Morgan Freeman
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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.
Known for
Credits
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
as Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding
The Dark Knight (2008)
as Lucius Fox
The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
as Fox
Se7en (1995)
as Somerset
Now You See Me: Now You Don't (2025)
as Thaddeus Bradley
Ted 2 (2015)
as Patrick Meighan
Batman Begins (2005)
as Lucius Fox
Now You See Me (2013)
as Thaddeus Bradley
The Lego Movie (2014)
as Vitruvius (voice)
Now You See Me 2 (2016)
as Thaddeus Bradley
Lucy (2014)
as Professor Norman
Oblivion (2013)
as Beech
War of the Worlds (2005)
as Narrator (voice)
Bruce Almighty (2003)
as God
Olympus Has Fallen (2013)
as Alan Trumbull
Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard (2021)
as Senior
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)
as Azeem
RED (2010)
as Joe Matheson
Deep Impact (1998)
as President Tom Beck
Unforgiven (1992)
as Ned Logan
Conan the Barbarian (2011)
as Narrator (voice)
Wanted (2008)
as Sloan
The Sum of All Fears (2002)
as DCI William Cabot
Angel Has Fallen (2019)
as Alan Trumbull
Million Dollar Baby (2004)
as Eddie Scrap-Iron Dupris
London Has Fallen (2016)
as Alan Trumbull
Evan Almighty (2007)
as God
Transcendence (2014)
as Joseph Tagger
Lucky Number Slevin (2006)
as The Boss
Kiss the Girls (1997)
as Det. Alex Cross
Outbreak (1995)
as General Billy Ford
Glory (1989)
as Sgt. Maj. John Rawlins
The Bucket List (2007)
as Carter Chambers
Going in Style (2017)
as Willie Davis
Last Knights (2015)
as Bartok
Chain Reaction (1996)
as Paul Shannon
Ben-Hur (2016)
as Sheik Ilderim
57 Seconds (2023)
as Anton Burrell
Along Came a Spider (2001)
as Alex Cross
Gone Baby Gone (2007)
as Jack Doyle
Unleashed (2005)
as Sam
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018)
as Drosselmeyer
Coming 2 America (2021)
as Morgan Freeman
The Ritual Killer (2023)
as Dr. Mackles
Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
as Hoke Colburn
Dreamcatcher (2003)
as Col. Abraham Curtis
Under Suspicion (2000)
as Captain Victor Benezet
High Crimes (2002)
as Charlie Grimes
Last Vegas (2013)
as Archibald 'Archie' Clayton
Invictus (2009)
as Nelson Mandela
The Poison Rose (2019)
as Doc
Gunner (2024)
as Kendrick Ryker
An Unfinished Life (2005)
as Mitch Bradley
The Comeback Trail (2020)
as Reggie Fontaine
Momentum (2015)
as Senator
The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990)
as Judge Leonard White
Hard Rain (1998)
as Jim
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It (2021)
as Self
The Love Guru (2008)
as Morgan Freemann (voice) (uncredited)
Johnny Handsome (1989)
as Lt. A.Z. Drones
Sidney (2022)
as Self
The Contract (2006)
as Frank Carden
The Magic of Belle Isle (2012)
as Monte Wildhorn
Brubaker (1980)
as Walter
A Good Person (2023)
as Daniel
Lean On Me (1989)
as Principal Joe Clark
Dolphin Tale (2011)
as Dr. McCarthy
Paradise Highway (2022)
as Gerick
Vanquish (2021)
as Damon
Nurse Betty (2000)
as Charlie
Edison (2005)
as Ashford
Just Getting Started (2017)
as Duke
Wish Wizard (2014)
as Maxwell Omni
The Maiden Heist (2009)
as Charles Peterson
The Minute You Wake Up Dead (2022)
as Sheriff Thurmond Fowler
Feast of Love (2007)
as Harry Stevenson
March of the Penguins 2: The Next Step (2017)
as Narrator (English voice)
March of the Penguins (2005)
as Narrator
My Dead Friend Zoe (2024)
as Dr. Cole
Brian Banks (2019)
as Jerome Johnson (uncredited)
Thick as Thieves (2009)
as Keith Ripley
The Power of One (1992)
as Geel Piet
Dolphin Tale 2 (2014)
as Dr. Cameron McCarthy
5 Flights Up (2014)
as Alex Carver
10 Items or Less (2006)
as 'Him'
The Big Bounce (2004)
as Walter Crewes
Ending the Knight (2012)
as Self
Moll Flanders (1996)
as Hibble
Levity (2003)
as Miles Evans
Resting Place (1986)
as Luther Johnson
The Pawnbroker (1965)
as Man on Street (Uncredited)
Eyewitness (1981)
as Lieutenant Black
The Earth Day Special (1990)
as Walter Samson
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend (2022)
as Self (archive footage)
The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II (2020)
as Self
Street Smart (1987)
as Leo "Fast Black" Smalls, Jr.
