Morgan Freeman
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Jun 1, 1937 (89 years old)
Place of Birth
Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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 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.
Known For
| 2026 | The DinosaursSelf - Narrator (voice) | |
| 2025 | Now You See Me: Now You Don'tThaddeus Bradley | |
| 2025 | Clint Eastwood : la légendeSelf | |
| 2025 | The Power of Chi(narrator) | |
| 2025 | Number One on the Call SheetSelf | |
| 2025 | The American Revolution(voice) | |
| 2024 | GunnerKendrick Ryker | |
| 2024 | My Dead Friend ZoeDr. Cole | |
| 2024 | How to Rob a BankAzeem (archive footage) | |
| 2024 | Odysseus ReturnsNarrator | |
| 2024 | From the Balkans(narrator) | |
| 2023 | 761st Tank Battalion: The Original Black PanthersSelf | |
| 2023 | 57 SecondsAnton Burrell | |
| 2023 | A Good PersonDaniel | |
| 2023 | The Ritual KillerDr. Mackles | |
| 2023 | 100 Years of Warner Bros.Self - Narrator (voice) | |
| 2023 | LionessSecretary of State Edwin Mullins | |
| 2023 | The Muppets MayhemMorgan Freeman | |
| 2023 | Life on Our PlanetSelf - Narrator (voice) | |
| 2022 | Betty White: A CelebrationSelf | |
| 2022 | The Minute You Wake Up DeadSheriff Thurmond Fowler | |
| 2022 | Paradise HighwayGerick | |
| 2022 | Clint Eastwood: The Last LegendSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2022 | SidneySelf | |
| 2022 | Power of ChiNarrator (voice) | |
| 2022 | Metro Boomin: Heroes & Villains | |
| 2022 | Our UniverseSelf - Narrator (voice) | |
| 2022 | The Jennifer Hudson ShowSelf - Guest | |
| 2021 | Morgan Freeman: Breaking BarriersSelf | |
| 2021 | Hitman's Wife's BodyguardSenior | |
| 2021 | Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for ItSelf | |
| 2021 | VanquishDamon | |
| 2021 | Coming 2 AmericaMorgan Freeman | |
| 2021 | Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black FilmmakingSelf | |
| 2021 | History's Greatest Escapes with Morgan FreemanSelf - Host | |
| 2021 | SolosNarrator (voice) | |
| 2021 | Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic LegacySelf | |
| 2021 | SolosStuart | |
| 2020 | The Comeback TrailReggie Fontaine | |
| 2020 | The Disney Family Singalong - Volume IISelf | |
| 2020 | Into Nature's WildNarrator (voice) | |
| 2020 | Meeting the Beatles in IndiaNarrator (voice) | |
| 2019 | Panama Canal in 3D a Land Divided a World UnitedSelf | |
| 2019 | Angel Has FallenAlan Trumbull | |
| 2019 | The Poison RoseDoc | |
| 2019 | Brian BanksJerome Johnson (uncredited) | |
| 2019 | Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?Morgan Freeman (voice) | |
| 2018 | Die Clint Eastwood StorySelf | |
| 2018 | The Nutcracker and the Four RealmsDrosselmeyer | |
| 2018 | America's Musical JourneyNarrator (voice) | |
| 2017 | Laddie: The Man Behind the MoviesSelf | |
| 2017 | Going in StyleWillie Davis | |
| 2017 | Just Getting StartedDuke | |
| 2017 | The Words That Built AmericaSelf - Reader: Declaration of Independence | |
| 2017 | John G. Avildsen: King of the UnderdogsSelf | |
| 2017 | March of the Penguins 2: The Next StepNarrator (English voice) | |
| 2017 | The Story of Us with Morgan FreemanSelf - Host | |
| 2017 | Monochrome: Black, White & BlueSelf | |
| 2016 | London Has FallenAlan Trumbull | |
| 2016 | Now You See Me 2Thaddeus Bradley | |
| 2016 | Ben-HurSheik Ilderim | |
| 2016 | The C WordNarrator (voice) | |
| 2016 | The Story of God with Morgan FreemanSelf - Host | |
| 2015 | Last KnightsBartok | |
| 2015 | Ted 2Patrick Meighan | |
| 2015 | MomentumSenator | |
| 2015 | JFK & LBJ: A Time for GreatnessNarrator (voice) | |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelf | |
