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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Morgan Freeman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Credits
- 2025 · Now You See Me: Now You Don't as Thaddeus Bradley
- 2025 · Clint Eastwood : la légende as Himself
- 2025 · Number One on the Call Sheet as Self
- 2024 · How to Rob a Bank as Azeem (archive footage)
- 2022 · Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend as Self (archive footage)
- 2022 · Sidney as Self
- 2021 · Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It as Self
- 2021 · Vanquish as Damon
- 2021 · Morgan Freeman: Breaking Barriers as Self
- 2020 · The Comeback Trail as Reggie Fontaine
- 2020 · Meeting the Beatles in India as Narrator (voice)
- 2020 · The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II as Self
- 2020 · Into Nature's Wild as Narrator (voice)
- 2018 · America's Musical Journey as Narrator (voice)
- 2018 · Die Clint Eastwood Story as Self
- 2017 · Just Getting Started as Duke
- 2017 · Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies as Self
- 2017 · The Words That Built America as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
- 2014 · 5 Flights Up as Alex Carver
- 2014 · Island of Lemurs: Madagascar as Narrator (voice)
- 2012 · B.B. King: The Life of Riley as Narrator (voice)
- 2012 · The Magic of Belle Isle as Monte Wildhorn
- 2011 · Breaking the Taboo as Narrator (voice)
- 2011 · Born to Be Wild as Narrator (voice)
- 2009 · The People Speak as Self
- 2009 · Prom Night in Mississippi as Narrator (voice)
- 2008 · A Raisin in the Sun as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- 2007 · All About Us as Self
- 2007 · Feast of Love as Harry Stevenson
- 2007 · AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition as Self
- 2006 · 10 Items or Less as 'Him'
- 2006 · Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters as Self
- 2005 · Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon as Neil Armstrong (voice)
- 2005 · Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast as Self
- 2005 · Edison as Ashford
- 2005 · Nos Bastidores de Hollywood as Self
- 2004 · Genius. A Night for Ray Charles as Self
- 2004 · America Beyond the Color Line as Self
- 2004 · The Big Bounce as Walter Crewes
- 2003 · Levity as Miles Evans
- 2000 · Nurse Betty as Charlie
- 2000 · Under Suspicion as Captain Victor Benezet
- 1998 · Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist as Self
- 1997 · Amistad as Theodore Joadson
- 1996 · Moll Flanders as Hibble
- 1992 · The Power of One as Geel Piet
- 1990 · The Bonfire of the Vanities as Judge Leonard White
- 1990 · Night of 100 Stars III as Self
- 1990 · The Earth Day Special as Walter Samson
- 1989 · Johnny Handsome as Lt. A.Z. Drones
- 1989 · Lean On Me as Principal Joe Clark
- 1988 · Clean and Sober as Craig
- 1987 · Street Smart as Leo "Fast Black" Smalls, Jr.
- 1986 · Resting Place as Luther Johnson
- 1985 · That Was Then... This Is Now as Charlie Woods
- 1985 · The Atlanta Child Murders as Ben Shelter
- 1984 · Teachers as Lewis
- 1984 · Harry & Son as Siemanowski
- 1981 · Eyewitness as Lieutenant Black
- 1980 · Brubaker as Walter
- 1980 · Attica as Hap Richards
- 1978 · Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry as Uncle Hammer
- 1974 · Out to Lunch as Self / Croupier
- 1973 · Blade as Chris
- 1968 · Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? as Grand Central Commuter (uncredited)
- 1968 · Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? as Grand Central Commuter
- 1966 · A Man Called Adam as Party Guest (uncredited)
- 1965 · The Pawnbroker as Man on Street (Uncredited)
- Future · Sniff as Joe Mulwray
- Future · The Promised Land as Narrator (voice)
- 2024 · Odysseus Returns as Narrator
- 2023 · 761st Tank Battalion: The Original Black Panthers as Self
- 2022 · Betty White: A Celebration as Self
- 2022 · Power of Chi as Narrator (voice)
- 2017 · John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs as Self
- 2016 · The C Word as Narrator (voice)
- 2015 · JFK & LBJ: A Time for Greatness as Narrator (voice)
- 2013 · Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story as Self
- 2013 · Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot as Self
- 2012 · Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl as Self
- 2010 · The 16th Man as Narrator (voice)
- 2010 · The Eastwood Factor as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2010 · For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots as Self (voice)
