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Morgan Freeman
100 FOLLOWERS • 97 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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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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The Chris Rock Show
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CBS News Sunday Morning
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Hallmark Hall of Fame
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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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Solos
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Curiosity
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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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Fast Times at Ridgemont High: A Virtual Table Read
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Lioness
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The Dark Knight Rises
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Harry & Son
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That Was Then... This Is Now
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The Dark Knight
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Transcendence
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Now You See Me
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Batman Begins
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Ted 2
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Olympus Has Fallen
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The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
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Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard
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Deep Impact
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The Civil War
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The Lego Movie
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Now You See Me 2
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London Has Fallen
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The Atlanta Child Murders
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March of the Penguins
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Ben-Hur
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Glory
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Wanted
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Clean and Sober
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Paradise Highway
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Outbreak
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Unforgiven
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RED
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The Minute You Wake Up Dead
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Million Dollar Baby
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Now You See Me 3
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Unleashed
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Under Suspicion
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Last Knights
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March of the Penguins 2: The Next Step
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Lucy
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The Shawshank Redemption
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Bruce Almighty
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Oblivion
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Evan Almighty
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The Sum of All Fears
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Angel Has Fallen
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Gunner
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A Good Person
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57 Seconds
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The Comeback Trail
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Sniff
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Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
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Along Came a Spider
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Driving Miss Daisy
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The Contract
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Se7en
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The Ritual Killer
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Life on Our Planet
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The President's Photographer: Fifty Years Inside the Oval Office
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Hard Rain
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Lean On Me
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Our Universe
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Going in Style
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100 Years of Warner Bros.
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Kiss the Girls
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Caught in the Middle
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