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Morgan Freeman

Acting

Born June 1, 1937 · Memphis, Tennessee, USA

Also known as Morgan Porterfield Freeman Jr. · Morgan J. Freeman

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Biography

Morgan Freeman is an American actor, producer, and narrator. In a career spanning six decades, he has received numerous accolades, including an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award, as well as a nomination for a Grammy Award and a Tony Award. He was honored with the Kennedy Center Honor in 2008, an AFI Life Achievement Award in 2011, the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2012, and Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 2018. In a 2022 readers' poll by Empire, he was voted one of the 50 greatest actors of all time.

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Awards & recognition

  • National Medal of Arts · 2015
  • AFI Life Achievement Award · 2011
  • Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor · 2005
  • Clarence Derwent Awards
  • Golden Globe Awards
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  • Kennedy Center Honors
  • Silver Bear
  • star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
  • Academy Award — Best Actor · 2010 · nominated
  • Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor · 2005 · nominated
  • Academy Award — Best Actor · 1995 · nominated
  • Academy Award — Best Actor · 1990 · nominated
  • Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor · 1988 · nominated
  • Tony Award — Best Featured Actor in a Play · 1978 · nominated

Filmography50+ titles

The Shawshank Redemption

1994as Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding

The Dark Knight

2008as Lucius Fox

Seven

1995as Somerset

Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist

1998as Self

Life on Our Planet

2023as Self - Narrator (voice)

Lioness

2023as Secretary of State Edwin Mullins

Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?

2019as Morgan Freeman (voice)

Million Dollar Baby

2004as Eddie Scrap-Iron Dupris

The Dinosaurs

2026as Self - Narrator (voice)

Unforgiven

1992as Ned Logan

The Civil War

1990as Frederick Douglass / John Boston (voice)

100 Years of Warner Bros.

2023as Self - Narrator (voice)

Our Universe

2022as Self - Narrator (voice)

The Dark Knight Rises

2012as Fox

Batman Begins

2005as Lucius Fox

Through the Wormhole

2010as Self - Host

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

2021as Self

The Kominsky Method

2018as Morgan Freeman

The Story of God with Morgan Freeman

2016as Self - Host

30 for 30

2009

Lucky Number Slevin

2006as The Boss

The Power of One

1992as Geel Piet

Glory

1989as Sgt. Maj. John Rawlins

The Lego Movie

2014as Vitruvius (voice)

JFK: A President Betrayed

2013as Narrator (voice)

The Marva Collins Story

1981as Clarence Collins

Sidney

2022as Self

Now You See Me

2013as Thaddeus Bradley

Gone Baby Gone

2007as Jack Doyle

Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows

2000as Narrator (voice)

Lean on Me

1989as Principal Joe Clark

American Masters

1986as Narrator (voice)

The Electric Company

1971as Mark /Easy Reader /Mel Mounds /Count Dracula /Mad Scientist /The Cop /Marcello

Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend

2022as Self (archive footage)

The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain

2019Executive Producer

Brian Banks

2018as Jerome Johnson (uncredited)

Invictus

2009as Nelson Mandela

The People Speak

2009as Self

The Bucket List

2007as Carter Chambers

The Graham Norton Show

2007as Self

Driving Miss Daisy

1989as Hoke Colburn

Curiosity

2011as Self - Narrator (voice)

Quebrando o Tabu

2011as Narrator (voice)

Born to Be Wild

2011as Narrator (voice)

March of the Penguins

2005as Narrator

The Long Way Home

1997as Narrator (voice)

Brubaker

1980as Walter

The Pawnbroker

1964as Man on Street (Uncredited)

A Good Person

2023as Daniel

Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy

2021as Self