Morgan Freeman
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.
Born: 01 June 1937
Played In
TV Show
Mar 2026
The Dinosaurs
Self - Narrator (voice)
TV Show
Nov 2025
The American Revolution
(voice)
Movie
Nov 2025
Now You See Me: Now You Don't
Thaddeus Bradley
Movie
May 2025
Clint Eastwood : la légende
Self
TV Show
Mar 2025
Number One on the Call Sheet
Self
Movie
Feb 2025
The Power of Chi
(narrator)
Movie
Dec 2024
From the Balkans
(narrator)
Movie
Aug 2024
Gunner
Kendrick Ryker
Movie
Mar 2024
My Dead Friend Zoe
Dr. Cole
Movie
Jan 2024
Odysseus Returns
Narrator
TV Show
Oct 2023
Life on Our Planet
Self - Narrator (voice)
Movie
Sep 2023
57 Seconds
Anton Burrell
Movie
Aug 2023
761st Tank Battalion: The Original Black Panthers
Self
TV Show
Jul 2023
Lioness
Secretary of State Edwin Mullins
TV Show
May 2023
100 Years of Warner Bros.
Self - Narrator (voice)
TV Show
May 2023
The Muppets Mayhem
Morgan Freeman
Movie
Mar 2023
A Good Person
Daniel
Movie
Mar 2023
The Ritual Killer
Dr. Mackles
Movie
Nov 2022
Metro Boomin: Heroes & Villains
TV Show
Nov 2022
Our Universe
Self - Narrator (voice)
Movie
Nov 2022
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
Self (archive footage)
Movie
Nov 2022
The Minute You Wake Up Dead
Sheriff Thurmond Fowler
TV Show
Sep 2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Self - Guest
Movie
Sep 2022
Sidney
Self
Movie
Jul 2022
Paradise Highway
Gerick
Movie
Jan 2022
Betty White: A Celebration
Self
Movie
Jan 2022
Power of Chi
Narrator (voice)
TV Show
Nov 2021
History's Greatest Escapes with Morgan Freeman
Self - Host
TV Show
Sep 2021
Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy
Self
Movie
Jul 2021
Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking
Self
Movie
Jun 2021
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
Self
Movie
Jun 2021
Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard
Senior
TV Show
May 2021
Solos
Narrator (voice)
TV Show
May 2021
Solos
Stuart
Movie
Apr 2021
Vanquish
Damon
Movie
Mar 2021
Coming 2 America
Morgan Freeman
Movie
Jan 2021
Morgan Freeman: Breaking Barriers
Self
Movie
Nov 2020
The Comeback Trail
Reggie Fontaine
Movie
Sep 2020
Meeting the Beatles in India
Narrator (voice)
Movie
May 2020
The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II
Self
Movie
Feb 2020
Into Nature's Wild
Narrator (voice)
Movie
Aug 2019
Angel Has Fallen
Alan Trumbull
Movie
Aug 2019
Brian Banks
Jerome Johnson (uncredited)
TV Show
Jun 2019
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
Morgan Freeman (voice)
Movie
May 2019
The Poison Rose
Doc
Movie
Feb 2019
Panama Canal: A Land Divided ~ A World United
Self
Movie
Oct 2018
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
Drosselmeyer
Movie
May 2018
America's Musical Journey
Narrator (voice)
Movie
Feb 2018
Die Clint Eastwood Story
Self
Movie
Dec 2017
Just Getting Started
Duke
Movie
Nov 2017
Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies
Self
TV Show
Oct 2017
The Story of Us with Morgan Freeman
Self - Host
Movie
Aug 2017
John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs
Self
Movie
Jul 2017
The Words That Built America
Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
Movie
Apr 2017
Going in Style
Willie Davis
Movie
Feb 2017
March of the Penguins 2: The Next Step
Narrator (English voice)
TV Show
Jan 2017
Monochrome: Black, White & Blue
Self
Movie
Aug 2016
Ben-Hur
Sheik Ilderim
Movie
Jul 2016
The C Word
Narrator (voice)
Movie
Jun 2016
Now You See Me 2
Thaddeus Bradley
TV Show
Apr 2016
The Story of God with Morgan Freeman
Self - Host
Movie
Mar 2016
London Has Fallen
Alan Trumbull
Movie
Oct 2015
Momentum
Senator
TV Show
Sep 2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
Movie
Aug 2015
JFK & LBJ: A Time for Greatness
Narrator (voice)
Movie
Jun 2015
Ted 2
Patrick Meighan
Movie
Apr 2015
Last Knights
Bartok
TV Show
Sep 2014
Madam Secretary
Chief Justice Frawley
TV Show
Sep 2014
Madam Secretary
Chief Justice Wilbourne (uncredited)
Movie
Sep 2014
