Martin Freeman Net Worth

Martin Freeman's Quotes

• Why does everyone have to pretend to be stupid and not know long words?
• God, no. I don't do any of that shit [partying with celebrities]. I've got a stag weekend coming up and I've said I'm not doing anything more than a few drinks. I won't have it. I'll go home and watch Antiques Roadshow (1997).
• If I could get bands to come and play in my house, I'd like that. 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.
• Most people have a passive relationship with music and clothes, with culture. But music was my first contact with anything creative. Music is it, as far as I'm concerned.
• Some people have that roar in their head, but I'm not sure I ever did. That live-fast-die-young thing. No one wants it really - Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin - it's not good. I want to live with Amanda till I'm 70. I was never the kid that went all the way with naughtiness, never got caned or in serious trouble. I always knew when to pull back.

Interesting Facts about Martin Freeman

1. Attended the Central School of Speech and Drama in London, England.
2. Didn't get his driving license until 2016. It's rumored he went and got it so he could drive in Start Up, but the real reason is unknown. Amanda Abbington, Martin's long term ex-partner, tweeted letting everyone know Martin finally got his driving license after years of not having one. During Series 2 Episode 2 of Sherlock, The Hounds of Baskerville, Benedict Cumberbatch had to drive because Martin hadn't gotten his license yet.
3. Owns two rescued miniature long-haired dachshunds named Archie and Jodie. However, since he split from his Long Time Partner, Amanda Abbington, after splitting the dogs stayed with her in Hertfordshire. Martin moved to a flat in London.
4. Is the youngest of five children of Geoffrey and Philomena Freeman.
5. Attended Salesian School, a Catholic secondary school in Chertsey, Surrey.
6. Comes from an artistic family: older brother, Tim Freeman, was in the 1980s art-pop group, Frazier Chorus; another brother, Jamie Freeman, is a musician and website designer; cousin Ben Norris is a stand-up comic.
7. Was on the British national squash squad from the age of nine to fourteen.
8. After his parents divorced, he lived with his father. After his father died (when Martin was ten), he moved back in with his mother and stepfather James.
9. The first single he bought was "Ghost Town" by The Specials.
10. Has appeared with Bill Nighy in Shaun of the Dead (2004), The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005), Hot Fuzz (2007), Wild Target (2010), Love Actually (2003) and The World's End (2013). He and Nighy have also both played hobbits. Nighy played "Sam Gamgee" opposite Ian Holm's "Frodo" in the BBC Radio drama of "The Lord of the Rings". Freeman plays the younger version of Holm's "Bilbo" in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012), The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013) and The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014).
11. Has two children with longtime ex-partner Amanda Abbington (Summer 2000 - Spring 2016): Joseph (born 2006) and Grace (born 2008).
12. Has worked with many of his predecessors in literary roles: The original Arthur Dent, Simon Jones, made a cameo appearance in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005). Ian Holm, who previously played Bilbo Baggins, appeared in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012). Jude Law, who has also played Dr. Watson, appeared with him in Breaking and Entering (2006).
13. Has English and Irish ancestry.
14. Good friends with Benedict Cumberbatch.
15. Birthday is four days before that of Ian Holm, who preceded him in the role of Bilbo Baggins.
16. One episode of Sherlock (2010) was based on "The Hound of the Baskervilles." A previous film adaptation of the story, The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959) featured André Morell as Dr. Watson. It also featured John Le Mesurier, who preceded him in the role of Bilbo. In another Tolkien connection, Morell subsequently played Elrond in The Lord of the Rings (1978).
17. Shares the role of Doctor Watson with Jude Law and Bilbo Baggins with Ian Holm. Law and Holm appeared together in The Aviator (2004), which is based on the life of Howard Hughes. Freeman appears in Captain America: Civil War (2016), in which the character of Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) is based on Hughes. Furthermore Robert Downey Jr. plays Sherlock Holmes in two movies with Jude Law.
18. Stars in 3 different TV series on IMDB's top 250 TV. Sherlock, Fargo and The Office (2001).
19. Born the same day as David Arquette.
20. Shares the same last name coincidentally with Morgan Freeman also both are left-handed.