Morgan Freeman

Personal Info

Birthday

June 1, 1937

(88 years old)

Place of Birth

Memphis, Tennessee, USA

Also Known As

Morgan Porterfield Freeman Jr.

Morgan J. Freeman

Morgan Freeman

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 Angeles and appeared in stage productions in his early career.

Known For

Now You See Me: Now You Don't

The Dark Knight

The Shawshank Redemption

Lioness

Madam Secretary

Great Performances

Se7en

Now You See Me

Filmography

2025
Now You See Me: Now You Don't
as Thaddeus Bradley
Clint Eastwood : la légende
as Self
The Power of Chi
as (narrator)
2024
From the Balkans
as (narrator)
Gunner
as Kendrick Ryker
How to Rob a Bank
as Azeem (archive footage)
My Dead Friend Zoe
as Dr. Cole
Odysseus Returns
as Narrator
2023
57 Seconds
as Anton Burrell
761st Tank Battalion: The Original Black Panthers
as Self
A Good Person
as Daniel
The Ritual Killer
as Dr. Mackles
2022
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
as Self (archive footage)
The Minute You Wake Up Dead
as Sheriff Thurmond Fowler
Sidney
as Self
Paradise Highway
as Gerick
Betty White: A Celebration
as Self
Power of Chi
as Narrator (voice)
2021
Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking
as Self
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
as Self
Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard
as Senior
Vanquish
as Damon
Coming 2 America
as Morgan Freeman
Morgan Freeman: Breaking Barriers
as Self
2020
The Comeback Trail
as Reggie Fontaine
Meeting the Beatles in India
as Narrator (voice)
The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II
as Self
Into Nature's Wild
as Narrator (voice)
2019
Angel Has Fallen
as Alan Trumbull
Brian Banks
as Jerome Johnson (uncredited)
The Poison Rose
as Doc
Panama Canal in 3D a Land Divided a World United
as Self
2018
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
as Drosselmeyer
America's Musical Journey
as Narrator (voice)
Die Clint Eastwood Story
as Self
2017
Just Getting Started
as Duke
Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies
as Self
John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs
as Self
The Words That Built America
as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
Going in Style
as Willie Davis
March of the Penguins 2: The Next Step
as Narrator (English voice)
2016
Ben-Hur
as Sheik Ilderim
The C Word
as Narrator (voice)
Now You See Me 2
as Thaddeus Bradley
London Has Fallen
as Alan Trumbull
2015
Momentum
as Senator
JFK & LBJ: A Time for Greatness
as Narrator (voice)
Ted 2
as Patrick Meighan
Last Knights
as Bartok
2014
Dolphin Tale 2
as Dr. Cameron McCarthy
Lucy
as Professor Norman
5 Flights Up
as Alex Carver
Wish Wizard
as Maxwell Omni
Transcendence
as Joseph Tagger
Island of Lemurs: Madagascar
as Narrator (voice)
The Lego Movie
as Vitruvius (voice)
We the People
as Narrator (voice)
2013
JFK: A President Betrayed
as Narrator (voice)
Last Vegas
as Archibald 'Archie' Clayton
Now You See Me
as Thaddeus Bradley
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
as Self
Oblivion
as Beech
Olympus Has Fallen
as Alan Trumbull
Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot
as Self
The Editor and The Dragon: Horace Carter Fights the Klan
as Narrator (voice)
2012
Ending the Knight
as Self
B.B. King: The Life of Riley
as Narrator (voice)
The Dark Knight Rises
as Fox
The Magic of Belle Isle
as Monte Wildhorn
Le frontiere dell'Astronomia - EP-7 Vite aliene nel cosmo
as Narratore
Echoes 'Cross the Tracks
as Self
Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl
as Self
2011
Dolphin Tale
as Dr. McCarthy
Conan the Barbarian
as Narrator (voice)
Clint Eastwood's West
as Self
Breaking the Taboo
as Narrator (voice)
Born to Be Wild
as Narrator (voice)
2010
The President's Photographer: Fifty Years Inside the Oval Office
as Narrator (voice)
RED
as Joe Matheson
The 16th Man
as Narrator (voice)
The Eastwood Factor
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2009
The People Speak
as Self
Invictus
as Nelson Mandela
The Maiden Heist
as Charles Peterson
Prom Night in Mississippi
as Narrator (voice)
Thick as Thieves
as Keith Ripley
2008
The Dark Knight
