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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
June 1, 1937
Place of Birth
Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Also Known As
- Morgan Porterfield Freeman Jr.
- Morgan J. Freeman
Morgan Freeman
10.7 Popularity
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.
Known For
5.2
voice
The American Revolution
2025
6.4
Thaddeus Bradley
Now You See Me: Now You Don't
2025
🎬
0.0
Self
Clint Eastwood : la légende
2025
5.3
Self
Number One on the Call Sheet
2025
0.0
(narrator)
The Power of Chi
2025
0.0
(narrator)
From the Balkans
2024
5.3
Kendrick Ryker
Gunner
2024
6.7
Azeem (archive footage)
How to Rob a Bank
2024
6.2
Dr. Cole
My Dead Friend Zoe
2024
0.0
Narrator
Odysseus Returns
2024
Credits
The American Revolution
as voice
2025
5.2
Now You See Me: Now You Don't
as Thaddeus Bradley
2025
6.4
🎬
Clint Eastwood : la légende
as Self
2025
0.0
Number One on the Call Sheet
as Self
2025
5.3
The Power of Chi
as (narrator)
2025
0.0
From the Balkans
as (narrator)
2024
0.0
Gunner
as Kendrick Ryker
2024
5.3
How to Rob a Bank
as Azeem (archive footage)
2024
6.7
My Dead Friend Zoe
as Dr. Cole
2024
6.2
Odysseus Returns
as Narrator
2024
0.0
Life on Our Planet
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2023
8.0
57 Seconds
as Anton Burrell
2023
6.1
761st Tank Battalion: The Original Black Panthers
as Self
2023
6.0
Lioness
as Secretary of State Edwin Mullins
2023
8.0
100 Years of Warner Bros.
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2023
7.7
The Muppets Mayhem
as Morgan Freeman
2023
6.1
A Good Person
as Daniel
2023
7.1
The Ritual Killer
as Dr. Mackles
2023
5.8
Our Universe
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2022
7.8
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
as Self (archive footage)
2022
7.3
The Minute You Wake Up Dead
as Sheriff Thurmond Fowler
2022
5.3
The Jennifer Hudson Show
as Self
2022
5.6
Sidney
as Self
2022
7.7
Paradise Highway
as Gerick
2022
5.9
Betty White: A Celebration
as Self
2022
8.0
Power of Chi
as Narrator (voice)
2022
0.0
History's Greatest Escapes with Morgan Freeman
as Self - Host
2021
5.6
Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy
as Self
2021
7.0
Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking
as Self
2021
6.2
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
as Self
2021
7.5
Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard
as Senior
2021
6.7
Solos
as Narrator (voice)
2021
6.7
Solos
as Stuart
2021
6.7
Vanquish
as Damon
2021
5.3
Coming 2 America
as Morgan Freeman
2021
6.4
Morgan Freeman: Breaking Barriers
as Self
2021
6.6
The Comeback Trail
as Reggie Fontaine
2020
5.9
Meeting the Beatles in India
as Narrator (voice)
2020
6.5
The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II
as Self
2020
6.9
Into Nature's Wild
as Narrator (voice)
2020
6.0
Angel Has Fallen
as Alan Trumbull
2019
6.6
Brian Banks
as Jerome Johnson (uncredited)
2019
7.2
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
as Morgan Freeman (voice)
2019
8.0
The Poison Rose
as Doc
2019
4.7
Panama Canal in 3D a Land Divided a World United
as Self
2019
6.0
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
as Drosselmeyer
2018
6.1
America's Musical Journey
as Narrator (voice)
2018
5.6
Die Clint Eastwood Story
as Self
2018
6.0
Just Getting Started
as Duke
2017
4.9
Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies
as Self
2017
5.4
The Story of Us with Morgan Freeman
as Self - Host
2017
6.8
John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs
as Self
2017
6.7
The Words That Built America
as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
2017
6.0
Going in Style
as Willie Davis
2017
6.7
March of the Penguins 2: The Next Step
as Narrator (English voice)
2017
6.9
Ben-Hur
as Sheik Ilderim
2016
5.8
The C Word
as Narrator (voice)
2016
6.8
Now You See Me 2
as Thaddeus Bradley
2016
6.8
