”, who became a WWI hero. Lying wounded, he reflects on mankind, having witnessed the horrors of war versus hi...

A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol

2020

as Bob Cratchit (voice)

7.3
Acting

The radical new take on Dickens’ classic seeks both to exhume the original story’s gritty commentary on social inequality and the corrupting influence...

Long Hot Summers: The Story of The Style Council

Long Hot Summers: The Story of The Style Council

2020

as Self

7.0
Acting

The story of the band that Paul Weller formed after The Jam split up in 1982, with insight from key members, collaborators and fans.

A Confession As Told By ITV News

2019

as Martin Freeman - Self / Steve Fulcher

Acting

Reporter Robert Murphy looks at how the real story of the Halliwell murders unfolded on ITV News and inspired those behind the television drama titled...

Ode to Joy

Ode to Joy

2019

as Charlie

6.2
Acting

Charlie suffers from a serious disease that causes acute narcolepsy whenever he is happy. Although he develops a variety of techniques to deny himself...

The Operative

The Operative

2019

as Thomas

5.9
Acting

A young Western woman is recruited by the Mossad to go undercover in Tehran where she becomes entangled in a complex triangle with her handler and her...

Stevie Wonder: A Musical History

Stevie Wonder: A Musical History

2018

as self

Acting

Well-known fans celebrate Stevie Wonder and his music by selecting some of his best-loved songs. Wonder is one of the dominant figures in American mus...

To Provide All People

2018

as Consultant Cardiologist

6.0
Acting

To mark the 70th anniversary of the birth of the NHS, acclaimed poet Owen Sheers takes us on a journey that weaves the extraordinary story of the birt...

Black Panther

Black Panther

2018

as Everett K. Ross

7.4
Acting

King T'Challa returns home to the reclusive, technologically advanced African nation of Wakanda to serve as his country's new leader. However, T'Chall...

Ghost Stories

Ghost Stories

2018

as Charles Cameron / Mike Priddle

6.4
Acting

Professor Philip Goodman devotes his life to exposing phony psychics and fraudulent supernatural shenanigans. His skepticism soon gets put to the test...

The Dog with the Woman

The Dog with the Woman

2017

as Charlie

Acting

A family drama telling the story of Alice Wilson and her stepdaughter Katherine, through the cynical eyes of her pet dog Charlie.

Cargo

Cargo

2017

as Andy

6.4
Acting

After being infected in the wake of a violent pandemic and with only 48 hours to live, a father struggles to find a new home for his baby daughter.

Carnage: Swallowing the Past

Carnage: Swallowing the Past

2017

as Jeff

6.5
Acting

It's 2067, the UK is vegan, but older generations are suffering the guilt of their carnivorous past. Simon Amstell asks us to forgive them for the hor...

Captain America: Civil War

Captain America: Civil War

2016

as Everett K. Ross

7.4
Acting

Following the events of Age of Ultron, the collective governments of the world pass an act designed to regulate all superhuman activity. This polarize...

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

2016

as Iain MacKelpie

6.3
Acting

In 2002, cable news producer Kim Barker decides to shake up her routine by taking a daring new assignment in Kabul, Afghanistan. Dislodged from her co...

Derren Brown: Pushed to the Edge

Derren Brown: Pushed to the Edge

2016

as Himself

7.3
Acting

Derren Brown investigates the power of social compliance by persuading an unwitting member of the public into believing that they have pushed someone ...

Mark Gatiss: A Study in Sherlock

Mark Gatiss: A Study in Sherlock

2016

as Himself

7.3
Acting

Mark Gatiss, who co-created "Sherlock" and plays Mycroft Holmes, discusses the show with Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman, and others in the cast.

Sherlock: The Abominable Bride

Sherlock: The Abominable Bride

2016

as Dr. John Watson

7.8
Acting

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson find themselves in 1890s London in this holiday special.

A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman

A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman

2015

as Self - Voice of The Pirate with a Scarf

7.0
Acting

Julie Walters tells the story of how Morph, Shaun the Sheep and that cheese-loving man Wallace and his dog Gromit first came to life.

Stick Man

Stick Man

2015

as Stick Man (voice)

6.8
Acting

Stick Man lives in the family tree with his Stick Lady Love and their stick children three, and he's heading on an epic adventure across the seasons. ...

