Actor
Morgan Freeman
Born 1 June 1937 · Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Morgan Freeman (born 1937) is an American actor and narrator, instantly recognisable for his deep, calm voice and dignified screen presence. He rose from stage and television work to become one of Hollywood's most trusted leading and supporting actors, with a career spanning more than five decades.
Key films
Unforgiven (1992)
Began his long collaboration with Clint Eastwood, playing the gunfighter Ned Logan in an acclaimed revisionist western.
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
As the prison narrator Red, he gave one of his best-loved performances in a film that became a modern classic.
Se7en (1995)
Played the veteran detective Somerset in David Fincher's dark and influential crime thriller.
Million Dollar Baby (2004)
His supporting role as boxing gym hand Scrap earned him his Academy Award.
Invictus (2009)
Portrayed Nelson Mandela in Clint Eastwood's drama, earning an Oscar nomination for Best Actor.
Key awards
- 2005: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor (Million Dollar Baby)
- 1990: Golden Globe for Best Actor, Musical or Comedy (Driving Miss Daisy)
- 2008: AFI Life Achievement Award
- 2012: Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award
- 2018: SAG Life Achievement Award
On Cinespective
Full filmography · 200
- 1965The Pawnbroker · as Man on Street (Uncredited)Actor
- 1966A Man Called Adam · as Party Guest (uncredited)Actor
- 1968Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? · as Grand Central CommuterActor
- 1970Caught in the MiddleActor
- 1971Who Says I Can't Ride a Rainbow! · as AfroActor
- 1973Blade · as ChrisActor
- 1974Out to Lunch · as Self / CroupierActor
- 1974Energy Crisis · as SelfActor
- 1978Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry · as Uncle HammerActor
- 1979Hollow Image · as Sweet TalkActor
- 1980Brubaker · as WalterActor
- 1980Attica · as Hap RichardsActor
- 1981Eyewitness · as Lieutenant BlackActor
- 1981Death of a Prophet · as Malcolm XActor
- 1981The Marva Collins Story · as Clarence CollinsActor
- 1984Teachers · as LewisActor
- 1984Harry & Son · as SiemanowskiActor
- 1985That Was Then... This Is Now · as Charlie WoodsActor
- 1985Marie: A True Story · as Charles TraughberActor
- 1985The Execution of Raymond Graham · as Warden PrattActor
- 1985The Gospel at Colonus · as MessengerActor
- 1986Resting Place · as Luther JohnsonActor
- 1987Street Smart · as Leo "Fast Black" Smalls, Jr.Actor
- 1987Fight for Life · as Dr. SherardActor
- 1988Clean and Sober · as CraigActor
- 1988Clinton and Nadine · as Dorsey PrattActor
- 1989Glory · as Sgt. Maj. John RawlinsActor
- 1989Driving Miss Daisy · as Hoke ColburnActor
- 1989Lean On Me · as Principal Joe ClarkActor
- 1989Johnny Handsome · as Lt. A.Z. DronesActor
- 1990The Bonfire of the Vanities · as Judge Leonard WhiteActor
- 1990The Earth Day Special · as Walter SamsonActor
- 1990Night of 100 Stars III · as SelfActor
- 1990Rabbit Ears - The Savior is Born · as Narrator (voice)Actor
- 1990Follow the Drinking Gourd · as Narrator (voice)Actor
- 1991Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves · as AzeemActor
- 1991The True Story of Glory Continues · as Narrator (voice)Actor
- 1991The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry · as Narrator (voice)Actor
- 1991Robin Hood: The Myth, the Man, the Movie · as SelfActor
- 1992Unforgiven · as Ned LoganActor
- 1992The Power of One · as Geel PietActor
- 1992Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven' · as SelfActor
- 1993Bopha!Director
- 1994The Shawshank Redemption · as Ellis Boyd 'Red' ReddingActor
- 1994A Century of Cinema · as SelfActor
- 1995Se7en · as SomersetActor
- 1995Outbreak · as General Billy FordActor
- 1996Chain Reaction · as Paul ShannonActor
- 1996Moll Flanders · as HibbleActor
- 1996Cosmic Voyage · as Narrator (voice)Actor
- 1996Inside the White House · as Narrator (voice)Actor