| 2014 | TranscendenceJoseph Tagger | |
| 2014 | The Lego MovieVitruvius (voice) | |
| 2014 | Island of Lemurs: MadagascarNarrator (voice) | |
| 2014 | LucyProfessor Norman | |
| 2014 | Dolphin Tale 2Dr. Cameron McCarthy | |
| 2014 | 5 Flights UpAlex Carver | |
| 2014 | Wish WizardMaxwell Omni | |
| 2014 | We the PeopleNarrator (voice) | |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth MeyersSelf | |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSelf - Guest | |
| 2014 | Madam SecretaryChief Justice Frawley | |
| 2014 | Madam SecretaryChief Justice Wilbourne (uncredited) | |
| 2013 | OblivionBeech | |
| 2013 | Now You See MeThaddeus Bradley | |
| 2013 | Olympus Has FallenAlan Trumbull | |
| 2013 | Last VegasArchibald 'Archie' Clayton | |
| 2013 | JFK: A President BetrayedNarrator (voice) | |
| 2013 | Tales from the Warner Bros. LotSelf | |
| 2013 | The Editor and The Dragon: Horace Carter Fights the KlanNarrator (voice) | |
| 2013 | Eastwood Directs: The Untold StorySelf | |
| 2012 | The Dark Knight RisesFox | |
| 2012 | Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden GirlSelf | |
| 2012 | The Magic of Belle IsleMonte Wildhorn | |
| 2012 | B.B. King: The Life of RileyNarrator (voice) | |
| 2012 | Echoes 'Cross the TracksSelf | |
| 2012 | Le frontiere dell'Astronomia - EP-7 Vite aliene nel cosmoNarratore | |
| 2012 | Ending the KnightSelf | |
| 2011 | Dolphin TaleDr. McCarthy | |
| 2011 | Born to Be WildNarrator (voice) | |
| 2011 | Breaking the TabooNarrator (voice) | |
| 2011 | Clint Eastwood's WestSelf | |
| 2011 | Conan the BarbarianNarrator (voice) | |
| 2011 | CuriositySelf - Narrator (voice) | |
| 2010 | REDJoe Matheson | |
| 2010 | The Eastwood FactorSelf - Narrator (voice) | |
| 2010 | The President's Photographer: Fifty Years Inside the Oval OfficeNarrator (voice) | |
| 2010 | The 16th ManNarrator (voice) | |
| 2010 | Through the WormholeSelf - Host | |
| 2009 | InvictusNelson Mandela | |
| 2009 | The Maiden HeistCharles Peterson | |
| 2009 | The People SpeakSelf | |
| 2009 | Thick as ThievesKeith Ripley | |
| 2009 | Prom Night in MississippiNarrator (voice) | |
| 2009 | The Jay Leno ShowSelf | |
| 2009 | Live from Studio FiveSelf | |
| 2009 | 30 for 30 | |
| 2008 | The Dark KnightLucius Fox | |
| 2008 | WantedSloan | |
| 2008 | A Raisin in the SunNarrator (voice) (uncredited) | |
| 2008 | Where the Water Meets the Sky | |
| 2008 | The Love GuruMorgan Freemann (voice only) (uncredited) | |
| 2007 | Evan AlmightyGod | |
| 2007 | Gone Baby GoneJack Doyle | |
| 2007 | The Bucket ListCarter Chambers | |
| 2007 | Feast of LoveHarry Stevenson | |
| 2007 | AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary EditionSelf | |
| 2007 | All About UsSelf | |
| 2007 | The Graham Norton ShowSelf | |
| 2006 | Lucky Number SlevinThe Boss | |
| 2006 | The ContractFrank Carden | |
| 2006 | 10 Items or Less'Him' | |
| 2006 | The Best of The Tony Awards: The PlaysJaques (segment "As You Like It") | |
| 2006 | The Electric Company's Greatest Hits & BitsSelf | |
| 2006 | Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and BlockbustersSelf | |
| 2006 | Greasy Rider | |
| 2005 | War of the WorldsNarrator (voice) | |
| 2005 | Batman BeginsLucius Fox | |
| 2005 | UnleashedSam | |
| 2005 | EdisonAshford | |
| 2005 | An Unfinished LifeMitch Bradley | |
| 2005 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the MoonNeil Armstrong (voice) | |
| 2005 | Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf CoastSelf | |
| 2005 | Blues DivasSelf | |
| 2005 | Nos Bastidores de HollywoodSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2005 | James Lipton Takes on ThreeSelf | |
