MORGAN FREEMAN
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Memphis, Tennessee, United States
With an authoritative voice and calm demeanour, this ever popular American actor has grown into one of the most respected figures in modern US cinema. Born in June 1937 in Memphis, Tennessee, the young Freeman attended Los Angeles Community College before serving several years in the US Air Force as a mechanic between 1955 and 1959. His first dramatic arts exposure was on the stage and he appeared in an off-Broadway production of "The Nigger Lovers" and also in an all-African American production of the exuberant musical Hello, Dolly! (1969).
Freeman first appeared on TV screens as several characters including "Easy Reader", "Mel Mounds" and "Count Dracula" on the Children's Television Workshop (now Sesame Workshop) show "The Electric Company" (1971). He then moved into feature film with another children's adventure, Who Says I Can't Ride a Rainbow! (1971). Next, there was a small role in the thriller Blade (1973); then he played "Casca" in Julius Caesar (1979) (V) and the title role in Coriolanus (1979) (V). Regular work was coming in for the talented Freeman and he appeared in the prison dramas Attica (1980) (TV) and Brubaker (1980), the slow-moving Eyewitness (1981), and portrayed the final 24 hours of slain Malcolm X in Death of a Prophet (1981) (TV). For most of the 1980s, Freeman continued to contribute decent enough performances in films that fluctuated in their quality. However, he really stood out, scoring an Oscar nomination as a merciless hoodlum in Street Smart (1987) and, then, he dazzled audiences and pulled a second Oscar nomination as the patient and dignified chauffeur assisting moody pensioner Jessica Tandy in the delightful Driving Miss Daisy (1989). The same year, Freeman teamed up with youthful Matthew Broderick and fiery Denzel Washington in the epic Civil War drama Glory (1989) about freed slaves being recruited to form the first all-African American fighting brigade.
His star continued to rise, and the 1990s kicked off strongly with roles in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) and The Power of One (1992). Freeman's next role was as gunman "Ned Logan", wooed out of retirement by friend "William Munny" to avenge several prostitutes in the wild west town of Big Whiskey in Clint Eastwood's de-mythologized western Unforgiven (1992). The film was a critical and box-office smash and scored an acting Oscar for Gene Hackman, a directing Oscar for Eastwood, and the Oscar for best picture.
Freeman's work did not go unnoticed, more strong scripts came in, and he was back behind bars depicting a knowledgeable inmate (and obtaining his third Oscar nomination), befriending falsely accused banker Tim Robbins in the uplifting The Shawshank Redemption (1994). He was then back out hunting a religious serial killer in Se7en (1995), starred alongside Keanu Reeves in Chain Reaction (1996), and was pursuing another serial murderer in Kiss the Girls (1997).
Further praise followed for his role in the slave tale of Amistad (1997), he was a worried US President facing Armageddon from above in Deep Impact (1998), appeared in the loopy Neil LaBute black comedy Nurse Betty (2000), and reprised his role as "Alex Cross" in Along Came a Spider (2001). Now highly popular, he was much in demand with cinema audiences, and he co-starred in the terrorist drama The Sum of All Fears (2002), was a military officer in the Stephen King-inspired Dreamcatcher (2003), gave divine guidance as "God" to Jim Carrey in the very funny Bruce Almighty (2003), and played a minor role in the uneven comedy The Big Bounce (2004).
However, 2005 was finally to be Morgan Freeman's year, when again he teamed up with good friend Clint Eastwood to appear in the heart-wrenching drama, Million Dollar Baby (2004). Freeman's on-screen performance is simply world-class as ex-prize fighter Eddie "Scrap Iron" Dupris, who works in a run-down boxing gym alongside grizzled trainer "Frankie Dunn", as the two work together to hone the skills of never-say-die female boxer Hilary Swank. Freeman received his fourth Oscar nomination and, finally, impressed the Academy's judges enough to win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his performance.
In addition to his film work, his commanding yet mellifluous voice has also led Freeman to be cast to narrate or host dozens of first-rate television specials covering topics from the American Civil War, the American Film Institute, blues music, the White House and many commemorative events involving the US film industry, most recently as the narrator of the American version of March of the Penguins (2005). .