- 1996Blacklist: Hollywood on Trial · as Edward G. RobinsonActor
- 1997Kiss the Girls · as Det. Alex CrossActor
- 1997Amistad · as Theodore JoadsonActor
- 1997The Long Way Home · as Narrator (voice)Actor
- 1997The Making of Se7en · as SelfActor
- 1998Deep Impact · as President Tom BeckActor
- 1998Hard Rain · as JimActor
- 1998Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist · as SelfActor
- 1999Stephen King: Shining in the Dark · as SelfActor
- 2000Under Suspicion · as Captain Victor BenezetActor
- 2000Nurse Betty · as CharlieActor
- 2000Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows · as Narrator (voice)Actor
- 2001Along Came a Spider · as Alex CrossActor
- 2001Shawshank: The Redeeming Feature · as SelfActor
- 2002The Sum of All Fears · as DCI William CabotActor
- 2002High Crimes · as Charlie GrimesActor
- 2002Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven' · as SelfActor
- 2002All on Accounta Pullin' a Trigger · as SelfActor
- 2002Partners of the Heart · as Narrator (voice)Actor
- 2003Bruce Almighty · as GodActor
- 2003Dreamcatcher · as Col. Abraham CurtisActor
- 2003Levity · as Miles EvansActor
- 2003Guilty by Association · as Lt. ReddingActor
- 2003Declaration of Independence · as SelfActor
- 2004Million Dollar Baby · as Eddie Scrap-Iron DuprisActor
- 2004The Big Bounce · as Walter CrewesActor
- 2004Genius. A Night for Ray Charles · as SelfActor
- 2004The Hunting of the President · as Narrator (voice)Actor
- 2004Survivors of the Shoah: Visual History FoundationActor
- 2005Batman Begins · as Lucius FoxActor
- 2005War of the Worlds · as Narrator (voice)Actor
- 2005Unleashed · as SamActor
- 2005March of the Penguins · as NarratorActor
- 2005An Unfinished Life · as Mitch BradleyActor
- 2005Edison · as AshfordActor
- 2005Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon · as Neil Armstrong (voice)Actor
- 2005James Lipton Takes on Three · as SelfActor
- 2005Born to Fight · as SelfActor
- 2005Blues Divas · as SelfActor
- 2005Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast · as SelfActor
- 2005Nos Bastidores de Hollywood · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2006Lucky Number Slevin · as The BossActor
- 2006The Contract · as Frank CardenActor
- 200610 Items or Less · as 'Him'Actor
- 2006The Electric Company's Greatest Hits & Bits · as SelfActor
- 2006Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters · as SelfActor
- 2006The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays · as Jaques (segment "As You Like It")Actor
- 2006Greasy RiderActor
- 2007Evan Almighty · as GodActor
- 2007Gone Baby Gone · as Jack DoyleActor
- 2007The Bucket List · as Carter ChambersActor
- 2007Feast of Love · as Harry StevensonActor
- 2007AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition · as SelfActor
- 2007All About Us · as SelfActor
- 2008The Dark Knight · as Lucius FoxActor
- 2008Wanted · as SloanActor
- 2008The Love Guru · as Morgan Freemann (voice) (uncredited)Actor
- 2008A Raisin in the Sun · as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)Actor
- 2008Where the Water Meets the SkyActor
- 2008Rob Reiner Interviews the Stars: Morgan Freeman · as SelfActor
- 2009Invictus · as Nelson MandelaActor
- 2009Thick as Thieves · as Keith RipleyActor
- 2009The Maiden Heist · as Charles PetersonActor
- 2009Prom Night in Mississippi · as Narrator (voice)Actor
- 2009The People Speak · as SelfActor
- 2010RED · as Joe MathesonActor
- 2010The 16th Man · as Narrator (voice)Actor
- 2010The Eastwood Factor · as Self - Narrator (voice)Actor
- 2010The President's Photographer: Fifty Years Inside the Oval Office · as Narrator (voice)Actor
- 2011Conan the Barbarian · as Narrator (voice)Actor
- 2011Dolphin Tale · as Dr. McCarthyActor
- 2011Born to Be Wild · as Narrator (voice)Actor
- 2011Breaking the Taboo · as Narrator (voice)Actor
- 2011Clint Eastwood's West · as SelfActor
- 2012The Dark Knight Rises · as FoxActor
- 2012The Magic of Belle Isle · as Monte WildhornActor
- 2012Ending the Knight · as SelfActor