| 2005 | Born to FightSelf | |
| 2005 | March of the PenguinsNarrator | |
| 2005 | Slavery and the Making of AmericaSelf - Narrator (voice) | |
| 2005 | The Late Late Show with Craig FergusonSelf | |
| 2005 | The Reichen ShowSelf - Guest | |
| 2004 | Million Dollar BabyEddie Scrap-Iron Dupris | |
| 2004 | The Hunting of the PresidentNarrator (voice) | |
| 2004 | The Big BounceWalter Crewes | |
| 2004 | Genius. A Night for Ray CharlesSelf | |
| 2004 | Survivors of the Shoah: Visual History Foundation | |
| 2004 | America Beyond the Color LineSelf | |
| 2003 | Bruce AlmightyGod | |
| 2003 | LevityMiles Evans | |
| 2003 | DreamcatcherCol. Abraham Curtis | |
| 2003 | Guilty by AssociationLt. Redding | |
| 2003 | Declaration of IndependenceSelf | |
| 2003 | The Ellen DeGeneres ShowSelf | |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live!Self - Guest | |
| 2002 | The Sum of All FearsDCI William Cabot | |
| 2002 | High CrimesCharlie Grimes | |
| 2002 | Partners of the HeartNarrator (voice) | |
| 2002 | All on Accounta Pullin' a TriggerSelf | |
| 2002 | Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'Self | |
| 2001 | Along Came a SpiderAlex Cross | |
| 2001 | Shawshank: The Redeeming FeatureSelf | |
| 2000 | Under SuspicionCaptain Victor Benezet | |
| 2000 | Nurse BettyCharlie | |
| 2000 | Clint Eastwood: Out of the ShadowsNarrator (voice) | |
| 1999 | Stephen King: Shining in the DarkSelf | |
| 1999 | Mark Twain PrizeSelf | |
| 1998 | Hard RainJim | |
| 1998 | Deep ImpactPresident Tom Beck | |
| 1998 | Scandalize My Name: Stories from the BlacklistSelf | |
| 1998 | ParkinsonSelf | |
| 1997 | AmistadTheodore Joadson | |
| 1997 | Kiss the GirlsDet. Alex Cross | |
| 1997 | The Long Way HomeNarrator (voice) | |
| 1997 | The Making of Se7enSelf | |
| 1997 | The ViewSelf | |
| 1997 | The Chris Rock Show | |
| 1996 | Chain ReactionPaul Shannon | |
| 1996 | Cosmic VoyageNarrator (voice) | |
| 1996 | Moll FlandersHibble | |
| 1996 | Inside the White HouseNarrator (voice) | |
| 1996 | Blacklist: Hollywood on TrialEdward G. Robinson | |
| 1996 | The Daily ShowSelf | |
| 1995 | Se7enSomerset | |
| 1995 | OutbreakGeneral Billy Ford | |
| 1994 | The Shawshank RedemptionEllis Boyd 'Red' Redding | |
| 1994 | Inside the Actors StudioSelf | |
| 1993 | Late Night with Conan O'BrienSelf - Guest | |
| 1992 | UnforgivenNed Logan | |
| 1992 | The Power of OneGeel Piet | |
| 1992 | Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'Self | |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | |
| 1992 | Shelley Duvall's Bedtime StoriesNarrator (voice) | |
| 1992 | HBO First Look | |
| 1991 | Robin Hood: Prince of ThievesAzeem | |
| 1991 | The True Story of Glory ContinuesNarrator (voice) | |
| 1991 | Robin Hood: The Myth, the Man, the MovieSelf | |
| 1991 | The Massachusetts 54th Colored InfantryNarrator (voice) | |
| 1991 | Pebble MillSelf | |
| 1990 | Follow the Drinking GourdNarrator (voice) | |
| 1990 | The Bonfire of the VanitiesJudge Leonard White | |
| 1990 | Night of 100 Stars IIISelf | |
| 1990 | The Earth Day SpecialWalter Samson | |
| 1990 | Rabbit Ears - The Savior is BornNarrator (voice) | |
| 1990 | The Civil WarFrederick Douglass | |
| 1989 | Driving Miss DaisyHoke Colburn | |
| 1989 | Johnny HandsomeLt. A.Z. Drones | |
| 1989 | GlorySgt. Maj. John Rawlins | |
| 1989 | Lean On MePrincipal Joe Clark | |
| 1988 | Clean and SoberCraig | |
| 1988 | Clinton and NadineDorsey Pratt | |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | |
| 1988 | American ExperienceNarrator (voice) | |
| 1987 | Street SmartLeo "Fast Black" Smalls, Jr. | |
| 1987 | Fight for LifeDr. Sherard | |
