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.
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.
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Filmography (Movies)
Now You See Me: Now You Don't
Character:Thaddeus Bradley
Release Date:12/11/2025
Clint Eastwood : la légende
Character:Self
Release Date:23/05/2025
The Power of Chi
Character:(narrator)
Release Date:25/02/2025
From the Balkans
Character:(narrator)
Release Date:22/12/2024
Gunner
Character:Kendrick Ryker
Release Date:16/08/2024
How to Rob a Bank
Character:Azeem (archive footage)
Release Date:04/06/2024
My Dead Friend Zoe
Character:Dr. Cole
Release Date:09/03/2024
Odysseus Returns
Character:Narrator
Release Date:17/01/2024
57 Seconds
Character:Anton Burrell
Release Date:29/09/2023
761st Tank Battalion: The Original Black Panthers
Character:Self
Release Date:20/08/2023
A Good Person
Character:Daniel
Release Date:23/03/2023
The Ritual Killer
Character:Dr. Mackles
Release Date:09/03/2023
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:13/11/2022
The Minute You Wake Up Dead
Character:Sheriff Thurmond Fowler
Release Date:04/11/2022
Sidney
Character:Self
Release Date:10/09/2022
Paradise Highway
Character:Gerick
Release Date:29/07/2022
Betty White: A Celebration
Character:Self
Release Date:17/01/2022
Power of Chi
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:01/01/2022
Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking
Character:Self
Release Date:10/07/2021
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
Character:Self
Release Date:18/06/2021
Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard
Character:Senior
Release Date:14/06/2021
Vanquish
Character:Damon
Release Date:16/04/2021
Coming 2 America
Character:Morgan Freeman
Release Date:04/03/2021
Morgan Freeman: Breaking Barriers
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/2021
The Comeback Trail
Character:Reggie Fontaine
Release Date:12/11/2020
Meeting the Beatles in India
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:09/09/2020
The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II
Character:Self
Release Date:10/05/2020
Into Nature's Wild
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:14/02/2020
Angel Has Fallen
Character:Alan Trumbull
Release Date:21/08/2019
Brian Banks
Character:Jerome Johnson (uncredited)
Release Date:09/08/2019
The Poison Rose
Character:Doc
Release Date:23/05/2019
Panama Canal in 3D a Land Divided a World United
Character:Self
Release Date:27/02/2019
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
Character:Drosselmeyer
Release Date:26/10/2018
America's Musical Journey
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:17/05/2018
Die Clint Eastwood Story
Character:Self
Release Date:07/02/2018
Just Getting Started
Character:Duke
Release Date:01/12/2017
Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies
Character:Self
Release Date:12/11/2017
John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs
Character:Self
Release Date:01/08/2017
The Words That Built America
Character:Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
Release Date:04/07/2017
Going in Style
Character:Willie Davis
Release Date:06/04/2017
March of the Penguins 2: The Next Step
Character:Narrator (English voice)
Release Date:15/02/2017
Ben-Hur
Character:Sheik Ilderim
Release Date:17/08/2016
The C Word
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:28/07/2016
Now You See Me 2
Character:Thaddeus Bradley
Release Date:02/06/2016
London Has Fallen
Character:Alan Trumbull
Release Date:02/03/2016
Momentum
Character:Senator
Release Date:15/10/2015
JFK & LBJ: A Time for Greatness
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:04/08/2015
Ted 2
Character:Patrick Meighan
Release Date:25/06/2015
Last Knights
Character:Bartok
Release Date:03/04/2015
Dolphin Tale 2
Character:Dr. Cameron McCarthy
Release Date:11/09/2014
Lucy
Character:Professor Norman
Release Date:25/07/2014
5 Flights Up
Character:Alex Carver
Release Date:10/05/2014
Wish Wizard
Character:Maxwell Omni
Release Date:29/04/2014
Transcendence
Character:Joseph Tagger
Release Date:16/04/2014
Island of Lemurs: Madagascar
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:03/04/2014
