Biography
Martin Freimen is a British actor who is also involved in Hollywood projects. The breakthrough in the creative biography of the British actor was the role of Dr. Watson in the modern adaptation of the plot about Sherlock Holmes in the series "Sherlock" from BBC. After that, the actor who has received world popularity began to receive invitations to shoot in blockbusters both at home and in the USA.
Martin Freimen fulfilled the main role of Hobbit Bilbo Beggins in a series of films "Hobbit", the film release of the eponymous fantasy-novel of John Ronalda Ruel Tolkina and the prequer of the cult trilogy "The Lord of the Rings". In addition, the actor joined the famous Marvel Cinematic Universe. Martin Freimen received a secondary, but ambiguous and interesting role of a government agent.
Martin Freeman grew in a large family. His childhood can not be called happy, but Martinus had enough character forces to fulfill the dream and become famous.
He was born on September 8, 1971 in the small town of Hampshire county. The fifth child in the family, Martin grew among the noise and gama, the parents sorry. When the boy was small, the mother with his father broke up. According to their mutual decision, Martin remained to live with his father. When Freamen was not 10 years old, the father died from a heart attack. The boy returned to the mother, studied at the Catholic school and dreamed of the theater scene.
He had a talent - Already at 15, Martin Freimen successfully participated in the play of the youth theater. He recognized the theater world and fell in love with him more and more. By graduation, the guy knew what would come to the Theater Institute.
He chose the Central School of Dramatic Art - one of the most prestigious theatrical universities of England. His dream came true - he became a professional actor with a diploma, but before the recognition of the audience was still far away.
Films
Nature awarded Martin Freamen a rustic appearance. If you add a low growth of a novice actor to this, the picture was unpromising. Directors did not see Freamen as superman or Kazanov.
He began to be filmed back in 1997, but these were passing episodes. In 2000, no one else knew about Martin Fremen. It was during this period that he was approved for the role in the Sitkom "Bookstore Black". He was noticed, now the proposals from the directors came more often. He starred in the Sitkom "Office", the historical drama "Karl II. Power and passion, "participated in other projects.
In 2005, Martin Freimen played the first major role in his career. It was a painting "hitchhiker in the galaxy", which the audience was met with success. Then there were shooting in the "Dedication" films, "all together", "Best Christmas" and others.
But he glorified the actor the series "Sherlock", in which actor played Dr. Watson. This is a modern adaptation of the famous detective stories of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The action of the series takes place in modern London, and Dr. Watson leads a popular blog about the adventures of the neighbor in the house of Sherlock Holmes.
Freamen was forty years old when he was approved for this role. The actor made a novelty to the image, reformating his hero from the passive observer in the active assistant of Sherlock Holmes (Benedict Cumberbatch).
In addition to the original reading of the literary material, the series was also different and the format. Seasons came out with a biennium interval, in the season there were only three episodes, but each in length as a full-length film. The first season of the series went to the screens in 2010. From that moment on, Martina began to invite commercially successful projects.
Martin Freimen played Bilbo Baggins to "Hobbit: an unexpected journey." Interestingly, Bilbo Baggins is also a writer and narrator, as well as Dr. Watson. In addition, the actor's growth is 169 cm, which also played a role in the selection, since the Hobbits are rather low on the primary source book.
The artist of the leading role was picked up for a long time, I didn't find anything better than Martin Freamen. The shooting was scheduled for the period when the actor was shot in Sherlock. For the sake of the actor, the director moved the schedule for 3 months.
The second season "Sherlock" was released in January 2012, and during the broadcast of the series the actor was already filmed in the "Hobbit". In 2013, Martin Freimen also appeared in this role in the second part of the trilogy "Hobbit: Waste Summary".
Dr. Watson's role brought Freamen a prestigious BAFTA Award, and shooting in the "Hobbit" strengthened its popularity.
In 2014, the actor appeared in the final part of the "Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Militans", and also received a major role in the dramatic series Fargo.
In addition, in 2014, the actor returned to the role of Dr. Watson. Also in the third season of the series to the film crew joined the Civilian wife of Amanand Ebbington, who performed the role of Mary. The season ended on anxious and intriguing note, causing a flurry of the comments of fans.
However, the film crew did not hurry to work on the continuation. The series still retained high ratings and popularity with fans, but further shooting was constantly postponed. As the press was complained by the authors of the series, both actors of the main roles - Martin Freimen and Benedict Cumberbatch - became popular with Hollywood actors, because of which the shooting of the series was complicated, the actors simply lacked. The fourth season came out only in 2017.
Personal life
In everyday life, the actor is unpretentious, prefers simple dishes, for many years she does not eat meat - he is a vegetarian. Martin Freimen does not seek to advertise a personal life. Under the actor, popular accounts are conducted in "Instagram", but all these pages are marked as fan.
Martin Freimen was happy for a long time in marriage. Own afternoon, actress Amanda Ebbington, the actor met when Martin was already 30 years old.
In an interview, even years later, the actor repeated that he would consider this day the best in his life, and said that fate made him the royal gift. Alas, but even such happy and harmonious relationships sometimes end.
Martin and Amanda met on the set of the paintings "only men" in 2000, liked each other, met, then decided to live together. In 2005, the pair had first-mentioned Joe, and four years later a charming baby Grace appeared. Martin turned out to be a caring husband and father.
Officially Martin and Amanda Relations did not refuck, believed that this was not the most important in life. Spouses were often filmed in the same projects. The actors appeared together in the paintings "Collecting Bottle Shards", "Duty Give", "Robinsons", "all together."
In Martin's world popularity by the series "Sherlock", in particular in the third season, the actor also played with Amanda Ebbington. At the same time, Amanda and on the screen appeared as Freamen's character's wife - Mary Watson. The second series of season focuses on the lush wedding of heroes, which, obviously, was not from the actors themselves.
At the same time, as Martin and Amanda stated in an interview, joint shooting and a joint pastime did not tired spouses. On the contrary, according to the former spouses, they appreciated every minute spent together.
But on December 22, 2016, actor fans learned that the couple broke up. Former spouses did not suit the scandals, they did not tell about personal problems on the talk show. On the contrary, Martin Freimen assured the press that he stayed with Amanda Ebbington in friendly relations, and also stated that, despite parting, would always love and respect the former spouse.
Martin Freeman now
In 2016, the actor received a role in another popular franchise, in the filmmaker "Marvel", namely in the superhero militant "First Avenger: confrontation." In this film, Martin Freimen plays an American spy, however, a positive hero or negative, the actor himself does not understand. This is a secondary, but through role. Almost immediately after the release of the "first avenger" it became known that Martin Freimen appears in this role and in another film "Marvel" - "Black Panther".Also in 2016 and 2017, Martin Freimen played the role of the FBI agent in the dramatic series "Startup".
Filmography
- 2003 - "Real Love"
- 2005 - "Hitchhiker for the Galaxy"
- 2009 - "The guy meets the girl"
- 2010-2017 - "Sherlock"
- 2010 - "Wild One"
- 2011 - "Exchange Sex"
- 2012 -2014 - "Hobbit"
- 2014 - Fargo
- 2012 - "Pirates! Banda losers »
- 2016 - "First Avenger: confrontation"
- 2016-2017 - "Startup"