Morgan Freeman
Born in Memphis, Tennessee, USA — Jun 01 1937
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…
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Morgan Freeman's Credits
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Great Performances
Messenger
American Experience
Narrator (voice)
Now You See Me: Now You Don't
Thaddeus Bradley
The Shawshank Redemption
Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding
The Dark Knight
Lucius Fox
Madam Secretary
Chief Justice Frawley
The Twilight Zone
Tony (segment "Dealer's Choice")
Lioness
Secretary of State Edwin Mullins
American Masters
Narrator (voice)
Se7en
Somerset
The Oscars
Self - Presenter
30 for 30
The Dark Knight Rises
Fox
Through the Wormhole
Self - Host
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
Morgan Freeman (voice)
Ted 2
Patrick Meighan
The Kennedy Center Honors
Self
Batman Begins
Lucius Fox
The Dinosaurs
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Civil War
Frederick Douglass
Now You See Me
Thaddeus Bradley
Life on Our Planet
Self - Narrator (voice)
Now You See Me 2
Thaddeus Bradley
Lucy
Professor Norman
The American Revolution
(voice)
HBO First Look
100 Years of Warner Bros.
Self - Narrator (voice)
Number One on the Call Sheet
Self
War of the Worlds
Narrator (voice)
Oblivion
Beech
Wanted
Sloan
The Electric Company
Mark /Easy Reader /Mel Mounds /Count Dracula /Mad Scientist /The Cop /Marcello
Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy
Self
Angel Has Fallen
Alan Trumbull
Bruce Almighty
God
Solos
Narrator (voice)
Deep Impact
President Tom Beck
RED
Joe Matheson
Unforgiven
Ned Logan
Million Dollar Baby
Eddie Scrap-Iron Dupris
The Lego Movie
Vitruvius (voice)
Our Universe
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Chris Rock Show
Outbreak
General Billy Ford
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self
Glory
Sgt. Maj. John Rawlins
Curiosity
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Muppets Mayhem
Morgan Freeman
Olympus Has Fallen
Alan Trumbull
Invictus
Nelson Mandela
Ben-Hur
Sheik Ilderim
Kiss the Girls
Det. Alex Cross
Conan the Barbarian
Narrator (voice)
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
Azeem
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Clarence
Transcendence
Joseph Tagger
The Sum of All Fears
DCI William Cabot
The Gray House
Production
London Has Fallen
Alan Trumbull
The Bucket List
Carter Chambers
Mark Twain Prize
Self
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
Drosselmeyer
Lucky Number Slevin
The Boss
Gunner
Kendrick Ryker
Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard
Senior
Unleashed
Sam
Along Came a Spider
Alex Cross
The Story of God with Morgan Freeman
Self - Host
Hard Rain
Jim
Spidey Super Stories
Count Dracula
Eyewitness
Lieutenant Black
A Good Person
Daniel
Gone Baby Gone
Jack Doyle
57 Seconds
Anton Burrell
Chain Reaction
Paul Shannon
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
Narrator (voice)
Evan Almighty
God
Coming 2 America
Morgan Freeman
Going in Style
Willie Davis
Edison
Ashford
Dreamcatcher
Col. Abraham Curtis
Brubaker
Walter
The Atlanta Child Murders
Ben Shelter
Driving Miss Daisy
Hoke Colburn
Last Vegas
Archibald 'Archie' Clayton
The Poison Rose
Doc
The Words That Built America
Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
Last Knights
Bartok
Lean On Me
Principal Joe Clark
The Magic of Belle Isle
Monte Wildhorn
Brian Banks
Jerome Johnson (uncredited)
High Crimes
Charlie Grimes
Under Suspicion
Captain Victor Benezet
Ending the Knight
Self
Slavery and the Making of America
Self - Narrator (voice)
An Unfinished Life
Mitch Bradley
America Beyond the Color Line
Self
The Power of One
Geel Piet
Nurse Betty
Charlie
March of the Penguins
Narrator
Thick as Thieves
Keith Ripley
Paradise Highway
Gerick
The Bonfire of the Vanities
Judge Leonard White
Johnny Handsome
Lt. A.Z. Drones
Born to Be Wild
Narrator (voice)
The Contract
Frank Carden
The Ritual Killer
Dr. Mackles
The Earth Day Special
Walter Samson
My Dead Friend Zoe
Dr. Cole
Momentum
Senator
Teachers
Lewis
Levity
Miles Evans
The Comeback Trail
Reggie Fontaine
The Minute You Wake Up Dead
Sheriff Thurmond Fowler
The Big Bounce
Walter Crewes
History's Greatest Escapes with Morgan Freeman
Self - Host
Night of 100 Stars III
Self
10 Items or Less
'Him'
Sidney
Self
Dolphin Tale
Dr. McCarthy
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
Jaques (segment "As You Like It")
Moll Flanders
Hibble
How to Rob a Bank
Azeem (archive footage)
Clean and Sober
Craig
The Maiden Heist
Charles Peterson
Vanquish
Damon
Marie: A True Story
Charles Traughber
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
The People Speak
Self
Just Getting Started
Duke
Street Smart
Leo "Fast Black" Smalls, Jr.