The Story of God with Morgan Freeman
as Self - Host
2016
7.5
London Has Fallen
as Alan Trumbull
2016
6.2
Momentum
as Senator
2015
5.7
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
2015
6.2
JFK & LBJ: A Time for Greatness
as Narrator (voice)
2015
6.0
Ted 2
as Patrick Meighan
2015
6.3
Last Knights
as Bartok
2015
6.4
Madam Secretary
as Chief Justice Frawley
2014
7.0
Madam Secretary
as Chief Justice Wilbourne (uncredited)
2014
7.0
Dolphin Tale 2
as Dr. Cameron McCarthy
2014
7.0
Lucy
as Professor Norman
2014
6.5
5 Flights Up
as Alex Carver
2014
6.0
Wish Wizard
as Maxwell Omni
2014
3.7
Transcendence
as Joseph Tagger
2014
6.1
Island of Lemurs: Madagascar
as Narrator (voice)
2014
6.2
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
2014
5.3
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
2014
5.9
The Lego Movie
as Vitruvius (voice)
2014
7.4
We the People
as Narrator (voice)
2014
3.5
JFK: A President Betrayed
as Narrator (voice)
2013
7.4
Last Vegas
as Archibald 'Archie' Clayton
2013
6.4
Now You See Me
as Thaddeus Bradley
2013
7.3
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
as Self
2013
5.9
Oblivion
as Beech
2013
6.7
Olympus Has Fallen
as Alan Trumbull
2013
6.4
Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot
as Self
2013
5.7
🎬
The Editor and The Dragon: Horace Carter Fights the Klan
as Narrator (voice)
2013
8.2
Ending the Knight
as Self
2012
7.2
B.B. King: The Life of Riley
as Narrator (voice)
2012
6.9
The Dark Knight Rises
as Fox
2012
7.8
The Magic of Belle Isle
as Monte Wildhorn
2012
7.0
🎬
Le frontiere dell'Astronomia - EP-7 Vite aliene nel cosmo
as Narratore
2012
4.0
Echoes 'Cross the Tracks
as Self
2012
6.0
🎬
Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl
as Self
2012
6.0
Dolphin Tale
as Dr. McCarthy
2011
6.9
Conan the Barbarian
as Narrator (voice)
2011
5.3
Curiosity
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2011
6.9
🎬
Clint Eastwood's West
as Self
2011
6.0
Breaking the Taboo
as Narrator (voice)
2011
7.1
Born to Be Wild
as Narrator (voice)
2011
7.0
The President's Photographer: Fifty Years Inside the Oval Office
as Narrator (voice)
2010
5.8
RED
as Joe Matheson
2010
6.7
Through the Wormhole
as Self - Host
2010
7.6
The 16th Man
as Narrator (voice)
2010
6.8
The Eastwood Factor
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2010
6.0
The People Speak
as Self
2009
7.2
Invictus
as Nelson Mandela
2009
7.2
30 for 30
2009
7.4
The Jay Leno Show
as Self
2009
3.5
Live from Studio Five
as Self
2009
3.7
The Maiden Heist
as Charles Peterson
2009
5.6
Prom Night in Mississippi
as Narrator (voice)
2009
6.6
Thick as Thieves
as Keith Ripley
2009
6.0
The Dark Knight
as Lucius Fox
2008
8.5
Wanted
as Sloan
2008
6.5
Where the Water Meets the Sky
2008
6.0
A Raisin in the Sun
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
2008
6.1
The Bucket List
as Carter Chambers
2007
7.2
All About Us
as Self
2007
4.4
Feast of Love
as Harry Stevenson
2007
6.2
Gone Baby Gone
as Jack Doyle
2007
7.3
AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition
as Self
2007
6.7
Evan Almighty
as God
2007
5.6
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
2007
7.2
The Electric Company's Greatest Hits & Bits
as Self
2006
6.0
Greasy Rider
2006
0.0
10 Items or Less
as 'Him'
2006
6.2
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
as Self
2006
6.5
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
as Jaques (segment "As You Like It")
2006
0.0
The Contract
as Frank Carden
2006
5.7
Lucky Number Slevin
as The Boss
2006
7.5
The Reichen Show
as Self - Guest
2005
4.8
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon
as Neil Armstrong (voice)
2005
5.8
An Unfinished Life
as Mitch Bradley
2005
6.8
Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast
as Self
2005
2.0
Edison
as Ashford
2005
5.3
Born to Fight
as Self
2005
0.0
🎬
James Lipton Takes on Three
as Self
2005
0.0
War of the Worlds
as Narrator (voice)
2005
6.5
