Acting
Morgan Freeman
EN, FR, SK, DE cinema · 214 credits
Born
1 June 1937 (age 89)
Birthplace
Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Also known as Morgan Porterfield Freeman Jr. · Morgan J. 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.
Known for
Filmography
Sniff
Sniff
as Joe Mulwray
The Blues Live On! The Delta Blues Museum
The Blues Live On! The Delta Blues Museum
as Narrator (voice)
Hate to See You Go
Hate to See You Go
as Sonny Bell, Producer
Last Meals
Producer
Break Out
Break Out
Executive Producer
Ear Hustle
Ear Hustle
Producer
Nacrose
as Morgan Freeman
Rode to Ruin
2027
Rode to Ruin
as Joseph Mulberry
Now You See Me: Now You Don't
as Thaddeus Bradley
The Power of Chi
as (narrator)
In Our Blood
Executive Producer
Gunner
as Kendrick Ryker
My Dead Friend Zoe
as Dr. Cole
Odysseus Returns
as Narrator
From the Balkans
as (narrator)
13 Steps - Die unglaubliche Karriere von Edwin Moses
Executive Producer
761st Tank Battalion: The Original Black Panthers
as Self, Executive Producer
57 Seconds
as Anton Burrell
A Good Person
as Daniel
The Ritual Killer
as Dr. Mackles
The Minute You Wake Up Dead
as Sheriff Thurmond Fowler
Paradise Highway
as Gerick
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
as Self (archive footage)
Sidney
as Self
Power of Chi
as Narrator (voice)
VM-krönika 2022
as Self (archive footage)
Vanquish
as Damon
Coming 2 America
as Morgan Freeman
The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain
Executive Producer
The Comeback Trail
as Reggie Fontaine
Into Nature's Wild
as Narrator (voice)
Meeting the Beatles in India
as Narrator (voice)
Angel Has Fallen
as Alan Trumbull
Brian Banks
as Jerome Johnson (uncredited)
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
as Drosselmeyer
America's Musical Journey
as Narrator (voice)
Going in Style
as Willie Davis
The Words That Built America
as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
March of the Penguins 2: The Next Step
as Narrator (English voice)
London Has Fallen
as Alan Trumbull
Now You See Me 2
as Thaddeus Bradley
Ben-Hur
as Sheik Ilderim
The C Word
as Narrator (voice)
Last Knights
as Bartok
Ted 2
as Patrick Meighan
Momentum
as Senator
JFK & LBJ: A Time for Greatness
as Narrator (voice)
Transcendence
as Joseph Tagger
The Lego Movie
as Vitruvius (voice)
Island of Lemurs: Madagascar
as Narrator (voice)
Lucy
as Professor Norman
Dolphin Tale 2
as Dr. Cameron McCarthy
5 Flights Up
as Alex Carver, Producer
We the People
as Narrator (voice)
Wish Wizard
as Maxwell Omni
Oblivion
as Beech
Now You See Me
as Thaddeus Bradley
Olympus Has Fallen
as Alan Trumbull
Last Vegas
as Archie
JFK: A President Betrayed
as Narrator (voice)
The Editor and The Dragon: Horace Carter Fights the Klan
2013
The Editor and The Dragon: Horace Carter Fights the Klan
as Narrator (voice)
The Magic of Belle Isle
as Monte Wildhorn
B.B. King: The Life of Riley
as Narrator (voice)
Dolphin Tale
as Dr. McCarthy
Born to Be Wild
as Narrator (voice)
Breaking the Taboo
as Narrator (voice)
Conan the Barbarian
as Narrator (voice)
RED
as Joe Matheson
The Eastwood Factor
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The President's Photographer: Fifty Years Inside the Oval Office
as Narrator (voice)
The 16th Man
as Narrator (voice), Producer
Invictus
as Nelson Mandela, Executive Producer
The Maiden Heist
as Charles Peterson
The People Speak
as Self
Thick as Thieves
as Keith Ripley
Prom Night in Mississippi
as Narrator (voice)
The Dark Knight
as Lucius Fox
Wanted
as Sloan
A Raisin in the Sun
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Love Guru
as Morgan Freemann (voice) (uncredited)
Gone Baby Gone
as Jack Doyle
The Bucket List
as Carter Chambers
Feast of Love
as Harry Stevenson
All About Us
as Self
Lucky Number Slevin
as The Boss
The Contract
as Frank Carden
10 Items or Less
as 'Him'
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
as Jaques (segment "As You Like It")
War of the Worlds
as Narrator (voice)
Batman Begins
as Lucius Fox
Unleashed
as Sam
Edison
as Ashford
An Unfinished Life
as Mitch Bradley
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon
as Neil Armstrong (voice)
Blues Divas
as Self
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
Born to Fight
as Self
March of the Penguins
as Narrator
Million Dollar Baby
as Eddie Scrap-Iron Dupris
The Hunting of the President
as Narrator (voice)
The Big Bounce
as Walter Crewes
Levity
as Miles Evans, Executive Producer
Dreamcatcher
as Col. Abraham Curtis
Guilty by Association
as Lt. Redding
The Sum of All Fears
as DCI William Cabot
High Crimes
as Charlie Grimes
Partners of the Heart
as Narrator (voice)
Along Came a Spider
as Alex Cross, Executive Producer
Under Suspicion
as Captain Victor Benezet, Executive Producer
Nurse Betty
as Charlie
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
as Narrator (voice)
Mutiny
Executive Producer
Hard Rain
as Jim
Deep Impact
as President Tom Beck
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
as Self, Thanks
Amistad
as Theodore Joadson
Kiss the Girls
as Det. Alex Cross
The Long Way Home
as Narrator (voice)
Chain Reaction
as Paul Shannon
Cosmic Voyage
as Narrator (voice)
Moll Flanders
as Hibble
Inside the White House
as Narrator (voice)
Blacklist: Hollywood on Trial
as Edward G. Robinson
Se7en
as Somerset
Outbreak
as General Billy Ford
The Shawshank Redemption
as Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding
Bopha!
Director
Unforgiven
as Ned Logan
The Power of One
as Geel Piet
The True Story of Glory Continues
as Narrator (voice)
The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry
as Narrator (voice)
Follow the Drinking Gourd
as Narrator (voice)
The Bonfire of the Vanities
as Judge Leonard White
The Earth Day Special
as Walter Samson
Driving Miss Daisy
as Hoke Colburn
Johnny Handsome
as Lt. A.Z. Drones
Glory
as Sgt. Maj. John Rawlins
Lean On Me
as Principal Joe Clark
Clean and Sober
as Craig
Clinton and Nadine
as Dorsey Pratt
Street Smart
as Leo 'Fast Black' Smalls, Jr.
Fight for Life
as Dr. Sherard
Resting Place
as Luther Johnson
That Was Then... This Is Now
as Charlie Woods
Marie: A True Story
as Charles Traughber
The Execution of Raymond Graham
as Warden Pratt
The Gospel at Colonus
as Messenger
Teachers
as Lewis
Harry & Son
as Siemanowski
Eyewitness
as Lieutenant Black
Death of a Prophet
as Malcolm X
The Marva Collins Story
as Clarence Collins
Brubaker
as Walter
Attica
as Hap Richards
Hollow Image
as Sweet Talk
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
as Uncle Hammer
Out to Lunch
as Self / Croupier
Blade
as Chris
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
as Grand Central Commuter (uncredited), as Grand Central Commuter
A Man Called Adam
as Party Guest (uncredited)
The Pawnbroker
as Man on Street (Uncredited)