Martin Freeman

Martin Freeman
Date of Birth: 08 Sep 1971
Country: UK
Biography: Martin John Christopher Freeman is an English actor. He is best known for his portrayals of Tim Canterbury in The Office, Dr. Watson in Sherlock, Lester Nygaard in Fargo and Bilbo Baggins in Peter Jackson's The Hobbit film trilogy.
Total Credits at Criticker: 71 (Actor), 1 (Director), 1 (Creator)
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The Hitchhiker\
Don't Panic... Stick out your thumb to join the most ordinary man in the world on an extra-ordinary adventure across the universe in this hilarious comedy. (Touchstone Pictures)
The Low Down
A wryly-perceptive drama about growing up - when you're not even sure that's what you want to do. It is a contemporary story about young adults and their relationships, on life, love and other four-letter words. (The Shooting Gallery)
Shaun of the Dead
This romantic zombie comedy follows the bloody funny adventures of underachiever Shaun and his best mate Ed as they cope with a zombie invasion of North London and attempt to rescue Shaun's girlfriend Liz and his Mum. It's going to be one hell of a weekend.
Ali G Indahouse
Ali G unwittingly becomes a pawn in the evil Chancellor's plot to overthrow the Prime Minister of Great Britain... (imdb)
Confetti
A sharp and affectionate comedy featuring an ensemble of UK comedic talents, Confetti follows three couples as they duke it out to win a bridal magazine contest for "Most Original Wedding of the Year." (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Breaking and Entering
A story about theft, both criminal and emotional, Breaking & Entering follows a disparate group of long-term Londoners and new arrivals whose lives intersect in the inner-city area of King's Cross. (The Weinstein Company)
Hot Fuzz
In this action-packed comedy from the makers of "Shaun of the Dead," Nicholas Angel (Pegg) is the finest police officer London has to offer, with an arrest record 400% higher than any other officer on the force. He's so good, he makes everyone else look bad. As a result, Angel's superiors send him to a place where his talents won't be quite so embarrassing -- the sleepy and seemingly crime-free village of Sandford. A small village is about to get some big city justice. (Rogue Pictures)
Pride
Pride (2004) - TV Movie
The story of Suki, a lioness cub, who rebels against her mother and her Pride to mate with an unsuitable lion from the other side of the river. Her journey to less a comfortable environment teaches her much. She re-crosses the river to defend her Pride from invading wanderers led by her former suitor. (imdb)
Dedication
Dedication is a modern love story in which the misanthropic, emotionally complex author of a hit children's book series is forced to team with a beautiful illustrator after his best friend and creative collaborator passes away. As Henry struggles with letting go of the ghosts of love and life, he discovers that maybe all it takes is a little dedication to find love. (The Weinstein Company)
The Good Night
Gary, a once successful musician, struggles with his career and an inert relationship with his girlfriend Dora.
Nightwatching
With the 400th anniversary of Rembrandt's birth in 2006, NIGHTWATCHING is truly a feast for the senses. Extravagant, suspenseful and sensuously beautiful, the mystery behind the extraordinary artist's infamous painting is perfectly explored by one of the most iconic Directors of our time - Peter Greenaway... (imdb)
The All Together
Martin Freeman plays Chris, a frustrated TV producer who is forced to leave his unreliable flatmate Bob played by Velibor Topic in charge of showing a series of real estate agents around the house he is trying to sell. Worried by Bob's habit of spending all day working in the basement playing loud music, Chris asks his friend to listen out for the door bell and show anyone who comes calling inside... (imdb)
Rembrandt\
J'accuse is an essayistic documentary in which Greenaway's fierce criticism of today's visual illiteracy is argued by means of a forensic search of Rembrandt's Nightwatch. (imdb)
Nativity!
An improvised comedy based around a school nativity play. (imdb)
Wild Target
Hitman fails to kill one of his targets. He protects her and takes young man who saved his life as his apprentice. Together they run away from another assassin and his angry boss.