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon (2005)
as Neil Armstrong (voice)
Clean and Sober (1988)
as Craig
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters (2006)
as Self
The Words That Built America (2017)
as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
That Was Then... This Is Now (1985)
as Charlie Woods
Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot (2013)
as Self
Clint Eastwood : la légende (2025)
as Self
Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast (2005)
as Self
The People Speak (2009)
as Self
Teachers (1984)
as Lewis
Clinton and Nadine (1988)
as Dorsey Pratt
Betty White: A Celebration (2022)
as Self
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays (2006)
as Jaques (segment "As You Like It")
Born to Be Wild (2011)
as Narrator (voice)
Harry & Son (1984)
as Siemanowski
The Long Way Home (1997)
as Narrator (voice)
Night of 100 Stars III (1990)
as Self
Out to Lunch (1974)
as Self / Croupier
Marie: A True Story (1985)
as Charles Traughber
A Raisin in the Sun (2008)
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? (1968)
as Grand Central Commuter (uncredited)
Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking (2021)
as Self
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist (1998)
as Self
Panama Canal: A Land Divided ~ A World United (2019)
as Self
Death of a Prophet (1981)
as Malcolm X
Die Clint Eastwood Story (2018)
as Self
Robin Hood: The Myth, the Man, the Movie (1991)
as Self
The Electric Company's Greatest Hits & Bits (2006)
as Self
The Hunting of the President (2004)
as Narrator (voice)
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood (2005)
as Self (archive footage)
Cosmic Voyage (1996)
as Narrator (voice)
AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition (2007)
as Self
Power of Chi (2022)
as Narrator (voice)
Island of Lemurs: Madagascar (2014)
as Narrator (voice)
The C Word (2016)
as Narrator (voice)
Breaking the Taboo (2011)
as Narrator (voice)
Odysseus Returns (2024)
as Narrator
761st Tank Battalion: The Original Black Panthers (2023)
as Self
A Man Called Adam (1966)
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Amistad (1997)
as Theodore Joadson
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows (2000)
as Narrator (voice)
All About Us (2007)
as Self
The Execution of Raymond Graham (1985)
as Warden Pratt
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story (2013)
as Self
America's Musical Journey (2018)
as Narrator (voice)
John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs (2017)
as Self
Guilty by Association (2003)
as Lt. Redding
The Making of Se7en (1997)
as Self
Follow the Drinking Gourd (1990)
as Narrator (voice)
The Marva Collins Story (1981)
as Clarence Collins
Clint Eastwood's West (2011)
as Self
Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl (2012)
as Self
Rob Reiner Interviews the Stars: Morgan Freeman (2008)
as Self
Fight for Life (1987)
as Dr. Sherard
B.B. King: The Life of Riley (2012)
as Narrator (voice)
Who Says I Can't Ride a Rainbow! (1971)
as Afro
VM-krönika 2022 (2022)
as Self (archive footage)
Blade (1973)
as Chris
Hollow Image (1979)
as Sweet Talk
Shawshank: The Redeeming Feature (2001)
as Self
JFK: A President Betrayed (2013)
as Narrator (voice)
The Power of Chi (2025)
as (narrator)
Metro Boomin: Heroes & Villains (2022)
Actor
Stephen King: Shining in the Dark (1999)
as Self
Attica (1980)
as Hap Richards
Declaration of Independence (2003)
as Self
Into Nature's Wild (2020)
as Narrator (voice)
All on Accounta Pullin' a Trigger (2002)
as Self
Le frontiere dell'Astronomia - EP-7 Vite aliene nel cosmo (2012)
as Narratore
Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies (2017)
as Self
Inside the White House (1996)
as Narrator (voice)
Blues Divas (2005)
as Self
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (1978)
as Uncle Hammer
Born to Fight (2005)
as Self
Greasy Rider (2006)
Actor
Sniff (—)
as Joe Mulwray
Hate to See You Go (—)
as Sonny Bell
Survivors of the Shoah: Visual History Foundation (2004)
Actor
The Gospel at Colonus (1985)
as Messenger
Meeting the Beatles in India (2020)
as Narrator (voice)
The 16th Man (2010)
as Narrator (voice)
The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry (1991)
as Narrator (voice)
The Eastwood Factor (2010)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Caught in the Middle (1970)
Actor
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven' (2002)
as Self
We the People (2014)
as Narrator (voice)
Prom Night in Mississippi (2009)
as Narrator (voice)
Genius. A Night for Ray Charles (2004)
as Self
Blacklist: Hollywood on Trial (1996)
as Edward G. Robinson
Partners of the Heart (2002)
as Narrator (voice)
The President's Photographer: Fifty Years Inside the Oval Office (2010)
as Narrator (voice)
The Blues Live On! The Delta Blues Museum (—)
as Narrator (voice)
From the Balkans (2024)
as (narrator)
Rabbit Ears - The Savior is Born (1990)
as Narrator (voice)
Morgan Freeman: Breaking Barriers (2021)
as Self
James Lipton Takes on Three (2005)
as Self
JFK & LBJ: A Time for Greatness (2015)
as Narrator (voice)
Energy Crisis (1974)
as Self
The Little Bedroom (—)
Actor
The Editor and The Dragon: Horace Carter Fights the Klan (2013)
as Narrator (voice)
The True Story of Glory Continues (1991)
as Narrator (voice)
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven' (1992)
as Self
Where the Water Meets the Sky (2008)
Actor
Echoes 'Cross the Tracks (2012)
as Self
A New Birth of Freedom (—)
as Narrator