The Lego Movie
Character:Vitruvius (voice)
Release Date:06/02/2014
We the People
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:06/01/2014
JFK: A President Betrayed
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:23/11/2013
Last Vegas
Character:Archibald 'Archie' Clayton
Release Date:31/10/2013
Now You See Me
Character:Thaddeus Bradley
Release Date:29/05/2013
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
Character:Self
Release Date:27/04/2013
Oblivion
Character:Beech
Release Date:10/04/2013
Olympus Has Fallen
Character:Alan Trumbull
Release Date:20/03/2013
Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot
Character:Self
Release Date:15/01/2013
The Editor and The Dragon: Horace Carter Fights the Klan
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:01/01/2013
Ending the Knight
Character:Self
Release Date:04/12/2012
B.B. King: The Life of Riley
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:15/10/2012
The Dark Knight Rises
Character:Fox
Release Date:17/07/2012
The Magic of Belle Isle
Character:Monte Wildhorn
Release Date:06/07/2012
Le frontiere dell'Astronomia - EP-7 Vite aliene nel cosmo
Character:Narratore
Release Date:21/03/2012
Echoes 'Cross the Tracks
Character:Self
Release Date:01/03/2012
Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl
Character:Self
Release Date:16/01/2012
Dolphin Tale
Character:Dr. McCarthy
Release Date:22/09/2011
Conan the Barbarian
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:17/08/2011
Clint Eastwood's West
Character:Self
Release Date:06/07/2011
Breaking the Taboo
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:03/06/2011
Born to Be Wild
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:08/04/2011
The President's Photographer: Fifty Years Inside the Oval Office
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:24/11/2010
RED
Character:Joe Matheson
Release Date:13/10/2010
The 16th Man
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:04/05/2010
The Eastwood Factor
Character:Self - Narrator (voice)
Release Date:16/02/2010
The People Speak
Character:Self
Release Date:13/12/2009
Invictus
Character:Nelson Mandela
Release Date:11/12/2009
The Maiden Heist
Character:Charles Peterson
Release Date:09/05/2009
Prom Night in Mississippi
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:15/01/2009
Thick as Thieves
Character:Keith Ripley
Release Date:09/01/2009
The Dark Knight
Character:Lucius Fox
Release Date:16/07/2008
Wanted
Character:Sloan
Release Date:19/06/2008
Where the Water Meets the Sky
Character:
Release Date:06/06/2008
A Raisin in the Sun
Character:Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Release Date:25/02/2008
The Bucket List
Character:Carter Chambers
Release Date:25/12/2007
All About Us
Character:Self
Release Date:01/10/2007
Feast of Love
Character:Harry Stevenson
Release Date:28/09/2007
Gone Baby Gone
Character:Jack Doyle
Release Date:18/09/2007
AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition
Character:Self
Release Date:20/06/2007
Evan Almighty
Character:God
Release Date:09/06/2007
The Electric Company's Greatest Hits & Bits
Character:Self
Release Date:25/11/2006
Greasy Rider
Character:
Release Date:14/10/2006
10 Items or Less
Character:'Him'
Release Date:11/09/2006
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
Character:Self
Release Date:13/06/2006
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
Character:Jaques (segment "As You Like It")
Release Date:02/05/2006
The Contract
Character:Frank Carden
Release Date:05/04/2006
Lucky Number Slevin
Character:The Boss
Release Date:24/02/2006
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon
Character:Neil Armstrong (voice)
Release Date:23/09/2005
An Unfinished Life
Character:Mitch Bradley
Release Date:09/09/2005
Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast
Character:Self
Release Date:02/09/2005
Edison
Character:Ashford
Release Date:29/07/2005
James Lipton Takes on Three
Character:Self
Release Date:12/07/2005
Born to Fight
Character:Self
Release Date:12/07/2005
War of the Worlds
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:28/06/2005
Batman Begins
Character:Lucius Fox
Release Date:10/06/2005
