Paul Freeman
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A noted character actor in England, Paul Freeman spent his early performing years on the stage, moving into film with the abysmal Whose Child Am I?, which still turns up on cable once in a while. TV appearances (including The Life of Shakespeare in which he played Burbage) followed. In 1979 he was drafted to play Colin, the best friend of fictional British crime boss Harold Shand (played by Bob Hoskins) in the controversial and troubled The Long Good Friday. Equally as controversial was Death of a Princess, a docudrama about the 1977 execution of a Saudi Arabian princess for adultery, in which Freeman portrayed journalist Anthony Thomas.The Dogs of War took Freeman to Africa, co-starring with Christopher Walken and Tom Berenger, and it was during this shoot that he met his wife, Maggie Scott, who was cast in the key role of Gabrielle. Tunisia was one of the next stops for Freeman, who stepped into one of the defining roles of his career at this point -- that of crooked archaeologist Rene Belloq, chief rival to Harrison Ford's Indiana Jones in Raiders of the Lost Ark.Freeman returned briefly to television, as the villainous Gustav Riebman in Falcon Crest, then returned to feature work with The Sender,The Final Option, and others, salting these with Sakharov for HBO and the miniseries A.D., which led to him being cast in the title role of the aborted Pontius Pilate project, based on the Paul Maier novel.Over the years, he has essayed a remarkable number of roles, from parts in the universally panned Shanghai Surprise (which sank George Harrison's Handmade Films company) to the role of Moriarty in Without a Clue and even, buried under pounds of makeup, the evil Ivan Ooze in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie. On occasion he has even managed to turn up in controversial projects, such as 1990's barely-seen Prisoner of Rio, in which he played Ronald Biggs, a fugitive British train robber living handsomely in Brazil. By late 1997, early 1998, he was working with the Royal Shakespeare Company. Paul Freeman is not to be confused with a producer by the same name.
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
MOVIES
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | BOX OFFICE | YEAR |
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13% | Viking Destiny (Of Gods and Warriors) |
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— | 2018 |
75% | High Strung |
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— | 2016 |
34% | A Fantastic Fear of Everything |
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— | 2014 |
No Score Yet | After Death |
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— | 2014 |
No Score Yet | The First Line (Promakhos) |
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— | 2014 |
3% | Getaway |
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$10.5M | 2013 |
No Score Yet | Trimming Pablo |
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— | 2013 |
22% | Hard Boiled Sweets |
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— | 2012 |
61% | Centurion |
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$0.2M | 2010 |
No Score Yet | The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler |
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— | 2009 |
91% | Hot Fuzz |
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$23.7M | 2007 |
No Score Yet | The Feast of the Goat (La fiesta del Chivo) |
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— | 2006 |
26% | Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius |
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$2.6M | 2004 |
No Score Yet | George and the Dragon (Dragon Sword) |
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— | 2004 |
No Score Yet | When I'm 64 |
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— | 2004 |
56% | Morlang |
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— | 2003 |
47% | And Now Ladies & Gentlemen |
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$0.6M | 2003 |
12% | Halloween: Resurrection |
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$30.3M | 2002 |
No Score Yet | Mrs. Caldicot's Cabbage War |
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— | 2002 |
No Score Yet | The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Phantom Train of Doom |
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— | 2000 |
No Score Yet | The Devil's Arithmetic |
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— | 1999 |
52% | Halloween H20 |
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— | 1998 |
No Score Yet | Only Love |
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— | 1998 |
11% | Double Team |
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— | 1997 |
No Score Yet | Samson and Delilah |
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— | 1996 |
65% | The Horseman on the Roof |
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— | 1996 |
37% | Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie |
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— | 1995 |
9% | Halloween - The Curse of Michael Myers (Halloween 6) |
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— | 1995 |
67% | The Sum of Us |
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— | 1995 |
No Score Yet | Double Edge |
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— | 1993 |
50% | Just Like A Woman |
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— | 1993 |
No Score Yet | Piccolo grande amore (Pretty Princess) |
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— | 1993 |
14% | Aces: Iron Eagle III |
