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{{short description|English actor (born 1971)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Martin Freeman
| image              = Martin Freeman-5341.jpg
| caption            = Freeman in 2019
| birth_name         = Martin John Christopher Freeman
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|1971|09|08|df=yes}}
| birth_place        = [[Aldershot]], [[Hampshire]], England
| occupation         = Actor
| alma_mater    = [[Royal Central School of Speech and Drama]]
| years_active       = 1997–present
| partner            = [[Amanda Abbington]] (2000–2016)<!--Partner is for unmarried/long-term life partners, not a dating history or fiancées.-->
| children           = 2
}}

'''Martin John Christopher Freeman''' (born 8 September 1971) is an English actor. Among [[#Awards and nominations|other accolades]], he has won two [[Emmy Awards]], a [[British Academy Film Awards|BAFTA Award]] and a [[Screen Actors Guild Award]], and has been nominated for a [[Golden Globe Award]].

Freeman's most notable roles are that of [[Tim Canterbury]] in the [[mockumentary]] series ''[[The Office (British TV series)|The Office]]'' (2001–2003), [[Dr. Watson|Dr. John Watson]] in the British crime drama series ''[[Sherlock (TV series)|Sherlock]]'' (2010–2017), young [[Bilbo Baggins]] in [[The Hobbit (film series)|''The Hobbit'' film trilogy]] (2012–2014), [[Lester Nygaard]] in the [[Fargo (season 1)|first season]] of the dark comedy-crime drama series [[Fargo (TV series)|''Fargo'']] (2014), and Chris Carson in ''[[The Responder]]''. He has also appeared in films including the romantic comedy ''[[Love Actually]]'' (2003), the horror comedy ''[[Shaun of the Dead]]'' (2004), the sci-fi comedy ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (film)|The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'' (2005), the action comedy ''[[Hot Fuzz]]'' (2007), the semi-improvised comedy ''[[Nativity!]]'' (2009), and the sci-fi comedy ''[[The World's End (film)|The World's End]]'' (2013). Since 2016, he has portrayed [[Everett K. Ross (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Everett K. Ross]] in the [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]], appearing in the films ''[[Captain America: Civil War]]'' (2016), ''[[Black Panther (film)|Black Panther]]'' (2018), and ''[[Black Panther: Wakanda Forever]]'' (2022), and the [[Disney+]] series ''[[Secret Invasion (miniseries)|Secret Invasion]]'' (2023).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Black Panther Star Martin Freeman Returns in Marvel's Secret Invasion |url=https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/news/black-panther-star-martin-freeman-agent-everett-ross-return-marvel-secret-invasion-samuel-l-jackson/ |access-date=2022-03-14 |website=TV Shows |date=12 March 2022 |language=en}}</ref>