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/03/2005
Unleashed
Character:Sam
Release Date:02/02/2005
March of the Penguins
Character:Narrator
Release Date:26/01/2005
Blues Divas
Character:Self
Release Date:22/01/2005
Million Dollar Baby
Character:Eddie Scrap-Iron Dupris
Release Date:05/12/2004
Genius. A Night for Ray Charles
Character:Self
Release Date:07/10/2004
The Hunting of the President
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:27/04/2004
Survivors of the Shoah: Visual History Foundation
Character:
Release Date:09/03/2004
The Big Bounce
Character:Walter Crewes
Release Date:30/01/2004
Guilty by Association
Character:Lt. Redding
Release Date:22/07/2003
Declaration of Independence
Character:Self
Release Date:10/06/2003
Bruce Almighty
Character:God
Release Date:23/05/2003
Dreamcatcher
Character:Col. Abraham Curtis
Release Date:21/03/2003
Levity
Character:Miles Evans
Release Date:16/03/2003
All on Accounta Pullin' a Trigger
Character:Self
Release Date:24/09/2002
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
Character:Self
Release Date:24/09/2002
Partners of the Heart
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:01/06/2002
The Sum of All Fears
Character:DCI William Cabot
Release Date:31/05/2002
High Crimes
Character:Charlie Grimes
Release Date:05/04/2002
Shawshank: The Redeeming Feature
Character:Self
Release Date:08/09/2001
Along Came a Spider
Character:Alex Cross
Release Date:06/04/2001
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:27/09/2000
Nurse Betty
Character:Charlie
Release Date:30/08/2000
Under Suspicion
Character:Captain Victor Benezet
Release Date:24/08/2000
Stephen King: Shining in the Dark
Character:Self
Release Date:09/09/1999
Deep Impact
Character:President Tom Beck
Release Date:08/05/1998
Hard Rain
Character:Jim
Release Date:16/01/1998
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1998
Amistad
Character:Theodore Joadson
Release Date:10/12/1997
Kiss the Girls
Character:Det. Alex Cross
Release Date:29/09/1997
The Long Way Home
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:19/09/1997
The Making of Se7en
Character:Self
Release Date:25/03/1997
Cosmic Voyage
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:09/08/1996
Chain Reaction
Character:Paul Shannon
Release Date:02/08/1996
Moll Flanders
Character:Hibble
Release Date:14/06/1996
Blacklist: Hollywood on Trial
Character:Edward G. Robinson
Release Date:27/02/1996
Inside the White House
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:01/01/1996
Se7en
Character:Somerset
Release Date:22/09/1995
Outbreak
Character:General Billy Ford
Release Date:10/03/1995
The Shawshank Redemption
Character:Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding
Release Date:23/09/1994
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
Character:Self
Release Date:17/09/1992
Unforgiven
Character:Ned Logan
Release Date:07/08/1992
The Power of One
Character:Geel Piet
Release Date:27/03/1992
The True Story of Glory Continues
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:19/06/1991
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
Character:Azeem
Release Date:14/06/1991
Robin Hood: The Myth, the Man, the Movie
Character:Self
Release Date:13/06/1991
The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:01/01/1991
The Bonfire of the Vanities
Character:Judge Leonard White
Release Date:21/12/1990
Follow the Drinking Gourd
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:01/09/1990
Rabbit Ears - The Savior is Born
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:01/09/1990
Night of 100 Stars III
Character:Self
Release Date:21/05/1990
The Earth Day Special
Character:Walter Samson
Release Date:22/04/1990
Glory
Character:Sgt. Maj. John Rawlins
Release Date:15/12/1989
Driving Miss Daisy
Character:Hoke Colburn
Release Date:13/12/1989
Johnny Handsome
Character:Lt. A.Z. Drones
Release Date:12/09/1989
Lean On Me
Character:Principal Joe Clark
Release Date:03/03/1989
Clean and Sober
Character:Craig
Release Date:10/08/1988
Clinton and Nadine
Character:Dorsey Pratt
Release Date:04/05/1988
Fight for Life
Character:Dr. Sherard
Release Date:23/03/1987
Street Smart
Character:Leo "Fast Black" Smalls, Jr.
