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Martin Freeman

Actor·b. 1971·Aldershot, Hampshire, England, UK

6 horror credits

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).

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Actor6 films

Queen of Bones

Queen of Bones

Malcolm Brass

2025
Ghost Stories

Ghost Stories

Charles Cameron / Mike Priddle

2018
Cargo

Cargo

Andy

2017
The World's End

The World's End

Oliver Chamberlain

2013 3.9
Hot Fuzz

Hot Fuzz

Met Sergeant

2007 3.9
Shaun of the Dead

Shaun of the Dead

Declan

2004 4.1