Morgan Freeman
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 1, 1937 (age 89)
- Birthplace
- 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.
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Filmography
Sniff
Movie · as Joe Mulwray
The Blues Live On! The Delta Blues Museum
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
The Little Bedroom
Movie
Hate to See You Go
Movie · as Sonny Bell
A New Birth of Freedom
Movie · as Narrator
The Promised Land
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 5 eps
Rode to Ruin
Movie · as Joseph Mulberry
The Dinosaurs
TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 4 eps
Now You See Me: Now You Don't
Movie · as Thaddeus Bradley
Clint Eastwood : la légende
Movie · as Self
The Power of Chi
Movie · as (narrator)
Number One on the Call Sheet
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The American Revolution
TV · as (voice) · 1 ep
Gunner
Movie · as Kendrick Ryker
My Dead Friend Zoe
Movie · as Dr. Cole
Odysseus Returns
Movie · as Narrator
From the Balkans
Movie · as (narrator)
761st Tank Battalion: The Original Black Panthers
Movie · as Self
57 Seconds
Movie · as Anton Burrell
A Good Person
Movie · as Daniel
The Ritual Killer
Movie · as Dr. Mackles
100 Years of Warner Bros.
TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 4 eps
Lioness
TV · as Secretary of State Edwin Mullins · 18 eps
The Muppets Mayhem
TV · as Morgan Freeman · 1 ep
Life on Our Planet
TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 8 eps
LEGEND
TV · 1 ep
Betty White: A Celebration
Movie · as Self
The Minute You Wake Up Dead
Movie · as Sheriff Thurmond Fowler
Paradise Highway
Movie · as Gerick
Morgan Freeman: Breaking Barriers
Movie · as Self
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Sidney
Movie · as Self
Power of Chi
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Metro Boomin: Heroes & Villains
Movie
VM-krönika 2022
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Our Universe
TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 6 eps
The Jennifer Hudson Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard
Movie · as Senior
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
Movie · as Self
Vanquish
Movie · as Damon
Coming 2 America
Movie · as Morgan Freeman
Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking
Movie · as Self
History's Greatest Escapes with Morgan Freeman
TV · as Self - Host · 16 eps
Solos
TV · as Narrator (voice), Stuart · 7 eps
Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy
TV · as Self · 9 eps
The Comeback Trail
Movie · as Reggie Fontaine
The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II
Movie · as Self
Into Nature's Wild
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Meeting the Beatles in India
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Panama Canal: A Land Divided ~ A World United
Movie · as Self
Angel Has Fallen
Movie · as Alan Trumbull
The Poison Rose
Movie · as Doc
Brian Banks
Movie · as Jerome Johnson (uncredited)
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
TV · as Morgan Freeman (voice) · 1 ep
Die Clint Eastwood Story
Movie · as Self
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
Movie · as Drosselmeyer
America's Musical Journey
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
The Kominsky Method
TV · as Morgan Freeman · 1 ep
Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies
Movie · as Self
Going in Style
Movie · as Willie Davis
Just Getting Started
Movie · as Duke
The Words That Built America
Movie · as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs
Movie · as Self
March of the Penguins 2: The Next Step
Movie · as Narrator (English voice)
The Story of Us with Morgan Freeman
TV · as Self - Host · 6 eps
Monochrome: Black, White & Blue
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Dave Chappelle
TV · as Opening narrator (voice) · 2 eps
London Has Fallen
Movie · as Alan Trumbull
Now You See Me 2
Movie · as Thaddeus Bradley
Ben-Hur
Movie · as Sheik Ilderim
The C Word
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
The Story of God with Morgan Freeman
TV · as Self - Host · 15 eps
Last Knights
Movie · as Bartok
Ted 2
Movie · as Patrick Meighan
Momentum
Movie · as Senator
JFK & LBJ: A Time for Greatness
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 1 ep
Transcendence
Movie · as Joseph Tagger
The Lego Movie
Movie · as Vitruvius (voice)
Island of Lemurs: Madagascar
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Lucy
Movie · as Professor Norman
Dolphin Tale 2
Movie · as Dr. Cameron McCarthy
5 Flights Up
Movie · as Alex Carver
We the People
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Wish Wizard
Movie · as Maxwell Omni
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
Madam Secretary
