Editing Martin Freeman (section)

==Career==
[[File:Martin Freeman during filming of Sherlock cropped.jpg|thumb|right|160px|Freeman filming ''[[Sherlock (TV series)|Sherlock]]'' in May 2011]]
Freeman attended the [[Central School of Speech and Drama]]<ref name="independent"/> and has appeared in at least 18 TV shows, 14 theatre productions, and several radio productions. He became notable for his role as [[Tim Canterbury]] in ''[[The Office (British TV series)|The Office]]'' (2001–2003), a role which, he said in 2004, "cast a very long shadow" for him as an actor.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2004/feb/22/features.review7|title=Tim for a change|date=22 February 2004|work=Guardian|access-date=15 August 2015|location=London|first=Stephanie|last=Meritt}}</ref> He appeared in the sitcom ''[[Hardware (TV series)|Hardware]]'' (2003–2004). He also appeared in several films, including ''[[Ali G Indahouse]]'' (2002) and ''[[Love Actually]]'' (2003).<ref name="independent"/>

He began to move into more serious dramatic roles on television with his appearance as [[Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury|Lord Shaftesbury]] in the 2003 BBC historical drama ''[[Charles II: The Power and The Passion]]''. He made a brief appearance in the first episode of the second series of ''[[This Life (1996 TV series)|This Life]]''. He starred in the BBC television series ''[[The Robinsons]],'' and had a cameo in Episode 1 of ''[[Black Books]]''. In 2007, he appeared in ''[[The All Together]]'' written and directed by [[Gavin Claxton]], and in the [[Bill Kenwright]] theatre production of ''The Last Laugh''. He is featured in the video for [[Faith No More]]'s cover of "[[I Started a Joke]]".<ref>{{cite AV media |type=YouTube video |url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKDo6g4CCeU |title="Faith No More&nbsp;— I Started A Joke (Official Music Video)"|date=21 February 2014|access-date=5 August 2016}}</ref> In May 2009, he starred in ''[[Boy Meets Girl (ITV series)|Boy Meets Girl]]'', a four-part drama that charts the progress of characters Veronica and Danny after an accident which causes them to swap bodies.<ref>[http://tv.sky.com/boy-meets-girl-interview-martin-freeman Boy Meets Girl Interview: Martin Freeman profile] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090502175201/http://tv.sky.com/boy-meets-girl-interview-martin-freeman |date=2 May 2009 }}, Tv.sky.com (30 April 2009); retrieved 27 August 2011.</ref>

He played [[John Watson (Sherlock Holmes)|Dr. John Watson]] in ''[[Sherlock (TV series)|Sherlock]]'', the BBC contemporary adaptation of the [[Sherlock Holmes]] detective stories. Its first episode, "[[A Study in Pink]]", was broadcast on 25 July 2010 to critical acclaim. For the role, Freeman won the 2011 [[British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actor|BAFTA award for Best Supporting Actor]] and was nominated for the [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie]].

Freeman played lead character [[Bilbo Baggins]] in [[Peter Jackson]]'s three-part [[The Hobbit (film series)|''The Hobbit'' film series]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11604193|title=Martin Freeman to play Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit|date=22 October 2010|work=BBC News|access-date=24 October 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2010/oct/22/hobbit-martin-freeman-bilbo-baggins|title=Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins, a match made in Hobbit heaven|date=22 October 2010|work=Guardian|access-date=24 October 2010|location=London|first=Ben|last=Child}}</ref> For his performance in the first part, ''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey]]'', Freeman won Best Hero at the [[2013 MTV Movie Awards]]<ref name=2013MTVMovieAwards>Calautti, Katie (15 April 2013). [https://web.archive.org/web/20130418070150/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1705658/bilbo-baggins-best-hero-movie-awards-2013.jhtml "Bilbo Baggins Beats Snow White For Best Hero At MTV Movie Awards"]. [[MTV Movie Awards]].</ref> and Best Actor at the [[18th Empire Awards]].<ref name=18thEmpireAwards>Szalai, Georg (25 March 2013). [http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/empire-awards-skyfall-sam-mendes-430635 Sam Mendes Win Empire Awards in U.K. for 'Skyfall'], ''The Hollywood Reporter''.</ref>