as Lucius Fox
Wanted
as Sloan
A Raisin in the Sun
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
2007
The Bucket List
as Carter Chambers
All About Us
as Self
Feast of Love
as Harry Stevenson
Gone Baby Gone
as Jack Doyle
AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition
as Self
Evan Almighty
as God
2006
The Electric Company's Greatest Hits & Bits
as Self
10 Items or Less
as 'Him'
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
as Self
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
as Jaques (segment "As You Like It")
The Contract
as Frank Carden
Lucky Number Slevin
as The Boss
2005
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon
as Neil Armstrong (voice)
An Unfinished Life
as Mitch Bradley
Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast
as Self
Edison
as Ashford
Born to Fight
as Self
James Lipton Takes on Three
as Self
War of the Worlds
as Narrator (voice)
Batman Begins
as Lucius Fox
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
Unleashed
as Sam
March of the Penguins
as Narrator
Blues Divas
as Self
2004
Million Dollar Baby
as Eddie Scrap-Iron Dupris
Genius. A Night for Ray Charles
as Self
The Hunting of the President
as Narrator (voice)
The Big Bounce
as Walter Crewes
2003
Guilty by Association
as Lt. Redding
Declaration of Independence
as Self
Bruce Almighty
as God
Dreamcatcher
as Col. Abraham Curtis
Levity
as Miles Evans
2002
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
as Self
All on Accounta Pullin' a Trigger
as Self
Partners of the Heart
as Narrator (voice)
The Sum of All Fears
as DCI William Cabot
High Crimes
as Charlie Grimes
2001
Shawshank: The Redeeming Feature
as Self
Along Came a Spider
as Alex Cross
2000
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
as Narrator (voice)
Nurse Betty
as Charlie
Under Suspicion
as Captain Victor Benezet
1999
Stephen King: Shining in the Dark
as Self
1998
Deep Impact
as President Tom Beck
Hard Rain
as Jim
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
as Self
1997
Amistad
as Theodore Joadson
Kiss the Girls
as Det. Alex Cross
The Long Way Home
as Narrator (voice)
The Making of Se7en
as Self
1996
Cosmic Voyage
as Narrator (voice)
Chain Reaction
as Paul Shannon
Moll Flanders
as Hibble
Blacklist: Hollywood on Trial
as Edward G. Robinson
Inside the White House
as Narrator (voice)
1995
Se7en
as Somerset
Outbreak
as General Billy Ford
1994
The Shawshank Redemption
as Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding
1992
Unforgiven
as Ned Logan
The Power of One
as Geel Piet
1991
The True Story of Glory Continues
as Narrator (voice)
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
as Azeem
Robin Hood: The Myth, the Man, the Movie
as Self
The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry
as Narrator (voice)
1990
The Bonfire of the Vanities
as Judge Leonard White
Follow the Drinking Gourd
as Narrator (voice)
Rabbit Ears - The Savior is Born
as Narrator (voice)
Night of 100 Stars III
as Self
The Earth Day Special
as Walter Samson
1989
Glory
as Sgt. Maj. John Rawlins
Driving Miss Daisy
as Hoke Colburn
Johnny Handsome
as Lt. A.Z. Drones
Lean On Me
as Principal Joe Clark
1988
Clean and Sober
as Craig
Clinton and Nadine
as Dorsey Pratt
1987
Fight for Life
as Dr. Sherard
Street Smart
as Leo "Fast Black" Smalls, Jr.
1986
Resting Place
as Luther Johnson
1985
The Execution of Raymond Graham
as Warden Pratt
That Was Then... This Is Now
as Charlie Woods
The Gospel at Colonus
as Messenger
Marie: A True Story
as Charles Traughber
1984
Teachers
as Lewis
Harry & Son
as Siemanowski
1981
The Marva Collins Story
as Clarence Collins
Eyewitness
as Lieutenant Black
Death of a Prophet
as Malcolm X
1980
Brubaker
as Walter
Attica
as Hap Richards
1979
Hollow Image
as Sweet Talk
1978
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
as Uncle Hammer
1974
Out to Lunch
as Self / Croupier
Energy Crisis
as Self
1973
Blade
as Chris
1971
Who Says I Can't Ride a Rainbow!
as Afro
1968
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
as Grand Central Commuter (uncredited)
1966
A Man Called Adam
as Party Guest (uncredited)
1965
The Pawnbroker
as Man on Street (Uncredited)