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"Most of it is about Holmes' attempts to gain membership of a high-class brothel. Watson is disinterested having become sexually impotent in the opening scenes of the show."
Is there any basis for this statement? No such information is given in the press release to which there is a link. Gildir ( talk) 19:41, 21 March 2009 (UTC)
These images normally exist on Wikipedia under a fair use rationale, any use of such images in this article require a specific fair use rationale to be created, which in my opinion would not be valid for this BLP as the images are not central to the article and Freeman already has suitable illustrative photographs. See Non-free content criteria for the policy that applies. Fæ ( talk) 14:04, 30 January 2011 (UTC)
Martin Freeman is probably not made out of Kittens, and unless you can find reliable sources to state that he is, stop adding it to the article!
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Is all that information required? No one really needs to know that he is 'left handed', nor the details of what battles his grandfather fought in. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.67.127.233 ( talk) 16:07, 14 April 2011 (UTC)
Martin Freeman won the
BAFTA for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama series for his role in Sherlock on the 22/05/2011. Cite error: The <ref>
tag has too many names (see the
help page). —Preceding
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Martin Freeman went to the Salesian College in Farnborough NOT in Chertsey — Preceding
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— Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1700:ea01:1090:5c17:d12e:3693:722 ( talk • contribs)
I think this section is outdated. It mentions some roles that are of interest but that Martin is hardly well known for (e.g. his role in Hardware, his cameo in Hot Fuzz). I think more recent, popular films should be included in lieu of these, such as Nightwatching and Wild Target. -- Northerlywind ( talk) 00:15, 4 October 2011 (UTC)
Please, what is his third name?i really want to know that — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.176.159.95 ( talk) 14:22, 12 February 2012 (UTC)
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Martin Freeman is a vegetarian. Source : http://www.bbc.co.uk/lilyallen/celeb_martinfreeman.shtml 81.48.5.139 ( talk) 21:05, 12 April 2012 (UTC)
Done Thanks, Celestra ( talk) 00:48, 13 April 2012 (UTC)
Can somebody please add The World's End to Mr. Freeman's filmography please? Link for citation: http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=35334
Many thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Samuelrichardscott ( talk • contribs) 16:33, 29 September 2012 (UTC)
It says in the table near the bottom that he's appeared in 7 episodes of Sherlock. There are currently only 6 episodes of Sherlock. Can someone verify this? Did the person who wrote "7" take the unaired, rough draft of the pilot into count as well? 117.227.8.34 ( talk) 13:02, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
Can someone who can edit this page please check his height. I'm fairly certain that "short" is not an encyclapedic entry (i probably spelt enctclapedic wrong, sorry) Meeeeeeee39 ( talk) 13:48, 6 February 2013 (UTC)
To the list of shows that Martin Freeman and Amanda Abbington have acted in together, I was going to add series 3 of Sherlock - apparently I can't as it's 'semi-protected' but could I suggest that someone does? Beckalina ( talk) 12:18, 4 January 2014 (UTC)
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I noticed that the Filmography doesn't contain both movies : Sherlock Holmes I and Sherlock Holmes II I think people in charge of this should reconcider this. 41.143.22.10 ( talk) 15:05, 5 January 2014 (UTC)
An image of a character is being used instead of the actor himself? Not allowed? Benedict Cumberbatch article does not use a picture of Sherlock to represent him. A hobbit next!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.125.27.14 ( talk) 21:01, 18 January 2014 (UTC)
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Not done These are the only pictures of Freeman we currently have. If you own the copyright to a better picture, please upload it to Wikimedia Commons and we would be pleased to use it. Although there are hundreds of pictures of Freeman on the internet, these are all copyright, so we cannot use them. Arjayay ( talk) 18:11, 20 January 2014 (UTC)
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Under Television, where it says 2014 | Fargo, the TV Show is already done production and has already premiere (on April 15th 2014), and here is the link to the show's wikipedia page so it can be added as a link to where it says Fargo on Martin Freeman's page , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fargo_(TV_series) Sachinbahal ( talk) 06:41, 16 April 2014 (UTC)
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can we Change the picture please? http://www.promicabana.de/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Martin-Freeman-Der-Hobbit-Europapremiere-London.jpg
Can we replace the image with this one http://www.imdb.com/oscars/galleries/2013-baftas-pressroom-photos-rm3686834944 All information about the picture is underneath it if you visit the link — Preceding unsigned comment added by Charlottecrane ( talk • contribs) 22:14, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
You didn't put he played in lord of the rings — Preceding
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Article mentions Martin Freeman has appeared in 20 episodes of the TV series Fargo. The correct number is actually 10 and thus, this should be edited accordingly.