The Jam: About The Young Idea

The Jam: About The Young Idea

2015

8.1
Acting

Sky Arts presents the definitive story of The Jam, one of the most successful British bands in rock history, who were at the forefront of the late 197...

The Eichmann Show

The Eichmann Show

2015

as Milton Fruchtman

6.7
Acting

The behind-the-scenes true life story of a groundbreaking producer, Milton Fruchtman, and blacklisted TV director Leo Hurwitz who, overcoming enormous...

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

2014

as Bilbo Baggins

7.3
Acting

Following Smaug's attack on Laketown, Bilbo and the dwarves try to defend Erebor's mountain of treasure from others who claim it: the men of the ruine...

Unlocking Sherlock

Unlocking Sherlock

2014

as Himself / Dr. Watson

7.8
Acting

Explore how writers Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss created the hit television sensation. Take a personal voyage through the versions of Holmes that ha...

Sherlock: Many Happy Returns

Sherlock: Many Happy Returns

2013

as Dr. John Watson

7.8
Acting

John and Lestrade try to move on with their lives after Sherlock's apparent death. However, Anderson believes he is still alive.

Walking with Dinosaurs

Walking with Dinosaurs

2013

Executive Producer

6.2
Producing

In a time when dinosaurs rule the Earth, the smallest dinosaur of the herd, a playful Pachyrhinosaurus named Patchi, embarks on the biggest adventure ...

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

2013

as Bilbo Baggins

7.6
Acting

The Dwarves, Bilbo and Gandalf have successfully escaped the Misty Mountains, and Bilbo has gained the One Ring. They all continue their journey to ge...

Completing the Golden Mile: The Making of The World's End

Completing the Golden Mile: The Making of The World's End

2013

as Self

Acting

A documentary about the making of The World's End. It is very thorough, hitting on virtually every aspect of the film's production.

Saving Santa

Saving Santa

2013

as Bernard D. Elf (voice)

5.2
Acting

A lowly stable elf finds that he is the only one who can stop an invasion of the North Pole by using the secret of Santa's Sleigh, a TimeGlobe, to tra...

The World's End

The World's End

2013

as Oliver Chamberlain

6.8
Acting

Five friends who reunite in an attempt to top their epic pub crawl from 20 years earlier unwittingly become humankind's only hope for survival.

Svengali

Svengali

2013

as Don

5.3
Acting

Svengali tells the story of Dixie, a postman from South Wales, and a music fanatic. All his life he’s dreamed of discovering a great band and then one...

The Voorman Problem

The Voorman Problem

2013

as Doctor Williams

6.7
Acting

Doctor Williams is called in to examine the enigmatic Mr Voorman, a prisoner with a peculiar affliction: he believes he is a god. The Doctor must deci...

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

2012

as Bilbo Baggins

7.4
Acting

Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit enjoying his quiet life, is swept into an epic quest by Gandalf the Grey and thirteen dwarves who seek to reclaim their mounta...

Animals

Animals

2012

as Albert

6.3
Acting

Pol is a teenager with a seemingly calm life: he lives with his brother and is still in high school. However, Pol has a secret: Deerhoof, a cuddly ted...

So You Want To Be A Pirate!

So You Want To Be A Pirate!

2012

as The Pirate With A Scarf

6.3
Acting

With the help of his trusted dodo Polly, the Pirate Captain presents fun-loving and hilarious tips and advice on pirating. Learn how to remember where...

Sherlock: Uncovered

Sherlock: Uncovered

2012

as Dr. Watson, Self

Acting

Short Documentsry

The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!

The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!

2012

as Pirate with a Scarf (voice)

6.5
Acting

The enthusiastic Pirate Captain, along with his rag-tag crew, sets out to beat his bitter rivals. The chaotic adventure takes them from exotic shores ...

What's Your Number?

What's Your Number?

2011

as Simon Forester

6.5
Acting

Ally Darling is realizing she's a little lost in life. Her latest romance has just fizzled out, and she's just been fired from her marketing job. Then...

Swinging with the Finkels

Swinging with the Finkels

2011

as Alvin Finkel

4.3
Acting

A suburban couple decide to spice up their lives by swinging with another couple.

Unlocking Sherlock

Unlocking Sherlock

2010

as Himself

6.5
Acting

The making of the first "Sherlock" season.

