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Actor

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Male

Birthday

18 January

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England, United Kingdom

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Paul Freeman

Biography

Paul Freeman (born 18 January 1943) 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). Other credits include Morlang (2001), When I'm 64 (2004), Hot Fuzz (2007), and Hard Boiled Sweets (2012).

 

He appeared as George Aaranow in the 2008 London revival of David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross.

 

In 2012, he played Thomas Erpingham in the BBC adaptation of William Shakespeare's Henry V from The Hollow Crown series.

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