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Could you move his role as Bilbo Baggins in the first paragraph to before 'portraying Tim Canterbury in the original UK version of sitcom mockumentary The Office' because he is more internationally know for his Hobbit role. 118.82.200.27 ( talk) 00:19, 9 July 2015 (UTC)
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Could you move his role as Bilbo Baggins in the first paragraph to before 'portraying Tim Canterbury in the original UK version of sitcom mockumentary The Office' because he is more internationally know for his Hobbit role. 118.82.200.27 ( talk) 00:21, 9 July 2015 (UTC)
I am fairly certain I spied Martin Freeman in an episode of 'Still Game', S4 E3; however, you'll have to double check Netflix. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 166.82.165.220 ( talk) 02:24, 17 September 2015 (UTC)
Should remove all references to Benedict Cumberbatch. There are no mentions of Freeman on Cumberbatch’s wikipedia page, and no reason why Cumberbatch should be mentioned on Freeman's page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lipstick666 ( talk • contribs) 03:57, 10 November 2015 (UTC)
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Could somebody please add Stick Man to his TV filmography? (--> http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2015-10-06/martin-freeman-and-hugh-bonneville-team-up-to-bring-julia-donaldsons-stick-man-to-bbc1-for-christmas) Thanks.
Thea313 ( talk) 16:43, 30 December 2015 (UTC)
PLEASE just let me edit him i dont want his page protected. COME ON!!! UNLOCK HIS PAGE!!!!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.106.30.36 ( talk) 20:53, 17 May 2016 (UTC)
So can you please unlock his page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.106.30.36 ( talk) 20:31, 22 May 2016 (UTC)
14:32, 22 December 2016 (UTC)14:32, 22 December 2016 (UTC)~~ Hey, Martin Freeman said he is not together with Amanda Abbington anymore at the last Financial Times interview. His page needs an update about that. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Carameldance ( talk • contribs) 14:33, 22 December 2016 (UTC)
Please may I add that Martin is appearing on the <BBC Radio 4> Programme, <Desert Island Discs> ? I would be happy to add some of the things he is telling us on that programme. Richard Heald ( talk) 08:20, 5 April 2019 (UTC)
In the Confession entry, episodes is misspelled as epidoes. If you can edit the article, please consider correcting that. 2A02:C7D:D01C:BD00:9824:212E:D2AB:C577 ( talk) 19:22, 25 February 2020 (UTC)
The article states in the
Martin Freeman#Personal life section that he is a supporter of the
Labour Party, and has endorsed Labour candidates. Does this merit an inclusion of the party in his infobox under the |party=
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“Practicing” Catholic as opposed to Practising Catholic? Anyone? Please address promptly. Emfalvs95 ( talk) 03:10, 20 May 2021 (UTC)
Small error. In the filmography section. 2022s "The Responder", is in fact 6 episodes, not the incorrectly stated 5 episodes. 119.224.73.229 ( talk) 10:13, 18 June 2022 (UTC)
The mentions of his paternal grandfather & gt-grandfather are extremely trivial. They neither held any position of note nor appear to have influenced Freeman in any significant way. Wikipedia is not a genealogy resource & I see no need to retain the information. - Sitush ( talk) 03:36, 30 December 2022 (UTC)
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Content to be changed: In the "personal life" section, it says "and is no longer a practising Catholic." This should probably say something along the lines of "Martin describes himself as 'no longer a practicing Catholic,' but says he still visits and does so 'unironically'."
Reason: The title of the source is "Martin Freeman: ‘I’m one of few people in my family who would ever unironically go into a church’" and he says in the article "I still like popping into churches to offer one up, light a candle, do all that stuff." Simply saying "he is no longer a practicing Catholic" and not reflecting the other material comes across as cherry picking. 14.12.72.97 ( talk) 09:59, 14 May 2023 (UTC)
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"Most of it is about Holmes' attempts to gain membership of a high-class brothel. Watson is disinterested having become sexually impotent in the opening scenes of the show."
