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Morgan Freeman
Known for: ActingMorgan 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.
Filmography 140
Lioness
as Secretary of State Edwin Mullins 
The Dark Knight
+4
as Lucius Fox 
En verden udenfor
+4
as Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding 
De nådesløse
+2
as Ned Logan 
The Dark Knight Rises
+3
as Fox 
Batman Begins
+3
as Lucius Fox 
Lucy
+3
as Professor Norman 
Seven
+3
as Somerset 
Red
+4
as Joe Matheson 
Now You See Me: Now You Don't
+3
as Thaddeus Bradley 
The Electric Company
as Mark /Easy Reader /Mel Mounds /Count Dracula /Mad Scientist /The Cop /Marcello 
Now You See Me
+7
as Thaddeus Bradley 
Oblivion
+3
as Beech 
Ted 2
+5
as Patrick Meighan 
Livet på vores klode
as Self - Narrator (voice) 
Angel Has Fallen
+7
as Alan Trumbull 
Deep Impact
+3
as President Tom Beck 
Lego filmen: Et klodset eventyr
+5
as Vitruvius (voice) 
Now You See Me 2
+7
as Thaddeus Bradley 
Bruce den almægtige
+7
as God 
Wanted
+2
as Sloan 
Du almægtige, Evan
+4
as God 
The Ritual Killer
+1
as Dr. Mackles 
57 Seconds
+2
as Anton Burrell 
Olympus Has Fallen
+7
as Alan Trumbull 
Danny the Dog
as Sam 
Million Dollar Baby
+8
as Eddie Scrap-Iron Dupris 
Lucky Number Slevin
+5
as The Boss 
Robin Hood: Den fredløse
+2
as Azeem 
Nu eller aldrig
+5
as Carter Chambers 
Samleren
+1
as Det. Alex Cross 
Morgan Freeman: Universet
as Self - Host 
100 Years of Warner Bros.
as Self - Narrator (voice) 
Nøddeknækkeren og de fire kongeriger
+4
as Drosselmeyer 
Curiosity
as Self - Narrator (voice) 
London Has Fallen
+7
as Alan Trumbull 
The Sum of All Fears
+5
as DCI William Cabot 
Gone Baby Gone
+6
as Jack Doyle 
Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard
+3
as Senior 
Last Vegas
+4
as Archibald 'Archie' Clayton 
Going in Style
+4
as Willie Davis 
Kæde reaktion
+2
as Paul Shannon 
Den skjulte sandhed
+2
as Charlie Grimes 
Just Getting Started
+1
as Duke 
Dinosaurerne
as Self - Narrator (voice) 
Edderkoppens Spind
+2
as Alex Cross 
Transcendence
+6
as Joseph Tagger 
The Civil War
as Frederick Douglass / John Boston (voice) 
Last Knights
+2
as Bartok 
Glory
+4
as Sgt. Maj. John Rawlins 
Coming 2 America
as Morgan Freeman 
Hard Rain
+6
as Jim 
The Poison Rose
+5
as Doc 
Soloer
as Narrator (voice) 
En ny dag i livet
as Mitch Bradley 
Vores guddommelige verden med Morgan Freeman
as Self - Host 
The Comeback Trail
+4
as Reggie Fontaine 
Dolphin Tale
+2
as Dr. McCarthy 
A Good Person
as Daniel 
Universet
as Self - Narrator (voice) 
The Contract
+3
as Frank Carden 
Outbreak
+3
as General Billy Ford 
Ben-Hur
+2
as Sheik Ilderim 
Driving Miss Daisy
+4
as Hoke Colburn 
Paradise Highway
as Gerick 
Invictus
+3
as Nelson Mandela 
Dreamcatcher
+2
as Col. Abraham Curtis 
Ikke et ondt ord om Harry
as Siemanowski 
Edison
+2
as Ashford 
Under Suspicion
as Captain Victor Benezet 
10 Items or Less
+1
as 'Him' 
Sidney
as Self 
Pingvinmarchen 2
+2
as Narrator (English voice) 
Nurse Betty
+1
as Charlie 
En bombe under systemet
as Walter 
Forfængelighedens bål
+2
as Judge Leonard White 
De største flugter med Morgan Freeman
as Self - Host 
Lean On Me
+1
as Principal Joe Clark 
Feast of Love
as Harry Stevenson 
Slavery and the Making of America
as Self - Narrator (voice) 
The Maiden Heist
+4
as Charles Peterson 
The Code
+1
as Keith Ripley 
Én mands styrke
as Geel Piet 
Dolphin Tale 2
+4
as Dr. Cameron McCarthy 
Ruth & Alex
as Alex Carver 
Pingvinmarchen
+2
as Narrator 
The Big Bounce
+3
as Walter Crewes 
Brian Banks
+1
as Jerome Johnson (uncredited) 
My Dead Friend Zoe
+2
as Dr. Cole 
Gunner
+4
as Kendrick Ryker 
Sommeren i Belle Isle
as Monte Wildhorn 
Momentum
+2
as Senator 
Levity
as Miles Evans 
Smukke Johnny
as Lt. A.Z. Drones 
Born to Be Wild
as Narrator (voice) 
Vanquish
+3
as Damon 
Street Smart
as Leo "Fast Black" Smalls, Jr. 
The Minute You Wake Up Dead
as Sheriff Thurmond Fowler 
Moll Flanders
as Hibble 
Livet tur/retur
as Craig 
The Words That Built America
as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence 
The Story of Us with Morgan Freeman
as Self - Host 
Pantelåneren
as Man on Street (Uncredited) 
Resting Place
as Luther Johnson 
Marie
as Charles Traughber 
Øjenvidnet
as Lieutenant Black 
Island of Lemurs: Madagascar
as Narrator (voice) 
All About Us
as Self 
Teachers
as Lewis 
B.B. King: The Life of Riley
as Narrator (voice) 
Sidste år er længe siden
as Charlie Woods 
Bopha!
Director 
The People Speak
as Self 
The Long Way Home
as Narrator (voice) 
America's Musical Journey
as Narrator (voice) 
Blood Money
as Dorsey Pratt 
Odysseus Returns
as Narrator 
The Marva Collins Story
as Clarence Collins 
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
as Narrator (voice) 
The Hunting of the President
as Narrator (voice) 
Amistad
+1
as Theodore Joadson 
Death of a Prophet
+2
as Malcolm X 
The Execution of Raymond Graham
as Warden Pratt 
Declaration of Independence
as Self 
Meeting the Beatles in India
as Narrator (voice) 
Fight for Life
as Dr. Sherard 
The C Word
as Narrator (voice) 
The Power of Chi
as (narrator) 
Partners of the Heart
as Narrator (voice) 
Prom Night in Mississippi
as Narrator (voice) 
Blade
as Chris 
JFK: A President Betrayed
as Narrator (voice)