Martin Freeman

Biography

Martin John Christopher Freeman (born 8 September 1971) is an English actor and comedian, known for portraying Bilbo Baggins in 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 Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005), Nativity! (2009), Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy (2004–2013), 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. Description above is from the Wikipedia article Martin Freeman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.