Dolphin Tale 2
Dr. Cameron McCarthy
Movie
Jul 2014
Lucy
Professor Norman
Movie
May 2014
5 Flights Up
Alex Carver
Movie
Apr 2014
Wish Wizard
Maxwell Omni
Movie
Apr 2014
Transcendence
Joseph Tagger
Movie
Apr 2014
Island of Lemurs: Madagascar
Narrator (voice)
TV Show
Feb 2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
TV Show
Feb 2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
Movie
Feb 2014
The Lego Movie
Vitruvius (voice)
Movie
Jan 2014
We the People
Narrator (voice)
Movie
Nov 2013
JFK: A President Betrayed
Narrator (voice)
Movie
Oct 2013
Last Vegas
Archibald 'Archie' Clayton
Movie
May 2013
Now You See Me
Thaddeus Bradley
Movie
Apr 2013
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
Self
Movie
Apr 2013
Oblivion
Beech
Movie
Mar 2013
Olympus Has Fallen
Alan Trumbull
Movie
Jan 2013
Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot
Self
Movie
Jan 2013
The Editor and The Dragon: Horace Carter Fights the Klan
Narrator (voice)
Movie
Dec 2012
Ending the Knight
Self
Movie
Oct 2012
B.B. King: The Life of Riley
Narrator (voice)
Movie
Jul 2012
The Dark Knight Rises
Fox
Movie
Jul 2012
The Magic of Belle Isle
Monte Wildhorn
Movie
Mar 2012
Le frontiere dell'Astronomia - EP-7 Vite aliene nel cosmo
Narratore
Movie
Mar 2012
Echoes 'Cross the Tracks
Self
Movie
Jan 2012
Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl
Self
Movie
Sep 2011
Dolphin Tale
Dr. McCarthy
Movie
Aug 2011
Conan the Barbarian
Narrator (voice)
TV Show
Aug 2011
Curiosity
Self - Narrator (voice)
Movie
Jul 2011
Clint Eastwood's West
Self
Movie
Jun 2011
Breaking the Taboo
Narrator (voice)
Movie
Apr 2011
Born to Be Wild
Narrator (voice)
Movie
Nov 2010
The President's Photographer: Fifty Years Inside the Oval Office
Narrator (voice)
Movie
Oct 2010
RED
Joe Matheson
TV Show
Jun 2010
Through the Wormhole
Self - Host
Movie
May 2010
The 16th Man
Narrator (voice)
Movie
Feb 2010
The Eastwood Factor
Self - Narrator (voice)
Movie
Dec 2009
The People Speak
Self
Movie
Dec 2009
Invictus
Nelson Mandela
TV Show
Oct 2009
30 for 30
TV Show
Sep 2009
The Jay Leno Show
Self
TV Show
Sep 2009
Live from Studio Five
Self
Movie
May 2009
The Maiden Heist
Charles Peterson
Movie
Jan 2009
Prom Night in Mississippi
Narrator (voice)
Movie
Jan 2009
Thick as Thieves
Keith Ripley
Movie
Jul 2008
The Dark Knight
Lucius Fox
Movie
Jun 2008
The Love Guru
Morgan Freemann (voice) (uncredited)
Movie
Jun 2008
Wanted
Sloan
Movie
Jun 2008
Rob Reiner Interviews the Stars: Morgan Freeman
Self
Movie
Jun 2008
Where the Water Meets the Sky
Movie
Feb 2008
A Raisin in the Sun
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Movie
Dec 2007
The Bucket List
Carter Chambers
Movie
Oct 2007
All About Us
Self
Movie
Sep 2007
Feast of Love
Harry Stevenson
Movie
Sep 2007
Gone Baby Gone
Jack Doyle
Movie
Jun 2007
AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition
Self
Movie
Jun 2007
Evan Almighty
God
TV Show
Feb 2007
The Graham Norton Show
Self
Movie
Nov 2006
The Electric Company's Greatest Hits & Bits
Self
Movie
Oct 2006
Greasy Rider
Movie
Sep 2006
10 Items or Less
'Him'
Movie
Jun 2006
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
Self
Movie
May 2006
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
Jaques (segment "As You Like It")
Movie
Apr 2006
The Contract
Frank Carden
Movie
Feb 2006
Lucky Number Slevin
The Boss
TV Show
Nov 2005
The Reichen Show
Self - Guest
Movie
Sep 2005
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon
Neil Armstrong (voice)
Movie
Sep 2005
An Unfinished Life
Mitch Bradley
Movie
Sep 2005
Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast
Self
Movie
Jul 2005
Edison
Ashford
Movie
Jul 2005
James Lipton Takes on Three
Self
Movie
Jul 2005
Born to Fight
Self
Movie
Jun 2005
War of the Worlds
Narrator (voice)
Movie
Jun 2005
Batman Begins
Lucius Fox
Movie
Mar 2005
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
TV Show
Feb 2005
Slavery and the Making of America
Self - Narrator (voice)
Movie
Feb 2005
Unleashed
Sam
Movie
