Morgan Freeman
Acting
Morgan Freeman (born June 1, 1937) is an American actor, director, and narrator. Noted for his distinctive deep voice, Freeman is known for his various roles in a wide variety of film genres. Throughout his career spanning over five decades, he has received multiple accolades, including an Academy Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a Golden Globe Award. Born in Memphis, Tennessee, Freeman was raised in Mississippi where he began acting in school plays. He studied theatre arts in Los Angeles and appeared in stage productions in his early career. He rose to fame in the 1970s for his role in the children's television series The Electric Company. Freeman then appeared in the Shakespearean plays Coriolanus and Julius Caesar, the former of which earned him an Obie Award. His breakout role was in Street Smart (1987), playing a hustler, which earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. He achieved further stardom in Glory, the biographical drama Lean on Me, and comedy-drama Driving Miss Daisy (all 1989), the latter of which garnered him his first Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. In 1992, Freeman starred alongside Clint Eastwood in the western revenge film Unforgiven; this would be the first of several collaborations with Eastwood. In 1994, he starred in the prison drama The Shawshank Redemption for which he received another Academy Award nomination. Freeman also starred in David Fincher's crime thriller Se7en (1995), and Steven Spielberg's historical drama Amistad (1997). Freeman won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Clint Eastwood's 2004 sports drama Million Dollar Baby. In 2009, he received his fifth Oscar nomination for playing former South African President Nelson Mandela in Eastwood's Invictus. Freeman is also known for his performance as Lucius Fox in Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Trilogy (2005–2012). In addition to acting, Freeman has directed the drama Bopha! (1993). He also founded film production company Revelations Entertainment with business partner Lori McCreary. He is the recipient of the Kennedy Center Honor, the AFI Life Achievement Award, the Cecil B. DeMille Award, and the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award. For his performances in theatrical productions, he has won three Obie Awards, one of the most prestigious honors for recognizing excellence in theatre.
The Shawshank Redemption
as Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding
Age 57 (now 89)
Now You See Me: Now You Don't
as Thaddeus Bradley
Age 88 (now 89)
761st Tank Battalion: The Original Black Panthers
Executive Producer
Age 86 (now 89) 761st Tank Battalion: The Original Black Panthers
as Self
Age 86 (now 89)
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
as Self (archive footage)
Age 85 (now 89)
The Minute You Wake Up Dead
as Sheriff Thurmond Fowler
Age 85 (now 89)
The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain
Executive Producer
Age 84 (now 89)
Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking
as Self
Age 84 (now 89)
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
as Self
Age 84 (now 89)
Morgan Freeman: Breaking Barriers
as Self
Age 83 (now 89)
Meeting the Beatles in India
as Narrator (voice)
Age 83 (now 89)
The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II
as Self
Age 82 (now 89)
Panama Canal: A Land Divided ~ A World United
as Self
Age 81 (now 89)
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
as Drosselmeyer
Age 81 (now 89)
Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies
as Self
Age 80 (now 89)
John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs
as Self
Age 80 (now 89)
The Words That Built America
as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
Age 80 (now 89)
March of the Penguins 2: The Next Step
as Narrator (English voice)
Age 79 (now 89)
JFK & LBJ: A Time for Greatness
as Narrator (voice)
Age 78 (now 89)
Island of Lemurs: Madagascar
as Narrator (voice)
Age 76 (now 89)
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
as Self
Age 75 (now 89)
The Editor and The Dragon: Horace Carter Fights the Klan
as Narrator (voice)
Age 75 (now 89)
B.B. King: The Life of Riley
as Narrator (voice)
Age 75 (now 89)
Le frontiere dell'Astronomia - EP-7 Vite aliene nel cosmo
as Narratore
Age 74 (now 89)
Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl
as Self
Age 74 (now 89)
The President's Photographer: Fifty Years Inside the Oval Office
as Narrator (voice)
Age 73 (now 89)
AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition
as Self
Age 70 (now 89)
The Electric Company's Greatest Hits & Bits
as Self
Age 69 (now 89)
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
as Self
Age 69 (now 89)
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
as Jaques (segment "As You Like It")
Age 68 (now 89)
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon
as Neil Armstrong (voice)
Age 68 (now 89)
Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast
as Self
Age 68 (now 89)
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
Age 67 (now 89)
The Hunting of the President
as Narrator (voice)
Age 66 (now 89)
Survivors of the Shoah: Visual History Foundation
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
as Self
Age 65 (now 89)
All on Accounta Pullin' a Trigger
as Self
Age 65 (now 89)
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
as Narrator (voice)
Age 63 (now 89)
Stephen King: Shining in the Dark
as Self
Age 62 (now 89)
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
as Self
Age 60 (now 89) Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
Thanks
Age 60 (now 89)
Blacklist: Hollywood on Trial
as Edward G. Robinson
Age 58 (now 89)
The Shawshank Redemption
as Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding
Age 57 (now 89)
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
as Self
Age 55 (now 89)
The True Story of Glory Continues
as Narrator (voice)
Age 54 (now 89)
Robin Hood: The Myth, the Man, the Movie
as Self
Age 54 (now 89)
The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry
as Narrator (voice)
Age 53 (now 89)
The Bonfire of the Vanities
as Judge Leonard White
Age 53 (now 89)
Rabbit Ears - The Savior is Born
as Narrator (voice)
Age 53 (now 89)
The Execution of Raymond Graham
as Warden Pratt
Age 48 (now 89)
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
as Grand Central Commuter (uncredited)
Age 31 (now 89) Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
as Grand Central Commuter
Age 31 (now 89)
Rob Reiner Interviews the Stars: Morgan Freeman
as Self
The Blues Live On! The Delta Blues Museum
as Narrator (voice)
100 Years of Warner Bros.
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Age 85 (now 89)
History's Greatest Escapes with Morgan Freeman
as Self - Host
Age 84 (now 89)
Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy
as Self
Age 84 (now 89)
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
as Morgan Freeman (voice)
Age 82 (now 89)
The Story of Us with Morgan Freeman
as Self - Host
Age 80 (now 89)
The Story of God with Morgan Freeman
as Self - Host
Age 78 (now 89)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
Age 78 (now 89)
Madam Secretary
as Chief Justice Wilbourne (uncredited)
Age 77 (now 89)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Guest
Age 76 (now 89)
Slavery and the Making of America
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Age 67 (now 89)
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
as Self
Age 67 (now 89)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
Age 56 (now 89)
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
as Narrator (voice)
Age 54 (now 89)
The Civil War
as Frederick Douglass / John Boston (voice)
Age 53 (now 89)
The Twilight Zone
as Tony (segment "Dealer's Choice")
Age 48 (now 89)
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
as Uncle Hammer
Age 41 (now 89)
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self
Age 35 (now 89)
The Electric Company
as Mark /Easy Reader /Mel Mounds /Count Dracula /Mad Scientist /The Cop /Marcello
Age 34 (now 89)
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Cecil B. DeMille Award Recipient
Age 6 (now 89)Gathering insights...
Also Known As
Morgan Porterfield Freeman Jr., Morgan J. Freeman
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