Morgan Freeman
Known for Acting · 264 credits
- Born
- 1937-06-01 (age 89)
- Place of birth
- Memphis, Tennessee, USA
- Also known as
- Morgan Porterfield Freeman Jr. · Morgan J. Freeman
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
TV Shows (65)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self - Guest
The Daily Show
1996
as Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
as Self - Guest
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
as Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Presenter / Self - Nominee / Self - Cecil B. DeMille Award Recipient
The View
1997
as Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self - Guest
American Experience
1988
as Narrator (voice)
Great Performances
1971
as Messenger
Madam Secretary
2014
as Chief Justice Frawley / Chief Justice Wilbourne (uncredited)
Lioness
2023
as Secretary of State Edwin Mullins
60 Minutes
1968
as Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
The Twilight Zone
1985
as Tony (segment "Dealer's Choice")
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Performer
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
CBS News Sunday Morning
1979
as Self
American Masters
1986
as Narrator (voice)
The Oscars
1953
as Self - Presenter
The Reichen Show
2005
as Self - Guest
Pebble Mill
1991
as Self
Goldene Kamera
1984
as Self
The Jay Leno Show
2009
as Self
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
2019
as Morgan Freeman (voice)
30 for 30
2009
Parkinson
1998
as Self
The Electric Company
1971
as Mark /Easy Reader /Mel Mounds /Count Dracula /Mad Scientist /The Cop /Marcello
HBO First Look
1992
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978
as Self
Today
1952
as Self
The Chris Rock Show
1997
Number One on the Call Sheet
2025
as Self
The American Revolution
2025
as (voice)
The Dinosaurs
2026
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Through the Wormhole
2010
as Self - Host
The Civil War
1990
as Frederick Douglass / John Boston (voice)
100 Years of Warner Bros.
2023
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Muppets Mayhem
2023
as Morgan Freeman
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
as Self
Life on Our Planet
2023
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Solos
2021
as Narrator (voice) / Stuart
Our Universe
2022
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy
2021
as Self
Mark Twain Prize
1999
as Self
The Story of God with Morgan Freeman
2016
as Self - Host
Curiosity
2011
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Clarence / Luther
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
1992
as Narrator (voice)
The Atlanta Child Murders
1985
as Ben Shelter
Spidey Super Stories
1974
as Count Dracula / Easy Reader / Police officer / Umpire
History's Greatest Escapes with Morgan Freeman
2021
as Self - Host
America Beyond the Color Line
2004
as Self
Monochrome: Black, White & Blue
2017
as Self
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
as Self
Movies (199)
The Shawshank Redemption
1994
as Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding
The Dark Knight
2008
as Lucius Fox
Now You See Me: Now You Don't
2025
as Thaddeus Bradley
Se7en
1995
as Somerset
The Dark Knight Rises
2012
as Fox
Ted 2
2015
as Patrick Meighan
Batman Begins
2005
as Lucius Fox
Now You See Me
2013
as Thaddeus Bradley
Now You See Me 2
2016
as Thaddeus Bradley
Lucy
2014
as Professor Norman
Bruce Almighty
2003
as God
War of the Worlds
2005
as Narrator (voice)
Olympus Has Fallen
2013
as Alan Trumbull
The Lego Movie
2014
as Vitruvius (voice)
RED
2010
as Joe Matheson
Angel Has Fallen
2019
as Alan Trumbull
Oblivion
2013
as Beech
Wanted
2008
as Sloan
Million Dollar Baby
2004
as Eddie Scrap-Iron Dupris
Unforgiven
1992
as Ned Logan
Outbreak
1995
as General Billy Ford
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
1991
as Azeem
Deep Impact
1998
as President Tom Beck
London Has Fallen
2016
as Alan Trumbull
Evan Almighty
2007
as God
The Sum of All Fears
2002
as DCI William Cabot
Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard
2021
as Senior
Transcendence
2014
as Joseph Tagger
Glory
1989
as Sgt. Maj. John Rawlins
Gunner
2024
as Kendrick Ryker
The Bucket List
2007
as Carter Chambers
Unleashed
2005
as Sam
Ben-Hur
2016
as Sheik Ilderim
Lucky Number Slevin
2006
as The Boss
Going in Style
2017
as Willie Davis
