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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1937-06-01 (87 years old)

Place of Birth

Memphis, Tennessee, USA

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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Known For

Acting

2025

My Dead Friend Zoe as Dr. Cole
Now You See Me: Now You Don't as Thaddeus Bradley

2024

Gunner as Kendrick Ryker
How to Rob a Bank as Azeem (archive footage)
Odysseus Returns as Narrator
SBALKANU as (narrator)

2023

57 Seconds as Anton Burrell
A Good Person as Daniel
The Ritual Killer as Dr. Mackles
100 Years of Warner Bros. as Self - Narrator (voice)
Lioness as Secretary of State Edwin Mullins
The Muppets Mayhem as Morgan Freeman
Life on Our Planet as Self - Narrator (voice)

2022

The Minute You Wake Up Dead as Sheriff Thurmond Fowler
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend as Self (archive footage)
Sidney as Self
Power of Chi as Narrator (voice)
Our Universe as Self - Narrator (voice)

2021

Vanquish as Damon
Coming 2 America as Morgan Freeman
Solos as Stuart

2020

The Comeback Trail as Reggie Fontaine
Into Nature's Wild as Narrator (voice)
Meeting the Beatles in India as Narrator (voice)

2019

Angel Has Fallen as Alan Trumbull
Brian Banks as Jerome Johnson (uncredited)
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? as Morgan Freeman (voice)

2018

America's Musical Journey as Narrator (voice)

2017

Going in Style as Willie Davis
The Words That Built America as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence

2016

London Has Fallen as Alan Trumbull
Now You See Me 2 as Thaddeus Bradley
Ben-Hur as Sheik Ilderim
The C Word as Narrator (voice)

2015

Last Knights as Bartok
Ted 2 as Patrick Meighan
Momentum as Senator

2014

Transcendence as Joseph Tagger
The Lego Movie as Vitruvius (voice)
Island of Lemurs: Madagascar as Narrator (voice)
Lucy as Professor Samuel Norman
Dolphin Tale 2 as Dr. Cameron McCarthy
5 Flights Up as Alex Carver
We the People as Narrator (voice)
Wish Wizard as Maxwell Omni
Madam Secretary as Chief Justice Frawley

2013

Oblivion as Beech
Now You See Me as Thaddeus Bradley
Olympus Has Fallen as Alan Trumbull
Last Vegas as Archibald 'Archie' Clayton
JFK: A President Betrayed as Narrator (voice)

2012

The Magic of Belle Isle as Monte Wildhorn
B.B. King: The Life of Riley as Narrator (voice)
Honest Trailers as Lucius Fox (archive footage)

2011

Dolphin Tale as Dr. McCarthy
Born to Be Wild as Narrator (voice)
Breaking the Taboo as Narrator (voice)
Conan the Barbarian as Narrator (voice)
Curiosity as Self - Narrator (voice)

2010

RED as Joe Matheson
The Eastwood Factor as Self - Narrator (voice)
The 16th Man as Narrator (voice)
Through the Wormhole as Self - Host

2009

Invictus as Nelson Mandela
The Maiden Heist as Charles Peterson
Thick as Thieves as Keith Ripley
Prom Night in Mississippi as Narrator (voice)

2008

The Dark Knight as Lucius Fox
Wanted as Sloan
A Raisin in the Sun as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

2007

Gone Baby Gone as Jack Doyle
The Bucket List as Carter Chambers
Feast of Love as Harry Stevenson
All About Us as Self
The Graham Norton Show as Self - Guest

2006

The Contract as Frank Carden
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays as Jaques (segment "As You Like It")

2005

War of the Worlds as Narrator (voice)
Batman Begins as Lucius Fox
Unleashed as Sam
Edison as Ashford
An Unfinished Life as Mitch Bradley
Blues Divas as Self
Slavery and the Making of America as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Reichen Show as Self - Guest

