
Cast
Morgan Freeman
Acting
Cast
Morgan Freeman
Known for
Acting
Born
1937-06-01
From
Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Also known as Morgan Porterfield Freeman Jr., Morgan J. 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.

The Shawshank Redemption
as Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding

The Dark Knight
as Lucius Fox

Now You See Me: Now You Don't
as Thaddeus Bradley

Se7en
as Somerset

The Dark Knight Rises
as Fox

Ted 2
as Patrick Meighan

Batman Begins
as Lucius Fox

Lucy
as Professor Norman

Now You See Me
as Thaddeus Bradley

Now You See Me 2
as Thaddeus Bradley

Olympus Has Fallen
as Alan Trumbull

Bruce Almighty
as God

Oblivion
as Beech

The Lego Movie
as Vitruvius (voice)

War of the Worlds
as Narrator (voice)

Unforgiven
as Ned Logan

Wanted
as Sloan

Million Dollar Baby
as Eddie Scrap-Iron Dupris

Angel Has Fallen
as Alan Trumbull

Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
as Azeem

RED
as Joe Matheson

Deep Impact
as President Tom Beck

Outbreak
as General Billy Ford

Glory
as Sgt. Maj. John Rawlins

Lucky Number Slevin
as The Boss

London Has Fallen
as Alan Trumbull

Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard
as Senior

Transcendence
as Joseph Tagger

Evan Almighty
as God

Dreamcatcher
as Col. Abraham Curtis

The Sum of All Fears
as DCI William Cabot

Invictus
as Nelson Mandela

Ben-Hur
as Sheik Ilderim

Last Vegas
as Archibald 'Archie' Clayton

The Bucket List
as Carter Chambers

Gunner
as Kendrick Ryker

Unleashed
as Sam

Kiss the Girls
as Det. Alex Cross

Gone Baby Gone
as Jack Doyle

Conan the Barbarian
as Narrator (voice)

Going in Style
as Willie Davis

Coming 2 America
as Morgan Freeman

The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
as Drosselmeyer

57 Seconds
as Anton Burrell

Along Came a Spider
as Alex Cross

The Magic of Belle Isle
as Monte Wildhorn

Hard Rain
as Jim

Last Knights
as Bartok

Chain Reaction
as Paul Shannon

An Unfinished Life
as Mitch Bradley

Driving Miss Daisy
as Hoke Colburn

Nurse Betty
as Charlie

Brubaker
as Walter

The Bonfire of the Vanities
as Judge Leonard White

The Contract
as Frank Carden

Thick as Thieves
as Keith Ripley

Brian Banks
as Jerome Johnson (uncredited)

Vanquish
as Damon

Dolphin Tale
as Dr. McCarthy

March of the Penguins
as Narrator

Lean On Me
as Principal Joe Clark

Street Smart
as Leo "Fast Black" Smalls, Jr.

Under Suspicion
as Captain Victor Benezet

The Poison Rose
as Doc

A Good Person
as Daniel

Momentum
as Senator

High Crimes
as Charlie Grimes

Teachers
as Lewis

The Love Guru
as Morgan Freemann (voice only) (uncredited)

The Maiden Heist
as Charles Peterson

Johnny Handsome
as Lt. A.Z. Drones

Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)

Paradise Highway
as Gerick

Sidney
as Self

The Earth Day Special
as Walter Samson

Dolphin Tale 2
as Dr. Cameron McCarthy

The Ritual Killer
as Dr. Mackles

Ending the Knight
as Self

Resting Place
as Luther Johnson

The Words That Built America
as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence

The Comeback Trail
as Reggie Fontaine

The Big Bounce
as Walter Crewes

Edison
as Ashford

Just Getting Started
as Duke

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

Moll Flanders
as Hibble

Feast of Love
as Harry Stevenson

The Minute You Wake Up Dead
as Sheriff Thurmond Fowler

The Power of One
as Geel Piet

5 Flights Up
as Alex Carver

Eyewitness
as Lieutenant Black

The People Speak
as Self

Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
as Self (archive footage)

My Dead Friend Zoe
as Dr. Cole

Wish Wizard
as Maxwell Omni

Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon
as Neil Armstrong (voice)

The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II
as Self

Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies
as Self

March of the Penguins 2: The Next Step
as Narrator (English voice)