With an authoritative voice and calm demeanour, this ever popular American actor has grown into one of the most respected figures in modern US cinema. Born in June 1937 in Memphis, Tennessee, the young Freeman attended Los Angeles Community College before serving several years in the US Air Force as a mechanic between 1955 and 1959. His first dramatic arts exposure was on the stage and he appeared in an off-Broadway production of "The Nigger Lovers" and also in an all-African American production of the exuberant musical Hello, Dolly! (1969).
Freeman first appeared on TV screens as several characters including "Easy Reader", "Mel Mounds" and "Count Dracula" on the Children's Television Workshop (now Sesame Workshop) show "The Electric Company" (1971). He then moved into feature film with another children's adventure, Who Says I Can't Ride a Rainbow! (1971). Next, there was a small role in the thriller Blade (1973); then he played "Casca" in Julius Caesar (1979) (V) and the title role in Coriolanus (1979) (V). Regular work was coming in for the talented Freeman and he appeared in the prison dramas Attica (1980) (TV) and Brubaker (1980), the slow-moving Eyewitness (1981), and portrayed the final 24 hours of slain Malcolm X in Death of a Prophet (1981) (TV). For most of the 1980s, Freeman continued to contribute decent enough performances in films that fluctuated in their quality. However, he really stood out, scoring an Oscar nomination as a merciless hoodlum in Street Smart (1987) and, then, he dazzled audiences and pulled a second Oscar nomination as the patient and dignified chauffeur assisting moody pensioner Jessica Tandy in the delightful Driving Miss Daisy (1989). The same year, Freeman teamed up with youthful Matthew Broderick and fiery Denzel Washington in the epic Civil War drama Glory (1989) about freed slaves being recruited to form the first all-African American fighting brigade.
His star continued to rise, and the 1990s kicked off strongly with roles in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) and The Power of One (1992). Freeman's next role was as gunman "Ned Logan", wooed out of retirement by friend "William Munny" to avenge several prostitutes in the wild west town of Big Whiskey in Clint Eastwood's de-mythologized western Unforgiven (1992). The film was a critical and box-office smash and scored an acting Oscar for Gene Hackman, a directing Oscar for Eastwood, and the Oscar for best picture.
Freeman's work did not go unnoticed, more strong scripts came in, and he was back behind bars depicting a knowledgeable inmate (and obtaining his third Oscar nomination), befriending falsely accused banker Tim Robbins in the uplifting The Shawshank Redemption (1994). He was then back out hunting a religious serial killer in Se7en (1995), starred alongside Keanu Reeves in Chain Reaction (1996), and was pursuing another serial murderer in Kiss the Girls (1997).
Further praise followed for his role in the slave tale of Amistad (1997), he was a worried US President facing Armageddon from above in Deep Impact (1998), appeared in the loopy Neil LaBute black comedy Nurse Betty (2000), and reprised his role as "Alex Cross" in Along Came a Spider (2001). Now highly popular, he was much in demand with cinema audiences, and he co-starred in the terrorist drama The Sum of All Fears (2002), was a military officer in the Stephen King-inspired Dreamcatcher (2003), gave divine guidance as "God" to Jim Carrey in the very funny Bruce Almighty (2003), and played a minor role in the uneven comedy The Big Bounce (2004).
However, 2005 was finally to be Morgan Freeman's year, when again he teamed up with good friend Clint Eastwood to appear in the heart-wrenching drama, Million Dollar Baby (2004). Freeman's on-screen performance is simply world-class as ex-prize fighter Eddie "Scrap Iron" Dupris, who works in a run-down boxing gym alongside grizzled trainer "Frankie Dunn", as the two work together to hone the skills of never-say-die female boxer Hilary Swank. Freeman received his fourth Oscar nomination and, finally, impressed the Academy's judges enough to win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his performance.
