English actor

Martin Freeman

Martin John Christopher Freeman is an English actor. Among other accolades, he has won two Emmy Awards, a 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 (2001–2003), Dr. John Watson in the British crime drama series Sherlock (2010–2017), young Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit film trilogy (2012–2014), Lester Nygaard in the first season of the dark comedy-crime drama series Fargo (2014), and Chris Carson in The Responder (2022–present).

Born

1971

September 8

Died

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1970s

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1971 Born

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What else happened on this day, through history

70 After the capture of Herod's Palace the previous day, a Roman army under Titus secures and plunders the city of Jerusalem.
617 Battle of Huoyi: Li Yuan defeats a Sui dynasty army, opening the path to his capture of the imperial capital Chang'an and the eventual establishment of the Tang dynasty.
1100 Election of Antipope Theodoric.
1198 Philip of Swabia, Prince of Hohenstaufen, is crowned King of Germany (King of the Romans)

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The world in 1971

When Martin arrived

april 1 Bangladesh Liberation War: The Pakistan Army massacre more than a thousand people in Keraniganj Upazila, Bangladesh.
april 17 The Provisional Government of Bangladesh is formed.
april 19 Sierra Leone becomes a republic, and Siaka Stevens the president.
april 19 Launch of Salyut 1, the first space station.

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Ali al-Hadi 828–868 the tenth Imam of Shia Islam (born 829) Antonín Dvořák 1841–1904 Czech composer and academic (born 1841) Asha Bhosle 1933–2026 Indian playback singer, businesswoman, actress and television personality (born 1933) Charles Étienne Brasseur de Bourbourg 1814–1874 French historian and archaeologist (born 1814) David Arquette 1971– American actor, director, producer, screenwriter, and wrestler José María Pino Suárez 1869– Mexican politician, Vice President of Mexico, murdered in a military coup (died 1913) Kennedy 1972– American radio and television host Neko Case 1970– American singer-songwriter and guitarist Nino Niederreiter 1992– Swiss ice hockey player

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Elon Musk 1971– South African-born American entrepreneur Adam Gilchrist 1971– Australian cricketer and sportscaster Ajith Kumar 1971– Indian actor and race car driver Besnik Hasi 1971– Kosovo Albanian football manager and former player Carla Gugino 1971– American actress Chris Hardwick 1971– American comedian, actor, producer, and television host Corin Nemec 1971– American actor, producer and screenwriter Dannii Minogue 1971– Australian singer-songwriter and actress David Arquette 1971– American actor, director, producer, screenwriter, and wrestler

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