Is there any basis for this statement? No such information is given in the press release to which there is a link. Gildir ( talk) 19:41, 21 March 2009 (UTC)
These images normally exist on Wikipedia under a fair use rationale, any use of such images in this article require a specific fair use rationale to be created, which in my opinion would not be valid for this BLP as the images are not central to the article and Freeman already has suitable illustrative photographs. See Non-free content criteria for the policy that applies. Fæ ( talk) 14:04, 30 January 2011 (UTC)
Martin Freeman is probably not made out of Kittens, and unless you can find reliable sources to state that he is, stop adding it to the article!
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Τασουλα (Shalom!) (
talk)
13:00, 23 February 2011 (UTC)
Is all that information required? No one really needs to know that he is 'left handed', nor the details of what battles his grandfather fought in. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.67.127.233 ( talk) 16:07, 14 April 2011 (UTC)
Martin Freeman won the
BAFTA for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama series for his role in Sherlock on the 22/05/2011. Cite error: The <ref>
tag has too many names (see the
help page). —Preceding
unsigned comment added by
86.40.40.129 (
talk)
20:17, 22 May 2011 (UTC)
Martin Freeman went to the Salesian College in Farnborough NOT in Chertsey — Preceding
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2.24.214.165 (
talk)
01:35, 6 January 2014 (UTC)
— Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1700:ea01:1090:5c17:d12e:3693:722 ( talk • contribs)
I think this section is outdated. It mentions some roles that are of interest but that Martin is hardly well known for (e.g. his role in Hardware, his cameo in Hot Fuzz). I think more recent, popular films should be included in lieu of these, such as Nightwatching and Wild Target. -- Northerlywind ( talk) 00:15, 4 October 2011 (UTC)
Please, what is his third name?i really want to know that — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.176.159.95 ( talk) 14:22, 12 February 2012 (UTC)
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Martin Freeman is a vegetarian. Source : http://www.bbc.co.uk/lilyallen/celeb_martinfreeman.shtml 81.48.5.139 ( talk) 21:05, 12 April 2012 (UTC)
Done Thanks, Celestra ( talk) 00:48, 13 April 2012 (UTC)
Can somebody please add The World's End to Mr. Freeman's filmography please? Link for citation: http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=35334
Many thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Samuelrichardscott ( talk • contribs) 16:33, 29 September 2012 (UTC)
It says in the table near the bottom that he's appeared in 7 episodes of Sherlock. There are currently only 6 episodes of Sherlock. Can someone verify this? Did the person who wrote "7" take the unaired, rough draft of the pilot into count as well? 117.227.8.34 ( talk) 13:02, 25 November 2012 (UTC)
Can someone who can edit this page please check his height. I'm fairly certain that "short" is not an encyclapedic entry (i probably spelt enctclapedic wrong, sorry) Meeeeeeee39 ( talk) 13:48, 6 February 2013 (UTC)
To the list of shows that Martin Freeman and Amanda Abbington have acted in together, I was going to add series 3 of Sherlock - apparently I can't as it's 'semi-protected' but could I suggest that someone does? Beckalina ( talk) 12:18, 4 January 2014 (UTC)
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I noticed that the Filmography doesn't contain both movies : Sherlock Holmes I and Sherlock Holmes II I think people in charge of this should reconcider this. 41.143.22.10 ( talk) 15:05, 5 January 2014 (UTC)
An image of a character is being used instead of the actor himself? Not allowed? Benedict Cumberbatch article does not use a picture of Sherlock to represent him. A hobbit next!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.125.27.14 ( talk) 21:01, 18 January 2014 (UTC)
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Not done These are the only pictures of Freeman we currently have. If you own the copyright to a better picture, please upload it to Wikimedia Commons and we would be pleased to use it. Although there are hundreds of pictures of Freeman on the internet, these are all copyright, so we cannot use them. Arjayay ( talk) 18:11, 20 January 2014 (UTC)
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Under Television, where it says 2014 | Fargo, the TV Show is already done production and has already premiere (on April 15th 2014), and here is the link to the show's wikipedia page so it can be added as a link to where it says Fargo on Martin Freeman's page , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fargo_(TV_series) Sachinbahal ( talk) 06:41, 16 April 2014 (UTC)
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can we Change the picture please? http://www.promicabana.de/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Martin-Freeman-Der-Hobbit-Europapremiere-London.jpg
Can we replace the image with this one http://www.imdb.com/oscars/galleries/2013-baftas-pressroom-photos-rm3686834944 All information about the picture is underneath it if you visit the link — Preceding unsigned comment added by Charlottecrane ( talk • contribs) 22:14, 22 May 2014 (UTC)
You didn't put he played in lord of the rings — Preceding
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Article mentions Martin Freeman has appeared in 20 episodes of the TV series Fargo. The correct number is actually 10 and thus, this should be edited accordingly.