[[File:Martin Freeman, BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2016 at The Royal Albert Hall (26118668654).jpg|thumb|left|Freeman at the [[BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards]], [[The Royal Albert Hall]], April 2016]]
Freeman appeared in all three films of [[Simon Pegg]] and [[Edgar Wright]]'s comedic ''[[Three Flavours Cornetto]]'' trilogy, commencing with a brief non-speaking role in ''[[Shaun of the Dead]]'' as Yvonne's boyfriend, Declan, followed by a brief cameo in ''[[Hot Fuzz]]'' as a police officer. He was a main cast member in the 2013 finale to the trilogy, ''[[The World's End (film)|The World's End]]''. On 5 October 2013, he was presented with a fellowship bearing his name by the members of [[University College Dublin's Literary & Historical Society]]. In April 2014, he played insurance salesman [[Lester Nygaard]] in the [[dark comedy]]-[[crime fiction|crime drama]] series ''[[Fargo (TV series)|Fargo]],''<ref>{{cite news|last=Anthony|first=Andrew|date=19 April 2014|title=Martin Freeman interview: 'I had no interest in Fargo just being a TV version of the film'|work=[[The Guardian]]|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2014/apr/20/martin-freeman-interview-fargo-tv-version-hobbit-sherlock-coen-brothers|access-date=12 May 2014}}</ref> for which he was nominated for a [[Primetime Emmy Award]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2014/tv/news/emmy-nominations-2014-list-emmys-nominees-1201260236/ |title=2014 Emmy Awards: 'Game of Thrones,' 'Fargo' Lead Nominations |work=Variety |first=Brian |last=Lowry |date=10 July 2014 |access-date=12 January 2016}}</ref> a [[Golden Globe Award]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tvline.com/2015/01/11/golden-globe-winners-2015-golden-globes-awards-winner-list/ |title=Golden Globes 2015: Gina Rodriguez, ''Transparent'', ''The Affair'' Win Big |publisher=[[TVLine]] |first=Andy |last=Swift |date=11 January 2015 |access-date=12 January 2016}}</ref> and a [[Critics' Choice Television Award]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2014/tv/news/critics-choice-awards-scandal-breaking-bad-orange-is-the-new-black-1201224259/ |title=Critics' Choice Awards: 'Breaking Bad,' 'OITNB,' 'Fargo,' 'Normal Heart' Among Top Winners |first=Laura |last=Prudom |work=Variety |date=20 June 2014 |access-date=12 January 2016}}</ref> He opened in the title role in [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]]'s play ''[[Richard III (play)|Richard III]]'' in July 2014 at [[Trafalgar Studios]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Richard III|url=http://www.trafalgartransformed.com/whats-on/richard-iii|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140511224520/http://trafalgartransformed.com/whats-on/richard-iii|archive-date=11 May 2014|access-date=26 September 2014|website=Trafalgar Transformed}}</ref>

In 2015, Freeman starred as producer Milton Fruchtman in the television film ''[[The Eichmann Show]]'', based on blacklisted TV director [[Leo Hurwitz]]'s filming of the 1961 trial of Nazi war criminal [[Adolf Eichmann]]. It intercut dramatic scenes with historical footage from the trial. ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' described it as "absolutely enthralling".<ref>{{cite web|author=O’Donovan|first=Gerard|date=20 January 2015|title=The Eichmann Show, review: 'absolutely enthralling'|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/tv-and-radio-reviews/11355086/eichmann-show.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/tv-and-radio-reviews/11355086/eichmann-show.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=20 January 2015|work=Telegraph.co.uk}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=McLean|first=Craig|date=18 January 2015|title=Martin Freeman interview: The actor on hobbits, Cumbermania and his Nazi-hounding role in The Eichmann Show|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/martin-freeman-interview-the-actor-on-hobbits-cumbermania-and-his-nazihounding-role-in-the-eichmann-show-9983829.html|access-date=20 January 2015|work=The Independent}}</ref> Freeman also played [[Everett K. Ross (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Everett K. Ross]],<ref name="Lord of the Films">{{Cite book|last=Braun|first=J.W.|title=The Lord of the Films|publisher=ECW Press|year=2010}}</ref> a [[Central Intelligence Agency]] agent in ''[[Captain America: Civil War]]'', which was released in May 2016.<ref name="FreemanRoss">{{cite web|last=De Semlyen|first=Phil|date=22 February 2016|title=Martin Freeman's Captain America: Civil War character revealed|url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/martin-freeman-captain-america-civil-war-character-revealed/|access-date=22 February 2016|work=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]}}</ref>

