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 3 as Thaddeus Bradley
- 2025 · My Dead Friend Zoe as Dr. Cole
- 2024 · Gunner as Kendrick Ryker
- 2024 · How to Rob a Bank as Azeem (archive footage)
- 2023 · 761st Tank Battalion: The Original Black Panthers as Self
- 2022 · Our Universe as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2022 · Sidney as Self
- 2021 · Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It as Self
- 2021 · Morgan Freeman: Breaking Barriers as Self
- 2020 · Meeting the Beatles in India as Narrator (voice)
- 2020 · Into Nature's Wild as Narrator (voice)
- 2020 · Dave Chappelle: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize as Self
- 2017 · Just Getting Started as Duke
- 2017 · The Story of Us with Morgan Freeman as Self - Host
- 2017 · The Words That Built America as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
- 2016 · The C Word as Narrator (voice)
- 2014 · Island of Lemurs: Madagascar as Narrator (voice)
- 2013 · The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy as Self (archive footage)
- 2013 · Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story as Self
- 2012 · Ending the Knight as Self
- 2012 · Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl as Self
- 2011 · Breaking the Taboo as Narrator (voice)
- 2011 · Born to Be Wild as Narrator (voice)
- 2010 · For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots as Self (voice)
- 2009 · The People Speak as Self
- 2009 · The Maiden Heist as Charles Peterson
- 2008 · A Raisin in the Sun as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- 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'
- 2005 · Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon as Neil Armstrong (voice)
- 2005 · A Concert for Hurricane Relief as Self
- 2005 · Nos Bastidores de Hollywood as Self
- 2005 · Slavery and the Making of America as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2004 · Genius. A Night for Ray Charles as Self
- 2004 · America Beyond the Color Line as Self
- 2003 · Guilty by Association as Lt. Redding
- 2002 · Partners of the Heart as Narrator (voice)
- 2001 · Shawshank: The Redeeming Feature as Self
- 2000 · Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows as Narrator (voice)
- 1997 · Amistad as Theodore Joadson
- 1997 · The Long Way Home as Narrator (voice)
- 1996 · Cosmic Voyage as Narrator (voice)
- 1996 · Moll Flanders as Hibble
- 1994 · Inside the Actors Studio as Self
- 1992 · The Power of One as Geel Piet
- 1989 · Johnny Handsome as Lt. A.Z. Drones
- 1988 · Clean and Sober as Craig
- 1986 · Resting Place as Luther Johnson
- 1985 · The Execution of Raymond Graham as Warden Pratt
- 1985 · That Was Then... This Is Now as Charlie Woods
- 1985 · Marie: A True Story as Charles Traughber
- 1985 · The Atlanta Child Murders as Ben Shelter
- 1984 · Teachers as Lewis
- 1984 · Harry & Son as Siemanowski
- 1981 · Eyewitness as Lieutenant Black
- 1981 · Death of a Prophet as Malcolm X
- 1980 · Attica as Hap Richards
- 1978 · Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry as Uncle Hammer
- 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
- 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
- 1965 · The Pawnbroker as Man on Street (Uncredited)
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Clarence
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Luther
- Future · The Promised Land as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2022 · Betty White: A Celebration as Self
- 2020 · The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II as Self
- 2019 · Panama Canal in 3D a Land Divided a World United as Self
- 2018 · America's Musical Journey as Narrator (voice)
- 2018 · Die Clint Eastwood Story as Self
- 2017 · Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies as Self
- 2015 · JFK & LBJ: A Time for Greatness as Narrator (voice)
- 2014 · We the People as Narrator (voice)
- 2012 · B.B. King: The Life of Riley as Narrator (voice)
- 2012 · Le frontiere dell'Astronomia - EP-7 Vite aliene nel cosmo as Narratore
- 2012 · Echoes 'Cross the Tracks as Self
- 2010 · The 16th Man as Narrator (voice)
- 2010 · The Eastwood Factor as Narrator (voice)
- 2009 · Live from Studio Five as Self
- 2009 · Prom Night in Mississippi as Narrator (voice)
- 2007 · All About Us as Self
- 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")
- 2005 · Blues Divas as Self
- 2004 · The Hunting of the President as Narrator (voice)
- 2003 · Declaration of Independence as Self
- 1999 · Stephen King: Shining in the Dark as Self
- 1991 · Robin Hood: The Myth, the Man, the Movie as Self
- 1990 · The Earth Day Special as Walter Samson
- 1988 · Clinton and Nadine as Dorsey Pratt
- 1987 · Fight for Life as Dr. Sherard
