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. 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.
Known For
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The Dark Knight
2008
The Shawshank Redemption
1994
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The Dark Knight Rises
2012
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Se7en
1995
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Batman Begins
2005
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Lucy
2014
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Now You See Me
2013
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Now You See Me 2
2016
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Oblivion
2013
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Bruce Almighty
2003
Acting
2026
The Dinosaurs
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(4 episodes)
2025
Now You See Me: Now You Don't
as Thaddeus Bradley
2025
Clint Eastwood : la légende
as Self
2025
The Power of Chi
as (narrator)
2025
Number One on the Call Sheet
as Self
(1 episode)
2025
The American Revolution
as (voice)
(1 episode)
2024
Gunner
as Kendrick Ryker
2024
My Dead Friend Zoe
as Dr. Cole
2024
How to Rob a Bank
as Azeem (archive footage)
2024
Odysseus Returns
as Narrator
2024
From the Balkans
as (narrator)
2023
761st Tank Battalion: The Original Black Panthers
as Self
2023
57 Seconds
as Anton Burrell
2023
A Good Person
as Daniel
2023
The Ritual Killer
as Dr. Mackles
2023
100 Years of Warner Bros.
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(4 episodes)
2023
Lioness
as Secretary of State Edwin Mullins
(10 episodes)
2023
The Muppets Mayhem
as Morgan Freeman
(1 episode)
2023
Life on Our Planet
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(8 episodes)
2022
Betty White: A Celebration
as Self
2022
The Minute You Wake Up Dead
as Sheriff Thurmond Fowler
2022
Paradise Highway
as Gerick
2022
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
as Self (archive footage)
2022
Sidney
as Self
2022
Power of Chi
as Narrator (voice)
2022
Metro Boomin: Heroes & Villains
2022
Our Universe
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(6 episodes)
2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show
as Self - Guest
(2 episodes)
2021
Morgan Freeman: Breaking Barriers
as Self
2021
Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard
as Senior
2021
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
as Self
2021
Vanquish
as Damon
2021
Coming 2 America
as Morgan Freeman
2021
Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking
as Self
2021
History's Greatest Escapes with Morgan Freeman
as Self - Host
(16 episodes)
2021
Solos
as Narrator (voice)
(7 episodes)
2021
Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy
as Self
(9 episodes)
2021
Solos
as Stuart
(1 episode)
2020
The Comeback Trail
as Reggie Fontaine
2020
The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II
as Self
2020
Into Nature's Wild
as Narrator (voice)
2020
Meeting the Beatles in India
as Narrator (voice)
2019
Panama Canal in 3D a Land Divided a World United
as Self
2019
Angel Has Fallen
as Alan Trumbull
2019
The Poison Rose
as Doc
2019
Brian Banks
as Jerome Johnson (uncredited)
2019
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
as Morgan Freeman (voice)
(1 episode)
2018
Die Clint Eastwood Story
as Self
2018
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
as Drosselmeyer
2018
America's Musical Journey
as Narrator (voice)
2017
Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies
as Self
2017
Going in Style
as Willie Davis
2017
Just Getting Started
as Duke
2017
The Words That Built America
as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
2017
John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs
as Self
2017
March of the Penguins 2: The Next Step
as Narrator (English voice)
2017
The Story of Us with Morgan Freeman
as Self - Host
(6 episodes)
2017
Monochrome: Black, White & Blue
as Self
(3 episodes)
2016
London Has Fallen
as Alan Trumbull
2016
Now You See Me 2
as Thaddeus Bradley
2016
Ben-Hur
as Sheik Ilderim
2016
The C Word
as Narrator (voice)
2016
The Story of God with Morgan Freeman
as Self - Host
(15 episodes)
2015
Last Knights
as Bartok
2015
Ted 2
as Patrick Meighan
2015
Momentum
as Senator
2015
JFK & LBJ: A Time for Greatness
as Narrator (voice)
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
(2 episodes)
2014
Transcendence
as Joseph Tagger
2014
The Lego Movie
as Vitruvius (voice)
2014
Island of Lemurs: Madagascar
as Narrator (voice)
2014
Lucy
as Professor Norman
2014
Dolphin Tale 2
as Dr. Cameron McCarthy
2014
5 Flights Up
as Alex Carver
2014
We the People
as Narrator (voice)
2014
Wish Wizard
as Maxwell Omni
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
(2 episodes)
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Guest
(2 episodes)
2014
Madam Secretary
as Chief Justice Frawley
(1 episode)
2014
Madam Secretary
as Chief Justice Wilbourne (uncredited)
(2 episodes)
2013
Oblivion
as Beech
2013
Now You See Me
as Thaddeus Bradley
2013
Olympus Has Fallen
as Alan Trumbull
2013
Last Vegas
as Archibald 'Archie' Clayton
2013
JFK: A President Betrayed
as Narrator (voice)
2013
Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot
as Self
2013
The Editor and The Dragon: Horace Carter Fights the Klan
as Narrator (voice)
2013
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
as Self
2012
The Dark Knight Rises
as Fox
2012
Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl
as Self
2012
The Magic of Belle Isle
as Monte Wildhorn
2012
B.B. King: The Life of Riley
as Narrator (voice)
2012
Echoes 'Cross the Tracks
as Self
2012
Le frontiere dell'Astronomia - EP-7 Vite aliene nel cosmo
as Narratore
2012
