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Morgan Freeman
Morgan Freeman’s screen credits include Lucius Fox in The Dark Knight, Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding in The Shawshank Redemption, and Somerset in Se7en.
Born June 1, 1937 Memphis, Tennessee, USA12 movies on MoviHero
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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 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. …
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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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- 2019Angel Has Fallen2h 2m · Action · ThrillerAlan Trumbull
- 2016Now You See Me 22h 9m · Crime · ThrillerThaddeus Bradley
- 2015Ted 21h 55m · Comedy · FantasyPatrick Meighan
- 2014Lucy1h 29m · Action · Science FictionProfessor Norman
- 2014The Lego Movie1h 40m · Adventure · AnimationVitruvius (voice)
- 2013Now You See Me1h 56m · Crime · ThrillerThaddeus Bradley
- 2012The Dark Knight Rises2h 45m · Action · CrimeFox
- 2008The Dark Knight2h 32m · Action · ThrillerLucius Fox
- 2005Batman Begins2h 20m · Action · CrimeLucius Fox
- 1995Se7en2h 7m · Crime · MysterySomerset
- 1994The Shawshank Redemption2h 22m · Crime · DramaEllis Boyd 'Red' Redding
- 1992Unforgiven2h 10m · WesternNed Logan
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- 2027Rode to RuinJoseph MulberryUpcoming
- 2027NacroseMorgan FreemanUpcoming
- 2025Now You See Me: Now You Don'tThaddeus Bradley
- 2025In Our BloodProducer
- 2025Clint Eastwood : la légendeSelf
- 2025The Power of Chi(narrator)
- 2024From the Balkans(narrator)
- 202413 Steps - Die unglaubliche Karriere von Edwin MosesProducer
- 2024GunnerKendrick Ryker
- 2024My Dead Friend ZoeDr. Cole
- 2024Odysseus ReturnsNarrator
- 202357 SecondsAnton Burrell
- 2023761st Tank Battalion: The Original Black PanthersProducer · Self
- 2023Special Ops: LionessEdwin Mullins
- 2023A Good PersonDaniel
- 2023The Ritual KillerDr. Mackles
- 2022VM-krönika 2022Self (archive footage)
- 2022Metro Boomin: Heroes & VillainsActor
- 2022Clint Eastwood: The Last LegendSelf (archive footage)
- 2022The Minute You Wake Up DeadSheriff Thurmond Fowler
- 2022Ogun Óla: War is ComingProducer
- 2022SidneySelf
- 2022Paradise HighwayGerick
- 2022Morgan Freeman: Breaking BarriersSelf
- 2022Betty White: A CelebrationSelf
- 2022Power of ChiNarrator (voice)
- 2021The Killing of Kenneth ChamberlainProducer
- 2021Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black FilmmakingSelf
- 2021Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for ItSelf
- 2021Hitman's Wife's BodyguardSenior
- 2021VanquishDamon
- 2021Coming 2 AmericaMorgan Freeman
- 2020The Comeback TrailReggie Fontaine
- 2020Meeting the Beatles in IndiaNarrator (voice)
- 2020The Disney Family Singalong - Volume IISelf
- 2020Into Nature's WildNarrator (voice)
- 2019Brian BanksJerome Johnson (uncredited)
- 2019The Poison RoseDoc
- 2019Panama Canal: A Land Divided ~ A World UnitedSelf
- 2018The Nutcracker and the Four RealmsDrosselmeyer
- 2018America's Musical JourneyNarrator (voice)
- 2018Die Clint Eastwood StorySelf
- 2017Just Getting StartedDuke
- 2017Laddie: The Man Behind the MoviesSelf
- 2017John G. Avildsen: King of the UnderdogsSelf
- 2017The Words That Built AmericaSelf - Reader: Declaration of Independence
- 2017Going in StyleWillie Davis
- 2017March of the Penguins 2: The Next StepNarrator (English voice)
- 2016Ben-HurSheik Ilderim
- 2016The C WordNarrator (voice)
- 2016London Has FallenAlan Trumbull
- 2015MomentumSenator
- 2015JFK & LBJ: A Time for GreatnessNarrator (voice)
- 2015Last KnightsBartok
- 2014Dolphin Tale 2Dr. Cameron McCarthy
- 20145 Flights UpProducer · Alex Carver
- 2014Wish WizardMaxwell Omni
- 2014TranscendenceJoseph Tagger
- 2014Island of Lemurs: MadagascarNarrator (voice)
- 2014We the PeopleNarrator (voice)
- 2013JFK: A President BetrayedNarrator (voice)
- 2013Last VegasArchibald 'Archie' Clayton
- 2013Eastwood Directs: The Untold StorySelf
- 2013OblivionBeech
- 2013Olympus Has FallenAlan Trumbull
- 2013Tales from the Warner Bros. LotSelf
- 2013The Editor and The Dragon: Horace Carter Fights the KlanNarrator (voice)
- 2012Ending the KnightSelf
- 2012B.B. King: The Life of RileyNarrator (voice)
- 2012The Magic of Belle IsleMonte Wildhorn
- 2012Le frontiere dell'Astronomia - EP-7 Vite aliene nel cosmoNarratore
- 2012Echoes 'Cross the TracksSelf
- 2012Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden GirlSelf
- 2011Dolphin TaleDr. McCarthy
- 2011Conan the BarbarianNarrator (voice)
- 2011Clint Eastwood's WestSelf
- 2011Breaking the TabooNarrator (voice)
- 2011Born to Be WildNarrator (voice)
- 2010The President's Photographer: Fifty Years Inside the Oval OfficeNarrator (voice)
- 2010REDJoe Matheson
- 2010The 16th ManProducer · Narrator (voice)
- 2010The Eastwood FactorSelf - Narrator (voice)
- 2009The People SpeakSelf
- 2009InvictusProducer · Nelson Mandela
- 2009The Maiden HeistCharles Peterson
- 2009Prom Night in MississippiNarrator (voice)
- 2009Thick as ThievesKeith Ripley
- 2008The Love GuruMorgan Freemann (voice) (uncredited)
- 2008WantedSloan
- 2008Rob Reiner Interviews the Stars: Morgan FreemanSelf
- 2008Where the Water Meets the SkyActor
- 2008A Raisin in the SunNarrator (voice) (uncredited)
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Unforgiven
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