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Morgan Freeman
Actor, Producer, DirectorBorn June 1, 1937 (87 years)
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.
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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.
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| 2025 | Now You See Me: Now You Don't · as Thaddeus Bradley |
| 2024 | My Dead Friend Zoe · as Dr. Cole |
| 2024 | Gunner · as Kendrick Ryker |
| 2024 | How to Rob a Bank · as Azeem (archive Footage) |
| 2024 | Odysseus Returns (TV Series) · as Homer |
| 2024 | Odysseus Returns · as Narrator |
| 2023 | 57 Seconds · as Anton Burrell |
| 2023 | Lioness (TV Series) · as Secretary Of State Edwin Mullins |
| 2023 | A Good Person · as Daniel |
| 2023 | The Ritual Killer · as Dr. Mackles |
| 2022 | The Minute You Wake up Dead · as Sheriff Thurmond Fowler |
| 2022 | Paradise Highway · as Gerick |
| 2022 | Power of Chi · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2021 | Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard · as Senior |
| 2021 | Solos (TV Series) · as Stuart |
| 2021 | Vanquish · as Damon |
| 2020 | The Comeback Trail · as Reggie Fontaine |
| 2020 | Fast Times at Ridgemont High Table Read · as Narrator |
| 2020 | Meeting the Beatles in India · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2020 | Into America's Wild · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2019 | Angel Has Fallen · as Alan Trumbull |
| 2019 | The Movies (TV Series) · as Actor, Unforgiven |
| 2019 | Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? (TV Series) · as Morgan Freeman (voice) |
| 2019 | The Poison Rose · as Doc |
| 2018 | Brian Banks · as Jerome Johnson (uncredited) |
| 2018 | America's Musical Journey · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2018 | The Nutcracker and the Four Realms · as Drosselmeyer |
| 2018 | Alpha · as Narrator |
| 2017 | Just Getting Started · as Duke |
| 2017 | Going in Style · as Willie Davis |
| 2017 | |
| 2017 | Deep in the Heart of Texas: Dave Chappelle Live at Austin City Limits · as Opening Narrator |
| 2017 | March of the Penguins 2: The Next Step · as Narrator |
| 2016 | The C Word · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2016 | Ben-Hur · as Sheik Ilderim |
| 2016 | Now You See Me 2 · as Thaddeus Bradley |
| 2016 | London Has Fallen · as Alan Trumbull |
| 2015 | Momentum · as Senator |
| 2015 | JFK & LBJ: A Time for Greatness · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2015 | Ted 2 · as Patrick Meighan |
| 2015 | Last Knights · as Bartok |
| 2014 | Madam Secretary (TV Series) · as Chief Justice Wilbourne |
| 2014 | Dolphin Tale 2 · as Dr. Cameron Mccarthy |
| 2014 | Island of Lemurs: Madagascar · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2014 | Lucy · as Professor Samuel Norman |
| 2014 | 5 Flights Up · as Alex Carver |
| 2014 | Transcendence · as Joseph Tagger |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (TV Series) |
| 2014 | The Lego Movie · as Vitruvius (voice) |
| 2013 | JFK: A President Betrayed · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2013 | Last Vegas · as Archibald 'archie' Clayton |
| 2013 | Now You See Me · as Thaddeus Bradley |
| 2013 | Oblivion · as Beech |
| 2013 | Olympus Has Fallen · as Alan Trumbull |
| 2012 | B.B. King: The Life of Riley · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2012 | The Dark Knight Rises · as Fox |
| 2012 | The Magic of Belle Isle · as Monte Wildhorn |
| 2012 | Honest Trailers (TV Series) · as Lucius Fox (archive Footage) |
| 2011 | Dolphin Tale · as Dr. Mccarthy |
| 2011 | Conan the Barbarian · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2011 | Quebrando o Tabu · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2011 | Born to Be Wild · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2010 | I Am · as Cast |
| 2010 | The President's Photographer: Fifty Years Inside the Oval Office · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2010 | Red · as Joe Matheson |
| 2010 | The 16th Man · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2009 | Invictus · as Nelson Mandela |
| 2009 | 30 for 30 (TV Series) |
| 2009 | The Maiden Heist · as Charles Peterson |
| 2009 | Prom Night in Mississippi · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2009 | |
| 2008 | The Dark Knight · as Lucius Fox |
| 2008 | Wanted · as Sloan |
| 2008 | A Raisin in the Sun · as Narrator (voice) (uncredited) |
| 2007 | The Bucket List · as Carter Chambers |
| 2007 | Gone Baby Gone · as Jack Doyle |
| 2007 | Feast of Love · as Harry Stevenson |
| 2007 | Evan Almighty · as God |
| 2007 | A Journey Through American Music (TV Series) · as Host |
| 2006 | The Contract · as Frank Carden |
| 2006 | 10 Items or Less · as 'him' |
| 2006 | Lucky Number Slevin · as The Boss |
