Morgan Freeman

Known for ActingBorn 1937-06-01 (age 88)Memphis, Tennessee, USA

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.Read more

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Nos Bastidores de Hollywood

The Making of Se7en

Blacklist: Hollywood on Trial

Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories

The Shawshank Redemption

The Dark Knight

Shawshank: The Redeeming Feature

Se7en

The Editor and The Dragon: Horace Carter Fights the Klan

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist

Betty White: A Celebration

Lioness

Life on Our Planet

Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?

The Dinosaurs

Our Universe

James Lipton Takes on Three

Born to Fight

Million Dollar Baby

100 Years of Warner Bros.

The Dark Knight Rises

Unforgiven

The Civil War

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

Batman Begins

Slavery and the Making of America

Out to Lunch

Declaration of Independence

Through the Wormhole

Who Says I Can't Ride a Rainbow!

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

The Story of God with Morgan Freeman

30 for 30

The Twilight Zone

The Lego Movie

Inside the Actors Studio

America Beyond the Color Line

Lucky Number Slevin

JFK: A President Betrayed

Sidney

Now You See Me

Genius. A Night for Ray Charles

Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend

Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'

The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain

Brian Banks

The Power of One