- 1981 · The Marva Collins Story as Clarence Collins
- 1978 · Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry as Uncle Hammer
- 1974 · Out to Lunch as Self / Croupier
- 1973 · Blade as Chris
- 1966 · A Man Called Adam as Party Guest (uncredited)
- Future · The Little Bedroom as
- Future · Sniff as Joe Mulwray
- 2024 · Odysseus Returns as Narrator
- 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 · Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend as Self (archive footage)
- 2022 · The Minute You Wake Up Dead as Sheriff Thurmond Fowler
- 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 Stuart
- 2021 · Vanquish as Damon
- 2021 · Coming 2 America as Morgan Freeman
- 2020 · The Comeback Trail as Reggie Fontaine
- 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
- 2018 · The Nutcracker and the Four Realms as Drosselmeyer
- 2017 · Going in Style as Willie Davis
- 2017 · March of the Penguins 2: The Next Step as Narrator (english voice)
- 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 · Dolphin Tale 2 as Dr. Cameron McCarthy
- 2014 · Lucy as Professor Samuel Norman
- 2014 · 5 Flights Up as Alex Carver
- 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
- 2014 · The Lego Movie as Vitruvius (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 · Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot as Self
- 2013 · The Editor and The Dragon: Horace Carter Fights the Klan as Narrator (voice)
- 2012 · The Dark Knight Rises as Fox
- 2012 · The Magic of Belle Isle as Monte Wildhorn
- 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
- 2010 · Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy as Self (archive footage)
- 2009 · Invictus as Nelson Mandela
- 2009 · 30 for 30 as
- 2009 · The Jay Leno Show as Self
- 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 · Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters as Self
- 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 · Edison as Ashford
- 2005 · War of the Worlds as Narrator (voice)
- 2005 · Batman Begins as Lucius Fox
- 2005 · Unleashed as Sam
- 2005 · March of the Penguins as Narrator (English voice)
- 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
- 2004 · The Big Bounce as Walter Crewes
- 2003 · The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- 2003 · Bruce Almighty as God
- 2003 · Dreamcatcher as Col. Abraham Curtis
- 2003 · Levity as Miles Evans
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- 2002 · All on Accounta Pullin' a Trigger as Self
- 2002 · Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven' as Self
- 2002 · The Sum of All Fears as DCI William Cabot
- 2002 · High Crimes as Charlie Grimes
- 2001 · Along Came a Spider as Alex Cross
- 2000 · Nurse Betty as Charlie
- 2000 · Under Suspicion as Captain Victor Benezet
- 1998 · Deep Impact as President Tom Beck
- 1998 · Hard Rain as Jim
- 1998 · Parkinson as Self
- 1998 · Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist as Self
- 1997 · Kiss the Girls as Alex Cross
- 1997 · The View 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
- 1996 · Inside the White House as Narrator (voice)
- 1995 · Se7en as Somerset
- 1995 · Outbreak as General Billy Ford
- 1994 · The Shawshank Redemption as Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding
- 1993 · Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- 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 · The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry as Narrator (voice)
- 1990 · The Bonfire of the Vanities as Judge Leonard White
- 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)
- 1990 · Night of 100 Stars III as Self
- 1989 · Glory as Sgt. Maj. John Rawlins
- 1989 · Driving Miss Daisy as Hoke Colburn
- 1989 · Lean On Me as Principal Joe Clark
- 1988 · American Experience as Narrator (voice)
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as
- 1987 · Street Smart as Leo "Fast Black" Smalls, Jr.
- 1986 · American Masters as Narrator (voice)
- 1979 · Hollow Image as Sweet Talk
- 1971 · Who Says I Can't Ride a Rainbow! as Afro
- Future · Hate to See You Go as Sonny Bell
- 1985 · The Gospel at Colonus as Messenger
- 1985 · The Twilight Zone as Tony
- 1980 · Brubaker as Walter
- 1979 · CBS News Sunday Morning as Self
- 1978 · The Kennedy Center Honors as Self
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
- 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
- 1966 · Goldene Kamera Verleihung as Self
- 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Performer
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- 1952 · Today as Self
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self
- Future · CLINT as Narrator (voice)
- Future · The Blues Live On! The Delta Blues Museum as Narrator (voice)