- 2012B.B. King: The Life of Riley · as Narrator (voice)Actor
- 2012Le frontiere dell'Astronomia - EP-7 Vite aliene nel cosmo · as NarratoreActor
- 2012Echoes 'Cross the Tracks · as SelfActor
- 2012Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl · as SelfActor
- 2013Now You See Me · as Thaddeus BradleyActor
- 2013Oblivion · as BeechActor
- 2013Olympus Has Fallen · as Alan TrumbullActor
- 2013Last Vegas · as Archibald 'Archie' ClaytonActor
- 2013Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story · as SelfActor
- 2013JFK: A President Betrayed · as Narrator (voice)Actor
- 2013The Editor and The Dragon: Horace Carter Fights the Klan · as Narrator (voice)Actor
- 2013Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot · as SelfActor
- 2014Lucy · as Professor NormanActor
- 2014The Lego Movie · as Vitruvius (voice)Actor
- 2014Transcendence · as Joseph TaggerActor
- 2014Dolphin Tale 2 · as Dr. Cameron McCarthyActor
- 20145 Flights Up · as Alex CarverActor
- 2014Island of Lemurs: Madagascar · as Narrator (voice)Actor
- 2014Wish Wizard · as Maxwell OmniActor
- 2014We the People · as Narrator (voice)Actor
- 2015Ted 2 · as Patrick MeighanActor
- 2015Last Knights · as BartokActor
- 2015Momentum · as SenatorActor
- 2015JFK & LBJ: A Time for Greatness · as Narrator (voice)Actor
- 2016Now You See Me 2 · as Thaddeus BradleyActor
- 2016London Has Fallen · as Alan TrumbullActor
- 2016Ben-Hur · as Sheik IlderimActor
- 2016The C Word · as Narrator (voice)Actor
- 2017Going in Style · as Willie DavisActor
- 2017Just Getting Started · as DukeActor
- 2017March of the Penguins 2: The Next Step · as Narrator (English voice)Actor
- 2017The Words That Built America · as Self - Reader: Declaration of IndependenceActor
- 2017Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies · as SelfActor
- 2017John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs · as SelfActor
- 2018The Nutcracker and the Four Realms · as DrosselmeyerActor
- 2018America's Musical Journey · as Narrator (voice)Actor
- 2018Die Clint Eastwood Story · as SelfActor
- 2019Angel Has Fallen · as Alan TrumbullActor
- 2019The Poison Rose · as DocActor
- 2019Brian Banks · as Jerome Johnson (uncredited)Actor
- 2019Panama Canal: A Land Divided ~ A World United · as SelfActor
- 2020The Comeback Trail · as Reggie FontaineActor
- 2020The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II · as SelfActor
- 2020Meeting the Beatles in India · as Narrator (voice)Actor
- 2020Into Nature's Wild · as Narrator (voice)Actor
- 2021Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard · as SeniorActor
- 2021Coming 2 America · as Morgan FreemanActor
- 2021Vanquish · as DamonActor
- 2021Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It · as SelfActor
- 2021Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking · as SelfActor
- 2022Paradise Highway · as GerickActor
- 2022The Minute You Wake Up Dead · as Sheriff Thurmond FowlerActor
- 2022Sidney · as SelfActor
- 2022Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2022Morgan Freeman: Breaking Barriers · as SelfActor
- 2022Betty White: A Celebration · as SelfActor
- 2022VM-krönika 2022 · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2022Power of Chi · as Narrator (voice)Actor
- 2022Metro Boomin: Heroes & VillainsActor
- 202357 Seconds · as Anton BurrellActor
- 2023A Good Person · as DanielActor
- 2023The Ritual Killer · as Dr. MacklesActor
- 2023761st Tank Battalion: The Original Black Panthers · as SelfActor
- 2024Gunner · as Kendrick RykerActor
- 2024My Dead Friend Zoe · as Dr. ColeActor
- 2024Odysseus Returns · as NarratorActor
- 2024From the Balkans · as (narrator)Actor
- 2025Now You See Me: Now You Don't · as Thaddeus BradleyActor
- 2025Clint Eastwood : la légende · as SelfActor
- 2025The Power of Chi · as (narrator)Actor
- 2027Nacrose · as Morgan FreemanActor
- 2027Rode to Ruin · as Joseph MulberryActor
Filmography data from TMDB. The profile text is a draft written for Cinespective.