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Martin Freeman (II) More at IMDbPro »

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He has three older brothers and a sister.

He trained at Central School of Speech and Drama.

Doesn't drive.

Girlfriend is actress Amanda Abbington.

Owns a dog, Archie, a miniature wire-haired dachshund.

The youngest of five children of Philomena and Geoffrrey.

Went to a Catholic secondary school.

Comes from an artistic family: older brother Tim was in Eighties art-pop group Frazier Chorus; another brother Jamie is a musician and website designer; cousin Ben Noris is a stand-up comic.

Was on the British national squash squad from the age of nine to fourteen.

After his parents divorced he lived with his dad. After his dad died when he was seven, he moved back in with his mom and step-dad James.

Is a vegetarian.

The first single he bought was "Ghost Town" by The Specials.

Enjoys music including Marvin Gaye , James Brown, Richard Hawley, The Beatles, Laura Nyro, Nick Drake, The Beat, Madness and The Band.

A big fan of '60s and '70s soul music. Stevie Wonder's "Songs In The Key Of Life" is his favorite album.

Personal 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."

"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."

"I don't think it was a surprise that I ended up as an actor, and it was anything but a disappointment. My parents gave me the knowledge that reading isn't a bad thing, and admitting to liking a painting doesn't make you an arse-bandit. And that wouldn't have been a problem either."

"I'm not a practicing Catholic or I wouldn't be living unwed with a woman, and I don't think all poofs are going to hell, and I don't think everyone who's had an abortion is damned, most of my friends are atheists and I understand atheism, I get it, but I happen to be a theist. I believe in our answerableness to something else."

"My mum was Labour-voting, but wanted us to know we were important. Basically, everyone's equal, but you, my children, are a bit better."

"Once you've switched that switch [commitment], then, though you notice that other people are great, you're just not interested."

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