| 1986 | Resting PlaceLuther Johnson | |
| 1986 | American MastersNarrator (voice) | |
| 1985 | That Was Then... This Is NowCharlie Woods | |
| 1985 | Marie: A True StoryCharles Traughber | |
| 1985 | The Execution of Raymond GrahamWarden Pratt | |
| 1985 | The Gospel at ColonusMessenger | |
| 1985 | The Twilight ZoneTony (segment "Dealer's Choice") | |
| 1985 | The Atlanta Child MurdersBen Shelter | |
| 1984 | TeachersLewis | |
| 1984 | Harry & SonSiemanowski | |
| 1984 | Goldene KameraSelf | |
| 1981 | EyewitnessLieutenant Black | |
| 1981 | Death of a ProphetMalcolm X | |
| 1981 | The Marva Collins StoryClarence Collins | |
| 1980 | BrubakerWalter | |
| 1980 | AtticaHap Richards | |
| 1979 | Hollow ImageSweet Talk | |
| 1979 | CBS News Sunday MorningSelf | |
| 1978 | Roll of Thunder, Hear My CryUncle Hammer | |
| 1978 | The Kennedy Center HonorsSelf | |
| 1978 | Roll of Thunder, Hear My CryUncle Hammer | |
| 1975 | Saturday Night LiveSelf - Cameo (uncredited) | |
| 1974 | Out to LunchSelf / Croupier | |
| 1974 | Energy CrisisSelf | |
| 1974 | Spidey Super StoriesCount Dracula | |
| 1974 | Spidey Super StoriesEasy Reader | |
| 1974 | Spidey Super StoriesPolice officer | |
| 1974 | Spidey Super StoriesUmpire | |
| 1973 | BladeChris | |
| 1973 | The American Film Institute Salute to ...Self | |
| 1971 | Who Says I Can't Ride a Rainbow!Afro | |
| 1971 | The Electric CompanyMark /Easy Reader /Mel Mounds /Count Dracula /Mad Scientist /The Cop /Marcello | |
| 1971 | Great PerformancesMessenger | |
| 1970 | Caught in the Middle | |
| 1968 | Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?Grand Central Commuter (uncredited) | |
| 1968 | Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?Grand Central Commuter | |
| 1968 | 60 MinutesSelf | |
| 1966 | A Man Called AdamParty Guest (uncredited) | |
| 1965 | The PawnbrokerMan on Street (Uncredited) | |
| 1956 | Tony AwardsSelf - Performer | |
| 1953 | The OscarsSelf - Presenter | |
| 1953 | The OscarsSelf | |
| 1952 | TodaySelf | |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of FameClarence | |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of FameLuther | |
| 1944 | Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Presenter | |
| 1944 | Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Nominee | |
| 1944 | Golden Globe AwardsSelf | |
| 1944 | Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Cecil B. DeMille Award Recipient | |
| - | SniffJoe Mulwray | |
| - | The Blues Live On! The Delta Blues MuseumNarrator (voice) | |
| - | The Little Bedroom | |
| - | Hate to See You GoSonny Bell | |
| - | CLINTNarrator (voice) | |
| - | The Promised LandNarrator (voice) |
| 2026 | The Gray HouseExecutive Producer | |
| 2025 | In Our BloodExecutive Producer | |
| 2023 | 761st Tank Battalion: The Original Black PanthersExecutive Producer | |
| 2022 | Ogun Óla: War is ComingProducer | |
| 2021 | The Killing of Kenneth ChamberlainExecutive Producer | |
| 2014 | 5 Flights UpProducer | |
| 2014 | Madam SecretaryExecutive Producer | |
| 2010 | The 16th ManProducer | |
| 2010 | Through the WormholeProducer | |
| 2010 | Through the WormholeExecutive Producer | |
| 2009 | InvictusExecutive Producer | |
| 2003 | LevityExecutive Producer | |
| 2001 | Along Came a SpiderExecutive Producer | |
| 2000 | Under SuspicionExecutive Producer | |
| 1999 | MutinyExecutive Producer | |
| - | Hate to See You GoProducer | |
| - | Rendezvous with RamaProducer | |
| - | Last MealsProducer | |
| - | Break OutExecutive Producer |
| 2014 | Madam SecretaryDirector | |
| 1993 | Bopha!Director |
| 1998 | Scandalize My Name: Stories from the BlacklistThanks |