Morgan Freeman

Acting · Born 1937-06-01 in 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…

Filmography

• Unforgiven as Ned Logan
• Million Dollar Baby as Eddie Scrap-Iron Dupris
• War of the Worlds as Narrator (voice)
• The Dark Knight as Lucius Fox
• Lucky Number Slevin as The Boss
• Batman Begins as Lucius Fox
• The Shawshank Redemption as Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding
• Driving Miss Daisy as Hoke Colburn
• Brubaker as Walter
• Unleashed as Sam

TV

• The Twilight Zone as Tony (segment "Dealer's Choice")
• Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? as Morgan Freeman (voice)
• The Civil War as Frederick Douglass
• Through the Wormhole as Self - Host
• Lioness as Secretary of State Edwin Mullins
• Life on Our Planet as Self - Narrator (voice)
• Inside the Actors Studio as Self
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
• Today as Self
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark