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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.
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Operațiuni speciale: Leoaica
as Secretary of State Edwin Mullins 
Cavalerul negru
as Lucius Fox 
Închisoarea îngerilor
as Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding 
Necruțătorul
as Ned Logan 
Marea aventură Lego
as Vitruvius (voice) 
Sidney
as Self 
Batman - Începuturi
as Lucius Fox 
Lucy
as Professor Norman 
Se7en
as Somerset 
Impact nimicitor
as President Tom Beck 
Greu de Pensionat
as Joe Matheson 
Now You See Me: Jaful perfect 3
as Thaddeus Bradley 
Jaful Perfect 2
as Thaddeus Bradley 
The Electric Company
as Mark /Easy Reader /Mel Mounds /Count Dracula /Mad Scientist /The Cop /Marcello 
Jaful perfect
as Thaddeus Bradley 
Dinozaurii
as Self - Narrator (voice) 
Oblivion: Planeta uitată
as Beech 
Ted 2
as Patrick Meighan 
Dumnezeu pentru o zi
as God 
Viața pe planeta noastră
as Self - Narrator (voice) 
Cod roșu în Serviciile Secrete
as Alan Trumbull 
Alerta
as General Billy Ford 
57 Secunde
as Anton Burrell 
Wanted
as Sloan 
Momentum: Urmărire disperată
as Senator 
Evan Atotputernicul
as God 
Ritualul criminal
as Dr. Mackles 
Cod roșu la Casa Albă
as Alan Trumbull 
Dresat pentru a ucide
as Sam 
O fată de milioane
as Eddie Scrap-Iron Dupris 
Norocosul numărul Slevin
as The Boss 
Robin Hood: Prințul hoților
as Azeem 
Ultimele dorințe
as Carter Chambers 
Sărutul care ucide
as Det. Alex Cross 
Prin gaura de vierme
as Self - Host 
100 de ani de Warner Bros.
as Self - Narrator (voice) 
Spărgătorul de Nuci și Cele Patru Tărâmuri
as Drosselmeyer 
Curiozitatea
as Self - Narrator (voice) 
Cod roșu la Londra
as Alan Trumbull 
Pericol absolut
as DCI William Cabot 
Dispărută fără urmă
as Jack Doyle 
Hitman's Bodyguard 2: Nevasta asasinului
as Senior 
Burlaci întârziați
as Archibald 'Archie' Clayton 
Jaf cu stil
as Willie Davis 
Reacția în lanț
as Paul Shannon 
Crimă de înaltă trădare
as Charlie Grimes 
Povestea delfinului
as Dr. McCarthy 
Bun venit la Villa Capri
as Duke 
Rețeaua păianjen
as Alex Cross 
Viață după moarte
as Joseph Tagger 
Războiul civil
as Frederick Douglass / John Boston (voice) 
Ultimii cavaleri
as Bartok 
Un prinț în America 2
as Morgan Freeman 
Glorie
as Sgt. Maj. John Rawlins 
Ploaia puternică
as Jim 
Trandafirul otrăvitor
as Doc 
Un alt început
as Mitch Bradley 
Povestea lui Dumnezeu cu Morgan Freeman
as Self - Host 
Solos
as Narrator (voice) 
O schemă de milioane
as Reggie Fontaine 
Un om bun
as Daniel 
Universul descoperit
as Self - Narrator (voice) 
Contractul
as Frank Carden 
Ben Hur
as Sheik Ilderim 
Moll Flanders
as Hibble 
Șoferul doamnei Daisy
as Hoke Colburn 
Autostrada Paradisului
as Gerick 
Neînfrântul
as Nelson Mandela 
Talismanul viselor
as Col. Abraham Curtis 
Harry & Son
as Siemanowski 
Edison
as Ashford 
Sub suspiciune
as Captain Victor Benezet 
10 produse sau mai puțin
as 'Him' 
March of the Penguins 2: The Next Step
as Narrator (English voice) 
Asistenta Betty
as Charlie 
Brubaker
as Walter 
The Bonfire of the Vanities
as Judge Leonard White 
History's Greatest Escapes with Morgan Freeman
as Self - Host 
Lean On Me
as Principal Joe Clark 
Sărbătoarea iubirii
as Harry Stevenson 
Slavery and the Making of America
as Self - Narrator (voice) 
O lovitură îndrăzneață
as Charles Peterson 
Hoți de onoare
as Keith Ripley 
The Power of One
as Geel Piet 
Povestea delfinului 2
as Dr. Cameron McCarthy 
5 Flights Up
as Alex Carver 
Marșul pinguinilor
as Narrator 
The Big Bounce
as Walter Crewes 
Brian Banks
as Jerome Johnson (uncredited) 
My Dead Friend Zoe
as Dr. Cole 
Gunner
as Kendrick Ryker 
The Magic of Belle Isle
as Monte Wildhorn 
Street Smart
as Leo 'Fast Black' Smalls, Jr. 
Levity
as Miles Evans 
Johnny Băiat Frumos
as Lt. A.Z. Drones 
The Words That Built America
as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence 
Născut pentru a fi sălbatic
as Narrator (voice) 
Vanquish
as Damon 
The Minute You Wake Up Dead
as Sheriff Thurmond Fowler 
Clean and Sober
as Craig 
The Story of Us with Morgan Freeman
as Self - Host 
The Pawnbroker
as Man on Street (Uncredited) 
Resting Place
as Luther Johnson 
Marie: A True Story
as Charles Traughber 
Martor ocular
as Lieutenant Black 
Island of Lemurs: Madagascar
as Narrator (voice) 
Odysseus Returns
as Narrator 
Învățători
as Lewis 
B.B. King: The Life of Riley
as Narrator (voice) 
Totul depre noi
as Self 
That Was Then... This Is Now
as Charlie Woods 
Bopha!
Director 
Oamenii vorbesc
as Self 
The Long Way Home
as Narrator (voice) 
America's Musical Journey
as Narrator (voice) 
Clinton and Nadine
as Dorsey Pratt 
The Marva Collins Story
as Clarence Collins 
Clint Eastwood: Afară din umbre
as Narrator (voice) 
The Hunting of the President
as Narrator (voice) 
Amistad
as Theodore Joadson 
Death of a Prophet
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)