Wild Target

Wild Target

2010

as Dixon

6.4
Acting

Victor Maynard is a middle-aged, solitary assassin who lives to please his formidable mother, despite his own peerless reputation for lethal efficienc...

The Girl Is Mime

2009

as Clive Buckle

7.3
Acting

Did the Mime commit the crime? Clive Buckle is being questioned about the murder of his wife. The police are convinced he did it - if they could just ...

Nativity!

Nativity!

2009

as Paul Maddens

6.3
Acting

Paul, charged with directing his school's Nativity play, falsely boasts that his ex-girlfriend plans to turn the production into a film.

HIV: The Musical

HIV: The Musical

2009

as James McKenzie

5.5
Acting

James wrote a play. Myles made it gay.

Micro Men

Micro Men

2009

as Chris Curry

7.1
Acting

In 1979 Clive Sinclair, British inventor of the pocket calculator, frustrated by the lack of home investment in his project,the electric car, also opp...

Svengali

Svengali

2009

as Boss

Acting

Satirical sitcom on the music industry.

Backstairs Billy: The Queen Mum's Butler

2009

as Narrator (voice)

Acting

Providing unique insight into the private world of Clarence House, this documentary follows the rise and fall of William Tallon - a devoted servant, f...

Rembrandt's J'Accuse...!

Rembrandt's J'Accuse...!

2008

as Rembrandt

7.0
Acting

J'accuse is an 'essay-istic' documentary in which Greenaway's fierce criticism of today's visual illiteracy is argued by means of a forensic search of...

Lonely Hearts

2007

as The Pig (voice)

7.0
Acting

A year after his wife leaves him; Jeff seeks solace in meeting women through lonely hearts dating. His attempts are emotionally unsuccessful and Jeff ...

The Old Curiosity Shop

The Old Curiosity Shop

2007

as Mr. Codlin

5.0
Acting

A kindly shop owner whose overwhelming gambling debts allow a greedy landlord to seize his shop of dusty treasures. Evicted and with no way to pay his...

Nightwatching

Nightwatching

2007

as Rembrandt van Rijn

6.4
Acting

An extravagant, exotic and moving look at Rembrandt's romantic and professional life, and the controversy he created by the identification of a murder...

Dedication

Dedication

2007

as Jeremy

6.3
Acting

A modern love story in which a misanthropic, emotionally complex author of a hit children's book is forced to team with a beautiful illustrator after ...

Rubbish

Rubbish

2007

as Kevin

7.0
Acting

A man dumps the garbage of his neighbours. Little does he know that this is going to affect his relationship to a woman.

The All Together

The All Together

2007

as Chris Ashworth

5.2
Acting

With a house to sell and no time to be there in person, overworked TV producer Chris Ashworth is forced to leave his incompetent flatmate Bob to show ...

Hot Fuzz

Hot Fuzz

2007

as Met Sergeant

7.6
Acting

Former London constable Nicholas Angel finds it difficult to adapt to his new assignment in the sleepy British village of Sandford. Not only does he m...

The Good Night

The Good Night

2007

as Gary Shaller

5.3
Acting

Gary, a musician, is trapped in an unhappy relationship with his live-in lover, Dora. He becomes enthralled with a beautiful seductress who enters his...

Breaking and Entering

Breaking and Entering

2006

as Sandy

6.0
Acting

Set in a blighted, inner-city neighbourhood of London, Breaking and Entering examines an affair which unfolds between a successful British landscape a...

Confetti

Confetti

2006

as Matt

5.5
Acting

A mockumentary that follows three couples as they battle it out to win the coveted title of 'Most Original Wedding of the Year'.

Return of the Goodies

Return of the Goodies

2005

as Himself

6.9
Acting

The Goodies finally return to television after nearly 25 years with a compilation of classic clips, interviews and new material.

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'

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'

2005

as Self

Acting

An in-depth examination of the complete production of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005).

Round About Five

Round About Five

2005

as The Man

7.5
Acting

Desperate to get across London to meet his girlfriend off the Eurostar, a man persuades a pretty bicycle courier to take him on the back of her bike, ...

Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'

Inside 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'

2005

as Self

Acting

Documentary charting the rise of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy from its original guise as a radio series through to becoming a Hollywood blockb...

