
Actor · Director · 38 credits
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.

Now You See Me: Now You Don't
2025
Thaddeus Bradley
8.5Lioness
2023
Secretary of State Edwin Mullins

Angel Has Fallen
2019
Alan Trumbull

Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
2019
Morgan Freeman (voice)

The Kominsky Method
2018
Morgan Freeman

Now You See Me 2
2016
Thaddeus Bradley

Ted 2
2015
Patrick Meighan

Madam Secretary
2014
Chief Justice Frawley
5Lucy
2014
Professor Norman
8The Lego Movie
2014
Vitruvius (voice)

Now You See Me
2013
Thaddeus Bradley

Oblivion
2013
Beech

Olympus Has Fallen
2013
Alan Trumbull

RED
2010
Joe Matheson
9The Dark Knight
2008
Lucius Fox

Wanted
2008
Sloan

War of the Worlds
2005
Narrator (voice)
7Batman Begins
2005
Lucius Fox

Million Dollar Baby
2004
Eddie Scrap-Iron Dupris

The Sum of All Fears
2002
DCI William Cabot

Deep Impact
1998
President Tom Beck

Kiss the Girls
1997
Det. Alex Cross

Se7en
1995
Somerset
9.3The Shawshank Redemption
1994
Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding

Unforgiven
1992
Ned Logan

American Experience
1988
Narrator (voice)

American Masters
1986
Narrator (voice)

The Twilight Zone
1985
Tony (segment "Dealer's Choice")

The Electric Company
1971
Mark /Easy Reader /Mel Mounds /Count Dracula /Mad Scientist /The Cop /Marcello

Great Performances
1971
Messenger