- Born
- Birth nameMartin John Christopher Freeman
- Height5′ 7″ (1.70 m)
- Martin Freeman is an English actor, known for portraying Bilbo Baggins in Peter Jackson's The Hobbit film trilogy, Tim Canterbury in the original UK version of sitcom mockumentary The Office (2001), Dr. John Watson in the British crime drama Sherlock (2010) and Lester Nygaard in the dark comedy-crime drama TV series Fargo (2014).
His other notable film roles include the romantic comedy Love Actually (2003) and the comic science fiction film The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005).- IMDb mini biography by: Pedro Borges
- ChildrenGrace Freeman
- ParentsGeoffrey FreemanPhilomena Freeman
- RelativesTim Freeman(Sibling)Jamie Freeman(Sibling)Sibling(Sibling)Sibling(Sibling)Ben Norris(Cousin)
- Usually plays mild-mannered characters in extraordinary circumstances
- Wide range of expressions and reaction shots
- Often plays characters from literary fiction (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Sherlock, The Hobbit)
- Distinctive clipped, deliberate delivery of lines
- Reserved performances that often feature one or more extremely vocal outbursts
- His father died of a heart attack when he was 10.
- Why does everyone have to pretend to be stupid and not know long words?
- God, no. I don't do any of that shit [partying with celebrities]. I've got a stag weekend coming up and I've said I'm not doing anything more than a few drinks. I won't have it. I'll go home and watch Antiques Roadshow US (1997).
- If I could get bands to come and play in my house, I'd like that. I've never been to a festival. I'm a creature of habit, mashed-potato comfort, I like rugs. Our sofa's squishy. Maybe too squishy - it's hard to get up sometimes.
- Most people have a passive relationship with music and clothes, with culture. But music was my first contact with anything creative. Music is it, as far as I'm concerned.
- Some people have that roar in their head, but I'm not sure I ever did. That live-fast-die-young thing. No one wants it really - Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin - it's not good. I want to live with Amanda till I'm 70. I was never the kid that went all the way with naughtiness, never got caned or in serious trouble. I always knew when to pull back.
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