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Morgan Freeman
Morgan Freeman

Morgan Freeman

ActingBorn June 1, 1937 (age 89)Memphis, Tennessee, USA

Biography

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.

Filmography

2026
The Dinosaurs

as Self - Narrator (voice)

TV
2025TV
2025Movie
2025
The Power of Chi

as (narrator)

Movie
2024
From the Balkans

as (narrator)

Movie
2024
Gunner

as Kendrick Ryker

Movie
2024Movie
2024
Odysseus Returns

as Narrator

Movie
2023
Life on Our Planet

as Self - Narrator (voice)

TV
2023
57 Seconds

as Anton Burrell

Movie
2023
Lioness

as Secretary of State Edwin Mullins

TV
2023
100 Years of Warner Bros.

as Self - Narrator (voice)

TV
2023
The Muppets Mayhem

as Morgan Freeman

TV
2023
A Good Person

as Daniel

Movie
2023
The Ritual Killer

as Dr. Mackles

Movie
2022
Our Universe

as Self - Narrator (voice)

TV
2022
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2022
The Minute You Wake Up Dead

as Sheriff Thurmond Fowler

Movie
2022TV
2022
Sidney

as Self

Movie
2022Movie
2022
Power of Chi

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
2021Movie
2021
Solos

as Narrator (voice)

TV
2021
Solos

as Stuart

TV
2021
Vanquish

as Damon

Movie
2021
Coming 2 America

as Morgan Freeman

Movie
2020
The Comeback Trail

as Reggie Fontaine

Movie
2020
Meeting the Beatles in India

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
2020
Into Nature's Wild

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
2019
Angel Has Fallen

as Alan Trumbull

Movie
2019
Brian Banks

as Jerome Johnson (uncredited)

Movie
2019
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?

as Morgan Freeman (voice)

TV
2019Movie
2018Movie
2018
America's Musical Journey

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
2018Movie
2017Movie
2017
The Words That Built America

as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence

Movie
2017
Going in Style

as Willie Davis

Movie
2017
March of the Penguins 2: The Next Step

as Narrator (English voice)

Movie
2016
Ben-Hur

as Sheik Ilderim

Movie
2016
The C Word

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
2016
Now You See Me 2

as Thaddeus Bradley

Movie
2016
London Has Fallen

as Alan Trumbull

Movie
2015
Momentum

as Senator

Movie
2015Movie
2015
Ted 2

as Patrick Meighan

Movie
2015
Last Knights

as Bartok

Movie
2014
Madam Secretary

as Chief Justice Frawley

TV
2014
Madam Secretary

as Chief Justice Wilbourne (uncredited)

TV
2014
Dolphin Tale 2

as Dr. Cameron McCarthy

Movie
2014
Lucy

as Professor Norman

Movie
2014
5 Flights Up

as Alex Carver

Movie
2014
Wish Wizard

as Maxwell Omni

Movie
2014
Transcendence

as Joseph Tagger

Movie
2014
Island of Lemurs: Madagascar

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
2014
The Lego Movie

as Vitruvius (voice)

Movie
2014
We the People

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
2013
JFK: A President Betrayed

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
2013
Last Vegas

as Archibald 'Archie' Clayton

Movie
2013
Now You See Me

as Thaddeus Bradley

Movie
2013
Oblivion

as Beech

Movie
2013
Olympus Has Fallen

as Alan Trumbull

Movie
2012Movie
2012
B.B. King: The Life of Riley

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
2012Movie
2012
The Magic of Belle Isle

as Monte Wildhorn

Movie
2012Movie
2011
Dolphin Tale

as Dr. McCarthy

Movie
2011
Conan the Barbarian

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
2011
Curiosity

as Self - Narrator (voice)

TV
2011Movie
2011
Breaking the Taboo

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
2011
Born to Be Wild

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
2010
RED

as Joe Matheson

Movie
2010
Through the Wormhole

as Self - Host

TV
2010
The 16th Man

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
2010
The Eastwood Factor

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Movie
2009Movie
2009
Invictus

as Nelson Mandela

Movie
2009TV
2009TV
2009
The Maiden Heist

as Charles Peterson

Movie
2009
Prom Night in Mississippi

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
2009
Thick as Thieves

as Keith Ripley

Movie
2008
The Dark Knight

as Lucius Fox

Movie
2008
The Love Guru

as Morgan Freemann (voice) (uncredited)

Movie
2008
Wanted

as Sloan

Movie
2008
A Raisin in the Sun

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Movie
2007
The Bucket List

as Carter Chambers

Movie
2007Movie
2007
Feast of Love

as Harry Stevenson

Movie
2007
Gone Baby Gone

as Jack Doyle

Movie
2007Movie
2006Movie
2006Movie
2006
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

as Jaques (segment "As You Like It")

Movie
2006
The Contract

as Frank Carden

Movie
2006Movie
2005
The Reichen Show

as Self - Guest

TV
2005Movie
2005
An Unfinished Life

as Mitch Bradley

Movie
2005
Edison

as Ashford

Movie
2005Movie
2005
War of the Worlds

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
2005
Batman Begins

as Lucius Fox

Movie
2005
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2005
Slavery and the Making of America

as Self - Narrator (voice)

