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Paul Freeman is an English actor who has appeared in theatre, television and film. 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).
Born
Monday, 18 January 1943
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Paris Christmas Waltz | Henry Fontaine | 2023 |
| The Man from Rome | Padre Príamo Ferro / Father Ferro | 2022 |
| The Man Who Fell to Earth | Gregory Papel | 2022 |
| Viking Destiny | Tarburn | 2018 |
| A Very English Scandal | Sir Joseph Cantley | 2018 |
| Tokyo Trial | William D. Patrick | 2018 |
| Spielberg | Self - Segment "Raiders of the Lost Ark" | 2017 |
| Absentia | Warren Byrne | 2017 |
| Tokyo Trial | William. D. Patrick | 2016 |
| The Gatehouse | Evelyn Eldritch | 2016 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Paris Christmas Waltz | Henry Fontaine | 2023 |
| The Man from Rome | Padre Príamo Ferro / Father Ferro | 2022 |
| The Man Who Fell to Earth | Gregory Papel | 2022 |
| Viking Destiny | Tarburn | 2018 |
| A Very English Scandal | Sir Joseph Cantley | 2018 |
| Tokyo Trial | William D. Patrick | 2018 |
| Spielberg | Self - Segment "Raiders of the Lost Ark" | 2017 |
| Absentia | Warren Byrne | 2017 |
| Tokyo Trial | William. D. Patrick | 2016 |
| The Gatehouse | Evelyn Eldritch | 2016 |
| High Strung | Kramrovsky | 2016 |
| The First Line | Callum | 2014 |
| Bad Day at the Office | Narrator | 2014 |
| Lucan | John Pearson | 2013 |
| Countdown to Murder | Tommy Cressman | 2013 |
| Getaway | The Man | 2013 |
| Da Vinci's Demons | The Architect | 2013 |
| The Bible | Samuel | 2013 |
| After Death | The inventor | 2012 |
| On Set with 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' | Self | 2012 |
| The Hollow Crown | Thomas Erpingham | 2012 |
| A Fantastic Fear of Everything | Dr. Friedkin | 2012 |
| Hard Boiled Sweets | Shrewd Eddie / 'Shrewd' Eddie | 2012 |
| Centurion | Governor Julius Agricola / Governor Agricola | 2010 |
| Strike Back | Peter Evans | 2010 |
| Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen | Sir Arthur Newsholme | 2009 |
| The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler | Monsignor Godlewski | 2009 |
| Lark Rise to Candleford | Old Edmund | 2008 |
| The Whistleblowers | Joseph Cole | 2007 |
| Hot Fuzz | Rev. Philip Shooter | 2007 |
| Number 13 | Mr. Harrington, Cathedral Archivist | 2006 |
| New Street Law | Laurence Scammel QC / Laurence Scammell QC | 2006 |
| Hotel Babylon | Sir Christopher Price | 2006 |
| The Feast of the Goat | Agustín Cabral | 2005 |
| Rough Diamond | Sergey | 2005 |
| When I'm Sixty-Four | Ray | 2004 |
| Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius | Angus | 2004 |
| George and the Dragon | Sir Robert | 2004 |
| Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy | Self | 2003 |
| And Now Ladies & Gentlemen | English Customer / le client anglais | 2002 |
| MI-5 | Levi Cohen | 2002 |
| Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War | Jenkins | 2002 |
| Morlang | Julius Morlang | 2001 |
| A History of Britain | (voice) | 2000 |
| The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Passion for Life | Selous | 2000 |
| Waking the Dead | Dr. Charles Hoyle | 2000 |
| Rough Treatment | Mr. Masters | 2000 |
| Monarch of the Glen | Andrew Booth | 2000 |
| The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Phantom Train of Doom | Frederick Selous | 1999 |
| The Devil's Arithmetic | Rabbi | 1999 |
