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
god people
Like, honest to God, I don't expect people to be into what I'm into.
mistake people
When I was at youth theatre and drama school, I never thought people would mistake me for a stand-up.
art music
My first engagement with any art was music.
good
My ambition is to do what I like and to do good things that I might not have done before.
time
I've been well-known in Britain for a long time.
It would be a shame for me if I were to become 'Mr. Half-Hour Sitcom.'
Coming back from doing 'The Hobbit,' you think 'Sherlock' is realistic, but of course, it's not that realistic.
people
Don't get me wrong - I'm a big fan of things American - but when American people do British stuff, it's so universally dreadful.
shakespeare
I've tried not to treat Shakespeare as a marble giant.
accent work
I've not been called on to do a lot of accent work.
creature hard maybe
I've never been to a festival. I'm a creature of habit, mashed-potato comfort, I like rugs. Our sofa's squishy. Maybe too squishy - it's hard to get up sometimes.
envied god people slightly
I've always slightly envied other actors I know who have different reputations. I think, 'God, you don't get people coming up to you, going, 'Hey!' - because they're scared of you.'
since
I've always liked clothes, since I was a kid.
exist great movies television
Television is where the great movies that used to exist have gone.