Paul Freeman

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Biography

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.

Known For

Raiders of the Lost Ark

Dr. René Belloq

Hot Fuzz

Rev. Philip Shooter

Centurion

Governor Julius Agricola

The Thursday Murder Club

John

The Bible

Self

High Strung

Kramrovsky

Charles Corday

Double Team

Goldsmythe

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2026	Gorky Resort MOVIE	Driver
2025	The Thursday Murder Club MOVIE	John
2024	Whispers of Freedom MOVIE	Erich Honecker
2024	The Unofficial Science of Indiana Jones MOVIE	Self
2023	Paris Christmas Waltz MOVIE	Henry
2022	The Man from Rome MOVIE	Father Ferro
2022	The Man Who Fell to Earth TV	Gregory Papel
2018	Viking Destiny MOVIE	Tarburn
2017	Absentia TV	Warren Byrne
2016	Tokyo Trial TV	William. D. Patrick
2016	The Gatehouse MOVIE	Evelyn Eldritch
2016	High Strung MOVIE	Kramrovsky
2014	The First Line MOVIE	Callum
2014	Bad Day at the Office MOVIE	Narrator
2013	Lucan MOVIE	John Pearson
2013	Lucan TV	John Pearson
2013	Getaway MOVIE	The Man
2013	Da Vinci's Demons TV	The Architect
2013	The Bible TV	Self
2012	The Hollow Crown TV	Thomas Erpingham
2012	A Fantastic Fear of Everything MOVIE	Dr. Friedkin
2012	Hard Boiled Sweets MOVIE	'Shrewd' Eddie
2010	Centurion MOVIE	Governor Julius Agricola
2009	Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen MOVIE	Sir Arthur Newsholme
2009	The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler MOVIE	Monsignor Godlewski
2008	Lark Rise to Candleford TV	Self
2007	The Whistleblowers TV	Self
2007	Conclusive: We Made Hot Fuzz MOVIE	Self
2007	Hot Fuzz MOVIE	Rev. Philip Shooter
2006	Number 13 MOVIE	Mr. Harrington, Cathedral Archivist
2006	New Street Law TV	Laurence Scammel QC
2006	The Feast of the Goat MOVIE	Agustín Cabral
2004	When I'm Sixty-Four MOVIE	Ray
2004	Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius MOVIE	Angus
2004	George and the Dragon MOVIE	Sir Robert
2003	Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy MOVIE	self
2003	Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War MOVIE	Jenkins
2002	Hacker MOVIE	Prezes
2002	Fields of Gold MOVIE	Sir James Ferneyhough
2002	And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen... MOVIE	le client anglais
2002	Spooks TV	Levi Cohen
2001	Morlang MOVIE	Julius Morlang
2001	Waking the Dead TV	Dr. Charles Hoyle
2000	The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Passion for Life MOVIE	Selous
2000	Monarch of the Glen TV	Andrew Booth
1999	The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Phantom Train of Doom MOVIE	Frederick Selous
1999	The Dark Room MOVIE	Adam Kingsley
1999	The Dark Room TV	Adam Kingsley
1999	The Devil's Arithmetic MOVIE	Rabbi
1998	Only Love MOVIE	Dallesandro
1997	Double Team MOVIE	Goldsmythe
1997	Midsomer Murders TV	Sir John Waverley
1996	Circles of Deceit: Sleeping Dogs MOVIE	Armitage
1996	Samson and Delilah TV	Manoach
1996	Squillo MOVIE	Marco
1995	The Final Cut TV	Tom Makepeace
1995	The Horseman on the Roof MOVIE	Laurent de Théus
1995	Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie MOVIE	Ivan Ooze
1995	Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie - Secrets Revealed MOVIE	Self
1994	ER TV	Charles Corday
1994	Grushko MOVIE	Bosenko
1994	Viper TV	Dr. Samuels
1993	Pretty Princess MOVIE	conte Otto von Dix
1993	Full Stretch TV	Self
1992	Just Like a Woman MOVIE	Miles Millichamp
1992	Between the Lines TV	Self
1992	A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia MOVIE	Dumont
1992	Double Edge MOVIE	Ferese
1992	Iron Eagle III MOVIE	Kleiss
1991	Eminent Domain MOVIE	Ben
1991	Under Cover TV	Col. Kalganin
1990	The Last Island MOVIE	Sean
1990	May Wine MOVIE	Tom
1990	Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception MOVIE	Carl Meyerhoff
1989	Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story MOVIE	Josef
1989	Magic Moments MOVIE	Brian Swann
1989	Agatha Christie's Poirot TV	Col. Carbury
1989	Twist of Fate TV	SS-Oberführer Mittendorf
1988	A World Apart MOVIE	Kruger
1988	Without a Clue MOVIE	Prof. James Moriarty
1988	Prisoner of Rio MOVIE	Ronald Biggs
1987	The Ruth Rendell Mysteries TV	Julius Sorensen
1987	Yesterday's Dreams TV	Martin
1986	Worlds Beyond TV	Richard Wentworth
1986	Shanghai Surprise MOVIE	Walter Faraday
1986	Sins TV	Mueller
1985	A.D. TV	Cornelius
1984	Mitch TV	Harry Warren
1984	Sakharov MOVIE	Pavel Leontiev
1984	Flight to Berlin MOVIE	Nicholas
1983	Love Lies MOVIE	Nick
1982	Gavilan TV	Mr. Snow
1982	The Sender MOVIE	Dr Joseph Denman
1982	Who Dares Wins MOVIE	Sir Richard
1982	Cagney & Lacey TV	Self
1982	Q.E.D. TV	Self
1982	Willie's Last Stand MOVIE	Willie
1982	The Workshop MOVIE	Max
1982	An Unsuitable Job for a Woman MOVIE	James Callendar
1981	Falcon Crest TV	Gustav Riebmann
1981	No Visible Scar MOVIE	Doctor
1981	Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years TV	Self
1981	Raiders of the Lost Ark MOVIE	Dr. René Belloq
1980	The Dogs of War MOVIE	Derek
1980	The Long Good Friday MOVIE	Colin
1980	A Walk in the Forest MOVIE	Alexander Kutsov
1980	Death of a Princess MOVIE	Christopher Ryder
1978	Life of Shakespeare TV	Dick Burbage
1978	Will Shakespeare TV	Dick Burbage
1978	Scorpion Tales TV	Oliver Benthall
1976	The XYY Man TV	Ray Lynch
1976	Whose Child Am I? MOVIE	Paul Martin
1975	The Sweeney TV	Self
1975	The Sweeney TV	Detective
1974	Playhouse TV	Max
1972	Crown Court TV	Self
1972	The Protectors TV	Mechanic
1972	Van der Valk TV	Michael Tromp
1971	A Ghost Story for Christmas TV	Mr. Harrington
1971	Jason King TV	Self
1970	Play for Today TV	Willie
1965	BBC Play of the Month TV	Kravchenko

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