10 Items or Less
as 'Him'

Blade
as Chris

Night of 100 Stars III
as Self

Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
as Self

The Pawnbroker
as Man on Street (Uncredited)

The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
as Jaques (segment "As You Like It")

Breaking the Taboo
as Narrator (voice)

A Man Called Adam
as Party Guest (uncredited)

Attica
as Hap Richards

Levity
as Miles Evans

Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
as Narrator (voice)

Harry & Son
as Siemanowski

The Marva Collins Story
as Clarence Collins

Robin Hood: The Myth, the Man, the Movie
as Self

Inside the White House
as Narrator (voice)

Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot
as Self

Amistad
as Theodore Joadson

Marie: A True Story
as Charles Traughber

Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
as Self

Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
as Self

Betty White: A Celebration
as Self

Cosmic Voyage
as Narrator (voice)

Clint Eastwood : la légende
as Self

761st Tank Battalion: The Original Black Panthers
as Self

Genius. A Night for Ray Charles
as Self

Clean and Sober
as Craig

Clint Eastwood's West
as Self

Declaration of Independence
as Self

Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
as Grand Central Commuter (uncredited)

Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
as Grand Central Commuter

The Long Way Home
as Narrator (voice)

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

Stephen King: Shining in the Dark
as Self

B.B. King: The Life of Riley
as Narrator (voice)

A Raisin in the Sun
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Island of Lemurs: Madagascar
as Narrator (voice)

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

Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
as Self

Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
as Self

The C Word
as Narrator (voice)

Guilty by Association
as Lt. Redding

The 16th Man
as Narrator (voice)

Out to Lunch
as Self / Croupier

The Hunting of the President
as Narrator (voice)

Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast
as Self

Fight for Life
as Dr. Sherard

The Electric Company's Greatest Hits & Bits
as Self

Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking
as Self

That Was Then... This Is Now
as Charlie Woods

All on Accounta Pullin' a Trigger
as Self

Die Clint Eastwood Story
as Self

John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs
as Self

Who Says I Can't Ride a Rainbow!
as Afro

The Execution of Raymond Graham
as Warden Pratt

All About Us
as Self

Hollow Image
as Sweet Talk

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

Sniff
as Joe Mulwray

Born to Be Wild
as Narrator (voice)

Clinton and Nadine
as Dorsey Pratt

Blacklist: Hollywood on Trial
as Edward G. Robinson

Panama Canal: A Land Divided ~ A World United
as Self

Meeting the Beatles in India
as Narrator (voice)

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
as Uncle Hammer

Power of Chi
as Narrator (voice)

Shawshank: The Redeeming Feature
as Self

The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry
as Narrator (voice)

Partners of the Heart
as Narrator (voice)

Death of a Prophet
as Malcolm X

Born to Fight
as Self

Into Nature's Wild
as Narrator (voice)

The Gospel at Colonus
as Messenger

Energy Crisis
as Self

The Little Bedroom

America's Musical Journey
as Narrator (voice)

The Eastwood Factor
as Self - Narrator (voice)

CLINT
as Narrator (voice)

The Making of Se7en
as Self

The Editor and The Dragon: Horace Carter Fights the Klan
as Narrator (voice)

JFK: A President Betrayed
as Narrator (voice)

Morgan Freeman: Breaking Barriers
as Self

Odysseus Returns
as Narrator

Survivors of the Shoah: Visual History Foundation

Hate to See You Go
as Sonny Bell

Blues Divas
as Self

Metro Boomin: Heroes & Villains

Caught in the Middle

We the People
as Narrator (voice)

From the Balkans
as (narrator)

Echoes 'Cross the Tracks
as Self

Greasy Rider

Prom Night in Mississippi
as Narrator (voice)

The President's Photographer: Fifty Years Inside the Oval Office
as Narrator (voice)

The True Story of Glory Continues
as Narrator (voice)

JFK & LBJ: A Time for Greatness
as Narrator (voice)

James Lipton Takes on Three
as Self

Follow the Drinking Gourd
as Narrator (voice)

The Blues Live On! The Delta Blues Museum
as Narrator (voice)

Where the Water Meets the Sky

The Power of Chi
as (narrator)

Rabbit Ears - The Savior is Born
as Narrator (voice)

Rob Reiner Interviews the Stars: Morgan Freeman
as Self