Micro Men
Micro Men (2009) - TV Movie
Comic drama about the British home computer boom of the early 1980s. Legendary inventor Clive Sinclair battles it out with ex-employee Chris Curry, founder of Acorn Computers, for dominance in the fledgling market, but is the country big enough for both men? (BBC)
Rubbish
Rubbish (2007) - Short Film
Kevin is taking out the bins from his apt but won't take his neighbor Julian's multiple bags down to the recycling. On his way back he bumps into his new neighbor Isobel who, it transpires is not only gorgeous but also needs to know where the bins are. Kevin says he was just going and grabs his neighbours bags as his own before rejoining her and taking her downstairs. Unfortunately Isobel discovers that someone had dumped their black bag in the recycling bin and sets out to put them straight.
Swinging with the Finkels
The story of Alvin and Ellie's, a couple living in London at 'breaking point' in their relationship. We are in the present day, looking back at the eventful moments in their lives. Two young students, Alvin and Ellie, meet at university, fall in and out of love, discuss music, hair and other less important things. Ellie is from the U.S. and they do things differently there. We jump 10 years and they are now married and have successful careers but do they have time for each other? (imdb)
What\
Anna Faris stars in this rollicking comedy as Ally Darling, a sexually adventurous twentysomething who begins to suspect that her one true soul mate may be among the many lovers she has left in the dust, including Colin (Chris Evans). Turning to her licentious neighbor for help, Ally begins a quest to locate her old boyfriends to see which one might be Mr. Right. Mark Mylod directs this rom-com based on Karyn Bosnak's book, 20 Times a Lady.
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Pirate Captain sets out on a mission to defeat his rivals Black Bellamy and Cutlass Liz for the Pirate of the year Award. The quest takes Captain and his crew from the shores of Blood Island to the foggy streets of Victorian London. (imdb)
Sherlock - Season 1
Sherlock - Season 2
Call Register
A guy borrows his best friend's mobile phone in order to call a girl he recently met, but the phone recognizes the number being dialed, leading to a number of awkward and funny complications. (imdb)
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
A curious Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, journeys to the Lonely Mountain with a vigorous group of Dwarves to reclaim a treasure stolen from them by the dragon Smaug. (imdb)
Animals
Pol is a teenager with a seemingly calm life: he lives with his brother and is still in high school. However, Pol has a secret: Deerhoof, a cuddly teddy bear who thinks, moves around and with whom he shares his best moments. Life goes on as normal until the arrival of Ikari, an enigmatic student who seems to be hiding something. Pol is fascinated by his new classmate and attracted to the dark side he harbors. (imdb)
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
The dwarves, along with Bilbo Baggins and Gandalf the Grey, continue their quest to reclaim Erebor, their homeland, from Smaug. Bilbo Baggins is in possession of a mysterious and magical ring. (imdb)
Sherlock - Season 3
Svengali
Svengali tells the story of Dixie (Jonny Owen), a postman from South Wales, and a music fanatic. All his life he's dreamed of discovering a great band and then one day, trawling through YouTube, he finds them... 'The Premature Congratulations'. He hunts them down and offers them his management services. They are young, arrogant, sexy and utterly magnificent. Putting their demo on a cassette tape, Dixie heads out onto the streets of London... (svengalimovie.com)
The Voorman Problem
Doctor Williams is called in to examine the enigmatic Mr Voorman, a prisoner with a peculiar affliction: he believes he is a god. The Doctor must decide on the sanity of Mr Voorman - is he a faker or a lunatic? But before making a decision, the Doctor has several questions in relation to Voorman's claims: why would a god choose to be straitjacketed in a prison, is there a way he can validate his boast and what has any of this got to do with Belgium? (imdb)
Saving Santa
Saving Santa (2013) - Direct-to-Video
A lowly stable elf finds that he is the only one who can stop an invasion of the North Pole by using the secret of Santa's Sleigh, a TimeGlobe, to travel back in time to Save Santa - twice. (imdb)
The Last King
The Last King (2003) - TV Mini-Series
This lavish British mini-series chronicles the life and times of England's King Charles II (Rufus Sewell), the first king to reign after the nation's 11-year tenure as Commonwealth under Oliver Cromwell. The drama follows young Charles from his father's execution to his subsequent exile in France and his eventual return to the throne, focusing primarily on the decadence of the Restoration court and the king's many mistresses.