TV
2005
Unleashed

as Sam

Movie
2005Movie
2005Movie
2004
Million Dollar Baby

as Eddie Scrap-Iron Dupris

Movie
2004
The Hunting of the President

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
2004
The Big Bounce

as Walter Crewes

Movie
2003
Guilty by Association

as Lt. Redding

Movie
2003Movie
2003
Dreamcatcher

as Col. Abraham Curtis

Movie
2003
Levity

as Miles Evans

Movie
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Self - Guest

TV
2002
Partners of the Heart

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
2002
The Sum of All Fears

as DCI William Cabot

Movie
2002
High Crimes

as Charlie Grimes

Movie
2001
Along Came a Spider

as Alex Cross

Movie
2000Movie
2000
Nurse Betty

as Charlie

Movie
2000
Under Suspicion

as Captain Victor Benezet

Movie
1999TV
1998
Deep Impact

as President Tom Beck

Movie
1998
Hard Rain

as Jim

Movie
1998
Parkinson

as Self

TV
1997
Amistad

as Theodore Joadson

Movie
1997
Kiss the Girls

as Det. Alex Cross

Movie
1997
The Long Way Home

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
1997
The View

as Self

TV
1997Movie
1996
Cosmic Voyage

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
1996
Chain Reaction

as Paul Shannon

Movie
1996TV
1996
Moll Flanders

as Hibble

Movie
1996
Blacklist: Hollywood on Trial

as Edward G. Robinson

Movie
1996
Inside the White House

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
1995
Se7en

as Somerset

Movie
1995
Outbreak

as General Billy Ford

Movie
1994
The Shawshank Redemption

as Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding

Movie
1993TV
1992
Unforgiven

as Ned Logan

Movie
1992TV
1992
The Power of One

as Geel Piet

Movie
1991TV
1991Movie
1991Movie
1990
The Bonfire of the Vanities

as Judge Leonard White

Movie
1990
The Civil War

as Frederick Douglass / John Boston (voice)

TV
1990
Follow the Drinking Gourd

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
1990Movie
1990Movie
1990
The Earth Day Special

as Walter Samson

Movie
1989
Glory

as Sgt. Maj. John Rawlins

Movie
1989
Driving Miss Daisy

as Hoke Colburn

Movie
1989
Johnny Handsome

as Lt. A.Z. Drones

Movie
1989
Lean On Me

as Principal Joe Clark

Movie
1988
American Experience

as Narrator (voice)

TV
1988Movie
1988
Clinton and Nadine

as Dorsey Pratt

Movie
1987
Fight for Life

as Dr. Sherard

Movie
1987
Street Smart

as Leo "Fast Black" Smalls, Jr.

Movie
1986
American Masters

as Narrator (voice)

TV
1986
Resting Place

as Luther Johnson

Movie
1985Movie
1985Movie
1985Movie
1985
Marie: A True Story

as Charles Traughber

Movie
1985
The Twilight Zone

as Tony (segment "Dealer's Choice")

TV
1985TV
1984
Teachers

as Lewis

Movie
1984
Harry & Son

as Siemanowski

Movie
1984TV
1981
The Marva Collins Story

as Clarence Collins

Movie
1981
Eyewitness

as Lieutenant Black

Movie
1981
Death of a Prophet

as Malcolm X

Movie
1980
Brubaker

as Walter

Movie
1980
Attica

as Hap Richards

Movie
1979
Hollow Image

as Sweet Talk

Movie
1978Movie
1978TV
1975
Saturday Night Live

as Self - Cameo (uncredited)

TV
1974
Out to Lunch

as Self / Croupier

Movie
1974
Spidey Super Stories

as Police officer

TV
1974TV
1974
Spidey Super Stories

as Count Dracula

TV
1974
Spidey Super Stories

as Easy Reader

TV
1974Movie
1973
Blade

as Chris

Movie
1971
The Electric Company

as Mark /Easy Reader /Mel Mounds /Count Dracula /Mad Scientist /The Cop /Marcello

TV
1971
Great Performances

as Messenger

TV
1968
60 Minutes

as Self

TV
1968
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?

as Grand Central Commuter (uncredited)

Movie
1968Movie
1966
A Man Called Adam

as Party Guest (uncredited)

Movie
1965
The Pawnbroker

as Man on Street (Uncredited)

Movie
1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Performer

TV
1953
The Oscars

as Self - Presenter

TV
1953
The Oscars

as Self

TV
1952
Today

as Self

TV
1951TV
1951TV
1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Presenter

TV
1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee

TV
1944TV
1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Cecil B. DeMille Award Recipient

TV
Sniff

as Joe Mulwray

Movie
Hate to See You Go

as Sonny Bell

Movie
CLINT

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
The Promised Land

as Narrator (voice)

TV

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayJune 1, 1937
Place of BirthMemphis, Tennessee, USA
Popularity7.5