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Morgan 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.

Filmography

2025
Now You See Me: Now You Don't

as Thaddeus Bradley

Movie
2019
Angel Has Fallen

as Alan Trumbull

Movie
2018
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms

as Drosselmeyer

Movie
2016
Now You See Me 2

as Thaddeus Bradley

Movie
2016
London Has Fallen

as Alan Trumbull

Movie
2015
Ted 2

as Patrick Meighan

Movie
2014
Lucy

as Professor Norman

Movie
2014
The Lego Movie

as Vitruvius (voice)

Movie
2013
Now You See Me

as Thaddeus Bradley

Movie
2013
Oblivion

as Beech

Movie
2013
Olympus Has Fallen

as Alan Trumbull

Movie
2012
The Dark Knight Rises

as Fox

Movie
2011
Conan the Barbarian

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
2010
RED

as Joe Matheson

Movie
2008
The Dark Knight

as Lucius Fox

Movie
2008
Wanted

as Sloan

Movie
2007
Gone Baby Gone

as Jack Doyle

Movie
2006
Lucky Number Slevin

as The Boss

Movie
2005
Batman Begins

as Lucius Fox

Movie
2005
March of the Penguins

as Narrator

Movie
2004
Million Dollar Baby

as Eddie Scrap-Iron Dupris

Movie
2003
Bruce Almighty

as God

Movie
2001
Along Came a Spider

as Alex Cross

Movie
1998
Deep Impact

as President Tom Beck

Movie
1996
Chain Reaction

as Paul Shannon

Movie
1995
Se7en

as Somerset

Movie
1994
The Shawshank Redemption

as Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding

Movie
1992
Unforgiven

as Ned Logan

Movie
1991
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

as Azeem

Movie
1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee

TV Show