In addition to his film work, his commanding yet mellifluous voice has also led Freeman to be cast to narrate or host dozens of first-rate television specials covering topics from the American Civil War, the American Film Institute, blues music, the White House and many commemorative events involving the US film industry, most recently as the narrator of the American version of March of the Penguins (2005). .
Credit
FILM
NOW YOU SEE ME (PRE-PRODUCTION)
MORGAN FREEMAN
LOUIS LETERRIER
THE DARK KNIGHT RISES (FILMING)
LUCIUS FOX
CHRISTOPHER NOLAN
MORGAN FREEMAN
SUMMER AT DOG DAVE'S (FILMING)
ROB REINER
WISH WIZARD (POST-PRODUCTION)
MAXWELL OMNI
ANDRé GORDON
WE THE PEOPLE (POST-PRODUCTION)
NARRATOR
AIMEE LARRABEE
DOLPHIN TALE (COMPLETED)
DR. MCCARTHY
CHARLES MARTIN SMITH
RED
JOE MATHESON
ROBERT SCHWENTKE
INVICTUS
NELSON MANDELA
CLINT EASTWOOD
THE MAIDEN HEIST
CHARLES PETERSON
PETER HEWITT
THE CODE
KEITH RIPLEY
MIMI LEDER
THE DARK KNIGHT
LUCIUS FOX
CHRISTOPHER NOLAN
WANTED
SLOAN
TIMUR BEKMAMBETOV
THE BUCKET LIST
CARTER
ROB REINER
JOHN MAYER: SAY (VIDEO SHORT)
CARTER
MARIO SORRENTI
FEAST OF LOVE
HARRY STEVENSON
ROBERT BENTON
GONE BABY GONE
JACK DOYLE
BEN AFFLECK
EVAN ALMIGHTY
GOD
TOM SHADYAC
10 ITEMS OR LESS
HIM
BRAD SILBERLING
LUCKY NUMBER SLEVIN
THE BOSS
PAUL MCGUIGAN
EDISON
ASHFORD
DAVID J. BURKE
AN UNFINISHED LIFE
MITCH BRADLEY
LASSE HALLSTRöM
BATMAN BEGINS
LUCIUS FOX
CHRISTOPHER NOLAN
UNLEASHED
SAM
LOUIS LETERRIER
MILLION DOLLAR BABY
EDDIE SCRAP-IRON DUPRIS
CLINT EASTWOOD
A REMARKABLE PROMISE (SHORT)
NARRATOR
JAMES MOLL
THE BIG BOUNCE
WALTER CREWES
GEORGE ARMITAGE
GUILTY BY ASSOCIATION (VIDEO)
POLICE LIEUTENANT REDDING
PO JOHNS, HOWARD GIBSON
BRUCE ALMIGHTY
GOD
TOM SHADYAC
DREAMCATCHER
COL. ABRAHAM CURTIS
LAWRENCE KASDAN
LEVITY
MILES EVANS
ED SOLOMON
THE SUM OF ALL FEARS
DCI WILLIAM CABOT
PHIL ALDEN ROBINSON
HIGH CRIMES
CHARLES W. GRIMES
CARL FRANKLIN
ALONG CAME A SPIDER
ALEX CROSS
LEE TAMAHORI
NURSE BETTY
CHARLIE
NEIL LABUTE
UNDER SUSPICION
CAPTAIN VICTOR BENEZET
STEPHEN HOPKINS
HARD RAIN
JIM
MIKAEL SALOMON
AMISTAD
THEODORE JOADSON
STEVEN SPIELBERG
KISS THE GIRLS
DR. ALEX CROSS
GARY FLEDER
CHAIN REACTION
PAUL SHANNON
ANDREW DAVIS
MOLL FLANDERS
HIBBLE
PEN DENSHAM
SE7EN
DETECTIVE LT. WILLIAM SOMERSET
DAVID FINCHER
OUTBREAK
BRIG. GEN. BILLY FORD
WOLFGANG PETERSEN
THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION
ELLIS BOYD 'RED' REDDING
FRANK DARABONT
UNFORGIVEN
NED LOGAN
CLINT EASTWOOD
THE POWER OF ONE
