Morgan Freeman
Morgan Freeman 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
Credits
- 2025 · Now You See Me: Now You Don't as Thaddeus Bradley
- 2025 · Number One on the Call Sheet as Self
- 2024 · Gunner as Kendrick Ryker
- 2024 · How to Rob a Bank as Azeem (archive footage)
- 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 · Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend as Self (archive footage)
- 2022 · The Minute You Wake Up Dead as Sheriff Thurmond Fowler
- 2022 · The Jennifer Hudson Show as Self
- 2022 · Sidney as Self
- 2022 · Paradise Highway as Gerick
- 2022 · Power of Chi as Narrator (voice)
- 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 · Vanquish as Damon
- 2021 · Coming 2 America as Morgan Freeman
- 2020 · The Comeback Trail as Reggie Fontaine
- 2020 · Into Nature's Wild as Narrator (voice)
- 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
- 2018 · America's Musical Journey as Narrator (voice)
- 2017 · Just Getting Started as Duke
- 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 · Island of Lemurs: Madagascar as Narrator (voice)
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- 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
- 2012 · Ending the Knight as Self
- 2012 · The Dark Knight Rises as Fox
- 2012 · The Magic of Belle Isle as Monte Wildhorn
- 2012 · Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl as Self
- 2011 · Dolphin Tale as Dr. McCarthy
- 2011 · Conan the Barbarian as Narrator (voice)
- 2011 · Curiosity as Self - 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 · The Maiden Heist as Charles Peterson
- 2009 · Prom Night in Mississippi as Narrator (voice)
- 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
- 2008 · A Raisin in the Sun as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- 2007 · The Bucket List as Carter Chambers
- 2007 · Feast of Love as Harry Stevenson
- 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 Electric Company's Greatest Hits & Bits as Self
- 2006 · 10 Items or Less as 'Him'
- 2006 · The Contract as Frank Carden
- 2006 · Lucky Number Slevin as The Boss
- 2005 · The Reichen Show as Self - Guest
- 2005 · Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon as Neil Armstrong (voice)
- 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 · The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self
- 2004 · Million Dollar Baby as Eddie Scrap-Iron Dupris
- 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 · The Sum of All Fears as DCI William Cabot
- 2002 · High Crimes as Charlie Grimes
- 2001 · Along Came a Spider as Alex Cross
- 2000 · Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows as Narrator (voice)
- 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
- 1997 · Kiss the Girls as Det. Alex Cross
- 1997 · The Long Way Home as Narrator (voice)
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1997 · The Chris Rock Show as
- 1996 · Cosmic Voyage as Narrator (voice)
- 1996 · Chain Reaction as Paul Shannon
- 1996 · The Daily Show as Self
- 1996 · Moll Flanders as Hibble
- 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)
- 1992 · The Power of One as Geel Piet
- 1991 · Pebble Mill as Self
- 1991 · Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves as Azeem
- 1990 · The Bonfire of the Vanities as Judge Leonard White
- 1990 · The Civil War as Frederick Douglass
- 1990 · Night of 100 Stars III as Self
- 1990 · The Earth Day Special as Walter Samson
- 1989 · Glory as Sgt. Maj. John Rawlins
- 1989 · Driving Miss Daisy as Hoke Colburn
- 1989 · Johnny Handsome as Lt. A.Z. Drones
- 1989 · Lean On Me as Principal Joe Clark
- 1988 · American Experience as Narrator (voice)
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as
- 1988 · Clean and Sober as Craig
- 1987 · Fight for Life as Dr. Sherard
- 1987 · Street Smart as Leo "Fast Black" Smalls, Jr.
