Born
1 June 1937 (88)
Place of Birth
Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Also known as
Morgan Porterfield Freeman Jr., Morgan J. 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 Angele...
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.
Now You See Me: Now You Don't
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Clint Eastwood : la légende
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The Power of Chi
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From the Balkans
2024
Gunner
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How to Rob a Bank
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My Dead Friend Zoe
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Odysseus Returns
2024
57 Seconds
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761st Tank Battalion: The Original Black Panthers
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A Good Person
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The Ritual Killer
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Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
2022
The Minute You Wake Up Dead
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Sidney
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Paradise Highway
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Betty White: A Celebration
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Power of Chi
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Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking
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Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
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Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard
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Vanquish
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Coming 2 America
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Morgan Freeman: Breaking Barriers
2021
The Comeback Trail
2020
Meeting the Beatles in India
2020
The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II
2020
Into Nature's Wild
2020
Angel Has Fallen
2019
Brian Banks
2019
The Poison Rose
2019
Panama Canal in 3D a Land Divided a World United
2019
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
2018
America's Musical Journey
2018
Die Clint Eastwood Story
2018
Just Getting Started
2017
Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies
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John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs
2017
The Words That Built America
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Going in Style
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