Morgan Freeman
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1937-06-01 (87 years old)
Place of Birth
Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Morgan Freeman
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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Known For
Acting
Hate to See You Go
as Sonny Bell
Sniff
as Joe Mulwray
CLINT
as Narrator (voice)
The Blues Live On! The Delta Blues Museum
as Narrator (voice)
(2025)
Now You See Me: Now You Don't
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)
(2024)
Odysseus Returns
as Narrator
(2024)
SBALKANU
as (narrator)
(2023)
57 Seconds
as Anton Burrell
(2023)
The Ritual Killer
as Dr. Mackles
(2023)
A Good Person
as Daniel
(2023)
(2022)
The Minute You Wake Up Dead
as Sheriff Thurmond Fowler
(2022)
Paradise Highway
as Gerick
(2022)
Sidney
as Self
(2022)
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
as Self (archive footage)
(2022)
Betty White: A Celebration
as Self
(2022)
Power of Chi
as Narrator (voice)
(2021)
Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard
as Senior
(2021)
Coming 2 America
as Morgan Freeman
(2021)
Vanquish
as Damon
(2021)
(2021)
(2021)
(2020)
The Comeback Trail
as Reggie Fontaine
(2020)
(2020)
Meeting the Beatles in India
as Narrator (voice)
(2020)
Into Nature's Wild
as Narrator (voice)
(2019)
Angel Has Fallen
as Alan Trumbull
(2019)
The Poison Rose
as Doc
(2019)
Brian Banks
as Jerome Johnson (uncredited)
(2019)
(2018)
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
as Drosselmeyer
(2018)
America's Musical Journey
as Narrator (voice)
(2018)
Die Clint Eastwood Story
as Self
(2017)
Going in Style
as Willie Davis
(2017)
The Words That Built America
as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
(2017)
Just Getting Started
as Duke
(2017)
(2017)
(2016)
Now You See Me 2
as Thaddeus Bradley
(2016)
London Has Fallen
as Alan Trumbull
(2016)
Ben-Hur
as Sheik Ilderim
(2016)
The C Word
as Narrator (voice)
(2015)
Ted 2
as Patrick Meighan
(2015)
Momentum
as Senator
(2015)
Last Knights
as Bartok
(2015)
JFK & LBJ: A Time for Greatness
as Narrator (voice)
(2014)
Lucy
as Professor Samuel Norman
(2014)
The Lego Movie
as Vitruvius (voice)
(2014)
Transcendence
as Joseph Tagger
(2014)
5 Flights Up
as Alex Carver
(2014)
Dolphin Tale 2
as Dr. Cameron McCarthy
(2014)
Wish Wizard
as Maxwell Omni
(2014)
Island of Lemurs: Madagascar
as Narrator (voice)
(2014)
We the People
as Narrator (voice)
(2013)
Now You See Me
as Thaddeus Bradley
(2013)
Oblivion
as Beech
(2013)
Olympus Has Fallen
as Alan Trumbull
(2013)
Last Vegas
as Archibald 'Archie' Clayton
(2013)
The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy
as Self (archive footage)
(2013)
(2013)
(2013)
JFK: A President Betrayed
as Narrator (voice)
(2013)
The Editor and The Dragon: Horace Carter Fights the Klan
as Narrator (voice)
(2012)
The Dark Knight Rises
as Fox
(2012)
Ending the Knight
as Self
(2012)
The Magic of Belle Isle
as Monte Wildhorn
(2012)
B.B. King: The Life of Riley
as Narrator (voice)
(2012)
(2012)
Echoes 'Cross the Tracks
as Self
(2012)
(2011)
Conan the Barbarian
as Narrator (voice)
(2011)
Dolphin Tale
as Dr. McCarthy
(2011)
Born to Be Wild
as Narrator (voice)
(2011)
Clint Eastwood's West
as Self
(2011)
Breaking the Taboo
as Narrator (voice)
(2010)
RED
as Joe Matheson
(2010)
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
as Self (archive footage)
(2010)
For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots
as Self (voice)
(2010)
The Eastwood Factor
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(2010)
The 16th Man
as Narrator (voice)
(2010)
The President's Photographer: Fifty Years Inside the Oval Office
as Narrator (voice)
(2009)
Invictus
as Nelson Mandela
(2009)
Thick as Thieves
as Keith Ripley
(2009)
The Maiden Heist
as Charles Peterson
(2009)
The People Speak
as Self
(2009)
Prom Night in Mississippi
as Narrator (voice)
(2008)
The Dark Knight
as Lucius Fox
(2008)
Wanted
as Sloan
(2008)
A Raisin in the Sun
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