Dolphin Tale 2
Dr. Cameron McCarthy
Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast
Self
5 Flights Up
Alex Carver
Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot
Self
Feast of Love
Harry Stevenson
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
Self (archive footage)
The Pawnbroker
Man on Street (Uncredited)
Attica
Hap Richards
Harry & Son
Siemanowski
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon
Neil Armstrong (voice)
Out to Lunch
Self / Croupier
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
Self
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Uncle Hammer
Bopha!
Directing
The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II
Self
A Raisin in the Sun
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
All About Us
Self
Blade
Chris
The Story of Us with Morgan Freeman
Self - Host
A Man Called Adam
Party Guest (uncredited)
Clint Eastwood : la légende
Self
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
Self
The Execution of Raymond Graham
Warden Pratt
Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies
Self
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
Narrator (voice)
Die Clint Eastwood Story
Self
In Our Blood
Production
John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs
Self
Resting Place
Luther Johnson
Genius. A Night for Ray Charles
Self
Stephen King: Shining in the Dark
Self
Mutiny
Production
The Marva Collins Story
Clarence Collins
Meeting the Beatles in India
Narrator (voice)
Clint Eastwood's West
Self
That Was Then... This Is Now
Charlie Woods
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
Grand Central Commuter (uncredited)
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
Self
March of the Penguins 2: The Next Step
Narrator (English voice)
Sniff
Joe Mulwray
Wish Wizard
Maxwell Omni
Clinton and Nadine
Dorsey Pratt
Robin Hood: The Myth, the Man, the Movie
Self
Fight for Life
Dr. Sherard
Breaking the Taboo
Narrator (voice)
Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl
Self
Born to Fight
Self
The Making of Se7en
Self
Betty White: A Celebration
Self
Guilty by Association
Lt. Redding
Into Nature's Wild
Narrator (voice)
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
Self
The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain
Production
Inside the White House
Narrator (voice)
Hollow Image
Sweet Talk
Monochrome: Black, White & Blue
Self
Shawshank: The Redeeming Feature
Self
Death of a Prophet
Malcolm X
Morgan Freeman: Breaking Barriers
Self
Energy Crisis
Self
The Hunting of the President
Narrator (voice)
Island of Lemurs: Madagascar
Narrator (voice)
Cosmic Voyage
Narrator (voice)
AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition
Self
The 16th Man
Narrator (voice)
Hate to See You Go
Sonny Bell
Rendezvous with Rama
Production
The Eastwood Factor
Self - Narrator (voice)
Last Meals
Production
The Electric Company's Greatest Hits & Bits
Self
Declaration of Independence
Self
The Long Way Home
Narrator (voice)
761st Tank Battalion: The Original Black Panthers
Self
B.B. King: The Life of Riley
Narrator (voice)
Ogun Óla: War is Coming
Production
Amistad
Theodore Joadson
Follow the Drinking Gourd
Narrator (voice)
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
Self
Partners of the Heart
Narrator (voice)
The Little Bedroom
Greasy Rider
The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry
Narrator (voice)
Odysseus Returns
Narrator
Power of Chi
Narrator (voice)
Blacklist: Hollywood on Trial
Edward G. Robinson
The Gospel at Colonus
Messenger
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
Self
The C Word
Narrator (voice)
Caught in the Middle
Who Says I Can't Ride a Rainbow!
Afro
James Lipton Takes on Three
Self
Blues Divas
Self
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Uncle Hammer
The Editor and The Dragon: Horace Carter Fights the Klan
Narrator (voice)
Echoes 'Cross the Tracks
Self
Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking
Self
We the People
Narrator (voice)
JFK: A President Betrayed
Narrator (voice)
Break Out
Production
All on Accounta Pullin' a Trigger
Self
America's Musical Journey
Narrator (voice)
From the Balkans
(narrator)
The Promised Land
Narrator (voice)
The Power of Chi
(narrator)
Panama Canal in 3D a Land Divided a World United
Self
The President's Photographer: Fifty Years Inside the Oval Office
Narrator (voice)
CLINT
Narrator (voice)
Prom Night in Mississippi
Narrator (voice)
Le frontiere dell'Astronomia - EP-7 Vite aliene nel cosmo
Narratore
Survivors of the Shoah: Visual History Foundation
JFK & LBJ: A Time for Greatness
Narrator (voice)
The True Story of Glory Continues
Narrator (voice)
The Blues Live On! The Delta Blues Museum
Narrator (voice)
Rabbit Ears - The Savior is Born
Narrator (voice)
Where the Water Meets the Sky
Tony Awards
Self - Performer