Morgan 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 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.
Filmography (82)
Now You See Me: Now You Don't
Gunner
My Dead Friend Zoe
57 Seconds
The Ritual Killer
A Good Person
Paradise Highway
Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard
Vanquish
Coming 2 America
The Comeback Trail
Angel Has Fallen
The Poison Rose
Brian Banks
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
Going in Style
Just Getting Started
Now You See Me 2
London Has Fallen
Ben-Hur
Ted 2
Last Knights
The Lego Movie
Transcendence
Lucy
5 Flights Up
Oblivion
Now You See Me
Last Vegas
Olympus Has Fallen
The Dark Knight Rises
The Magic of Belle Isle
Conan the Barbarian
Dolphin Tale
RED
Invictus
Thick as Thieves
The Maiden Heist
The Dark Knight
Wanted
Gone Baby Gone
Evan Almighty
The Bucket List
Feast of Love
Lucky Number Slevin
The Contract
10 Items or Less
Batman Begins
War of the Worlds
Unleashed
An Unfinished Life
Edison
Million Dollar Baby
The Big Bounce
Bruce Almighty
Dreamcatcher
Levity
The Sum of All Fears
High Crimes
Along Came a Spider
Under Suspicion
Nurse Betty
Deep Impact
Hard Rain
Amistad
Kiss the Girls
Chain Reaction
Moll Flanders
Outbreak
Se7en
The Shawshank Redemption
Unforgiven
The Power of One
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
The Bonfire of the Vanities
Glory
Driving Miss Daisy
Johnny Handsome
Lean On Me
Clean and Sober
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