| Only Love | Dallesandro | 1998 |
| Midsomer Murders | Sir John Waverley | 1997 |
| Double Team | Goldsmythe | 1997 |
| Call Girl | Marco | 1996 |
| The Final Cut | Tom Makepeace | 1995 |
| The Horseman on the Roof | Laurent de Théus / Laurent de Theus | 1995 |
| Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie | Ivan Ooze | 1995 |
| ER | Dr. Charles Corday | 1994 |
| Red Eagle | Dubois | 1994 |
| Viper | Dr. Samuels | 1994 |
| Full Stretch | Freddie Reid | 1993 |
| Piccolo grande amore | Count Otto Von Dix / conte Otto von Dix | 1993 |
| Just Like a Woman | Miles Millichamp | 1992 |
| Between the Lines | Nicholas Shaw | 1992 |
| Double Edge | Ferese | 1992 |
| The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles | Frederick Selous | 1992 |
| Aces: Iron Eagle III | Kleiss | 1992 |
| Eminent Domain | Ben | 1991 |
| Under Cover | Col. Kalganin | 1991 |
| The Last Island | Sean | 1990 |
| May Wine | Tom | 1990 |
| A Dangerous Man | Dumont | 1990 |
| Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception | Carl Meyerhoff | 1990 |
| Tales from the Crypt | Alistair Touchstone | 1989 |
| Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story | Josef | 1989 |
| Magic Moments | Brian Swann | 1989 |
| Poirot | Col. Carbury | 1989 |
| Twist of Fate | SS-Oberfuhrer Mittendorf | 1989 |
| A World Apart | Kruger | 1988 |
| Prisoner of Rio | Ronald Biggs | 1988 |
| Without a Clue | Prof. James Moriarty / Prof. Moriarty | 1988 |
| Ruth Rendell Mysteries | Julius Sorensen | 1987 |
| Yesterday's Dreams | Martin | 1987 |
| Inspector Morse | Frank Harrison | 1987 |
| Worlds Beyond | Richard Wentworth | 1986 |
| Shanghai Surprise | Walter Faraday | 1986 |
| Sins | Mueller | 1986 |
| Boon | Ronnie Hains / Edward Cameron | 1986 |
| A.D. | Cornelius | 1985 |
| Sakharov | Pavel Leontiev | 1984 |
| Flight to Berlin | Nicholas | 1984 |
| Si elle dit oui... je ne dis pas non | Nick | 1983 |
| Enemies of the State | Julius Tomin | 1983 |
| An Unsuitable Job for a Woman | James Calendar / James Callendar | 1983 |
| Frontline | Christopher Ryder | 1983 |
| Gavilan | Mr. Snow | 1982 |
| The Sender | Dr Joseph Denman / Dr. Denman | 1982 |
| The Final Option | Sir Richard | 1982 |
| Q.E.D. | Professor Vincent Rep | 1982 |
| Falcon Crest | Gustav Riebmann | 1981 |
| The Making of 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' | Self | 1981 |
| Cagney & Lacey | Yves Benoit | 1981 |
| Great Movie Stunts: Raiders of the Lost Ark | (archive footage) | 1981 |
| Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years | Ralph Wigram | 1981 |
| Raiders of the Lost Ark | Belloq / Dr. René Belloq | 1981 |
| The Long Good Friday | Colin | 1981 |
| The Dogs of War | Derek | 1980 |
| Death of a Princess | Christopher Ryder | 1980 |
| Will Shakespeare | Dick Burbage | 1978 |
| Scorpion Tales | Oliver Benthall | 1978 |
| The XYY Man | Ray Lynch | 1976 |
| Whose Child Am I? | Paul Martin | 1976 |
| Couples | Douglas Broom | 1975 |
| The Sweeney | 1st Detective | 1975 |
| Childhood | Lockwood | 1974 |
| BBC2 Playhouse | Max | 1974 |
| Crown Court | Henry Lytton QC / John Barnard / Leonard Tyler | 1972 |
| The Protectors | Mechanic | 1972 |
| Van der Valk | Michael Tromp | 1972 |
| Jason King | Male Revolutionary | 1971 |
| Play for Today | Willie / Doctor / Alexander Kutsov | 1970 |
| ITV Saturday Night Theatre | Keith | 1969 |
| Champion House | Elwyn | 1967 |
| BBC Play of the Month | Kravchenko | 1965 |
