Martin John C. Freeman (born 8 September 1971) is an English actor. He is known for his roles as Tim Canterbury in the BBC's Golden Globe-winning comedy The Office, John in Love Actually, Arthur Dent in the film adaptation of Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Dr. Watson in Sherlock and Paul Maddens in Nativity!. He has been cast in the lead role of Bilbo Baggins in Peter Jackson's two-part adaptation of The Hobbit.

Freeman plays Dr. John Watson in Sherlock, the BBC contemporary adaptation of the Sherlock Holmes detective stories. The first episode, "A Study in Pink", was broadcast on 25 July 2010 to critical acclaim. For his performance in the role he won the BAFTA award for Best Supporting Actor, 2011.

滬江娛樂：《神探夏洛克》的兩名演員深受廣大英劇迷的熱愛，第一男主角“夏洛克”在最近榮升了年度最性感男性名號(hào)，而在夏洛克身旁默默支持他的“華生”也憑借《神探夏洛克》得到了觀眾以及專家的肯定。2010年，馬丁·弗里曼在英國(guó)BBC拍攝的電視劇《神探夏洛克》（SHERLOCK）中飾演約翰·H·華生，并以此角色獲得2011年英國(guó)學(xué)院獎(jiǎng)（BAFTA award）最佳男配角獎(jiǎng)。一起來看看“潮爺”的獲獎(jiǎng)感言吧！

英國(guó)電影學(xué)院獎(jiǎng) （British Academy Television Award）創(chuàng)建于1947年，原主要表彰對(duì)象是英國(guó)電影及由英國(guó)籍演員演出的外國(guó)影片，相當(dāng)于英國(guó)的奧斯卡獎(jiǎng)，但近年來提名較開放，只要在英國(guó)正式上映的影片都可獲提名，獎(jiǎng)項(xiàng)改為面向世界各國(guó)的影片進(jìn)行評(píng)獎(jiǎng)，使之產(chǎn)生了更大的影響。