In 2017, Freeman starred in ''[[Cargo (2017 film)|Cargo]]'', a feature-length remake of a 2013 short film of the same name, which premiered at the Adelaide Film Festival on 6 August 2017.<ref>{{cite web|last=Keast|first=Jackie|date=2 August 2017|title=Cargo' set for world premiere at Adelaide Film Festival|url=https://www.if.com.au/cargo-make-world-premiere-adelaide-film-festival/|website=if.com.au}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slashfilm.com/cargo-first-look/|work=[[/Film]]|title='Cargo' First Look: Martin Freeman Stars in the Zombie-Infested Drama|date=24 September 2016|first=Jack|last=Giroux}}</ref> Later that year he appeared opposite [[Tamsin Greig]] in ''[[Labour of Love (play)|Labour of Love]]'', a political comedy by [[James Graham (playwright)|James Graham]], at the [[Noël Coward Theatre]].<ref name="LTLOL">{{cite web|last=O'Hanlon|first=Dom|date=19 May 2017|title=Martin Freeman and Sarah Lancashire star in James Graham's Labour of Love at the Noel Coward Theatre|url=https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/theatre-news/news/martin-freeman-and-sarah-lancashire-star-in-james-grahams-labour-of-love-at-the|access-date=19 May 2017|work=londontheatre.co.uk}}</ref> Freeman portrayed fictional Labour MP David Lyons, whose modernising ideas pit him against the traditional left-wing constituency agent Jean Whittaker (Greig).<ref name=LTLOL/>

In 2018, he reprised his role as Everett K. Ross in ''[[Black Panther (film)|Black Panther]]'', which was set around two weeks after the event in ''Captain America: Civil War'', making it his second appearance in [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/911591-black-panther-character-bios-released-new-preview-coming-next-week#/slide/1|title=Black Panther Character Bios Released, New Preview Coming Next Week|last=Perry|first=Spencer|publisher=[[ComingSoon.net]]|date=January 2, 2018|access-date=January 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180103072421/http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/911591-black-panther-character-bios-released-new-preview-coming-next-week|archive-date=January 3, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://comicbook.com/marvel/2017/11/20/black-panther-martin-freeman/|title=Black Panther's Martin Freeman Talks About His Character's Journey|last=Schmidt|first=Joseph|publisher=ComicBook.com|date=November 19, 2017|access-date=November 20, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171121104911/http://comicbook.com/marvel/2017/11/20/black-panther-martin-freeman/|archive-date=21 November 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> Between May 2017 and July 2019, he starred in numerous adverts for [[Vodafone UK|Vodafone]].

In June 2018, Freeman was part of ''To Provide All People'', a [[BBC Wales]] drama celebrating 70 years of the [[National Health Service]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=11 April 2018|title=BBC Wales marks NHS at 70 with all-star production To Provide All People|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2018/to-provide-all-people|website=www.bbc.co.uk}}</ref>

Since March 2020, Freeman has starred in the [[FX (TV channel)|FX]]/[[Sky One]] comedy series ''[[Breeders (TV series)|Breeders]],'' of which he is also a creator and executive producer.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Goldberg|first=Lesley|date=14 October 2018|title=Martin Freeman Comedy 'Breeders' Lands FX Series Order|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/martin-freeman-comedy-breeders-lands-fx-series-order-1152206|access-date=2020-02-22|website=The Hollywood Reporter|language=en}}</ref> On 18 May 2020 FX and Sky One renewed it for a second season.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Breaking News - "Breeders" Returns for a Second Series - Critically Acclaimed Sky Original Starring Martin Freeman and Daisy Haggard {{!}} TheFutonCritic.com|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2020/05/18/breeders-returns-for-a-second-series-critically-acclaimed-sky-original-starring-martin-freeman-and-daisy-haggard-907111/20200518sky01/|access-date=2020-09-02|website=www.thefutoncritic.com}}</ref>