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