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Morgan Freeman
97 FOLLOWERS • 94 CREDITS • JUN 1, 1937 • 87
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.
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Known For
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Saturday Night Live
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Hallmark Hall of Fame
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Late Night with Seth Meyers
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The Daily Show
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The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
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Late Night with Conan O'Brien
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The Oscars
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LIVE with Kelly and Mark
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The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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60 Minutes
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Honest Trailers
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The Graham Norton Show
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Today
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The Jay Leno Show
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CBS News Sunday Morning
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The Kennedy Center Honors
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HBO First Look
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The Muppets Mayhem
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The Twilight Zone
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Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
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Spidey Super Stories
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Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
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Curiosity
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Solos
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30 for 30
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War of the Worlds
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Coming 2 America
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Texas
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How to Rob a Bank
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Lioness
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Fast Times at Ridgemont High: A Virtual Table Read
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The Dark Knight Rises
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Transcendence
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The Dark Knight
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That Was Then... This Is Now
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Harry & Son
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Now You See Me
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Ted 2
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The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
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Batman Begins
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Olympus Has Fallen
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Now You See Me 3
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Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard
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The Civil War
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Deep Impact
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March of the Penguins
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London Has Fallen
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Now You See Me 2
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The Lego Movie
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The Atlanta Child Murders
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Ben-Hur
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Glory
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Paradise Highway
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Outbreak
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Wanted
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RED
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Million Dollar Baby
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Unforgiven
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Clean and Sober
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The Minute You Wake Up Dead
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A Good Person
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57 Seconds
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Under Suspicion
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Sniff
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Oblivion
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Lucy
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The Comeback Trail
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Last Knights
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The Shawshank Redemption
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Evan Almighty
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Bruce Almighty
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Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
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The Sum of All Fears
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Unleashed
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March of the Penguins 2: The Next Step
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Angel Has Fallen
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Hard Rain
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The President's Photographer: Fifty Years Inside the Oval Office
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Kiss the Girls
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Going in Style
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The Contract
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100 Years of Warner Bros.
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Along Came a Spider
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Lean On Me
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The Ritual Killer
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Life on Our Planet
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Our Universe
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Driving Miss Daisy
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Se7en
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