page_title: Martin Freeman
hierarchical_section_title: Martin Freeman
caption_attribution_description: English: Actor Martin Freeman at the Berlinale 2019 Deutsch: Der Schauspieler Martin Freeman bei der Berlinale 2019
context_page_description: Martin John Christopher Freeman is an English actor and comedian, 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, Dr. John Watson in the British crime drama Sherlock, and Lester Nygaard in the dark comedy-crime drama TV series Fargo.
  His other notable film roles include the romantic comedy Love Actually, the comic science-fiction film The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, the semi-improvised comedy Nativity!, the comedic Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy, most prominently in the sci-fi comedy The World's End, and his portrayal of Everett K. Ross in the Marvel films Captain America: Civil War and Black Panther. Among other accolades, he has won an Emmy Award, a BAFTA Award, an Empire Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award, with nominations including two other Emmy Awards, two other BAFTA Awards, a Saturn Award, and a Golden Globe Award.
context_section_description: Martin John Christopher Freeman (born 8 September 1971) is an English actor and comedian, known for portraying Bilbo Baggins in Peter Jackson's The Hobbit film trilogy (2012–2014), Tim Canterbury in the original UK version of sitcom mockumentary The Office (2001–2003), Dr. John Watson in the British crime drama Sherlock (2010–2017), 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), the comic science-fiction film The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005), the semi-improvised comedy Nativity! (2009), the comedic Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy (2004–2013), most prominently in the sci-fi comedy The World's End (2013), and his portrayal of Everett K. Ross in the Marvel films Captain America: Civil War (2016) and Black Panther (2018). Among other accolades, he has won an Emmy Award, a BAFTA Award, an Empire Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award, with nominations including two other Emmy Awards, two other BAFTA Awards, a Saturn Award, and a Golden Globe Award.
caption: Freeman in 2019
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