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Could you move his role as Bilbo Baggins in the first paragraph to before 'portraying Tim Canterbury in the original UK version of sitcom mockumentary The Office' because he is more internationally know for his Hobbit role. 118.82.200.27 ( talk) 00:19, 9 July 2015 (UTC)
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Could you move his role as Bilbo Baggins in the first paragraph to before 'portraying Tim Canterbury in the original UK version of sitcom mockumentary The Office' because he is more internationally know for his Hobbit role. 118.82.200.27 ( talk) 00:21, 9 July 2015 (UTC)
I am fairly certain I spied Martin Freeman in an episode of 'Still Game', S4 E3; however, you'll have to double check Netflix. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 166.82.165.220 ( talk) 02:24, 17 September 2015 (UTC)
Should remove all references to Benedict Cumberbatch. There are no mentions of Freeman on Cumberbatch’s wikipedia page, and no reason why Cumberbatch should be mentioned on Freeman's page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lipstick666 ( talk • contribs) 03:57, 10 November 2015 (UTC)
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Could somebody please add Stick Man to his TV filmography? (--> http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2015-10-06/martin-freeman-and-hugh-bonneville-team-up-to-bring-julia-donaldsons-stick-man-to-bbc1-for-christmas) Thanks.
Thea313 ( talk) 16:43, 30 December 2015 (UTC)
PLEASE just let me edit him i dont want his page protected. COME ON!!! UNLOCK HIS PAGE!!!!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.106.30.36 ( talk) 20:53, 17 May 2016 (UTC)
So can you please unlock his page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.106.30.36 ( talk) 20:31, 22 May 2016 (UTC)
14:32, 22 December 2016 (UTC)14:32, 22 December 2016 (UTC)~~ Hey, Martin Freeman said he is not together with Amanda Abbington anymore at the last Financial Times interview. His page needs an update about that. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Carameldance ( talk • contribs) 14:33, 22 December 2016 (UTC)
Please may I add that Martin is appearing on the <BBC Radio 4> Programme, <Desert Island Discs> ? I would be happy to add some of the things he is telling us on that programme. Richard Heald ( talk) 08:20, 5 April 2019 (UTC)
In the Confession entry, episodes is misspelled as epidoes. If you can edit the article, please consider correcting that. 2A02:C7D:D01C:BD00:9824:212E:D2AB:C577 ( talk) 19:22, 25 February 2020 (UTC)
The article states in the
Martin Freeman#Personal life section that he is a supporter of the
Labour Party, and has endorsed Labour candidates. Does this merit an inclusion of the party in his infobox under the |party=
parameter? --
Politicsfan4 (
talk)
16:11, 25 December 2020 (UTC)
“Practicing” Catholic as opposed to Practising Catholic? Anyone? Please address promptly. Emfalvs95 ( talk) 03:10, 20 May 2021 (UTC)
Small error. In the filmography section. 2022s "The Responder", is in fact 6 episodes, not the incorrectly stated 5 episodes. 119.224.73.229 ( talk) 10:13, 18 June 2022 (UTC)
The mentions of his paternal grandfather & gt-grandfather are extremely trivial. They neither held any position of note nor appear to have influenced Freeman in any significant way. Wikipedia is not a genealogy resource & I see no need to retain the information. - Sitush ( talk) 03:36, 30 December 2022 (UTC)
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Content to be changed: In the "personal life" section, it says "and is no longer a practising Catholic." This should probably say something along the lines of "Martin describes himself as 'no longer a practicing Catholic,' but says he still visits and does so 'unironically'."
Reason: The title of the source is "Martin Freeman: ‘I’m one of few people in my family who would ever unironically go into a church’" and he says in the article "I still like popping into churches to offer one up, light a candle, do all that stuff." Simply saying "he is no longer a practicing Catholic" and not reflecting the other material comes across as cherry picking. 14.12.72.97 ( talk) 09:59, 14 May 2023 (UTC)