- 2006 · The Electric Company's Greatest Hits & Bits as Self
- 2006 · The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays as Jaques (segment "As You Like It")
- 2004 · The Hunting of the President as Narrator (voice)
- 2003 · Guilty by Association as Lt. Redding
- 2002 · Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven' as Self
- 2002 · All on Accounta Pullin' a Trigger as Self
- 2001 · Shawshank: The Redeeming Feature as Self
- 2000 · Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows as Narrator (voice)
- 1997 · The Long Way Home as Narrator (voice)
- 1996 · Cosmic Voyage as Narrator (voice)
- 1996 · Inside the White House as Narrator (voice)
- 1988 · Clinton and Nadine as Dorsey Pratt
- 1985 · The Execution of Raymond Graham as Warden Pratt
- 1985 · Marie: A True Story as Charles Traughber
- 1981 · Death of a Prophet as Malcolm X
- Future · CLINT as Narrator (voice)
- Future · Hate to See You Go as Sonny Bell
- 2024 · SBALKANU as (narrator)
- 2024 · Gunner as Kendrick Ryker
- 2024 · My Dead Friend Zoe as Dr. Cole
- 2023 · Life on Our Planet as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2023 · 57 Seconds as Anton Burrell
- 2023 · Lioness as Secretary of State Edwin Mullins
- 2023 · 100 Years of Warner Bros. as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2023 · The Muppets Mayhem as Morgan Freeman
- 2023 · A Good Person as Daniel
- 2023 · The Ritual Killer as Dr. Mackles
- 2022 · Our Universe as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2022 · The Minute You Wake Up Dead as Sheriff Thurmond Fowler
- 2022 · The Jennifer Hudson Show as Self
- 2022 · Paradise Highway as Gerick
- 2021 · History's Greatest Escapes with Morgan Freeman as Self - Host
- 2021 · Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy as Self
- 2021 · Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking as Self
- 2021 · Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard as Senior
- 2021 · Solos as Narrator (voice)
- 2021 · Solos as Stuart
- 2021 · Coming 2 America as Morgan Freeman
- 2019 · Angel Has Fallen as Alan Trumbull
- 2019 · Brian Banks as Jerome Johnson (uncredited)
- 2019 · Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? as Morgan Freeman (voice)
- 2019 · The Poison Rose as Doc
- 2019 · Panama Canal in 3D a Land Divided a World United as Self
- 2018 · The Nutcracker and the Four Realms as Drosselmeyer
- 2017 · The Story of Us with Morgan Freeman as Self - Host
- 2017 · Going in Style as Willie Davis
- 2016 · Ben-Hur as Sheik Ilderim
- 2016 · Now You See Me 2 as Thaddeus Bradley
- 2016 · The Story of God with Morgan Freeman as Self - Host
- 2016 · London Has Fallen as Alan Trumbull
- 2015 · Momentum as Senator
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- 2015 · Ted 2 as Patrick Meighan
- 2015 · Last Knights as Bartok
- 2014 · Madam Secretary as Chief Justice Frawley
- 2014 · Madam Secretary as Chief Justice Wilbourne (uncredited)
- 2014 · Dolphin Tale 2 as Dr. Cameron McCarthy
- 2014 · Lucy as Professor Norman
- 2014 · Wish Wizard as Maxwell Omni
- 2014 · Transcendence as Joseph Tagger
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- 2014 · The Lego Movie as Vitruvius (voice)
- 2014 · We the People as Narrator (voice)
- 2013 · JFK: A President Betrayed as Narrator (voice)
- 2013 · Last Vegas as Archibald 'Archie' Clayton
- 2013 · Now You See Me as Thaddeus Bradley
- 2013 · Oblivion as Beech
- 2013 · Olympus Has Fallen as Alan Trumbull
- 2013 · The Editor and The Dragon: Horace Carter Fights the Klan as Narrator (voice)
- 2012 · Ending the Knight as Self
- 2012 · The Dark Knight Rises as Fox
- 2012 · Le frontiere dell'Astronomia - EP-7 Vite aliene nel cosmo as Narratore
- 2012 · Echoes 'Cross the Tracks as Self
- 2012 · Honest Trailers as Lucius Fox (archive footage)
- 2011 · Dolphin Tale as Dr. McCarthy
- 2011 · Conan the Barbarian as Narrator (voice)
- 2011 · Curiosity as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2011 · Clint Eastwood's West as Self
- 2010 · The President's Photographer: Fifty Years Inside the Oval Office as Narrator (voice)
- 2010 · RED as Joe Matheson
- 2010 · Through the Wormhole as Self - Host
- 2009 · Invictus as Nelson Mandela
- 2009 · 30 for 30 as
- 2009 · The Jay Leno Show as Self
- 2009 · Live from Studio Five as Self
- 2009 · The Maiden Heist as Charles Peterson
- 2009 · Thick as Thieves as Keith Ripley
- 2008 · The Dark Knight as Lucius Fox
- 2008 · Wanted as Sloan
- 2008 · Where the Water Meets the Sky as
- 2007 · The Bucket List as Carter Chambers
