Martin Freeman

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Martin Freeman at the Berlinale 2019

Martin John Christopher Freeman (born September 8, 1971 in Aldershot , Hampshire , England ) is a British actor .

life and career

Martin Freeman is the youngest of five children. His parents separated when he was five and a half years old. When he was ten, his father Geoffrey Freeman died of a heart attack . In his childhood, Freeman suffered from asthma and Perthes disease . At fifteen he joined a youth theater group and later studied acting at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London .

In the English-speaking world, Martin Freeman became known for the comedy series The Office , which was produced from 2001 to 2003 and which received a Golden Globe among other things . He has appeared in a number of movies including Sacha Baron Cohen's Ali G in da House , Love Actually, and Shaun of the Dead . He starred as Arthur Dent in the film adaptation of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy from Douglas Adams ' book of the same name . Peter Greenaway engaged him in 2006 as Rembrandt in Nightwatching . Freeman took on another film lead role in the Christmas comedy The Christmas Muffle . It was released in the UK in 2009 and opened in German cinemas in December 2011.

Since 2010, Freeman plays in the BBC television series Sherlock Holmes ' companion Dr. John Watson . This marked his final breakthrough. For his performance, he received the BAFTA TV Award for Best Supporting Role in 2011 and an Emmy nomination in 2012 . Freeman played the lead role Bilbo Baggins in Peter Jackson's three-part film adaptation of Tolkien - novel The Hobbit . In 2014 he starred in the television series Fargo , a spin-off of the film of the same name .

In 2016, Freeman starred in The First Avenger: Civil War as US government official Everett K. Ross. He took on this role again in the film Black Panther .

So far, no German voice actor has established himself for Freeman. It was spoken most often by Manuel Straube , Philipp Brammer , Oliver Rohrbeck and Sebastian Schulz .

Freeman appears politically. In the British general election in 2015 , he supported the Social Democratic Labor Party .

With his long-time partner, actress Amanda Abbington , Freeman has been in front of the camera in various productions since 2000. The couple have a daughter and a son and lived together in Hertfordshire until they separated in 2016 . Freeman is a pescetarian .

Filmography (selection)

Awards and nominations

Golden Globe Award

Emmy

  • 2012 : Nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a TV Movie in Sherlock: A Scandal in Belgravia
  • 2014 : Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or TV Movie in Sherlock: His Final Vow
  • 2014: Nomination for Best Actor in a Miniseries or TV Movie in Fargo

BAFTA TV Award

  • 2004: Nomination for Best Male Comedy Performance in The Office
  • 2011: Award for Best Supporting Actor in Sherlock
  • 2012: Nomination for Best Supporting Actor in Sherlock

British Comedy Awards

  • 2002: Nomination for Top Television Comedy Actor in The Office
  • 2004: Nomination for Top Television Comedy Actor in The Office

MTV Movie Awards

  • 2013 : Nomination for Best Scaredy in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
  • 2013 : Award for Best Movie Hero in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
  • 2014 : Nomination for Best Movie Hero in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
  • 2015 : Nomination for Best Movie Hero in The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

The Mousetrap Awards

  • 2015: Award for Best Male Actor in Richard III

Phoenix Film Critics Society Award

  • 2004: Nomination for Best Acting Ensemble in Actually ... Love

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Andrew Duncan: Interview with Dr Watson: Martin Freeman. (No longer available online.) In: Reader's Digest New Zealand. Archived from the original on November 25, 2012 ; accessed on August 7, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.readersdigest.co.nz
  2. ↑ Maureen Paton: In a taxi with ... Martin Freeman. In: Daily Mail. July 17, 2010, accessed August 7, 2012 .
  3. ^ Awards for Martin Freeman. Retrieved January 1, 2012 .
  4. ↑ Martin Freeman. In: Emmys.com. Retrieved July 24, 2012 .
  5. ↑ Martin Freeman's Captain America: Civil War Character Revealed. February 22, 2016, accessed April 3, 2016 .
  6. ^ Labor Party: What's the choice in this election? youtube.com, March 30, 2015, accessed April 1, 2015 .
  7. ↑ Vicki Power: How Tim from The Office found real love: Amanda Abbington on life with Martin Freeman. Daily Mail, June 17, 2011, accessed January 1, 2012 .
  8. ↑ Patrick Foster: Martin Freeman and Amanda Abbington split as she reveals 'weird' real-life coincidence behind Sherlock scenes they filmed together. In: The Daily Telegraph . Telegraph Media Group, December 23, 2016, accessed January 4, 2017 .
  9. ↑ Miranda Sawyer: Master of the Universe. guardian.co.uk, April 17, 2005, accessed April 15, 2012 : "He's a socialist, a fish-eating vegetarian, a soul fan and, judging by his clothes, a mod."
personal data
SURNAME Freeman, Martin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Freeman, Martin John Christopher (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British actor
DATE OF BIRTH September 8, 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Aldershot , Hampshire , England