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.
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Acted in
Now You See Me 3
2025
as Thaddeus Bradley
My Dead Friend Zoe
2025
as Dr. Cole
Gunner
2024
as Kendrick Ryker
How to Rob a Bank
2024
as Azeem (archive footage)
Odysseus Returns
2024
as Narrator
Life on Our Planet
2023
as Self - Narrator (voice)
57 Seconds
2023
as Anton Burrell
761st Tank Battalion: The Original Black Panthers
2023
as Self
Lioness
2023
as Secretary of State Edwin Mullins
100 Years of Warner Bros.
2023
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Muppets Mayhem
2023
as Morgan Freeman
A Good Person
2023
as Daniel
The Ritual Killer
2023
as Dr. Mackles
Our Universe
2022
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
2022
as Self (archive footage)
The Minute You Wake Up Dead
2022
as Sheriff Thurmond Fowler
Sidney
2022
as Self
Paradise Highway
2022
as Gerick
Betty White: A Celebration
2022
as Self
History's Greatest Escapes with Morgan Freeman
2021
as Self - Host
Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy
2021
as Self
Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking
2021
as Self
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
2021
as Self
Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard
2021
as Senior
Solos
2021
as Stuart
Vanquish
2021
as Damon
Coming 2 America
2021
as Morgan Freeman
Morgan Freeman: Breaking Barriers
2021
as Self
The Comeback Trail
2020
as Reggie Fontaine
Meeting the Beatles in India
2020
as Narrator (voice)
The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II
2020
as Self
Into Nature's Wild
2020
as Narrator (voice)
Dave Chappelle: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize
2020
as Self
Angel Has Fallen
2019
as Alan Trumbull
Brian Banks
2019
as Jerome Johnson (uncredited)
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
2019
as Morgan Freeman (voice)
The Poison Rose
2019
as Doc
Panama Canal in 3D a Land Divided a World United
2019
as Self
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
2018
as Drosselmeyer
America's Musical Journey
2018
as Narrator (voice)
Die Clint Eastwood Story
2018
as Self
Just Getting Started
2017
as Duke
Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies
2017
as Self
The Story of Us with Morgan Freeman
2017
as Self - Host
The Words That Built America
2017
as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
Going in Style
2017
as Willie Davis
March of the Penguins 2: The Next Step
2017
as Narrator (english voice)
Ben-Hur
2016
as Sheik Ilderim
The C Word
2016
as Narrator (voice)
Now You See Me 2
2016
as Thaddeus Bradley
The Story of God with Morgan Freeman
2016
as Self - Host
London Has Fallen
2016
as Alan Trumbull
Momentum
2015
as Senator
JFK & LBJ: A Time for Greatness
2015
as Narrator (voice)
Ted 2
2015
as Patrick Meighan
Last Knights
2015
as Bartok
Dolphin Tale 2
2014
as Dr. Cameron McCarthy
Lucy
2014
as Professor Samuel Norman
5 Flights Up
2014
as Alex Carver
Wish Wizard
2014
as Maxwell Omni
Transcendence
2014
as Joseph Tagger
Island of Lemurs: Madagascar
2014
as Narrator (voice)
The Lego Movie
2014
as Vitruvius (voice)
We the People
2014
as Narrator (voice)
JFK: A President Betrayed
2013
as Narrator (voice)
Last Vegas
2013
as Archibald 'Archie' Clayton
The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy
2013
as Self (archive footage)
Now You See Me
2013
as Thaddeus Bradley
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
2013
as Self
Oblivion
2013
as Beech
Olympus Has Fallen
2013
as Alan Trumbull
Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot
2013
as Self
The Editor and The Dragon: Horace Carter Fights the Klan
2013
as Narrator (voice)
Ending the Knight
2012
as Self
B.B. King: The Life of Riley
2012
as Narrator (voice)
The Dark Knight Rises
2012
as Fox
The Magic of Belle Isle
2012
as Monte Wildhorn
Le frontiere dell'Astronomia - EP-7 Vite aliene nel cosmo
2012
as Narratore
Echoes 'Cross the Tracks
2012
as Self
Honest Trailers
2012
as Lucius Fox (archive footage)
Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl
2012
as Self
Dolphin Tale
2011
as Dr. McCarthy
Conan the Barbarian
2011
as Narrator (voice)
Curiosity
2011
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Clint Eastwood's West
2011
as Self
Breaking the Taboo
2011
as Narrator (voice)
Born to Be Wild
2011
as Narrator (voice)
The President's Photographer: Fifty Years Inside the Oval Office
2010
as Narrator (voice)
RED
2010
as Joe Matheson
Through the Wormhole
2010
as Self - Host
The 16th Man
2010
as Narrator (voice)
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
2010
as Self (archive footage)
The Eastwood Factor
2010
as Narrator (voice)
For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots
2010
as Self (voice)
The People Speak
2009
as Self
Invictus
2009
as Nelson Mandela
30 for 30
2009
The Maiden Heist
2009
as Charles Peterson
Prom Night in Mississippi
2009
as Narrator (voice)
Thick as Thieves
2009
as Keith Ripley
The Dark Knight
2008
as Lucius Fox
Wanted
2008
as Sloan
Where the Water Meets the Sky
2008
A Raisin in the Sun
2008
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Bucket List
2007
as Carter Chambers
All About Us
2007
as Self
Feast of Love
2007
as Harry Stevenson
Gone Baby Gone
2007
as Jack Doyle
AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition
2007
as Self
Evan Almighty
2007
as God
The Electric Company's Greatest Hits & Bits
2006
as Self