TV · as Chief Justice Frawley, Chief Justice Wilbourne (uncredited) · 1 ep
Oblivion
Movie · as Beech
Now You See Me
Movie · as Thaddeus Bradley
Olympus Has Fallen
Movie · as Alan Trumbull
Last Vegas
Movie · as Archie
JFK: A President Betrayed
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot
Movie · as Self
The Editor and The Dragon: Horace Carter Fights the Klan
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
Movie · as Self
The Dark Knight Rises
Movie · as Fox
Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl
Movie · as Self
The Magic of Belle Isle
Movie · as Monte Wildhorn
B.B. King: The Life of Riley
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Echoes 'Cross the Tracks
Movie · as Self
Le frontiere dell'Astronomia - EP-7 Vite aliene nel cosmo
Movie · as Narratore
Ending the Knight
Movie · as Self
Dolphin Tale
Movie · as Dr. McCarthy
Born to Be Wild
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Breaking the Taboo
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Clint Eastwood's West
Movie · as Self
Conan the Barbarian
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Curiosity
TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 31 eps
RED
Movie · as Joe Matheson
The Eastwood Factor
Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)
The President's Photographer: Fifty Years Inside the Oval Office
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
The 16th Man
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Through the Wormhole
TV · as Self - Host · 62 eps
Invictus
Movie · as Nelson Mandela
The Maiden Heist
Movie · as Charles Peterson
The People Speak
Movie · as Self
Thick as Thieves
Movie · as Keith Ripley
Prom Night in Mississippi
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
The Jay Leno Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Live from Studio Five
TV · as Self · 1 ep
30 for 30
TV · 1 ep
The Dark Knight
Movie · as Lucius Fox
Wanted
Movie · as Sloan
A Raisin in the Sun
Movie · as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Where the Water Meets the Sky
Movie
The Love Guru
Movie · as Morgan Freemann (voice) (uncredited)
Rob Reiner Interviews the Stars: Morgan Freeman
Movie · as Self
Evan Almighty
Movie · as God
Gone Baby Gone
Movie · as Jack Doyle
The Bucket List
Movie · as Carter Chambers
Feast of Love
Movie · as Harry Stevenson
AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition
Movie · as Self
All About Us
Movie · as Self
The Graham Norton Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Lucky Number Slevin
Movie · as The Boss
The Contract
Movie · as Frank Carden
10 Items or Less
Movie · as 'Him'
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
Movie · as Jaques (segment "As You Like It")
The Electric Company's Greatest Hits & Bits
Movie · as Self
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
Movie · as Self
Greasy Rider
Movie
War of the Worlds
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Batman Begins
Movie · as Lucius Fox
Unleashed
Movie · as Sam
Edison
Movie · as Ashford
An Unfinished Life
Movie · as Mitch Bradley
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon
Movie · as Neil Armstrong (voice)
Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast
Movie · as Self
Blues Divas
Movie · as Self
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
James Lipton Takes on Three
Movie · as Self
Born to Fight
Movie · as Self
March of the Penguins
Movie · as Narrator
Slavery and the Making of America
TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 4 eps
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Reichen Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Million Dollar Baby
Movie · as Eddie Scrap-Iron Dupris
The Hunting of the President
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
The Big Bounce
Movie · as Walter Crewes
Genius. A Night for Ray Charles
Movie · as Self
Survivors of the Shoah: Visual History Foundation
Movie
Hope Springs Eternal: A Look Back at The Shawshank Redemption
Movie · as Self
America Beyond the Color Line
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Bruce Almighty
Movie · as God
Levity
Movie · as Miles Evans
Dreamcatcher
Movie · as Col. Abraham Curtis
Guilty by Association
Movie · as Lt. Redding
Declaration of Independence
Movie · as Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV · as Self - Guest · 4 eps
The Sum of All Fears
Movie · as DCI William Cabot
High Crimes
Movie · as Charlie Grimes
Partners of the Heart
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
All on Accounta Pullin' a Trigger
Movie · as Self
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
Movie · as Self
Along Came a Spider
Movie · as Alex Cross
Shawshank: The Redeeming Feature
Movie · as Self
Under Suspicion
Movie · as Captain Victor Benezet
Nurse Betty
Movie · as Charlie
