Morgan Freeman

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

271

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

  • The Daily Show

    The Daily Show

  • The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

    The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

  • Now You See Me: Now You Don't

    Now You See Me: Now You Don't

  • Lioness

    Lioness

  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

  • Late Night with Seth Meyers

    Late Night with Seth Meyers

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • Saturday Night Live

    Saturday Night Live

  • The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

    The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

  • The Graham Norton Show

    The Graham Norton Show

  • The View

    The View

  • Jimmy Kimmel Live!

    Jimmy Kimmel Live!

  • The Shawshank Redemption

    The Shawshank Redemption

  • The Jennifer Hudson Show

    The Jennifer Hudson Show

  • The Dark Knight

    The Dark Knight

  • Great Performances

    Great Performances

  • Late Night with Conan O'Brien

    Late Night with Conan O'Brien

  • LIVE with Kelly and Mark

    LIVE with Kelly and Mark

  • The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

    The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

  • American Experience

    American Experience

  • Se7en

    Se7en

  • The Dark Knight Rises

    The Dark Knight Rises

  • 60 Minutes

    60 Minutes

  • Madam Secretary

    Madam Secretary

  • Madam Secretary

    Madam Secretary

  • The Twilight Zone

    The Twilight Zone

  • Parkinson

    Parkinson

  • Batman Begins

    Batman Begins

  • CBS News Sunday Morning

    CBS News Sunday Morning

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • The Ellen DeGeneres Show

    The Ellen DeGeneres Show

  • Lucy

    Lucy

  • The Jay Leno Show

    The Jay Leno Show

  • Now You See Me

    Now You See Me

  • HBO First Look

    HBO First Look

  • Ted 2

    Ted 2

  • Now You See Me 2

    Now You See Me 2

  • Pebble Mill

    Pebble Mill

  • American Masters

    American Masters

  • Last Vegas

    Last Vegas

  • Glory

    Glory

  • The Reichen Show

    The Reichen Show

  • Goldene Kamera

    Goldene Kamera

  • War of the Worlds

    War of the Worlds

  • Wanted

    Wanted

  • Bruce Almighty

    Bruce Almighty

  • The Kennedy Center Honors

    The Kennedy Center Honors

  • Olympus Has Fallen

    Olympus Has Fallen

  • The Lego Movie

    The Lego Movie

  • The Bucket List

    The Bucket List

  • Oblivion

    Oblivion

  • Invictus

    Invictus

  • Levity

    Levity

  • The Civil War

    The Civil War

  • RED

    RED

  • Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?

    Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?

  • A Good Person

    A Good Person

  • Life on Our Planet

    Life on Our Planet

  • Brubaker

    Brubaker

  • Unforgiven

    Unforgiven

  • Ending the Knight

    Ending the Knight

  • Number One on the Call Sheet

    Number One on the Call Sheet

  • Gunner

    Gunner

  • 100 Years of Warner Bros.

    100 Years of Warner Bros.

  • Moll Flanders

    Moll Flanders

  • Through the Wormhole

    Through the Wormhole

  • Edison

    Edison

  • Sidney

    Sidney

  • Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy

    Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy

  • Sniff

    Sniff

  • Last Knights

    Last Knights

  • Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

    Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

  • Angel Has Fallen

    Angel Has Fallen

  • Kiss the Girls

    Kiss the Girls

  • Million Dollar Baby

    Million Dollar Baby

  • Blues Divas

    Blues Divas

  • Teachers

    Teachers

  • The Poison Rose

    The Poison Rose

  • London Has Fallen

    London Has Fallen

  • The American Revolution

    The American Revolution

  • Deep Impact

    Deep Impact

  • Conan the Barbarian

    Conan the Barbarian

  • Wish Wizard

    Wish Wizard

  • The Muppets Mayhem

    The Muppets Mayhem

  • 10 Items or Less

    10 Items or Less

  • Thick as Thieves

    Thick as Thieves

  • The Chris Rock Show

    The Chris Rock Show

  • The Sum of All Fears

    The Sum of All Fears

  • Nurse Betty

    Nurse Betty

  • Today

    Today

  • Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard

    Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard

  • 30 for 30

    30 for 30

  • Transcendence

    Transcendence

  • The American Film Institute Salute to ...

    The American Film Institute Salute to ...

  • Outbreak

    Outbreak

  • Blade

    Blade

  • Resting Place

    Resting Place

  • Lucky Number Slevin

    Lucky Number Slevin

  • Evan Almighty

    Evan Almighty

  • Solos

    Solos

  • Solos

    Solos

  • Dreamcatcher

    Dreamcatcher

  • The Story of God with Morgan Freeman

    The Story of God with Morgan Freeman

  • Going in Style

    Going in Style

  • Coming 2 America

    Coming 2 America

  • History's Greatest Escapes with Morgan Freeman

    History's Greatest Escapes with Morgan Freeman

  • CLINT

    CLINT

  • The People Speak

    The People Speak

  • Along Came a Spider

    Along Came a Spider

  • Unleashed

    Unleashed

  • From the Balkans

    From the Balkans

  • Clean and Sober

    Clean and Sober

  • Gone Baby Gone

    Gone Baby Gone

  • Out to Lunch

    Out to Lunch

  • The Nutcracker and the Four Realms

    The Nutcracker and the Four Realms

  • Momentum

    Momentum

  • Our Universe

    Our Universe

  • Chain Reaction

    Chain Reaction

  • March of the Penguins 2: The Next Step

    March of the Penguins 2: The Next Step

  • Ben-Hur

    Ben-Hur

  • Mark Twain Prize

    Mark Twain Prize

  • Cosmic Voyage

    Cosmic Voyage

  • High Crimes

    High Crimes

  • Driving Miss Daisy

    Driving Miss Daisy

  • The Electric Company

    The Electric Company

  • 57 Seconds

    57 Seconds

  • Hard Rain

    Hard Rain

  • Dolphin Tale 2

    Dolphin Tale 2

  • Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories

    Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories

  • The Magic of Belle Isle

    The Magic of Belle Isle

  • Lean On Me

    Lean On Me

  • Under Suspicion

    Under Suspicion

  • The Ritual Killer

    The Ritual Killer

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • My Dead Friend Zoe

    My Dead Friend Zoe

  • The Maiden Heist

    The Maiden Heist

  • The Contract

    The Contract

  • The Atlanta Child Murders

    The Atlanta Child Murders

  • March of the Penguins

    March of the Penguins

  • Prom Night in Mississippi

    Prom Night in Mississippi

  • Guilty by Association

    Guilty by Association

  • Just Getting Started

    Just Getting Started

  • Paradise Highway

    Paradise Highway

  • The Bonfire of the Vanities

    The Bonfire of the Vanities

  • The Power of One

    The Power of One

  • Dolphin Tale

    Dolphin Tale

  • Odysseus Returns

    Odysseus Returns

  • Spidey Super Stories

    Spidey Super Stories

  • Spidey Super Stories

    Spidey Super Stories

  • Spidey Super Stories

    Spidey Super Stories

  • Spidey Super Stories

    Spidey Super Stories

  • Curiosity

    Curiosity

  • Brian Banks

    Brian Banks

  • Breaking the Taboo

    Breaking the Taboo

  • The Comeback Trail

    The Comeback Trail

  • An Unfinished Life

    An Unfinished Life

  • The 16th Man

    The 16th Man

  • The Big Bounce

    The Big Bounce

  • Feast of Love

    Feast of Love

  • Caught in the Middle

    Caught in the Middle

  • The Minute You Wake Up Dead

    The Minute You Wake Up Dead

  • How to Rob a Bank

    How to Rob a Bank

  • Johnny Handsome

    Johnny Handsome

  • Vanquish

    Vanquish

  • America Beyond the Color Line

    America Beyond the Color Line

  • Follow the Drinking Gourd

    Follow the Drinking Gourd

  • The Pawnbroker

    The Pawnbroker

  • Eyewitness

    Eyewitness

  • Nos Bastidores de Hollywood

    Nos Bastidores de Hollywood

  • 5 Flights Up

    5 Flights Up

  • Slavery and the Making of America

    Slavery and the Making of America

  • Live from Studio Five

    Live from Studio Five

  • The Story of Us with Morgan Freeman

    The Story of Us with Morgan Freeman

  • Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend

    Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend

  • All About Us

    All About Us

  • Amistad

    Amistad

  • Inside the Actors Studio

    Inside the Actors Studio

  • Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story

    Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story

  • Born to Be Wild

    Born to Be Wild

  • Night of 100 Stars III

    Night of 100 Stars III

  • The Words That Built America

    The Words That Built America

  • Street Smart

    Street Smart

  • 761st Tank Battalion: The Original Black Panthers

    761st Tank Battalion: The Original Black Panthers

  • Harry & Son

    Harry & Son

  • John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs

    John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs

  • The Earth Day Special

    The Earth Day Special

  • Clint Eastwood : la légende

    Clint Eastwood : la légende

  • The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

    The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

  • A Raisin in the Sun

    A Raisin in the Sun

  • Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters

    Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters

  • That Was Then... This Is Now

    That Was Then... This Is Now

  • Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon

    Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon

  • Clint Eastwood's West

    Clint Eastwood's West

  • Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

    Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

  • The Long Way Home

    The Long Way Home

  • Betty White: A Celebration

    Betty White: A Celebration

  • Die Clint Eastwood Story

    Die Clint Eastwood Story

  • Stephen King: Shining in the Dark

    Stephen King: Shining in the Dark

  • The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II

    The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II

  • B.B. King: The Life of Riley

    B.B. King: The Life of Riley

  • Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot

    Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot

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

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

  • Blacklist: Hollywood on Trial

    Blacklist: Hollywood on Trial

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

    Robin Hood: The Myth, the Man, the Movie

  • The Promised Land

    The Promised Land

  • The Execution of Raymond Graham

    The Execution of Raymond Graham

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

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

  • Island of Lemurs: Madagascar

    Island of Lemurs: Madagascar

  • Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows

    Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows

  • Marie: A True Story

    Marie: A True Story

  • Shawshank: The Redeeming Feature

    Shawshank: The Redeeming Feature

  • A Man Called Adam

    A Man Called Adam

  • Genius. A Night for Ray Charles

    Genius. A Night for Ray Charles

  • Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

    Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence

  • Attica

    Attica

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

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

  • The Marva Collins Story

    The Marva Collins Story

  • The Hunting of the President

    The Hunting of the President

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

    Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast

  • Power of Chi

    Power of Chi

  • Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'

    Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'

  • Death of a Prophet

    Death of a Prophet

  • Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies

    Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies

  • 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 Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry

    The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry

  • We the People

    We the People

  • Survivors of the Shoah: Visual History Foundation

    Survivors of the Shoah: Visual History Foundation

  • Born to Fight

    Born to Fight

  • Inside the White House

    Inside the White House

  • The True Story of Glory Continues

    The True Story of Glory Continues

  • James Lipton Takes on Three

    James Lipton Takes on Three

  • Hollow Image

    Hollow Image

  • Clinton and Nadine

    Clinton and Nadine

  • The Little Bedroom

    The Little Bedroom

  • Meeting the Beatles in India

    Meeting the Beatles in India

  • The C Word

    The C Word

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

    Panama Canal in 3D a Land Divided a World United

  • Fight for Life

    Fight for Life

  • Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'

    Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'

  • Energy Crisis

    Energy Crisis

  • JFK & LBJ: A Time for Greatness

    JFK & LBJ: A Time for Greatness

  • Morgan Freeman: Breaking Barriers

    Morgan Freeman: Breaking Barriers

  • Hate to See You Go

    Hate to See You Go

  • Who Says I Can't Ride a Rainbow!

    Who Says I Can't Ride a Rainbow!

  • Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist

    Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist

  • Greasy Rider

    Greasy Rider

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

    The Editor and The Dragon: Horace Carter Fights the Klan

  • Into Nature's Wild

    Into Nature's Wild

  • The Making of Se7en

    The Making of Se7en

  • The Eastwood Factor

    The Eastwood Factor

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

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

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

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

  • Rabbit Ears - The Savior is Born

    Rabbit Ears - The Savior is Born

  • JFK: A President Betrayed

    JFK: A President Betrayed

  • America's Musical Journey

    America's Musical Journey

  • Where the Water Meets the Sky

    Where the Water Meets the Sky

  • Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking

    Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking

  • The Power of Chi

    The Power of Chi

  • The Gospel at Colonus

    The Gospel at Colonus

  • All on Accounta Pullin' a Trigger

    All on Accounta Pullin' a Trigger

  • The Electric Company's Greatest Hits & Bits

    The Electric Company's Greatest Hits & Bits

  • Partners of the Heart

    Partners of the Heart

  • Echoes 'Cross the Tracks

    Echoes 'Cross the Tracks

  • The Blues Live On! The Delta Blues Museum

    The Blues Live On! The Delta Blues Museum