Morgan Freeman

American actor and producer

Photo by: U.S. Secretary of Defense · Public Domain · Wikimedia Commons

Born:June 1, 1937

Age:89

Zodiac Sign:Gemini

Height:1.88 m (6′2″)

Children:4

Born in:Memphis, United States

Languages:English

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Movies & TV

The Shawshank RedemptionThe Dark KnightBatman BeginsSevenMillion Dollar Baby

Songs & Albums

2020 virtual read-through of Fast Times at Ridgemont High

Awards

الميدالية الوطنية للفنون (2015)AFI Life Achievement Award (2011)Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor (2005)star on Hollywood Walk of FameKennedy Center Honors

Morgan Freeman

American actor and producer

Biography

Morgan Freeman (born June 1, 1937) is an American actor, producer, and narrator. In a career spanning six decades, he has received numerous accolades, including an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award, as well as a nomination for a Grammy Award and a Tony Award. He was honored with the Kennedy Center Honor in 2008, an AFI Life Achievement Award in 2011, the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2012, and Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 2018. In a 2022 readers' poll by Empire, he was voted one of the 50 greatest actors of all time. Born in Memphis, Tennessee, Freeman was raised in Mississippi, where he began acting in school plays. He studied theater 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. In 1978, he was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his role as Zeke in the Richard Wesley play The Mighty Gents. Freeman received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor playing a former boxer in Clint Eastwood's sports drama Million Dollar Baby (2004). He was Oscar-nominated for Street Smart (1987), Driving Miss Daisy (1989), The Shawshank Redemption (1994), and Invictus (2009). He also performed in Glory (1989), Lean on Me (1989), Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991), Unforgiven (1992), Se7en (1995), Amistad (1997), Deep Impact (1998), Gone Baby Gone (2007), and The Bucket List (2007). He also portrayed Lucius Fox in Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy (2005–2012) and acted in the action films Wanted (2008), Red (2010), Oblivion (2013), the Now You See Me films (2013–2025), and Lucy (2014). Known for his distinctive voice, he has narrated numerous documentaries including The Long Way Home (1997), March of the Penguins (2005), Through the Wormhole (2010–2017), The Story of God with Morgan Freeman (2016–2019), Our Universe (2022) and Life on Our Planet (2023). He made his directorial debut with the drama Bopha! (1993). He founded the film production company Revelations Entertainment with business partner Lori McCreary in 1996, under which they produced projects such as the CBS political drama Madam Secretary (2014–2019).

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Quotes

“Learning how to be still, to really be still and let life happen - that stillness becomes a radiance.”

— [1].

“{African Americans} have fought and died in every conflict this nation was involved in, from the Revolutionary War onward . . . . We are Americans, and we fought and died to be Americans.”

— Discussing the US Civil War film Glory (1989); Freeman was honored as the Runner-up for the 1989 "Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor" in part for his portrayal of Sergeant Major John Rawlins in the movie. The quote is from an article in The New York Times entitled "'Glory' Resurrects Its Black Heroes" written by Glenn Collins. (March 26, 1989)

“To go somewhere and say: 'I have this really terrific movie, but I need some . . . money' - Good luck!”

— Jobson, Richard (July 14, 2000). "Morgan Freeman". The Guardian (London). Retrieved on December 4, 2017.

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Photos

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III hosts Morgan Freeman for a private screening and conversation about Freeman’s documentary film on the 761st Tank Battalion at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Aug. 2, 2023. (DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Alexander Kubitza)

Academy Award-winning actor Morgan Freeman narrates for the opening ceremony to they 2016 Invictus games in Orlando, Fla. May 8, 2016. (DoD News photo by EJ Hersom)

Morgan Freeman and Paz Vega at the presentation of the film 10 Items or Less in Madrid (Spain). Cropped from File:Morgan Freeman y Paz Vega en Madrid 01.jpg.

Morgan Freeman watches a trailer to his documentary film on the 761st Tank Battalion at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Aug. 2, 2023. (DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Alexander Kubitza)

Morgan Freeman, an American, speaks during the opening ceremony of the Invictus Games at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex, Orlando, Fla., May 8, 2016. This year's games feature 500 wounded or injured service members from 14 nations competing in 10 adaptive sporting events. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Gabriela Garcia/Released) Unit: HQMC Combat Camera

First Lady Michelle Obama and actor Morgan Freeman exchange greetings during the Opening Ceremony of the 2016 Invictus Games held at Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida on May 8, 2016. The Invictus Games are an adaptive sports competition which was created by Prince Harry of the United Kingdom after he was inspired by the DoD Warrior Games. This event brings together wounded, ill, and injured service members and veterans from 15 nations for events including: archery, cycling, indoor rowing, powerlifting, sitting volleyball, swimming, track and field, wheelchair basketball, wheelchair racing, wheelchair rugby and wheelchair tennis. 115 U.S. athletes will represent the Department of Defense at Invictus Games 2016 in Orlando, Florida, May 8-12. (U.S. Army photo by Capt. Yau-Liong Tsai/Released) Unit: 982nd Combat Camera Company Airborne

Morgan Freeman hosts a private screening and conversation about his documentary film on the 761st Tank Battalion, alongside the film’s Director Phil Bertelsen, the film’s Executive Producer James Younger, and Executive Director of United States Army Center of Military History Charles Bowery, at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Aug. 2, 2023. (DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Alexander Kubitza)