Morgan Freeman
Birthday
1937/06/01 (87 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Also know as
Morgan Porterfield Freeman Jr., Morgan J. Freeman, モーガン・フリーマン, Μόργκαν Πόρτερφιλντ Φρίμαν Τζούνιορ, Морган Фрімен
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 Angele...Read more
Acting
(1992) Unforgiven
as Ned Logan
(2004) Million Dollar Baby
as Eddie Scrap-Iron Dupris
(2005) War of the Worlds
as Narrator (voice)
(2008) The Dark Knight
as Lucius Fox
(2006) Lucky Number Slevin
as The Boss
(2005) Batman Begins
as Lucius Fox
(1994) The Shawshank Redemption
as Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding
(2003) Bruce Almighty
as God
(1989) Driving Miss Daisy
as Hoke Colburn
(1989) Johnny Handsome
as Lt. A.Z. Drones
Sniff
as Joe Mulwray
(2001) Along Came a Spider
as Alex Cross
(2006) The Contract
as Frank Carden
(1980) Brubaker
as Walter
(2005) Unleashed
as Sam
(1995) Se7en
as Somerset
(2000) Under Suspicion
as Captain Victor Benezet
(2005) Edison
as Ashford
(2006) 10 Items or Less
as 'Him'
(2005) An Unfinished Life
as Mitch Bradley
(2007) Evan Almighty
as God
(2000) Nurse Betty
as Charlie
(2002) The Sum of All Fears
as DCI William Cabot
(2007) Gone Baby Gone
as Jack Doyle
(2005) Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon
as Neil Armstrong (voice)
(2003) Levity
as Miles Evans
(1998) Hard Rain
as Jim
(2009) Invictus
as Nelson Mandela
(2002) High Crimes
as Charlie Grimes
(2007) The Bucket List
as Carter Chambers
(1990) Follow the Drinking Gourd
as Narrator (voice)
(2003) Dreamcatcher
as Col. Abraham Curtis
(1995) Outbreak
as General Billy Ford
(1984) Teachers
as Lewis
(2009) The Maiden Heist
as Charles Peterson
(1997) Amistad
as Theodore Joadson
(1991) Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
as Azeem
(1981) Eyewitness
as Lieutenant Black
(1998) Deep Impact
as President Tom Beck
(1996) Chain Reaction
as Paul Shannon
(2008) Wanted
as Sloan
(2004) The Hunting of the President
as Narrator (voice)
(1997) Kiss the Girls
as Alex Cross
(2005) A Concert for Hurricane Relief
as Self
(2004) The Big Bounce
as Walter Crewes
(1990) The Bonfire of the Vanities
as Judge Leonard White
(1989) Glory
as Sgt. Maj. John Rawlins
(2009) The People Speak
as Self
(1996) Cosmic Voyage
as Narrator (voice)
(1992) The Power of One
as Geel Piet
(1981) Death of a Prophet
as Malcolm X
(1988) Clean and Sober
as Craig
(2007) Feast of Love
as Harry Stevenson
(1989) Lean On Me
as Principal Joe Clark
(2009) Thick as Thieves
as Keith Ripley
(1987) Street Smart
as Leo "Fast Black" Smalls, Jr.
(2024) Gunner
as Kendrick Ryker
(2009) Prom Night in Mississippi
as Narrator (voice)
(2011) Dolphin Tale
as Dr. McCarthy
(2003) Guilty by Association
as Lt. Redding
(1985) That Was Then... This Is Now
as Charlie Woods
(2010) RED
as Joe Matheson
(2012) The Dark Knight Rises
as Fox
(2022) Betty White: A Celebration
as Self
(1996) Moll Flanders
as Hibble
(2011) Born to Be Wild
as Narrator (voice)
(1986) Resting Place
as Luther Johnson
(2022) The Minute You Wake Up Dead
as Sheriff Thurmond Fowler
(1984) Harry & Son
as Siemanowski
The Blues Live On! The Delta Blues Museum
as Narrator (voice)
(2023) 761st Tank Battalion: The Original Black Panthers
as Self
(2013) Oblivion
as Beech
(2013) Now You See Me
as Thaddeus Bradley
(2023) 57 Seconds
as Anton Burrell
(2012) Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl
as Self
(2022) Paradise Highway
as Gerick
(1985) Marie: A True Story
as Charles Traughber
(2011) Breaking the Taboo
as Narrator (voice)
(2012) The Magic of Belle Isle
as Monte Wildhorn
(2019) Panama Canal in 3D a Land Divided a World United
as Self
(1988) Clinton and Nadine
as Dorsey Pratt
(1996) Inside the White House
as Narrator (voice)
(1991) The True Story of Glory Continues
as Narrator (voice)
(1997) The Long Way Home
as Narrator (voice)
(2010) The Eastwood Factor
as Narrator (voice)
(1985) The Execution of Raymond Graham
as Warden Pratt
(1996) Blacklist: Hollywood on Trial
as Edward G. Robinson
(2013) Olympus Has Fallen
as Alan Trumbull
(2014) Transcendence
as Joseph Tagger
The Little Bedroom
as ---
(2012) B.B. King: The Life of Riley
as Narrator (voice)
(2013) Last Vegas
as Archibald 'Archie' Clayton
(2014) The Lego Movie
as Vitruvius (voice)
(1999) Stephen King: Shining in the Dark
as Self
(1981) The Marva Collins Story
as Clarence Collins
(2013) JFK: A President Betrayed
as Narrator (voice)
(2014) Island of Lemurs: Madagascar
as Narrator (voice)
(2014) Lucy
as Professor Samuel Norman
(2014) Dolphin Tale 2
as Dr. Cameron McCarthy
(2013) Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot
as Self
(1980) Attica
as Hap Richards
(2016) London Has Fallen
as Alan Trumbull
(1987) Fight for Life
as Dr. Sherard
(2014) 5 Flights Up
as Alex Carver
(2014) We the People
as Narrator (voice)
(2014) Wish Wizard
as Maxwell Omni
(2005) Blues Divas
as Self
(2016) Now You See Me 2
as Thaddeus Bradley
(1978) Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
as Uncle Hammer
(1990) Night of 100 Stars III
as Self
(2021) Morgan Freeman: Breaking Barriers
as Self
(2012) Echoes 'Cross the Tracks
as Self
(2016) Ben-Hur
as Sheik Ilderim
(2025) My Dead Friend Zoe
as Dr. Cole
(2017) Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies
as Self
(2015) Last Knights
as Bartok
(2013) The Editor and The Dragon: Horace Carter Fights the Klan
as Narrator (voice)
(2015) Ted 2
as Patrick Meighan
(2015) Momentum
as Senator
(2012) Le frontiere dell'Astronomia - EP-7 Vite aliene nel cosmo
as Narratore
(2010) The President's Photographer: Fifty Years Inside the Oval Office
as Narrator (voice)
(2017) Going in Style
as Willie Davis
(1991) Robin Hood: The Myth, the Man, the Movie
as Self
(2013) Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
as Self
(2000) Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
as Narrator (voice)
(2022) Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
as Self (archive footage)
(2018) Die Clint Eastwood Story
as Self
(2011) Clint Eastwood's West
as Self
(2004) Genius. A Night for Ray Charles
as Self
(2007) AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition
as Self
(2022) Sidney
as Self
(2005) Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
as Self
(2025) Now You See Me 3
as Thaddeus Bradley
(1968) Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
as Grand Central Commuter (uncredited)
(2010) For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots
as Self (voice)
(1998) Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
as Self
(2003) Declaration of Independence
as Self
(2017) Just Getting Started
as Duke
(2024) How to Rob a Bank
as Azeem (archive footage)
(2016) The C Word
as Narrator (voice)
(1990) The Earth Day Special
as Walter Samson
(1970) Caught in the Middle
as ---
(1985) The Gospel at Colonus
as Messenger
(2018) The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
as Drosselmeyer
(1974) Out to Lunch
as Self / Croupier
(2024) Odysseus Returns
as Narrator
(2011) Conan the Barbarian
as Narrator (voice)
(1973) Blade
as Chris
(2019) Angel Has Fallen
as Alan Trumbull
(2017) The Words That Built America
as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
(2008) A Raisin in the Sun
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
(1991) The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry
as Narrator (voice)
(2008) Where the Water Meets the Sky
as ---
(2019) The Poison Rose
as Doc
(2018) America's Musical Journey
as Narrator (voice)
(2001) Shawshank: The Redeeming Feature
as Self
(2006) The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
as Jaques (segment "As You Like It")
(2021) Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard
as Senior
(1965) The Pawnbroker
as Man on Street (Uncredited)
(2002) Partners of the Heart
as Narrator (voice)
(2019) Brian Banks
as Jerome Johnson (uncredited)
(2020) The Comeback Trail
as Reggie Fontaine
(2004) Survivors of the Shoah: Visual History Foundation
as ---
(2020) Dave Chappelle: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize
as Self
(2002) All on Accounta Pullin' a Trigger
as Self
(2002) Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
as Self
(2006) The Electric Company's Greatest Hits & Bits
as Self
(2020) The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II
as Self
(2012) Ending the Knight
as Self
(2010) The 16th Man
as Narrator (voice)
(2020) Into Nature's Wild
as Narrator (voice)
(2020) Meeting the Beatles in India
as Narrator (voice)
(2013) The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy
as Self (archive footage)
(1968) Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
as Grand Central Commuter
(1971) Who Says I Can't Ride a Rainbow!
