Morgan Freeman

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

274

Gender

Male

Birthday

1937-06-01 (88 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.

Known For

  • Now You See Me: Now You Don't

    Now You See Me: Now You Don't

  • The Daily Show

    The Daily Show

  • The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

    The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

  • Late Night with Seth Meyers

    Late Night with Seth Meyers

  • Saturday Night Live

    Saturday Night Live

  • The Graham Norton Show

    The Graham Norton Show

  • The Dark Knight

    The Dark Knight

  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

  • The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

    The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

  • The Shawshank Redemption

    The Shawshank Redemption

  • Lioness

    Lioness

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • Now You See Me

    Now You See Me

  • The Jennifer Hudson Show

    The Jennifer Hudson Show

  • Se7en

    Se7en

  • Tony Awards

    Tony Awards

  • The View

    The View

  • Jimmy Kimmel Live!

    Jimmy Kimmel Live!

  • Great Performances

    Great Performances

  • CBS News Sunday Morning

    CBS News Sunday Morning

  • Madam Secretary

    Madam Secretary

  • Madam Secretary

    Madam Secretary

  • 60 Minutes

    60 Minutes

  • LIVE with Kelly and Mark

    LIVE with Kelly and Mark

  • Now You See Me 2

    Now You See Me 2

  • The Dark Knight Rises

    The Dark Knight Rises

  • American Experience

    American Experience

  • Batman Begins

    Batman Begins

  • Late Night with Conan O'Brien

    Late Night with Conan O'Brien

  • The Ellen DeGeneres Show

    The Ellen DeGeneres Show

  • The Twilight Zone

    The Twilight Zone

  • Ted 2

    Ted 2

  • Wanted

    Wanted

  • The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

    The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

  • Lucy

    Lucy

  • Pebble Mill

    Pebble Mill

  • The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II

    The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II

  • American Masters

    American Masters

  • The Nutcracker and the Four Realms

    The Nutcracker and the Four Realms

  • The Reichen Show

    The Reichen Show

  • Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?

    Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • War of the Worlds

    War of the Worlds

  • Bruce Almighty

    Bruce Almighty

  • Goldene Kamera

    Goldene Kamera

  • RED

    RED

  • Oblivion

    Oblivion

  • Olympus Has Fallen

    Olympus Has Fallen

  • Gunner

    Gunner

  • Parkinson

    Parkinson

  • Angel Has Fallen

    Angel Has Fallen

  • Blacklist: Hollywood on Trial

    Blacklist: Hollywood on Trial

  • 30 for 30

    30 for 30

  • Lean On Me

    Lean On Me

  • HBO First Look

    HBO First Look

  • The Lego Movie

    The Lego Movie

  • Conan the Barbarian

    Conan the Barbarian

  • Million Dollar Baby

    Million Dollar Baby

  • Unforgiven

    Unforgiven

  • The Kennedy Center Honors

    The Kennedy Center Honors

  • Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

    Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

  • The American Revolution

    The American Revolution

  • Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard

    Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard

  • London Has Fallen

    London Has Fallen

  • Glory

    Glory

  • Invictus

    Invictus

  • Ben-Hur

    Ben-Hur

  • Hate to See You Go

    Hate to See You Go

  • 57 Seconds

    57 Seconds

  • The Jay Leno Show

    The Jay Leno Show

  • Dreamcatcher

    Dreamcatcher

  • Unleashed

    Unleashed

  • Dolphin Tale

    Dolphin Tale

  • Driving Miss Daisy

    Driving Miss Daisy

  • The Civil War

    The Civil War

  • Deep Impact

    Deep Impact

  • Last Vegas

    Last Vegas

  • Transcendence

    Transcendence

  • Life on Our Planet

    Life on Our Planet

  • The Chris Rock Show

    The Chris Rock Show

  • The Bucket List

    The Bucket List

  • Levity

    Levity

  • Through the Wormhole

    Through the Wormhole

  • The Sum of All Fears

    The Sum of All Fears

  • Under Suspicion

    Under Suspicion

  • Brubaker

    Brubaker

  • An Unfinished Life

    An Unfinished Life

  • The Electric Company

    The Electric Company

  • The Electric Company

    The Electric Company

  • The Electric Company

    The Electric Company

  • Kiss the Girls

    Kiss the Girls

  • The Contract

    The Contract

  • Sidney

    Sidney

  • Robin Hood: The Myth, the Man, the Movie

    Robin Hood: The Myth, the Man, the Movie

  • Evan Almighty

    Evan Almighty

  • Lucky Number Slevin

    Lucky Number Slevin

  • Chain Reaction

    Chain Reaction

  • The Pawnbroker

    The Pawnbroker

  • Last Knights

    Last Knights

  • Along Came a Spider

    Along Came a Spider

  • The Minute You Wake Up Dead

    The Minute You Wake Up Dead

  • Going in Style

    Going in Style

  • The Ritual Killer

    The Ritual Killer

  • Outbreak

    Outbreak

  • Blade

    Blade

  • Hard Rain

    Hard Rain

  • Cosmic Voyage

    Cosmic Voyage

  • The Power of One

    The Power of One

  • Number One on the Call Sheet

    Number One on the Call Sheet

  • Paradise Highway

    Paradise Highway

  • Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl

    Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl

  • Our Universe

    Our Universe

  • Coming 2 America

    Coming 2 America

  • A Good Person

    A Good Person

  • Resting Place

    Resting Place

  • Solos

    Solos

  • Solos

    Solos

  • Gone Baby Gone

    Gone Baby Gone

  • Harry & Son

    Harry & Son

  • 100 Years of Warner Bros.

    100 Years of Warner Bros.

  • March of the Penguins

    March of the Penguins

  • Today

    Today

  • The Editor and The Dragon: Horace Carter Fights the Klan

    The Editor and The Dragon: Horace Carter Fights the Klan

  • The Story of God with Morgan Freeman

    The Story of God with Morgan Freeman

  • Street Smart

    Street Smart

  • The Magic of Belle Isle

    The Magic of Belle Isle

  • My Dead Friend Zoe

    My Dead Friend Zoe

  • Who Says I Can't Ride a Rainbow!

    Who Says I Can't Ride a Rainbow!

  • Wish Wizard

    Wish Wizard

  • The Muppets Mayhem

    The Muppets Mayhem

  • Moll Flanders

    Moll Flanders

  • Meeting the Beatles in India

    Meeting the Beatles in India

  • Ending the Knight

    Ending the Knight

  • Teachers

    Teachers

  • Vanquish

    Vanquish

  • The Electric Company's Greatest Hits & Bits

    The Electric Company's Greatest Hits & Bits

  • The American Film Institute Salute to ...

    The American Film Institute Salute to ...

  • The Poison Rose

    The Poison Rose

  • Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'

    Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'

  • Thick as Thieves

    Thick as Thieves

  • The Bonfire of the Vanities

    The Bonfire of the Vanities

  • Edison

    Edison

  • The Maiden Heist

    The Maiden Heist

  • Mark Twain Prize

    Mark Twain Prize

  • The Comeback Trail

    The Comeback Trail

  • Momentum

    Momentum

  • Blues Divas

    Blues Divas

  • Inside the White House

    Inside the White House

  • Survivors of the Shoah: Visual History Foundation

    Survivors of the Shoah: Visual History Foundation

  • Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy

    Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy

  • Marie: A True Story

    Marie: A True Story

  • The Big Bounce

    The Big Bounce

  • How to Rob a Bank

    How to Rob a Bank

  • Dolphin Tale 2

    Dolphin Tale 2

  • High Crimes

    High Crimes

  • Johnny Handsome

    Johnny Handsome

  • 10 Items or Less

    10 Items or Less

  • A Raisin in the Sun

    A Raisin in the Sun

  • Just Getting Started

    Just Getting Started

  • Sniff

    Sniff

  • Feast of Love

    Feast of Love

  • Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'

    Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'

  • The Words That Built America

    The Words That Built America

  • Born to Be Wild

    Born to Be Wild

  • Brian Banks

    Brian Banks

  • Spidey Super Stories

    Spidey Super Stories

  • Spidey Super Stories

    Spidey Super Stories

  • Spidey Super Stories

    Spidey Super Stories

  • Spidey Super Stories

    Spidey Super Stories

  • The C Word

    The C Word

  • Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories

    Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories

  • Island of Lemurs: Madagascar

    Island of Lemurs: Madagascar

  • Night of 100 Stars III

    Night of 100 Stars III

  • That Was Then... This Is Now

    That Was Then... This Is Now

  • A Man Called Adam

    A Man Called Adam

  • Clean and Sober

    Clean and Sober

  • AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition

    AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition

  • America Beyond the Color Line

    America Beyond the Color Line

  • The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

    The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • Betty White: A Celebration

    Betty White: A Celebration

  • The Atlanta Child Murders

    The Atlanta Child Murders

  • Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast

    Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast

  • Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It

    Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It

  • Clinton and Nadine

    Clinton and Nadine

  • Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend

    Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend

  • The Long Way Home

    The Long Way Home

  • Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?

    Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?

  • Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?

    Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?

