Paul Freeman

Paul Freeman

Paul Freeman (born January 18, 1943) played René Emile Belloq in Raiders of the Lost Ark and returned to the franchise ten years later to portray Frederick Selous in The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles. Among his other work, Freeman appeared in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie as Ivan Ooze and in the 2007 comedy Hot Fuzz, directed by Edgar Wright.

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Known For

Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders

1997 • as Sir John Waverley

Play for Today

Play for Today

1970 • as Willie

Lark Rise to Candleford

Lark Rise to Candleford

2008

BBC Play of the Month

BBC Play of the Month

1965 • as Kravchenko

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Agatha Christie's Poirot

1989 • as Col. Carbury

The Protectors

The Protectors

1972 • as Mechanic

Filmography

2026

Pojedynek
Pojedynek
as Driver
Movie - Released: 2/27/2026

2025

The Thursday Murder Club
The Thursday Murder Club
Movie - Released: 8/22/2025

2024

The Unofficial Science of Indiana Jones
The Unofficial Science of Indiana Jones
as Self
Movie - Released: 1/1/2024
Whispers of Freedom
Whispers of Freedom
as Erich Honecker
Movie - Released: 11/1/2024

2023

Paris Christmas Waltz
Paris Christmas Waltz
as Henry
Movie - Released: 11/19/2023

2022

The Man from Rome
The Man from Rome
as Father Ferro
Movie - Released: 10/21/2022
The Man Who Fell to Earth
The Man Who Fell to Earth
as Gregory Papel
TV - Released: 4/24/2022

2018

Viking Destiny
Viking Destiny
as Tarburn
Movie - Released: 7/26/2018

2017

Absentia
Absentia
as Warren Byrne
TV - Released: 9/25/2017

2016

High Strung
High Strung
as Kramrovsky
Movie - Released: 4/8/2016
The Gatehouse
The Gatehouse
as Evelyn Eldritch
Movie - Released: 10/1/2016
Tokyo Trial
Tokyo Trial
as William. D. Patrick
TV - Released: 12/12/2016

2014

Movie
Bad Day at the Office
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 4/11/2014
The First Line
The First Line
as Callum
Movie - Released: 11/27/2014

2013

Getaway
Getaway
as The Man
Movie - Released: 8/29/2013
Lucan
Lucan
as John Pearson
Movie - Released: 12/11/2013
Lucan
Lucan
as John Pearson
TV - Released: 12/11/2013
The Bible
The Bible
TV - Released: 3/3/2013
Da Vinci's Demons
Da Vinci's Demons
as The Architect
TV - Released: 4/12/2013

2012

A Fantastic Fear of Everything
A Fantastic Fear of Everything
as Dr. Friedkin
Movie - Released: 6/7/2012
Hard Boiled Sweets
Hard Boiled Sweets
as 'Shrewd' Eddie
Movie - Released: 3/9/2012
The Hollow Crown
The Hollow Crown
as Thomas Erpingham
TV - Released: 6/30/2012

2010

Centurion
Centurion
as Governor Julius Agricola
Movie - Released: 2/15/2010

2009

The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler
The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler
as Monsignor Godlewski
Movie - Released: 4/19/2009
Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen
Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen
as Sir Arthur Newsholme
Movie - Released: 8/5/2009

2008

Lark Rise to Candleford
Lark Rise to Candleford
TV - Released: 1/13/2008

2007

Hot Fuzz
Hot Fuzz
as Rev. Philip Shooter
Movie - Released: 2/14/2007
Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz
Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz
as Self
Movie - Released: 6/11/2007
The Whistleblowers
The Whistleblowers
TV - Released: 9/27/2007

2006

Number 13
Number 13
as Mr. Harrington, Cathedral Archivist
Movie - Released: 12/22/2006
The Feast of the Goat
The Feast of the Goat
as Agustín Cabral
Movie - Released: 2/11/2006
New Street Law
New Street Law
as Laurence Scammel QC
TV - Released: 5/4/2006