GEEL PIET
JOHN G. AVILDSEN
ROBIN HOOD: PRINCE OF THIEVES
AZEEM
KEVIN REYNOLDS
THE BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES
JUDGE LEONARD WHITE
BRIAN DE PALMA
GLORY
SGT. MAJ. JOHN RAWLINS
EDWARD ZWICK
DRIVING MISS DAISY
HOKE COLBURN
BRUCE BERESFORD
JOHNNY HANDSOME
LT. A.Z. DRONES
WALTER HILL
LEAN ON ME
PRINCIPAL JOE CLARK
JOHN G. AVILDSEN
CLEAN AND SOBER
CRAIG
GLENN GORDON CARON
STREET SMART
FAST BLACK
JERRY SCHATZBERG
RESTING PLACE
LUTHER JOHNSON
JOHN KORTY
THAT WAS THEN... THIS IS NOW
CHARLIE WOODS
CHRISTOPHER CAIN
MARIE
CHARLES TRAUGHBER
ROGER DONALDSON
TEACHERS
LEWIS
ARTHUR HILLER
HARRY
SIEMANOWSKI
PAUL NEWMAN
EYEWITNESS
LIEUTENANT BLACK
PETER YATES
BRUBAKER
WALTER
STUART ROSENBERG
JULIUS CAESAR (VIDEO)
CASCA
MICHAEL LANGHAM
CORIOLANUS (VIDEO)
CORIOLANUS
WILFORD LEACH
BLADE
CHRIS
ERNEST PINTOFF
WHO SAYS I CAN'T RIDE A RAINBOW!
AFRO
EDWARD MANN
WHERE WERE YOU WHEN THE LIGHTS WENT OUT?
GRAND CENTRAL COMMUTER (UNCREDITED)
HY AVERBACK
A MAN CALLED ADAM (UNCREDITED)
N/A
LEO PENN
THE PAWNBROKER
MAN ON STREET (UNCREDITED)
SIDNEY LUMET
TV
A RAISIN IN THE SUN (TV MOVIE)
NARRATOR (UNCREDITED)
KENNY LEON
SLAVERY AND THE MAKING OF AMERICA (TV SERIES)
NARRATOR €“ THE DOWNWARD SPIRAL (2005) €¦ NARRATOR €“ LIBERTY IN THE AIR (2005) €¦ NARRATOR €“ SEEDS OF DESTRUCTION (2005) €¦ NARRATOR €“ THE CHALLENGE OF FREEDOM (2005) €&BRVBAR
N/A
CLINTON AND NADINE (TV MOVIE)
DORSEY PRATT
JERRY SCHATZBERG
FIGHT FOR LIFE (TV MOVIE)
DR. SHERARD
ELLIOT SILVERSTEIN
HALLMARK HALL OF FAME (TV SERIES)
CLARENCE COLLINS / LUTHER JOHNSON €“ RESTING PLACE (1986) €¦ LUTHER JOHNSON €“ THE MARVA COLLINS STORY (1981) €¦ CLARENCE COLLINS
DAVID GREENE, CLIVE DONNER
THE EXECUTION OF RAYMOND GRAHAM (TV MOVIE)
WARDEN PRATT
DANIEL PETRIE
THE TWILIGHT ZONE (TV SERIES)
TONY (SEGMENT "DEALER'S CHOICE") €“ ACT BREAK/THE BURNING MAN/DEALER'S CHOICE (1985) €¦ TONY (SEGMENT "DEALER'S CHOICE")
ROD SERLING
THE ATLANTA CHILD MURDERS (TV MINI-SERIES)
BEN SHELTER
JOHN ERMAN
ANOTHER WORLD (TV SERIES)
DR. ROY BINGHAM
WILLIAM J. BELL, IRNA PHILLIPS
RYAN'S HOPE (TV SERIES)
CICERO MURPHY €“ EPISODE #1.1620 (1981) €¦ CICERO MURPHY €“ EPISODE #1.1619 (1981) €¦ CICERO MURPHY
CLAIRE LABINE, PAUL AVILA MAYER
TEXAS (TV SERIES)
DETECTIVE MICHAELS €“ EPISODE #1.266 (1981) €¦ DETECTIVE MICHAELS €“ EPISODE #1.260 (1981) €¦ DETECTIVE MICHAELS
JOHN WILLIAM CORRINGTON, JOYCE HOOPER CORRINGTON, PAUL RAUCH
DEATH OF A PROPHET (TV MOVIE)
MALCOLM X
WOODIE KING JR.