  • The President's Photographer: Fifty Years Inside the Oval Office

    The President's Photographer: Fifty Years Inside the Oval Office

  • March of the Penguins 2: The Next Step

    March of the Penguins 2: The Next Step

  • Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon

    Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon

  • History's Greatest Escapes with Morgan Freeman

    History's Greatest Escapes with Morgan Freeman

  • Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking

    Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking

  • Out to Lunch

    Out to Lunch

  • Nurse Betty

    Nurse Betty

  • Breaking the Taboo

    Breaking the Taboo

  • The People Speak

    The People Speak

  • 5 Flights Up

    5 Flights Up

  • Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

    Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

  • Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows

    Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows

  • The Eastwood Factor

    The Eastwood Factor

  • The Story of Us with Morgan Freeman

    The Story of Us with Morgan Freeman

  • Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story

    Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story

  • Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies

    Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies

  • Curiosity

    Curiosity

  • Fight for Life

    Fight for Life

  • Death of a Prophet

    Death of a Prophet

  • B.B. King: The Life of Riley

    B.B. King: The Life of Riley

  • Eyewitness

    Eyewitness

  • America's Musical Journey

    America's Musical Journey

  • Clint Eastwood's West

    Clint Eastwood's West

  • Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters

    Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters

  • Amistad

    Amistad

  • Stephen King: Shining in the Dark

    Stephen King: Shining in the Dark

  • Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot

    Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot

  • All on Accounta Pullin' a Trigger

    All on Accounta Pullin' a Trigger

  • Nos Bastidores de Hollywood

    Nos Bastidores de Hollywood

  • The Earth Day Special

    The Earth Day Special

  • Live from Studio Five

    Live from Studio Five

  • The Promised Land

    The Promised Land

  • Guilty by Association

    Guilty by Association

  • The 16th Man

    The 16th Man

  • Inside the Actors Studio

    Inside the Actors Studio

  • The Blues Live On! The Delta Blues Museum

    The Blues Live On! The Delta Blues Museum

  • John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs

    John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs

  • Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist

    Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist

  • Attica

    Attica

  • Caught in the Middle

    Caught in the Middle

  • Slavery and the Making of America

    Slavery and the Making of America

  • Clint Eastwood : la légende

    Clint Eastwood : la légende

  • All About Us

    All About Us

  • The Hunting of the President

    The Hunting of the President

  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence

  • Genius. A Night for Ray Charles

    Genius. A Night for Ray Charles

  • Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

    Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

  • Die Clint Eastwood Story

    Die Clint Eastwood Story

  • The Marva Collins Story

    The Marva Collins Story

  • Power of Chi

    Power of Chi

  • Greasy Rider

    Greasy Rider

  • The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry

    The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry

  • JFK & LBJ: A Time for Greatness

    JFK & LBJ: A Time for Greatness

  • The Execution of Raymond Graham

    The Execution of Raymond Graham

  • The Little Bedroom

    The Little Bedroom

  • Morgan Freeman: Breaking Barriers

    Morgan Freeman: Breaking Barriers

  • Shawshank: The Redeeming Feature

    Shawshank: The Redeeming Feature

  • Hollow Image

    Hollow Image

  • We the People

    We the People

  • JFK: A President Betrayed

    JFK: A President Betrayed

  • Follow the Drinking Gourd

    Follow the Drinking Gourd

  • Prom Night in Mississippi

    Prom Night in Mississippi

  • 761st Tank Battalion: The Original Black Panthers

    761st Tank Battalion: The Original Black Panthers

  • The Making of Se7en

    The Making of Se7en

  • Where the Water Meets the Sky

    Where the Water Meets the Sky

  • Into Nature's Wild

    Into Nature's Wild

  • Born to Fight

    Born to Fight

  • The True Story of Glory Continues

    The True Story of Glory Continues

  • James Lipton Takes on Three

    James Lipton Takes on Three

  • Partners of the Heart

    Partners of the Heart

  • The Gospel at Colonus

    The Gospel at Colonus

  • Odysseus Returns

    Odysseus Returns

  • Rabbit Ears - The Savior is Born

    Rabbit Ears - The Savior is Born

  • Energy Crisis

    Energy Crisis

  • Panama Canal in 3D a Land Divided a World United

    Panama Canal in 3D a Land Divided a World United

  • Echoes 'Cross the Tracks

    Echoes 'Cross the Tracks

  • CLINT

    CLINT

  • From the Balkans

    From the Balkans

  • The Power of Chi

    The Power of Chi

  • Le frontiere dell'Astronomia - EP-7 Vite aliene nel cosmo

    Le frontiere dell'Astronomia - EP-7 Vite aliene nel cosmo