as Afro
(2021) Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
as Self
(1966) A Man Called Adam
as Party Guest (uncredited)
(2015) JFK & LBJ: A Time for Greatness
as Narrator (voice)
(2023) A Good Person
as Daniel
(2021) Vanquish
as Damon
(2021) Coming 2 America
as Morgan Freeman
(2007) All About Us
as Self
Hate to See You Go
as Sonny Bell
(2021) Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking
as Self
(1979) Hollow Image
as Sweet Talk
(2006) Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
as Self
(2023) The Ritual Killer
as Dr. Mackles
(2010) Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
as Self (archive footage)
(1990) Rabbit Ears - The Savior is Born
as Narrator (voice)
CLINT
as Narrator (voice)
(2024) SBALKANU
as (narrator)
(1994) Inside the Actors Studio
as Self
(2003) The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
(1952) Today
as Self
(1985) The Twilight Zone
as Tony
(1988) LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as ---
(1997) The View
as Self
(1992) The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
as ---
(1971) The Electric Company
as Mad Scientist
(1971) The Electric Company
as Easy Reader
(2019) Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
as Morgan Freeman (voice)
(1971) The Electric Company
as Count Dracula
(2009) The Jay Leno Show
as Self
(2015) The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
(1993) Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Clarence
(1990) The Civil War
as Frederick Douglass
(1991) Pebble Mill
as Self
(2005) Slavery and the Making of America
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(1953) The Oscars
as Self
(1978) The Kennedy Center Honors
as Self
(2009) Live from Studio Five
as Self
(2009) 30 for 30
as ---
(2010) Through the Wormhole
as Self - Host
(1975) Saturday Night Live
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
The Promised Land
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(1996) The Daily Show
as Self
(2023) 100 Years of Warner Bros.
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(2021) History's Greatest Escapes with Morgan Freeman
as Self - Host
(2005) The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
as Self
(2011) Curiosity
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(2016) The Story of God with Morgan Freeman
as Self - Host
(1974) Spidey Super Stories
as Police officer
(1974) Spidey Super Stories
as Umpire
(1974) Spidey Super Stories
as Count Dracula
(1974) Spidey Super Stories
as Easy Reader
(1997) The Chris Rock Show
as ---
(2023) Lioness
as Secretary of State Edwin Mullins
(2023) The Muppets Mayhem
as Morgan Freeman
(1979) CBS News Sunday Morning
as Self
(2007) The Graham Norton Show
as Self
(2017) The Story of Us with Morgan Freeman
as Self - Host
(2014) Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
(1968) 60 Minutes
as Self
(1988) American Experience
as Narrator (voice)
(2004) America Beyond the Color Line
as Self
(1985) The Atlanta Child Murders
as Ben Shelter
(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Luther
(2005) The Reichen Show
as Self - Guest
(2014) The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as ---
(1986) American Masters
as Narrator (voice)
(1992) Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
as Narrator (Voice)
(1966) Goldene Kamera Verleihung
as Self
(2007) The Graham Norton Show
as Self - Guest
(2012) Honest Trailers
as Lucius Fox (archive footage)
(2022) Our Universe
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(2023) Life on Our Planet
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(2021) Solos
as Stuart
(2021) Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy
as Self
(1978) Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
as Uncle Hammer
(1992) HBO First Look
as ---
(1971) Great Performances
as Messenger
(1956) Tony Awards
as Self - Performer
(1944) Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter
(2003) Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
(1998) Parkinson
as Self
(1944) Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
(1944) Golden Globe Awards
as Self
(1973) The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self