57 Seconds
2023
as Anton Burrell
Kiss the Girls
1997
as Det. Alex Cross
Conan the Barbarian
2011
as Narrator (voice)
Coming 2 America
2021
as Morgan Freeman
Invictus
2009
as Nelson Mandela
Along Came a Spider
2001
as Alex Cross
Gone Baby Gone
2007
as Jack Doyle
High Crimes
2002
as Charlie Grimes
Dreamcatcher
2003
as Col. Abraham Curtis
Chain Reaction
1996
as Paul Shannon
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
2018
as Drosselmeyer
Last Vegas
2013
as Archibald 'Archie' Clayton
Hard Rain
1998
as Jim
Last Knights
2015
as Bartok
Driving Miss Daisy
1989
as Hoke Colburn
The Magic of Belle Isle
2012
as Monte Wildhorn
The Bonfire of the Vanities
1990
as Judge Leonard White
The Poison Rose
2019
as Doc
The Ritual Killer
2023
as Dr. Mackles
Thick as Thieves
2009
as Keith Ripley
Lean On Me
1989
as Principal Joe Clark
The Contract
2006
as Frank Carden
An Unfinished Life
2005
as Mitch Bradley
Nurse Betty
2000
as Charlie
Brian Banks
2019
as Jerome Johnson (uncredited)
Johnny Handsome
1989
as Lt. A.Z. Drones
Brubaker
1980
as Walter
Vanquish
2021
as Damon
The Love Guru
2008
as Morgan Freemann (voice only) (uncredited)
Momentum
2015
as Senator
A Good Person
2023
as Daniel
Ending the Knight
2012
as Self
My Dead Friend Zoe
2024
as Dr. Cole
The Big Bounce
2004
as Walter Crewes
The Maiden Heist
2009
as Charles Peterson
Edison
2005
as Ashford
Sidney
2022
as Self
Paradise Highway
2022
as Gerick
Dolphin Tale
2011
as Dr. McCarthy
The Comeback Trail
2020
as Reggie Fontaine
The Earth Day Special
1990
as Walter Samson
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
2005
as Self (archive footage)
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon
2005
as Neil Armstrong (voice)
Eyewitness
1981
as Lieutenant Black
Under Suspicion
2000
as Captain Victor Benezet
Just Getting Started
2017
as Duke
Teachers
1984
as Lewis
Dolphin Tale 2
2014
as Dr. Cameron McCarthy
Street Smart
1987
as Leo "Fast Black" Smalls, Jr.
March of the Penguins
2005
as Narrator
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
2021
as Self
The Power of One
1992
as Geel Piet
The Minute You Wake Up Dead
2022
as Sheriff Thurmond Fowler
The Words That Built America
2017
as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
Clint Eastwood : la légende
2025
as Self
The Pawnbroker
1965
as Man on Street (Uncredited)
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Night of 100 Stars III
1990
as Self
Clean and Sober
1988
as Craig
Moll Flanders
1996
as Hibble
Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies
2017
as Self
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
2006
as Self
The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II
2020
as Self
Marie: A True Story
1985
as Charles Traughber
Feast of Love
2007
as Harry Stevenson
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
2013
as Self
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
2006
as Jaques (segment "As You Like It")
March of the Penguins 2: The Next Step
2017
as Narrator (English voice)
10 Items or Less
2006
as 'Him'
Harry & Son
1984
as Siemanowski
Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot
2013
as Self
Levity
2003
as Miles Evans
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
1998
as Self
Resting Place
1986
as Luther Johnson
Stephen King: Shining in the Dark
1999
as Self
Attica
1980
as Hap Richards
AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition
2007
as Self
Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl
2012
as Self
5 Flights Up
2014
as Alex Carver
The People Speak
2009
as Self
Wish Wizard
2014
as Maxwell Omni
Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast
2005
as Self
Declaration of Independence
2003
as Self
Amistad
1997
as Theodore Joadson
The Execution of Raymond Graham
1985
as Warden Pratt
About 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 c… With 264 credits spanning from 1944 to 2026, Morgan Freeman has appeared in 199 films and 65 TV shows.
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Most Popular Morgan Freeman Movies
- The Shawshank Redemption (1994) — as Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding
- The Dark Knight (2008) — as Lucius Fox
- Now You See Me: Now You Don't (2025) — as Thaddeus Bradley
- Se7en (1995) — as Somerset
- The Dark Knight Rises (2012) — as Fox
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