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Paul Freeman

Actor

Paul Freeman

Born January 18, 1943 in Barnet, London, England, UK71 films

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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Raiders of the Lost Ark posterFirst watchRaiders of the Lost Ark19817.9as Dr. René BelloqWhen Dr. Indiana Jones – the tweed-suited professor who just happens to be a celebrated archaeologist – is hired by the government to locate the legendary Ark of the Covenant, he finds…View film

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Filmography

71 films as actor
  1. 2026Gorky ResortDriver
  2. 2025The Thursday Murder ClubJohn
  3. 2024Whispers of FreedomErich Honecker
  4. 2023Paris Christmas WaltzHenry
  5. 2022The Man from RomeFather Ferro
  6. 2018Viking DestinyTarburn
  7. 2017Tokyo TrialWilliam D. Patrick
  8. 2016The GatehouseEvelyn Eldritch
  9. 2016High StrungKramrovsky
  10. 2014The First LineCallum
  11. 2014Bad Day at the OfficeNarrator
  12. 2013LucanJohn Pearson
  13. 2013GetawayThe Man
  14. 2012A Fantastic Fear of EverythingDr. Friedkin
  15. 2012Hard Boiled Sweets'Shrewd' Eddie
  16. 2010CenturionGovernor Julius Agricola
  17. 2009Spanish Flu: The Forgotten FallenSir Arthur Newsholme
  18. 2009The Courageous Heart of Irena SendlerMonsignor Godlewski
  19. 2007Hot FuzzRev. Philip Shooter
  20. 2006Number 13Mr. Harrington, Cathedral Archivist
  21. 2006The Feast of the GoatAgustín Cabral
  22. 2004When I'm Sixty-FourRay
  23. 2004Bobby Jones: Stroke of GeniusAngus
  24. 2004George and the DragonSir Robert
  25. 2002HackerPrezes
  26. 2002Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage WarJenkins
  27. 2002Fields of GoldSir James Ferneyhough
  28. 2002And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen...le client anglais
  29. 2001MorlangJulius Morlang
  30. 2000The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Passion for LifeSelous
  31. 1999The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Phantom Train of DoomFrederick Selous
  32. 1999The Dark RoomAdam Kingsley
  33. 1999The Devil's ArithmeticRabbi
  34. 1998Only LoveDallesandro
  35. 1997Double TeamGoldsmythe
  36. 1996Circles of Deceit: Sleeping DogsArmitage
  37. 1996SquilloMarco
  38. 1995The Horseman on the RoofLaurent de Théus
  39. 1995Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The MovieIvan Ooze
  40. 1994Lie Down with LionsDubois
  41. 1994GrushkoBosenko
  42. 1993Pretty Princessconte Otto von Dix
  43. 1992Just Like a WomanMiles Millichamp
  44. 1992A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After ArabiaDumont
  45. 1992Double EdgeFerese
  46. 1992Iron Eagle IIIKleiss
  47. 1991Eminent DomainBen
  48. 1990The Last IslandSean
  49. 1990May WineTom
  50. 1990Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate DeceptionCarl Meyerhoff
  51. 1989Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal StoryJosef
  52. 1989Magic MomentsBrian Swann
  53. 1988A World ApartKruger
  54. 1988Without a ClueProf. James Moriarty
  55. 1988Prisoner of RioRonald Biggs
  56. 1986Shanghai SurpriseWalter Faraday
  57. 1984SakharovPavel Leontiev
  58. 1984Flight to BerlinNicholas
  59. 1983Love LiesNick
  60. 1983Enemies of the StateJúlius Tomin
  61. 1982The SenderDr Joseph Denman
  62. 1982Who Dares WinsSir Richard
  63. 1982Willie's Last StandWillie
  64. 1982The WorkshopMax
  65. 1982An Unsuitable Job for a WomanJames Callendar
  66. 1981No Visible ScarDoctor
  67. 1981Raiders of the Lost ArkDr. René Belloq
  68. 1980The Dogs of WarDerek
  69. 1980The Long Good FridayColin
  70. 1980A Walk in the ForestAlexander Kutsov
  71. 1976Whose Child Am I?Paul Martin