Martin Freeman awarded fellowship from Irish college

British actor Martin Freeman has been presented with a fellowship bearing his name at a college in Ireland.

The "Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" star attended a special event organised in his honour by members of University College Dublin's Literary and Historical Society on October 5, reported Contactmusic.

The campus' Fitzgerald Chamber was filled to capacity as students filed in to listen to Freeman, 42, who gave a speech on his career. He later posed for photos with guests and his framed accolade.