2004

George and the Dragon
George and the Dragon
as Sir Robert
Movie - Released: 3/28/2004
When I'm Sixty-Four
When I'm Sixty-Four
as Ray
Movie - Released: 8/4/2004
Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius
Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius
as Angus
Movie - Released: 4/30/2004

2003

Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War
Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War
as Jenkins
Movie - Released: 1/30/2003
Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy
Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy
as self
Movie - Released: 10/21/2003

2002

And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen...
And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen...
as le client anglais
Movie - Released: 5/29/2002
Movie
Fields of Gold
as Sir James Ferneyhough
Movie - Released: 6/8/2002
Hacker
Hacker
as Prezes
Movie - Released: 9/27/2002
Spooks
Spooks
as Levi Cohen
TV - Released: 5/13/2002

2001

Morlang
Morlang
as Julius Morlang
Movie - Released: 11/22/2001
Waking the Dead
Waking the Dead
as Dr. Charles Hoyle
TV - Released: 6/18/2001

2000

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Passion for Life
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Passion for Life
as Selous
Movie - Released: 9/18/2000
Monarch of the Glen
Monarch of the Glen
TV - Released: 2/27/2000

1999

The Dark Room
The Dark Room
as Adam Kingsley
Movie - Released: 4/2/1999
The Devil's Arithmetic
The Devil's Arithmetic
as Rabbi
Movie - Released: 3/28/1999

1998

Only Love
Only Love
as Dallesandro
Movie - Released: 5/10/1998

1997

Double Team
Double Team
as Goldsmythe
Movie - Released: 4/4/1997
Midsomer Murders
Midsomer Murders
as Sir John Waverley
TV - Released: 3/23/1997

1996

Squillo
Squillo
as Marco
Movie - Released: 10/25/1996
Samson and Delilah
Samson and Delilah
as Manoach
Movie - Released: 12/8/1996
Samson and Delilah
Samson and Delilah
as Manoach
TV - Released: 12/8/1996

1995

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie
as Ivan Ooze
Movie - Released: 6/30/1995
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie - Secrets Revealed
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie - Secrets Revealed
as Self
Movie - Released: 1/1/1995
The Horseman on the Roof
The Horseman on the Roof
as Laurent de Théus
Movie - Released: 9/20/1995
The Final Cut
The Final Cut
as Tom Makepeace
TV - Released: 11/5/1995

1994

Grushko
Grushko
as Bosenko
Movie - Released: 3/24/1994
Viper
Viper
as Dr. Samuels
TV - Released: 1/2/1994
ER
ER
as Charles Corday
TV - Released: 9/19/1994

1993

Pretty Princess
Pretty Princess
as conte Otto von Dix
Movie - Released: 12/3/1993
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Phantom Train of Doom
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Phantom Train of Doom
as Frederick Selous
Movie - Released: 6/5/1993
TV
Full Stretch
TV - Released: 1/5/1993

1992

Just Like a Woman
Just Like a Woman
as Miles Millichamp
Movie - Released: 9/24/1992
A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia
A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia
as Dumont
Movie - Released: 4/18/1992
Iron Eagle III
Iron Eagle III
as Kleiss
Movie - Released: 1/9/1992
Double Edge
Double Edge
as Ferese
Movie - Released: 3/22/1992
Between the Lines
Between the Lines
TV - Released: 9/4/1992

1991

Eminent Domain
Eminent Domain
as Ben
Movie - Released: 4/12/1991
TV
Under Cover
as Col. Kalganin
TV - Released: 1/7/1991

1990

May Wine
May Wine
as Tom
Movie - Released: 5/1/1990
The Last Island
The Last Island
as Sean
Movie - Released: 11/16/1990
Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception
Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception
as Carl Meyerhoff
Movie - Released: 3/11/1990

1989

Magic Moments
Magic Moments
as Brian Swann
Movie - Released: 3/19/1989
Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story
Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story
as Josef
Movie - Released: 4/22/1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Col. Carbury
TV - Released: 1/8/1989
Twist of Fate
Twist of Fate
as SS-Oberführer Mittendorf
TV - Released: 1/8/1989

