Paul Freeman (actor)
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Paul Freeman | |
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 Paul Freeman in 2016 | |
| Born | 18 January 1943 Barnet, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1967–present |
| Spouse(s) | Judy Matheson (m. 1967 - div. ?) Maggie Scott[1] (m. 198? - present) |
| Children | 1 |
Paul Freeman (born 18 January 1943) is an English theatre and film actor. In the United Kingdom, he is best known for his role in the romance TV series Yesterday's Dreams (1987) as Martin Daniels. Internationally, he is known for playing the rival archaeologist René Belloq in Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), evil wine baron Gustav Riebmann on season 4 of the soap opera Falcon Crest (1984–85), supervillain Ivan Ooze in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie (1995), and Reverend Shooter in Hot Fuzz (2007).
Referring to Freeman's extensive theatre work, in 1995 the Los Angeles Times described him as one of Britain's best-regarded actors, classically trained, with stints at the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre".[2]
Personal life[edit]
Freeman was born in Barnet, Hertfordshire, on 18 January 1943. He is married to Maggie Scott, who was his co-star in the 1980 film The Dogs of War. They have one daughter, Lucy.[1] Freeman was previously married to actress Judy Matheson.
He is co-founder of the charity UK Friends of Healing Focus (UKHF), which works in partnership with Uganda NGO, Healing Focus Orphanage Centre.[3]
Career[edit]
He began his career in advertising and teaching, and landed small roles in the theatre, appearing in productions of A Midsummer Night's Dream and Hamlet. He then went on to play starring roles in the National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company, and later co-founded the Joint Stock Theatre Company in 1974, along with director Max Stafford-Clark.
Freeman made his television debut in 1978, in the acclaimed serial Will Shakespeare (1978). He also acted in the ATV docudrama Death of a Princess, a controversial film about the execution of Misha'al bint Fahd al Saud of Saudi Arabia. Freeman began his feature film career in 1980, when he appeared in The Long Good Friday and The Dogs of War. In 1981, he starred in the TV show Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years.
In the same year, Steven Spielberg and George Lucas chose Freeman to play French archaeologist René Belloq, the rakish archrival to Dr. Indiana Jones, in the hugely successful adventure film Raiders of the Lost Ark. The film led to Freeman becoming typecast in villainous roles, especially Nazis.[4] Armed with another accent, this time German, he played the conniving wine baron Gustav Riebmann in the fourth season of Falcon Crest, airing in 1984-85.
Paul Freeman starred as Martin Daniels in the romantic drama series Yesterday's Dreams in 1987, which also starred Judy Loe.
In 1988, he played Professor Moriarty in comedy film Without a Clue, which starred Michael Caine as Sherlock Holmes and Ben Kingsley as Watson. In 1995, he was cast as the villain Ivan Ooze in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie.[2]
Freeman guest-starred in hit shows such as Monarch of the Glen, ER, Falcon Crest and The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles. He also played in several mini-series, including Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story (1989) and The Final Cut (1995). In 2004, Freeman played Angus, Bobby Jones' caddie, in Bobby Jones: A Stroke of Genius. During 2006 and 2007, he starred in the BBC TV legal drama New Street Law as the main protagonist, alongside John Hannah. Also in 2007, he played Rev. Philip Shooter of Sandford in Hot Fuzz, alongside Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. He is also featured in several 2007–09 Travelers Insurance television commercials.
Among his television work, Freeman has appeared in an episode of Midsomer Murders entitled "Down Among the Dead Men". He also appeared in the television crime drama Waking The Dead, in the episode "Straw Dog", and played Adam Kingsley in the BBC TV adaptation of Minette Walters' The Dark Room. He was also seen in Agatha Christie's Poirot in the episode "Appointment with Death" as Colonel Carbury.
He received acclaim as George Aaranow in the 2008 London revival of David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross.
In 2012, he played Thomas Erpingham in the BBC adaption of William Shakespeare's Henry V from The Hollow Crown series.