(2008)
(2007)
The Bucket List
as Carter Chambers
(2007)
Evan Almighty
as God
(2007)
Gone Baby Gone
as Jack Doyle
(2007)
All About Us
as Self
(2007)
Feast of Love
as Harry Stevenson
(2007)
(2006)
Lucky Number Slevin
as The Boss
(2006)
10 Items or Less
as 'Him'
(2006)
The Contract
as Frank Carden
(2006)
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
as Jaques (segment "As You Like It")
(2006)
(2006)
(2005)
Batman Begins
as Lucius Fox
(2005)
War of the Worlds
as Narrator (voice)
(2005)
Unleashed
as Sam
(2005)
An Unfinished Life
as Mitch Bradley
(2005)
Edison
as Ashford
(2005)
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
as Self
(2005)
(2005)
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon
as Neil Armstrong (voice)
(2005)
Blues Divas
as Self
(2004)
Million Dollar Baby
as Eddie Scrap-Iron Dupris
(2004)
The Big Bounce
as Walter Crewes
(2004)
(2004)
The Hunting of the President
as Narrator (voice)
(2004)
(2003)
Bruce Almighty
as God
(2003)
Dreamcatcher
as Col. Abraham Curtis
(2003)
Levity
as Miles Evans
(2003)
Declaration of Independence
as Self
(2003)
Guilty by Association
as Lt. Redding
(2002)
The Sum of All Fears
as DCI William Cabot
(2002)
High Crimes
as Charlie Grimes
(2002)
(2002)
(2002)
Partners of the Heart
as Narrator (voice)
(2001)
Along Came a Spider
as Alex Cross
(2001)
(2000)
Under Suspicion
as Captain Victor Benezet
(2000)
Nurse Betty
as Charlie
(2000)
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
as Narrator (voice)
(1999)
(1998)
Deep Impact
as President Tom Beck
(1998)
Hard Rain
as Jim
(1998)
(1997)
Kiss the Girls
as Det. Alex Cross
(1997)
The Long Way Home
as Narrator (voice)
(1997)
Amistad
as Theodore Joadson
(1997)
The Making of Se7en
as Self
(1996)
Chain Reaction
as Paul Shannon
(1996)
Moll Flanders
as Hibble
(1996)
Inside the White House
as Narrator (voice)
(1996)
Cosmic Voyage
as Narrator (voice)
(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
(1992)
Unforgiven
as Ned Logan
(1992)
The Power of One
as Geel Piet
(1992)
(1991)
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
as Azeem
(1991)
(1991)
The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry
as Narrator (voice)
(1991)
The True Story of Glory Continues
as Narrator (voice)
(1990)
The Bonfire of the Vanities
as Judge Leonard White
(1990)
The Earth Day Special
as Walter Samson
(1990)
Night of 100 Stars III
as Self
(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
(1989)
Lean On Me
as Principal Joe Clark
(1989)
Johnny Handsome
as Lt. A.Z. Drones
(1988)
Clean and Sober
as Craig
(1988)
Clinton and Nadine
as Dorsey Pratt
(1987)
Street Smart
as Leo "Fast Black" Smalls, Jr.
(1987)
Fight for Life
as Dr. Sherard
(1986)
Resting Place
as Luther Johnson
(1985)
Marie: A True Story
as Charles Traughber
(1985)
The Execution of Raymond Graham
as Warden Pratt
(1985)
That Was Then... This Is Now
as Charlie Woods
(1985)
The Gospel at Colonus
as Messenger
(1984)
Teachers
as Lewis
(1984)
Harry & Son
as Siemanowski
(1981)
Death of a Prophet
as Malcolm X
(1981)
Eyewitness
as Lieutenant Black
(1981)
The Marva Collins Story
as Clarence Collins
(1980)
Brubaker
as Walter
(1980)
Attica
as Hap Richards
(1979)
Hollow Image
as Sweet Talk
(1978)
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
as Uncle Hammer
(1974)
Out to Lunch
as Self / Croupier
(1973)
Blade
as Chris
(1971)
(1970)
(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)
Crew
Hate to See You Go
Producer
Rendezvous with Rama
Producer
Last Meals
Producer
(2024)
In Our Blood
Executive Producer
(2023)
761st Tank Battalion: The Original Black Panthers
Executive Producer
(2022)
Ogun Óla: War is Coming
Producer
(2021)
The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain
Executive Producer
(2014)
5 Flights Up
Producer
(2010)
The 16th Man
Producer
(2009)
Invictus
Executive Producer
(2003)
Levity
Executive Producer
(2001)
Along Came a Spider
Executive Producer
(2000)
Under Suspicion
Executive Producer
(1999)
Mutiny
Executive Producer
(1998)
(1993)
Bopha!
Director