2004

Million Dollar Baby as Eddie Scrap-Iron Dupris
The Hunting of the President as Narrator (voice)
The Big Bounce as Walter Crewes

2003

Levity as Miles Evans
Dreamcatcher as Col. Abraham Curtis
Guilty by Association as Lt. Redding

2002

The Sum of All Fears as DCI William Cabot
High Crimes as Charlie Grimes
Partners of the Heart as Narrator (voice)

2001

Along Came a Spider as Alex Cross

2000

Under Suspicion as Captain Victor Benezet
Nurse Betty as Charlie

1999

1998

Hard Rain as Jim
Deep Impact as President Tom Beck
Parkinson as Self

1997

Amistad as Theodore Joadson
Kiss the Girls as Det. Alex Cross
The Long Way Home as Narrator (voice)
The View as Self

1996

Chain Reaction as Paul Shannon
Cosmic Voyage as Narrator (voice)
Moll Flanders as Hibble
Inside the White House as Narrator (voice)
Blacklist: Hollywood on Trial as Edward G. Robinson

1995

Se7en as Somerset
Outbreak as General Billy Ford

1994

The Shawshank Redemption as Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding

1993

1992

Unforgiven as Ned Logan
The Power of One as Geel Piet

1991

Pebble Mill as Self

1990

Follow the Drinking Gourd as Narrator (voice)
The Bonfire of the Vanities as Judge Leonard White
The Earth Day Special as Walter Samson
The Civil War as Frederick Douglass

1989

Driving Miss Daisy as Hoke Colburn
Johnny Handsome as Lt. A.Z. Drones
Glory as Sgt. Maj. John Rawlins
Lean On Me as Principal Joe Clark

1988

Clinton and Nadine as Dorsey Pratt
American Experience as Narrator (voice)

1987

Street Smart as Leo "Fast Black" Smalls, Jr.
Fight for Life as Dr. Sherard

1986

Resting Place as Luther Johnson
American Masters as Narrator (voice)

1985

Marie: A True Story as Charles Traughber
The Twilight Zone as Tony (segment "Dealer's Choice")

1984

Teachers as Lewis
Harry & Son as Siemanowski

1981

Eyewitness as Lieutenant Black
Death of a Prophet as Malcolm X
The Marva Collins Story as Clarence Collins

1980

Brubaker as Walter
Attica as Hap Richards

1979

Hollow Image as Sweet Talk

1978

1975

Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)

1974

Out to Lunch as Self / Croupier
Spidey Super Stories as Easy Reader
Spidey Super Stories as Count Dracula
Spidey Super Stories as Police officer

1973

Blade as Chris

1971

The Electric Company as Count Dracula
The Electric Company as Mad Scientist
The Electric Company as Easy Reader
Great Performances as Messenger

1970

1968

Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? as Grand Central Commuter (uncredited)
60 Minutes as Self

1966

A Man Called Adam as Party Guest (uncredited)

1965

The Pawnbroker as Man on Street (Uncredited)

1956

Tony Awards as Self - Performer

1953

The Oscars as Self - Presenter

1952

Today as Self

1951

1944

Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter
Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee
Golden Globe Awards as Self - Cecil B. DeMille Award Recipient

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Sniff as Joe Mulwray
Hate to See You Go as Sonny Bell
CLINT as Narrator (voice)
The Promised Land as Narrator (voice)

Production

2024

In Our Blood as Executive Producer

2022

2021

2014

5 Flights Up as Producer
Madam Secretary as Executive Producer

2010

The 16th Man as Producer
Through the Wormhole as Executive Producer

2009

Invictus as Executive Producer

2003

Levity as Executive Producer

2001

Along Came a Spider as Executive Producer

2000

Under Suspicion as Executive Producer

1999

Mutiny as Executive Producer

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Hate to See You Go as Producer
Last Meals as Producer
The Gray House as Executive Producer

Directing

2014

Madam Secretary as Director

1993

Bopha! as Director

Crew