The Girl is Mime
Did the mime commit the crime? Clive Buckle is being questioned about the murder of his wife. Interrogation brings back a slew of memories, some good, some bad...some sexy. (imdb)
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Bilbo and Company are forced to be engaged in a war against an array of combatants and keeping the terrifying Smaug from acquiring a kingdom of treasure. and obliterating all of Middle-Earth. (imdb)
I Just Want to Kiss You
A twenty-something man is having a shave while his best friend hands around the house. The man is a bit of a clown and enjoys joking around and not taking anything too seriously. With some money in their pocket, the two go out to the cinema and then for a quick drink. They meet a couple of girls in the pub and both men hit it off reasonably well with them until, that is, the man's rather worse for wear father joins them. (imdb)
The Eichmann Show
Dramatisation of the team hoping to televise the trial of Adolf Eichmann, an infamous nazi responsible for the deaths of millions of Jews. It focuses on Leo Hurwitz, a documentary film-maker and Milton Fruchtman, a producer.
The Office
The Office (2001) - TV Series
The story of an office that faces closure when the company decides to downsize its branches. A documentary film crew follow staff and the manager Brent as they continue their daily lives. (imdb)
Fargo
Fargo (2014) - TV Series
The all new "true crime" case of Fargo's new chapter travels back to 1979 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota and Luverne, Minnesota, where a young State Police Officer investigates a case involving a local crime gang and a major Mob syndicate. (imdb)
Sherlock
Sherlock (2010) - TV Series
A modern update finds the famous sleuth and his doctor partner solving crime in 21st century London. (imdb)
Hardware
Hardware (2003) - TV Series
Hardware is set in "Hamway's Hardware Store" in London, where main character Mike (Martin Freeman) works with Steve (Ryan Cartwright) and Kenny (Peter Serafinowicz) for shop owner Rex (Ken Morley). They relax at the next-door-but-one cafe, "Nice Day Cafe", where Mike's girlfriend Anne (Susan Earl) works with Julie (Ella Kenion). The series revolves around the store staff as they engage in a daily wisecrack battle with packs of DIY obsessed clients.v (en.wikipedia.org)
Sherlock - Season 4
Stick Man
Stick Man (2015) - TV Special
Stick Man lives in the family tree with his Stick Lady Love and their stick children three, and he's heading on an epic adventure across the seasons. Will he get back to his family in time for Christmas? (imdb)
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
A journalist recounts her wartime coverage in Afghanistan and Pakistan. (imdb)
StartUp
StartUp (2016) - TV Series
Miami - A desperate banker needs to conceal stolen money. A Haitian-American gang lord wants to go legit. A Cuban-American hacker has an idea that will revolutionize the very future of money itself. Forced to work together, they unwittingly create their version of the American dream - organized crime 2.0. (imdb)
Bruiser
Bruiser (2000) - TV Series
Bruiser is a TV comedy sketch show that was produced for BBC Two. It premiered on 28 February 2000 and ran for six episodes, ending on 15 March 2000. The main writers were David Mitchell and Robert Webb.
Black Panther
T'Challa, after the death of his father, the King of Wakanda, returns home to the isolated, technologically advanced African nation to succeed to the throne and take his rightful place as king. (imdb)
Cargo
Cargo is a post apocalyptic thriller and an emotional story of a father trying to save his child at all costs. (imdb)
Ghost Stories
Arch skeptic Professor Phillip Goodman embarks upon a terror-filled quest when he stumbles across a long-lost file containing details of three cases of inexplicable 'hauntings'. (imdb)
To Provide All People
To mark the 70th anniversary of the birth of the NHS, acclaimed poet Owen Sheers takes us on a journey that weaves the extraordinary story of the birthing of Nye Bevan's vision of free healthcare for all people with personal stories of the NHS in British society today. (imdb)
Ode to Joy
Charlie suffers from cataplexy, a symptom of narcolepsy that causes sudden bouts of paralysis whenever he experiences strong emotions -- in particular, joy. He develops a variety of ...