| 2005 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon · as Neil Armstrong (voice) |
| 2005 | An Unfinished Life · as Mitch Bradley |
| 2005 | |
| 2005 | War of the Worlds · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2005 | Batman Begins · as Lucius Fox |
| 2005 | Unleashed · as Sam |
| 2005 | March of the Penguins · as Narrator |
| 2005 | The Challenge of Freedom · as Narrator |
| 2004 | Million Dollar Baby · as Eddie Scrap-Iron Dupris |
| 2004 | The Hunting of the President · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2004 | The Big Bounce · as Walter Crewes |
| 2004 | Rameses: Wrath of God or Man? · as Narrator |
| 2003 | Freedom: A History of Us (TV Series) · as Frederick Douglass |
| 2003 | Levity · as Miles Evans |
| 2003 | Guilty by Association · as Lt. Redding |
| 2003 | Bruce Almighty · as God |
| 2003 | Dreamcatcher · as Col. Abraham Curtis |
| 2002 | Partners of the Heart · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2002 | The Sum of All Fears · as Dci William Cabot |
| 2002 | High Crimes · as Charlie Grimes |
| 2001 | Along Came a Spider · as Alex Cross |
| 2000 | Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2000 | Nurse Betty · as Charlie |
| 2000 | Under Suspicion · as Captain Victor Benezet |
| 1998 | Deep Impact · as President Tom Beck |
| 1998 | Hard Rain · as Jim |
| 1997 | Amistad · as Theodore Joadson |
| 1997 | Kiss the Girls · as Det. Alex Cross |
| 1997 | The Long Way Home · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1997 | The Chris Rock Show (TV Series) |
| 1996 | Cosmic Voyage · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1996 | Chain Reaction · as Paul Shannon |
| 1996 | Moll Flanders · as Hibble |
| 1995 | Se7en · as Somerset |
| 1995 | Outbreak · as General Billy Ford |
| 1995 | Inside the White House · as Narrator |
| 1994 | The Shawshank Redemption · as Ellis Boyd 'red' Redding |
| 1992 | Unforgiven · as Ned Logan |
| 1992 | HBO First Look (TV Series) |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series) |
| 1992 | Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories (TV Series) · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1992 | The Power of One · as Geel Piet |
| 1991 | The True Story of Glory Continues · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1991 | Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves · as Azeem |
| 1990 | The Bonfire of the Vanities · as Judge Leonard White |
| 1990 | The Civil War (TV Series) · as Frederick Douglass |
| 1990 | The Earth Day Special · as Walter Samson |
| 1989 | Glory · as Sgt. Maj. John Rawlins |
| 1989 | Driving Miss Daisy · as Hoke Colburn |
| 1989 | Johnny Handsome · as Lt. A.z. Drones |
| 1989 | Lean on Me · as Principal Joe Clark |
| 1988 | American Experience (TV Series) · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark (TV Series) |
| 1988 | Clean and Sober · as Craig |
| 1988 | Blood Money · as Dorsey Pratt |
| 1987 | Fight for Life · as Dr. Sherard |
| 1987 | Street Smart · as Leo "fast Black" Smalls, Jr. |
| 1986 | Resting Place · as Luther Johnson |
| 1985 | The Execution of Raymond Graham · as Warden Pratt |
| 1985 | That Was Then... This Is Now · as Charlie Woods |
| 1985 | American Masters (TV Series) · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1985 | Marie · as Charles Traughber |
| 1985 | The Twilight Zone (1985) (TV Series) · as Tony (segment "dealer's Choice") |
| 1985 | The Atlanta Child Murders (TV Series) · as Ben Shelter |
| 1984 | Teachers · as Lewis |
| 1984 | Harry & Son · as Siemanowski |
| 1982 | Artists at Work · as Narrator |
| 1981 | The Marva Collins Story · as Clarence Collins |
| 1981 | Eyewitness · as Lieutenant Black |
| 1981 | Death of a Prophet · as Malcolm X |
| 1980 | Brubaker · as Walter |
| 1980 | Texas (TV Series) · as Detective Michaels |
| 1980 | Palmerstown, U.S.A. (TV Series) · as Mailman |
| 1980 | Attica · as Hap Richards |
| 1979 | Hollow Image · as Sweet Talk |
| 1979 | Coriolanus · as Coriolanus |
| 1979 | Julius Caesar · as Casca |
| 1978 | Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry · as Uncle Hammer |
| 1976 | Visions (1976) (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1975 | Ryan's Hope (TV Series) · as Cicero Murphy |
| 1973 | Blade · as Chris |
| 1971 | Who Says I Can't Ride a Rainbow! · as Afro |
| 1971 | The Electric Company (TV Series) · as Easy Reader |
| 1971 | Great Performances (TV Series) · as Messenger |
| 1969 | Sesame Street (TV Series) · as Easy Reader |
| 1968 | Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? · as Grand Central Commuter |
| 1966 | A Man Called Adam · as Party Guest (uncredited) |
| 1964 | The Pawnbroker · as Man On Street (uncredited) |
| 1964 | Another World (TV Series) · as Dr. Roy Bingham |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall Of Fame (TV Series) · as Luther |
Sniff · as Joe Mulwray |