Martin Freeman
Martin Freeman
Martin John Christopher Freeman is an English actor, best known for portraying Tim Canterbury in the original UK version of sitcom mockumentary The Office, Dr. John Watson in the British crime drama Sherlock, Bilbo Baggins in Peter Jackson's The Hobbit film trilogy, and Lester Nygaard in the dark comedy-crime drama TV series Fargo...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth8 September 1971
CityAldershot, England
cast guy yacht
I don't get cast as the guy who steps off a yacht in a white linen suit with a martini.
famous says whenever
Whenever someone says to my mum: 'How's your son doing?' she says: 'Which one?' If you're a parent, you're not going to go: 'Oh I'll concentrate on the famous one.'
alone love people
I don't want to be alone; the thing I love about acting is the other people you're doing it with.
pretending
I enjoy fighting scenes. I like fighting in film. I like pretending to fight in films.
kids
If it were purely up to me, my kids would probably be vegetarian Catholic Marxists.
interested opposed process
I'm always interested with other actors in what their process is, and are they still interested in acting, as opposed to being a star.
costume forgetting nor particular
I have never been in, nor have I had any strong particular desire to be in, what is termed a costume drama, but I keep forgetting to think of 'Charles II' as a costume drama.
interest less replicate trying work
I have less than no interest in trying to replicate another brilliant actor's work, thank you very much.
arriving ben centre coloured grew lights top
I grew up in the suburbs, so I remember arriving at Waterloo and seeing Big Ben and the coloured lights on top of the Southbank Centre and thinking, 'Wow!'
characters
I don't have sentimental attachments to characters at all.
audition straight
I didn't audition for 'Fargo.' It was a straight offer.
partly
Half of us are partly German! Half our language and culture, generally, in Anglo-Saxon terms, is German.
beatles interest people quite recording seven time vital
I always kind of think if The Beatles were still around now, people would've lost interest quite a long time ago. Seven years of recording - it's there forever. I think not outstaying your welcome is a vital ingredient.
centered computers endless films programmes
I can live without endless television programmes and films just centered around computers. I can sort of live without that.