Jan 2005
March of the Penguins
Narrator
Movie
Jan 2005
Blues Divas
Self
TV Show
Jan 2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self
Movie
Dec 2004
Million Dollar Baby
Eddie Scrap-Iron Dupris
Movie
Oct 2004
Genius. A Night for Ray Charles
Self
Movie
Apr 2004
The Hunting of the President
Narrator (voice)
Movie
Mar 2004
Survivors of the Shoah: Visual History Foundation
TV Show
Feb 2004
America Beyond the Color Line
Self
Movie
Jan 2004
The Big Bounce
Walter Crewes
TV Show
Sep 2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
Movie
Jul 2003
Guilty by Association
Lt. Redding
Movie
Jun 2003
Declaration of Independence
Self
Movie
May 2003
Bruce Almighty
God
Movie
Mar 2003
Dreamcatcher
Col. Abraham Curtis
Movie
Mar 2003
Levity
Miles Evans
TV Show
Jan 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
Movie
Sep 2002
All on Accounta Pullin' a Trigger
Self
Movie
Sep 2002
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
Self
Movie
Jun 2002
Partners of the Heart
Narrator (voice)
Movie
May 2002
The Sum of All Fears
DCI William Cabot
Movie
Apr 2002
High Crimes
Charlie Grimes
Movie
Sep 2001
Shawshank: The Redeeming Feature
Self
Movie
Apr 2001
Along Came a Spider
Alex Cross
Movie
Sep 2000
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
Narrator (voice)
Movie
Aug 2000
Nurse Betty
Charlie
Movie
Aug 2000
Under Suspicion
Captain Victor Benezet
Movie
Sep 1999
Stephen King: Shining in the Dark
Self
TV Show
Jan 1999
Mark Twain Prize
Self
Movie
May 1998
Deep Impact
President Tom Beck
Movie
Jan 1998
Hard Rain
Jim
TV Show
Jan 1998
Parkinson
Self
Movie
Jan 1998
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
Self
Movie
Dec 1997
Amistad
Theodore Joadson
Movie
Sep 1997
Kiss the Girls
Det. Alex Cross
Movie
Sep 1997
The Long Way Home
Narrator (voice)
TV Show
Aug 1997
The View
Self
Movie
Mar 1997
The Making of Se7en
Self
TV Show
Feb 1997
The Chris Rock Show
Movie
Aug 1996
Cosmic Voyage
Narrator (voice)
Movie
Aug 1996
Chain Reaction
Paul Shannon
TV Show
Jul 1996
The Daily Show
Self
Movie
Jun 1996
Moll Flanders
Hibble
Movie
Feb 1996
Blacklist: Hollywood on Trial
Edward G. Robinson
Movie
Jan 1996
Inside the White House
Narrator (voice)
Movie
Sep 1995
Se7en
Somerset
Movie
Mar 1995
Outbreak
General Billy Ford
Movie
Sep 1994
The Shawshank Redemption
Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding
TV Show
Aug 1994
Inside the Actors Studio
Self
TV Show
Sep 1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
Movie
Sep 1992
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
Self
Movie
Aug 1992
Unforgiven
Ned Logan
TV Show
Jun 1992
HBO First Look
TV Show
May 1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV Show
Apr 1992
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
Narrator (voice)
Movie
Mar 1992
The Power of One
Geel Piet
TV Show
Oct 1991
Pebble Mill
Self
Movie
Jun 1991
The True Story of Glory Continues
Narrator (voice)
Movie
Jun 1991
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
Azeem
Movie
Jun 1991
Robin Hood: The Myth, the Man, the Movie
Self
Movie
Jan 1991
The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry
Narrator (voice)
Movie
Dec 1990
The Bonfire of the Vanities
Judge Leonard White
TV Show
Sep 1990
The Civil War
Frederick Douglass / John Boston (voice)
Movie
Sep 1990
Follow the Drinking Gourd
Narrator (voice)
Movie
Sep 1990
Rabbit Ears - The Savior is Born
Narrator (voice)
Movie
May 1990
Night of 100 Stars III
Self
Movie
Apr 1990
The Earth Day Special
Walter Samson
Movie
Dec 1989
Glory
Sgt. Maj. John Rawlins
Movie
Dec 1989
Driving Miss Daisy
Hoke Colburn
Movie
Sep 1989
Johnny Handsome
Lt. A.Z. Drones
Movie
Mar 1989
Lean On Me
Principal Joe Clark
TV Show
Oct 1988
American Experience
Narrator (voice)
TV Show
Sep 1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Movie
Aug 1988
Clean and Sober
Craig
Movie
May 1988
Clinton and Nadine
Dorsey Pratt
Movie
Mar 1987
Fight for Life
Dr. Sherard
Movie
Mar 1987
Street Smart
Leo "Fast Black" Smalls, Jr.