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Stephen King: Shining in the Dark
Movie · as Self
Mark Twain Prize
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Hard Rain
Movie · as Jim
Deep Impact
Movie · as President Tom Beck
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
Movie · as Self
Parkinson
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Amistad
Movie · as Theodore Joadson
Kiss the Girls
Movie · as Det. Alex Cross
The Long Way Home
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
The Making of Se7en
Movie · as Self
The View
TV · as Self · 3 eps
The Chris Rock Show
TV · 1 ep
Chain Reaction
Movie · as Paul Shannon
Cosmic Voyage
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Moll Flanders
Movie · as Hibble
Inside the White House
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Blacklist: Hollywood on Trial
Movie · as Edward G. Robinson
The Daily Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Se7en
Movie · as Somerset
Outbreak
Movie · as General Billy Ford
The Shawshank Redemption
Movie · as Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding
A Century of Cinema
Movie · as Self
Inside the Actors Studio
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Unforgiven
Movie · as Ned Logan
The Power of One
Movie · as Geel Piet
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
Movie · as Self
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV · 1 ep
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 1 ep
HBO First Look
TV · 1 ep
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
Movie · as Azeem
The True Story of Glory Continues
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Robin Hood: The Myth, the Man, the Movie
Movie · as Self
The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Pebble Mill
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Follow the Drinking Gourd
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
The Bonfire of the Vanities
Movie · as Judge Leonard White
Night of 100 Stars III
Movie · as Self
The Earth Day Special
Movie · as Walter Samson
Rabbit Ears - The Savior is Born
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
The Civil War
TV · as Frederick Douglass / John Boston (voice) · 9 eps
Driving Miss Daisy
Movie · as Hoke Colburn
Johnny Handsome
Movie · as Lt. A.Z. Drones
Glory
Movie · as Sgt. Maj. John Rawlins
Lean On Me
Movie · as Principal Joe Clark
Clean and Sober
Movie · as Craig
Clinton and Nadine
Movie · as Dorsey Pratt
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV · 2 eps
American Experience
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 2 eps
Street Smart
Movie · as Leo 'Fast Black' Smalls, Jr.
Fight for Life
Movie · as Dr. Sherard
Resting Place
Movie · as Luther Johnson
American Masters
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 1 ep
That Was Then... This Is Now
Movie · as Charlie Woods
Marie: A True Story
Movie · as Charles Traughber
The Execution of Raymond Graham
Movie · as Warden Pratt
The Gospel at Colonus
Movie · as Messenger
The Twilight Zone
TV · as Tony (segment "Dealer's Choice") · 1 ep
The Atlanta Child Murders
TV · as Ben Shelter · 2 eps
Teachers
Movie · as Lewis
Harry & Son
Movie · as Siemanowski
Goldene Kamera
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Eyewitness
Movie · as Lieutenant Black
Death of a Prophet
Movie · as Malcolm X
The Marva Collins Story
Movie · as Clarence Collins
Brubaker
Movie · as Walter
Attica
Movie · as Hap Richards
Hollow Image
Movie · as Sweet Talk
CBS News Sunday Morning
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Movie · as Uncle Hammer
The Kennedy Center Honors
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
TV · as Uncle Hammer · 3 eps
Saturday Night Live
TV · as Self - Cameo (uncredited), Self (uncredited)
Out to Lunch
Movie · as Self / Croupier
Energy Crisis
Movie · as Self
Spidey Super Stories
TV · as Police officer, Umpire, Count Dracula, Easy Reader, Mad Scientist, Police Officer · 1 ep
Blade
Movie · as Chris
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Who Says I Can't Ride a Rainbow!
Movie · as Afro
The Electric Company
TV · as Mark /Easy Reader /Mel Mounds /Count Dracula /Mad Scientist /The Cop /Marcello · 780 eps
Great Performances
TV · as Messenger · 1 ep
Caught in the Middle
Movie
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
Movie · as Grand Central Commuter (uncredited)
60 Minutes
TV · as Self · 1 ep
A Man Called Adam
Movie · as Party Guest (uncredited)
The Pawnbroker
Movie · as Man on Street (Uncredited)
Tony Awards
TV · as Self - Performer · 2 eps
The Oscars
TV · as Self - Presenter · 5 eps
Today
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV · as Clarence, Luther · 1 ep
Golden Globe Awards
TV · as Self - Presenter, Self - Nominee, Self - Cecil B. DeMille Award Recipient · 2 eps