The Operative
An undercover agent, Rachel, works for Israeli intelligence Mossad, participating in a spy program against Iran's "nuclear" plans. Her mission threatens to destroy the life of her new love Farhad. After Rachel disappears, her former mentor, Thomas, tries to follow her all the way. (imdb)
A Confession
A Confession (2019) - TV Mini-Series
Detective Superintendent Steve Fulcher intends on catching a killer of a missing woman, even if that may cost him his career and reputation. (imdb)
Lock, Stock...
A man has a lot of money to spend and decides to spend it on a strip club. (imdb.com) A seven-part TV series that is a spin-off from Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.
Breeders
Breeders (2020) - TV Series
A comedic look at the trials and tribulations of parenthood.
A Christmas Carol
A radical animated retelling of the holiday classic that starts with a Victorian performance of the Charles Dickens tale before diving into the imagination of one of the children in the audience, taking the story to a darker fantasy realm.
The Office - Season 1
The Office - Season 2
The Office - Season 3
The Robinsons
Ed Robinson is a divorced reinsurance actuary who realizes that reinsurance is not his passion and decides to rethink his life.
Ricky Gervais\
A video diary documenting the making of the second series of "The Office". (imdb)
Margery and Gladys
Haughty, recently-widowed Margery Heywood and her cleaner Gladys Gladwell go on the run after mistakenly believing that they have killed a teenage burglar, holding up a post office for Gladys' money, and giving petty crook Terry Mason a lift, they are pursued by the police. Their uneasy alliance is made uneasier when Margery learns that her late husband Eric had a 20-year affair with Gladys and the discovery profoundly affect Margery's son Graham. A further shocking revelation takes the pair to
The Responder
A crisis-stricken, morally compromised first-responder tackles a series of night shifts on the beat in Liverpool, while trying to keep his head above water personally and professionally.
Angelyne
Angelyne (2022) - TV Mini-Series
Peacock’s limited series about fame, identity, survival, billboards, Corvettes, lingerie, men, women, women teasing men, men obsessed with women, West Hollywood, crystals, UFOs, and most importantly of all, the self-proclaimed Rorschach test in pink, glow-in-the-dark queen of the universe, Angelyne, starring Emmy Rossum.
Angelyne - Season 1
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
The nation of Wakanda is pitted against intervening world powers as they mourn the loss of their king T'Challa (imdb.com)
Sherlock: Unaired Pilot
Invalided home from the war in Afghanistan, Dr. John Watson becomes roommates with the world's only "consulting detective," Sherlock Holmes. Within a day their friendship is forged and several murders are solved. (imdb)
So You Want to Be a Pirate!
A Pirate Captain shows the viewer the many tips and tricks to pirate life.
Secret Invasion
Secret Invasion (2023) - TV Mini-Series
Fury and Talos try to stop the Skrulls who have infiltrated the highest spheres of the Marvel Universe (imdb.com).
Miller\
A creative writing assignment yields complex results between a teacher and his talented student. (imdb)
Faith No More: I Started a Joke
Faith No More covers the Bee Gees song "I Started a Joke". The music video was filmed after Faith No More had disbanded five months earlier and featured none of the band members.
Talking Heads
New versions of Alan Bennett's much-loved monologues, with some of the best known British performers of their time. (imdb)
Boy Meets Girl
Boy Meets Girl (2009) - TV Mini-Series
Danny Reed, a lonely DIY store employee obsessed with conspiracy theories, finds himself trapped inside the body of Veronica Burton, an affluent female fashion journalist. (imdb)