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

2005

as Arthur Dent

6.7
Acting

Mere seconds before the Earth is to be demolished by an alien construction crew, Arthur Dent is swept off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a res...

Blake's Junction 7

Blake's Junction 7

2004

as Vila

7.0
Acting

Intergalactic revolutionaries "Blake's 7" make an eventful late night stop at Newport Pagnell Services on the M1.

Call Register

Call Register

2004

as Kevin

7.2
Acting

A guy borrows his best friend's mobile phone in order to call a girl he recently met, but the phone recognizes the number being dialed, leading to a n...

Pride

Pride

2004

as Fleck (voice)

6.2
Acting

The story of Suki, a lioness cub, who rebels against her mother and her Pride to mate with an unsuitable lion from the other side of the river.

Shaun of the Dead

Shaun of the Dead

2004

as Declan

7.5
Acting

Shaun lives a supremely uneventful life, which revolves around his girlfriend, his mother, and, above all, his local pub. This gentle routine is threa...

Margery and Gladys

Margery and Gladys

2003

as D.S. Stringer

7.4
Acting

When wealthy, recently-widowed suburban housewife, Margery (PENELOPE KEITH), and her ‘rough diamond’ of a cleaner, Gladys (JUNE BROWN), disturb a hous...

Love Actually

Love Actually

2003

as John

7.1
Acting

Eight very different couples deal with their love lives in various loosely interrelated tales all set during a frantic month before Christmas in Londo...

The Debt

The Debt

2003

as Terry Ross

5.5
Acting

An ex-robber reluctantly agrees to do one last job in order to protect his family.

How I Made The Office by Ricky Gervais

How I Made The Office by Ricky Gervais

2002

as Himself

Acting

An exclusive documentary containing interviews with the cast and creators of The Office, with behind the scenes footage, original pilot footage and ou...

Ali G Indahouse

Ali G Indahouse

2002

as Richard "Ricky C" Cunningham

6.1
Acting

Ali G unwittingly becomes a pawn in the evil Chancellor's plot to overthrow the Prime Minister of Great Britain. However, instead of bringing the Prim...

Men Only

Men Only

2001

as Dwight

5.4
Acting

Men Only is a provocative two-part drama about the dark side of modern masculinity. What do men want, what do women want from them, and can the two ev...

The Low Down

The Low Down

2001

as Solomon

5.5
Acting

Frank is a restless young man in his late twenties whose life revolves around his friends and his work. When he becomes involved with Ruby, her optimi...

I Just Want to Kiss You

1998

as Frank

6.0
Acting

An homage to the French New Wave and a touching story of friendship and love.

Midnight of My Life

Midnight of My Life

N/A

as Steve Marriott

Acting

Steve Marriott is one of the British music scene's greatest vocalists. Midnight Of My Life is a poignant study of talent, aging and what success means...

Flavia de Luce

N/A

Acting

The adventures of 11-year-old Flavia de Luce, who is both an amateur detective and a master poisoner. When she discovers a dead body in her family’s d...

Clybourne Park

N/A

Acting

Follows events in 1959 and then 50 years later in 2009. The subject of the play is Clybourne Park, a sleepy, “status quo” suburb of Chicago, which is ...

Let's Love

N/A

as Nigel

Acting

When a director, actor, screenwriter and actress reunite for the 10th Anniversary of their one-hit wonder film for a convention that suddenly gets can...

Fancy dress

N/A

as The pirate

Acting

Four friends hang out at New Year’s Eve. One is dressed up as a pirate, one a monkey, someone’s a nun and the other one is Wonder Woman.

Pretend I'm Not Here

N/A

Acting

During Nazi-occupied Netherlands, a couple shelters a Jewish perfume salesman in their home. Living with an unknown person brings unforeseen developme...

Let God Sort It Out

N/A

as Kyle Roberts

Acting

A once-revered rock ‘n’ roll star battling burnout and inner demons. Seeking solace in a remote sanctuary, his pursuit of peace is shattered when a ga...

The Adam Trials

N/A

Acting

Two parents will do anything to save the life of their terminally ill son, employing experimental nanotechnology that starts to show signs of success ...

The Adam Trials

N/A

Executive Producer

Producing

Two parents will do anything to save the life of their terminally ill son, employing experimental nanotechnology that starts to show signs of success ...