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
all 284
Movies 216
self 97
TV Shows 68
Voice 36
Producer 15
Narrator 9
Director 1

Now You See Me 3 (2025)

My Dead Friend Zoe (2025)

SBALKANU (2024)

Gunner (2024)

In Our Blood (2024)

How to Rob a Bank (2024)

Odysseus Returns (2024)

Life on Our Planet (2023)

57 Seconds (2023)

761st Tank Battalion: The Original Black Panthers (2023)

Martín (2023)

Lioness (2023)

100 Years of Warner Bros. (2023)

The Muppets Mayhem (2023)

The Ritual Killer (2023)

Our Universe (2022)

Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend (2022)

The Minute You Wake Up Dead (2022)

Power of Chi (2022)

The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain (2021)

Solos (2021)

Vanquish (2021)

Coming 2 America (2021)

The Comeback Trail (2020)

Meeting the Beatles in India (2020)

Into Nature's Wild (2020)

Angel Has Fallen (2019)

Brian Banks (2019)

Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? (2019)

Alpha (2018)

America's Musical Journey (2018)

The Story of Us with Morgan Freeman (2017)

The Words That Built America (2017)

Going in Style (2017)

Dave Chappelle: Deep in the Heart of Texas (2017)

Monochrome: Black, White & Blue (2017)

Ben-Hur (2016)

The C Word (2016)

Now You See Me 2 (2016)

London Has Fallen (2016)

Momentum (2015)

JFK & LBJ: A Time for Greatness (2015)

Ted 2 (2015)

Madam Secretary (2014)

Dolphin Tale 2 (2014)

Lucy (2014)

5 Flights Up (2014)

Wish Wizard (2014)

Transcendence (2014)

Island of Lemurs: Madagascar (2014)

The Lego Movie (2014)

We the People (2014)

The Mona Lisa Myth (2014)

JFK: A President Betrayed (2013)

Last Vegas (2013)

The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy (2013)

Now You See Me (2013)

Olympus Has Fallen (2013)

B.B. King: The Life of Riley (2012)

The Magic of Belle Isle (2012)

Honest Trailers (2012)

Dolphin Tale (2011)

Conan the Barbarian (2011)

Curiosity (2011)

Breaking the Taboo (2011)

Born to Be Wild (2011)

RED (2010)

Through the Wormhole (2010)

The 16th Man (2010)

Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy (2010)

The Eastwood Factor (2010)

Invictus (2009)

The Maiden Heist (2009)

Prom Night in Mississippi (2009)

Thick as Thieves (2009)

The Dark Knight (2008)

A Raisin in the Sun (2008)

The Bucket List (2007)

Feast of Love (2007)

Gone Baby Gone (2007)

The Graham Norton Show (2007)

e² design (2006)

The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays (2006)

The Contract (2006)

The Reichen Show (2005)

Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon (2005)

An Unfinished Life (2005)

Edison (2005)

War of the Worlds (2005)

Batman Begins (2005)

Slavery and the Making of America (2005)

Million Dollar Baby (2004)

The Hunting of the President (2004)

The Big Bounce (2004)

Freedom: A History of Us (2003)

Guilty by Association (2003)

Dreamcatcher (2003)

Levity (2003)

Partners of the Heart (2002)

The Sum of All Fears (2002)

High Crimes (2002)

Along Came a Spider (2001)

Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows (2000)

Nurse Betty (2000)

Under Suspicion (2000)

Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light (2000)

Stephen King: Fear, Fame and Fortune (2000)

Mutiny (1999)

Deep Impact (1998)

Amistad (1997)

Kiss the Girls (1997)

The Long Way Home (1997)

Cosmic Voyage (1996)

Chain Reaction (1996)

Blacklist: Hollywood on Trial (1996)

Inside the White House (1996)

Se7en (1995)

Outbreak (1995)

The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

Bopha! (1993)

Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993)

Unforgiven (1992)

Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories (1992)

The Power of One (1992)

The True Story of Glory Continues (1991)

The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry (1991)

The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990)

The Civil War (1990)

Rabbit Ears - The Savior is Born (1990)

Follow the Drinking Gourd (1990)

The Earth Day Special (1990)

Glory (1989)

Driving Miss Daisy (1989)

Johnny Handsome (1989)

Lean On Me (1989)

American Experience (1988)

Clinton and Nadine (1988)

Fight for Life (1987)

Street Smart (1987)

American Masters (1986)

Resting Place (1986)

The Execution of Raymond Graham (1985)

The Gospel at Colonus (1985)

That Was Then... This Is Now (1985)

The Twilight Zone (1985)

Marie: A True Story (1985)

The Atlanta Child Murders (1985)

Harry & Son (1984)

The Marva Collins Story (1981)

Eyewitness (1981)

Death of a Prophet (1981)

Brubaker (1980)

Attica (1980)

Hollow Image (1979)

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (1978)

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (1978)

Saturday Night Live (1975)

Out to Lunch (1974)

Spidey Super Stories (1974)

Blade (1973)

The Electric Company (1971)

Great Performances (1971)

Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? (1968)

A Man Called Adam (1966)

The Pawnbroker (1965)

Tony Awards (1956)

The Oscars (1953)

Today (1952)

Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)

Golden Globe Awards (1944)

CLINT

The Promised Land

Hate to See You Go

Rendezvous with Rama

Sniff

Last Meals

The Blues Live On! The Delta Blues Museum

The Gray House
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1937-06-01 (87 years old)
Birth NameMorgan Freeman
Birth PlaceMemphis, United States
Religionagnosticism
Height188-centimeter
Net Worth$120 Million
ChildrenSaifoulaye Freeman
RelativesE'Dena Hines
CitizenshipsUnited States
Also Known AsMorgan Porterfield Freeman Jr., Morgan J. Freeman, Μόργκαν Πόρτερφιλντ Φρίμαν Τζούνιορ, Морган Фрімен
Awardsstar on Hollywood Walk of Fame, National Medal of Arts, Kennedy Center Honors, Clarence Derwent Awards, Golden Globe Awards, Silver Bear, AFI Life Achievement Award, Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
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