1988

Prisoner of Rio
Prisoner of Rio
as Ronald Biggs
Movie - Released: 1/1/1988
Without a Clue
Without a Clue
as Prof. James Moriarty
Movie - Released: 5/5/1988
A World Apart
A World Apart
as Kruger
Movie - Released: 6/17/1988

1987

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
as Julius Sorensen
TV - Released: 8/2/1987

1986

Shanghai Surprise
Shanghai Surprise
as Walter Faraday
Movie - Released: 8/29/1986
Sins
Sins
as Mueller
TV - Released: 2/2/1986

1985

A.D.
A.D.
as Cornelius
TV - Released: 3/31/1985

1984

Sakharov
Sakharov
as Pavel Leontiev
Movie - Released: 6/20/1984
Movie
Flight to Berlin
as Nicholas
Movie - Released: 3/18/1984
Mitch
Mitch
as Harry Warren
TV - Released: 8/31/1984

1983

Love Lies
Love Lies
as Nick
Movie - Released: 3/19/1983

1982

The Sender
The Sender
as Dr Joseph Denman
Movie - Released: 10/22/1982
Who Dares Wins
Who Dares Wins
as Sir Richard
Movie - Released: 8/26/1982
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
as James Callendar
Movie - Released: 2/16/1982
Willie's Last Stand
Willie's Last Stand
as Willie
Movie - Released: 2/23/1982
The Workshop
The Workshop
as Max
Movie - Released: 2/19/1982
Cagney & Lacey
Cagney & Lacey
TV - Released: 3/25/1982
Q.E.D.
Q.E.D.
TV - Released: 3/23/1982

1981

Raiders of the Lost Ark
Raiders of the Lost Ark
as Dr. René Belloq
Movie - Released: 6/12/1981
No Visible Scar
No Visible Scar
as Doctor
Movie - Released: 11/17/1981
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
TV - Released: 9/6/1981
Falcon Crest
Falcon Crest
as Gustav Riebmann
TV - Released: 12/4/1981

1980

The Long Good Friday
The Long Good Friday
as Colin
Movie - Released: 11/1/1980
Death of a Princess
Death of a Princess
as Christopher Ryder
Movie - Released: 4/9/1980
A Walk in the Forest
A Walk in the Forest
as Alexander Kutsov
Movie - Released: 5/14/1980
The Dogs of War
The Dogs of War
as Derek
Movie - Released: 12/17/1980

1978

Life of Shakespeare
Life of Shakespeare
as Dick Burbage
TV - Released: 6/13/1978
Scorpion Tales
Scorpion Tales
as Oliver Benthall
TV - Released: 4/29/1978
Will Shakespeare
Will Shakespeare
as Dick Burbage
TV - Released: 6/13/1978

1976

Whose Child Am I?
Whose Child Am I?
as Paul Martin
Movie - Released: 1/1/1976
The XYY Man
The XYY Man
as Ray Lynch
TV - Released: 7/3/1976

1975

The Sweeney
The Sweeney
TV - Released: 1/2/1975
The Sweeney
The Sweeney
as Detective
TV - Released: 1/2/1975

1974

Playhouse
Playhouse
as Max
TV - Released: 3/13/1974

1972

The Protectors
The Protectors
as Mechanic
TV - Released: 9/29/1972
Crown Court
Crown Court
TV - Released: 10/11/1972
Van der Valk
Van der Valk
as Michael Tromp
TV - Released: 9/13/1972

1971

Jason King
Jason King
TV - Released: 9/15/1971
A Ghost Story for Christmas
A Ghost Story for Christmas
as Mr. Harrington
TV - Released: 12/24/1971

1970

Play for Today
Play for Today
as Willie
TV - Released: 10/15/1970

1965

BBC Play of the Month
BBC Play of the Month
as Kravchenko
TV - Released: 10/19/1965