- 1986 · American Masters as Narrator (voice)
- 1985 · That Was Then... This Is Now as Charlie Woods
- 1985 · The Twilight Zone as Tony (segment "Dealer's Choice")
- 1985 · The Atlanta Child Murders as Ben Shelter
- 1984 · Teachers as Lewis
- 1984 · Harry & Son as Siemanowski
- 1984 · Goldene Kamera as Self
- 1980 · Brubaker as Walter
- 1979 · Hollow Image as Sweet Talk
- 1979 · CBS News Sunday Morning as Self
- 1978 · The Kennedy Center Honors as Self
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
- 1973 · Blade as Chris
- 1973 · The American Film Institute Salute to ... as Self
- 1971 · The Electric Company as Count Dracula
- 1971 · The Electric Company as Mad Scientist
- 1971 · The Electric Company as Easy Reader
- 1971 · Great Performances as Messenger
- 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
- Future · Hate to See You Go as Sonny Bell
- Future · Sniff as Joe Mulwray
- 2022 · Betty White: A Celebration as Self
- 2021 · History's Greatest Escapes with Morgan Freeman as Self - Host
- 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 · 5 Flights Up as Alex Carver
- 2013 · Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story as Self
- 2013 · The Editor and The Dragon: Horace Carter Fights the Klan as Narrator (voice)
- 2010 · The 16th Man as Narrator (voice)
- 2009 · The People Speak as Self
- 2007 · All About Us as Self
- 2005 · Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast as Self
- 2005 · Nos Bastidores de Hollywood as Self
- 2005 · Blues Divas as Self
- 2004 · America Beyond the Color Line as Self
- 1997 · Amistad as Theodore Joadson
- 1992 · Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven' as Self
- 1991 · The True Story of Glory Continues as Narrator (voice)
- 1988 · Clinton and Nadine as Dorsey Pratt
- 1986 · Resting Place as Luther Johnson
- 1978 · Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry as Uncle Hammer
- 1978 · Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry as Uncle Hammer
- 1974 · Spidey Super Stories as Easy Reader
- 1974 · Spidey Super Stories as Count Dracula
- 1974 · Spidey Super Stories as Police officer
- 1974 · Spidey Super Stories as Umpire
- 1965 · The Pawnbroker as Man on Street (Uncredited)
- Future · CLINT as Narrator (voice)
- 2025 · Clint Eastwood : la légende as Self
- 2024 · Odysseus Returns as Narrator
- 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 · The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II as Self
- 2017 · John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs as Self
- 2017 · March of the Penguins 2: The Next Step as Narrator (English voice)
- 2015 · JFK & LBJ: A Time for Greatness as Narrator (voice)
- 2013 · Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot as Self
- 2012 · B.B. King: The Life of Riley as Narrator (voice)
- 2011 · Born to Be Wild as Narrator (voice)
- 2010 · The Eastwood Factor as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2005 · Slavery and the Making of America as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2004 · Genius. A Night for Ray Charles as Self
- 2004 · Survivors of the Shoah: Visual History Foundation as
- 2002 · Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven' as Self
- 2002 · All on Accounta Pullin' a Trigger as Self
- 2001 · Shawshank: The Redeeming Feature as Self
- 1999 · Stephen King: Shining in the Dark as Self
- 1997 · The Making of Se7en as Self
- 1996 · Blacklist: Hollywood on Trial as Edward G. Robinson
- 1996 · Inside the White House as Narrator (voice)
- 1991 · Robin Hood: The Myth, the Man, the Movie as Self
- 1990 · Follow the Drinking Gourd as Narrator (voice)
- 1985 · Marie: A True Story as Charles Traughber
- 1981 · Eyewitness as Lieutenant Black
- 1981 · Death of a Prophet as Malcolm X
- 1974 · Out to Lunch as Self / Croupier
- 1971 · Who Says I Can't Ride a Rainbow! as Afro
- 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
- Future · The Blues Live On! The Delta Blues Museum as Narrator (voice)
- Future · The Promised Land as Narrator (voice)
- 2024 · SBALKANU as (narrator)
- 2023 · 761st Tank Battalion: The Original Black Panthers as Self
- 2019 · Panama Canal in 3D a Land Divided a World United as Self
- 2018 · Die Clint Eastwood Story as Self
- 2017 · Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies as Self
- 2014 · We the People as Narrator (voice)
- 2012 · Le frontiere dell'Astronomia - EP-7 Vite aliene nel cosmo as Narratore
- 2012 · Echoes 'Cross the Tracks as Self
- 2011 · Clint Eastwood's West as Self
- 2011 · Breaking the Taboo as Narrator (voice)
- 2010 · The President's Photographer: Fifty Years Inside the Oval Office as Narrator (voice)
- 2010 · For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots as Self (voice)
- 2009 · Live from Studio Five as Self
- 2007 · AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition as Self
- 2006 · Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters as Self
- 2006 · The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays as Jaques (segment "As You Like It")
- 2005 · Born to Fight as Self
- 2005 · James Lipton Takes on Three as Self
- 2004 · The Hunting of the President as Narrator (voice)
- 2003 · Guilty by Association as Lt. Redding
- 2003 · Declaration of Independence as Self
- 2002 · Partners of the Heart as Narrator (voice)
- 1998 · Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist as Self
- 1994 · Inside the Actors Studio as Self
- 1991 · The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry as Narrator (voice)
- 1990 · Rabbit Ears - The Savior is Born as Narrator (voice)
- 1985 · The Execution of Raymond Graham as Warden Pratt
- 1985 · The Gospel at Colonus as Messenger
- 1981 · The Marva Collins Story as Clarence Collins
- 1980 · Attica as Hap Richards
- 1974 · Energy Crisis as Self
- 1970 · Caught in the Middle as
- 1966 · A Man Called Adam as Party Guest (uncredited)
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Cecil B. DeMille Award Recipient
- Future · The Little Bedroom as