ATTICA (TV MOVIE)
HAP RICHARDS
MARVIN J. CHOMSKY
HOLLOW IMAGE (TV MOVIE)
RALPH 'SWEET TALK' SIMMONS
MARVIN J. CHOMSKY
VISIONS (TV SERIES)
CHARLIE SMITH AND THE FRITTER TREE (1978)
RICK BENNEWITZ, EDWARD FOLGER, AND 1 MORE CREDIT
ROLL OF THUNDER, HEAR MY CRY (TV MOVIE)
UNCLE HAMMER
JACK SMIGHT
THE ELECTRIC COMPANY (TV SERIES)
COUNT DRACULA / EASY READER / MAD SCIENTIST / €¦ €“ 130B (1977) €¦ MARK / EASY READER / MEL MOUNDS / €¦ €“ 129B (1977) €¦ MARK / EASY READER / MEL MOUNDS / €¦ €“ 12
PAUL DOOLEY
OUT TO LUNCH (TV MOVIE)
VARIOUS
BILL DAVIS
VOICE OVER
30 FOR 30 (TV SERIES)
NARRATOR €“ THE 16TH MAN (2010) €¦ NARRATOR (VOICE)
REGGIE ROCK BYTHEWOOD, BILL COUTURIé, AND 10 MORE CREDITS
MAGNIFICENT DESOLATION: WALKING ON THE MOON 3D (DOCUMENTARY SHORT)
NEIL ARMSTRONG (VOICE)
MARK COWEN
BATMAN BEGINS (VIDEO GAME)
LUCIUS FOX (VOICE)
BOB KANE (CHARACTERS), DAVID S. GOYER, AND 2 MORE CREDITS
WAR OF THE WORLDS
NARRATION (VOICE)
STEVEN SPIELBERG
FREEDOM: A HISTORY OF US (TV SERIES DOCUMENTARY)
FREDERICK DOUGLASS / ERNEST GREEN / LANGSTON HUGHES / €¦ €“ A FATAL CONTRADICTION (2003) €¦ FREDERICK DOUGLASS €“ A WAR TO END SLAVERY (2003) €¦ FREDERICK DOUGLASS €“ BECOMING FREE (2003) &ACI
PHILIP KUNHARDT JR.
AMERICAN MASTERS (TV SERIES DOCUMENTARY)
NARRATOR €“ CLINT EASTWOOD: OUT OF THE SHADOWS (2000) €¦ NARRATOR (VOICE)
N/A
THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE (TV SERIES DOCUMENTARY)
NARRATOR €“ THE MASSACHUSETTS 54TH COLORED INFANTRY (1991) €¦ NARRATOR (VOICE)
HENRY HAMPTON
THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR (TV MINI-SERIES DOCUMENTARY)
FREDERICK DOUGLASS €“ A VERY BLOODY AFFAIR (1862) (1990) €¦ FREDERICK DOUGLASS (VOICE) €“ FOREVER FREE (1862) (1990) €¦ FREDERICK DOUGLASS (VOICE) €“ MOST HALLOWED GROUND (1864) (1990) €¦ FRED
N/A
Skills
Dance: African, Ballroom, Break Dance, English, Jazz, Swing, Tango
Singing: Jazz, Musical Theatre, Operatic
Sports: Baseball, Cricket, Judo, Rowing, Tae Kwan Do, Tennis
Musical Instruments: Guitar, Piano
Language: Afrikaans, English, French
Accents: African, French, Jamaican, New York City
Additional: Firearms, Hosting, Martial Arts, Martial Arts Weapons, Newscasting, Sportscasting