Morgan Freeman
Acting
Born: Jun 01, 1937
From: Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Credits: 30 titles
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 …
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Invictus | Nelson Mandela | 2009 | 7.181 |
| The Dark Knight | Lucius Fox | 2008 | 8.528 |
| Evan Almighty | God | 2007 | 5.585 |
| Gone Baby Gone | Jack Doyle | 2007 | 7.307 |
| The Bucket List | Carter Chambers | 2007 | 7.2 |
| Lucky Number Slevin | The Boss | 2006 | 7.477 |
| The Contract | Frank Carden | 2006 | 5.787 |
| 10 Items or Less | 'Him' | 2006 | 6.209 |
| War of the Worlds | Narrator (voice) | 2005 | 6.536 |
| Batman Begins | Lucius Fox | 2005 | 7.723 |
| Unleashed | Sam | 2005 | 6.939 |
| Edison | Ashford | 2005 | 5.354 |
| An Unfinished Life | Mitch Bradley | 2005 | 6.832 |
| Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | Neil Armstrong (voice) | 2005 | 5.86 |
| Million Dollar Baby | Eddie Scrap-Iron Dupris | 2004 | 7.953 |
| Bruce Almighty | God | 2003 | 6.724 |
| Levity | Miles Evans | 2003 | 6.104 |
| The Sum of All Fears | DCI William Cabot | 2002 | 6.369 |
| High Crimes | Charlie Grimes | 2002 | 6.353 |
| Along Came a Spider | Alex Cross | 2001 | 6.348 |
| Under Suspicion | Captain Victor Benezet | 2000 | 6.119 |
| Nurse Betty | Charlie | 2000 | 6.069 |
| Hard Rain | Jim | 1998 | 5.88 |
| Se7en | Somerset | 1995 | 8.38 |
| The Shawshank Redemption | Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding | 1994 | 8.719 |
| Unforgiven | Ned Logan | 1992 | 7.907 |
| Driving Miss Daisy | Hoke Colburn | 1989 | 7.235 |
| Johnny Handsome | Lt. A.Z. Drones | 1989 | 6.348 |
| Brubaker | Walter | 1980 | 7.085 |
| Sniff | Joe Mulwray | — | |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1937 |
| From | Memphis, Tennessee, USA |