- 2007 · Gone Baby Gone as Jack Doyle
- 2007 · Evan Almighty as God
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self - Guest
- 2006 · The Contract as Frank Carden
- 2006 · Lucky Number Slevin as The Boss
- 2005 · The Reichen Show as Self - Guest
- 2005 · An Unfinished Life as Mitch Bradley
- 2005 · Born to Fight as Self
- 2005 · James Lipton Takes on Three as Self
- 2005 · War of the Worlds as Narrator (voice)
- 2005 · Batman Begins as Lucius Fox
- 2005 · Slavery and the Making of America as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2005 · Unleashed as Sam
- 2005 · Blues Divas as Self
- 2005 · The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self
- 2004 · Million Dollar Baby as Eddie Scrap-Iron Dupris
- 2004 · Survivors of the Shoah: Visual History Foundation as
- 2003 · The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- 2003 · Declaration of Independence as Self
- 2003 · Bruce Almighty as God
- 2003 · Dreamcatcher as Col. Abraham Curtis
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- 2002 · Partners of the Heart as Narrator (voice)
- 2002 · The Sum of All Fears as DCI William Cabot
- 2002 · High Crimes as Charlie Grimes
- 2001 · Along Came a Spider as Alex Cross
- 1999 · Stephen King: Shining in the Dark as Self
- 1998 · Deep Impact as President Tom Beck
- 1998 · Hard Rain as Jim
- 1998 · Parkinson as Self
- 1997 · Kiss the Girls as Det. Alex Cross
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1997 · The Making of Se7en as Self
- 1997 · The Chris Rock Show as
- 1996 · Chain Reaction as Paul Shannon
- 1996 · The Daily Show as Self
- 1996 · Blacklist: Hollywood on Trial as Edward G. Robinson
- 1995 · Se7en as Somerset
- 1995 · Outbreak as General Billy Ford
- 1994 · The Shawshank Redemption as Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding
- 1994 · Inside the Actors Studio as Self
- 1993 · Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- 1992 · Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven' as Self
- 1992 · Unforgiven as Ned Logan
- 1992 · HBO First Look as
- 1992 · The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as
- 1992 · Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories as Narrator (Voice)
- 1991 · Pebble Mill as Self
- 1991 · The True Story of Glory Continues as Narrator (voice)
- 1991 · Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves as Azeem
- 1991 · Robin Hood: The Myth, the Man, the Movie as Self
- 1991 · The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry as Narrator (voice)
- 1990 · The Civil War as Frederick Douglass
- 1990 · Follow the Drinking Gourd as Narrator (voice)
- 1990 · Rabbit Ears - The Savior is Born as Narrator (voice)
- 1989 · Glory as Sgt. Maj. John Rawlins
- 1989 · Driving Miss Daisy as Hoke Colburn
- 1988 · American Experience as Narrator (voice)
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as
- 1987 · Fight for Life as Dr. Sherard
- 1986 · American Masters as Narrator (voice)
- 1985 · The Gospel at Colonus as Messenger
- 1985 · The Twilight Zone as Tony (segment "Dealer's Choice")
- 1984 · Goldene Kamera Verleihung as Self
- 1981 · The Marva Collins Story as Clarence Collins
- 1979 · Hollow Image as Sweet Talk
- 1979 · CBS News Sunday Morning as Self
- 1978 · The Kennedy Center Honors as Self
- 1978 · Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry as Uncle Hammer
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
- 1974 · Spidey Super Stories as Police officer
- 1974 · Spidey Super Stories as Umpire
- 1974 · Spidey Super Stories as Count Dracula
- 1974 · Spidey Super Stories as Easy Reader
- 1974 · Energy Crisis as Self
- 1973 · The American Film Institute Salute to ... as Self
- Future · The Little Bedroom as
- 1971 · Who Says I Can't Ride a Rainbow! as Afro
- 1971 · The Electric Company as Mad Scientist
- 1971 · The Electric Company as Easy Reader
- 1971 · The Electric Company as Count Dracula
- 1971 · Great Performances as Messenger
- 1970 · Caught in the Middle as
- 1968 · 60 Minutes as Self
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Performer
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self - Presenter
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- 1952 · Today as Self
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Clarence
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Luther
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Cecil B. DeMille Award Recipient
- Future · The Blues Live On! The Delta Blues Museum as Narrator (voice)