Ending the Knight
as Self
2011
Dolphin Tale
as Dr. McCarthy
2011
Born to Be Wild
as Narrator (voice)
2011
Breaking the Taboo
as Narrator (voice)
2011
Clint Eastwood's West
as Self
2011
Conan the Barbarian
as Narrator (voice)
2011
Curiosity
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(31 episodes)
2010
RED
as Joe Matheson
2010
The Eastwood Factor
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2010
The President's Photographer: Fifty Years Inside the Oval Office
as Narrator (voice)
2010
The 16th Man
as Narrator (voice)
2010
Through the Wormhole
as Self - Host
(62 episodes)
2009
Invictus
as Nelson Mandela
2009
The Maiden Heist
as Charles Peterson
2009
The People Speak
as Self
2009
Thick as Thieves
as Keith Ripley
2009
Prom Night in Mississippi
as Narrator (voice)
2009
The Jay Leno Show
as Self
(1 episode)
2009
Live from Studio Five
as Self
(1 episode)
2009
30 for 30
2008
The Dark Knight
as Lucius Fox
2008
Wanted
as Sloan
2008
A Raisin in the Sun
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
2008
Where the Water Meets the Sky
2008
The Love Guru
as Morgan Freemann (voice only) (uncredited)
2007
Evan Almighty
as God
2007
Gone Baby Gone
as Jack Doyle
2007
The Bucket List
as Carter Chambers
2007
Feast of Love
as Harry Stevenson
2007
AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition
as Self
2007
All About Us
as Self
2007
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
(1 episode)
2006
Lucky Number Slevin
as The Boss
2006
The Contract
as Frank Carden
2006
10 Items or Less
as 'Him'
2006
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
as Jaques (segment "As You Like It")
2006
The Electric Company's Greatest Hits & Bits
as Self
2006
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
as Self
2006
Greasy Rider
2005
War of the Worlds
as Narrator (voice)
2005
Batman Begins
as Lucius Fox
2005
Unleashed
as Sam
2005
Edison
as Ashford
2005
An Unfinished Life
as Mitch Bradley
2005
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon
as Neil Armstrong (voice)
2005
Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast
as Self
2005
Blues Divas
as Self
2005
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
2005
James Lipton Takes on Three
as Self
2005
Born to Fight
as Self
2005
March of the Penguins
as Narrator
2005
Slavery and the Making of America
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(4 episodes)
2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
as Self
(2 episodes)
2005
The Reichen Show
as Self - Guest
(1 episode)
2004
Million Dollar Baby
as Eddie Scrap-Iron Dupris
2004
The Hunting of the President
as Narrator (voice)
2004
The Big Bounce
as Walter Crewes
2004
Genius. A Night for Ray Charles
as Self
2004
Survivors of the Shoah: Visual History Foundation
2004
America Beyond the Color Line
as Self
(1 episode)
2003
Bruce Almighty
as God
2003
Levity
as Miles Evans
2003
Dreamcatcher
as Col. Abraham Curtis
2003
Guilty by Association
as Lt. Redding
2003
Declaration of Independence
as Self
2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
(1 episode)
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest
(2 episodes)
2002
The Sum of All Fears
as DCI William Cabot
2002
High Crimes
as Charlie Grimes
2002
Partners of the Heart
as Narrator (voice)
2002
All on Accounta Pullin' a Trigger
as Self
2002
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
as Self
2001
Along Came a Spider
as Alex Cross
2001
Shawshank: The Redeeming Feature
as Self
2000
Under Suspicion
as Captain Victor Benezet
2000
Nurse Betty
as Charlie
2000
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
as Narrator (voice)
1999
Stephen King: Shining in the Dark
as Self
1999
Mark Twain Prize
as Self
(1 episode)
1998
Hard Rain
as Jim
1998
Deep Impact
as President Tom Beck
1998
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
as Self
1998
Parkinson
as Self
(1 episode)
1997
Amistad
as Theodore Joadson
1997
Kiss the Girls
as Det. Alex Cross
1997
The Long Way Home
as Narrator (voice)
1997
The Making of Se7en
as Self
1997
The View
as Self
(2 episodes)
1997
The Chris Rock Show
1996
Chain Reaction
as Paul Shannon
1996
Cosmic Voyage
as Narrator (voice)
1996
Moll Flanders
as Hibble
1996
Inside the White House
as Narrator (voice)
1996
Blacklist: Hollywood on Trial
as Edward G. Robinson
1996
The Daily Show
as Self
(2 episodes)
1995
Se7en
as Somerset
1995
Outbreak
as General Billy Ford
1994
Inside the Actors Studio
as Self
(1 episode)
1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
(1 episode)
1992
Unforgiven
as Ned Logan
1992
The Power of One
as Geel Piet
1992
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
as Self
1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
as Narrator (voice)
(1 episode)
1992
HBO First Look
1991
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
as Azeem
1991
The True Story of Glory Continues
as Narrator (voice)
1991
Robin Hood: The Myth, the Man, the Movie
as Self
1991
The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry
as Narrator (voice)
1991
Pebble Mill
as Self
(1 episode)
1990
Follow the Drinking Gourd
as Narrator (voice)
1990
The Bonfire of the Vanities
as Judge Leonard White
1990
Night of 100 Stars III
as Self
1990
The Earth Day Special
as Walter Samson
1990
Rabbit Ears - The Savior is Born
as Narrator (voice)
1990
The Civil War
as Frederick Douglass
(9 episodes)
1989
Driving Miss Daisy
as Hoke Colburn
1989
Johnny Handsome
as Lt. A.Z. Drones
1989
Glory
as Sgt. Maj. John Rawlins
1989
Lean On Me
as Principal Joe Clark
1988
Clean and Sober
as Craig
1988
Clinton and Nadine
as Dorsey Pratt
1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
American Experience
as Narrator (voice)
(2 episodes)
1987
Street Smart
as Leo "Fast Black" Smalls, Jr.