Batman Begins
as Lucius Fox
2005
7.7
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
2005
10.0
Slavery and the Making of America
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2005
7.9
Unleashed
as Sam
2005
6.9
March of the Penguins
as Narrator
2005
7.1
Blues Divas
as Self
2005
6.0
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
as Self
2005
6.7
Million Dollar Baby
as Eddie Scrap-Iron Dupris
2004
8.0
Genius. A Night for Ray Charles
as Self
2004
7.3
The Hunting of the President
as Narrator (voice)
2004
5.6
Survivors of the Shoah: Visual History Foundation
2004
6.2
America Beyond the Color Line
as Self
2004
6.0
The Big Bounce
as Walter Crewes
2004
4.9
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
2003
5.6
Guilty by Association
as Lt. Redding
2003
2.9
Declaration of Independence
as Self
2003
10.0
Bruce Almighty
as God
2003
6.7
Dreamcatcher
as Col. Abraham Curtis
2003
5.6
Levity
as Miles Evans
2003
6.1
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest
2003
5.5
All on Accounta Pullin' a Trigger
as Self
2002
6.0
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
as Self
2002
7.2
Partners of the Heart
as Narrator (voice)
2002
6.0
The Sum of All Fears
as DCI William Cabot
2002
6.4
High Crimes
as Charlie Grimes
2002
6.4
Shawshank: The Redeeming Feature
as Self
2001
8.3
Along Came a Spider
as Alex Cross
2001
6.3
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
as Narrator (voice)
2000
7.1
Nurse Betty
as Charlie
2000
6.1
Under Suspicion
as Captain Victor Benezet
2000
6.1
Stephen King: Shining in the Dark
as Self
1999
6.3
Mark Twain Prize
as Self
1999
0.0
Deep Impact
as President Tom Beck
1998
6.2
Hard Rain
as Jim
1998
5.9
Parkinson
as Self
1998
0.0
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
as Self
1998
7.7
Amistad
as Theodore Joadson
1997
7.0
Kiss the Girls
as Det. Alex Cross
1997
6.5
The Long Way Home
as Narrator (voice)
1997
7.1
The View
as Self
1997
4.3
🎬
The Making of Se7en
as Self
1997
10.0
The Chris Rock Show
1997
4.2
Cosmic Voyage
as Narrator (voice)
1996
7.1
Chain Reaction
as Paul Shannon
1996
5.8
The Daily Show
as Self
1996
6.4
Moll Flanders
as Hibble
1996
6.1
Blacklist: Hollywood on Trial
as Edward G. Robinson
1996
0.0
Inside the White House
as Narrator (voice)
1996
7.3
Se7en
as Somerset
1995
8.4
Outbreak
as General Billy Ford
1995
6.6
The Shawshank Redemption
as Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding
1994
8.7
Inside the Actors Studio
as Self
1994
7.5
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
1993
7.2
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
as Self
1992
0.0
Unforgiven
as Ned Logan
1992
7.9
HBO First Look
1992
4.9
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
5.4
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
as Narrator (voice)
1992
10.0
The Power of One
as Geel Piet
1992
7.5
🎬
Pebble Mill
as Self
1991
3.1
The True Story of Glory Continues
as Narrator (voice)
1991
5.7
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
as Azeem
1991
6.9
Robin Hood: The Myth, the Man, the Movie
as Self
1991
6.0
The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry
as Narrator (voice)
1991
4.3
The Bonfire of the Vanities
as Judge Leonard White
1990
5.6
The Civil War
as Frederick Douglass
1990
7.9
Follow the Drinking Gourd
as Narrator (voice)
1990
0.0
🎬
Rabbit Ears - The Savior is Born
as Narrator (voice)
1990
4.0
Night of 100 Stars III
as Self
1990
4.0
The Earth Day Special
as Walter Samson
1990
6.3
Glory
as Sgt. Maj. John Rawlins
1989
7.5
Driving Miss Daisy
as Hoke Colburn
1989
7.2
Johnny Handsome
as Lt. A.Z. Drones
1989
6.3
Lean On Me
as Principal Joe Clark
1989
7.3
American Experience
as Narrator (voice)
1988
6.9
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
5.4
Clean and Sober
as Craig
1988
6.3
Clinton and Nadine
as Dorsey Pratt
1988
3.4
Fight for Life
as Dr. Sherard
1987
5.5
Street Smart
as Leo "Fast Black" Smalls, Jr.
