Morgan Freeman
Morgan Freeman 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.
Known for
The Dark Knight
Lucius Fox
The Shawshank Redemption
Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding
Lioness
Secretary of State Edwin Mullins
Se7en
Somerset
Tony Awards
Self - Performer
The Dark Knight Rises
Fox
Lucy
Professor Norman
Batman Begins
Lucius Fox
Great Performances
Messenger
Ted 2
Patrick Meighan
Madam Secretary
Chief Justice Frawley
Madam Secretary
Chief Justice Wilbourne (uncredited)
Bruce Almighty
God
War of the Worlds
Narrator (voice)
Oblivion
Beech
American Experience
Narrator (voice)
Now You See Me
Thaddeus Bradley
The Twilight Zone
Tony (segment "Dealer's Choice")
Deep Impact
President Tom Beck
The Oscars
Self - Presenter
The Oscars
Self
American Masters
Narrator (voice)
Now You See Me 2
Thaddeus Bradley
Million Dollar Baby
Eddie Scrap-Iron Dupris
Coming 2 America
Morgan Freeman
Wanted
Sloan
Now You See Me: Now You Don't
Thaddeus Bradley
Olympus Has Fallen
Alan Trumbull
The Lego Movie
Vitruvius (voice)
Conan the Barbarian
Narrator (voice)
Angel Has Fallen
Alan Trumbull
Unforgiven
Ned Logan
Lucky Number Slevin
The Boss
RED
Joe Matheson
London Has Fallen
Alan Trumbull
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
Azeem
30 for 30
Transcendence
Joseph Tagger
The Kennedy Center Honors
Self
Going in Style
Willie Davis
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
Morgan Freeman (voice)
The Ritual Killer
Dr. Mackles
57 Seconds
Anton Burrell
Outbreak
General Billy Ford
Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast
Self
Unleashed
Sam
Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard
Senior
Along Came a Spider
Alex Cross
An Unfinished Life
Mitch Bradley
Into Nature's Wild
Narrator (voice)
Dreamcatcher
Col. Abraham Curtis
Rabbit Ears - The Savior is Born
Narrator (voice)
Evan Almighty
God
Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking
Self
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
Drosselmeyer
The Bucket List
Carter Chambers
Gunner
Kendrick Ryker
HBO First Look
JFK & LBJ: A Time for Greatness
Narrator (voice)
Vanquish
Damon
Momentum
Senator
The Sum of All Fears
DCI William Cabot
Odysseus Returns
Narrator
The Comeback Trail
Reggie Fontaine
Invictus
Nelson Mandela
Kiss the Girls
Det. Alex Cross
America's Musical Journey
Narrator (voice)
Lean On Me
Principal Joe Clark
JFK: A President Betrayed
Narrator (voice)
Brian Banks
Jerome Johnson (uncredited)
The Execution of Raymond Graham
Warden Pratt
Prom Night in Mississippi
Narrator (voice)
Glory
Sgt. Maj. John Rawlins
The True Story of Glory Continues
Narrator (voice)
Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl
Self
Chain Reaction
Paul Shannon
Genius. A Night for Ray Charles
Self
The Long Way Home
Narrator (voice)
The Making of Se7en
Self
Ending the Knight
Self
The Magic of Belle Isle
Monte Wildhorn
Through the Wormhole
Self - Host
Feast of Love
Harry Stevenson
Panama Canal in 3D a Land Divided a World United
Self
The Power of One
Geel Piet
High Crimes
Charlie Grimes
CLINT
Narrator (voice)
Just Getting Started
Duke
100 Years of Warner Bros.
Self - Narrator (voice)
Last Vegas
Archibald 'Archie' Clayton
The Story of God with Morgan Freeman
Self - Host
The Muppets Mayhem
Morgan Freeman
Sidney
Self
Gone Baby Gone
Jack Doyle
Morgan Freeman: Breaking Barriers
Self
The Contract
Frank Carden
Power of Chi
Narrator (voice)
Cosmic Voyage
Narrator (voice)
Solos
Narrator (voice)
Solos
Stuart
The Hunting of the President
Narrator (voice)
Where the Water Meets the Sky
Teachers
Lewis
The Gospel at Colonus
Messenger
Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot
Self
Driving Miss Daisy
Hoke Colburn
Stephen King: Shining in the Dark
Self
Number One on the Call Sheet
Self
The Blues Live On! The Delta Blues Museum
Narrator (voice)
B.B. King: The Life of Riley
Narrator (voice)
Echoes 'Cross the Tracks
Self
Nurse Betty
Charlie
Ben-Hur
Sheik Ilderim
Wish Wizard
Maxwell Omni
Harry & Son
Siemanowski
Dolphin Tale 2
Dr. Cameron McCarthy
Life on Our Planet
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Big Bounce
Walter Crewes
Sniff
Joe Mulwray
The Bonfire of the Vanities
Judge Leonard White
How to Rob a Bank
Azeem (archive footage)
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
Self (archive footage)
The Marva Collins Story
Clarence Collins
The 16th Man
Narrator (voice)
Die Clint Eastwood Story
Self
Johnny Handsome
Lt. A.Z. Drones
Under Suspicion
Captain Victor Benezet
Street Smart
Leo "Fast Black" Smalls, Jr.
