Morgan Freeman
Acting
🎂 1937-06-01
Morgan Freeman 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.
Cast credits(271)
Self
1996
Self
2014
Self
2007
Self - Guest
2007
Self
2014
Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding
1994
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975
Lucius Fox
2008
Secretary of State Edwin Mullins
2023
Self
1968
Self
2022
Self
2015
Somerset
1995
Self - Performer
1956
Narrator (voice)
1988
Fox
2012
Messenger
1971
Chief Justice Frawley
2014
Chief Justice Wilbourne (uncredited)
2014
Self - Presenter
1944
Self - Nominee
1944
Self
1944
Self - Cecil B. DeMille Award Recipient
1944
Self
1979
Self
2005
Lucius Fox
2005
Self
1997
Self
2003
1992
Patrick Meighan
2015
Tony (segment "Dealer's Choice")
1985
1988
Narrator (voice)
2005
Professor Norman
2014
Self
2003
Thaddeus Bradley
2013
2009
Self - Guest
1993
Self
1998
Self - Guest
2005
Narrator (voice)
1986
Thaddeus Bradley
2025
God
2003
Self - Presenter
1953
Self
1953
Sloan
2008
Self
1984
Morgan Freeman (voice)
2019
Thaddeus Bradley
2016
Vitruvius (voice)
2014
Joe Matheson
2010
Beech
2013
Alan Trumbull
2013
Alan Trumbull
2016
Eddie Scrap-Iron Dupris
2004
President Tom Beck
1998
Self
1978
Alan Trumbull
2019
Azeem
1991
Ned Logan
1992
Self - Host
2016
Drosselmeyer
2018
1992
DCI William Cabot
2002
Willie Davis
2017
The Boss
2006
Anton Burrell
2023
Self
1974
God
2007
Morgan Freeman
2021
Senior
2021
Sam
2005
Narrator (voice)
2011
General Billy Ford
1995
Det. Alex Cross
1997
Self - Host
2010
Self - Narrator (voice)
2023
Self
1991
Joseph Tagger
2014
Self
2009
Kendrick Ryker
2024
Col. Abraham Curtis
2003
Carter Chambers
2007
Archibald 'Archie' Clayton
2013
Jerome Johnson (uncredited)
2019
Self - Narrator (voice)
2023
Charlie Grimes
2002
Self - Narrator (voice)
2011
Sgt. Maj. John Rawlins
1989
Alex Cross
2001
Frederick Douglass
1990
Sheik Ilderim
2016
1997
Narrator (voice)
2021
Stuart
2021
Nelson Mandela
2009
Self
2025
Jim
1998
Monte Wildhorn
2012
Reggie Fontaine
2020
Jack Doyle
2007
Charlie
2000
Paul Shannon
1996
Captain Victor Benezet
2000
Dr. Mackles
2023
Self
2005
Self
2005
Self
2025
Senator
2015
Mitch Bradley
2005
Self
1973
Judge Leonard White
1990
Morgan Freeman
2023
Damon
2021
Self
2021
Harry Stevenson
2007
Walter
1980
Frank Carden
2006
Self
2012
Azeem (archive footage)
2024
Dr. Cameron McCarthy
2014
Dr. McCarthy
2011
Hoke Colburn
1989
Ashford
2005
Doc
2019
Self
2022
Daniel
2023
Bartok
2015
Narrator
2024
Self
2003
Lt. A.Z. Drones
1989
Principal Joe Clark
1989
(narrator)
2024
Narrator (voice)
2004
Self
2005
Self
2018
Self
2012
Self
2007
'Him'
2006
Neil Armstrong (voice)
2005
Sheriff Thurmond Fowler
2022
Narrator (voice)
2022
Self
2019
Self
2023
Narrator (voice)
1996
Gerick
2022
Self
2022
Siemanowski
1984
Dr. Cole
2024
Man on Street (Uncredited)
1965
Narrator (voice)
1990
Self
1997
Grand Central Commuter (uncredited)
1968
Grand Central Commuter
1968
Narrator (Voice)
1992
2008
Self
2006
Lt. Redding
2003
Clarence Collins
1981
Narrator (voice)
2020
Charles Peterson
2009
Alex Carver
2014
Duke
2017
Hibble
1996
Narrator (voice)
2013
Self
2021
Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
2017
Narrator (voice)
1990
Narrator (voice)
2010
Keith Ripley
2009
Narrator (voice)
Warden Pratt
1985
Narrator (voice)
2016
Narrator (voice)
Narrator (voice)
2015
Walter Crewes
2004
Self
2012
Narrator (voice)
2020
Narrator (voice)
1991
Mad Scientist
1971
Easy Reader
1971
Count Dracula
1971
Self
2005
Self
1990
Narrator (voice)
2011
Messenger
1985
Leo "Fast Black" Smalls, Jr.
1987
Narrator (voice)
2018
Charlie Woods
1985
Narrator (voice)
2002
Hap Richards
1980
Self
2004
Narrator (voice)
2014
Walter Samson
1990
Joe Mulwray
Self
2013
Geel Piet
1992
Narrator (voice)
2013
Malcolm X
1981
Lieutenant Black
1981
Dorsey Pratt
1988
Self
2001
Lewis
1984
Ben Shelter
1985
Self
2005
Narrator (voice)
2009
Party Guest (uncredited)
1966
Self
2021
Narratore
2012
Clarence
1951
Luther
1951
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
2008
Luther Johnson
1986
Self
1999
Narrator (voice)
2010
1970
2004
Narrator (voice)
1991
Narrator (English voice)
2017
Self (archive footage)
2022
Craig
1988
Self - Narrator (voice)
2022
Uncle Hammer
1978
Maxwell Omni
2014
Charles Traughber
1985
Jaques (segment "As You Like It")
2006
Chris
1973
Edward G. Robinson
1996
Narrator (voice)
2012
Narrator (voice)
1996
Self
2013
Miles Evans
2003
Self
2017
Sonny Bell
Self
2007
Narrator (voice)
2011
Sweet Talk
1979
Self
1952
Self
2002
Self - Host
2021
Self
2009
Self
1998
Count Dracula
1974
Easy Reader
1974
Police officer
1974
Umpire
1974
Dr. Sherard
1987
Self
2011
Narrator (voice)
2000
Narrator (voice)
2014
Self
2020
Self - Narrator (voice)
2010
Self
1991
Self
1992
Self / Croupier
1974
Self (voice)
2010
Afro
1971
Self
2021
Self
2006
Self
2002
Narrator (voice)
1997
Theodore Joadson
1997
Uncle Hammer
1978
Self
2004
Self
1994
Self - Narrator (voice)
2005
Self - Host
2017
Self
2017
Narrator (voice)
Self
2009
Directing (2)
Production (18)
Executive Producer
2014
Producer
2010
Executive Producer
2010
Executive Producer
2001
Executive Producer
2009
Executive Producer
2000
Executive Producer
2023
Executive Producer
2021
Executive Producer
1999
Executive Producer
2024
Producer
2014
Producer
2010
Producer
2022
Producer
Executive Producer
2003
Producer
Producer
Executive Producer