Biography
Freeeman earned a small footnote in Hollywood history playing Rene Belloq, the suave but treacherous French archeologist rival of Harrison Ford's Dr. Indiana Jones, in "Raiders of the Lost Ark" (1981). Primetime soap buffs also may remember him as Gustav Reibmann, head of the shadowy international syndicate The Cartel, who was exceptionally vicious in his attempts to find wartime Nazi booty on "Falcon Crest" (CBS, 1984-85). Freeman embodied …
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Career Milestones
| Appeared in several TV plays made for Granada Television | ||
| Appeared on the London stage in "Art" | ||
| Became an understudy and soon began appearing in small roles at the Royal Court Theatre in London | ||
| Began working in repertory in England and Scotlamnd | ||
| In the early 1970s, became a founding member of Joint Stock, a radical theater group, appearing in such productions as David Hare's "Fanshen" and Howard Brenton's "Epsom Downs" | ||
| Participated in an amateur theater group | ||
| Played Shylock at London's Young Vic Theatre | ||
| Played one of his first roles, Starman, in Sam Shepard's "Tooth of Crime" | ||
| Toured with "Norman, Is That You?" | ||
| Worked again for producer George Lucas in two installments of "The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles" | ||
| Worked in advertising in England | ||
| Worked sporadically as a substitute teacher | ||
1978 | Invited to join Britain's National Theatre to appear in David Hare's "Plenty" | |
1980 | Feature acting debut, a supporting role in the British gangster film "The Long Good Friday" | |
1980 | TV acting debut, portrayed the narrator/reporter in the controversial British docudrama, "Death of a Princess", about the execution of a Saudi princess and her lover for adultery | |
1981 | Played his most celebrated role, Belloq, a French archeologist rival of Harrison Ford's Indiana Jones, in George Lucas and Steven Spielberg's adventure classic "Raiders of the Lost Ark" | |
1984 | US TV series debut, joined the cast of the hit primetime soap "Falcon Crest" as the vicious international criminal Gustav Riebmann | |
1995 | Portrayed the villainous Ivan Ooze in the kiddie hit "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie" | |