Levity
Miles Evans
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self
A Raisin in the Sun
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon
Neil Armstrong (voice)
Hard Rain
Jim
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
Narrator (voice)
Moll Flanders
Hibble
The Minute You Wake Up Dead
Sheriff Thurmond Fowler
Paradise Highway
Gerick
Fight for Life
Dr. Sherard
The Civil War
Frederick Douglass
The Electric Company
Count Dracula
The Electric Company
Mad Scientist
The Electric Company
Easy Reader
The Poison Rose
Doc
Thick as Thieves
Keith Ripley
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
Self
All on Accounta Pullin' a Trigger
Self
The Chris Rock Show
Blacklist: Hollywood on Trial
Edward G. Robinson
The Maiden Heist
Charles Peterson
Death of a Prophet
Malcolm X
Eyewitness
Lieutenant Black
The Editor and The Dragon: Horace Carter Fights the Klan
Narrator (voice)
Marie: A True Story
Charles Traughber
Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy
Self
The Electric Company's Greatest Hits & Bits
Self
Clean and Sober
Craig
Last Knights
Bartok
Betty White: A Celebration
Self
Hollow Image
Sweet Talk
A Good Person
Daniel
Island of Lemurs: Madagascar
Narrator (voice)
Dolphin Tale
Dr. McCarthy
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Clarence
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Luther
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
Narrator (Voice)
Curiosity
Self - Narrator (voice)
Declaration of Independence
Self
Blade
Chris
That Was Then... This Is Now
Charlie Woods
Brubaker
Walter
The People Speak
Self
The Earth Day Special
Walter Samson
Blues Divas
Self
Robin Hood: The Myth, the Man, the Movie
Self
Our Universe
Self - Narrator (voice)
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
Self
The Eastwood Factor
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Atlanta Child Murders
Ben Shelter
Night of 100 Stars III
Self
Born to Be Wild
Narrator (voice)
Out to Lunch
Self / Croupier
Resting Place
Luther Johnson
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
Self
Spidey Super Stories
Easy Reader
Spidey Super Stories
Count Dracula
Spidey Super Stories
Police officer
Spidey Super Stories
Umpire
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
Self
10 Items or Less
'Him'
History's Greatest Escapes with Morgan Freeman
Self - Host
Edison
Ashford
All About Us
Self
A Man Called Adam
Party Guest (uncredited)
My Dead Friend Zoe
Dr. Cole
America Beyond the Color Line
Self
Slavery and the Making of America
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Story of Us with Morgan Freeman
Self - Host
The Pawnbroker
Man on Street (Uncredited)
Follow the Drinking Gourd
Narrator (voice)
The Promised Land
Narrator (voice)
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Uncle Hammer
The C Word
Narrator (voice)
March of the Penguins 2: The Next Step
Narrator (English voice)
Amistad
Theodore Joadson
Clinton and Nadine
Dorsey Pratt
The Words That Built America
Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
Survivors of the Shoah: Visual History Foundation
The President's Photographer: Fifty Years Inside the Oval Office
Narrator (voice)
5 Flights Up
Alex Carver
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
Grand Central Commuter (uncredited)
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
Grand Central Commuter
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Uncle Hammer
Clint Eastwood : la légende
Self
The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II
Self
Who Says I Can't Ride a Rainbow!
Afro
Le frontiere dell'Astronomia - EP-7 Vite aliene nel cosmo
Narratore
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
Self
SBALKANU
(narrator)
John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs
Self
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
Self
Meeting the Beatles in India
Narrator (voice)
Hate to See You Go
Sonny Bell
Clint Eastwood's West
Self
Shawshank: The Redeeming Feature
Self
AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition
Self
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
Jaques (segment "As You Like It")
Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies
Self
Breaking the Taboo
Narrator (voice)
Guilty by Association
Lt. Redding
Inside the White House
Narrator (voice)
Attica
Hap Richards
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
Self
For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots
Self (voice)
Born to Fight
Self
Energy Crisis
Self
761st Tank Battalion: The Original Black Panthers
Self
The Little Bedroom
We the People
Narrator (voice)
Partners of the Heart
Narrator (voice)
Caught in the Middle
James Lipton Takes on Three
Self
The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry
Narrator (voice)
The Daily Show
Self
The Graham Norton Show
Self
The Graham Norton Show
Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
Saturday Night Live
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
Golden Globe Awards
Self
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Cecil B. DeMille Award Recipient
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self
60 Minutes
Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
CBS News Sunday Morning
Self
The View
Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Reichen Show
Self - Guest
Parkinson
Self
Goldene Kamera Verleihung
Self
Pebble Mill
Self
The Jay Leno Show
Self
Today
Self
Inside the Actors Studio
Self
Live from Studio Five
Self