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
Batman Begins (2005)
as Lucius Fox
Se7en (1995)
as Somerset
Ted 2 (2015)
as Patrick Meighan
Now You See Me: Now You Don't (2025)
as Thaddeus Bradley
Now You See Me (2013)
as Thaddeus Bradley
War of the Worlds (2005)
as Narrator (voice)
Now You See Me 2 (2016)
as Thaddeus Bradley
Olympus Has Fallen (2013)
as Alan Trumbull
The Lego Movie (2014)
as Vitruvius (voice)
Bruce Almighty (2003)
as God
Oblivion (2013)
as Beech
Deep Impact (1998)
as President Tom Beck
Angel Has Fallen (2019)
as Alan Trumbull
Evan Almighty (2007)
as God
Lucy (2014)
as Professor Norman
The Sum of All Fears (2002)
as DCI William Cabot
Wanted (2008)
as Sloan
Million Dollar Baby (2004)
as Eddie Scrap-Iron Dupris
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018)
as Drosselmeyer
Unforgiven (1992)
as Ned Logan
London Has Fallen (2016)
as Alan Trumbull
Kiss the Girls (1997)
as Det. Alex Cross
Lucky Number Slevin (2006)
as The Boss
Chain Reaction (1996)
as Paul Shannon
Glory (1989)
as Sgt. Maj. John Rawlins
Conan the Barbarian (2011)
as Narrator (voice)
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)
as Azeem
Gone Baby Gone (2007)
as Jack Doyle
RED (2010)
as Joe Matheson
Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard (2021)
as Senior
The Bucket List (2007)
as Carter Chambers
Going in Style (2017)
as Willie Davis
High Crimes (2002)
as Charlie Grimes
57 Seconds (2023)
as Anton Burrell
An Unfinished Life (2005)
as Mitch Bradley
Coming 2 America (2021)
as Morgan Freeman
Hard Rain (1998)
as Jim
Transcendence (2014)
as Joseph Tagger
Along Came a Spider (2001)
as Alex Cross
Last Knights (2015)
as Bartok
Outbreak (1995)
as General Billy Ford
Last Vegas (2013)
as Archibald 'Archie' Clayton
The Ritual Killer (2023)
as Dr. Mackles
The Comeback Trail (2020)
as Reggie Fontaine
Invictus (2009)
as Nelson Mandela
Dreamcatcher (2003)
as Col. Abraham Curtis
Dolphin Tale (2011)
as Dr. McCarthy
The Poison Rose (2019)
as Doc
Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
as Hoke Colburn
Unleashed (2005)
as Sam
Ben-Hur (2016)
as Sheik Ilderim
Paradise Highway (2022)
as Gerick
A Good Person (2023)
as Daniel
The Power of One (1992)
as Geel Piet
10 Items or Less (2006)
as 'Him'
Feast of Love (2007)
as Harry Stevenson
Nurse Betty (2000)
as Charlie
The Contract (2006)
as Frank Carden
My Dead Friend Zoe (2024)
as Dr. Cole
The Love Guru (2008)
as Morgan Freemann (voice) (uncredited)
The Magic of Belle Isle (2012)
as Monte Wildhorn
Sidney (2022)
as Self
Gunner (2024)
as Kendrick Ryker
Edison (2005)
as Ashford
Dolphin Tale 2 (2014)
as Dr. Cameron McCarthy
The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990)
as Judge Leonard White
Lean On Me (1989)
as Principal Joe Clark
5 Flights Up (2014)
as Alex Carver
Under Suspicion (2000)
as Captain Victor Benezet
March of the Penguins 2: The Next Step (2017)
as Narrator (English voice)
The Maiden Heist (2009)
as Charles Peterson
Brubaker (1980)
as Walter
Thick as Thieves (2009)
as Keith Ripley
Moll Flanders (1996)
as Hibble
March of the Penguins (2005)
as Narrator
Momentum (2015)
as Senator
Born to Be Wild (2011)
as Narrator (voice)
Just Getting Started (2017)
as Duke
The Minute You Wake Up Dead (2022)
as Sheriff Thurmond Fowler
Brian Banks (2019)
as Jerome Johnson (uncredited)
The Big Bounce (2004)
as Walter Crewes
Johnny Handsome (1989)
as Lt. A.Z. Drones
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It (2021)
as Self
Vanquish (2021)
as Damon
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend (2022)
as Self (archive footage)
Resting Place (1986)
as Luther Johnson
Street Smart (1987)
as Leo "Fast Black" Smalls, Jr.
Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast (2005)
as Self
The Words That Built America (2017)
as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
Clean and Sober (1988)
as Craig
The Pawnbroker (1965)
as Man on Street (Uncredited)
The Earth Day Special (1990)
as Walter Samson
The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II (2020)
as Self
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood (2005)
as Self (archive footage)
Ending the Knight (2012)
as Self
The Long Way Home (1997)
as Narrator (voice)
A Raisin in the Sun (2008)
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
That Was Then... This Is Now (1985)
as Charlie Woods
The People Speak (2009)
as Self
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story (2013)
as Self
Eyewitness (1981)
as Lieutenant Black
Night of 100 Stars III (1990)
as Self
A Man Called Adam (1966)
as Party Guest (uncredited)
John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs (2017)
as Self
The Execution of Raymond Graham (1985)
as Warden Pratt
Betty White: A Celebration (2022)
as Self
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays (2006)
as Jaques (segment "As You Like It")
The Hunting of the President (2004)
as Narrator (voice)
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon (2005)
as Neil Armstrong (voice)
Clint Eastwood : la légende (2025)
as Self
Robin Hood: The Myth, the Man, the Movie (1991)
as Self
Marie: A True Story (1985)
as Charles Traughber
Teachers (1984)
as Lewis
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? (1968)
as Grand Central Commuter (uncredited)
Levity (2003)
as Miles Evans
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows (2000)
as Narrator (voice)
Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking (2021)
as Self
Breaking the Taboo (2011)
as Narrator (voice)
Stephen King: Shining in the Dark (1999)
as Self
Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot (2013)
as Self
Clinton and Nadine (1988)
as Dorsey Pratt
B.B. King: The Life of Riley (2012)
as Narrator (voice)
A Century of Cinema (1994)
as Self
Clint Eastwood's West (2011)
as Self
Wish Wizard (2014)
as Maxwell Omni
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters (2006)
as Self
Die Clint Eastwood Story (2018)
as Self
The Marva Collins Story (1981)
as Clarence Collins
AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition (2007)
as Self
Odysseus Returns (2024)
as Narrator
Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies (2017)
as Self
Genius. A Night for Ray Charles (2004)
as Self
America's Musical Journey (2018)
as Narrator (voice)
Where the Water Meets the Sky (2008)
Actor
Meeting the Beatles in India (2020)
as Narrator (voice)
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven' (1992)
as Self
Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl (2012)
as Self
Power of Chi (2022)
as Narrator (voice)
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist (1998)
as Self
Rob Reiner Interviews the Stars: Morgan Freeman (2008)
as Self
Island of Lemurs: Madagascar (2014)
as Narrator (voice)
Declaration of Independence (2003)
as Self
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (1978)
as Uncle Hammer
The Electric Company's Greatest Hits & Bits (2006)
as Self
Who Says I Can't Ride a Rainbow! (1971)
as Afro
Inside the White House (1996)
as Narrator (voice)
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven' (2002)
as Self
Metro Boomin: Heroes & Villains (2022)
Actor
Morgan Freeman: Breaking Barriers (2022)
as Self
The Gospel at Colonus (1985)
as Messenger
The Making of Se7en (1997)
as Self
The C Word (2016)
as Narrator (voice)
Shawshank: The Redeeming Feature (2001)
as Self
Death of a Prophet (1981)
as Malcolm X
Hate to See You Go (—)
as Sonny Bell
All on Accounta Pullin' a Trigger (2002)
as Self
Out to Lunch (1974)
as Self / Croupier
761st Tank Battalion: The Original Black Panthers (2023)
as Self
Harry & Son (1984)
as Siemanowski
The 16th Man (2010)
as Narrator (voice)
Blacklist: Hollywood on Trial (1996)
as Edward G. Robinson
The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry (1991)
as Narrator (voice)
Blade (1973)
as Chris
Partners of the Heart (2002)
as Narrator (voice)
Follow the Drinking Gourd (1990)
as Narrator (voice)
Caught in the Middle (1970)
Actor
Rode to Ruin (2027)
as Joseph Mulberry
JFK: A President Betrayed (2013)
as Narrator (voice)
James Lipton Takes on Three (2005)
as Self
All About Us (2007)
as Self
Guilty by Association (2003)
as Lt. Redding
Into Nature's Wild (2020)
as Narrator (voice)
Panama Canal: A Land Divided ~ A World United (2019)
as Self
The Editor and The Dragon: Horace Carter Fights the Klan (2013)
as Narrator (voice)
The Power of Chi (2025)
as (narrator)
Survivors of the Shoah: Visual History Foundation (2004)
Actor
Fight for Life (1987)
as Dr. Sherard
Attica (1980)
as Hap Richards
Hollow Image (1979)
as Sweet Talk
Prom Night in Mississippi (2009)
as Narrator (voice)
Sniff (—)
as Joe Mulwray
Cosmic Voyage (1996)
as Narrator (voice)
Amistad (1997)
as Theodore Joadson
The True Story of Glory Continues (1991)
as Narrator (voice)
Nacrose (2027)
as Morgan Freeman
Echoes 'Cross the Tracks (2012)
as Self
VM-krönika 2022 (2022)
as Self (archive footage)
Le frontiere dell'Astronomia - EP-7 Vite aliene nel cosmo (2012)
as Narratore
The Blues Live On! The Delta Blues Museum (—)
as Narrator (voice)
Born to Fight (2005)
as Self
JFK & LBJ: A Time for Greatness (2015)
as Narrator (voice)
The President's Photographer: Fifty Years Inside the Oval Office (2010)
as Narrator (voice)
The Little Bedroom (—)
Actor
Blues Divas (2005)
as Self
The Eastwood Factor (2010)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Greasy Rider (2006)
Actor
Energy Crisis (1974)
as Self
Rabbit Ears - The Savior is Born (1990)
as Narrator (voice)
We the People (2014)
as Narrator (voice)
A New Birth of Freedom (—)
as Narrator
From the Balkans (2024)
as (narrator)