TV Show
Jun 1986
American Masters
Narrator (voice)
Movie
Apr 1986
Resting Place
Luther Johnson
Movie
Nov 1985
The Execution of Raymond Graham
Warden Pratt
Movie
Nov 1985
That Was Then... This Is Now
Charlie Woods
Movie
Nov 1985
The Gospel at Colonus
Messenger
Movie
Sep 1985
Marie: A True Story
Charles Traughber
TV Show
Sep 1985
The Twilight Zone
Tony (segment "Dealer's Choice")
TV Show
Feb 1985
The Atlanta Child Murders
Ben Shelter
Movie
Oct 1984
Teachers
Lewis
Movie
Mar 1984
Harry & Son
Siemanowski
TV Show
Feb 1984
Goldene Kamera
Self
Movie
Dec 1981
The Marva Collins Story
Clarence Collins
Movie
Feb 1981
Eyewitness
Lieutenant Black
Movie
Jan 1981
Death of a Prophet
Malcolm X
Movie
Jun 1980
Brubaker
Walter
Movie
Mar 1980
Attica
Hap Richards
Movie
Jun 1979
Hollow Image
Sweet Talk
TV Show
Jan 1979
CBS News Sunday Morning
Self
TV Show
Dec 1978
The Kennedy Center Honors
Self
Movie
Jun 1978
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Uncle Hammer
TV Show
Jun 1978
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Uncle Hammer
TV Show
Oct 1975
Saturday Night Live
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
Movie
Dec 1974
Out to Lunch
Self / Croupier
TV Show
Oct 1974
Spidey Super Stories
Count Dracula
TV Show
Oct 1974
Spidey Super Stories
Easy Reader
TV Show
Oct 1974
Spidey Super Stories
Police officer
TV Show
Oct 1974
Spidey Super Stories
Umpire
Movie
Apr 1974
Energy Crisis
Self
Movie
Dec 1973
Blade
Chris
TV Show
Apr 1973
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self
Movie
Nov 1971
Who Says I Can't Ride a Rainbow!
Afro
TV Show
Oct 1971
The Electric Company
Mark /Easy Reader /Mel Mounds /Count Dracula /Mad Scientist /The Cop /Marcello
TV Show
Jan 1971
Great Performances
Messenger
Movie
Dec 1970
Caught in the Middle
TV Show
Sep 1968
60 Minutes
Self
Movie
Jun 1968
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
Grand Central Commuter (uncredited)
Movie
Jun 1968
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
Grand Central Commuter
Movie
Mar 1966
A Man Called Adam
Party Guest (uncredited)
Movie
Apr 1965
The Pawnbroker
Man on Street (Uncredited)
TV Show
Apr 1956
Tony Awards
Self - Performer
TV Show
Mar 1953
The Oscars
Self - Presenter
TV Show
Mar 1953
The Oscars
Self
TV Show
Jan 1952
Today
Self
TV Show
Dec 1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Clarence
TV Show
Dec 1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Luther
TV Show
Jan 1944
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter
TV Show
Jan 1944
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
TV Show
Jan 1944
Golden Globe Awards
Self
TV Show
Jan 1944
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Cecil B. DeMille Award Recipient
Movie
Sniff
Joe Mulwray
Movie
The Blues Live On! The Delta Blues Museum
Narrator (voice)
Movie
The Little Bedroom
Movie
Hate to See You Go
Sonny Bell
Movie
CLINT
Narrator (voice)
TV Show
The Promised Land
Narrator (voice)