1987
Fight for Life
as Dr. Sherard
1986
Resting Place
as Luther Johnson
1986
American Masters
as Narrator (voice)
(1 episode)
1985
That Was Then... This Is Now
as Charlie Woods
1985
Marie: A True Story
as Charles Traughber
1985
The Execution of Raymond Graham
as Warden Pratt
1985
The Gospel at Colonus
as Messenger
1985
The Twilight Zone
as Tony (segment "Dealer's Choice")
(1 episode)
1985
The Atlanta Child Murders
as Ben Shelter
(2 episodes)
1984
Teachers
as Lewis
1984
Harry & Son
as Siemanowski
1984
Goldene Kamera
as Self
(1 episode)
1981
Eyewitness
as Lieutenant Black
1981
Death of a Prophet
as Malcolm X
1981
The Marva Collins Story
as Clarence Collins
1980
Brubaker
as Walter
1980
Attica
as Hap Richards
1979
Hollow Image
as Sweet Talk
1979
CBS News Sunday Morning
as Self
(1 episode)
1978
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
as Uncle Hammer
1978
The Kennedy Center Honors
as Self
(1 episode)
1978
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
as Uncle Hammer
(3 episodes)
1975
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
(1 episode)
1974
Out to Lunch
as Self / Croupier
1974
Energy Crisis
as Self
1974
Spidey Super Stories
as Count Dracula
(1 episode)
1974
Spidey Super Stories
as Easy Reader
(2 episodes)
1974
Spidey Super Stories
as Police officer
(1 episode)
1974
Spidey Super Stories
as Umpire
(1 episode)
1973
Blade
as Chris
1973
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self
(2 episodes)
1971
Who Says I Can't Ride a Rainbow!
as Afro
1971
The Electric Company
as Mark /Easy Reader /Mel Mounds /Count Dracula /Mad Scientist /The Cop /Marcello
(780 episodes)
1971
Great Performances
as Messenger
(1 episode)
1970
Caught in the Middle
1968
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
as Grand Central Commuter (uncredited)
1968
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
as Grand Central Commuter
1968
60 Minutes
as Self
(1 episode)
1966
A Man Called Adam
as Party Guest (uncredited)
1965
The Pawnbroker
as Man on Street (Uncredited)
1956
Tony Awards
as Self - Performer
(2 episodes)
1953
The Oscars
as Self - Presenter
(5 episodes)
1953
The Oscars
as Self
(1 episode)
1952
Today
as Self
(1 episode)
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Clarence
(1 episode)
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Luther
(1 episode)
1944
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter
(2 episodes)
1944
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
(4 episodes)
1944
Golden Globe Awards
as Self
(1 episode)
1944
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Cecil B. DeMille Award Recipient
(1 episode)
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Sniff
as Joe Mulwray
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The Blues Live On! The Delta Blues Museum
as Narrator (voice)
—
The Little Bedroom
—
Hate to See You Go
as Sonny Bell
—
CLINT
as Narrator (voice)
—
The Promised Land
as Narrator (voice)
(5 episodes)
Directing
2014
Madam Secretary
Director
1993
Bopha!
Director
Production
2026
The Gray House
Executive Producer
2025
In Our Blood
Executive Producer
2023
761st Tank Battalion: The Original Black Panthers
Executive Producer
2022
Ogun Óla: War is Coming
Producer
2021
The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain
Executive Producer
2014
5 Flights Up
Producer
2014
Madam Secretary
Executive Producer
2010
The 16th Man
Producer
2010
Through the Wormhole
Producer
2010
Through the Wormhole
Executive Producer
2009
Invictus
Executive Producer
2003
Levity
Executive Producer
2001
Along Came a Spider
Executive Producer
2000
Under Suspicion
Executive Producer
1999
Mutiny
Executive Producer
—
Hate to See You Go
Producer
—
Rendezvous with Rama
Producer
—
Last Meals
Producer
—
Break Out
Executive Producer
Crew
1998
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
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