10 Items or Less
2006
as 'Him'
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
2006
as Self
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
2006
as Jaques (segment "As You Like It")
The Contract
2006
as Frank Carden
Lucky Number Slevin
2006
as The Boss
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon
2005
as Neil Armstrong (voice)
An Unfinished Life
2005
as Mitch Bradley
A Concert for Hurricane Relief
2005
as Self
Edison
2005
as Ashford
War of the Worlds
2005
as Narrator (voice)
Batman Begins
2005
as Lucius Fox
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
2005
as Self
Slavery and the Making of America
2005
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Unleashed
2005
as Sam
March of the Penguins
2005
as Narrator (English voice)
Blues Divas
2005
as Self
Million Dollar Baby
2004
as Eddie Scrap-Iron Dupris
Genius. A Night for Ray Charles
2004
as Self
The Hunting of the President
2004
as Narrator (voice)
Survivors of the Shoah: Visual History Foundation
2004
America Beyond the Color Line
2004
as Self
The Big Bounce
2004
as Walter Crewes
Guilty by Association
2003
as Lt. Redding
Declaration of Independence
2003
as Self
Bruce Almighty
2003
as God
Dreamcatcher
2003
as Col. Abraham Curtis
Levity
2003
as Miles Evans
All on Accounta Pullin' a Trigger
2002
as Self
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
2002
as Self
Partners of the Heart
2002
as Narrator (voice)
The Sum of All Fears
2002
as DCI William Cabot
High Crimes
2002
as Charlie Grimes
Shawshank: The Redeeming Feature
2001
as Self
Along Came a Spider
2001
as Alex Cross
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
2000
as Narrator (voice)
Nurse Betty
2000
as Charlie
Under Suspicion
2000
as Captain Victor Benezet
Stephen King: Shining in the Dark
1999
as Self
Deep Impact
1998
as President Tom Beck
Hard Rain
1998
as Jim
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
1998
as Self
Amistad
1997
as Theodore Joadson
Kiss the Girls
1997
as Alex Cross
The Long Way Home
1997
as Narrator (voice)
The Chris Rock Show
1997
Cosmic Voyage
1996
as Narrator (voice)
Chain Reaction
1996
as Paul Shannon
Moll Flanders
1996
as Hibble
Blacklist: Hollywood on Trial
1996
as Edward G. Robinson
Inside the White House
1996
as Narrator (voice)
Se7en
1995
as Somerset
Outbreak
1995
as General Billy Ford
The Shawshank Redemption
1994
as Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding
Unforgiven
1992
as Ned Logan
HBO First Look
1992
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
1992
as Narrator (Voice)
The Power of One
1992
as Geel Piet
The True Story of Glory Continues
1991
as Narrator (voice)
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
1991
as Azeem
Robin Hood: The Myth, the Man, the Movie
1991
as Self
The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry
1991
as Narrator (voice)
The Bonfire of the Vanities
1990
as Judge Leonard White
The Civil War
1990
as Frederick Douglass
Follow the Drinking Gourd
1990
as Narrator (voice)
Rabbit Ears - The Savior is Born
1990
as Narrator (voice)
Night of 100 Stars III
1990
as Self
The Earth Day Special
1990
as Walter Samson
Glory
1989
as Sgt. Maj. John Rawlins
Driving Miss Daisy
1989
as Hoke Colburn
Johnny Handsome
1989
as Lt. A.Z. Drones
Lean On Me
1989
as Principal Joe Clark
American Experience
1988
as Narrator (voice)
Clean and Sober
1988
as Craig
Clinton and Nadine
1988
as Dorsey Pratt
Fight for Life
1987
as Dr. Sherard
Street Smart
1987
as Leo "Fast Black" Smalls, Jr.
American Masters
1986
as Narrator (voice)
Resting Place
1986
as Luther Johnson
The Execution of Raymond Graham
1985
as Warden Pratt
That Was Then... This Is Now
1985
as Charlie Woods
The Gospel at Colonus
1985
as Messenger
Marie: A True Story
1985
as Charles Traughber
The Twilight Zone
1985
as Tony
The Atlanta Child Murders
1985
as Ben Shelter
Teachers
1984
as Lewis
Harry & Son
1984
as Siemanowski
The Marva Collins Story
1981
as Clarence Collins
Eyewitness
1981
as Lieutenant Black
Death of a Prophet
1981
as Malcolm X
Brubaker
1980
as Walter
Attica
1980
as Hap Richards
Hollow Image
1979
as Sweet Talk
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978
as Self
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
1978
as Uncle Hammer
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
1978
as Uncle Hammer
Out to Lunch
1974
as Self / Croupier
Spidey Super Stories
1974
as Police officer
Spidey Super Stories
1974
as Umpire
Spidey Super Stories
1974
as Count Dracula
Spidey Super Stories
1974
as Easy Reader
Blade
1973
as Chris
Who Says I Can't Ride a Rainbow!
1971
as Afro
The Electric Company
1971
as Mad Scientist
The Electric Company
1971
as Easy Reader
The Electric Company
1971
as Count Dracula
Great Performances
1971
as Messenger
Caught in the Middle
1970
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
1968
as Grand Central Commuter (uncredited)
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
1968
as Grand Central Commuter
A Man Called Adam
1966
as Party Guest (uncredited)
The Pawnbroker
1965
as Man on Street (Uncredited)
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Performer
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Clarence
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Luther
Sniff
as Joe Mulwray
The Blues Live On! The Delta Blues Museum
as Narrator (voice)
The Little Bedroom
Hate to See You Go
as Sonny Bell
CLINT
as Narrator (voice)
The Promised Land
as Self - Narrator (voice)