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— | 1992 |
No Score Yet | A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia |
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— | 1992 |
No Score Yet | In the Best Interest of the Children |
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— | 1992 |
No Score Yet | Eminent Domain |
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— | 1991 |
No Score Yet | May Wine |
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— | 1990 |
No Score Yet | Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception |
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— | 1990 |
No Score Yet | Magic Moments |
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— | 1989 |
No Score Yet | Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story |
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— | 1989 |
91% | A World Apart |
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— | 1988 |
No Score Yet | Bloody Pom Poms (Cheerleader Camp) |
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— | 1988 |
64% | Without a Clue |
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— | 1988 |
29% | Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers |
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— | 1988 |
No Score Yet | Prisoner of Rio |
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— | 1988 |
No Score Yet | A Hobo's Christmas |
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— | 1987 |
No Score Yet | Firefighter (The Greater Alarm) |
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— | 1986 |
13% | Shanghai Surprise |
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— | 1986 |
No Score Yet | Sakharov |
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— | 1984 |
No Score Yet | The Sender |
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— | 1982 |
No Score Yet | Who Dares Wins (The Final Option) |
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— | 1982 |
96% | The Long Good Friday |
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— | 1982 |
No Score Yet | Unsuitable Job for a Woman |
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— | 1982 |
95% | Raiders of the Lost Ark |
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— | 1981 |
68% | The Dogs of War |
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— | 1980 |
No Score Yet | Death of a Princess |
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— | 1980 |
No Score Yet | Will Shakespeare |
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— | 1978 |
No Score Yet | Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo |
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— | 1977 |
No Score Yet | Whose Child Am I? |
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— | 1975 |
No Score Yet | A Girl and a Guy |
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TV
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | YEAR |
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No Score Yet |
Absentia
2017-2020
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No Score Yet |
Great Performances
2000
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85% |
Strike Back
2011-2020
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98% |
The Hollow Crown
2012-2016
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No Score Yet |
MI-5
2003-2011
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No Score Yet |
Masterpiece
1971-2014
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No Score Yet |
Monarch of the Glen
2000-2005
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No Score Yet |
ER
1994-2009
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No Score Yet |
Mystery!
1980-2007
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No Score Yet |
Inspector Morse
1987-2000
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82% |
Tales from the Crypt
1989-1996
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100% |
House of Cards Trilogy (UK)
1995
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No Score Yet |
Viper
1994-1999
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No Score Yet |
Midsomer Murders
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Quotes from Paul Freeman's Characters
Belloq: | You and I are very much alike. Archeology is our religion, yet we have both fallen from the pure faith. Our methods have not differed as much as you pretend. I am but a shadowy reflection of you. It would take only a nudge to make you like me. To push you out of the light. |
Indiana Jones: | Now you're getting nasty. |
Belloq: | What a fitting end to your life's pursuits. You're about to become a permanent addition to this archaeological find. Who knows? In a thousand years, even you may be worth something. |
Indiana Jones: | Ha, ha, ha... son of a bitch. |
Nicholas Angel: | I may not be a man of God, Reverend, but I know right, and I know wrong, and I have the good grace to know which is which. |
Rev. Philip Shooter: | Oh... fuck off, grasshopper! |
Belloq: | Where shall I find a new adversary so close to my own level? |
Indiana Jones: | Try the local sewer. |
Belloq: | IT'S BEAUTIFUL |
Belloq: | IT'S BEAUTIFUL! |
Ivan Ooze: | Zords smorges, they'll crush 'em like roaches. |
Ivan Ooze: | Woo! Where's my autograph book!? |
Rev. Philip Shooter: | Oh fuck off grasshopper! |
Rocky/Red Ranger: | Well, pack your bags. 'Cause we're sending you back right where you came from. |
Ivan Ooze: | Gee, a teenager with a big mouth. Not much has changed in 6,000 years. |
Belloq: | JONES! |
Belloq: | Once again Jones, what was briefly yours is now mine. |
Belloq: | So once again, Jones, what was briefly yours is now mine. |