Release Date:20/03/1987
Resting Place
Character:Luther Johnson
Release Date:27/04/1986
The Execution of Raymond Graham
Character:Warden Pratt
Release Date:17/11/1985
That Was Then... This Is Now
Character:Charlie Woods
Release Date:08/11/1985
The Gospel at Colonus
Character:Messenger
Release Date:08/11/1985
Marie: A True Story
Character:Charles Traughber
Release Date:27/09/1985
Teachers
Character:Lewis
Release Date:05/10/1984
Harry & Son
Character:Siemanowski
Release Date:02/03/1984
The Marva Collins Story
Character:Clarence Collins
Release Date:01/12/1981
Eyewitness
Character:Lieutenant Black
Release Date:13/02/1981
Death of a Prophet
Character:Malcolm X
Release Date:01/01/1981
Brubaker
Character:Walter
Release Date:20/06/1980
Attica
Character:Hap Richards
Release Date:02/03/1980
Hollow Image
Character:Sweet Talk
Release Date:24/06/1979
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Character:Uncle Hammer
Release Date:02/06/1978
Out to Lunch
Character:Self / Croupier
Release Date:10/12/1974
Energy Crisis
Character:Self
Release Date:05/04/1974
Blade
Character:Chris
Release Date:01/12/1973
Who Says I Can't Ride a Rainbow!
Character:Afro
Release Date:18/11/1971
Caught in the Middle
Character:
Release Date:16/12/1970
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
Character:Grand Central Commuter (uncredited)
Release Date:19/06/1968
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
Character:Grand Central Commuter
Release Date:19/06/1968
A Man Called Adam
Character:Party Guest (uncredited)
Release Date:16/03/1966
The Pawnbroker
Character:Man on Street (Uncredited)
Release Date:20/04/1965
Television Appearances
The American Revolution
Character:voice
Number One on the Call Sheet
Character:Self
Life on Our Planet
Character:Self - Narrator (voice)
Lioness
Character:Secretary of State Edwin Mullins
100 Years of Warner Bros.
Character:Self - Narrator (voice)
The Muppets Mayhem
Character:Morgan Freeman
Our Universe
Character:Self - Narrator (voice)
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Character:Self
History's Greatest Escapes with Morgan Freeman
Character:Self - Host
Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy
Character:Self
Solos
Character:Narrator (voice)
Solos
Character:Stuart
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
Character:Morgan Freeman (voice)
The Story of Us with Morgan Freeman
Character:Self - Host
The Story of God with Morgan Freeman
Character:Self - Host
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Character:Self
Madam Secretary
Character:Chief Justice Frawley
Madam Secretary
Character:Chief Justice Wilbourne (uncredited)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Character:Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Character:Self
Curiosity
Character:Self - Narrator (voice)
Through the Wormhole
Character:Self - Host
30 for 30
Character:
The Jay Leno Show
Character:Self
Live from Studio Five
Character:Self
The Graham Norton Show
Character:Self
The Reichen Show
Character:Self - Guest
Slavery and the Making of America
Character:Self - Narrator (voice)
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Character:Self
America Beyond the Color Line
Character:Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Character:Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Character:Self - Guest
Mark Twain Prize
Character:Self
Parkinson
Character:Self
The View
Character:Self
The Chris Rock Show
Character:
The Daily Show
Character:Self
Inside the Actors Studio
Character:Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Character:Self - Guest
HBO First Look
Character:
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Character:
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
Character:Narrator (voice)
Pebble Mill
Character:Self
The Civil War
Character:Frederick Douglass
American Experience
Character:Narrator (voice)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Character:
American Masters
Character:Narrator (voice)
The Twilight Zone
Character:Tony (segment "Dealer's Choice")
The Atlanta Child Murders
Character:Ben Shelter
Goldene Kamera
Character:Self
CBS News Sunday Morning
Character:Self
The Kennedy Center Honors
Character:Self
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Character:Uncle Hammer
Saturday Night Live
Character:Self - Cameo (uncredited)
Spidey Super Stories
Character:Count Dracula
Spidey Super Stories
Character:Easy Reader
Spidey Super Stories
Character:Police officer
Spidey Super Stories
Character:Umpire
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Character:Self
The Electric Company
Character:Mad Scientist
The Electric Company
Character:Easy Reader
The Electric Company
Character:Count Dracula
Great Performances
Character:Messenger
60 Minutes
Character:Self
Tony Awards
Character:Self - Performer
The Oscars
Character:Self - Presenter
The Oscars
Character:Self
Today
Character:Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Character:Clarence
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Character:Luther
Golden Globe Awards
Character:Self - Presenter
Golden Globe Awards
Character:Self - Nominee
Golden Globe Awards
Character:Self
Golden Globe Awards
Character:Self - Cecil B. DeMille Award Recipient
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