Morgan Freeman
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.
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Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1937-06-01
Place of birth
Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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Cast
Unforgiven
1992
7.90
Million Dollar Baby
2004
7.96
War of the Worlds
2005
6.51
The Dark Knight
2008
8.52
Lucky Number Slevin
2006
7.48
Batman Begins
2005
7.71
The Shawshank Redemption
1994
8.71
Bruce Almighty
2003
6.72
Driving Miss Daisy
1989
7.24
Johnny Handsome
1989
6.30
Sniff
0.00
Along Came a Spider
2001
6.33
The Contract
2006
5.71
Brubaker
1980
7.06
Unleashed
2005
6.92
Se7en
1995
8.38
Under Suspicion
2000
6.10
Edison
2005
5.30
10 Items or Less
2006
6.20
An Unfinished Life
2005
6.80
Evan Almighty
2007
5.58
Nurse Betty
2000
6.04
The Sum of All Fears
2002
6.36
Gone Baby Gone
2007
7.31
Levity
2003
6.20
Hard Rain
1998
5.85
Invictus
2009
7.18
High Crimes
2002
6.36
The Bucket List
2007
7.18
Follow the Drinking Gourd
1990
0.00
Dreamcatcher
2003
5.60
Outbreak
1995
6.56
Teachers
1984
5.60
The Maiden Heist
2009
5.64
Amistad
1997
7.03
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
1991
6.86
Eyewitness
1981
5.58
Deep Impact
1998
6.22
Chain Reaction
1996
5.80
Wanted
2008
6.52
The Hunting of the President
2004
5.75
Kiss the Girls
1997
6.53
A Concert for Hurricane Relief
2005
0.00
The Big Bounce
2004
4.90
The Bonfire of the Vanities
1990
5.58
Glory
1989
7.47
The People Speak
2009
6.90
Cosmic Voyage
1996
7.10
The Power of One
1992
7.50
Death of a Prophet
1981
4.40
Clean and Sober
1988
6.30
Feast of Love
2007
6.20
Lean On Me
1989
7.28
Thick as Thieves
2009
5.97
Street Smart
1987
5.90
Gunner
2024
5.40
Prom Night in Mississippi
2009
6.90
Dolphin Tale
2011
6.92
Guilty by Association
2003
2.90
That Was Then... This Is Now
1985
5.80
RED
2010
6.70
The Dark Knight Rises
2012
7.78
Betty White: A Celebration
2022
8.00
Moll Flanders
1996
6.10
Born to Be Wild
2011
7.00
Resting Place
1986
6.19
The Minute You Wake Up Dead
2022
5.29
Harry & Son
1984
5.90
Oblivion
2013
6.65
Now You See Me
2013
7.33
57 Seconds
2023
6.12
Paradise Highway
2022
5.92
Marie: A True Story
1985
5.70
Breaking the Taboo
2011
7.10
The Magic of Belle Isle
2012
7.00
Clinton and Nadine
1988
3.80
Inside the White House
1996
7.30
The Long Way Home
1997
7.10
The Eastwood Factor
2010
6.00
The Execution of Raymond Graham
1985
6.60
Blacklist: Hollywood on Trial
1996
0.00
Olympus Has Fallen
2013
6.40
Transcendence
2014
6.04
B.B. King: The Life of Riley
2012
6.90
Last Vegas
2013
6.41
The Lego Movie
2014
7.42
The Marva Collins Story
1981
7.40
JFK: A President Betrayed
2013
7.50
Island of Lemurs: Madagascar
2014
6.10
Lucy
2014
6.46
Dolphin Tale 2
2014
6.90
Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot
2013
5.70
Attica
1980
5.70
London Has Fallen
2016
6.21
Fight for Life
1987
5.70
5 Flights Up
2014
6.00
We the People
2014
3.50
Wish Wizard
2014
3.70
Blues Divas
2005
6.00
Now You See Me 2
2016
6.82
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
1978
8.00
Night of 100 Stars III
1990
4.00
Echoes 'Cross the Tracks
2012
6.00
Ben-Hur
2016
5.75
My Dead Friend Zoe
2025
6.73
Last Knights
2015
6.40
Ted 2
2015
6.31
Momentum
2015
5.67
Going in Style
2017
6.71
Die Clint Eastwood Story
2018
6.00
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
2022
7.40
Clint Eastwood's West
2011
6.00
Genius. A Night for Ray Charles
2004
7.20
Sidney
2022
7.53
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
2005
0.00
Now You See Me: Now You Don't
2025
0.00
Declaration of Independence
2003
10.00
Just Getting Started
2017
4.90
How to Rob a Bank
2024
6.62
The C Word
2016
6.80
The Earth Day Special
1990
8.00
Caught in the Middle
1970
0.00
The Gospel at Colonus
1985
0.00
Out to Lunch
1974
6.00
Odysseus Returns
2024
0.00
Conan the Barbarian
2011
5.30
Blade
1973
5.20
Angel Has Fallen
2019
6.59
The Words That Built America
2017
6.00
A Raisin in the Sun
2008
6.20
Where the Water Meets the Sky
2008
6.00
The Poison Rose
2019
4.67
America's Musical Journey
2018
5.60
Shawshank: The Redeeming Feature
2001
8.34
Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard
2021
6.67
The Pawnbroker
1965
7.20
Partners of the Heart
2002
6.00
Brian Banks
2019
7.20
The Comeback Trail
2020
5.86
Ending the Knight
2012
7.20
The 16th Man
2010
6.80
Into Nature's Wild
2020
6.00
Meeting the Beatles in India
2020
6.50
Who Says I Can't Ride a Rainbow!
1971
6.00
A Man Called Adam
1966
6.40
JFK & LBJ: A Time for Greatness
2015
6.00
A Good Person
2023
7.07
Vanquish
2021
5.30
Coming 2 America
2021
6.38
All About Us
2007
4.40
Hollow Image
1979
6.00
The Ritual Killer
2023
5.80
Rabbit Ears - The Savior is Born
1990
4.00
CLINT
0.00
SBALKANU
2024
0.00
The Making of Se7en
1997
0.00
Power of Chi
2022
0.00
Igor Comes to America
2025
0.00