1987
5.9
American Masters
as Narrator (voice)
1986
7.4
Resting Place
as Luther Johnson
1986
6.1
The Execution of Raymond Graham
as Warden Pratt
1985
6.4
That Was Then... This Is Now
as Charlie Woods
1985
5.7
The Gospel at Colonus
as Messenger
1985
0.0
The Twilight Zone
as Tony (segment "Dealer's Choice")
1985
7.8
Marie: A True Story
as Charles Traughber
1985
5.6
The Atlanta Child Murders
as Ben Shelter
1985
5.6
Teachers
as Lewis
1984
5.6
Harry & Son
as Siemanowski
1984
5.8
🎬
Goldene Kamera
as Self
1984
5.7
The Marva Collins Story
as Clarence Collins
1981
7.4
Eyewitness
as Lieutenant Black
1981
5.6
Death of a Prophet
as Malcolm X
1981
4.1
Brubaker
as Walter
1980
7.1
Attica
as Hap Richards
1980
5.7
Hollow Image
as Sweet Talk
1979
3.5
CBS News Sunday Morning
as Self
1979
6.9
The Kennedy Center Honors
as Self
1978
7.4
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
as Uncle Hammer
1978
8.0
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
as Uncle Hammer
1978
3.0
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975
7.0
Out to Lunch
as Self / Croupier
1974
6.0
Spidey Super Stories
as Count Dracula
1974
0.0
Spidey Super Stories
as Easy Reader
1974
0.0
Spidey Super Stories
as Police officer
1974
0.0
Spidey Super Stories
as Umpire
1974
0.0
🎬
Energy Crisis
as Self
1974
0.0
Blade
as Chris
1973
5.4
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self
1973
6.3
Who Says I Can't Ride a Rainbow!
as Afro
1971
6.0
The Electric Company
as Mad Scientist
1971
7.1
The Electric Company
as Easy Reader
1971
7.1
The Electric Company
as Count Dracula
1971
7.1
Great Performances
as Messenger
1971
5.8
🎬
Caught in the Middle
1970
0.0
60 Minutes
as Self
1968
6.6
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
as Grand Central Commuter (uncredited)
1968
4.9
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
as Grand Central Commuter
1968
4.9
A Man Called Adam
as Party Guest (uncredited)
1966
6.0
The Pawnbroker
as Man on Street (Uncredited)
1965
7.1
Tony Awards
as Self - Performer
1956
5.9
The Oscars
as Self - Presenter
1953
7.0
The Oscars
as Self
1953
7.0
Today
as Self
1952
5.6
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Clarence
1951
8.6
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Luther
1951
8.6
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter
1944
7.2
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
1944
7.2
Golden Globe Awards
as Self
1944
7.2
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Cecil B. DeMille Award Recipient
1944
7.2
🎬
Sniff
as Joe Mulwray
N/A
0.0
CLINT
as Narrator (voice)
N/A
0.0
🎬
The Promised Land
as Narrator (voice)
N/A
6.0
🎬
Hate to See You Go
as Sonny Bell
N/A
0.0
🎬
The Blues Live On! The Delta Blues Museum
as Narrator (voice)
N/A
0.0
🎬
The Little Bedroom
N/A
0.0