Filmography[edit]
Film[edit]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Feelings | Paul Martin | |
| 1980 | The Long Good Friday | Colin | |
| 1980 | The Dogs of War | Derek Godwin | |
| 1980 | Death of a Princess | Christopher Ryder | Television film |
| 1981 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | René Belloq | Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor |
| 1982 | An Unsuitable Job for a Woman | James Calendar | |
| 1982 | Who Dares Wins | Sir Richard | |
| 1982 | The Sender | Dr. Joseph Denman | |
| 1983 | Si elle dit oui... je ne dis pas non | Nick | |
| 1984 | Flight to Berlin | Nicholas | |
| 1985 | A.D. | Centurion Cornelius | TV miniseries |
| 1986 | Shanghai Surprise | Walter Faraday | |
| 1988 | Prisoner of Rio | Ronald Biggs | |
| 1988 | A World Apart | Kruger | |
| 1988 | Without a Clue | Professor Moriarty | |
| 1992 | Just Like a Woman | Miles Millichamp | |
| 1992 | Aces: Iron Eagle III | Gustav Kleiss | |
| 1993 | Piccolo Grande Amore | Otto Von Dix | |
| 1994 | Lie Down with Lions | Dubois | Television film |
| 1995 | The Horseman on the Roof | Laurent de Theus | |
| 1995 | Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie | Ivan Ooze | |
| 1996 | Squillo | Marco | |
| 1997 | Double Team | Alex Goldsmythe | |
| 1997 | Bribery and Corruption | Julius Sorenson | Television film - Episodes 3 & 4 of Season 10 of The Ruth Rendell Mysteries |
| 1998 | Only Love | Dallesandro | Television film |
| 1999 | The Dark Room | Adam Kingsley | Television film |
| 1999 | The Devil's Arithmetic | Rabbi | Television film |
| 2001 | Morlang | Julius Morlang | Cairo International Film Festival Award for Best Actor |
| 2002 | And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen | English customer | |
| 2002 | Haker | President of MIT | |
| 2003 | George and the Dragon | Sir Robert | |
| 2003 | Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War | Jenkins | |
| 2004 | When I'm 64 | Ray | Television film |
| 2006 | The Feast of the Goat | Agustin | |
| 2007 | Hot Fuzz | Rev. Philip Shooter | |
| 2009 | The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler | Monsignor Godlewski | Television film |
| 2009 | Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen | Sir Arthur Newsholme | Television film |
| 2010 | Centurion | Governor Agricola | |
| 2012 | A Fantastic Fear of Everything | Dr. Friedkin | |
| 2012 | Henry V | Thomas Erpingham | Television film |
| 2013 | Getaway | The Man | |
| 2016 | High Strung | Kramrovsky |
Television[edit]
- 1967 – Champion House – Elwyn
- 1977 – Crown Court – 1 Episode: "The Song Not the Singer" − John Barnard
- 1980 – Death of a Princess - Christopher Ryder
- 1987 – Yesterday's Dreams - Martin Daniels
- 1992 – The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles – "British East Africa, September 1909" – Frederick Selous
- 1994 – Grushko - 2 Episodes – Bosenko
- 1995 – The Final Cut - 4 Episodes – Tom Makepeace
- 1998–2002 – ER – Dr. Charles Corday – 3 episodes
- 2000 - Inspector Morse - 1 Episode: "The Remorseful Day" - Frank Harrison
- 2002 – Monarch of the Glen - Andrew Booth
- 2006 – Midsomer Murders - 1 Episode: "Down Among The Dead Men" - Sir John Waverly
- 2006 - Number 13 - TV movie adaptation of M. R. James short story "Number 13" - Mr Harrington - Cathedral archivist
- 2008 – Agatha Christie's Poirot - 1 Episode: "Appointment With Death" - Col. Carbury
- 2013 – The Bible – Samuel – 2 episodes
- 2015 – Da Vinci's Demons – The Architect
- 2016 – Tokyo Trial – William Donald Patrick, Lord Patrick
- 2017 – Absentia – Warren Byrne
- 2018 – A Very English Scandal – Sir Joseph Cantley
References[edit]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "When I'm 64". BBC. 2 July 2004. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
He's happily married to fabric designer Maggie Scott and has a daughter, Lucy, ...
- ^ Jump up to: a b Gritten, David (28 June 1995). "Oberon to Ooze – It's All in a Day's Work". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 29 December 2010.
- ^ "Our History", UKHF.
- ^ Gibson, Ellie (18 April 2008). "Belloq from Indiana Jones". eurogamer.net. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
External links[edit]
- Paul Freeman on IMDb
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