Morgan Freeman

Actor | Director | Executive Producer | Producer

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...

Place of Birth: Memphis, Tennessee, USA

Date of Birth: Jun 1, 1937

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Filmography

Actor (238 Known Credits)

A Good Person

Daniel

100 Years of Warner Bros.

Self - Narrator (voice)

The Muppets Mayhem

Himself

The Meet Arnold Show

Ethan Hunt

Heroes & Villains

Self

The Minute You Wake Up Dead

Sheriff Thurmond Fowler

Paradise Highway

Gerick

Sidney

Self

Betty White: A Celebration

Self

Clint Eastwood, la dernière légende

Self (archive footage)

Our Universe

Narrator (voice)

Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy

Self

Vanquish

Damon

Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It

Self

Oscar Micheaux - The Superhero of Black Filmmaking

Self

Solos

Stuart

Great Escapes with Morgan Freeman

Host

Coming 2 America

Self

The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard

Senior

Dave Chappelle: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize

Self

Meeting the Beatles in India

Narrator

Fast Times at Ridgemont High: A Virtual Table Read

Narrator

The Disney Family Singalong: Volume II

Himself

Angel Has Fallen

Allan Trumbull

The Poison Rose

Doc

Brian Banks

Jerome Johnson (uncredited)

Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?

Morgan Freeman (voice)

The Nutcracker and the Four Realms

Drosselmeyer

America's Musical Journey

Narrator

Die Clint Eastwood Story

Himself

Himself

Willie Davis

Duke

Narrator

The Words That Built America

Himself

The Story of Us with Morgan Freeman

Himself - Host

The Story of God with Morgan Freeman

Presenter

London Has Fallen

Vice President Alan Trumbull

Ben-Hur

Sheik Ilderim

Now You See Me 2

Thaddeus Bradley

The C Word

(voice)

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Self

Ted 2

Patrick Meighan

Last Knights

Bartok

Momentum

Senator

JFK & LBJ: A Time for Greatness

Narrator (voice)

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Self

The Lego Movie

Vitruvius (voice)

Transcendence

Joseph Tagger

Dolphin Tale 2

Dr. Cameron McCarthy

Island of Lemurs: Madagascar

Narrator

Lucy

Professor Samuel Norman

Alex Carver

Narrator

Maxwell Omni

Malcolm Beech

Thaddeus Bradley

Speaker Trumbull

Archie

Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story

Himself

Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot

Himself

JFK: A President Betrayed

Narrator

The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy

Self (archive footage)

The Editor and The Dragon: Horace Carter Fights the Klan

Narrator

The Dark Knight Rises

Fox

Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl

Himself

The Magic of Belle Isle

Monte Wildhorn

B.B. King: The Life of Riley

Narrator

Le frontiere dell'Astronomia - EP-7 Vite aliene nel cosmo

Narratore

Self

Himself - Narrator

Narrator (voice)

Narrator

Dr. McCarthy

Narrator

Clint Eastwood's West

Himself

Through the Wormhole

Himself - Host

For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots

(voice)

Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy

Self (archive footage)

RED

Joe Matheson

The 16th Man

Narrator

The Eastwood Factor

Narrator

The President's Photographer: Fifty Years Inside the Oval Office

Narrator

The Jay Leno Show

Self

Live from Studio Five

Self

Keith Ripley

Nelson Mandela

Charles

Himself

Prom Night in Mississippi

Himself

The Dark Knight

Lucius Fox

Wanted

Sloan

A Raisin in the Sun

Narrator (uncredited)

The Graham Norton Show

Himself

The Graham Norton Show

Self - Guest

God

Jack Doyle

Carter Chambers

Harry Stevenson

Self

AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition

Himself

Lucky Number Slevin

The Boss

The Contract

Frank Carden

10 Items or Less

'Him'

Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters

Self

The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays

Jaques (segment "As You Like It")

The Electric Company's Greatest Hits & Bits

Self

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

Self

The Reichen Show

Self - Guest

War of the Worlds

Narrator (Voice)

Batman Begins

Lucius Fox

La Marche de l'empereur

Narrator (English voice)

An Unfinished Life

Mitch Bradley

Unleashed

Sam

Edison

Moses Ashford

Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon

Neil Armstrong

Blues Divas

Himself

Slavery and the Making of America

Narrator

A Concert for Hurricane Relief

Self

Million Dollar Baby

Eddie Scrap-Iron Dupris

The Big Bounce

Walter Crewes

The Hunting of the President

Narrator

Genius. A Night for Ray Charles

Himself

America Beyond the Color Line

Himself

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

Self

Bruce Almighty

God

Dreamcatcher

Col. Abraham Curtis

Levity

Miles Evans

Guilty by Association

Lt. Redding

Declaration of Independence

Himself

The Sum of All Fears

DCI William Cabot

High Crimes

Charlie Grimes

Partners of the Heart

Narrator

All on Accounta Pullin' a Trigger

Self

Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'

Self

Along Came a Spider

Alex Cross

Shawshank: The Redeeming Feature

Himself

Battlefield Earth: Evolution & Creation

Kendrick Ryker

Nurse Betty

Charlie

Under Suspicion

Captain Victor Benezet

Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows

Narrator (voice)

Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist

Himself

Stephen King: Shining in the Dark

Himself

President Tom Beck

Jim

Self

self

Alex Cross

Theodore

Narrator

The Daily Show with Trevor Noah

Self

Chain Reaction

Paul Shannon

Cosmic Voyage

Narrator (voice)

Moll Flanders

Hibble

National Geographic: Inside the White House

Narrator

Se7en

Detective Lt. William Somerset

Outbreak

Billy Ford

Inside the Actors Studio

Self

The Shawshank Redemption

Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding

A Century of Cinema

Self

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Self - Guest

Unforgiven

Ned Logan

The Power of One

Geel Piet

Pebble Mill

Self

Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

Azeem

The True Story of Glory Continues

Narrator

The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry

Narrator

Robin Hood: The Myth, the Man, the Movie

Self

The Bonfire of the Vanities

Judge Leonard White

Rabbit Ears - Follow the Drinking Gourd

Narrator

The Earth Day Special

Walter Samson

The Civil War

Frederick Douglass

Night Of 100 Stars III

Self

Driving Miss Daisy

Hoke Colburn

Johnny Handsome

Lt. A.Z. Drones

Glory

Sgt. Maj. John Rawlins

Lean On Me

Principal Joe Clark

American Experience

Narrator (voice)

Clean and Sober

Craig

Blood Money: The Story of Clinton and Nadine

Dorsey Pratt

Fast Black

Dr. Sherard

Narrator (voice)

Luther Johnson

Tony

That Was Then... This Is Now

Charlie Woods

Marie

Charles Traughber

The Execution of Raymond Graham

Warden Pratt

The Atlanta Child Murders

Ben Shelter

Lewis

Siemanowski

Lieutenant Black

Malcolm X

The Marva Collins Story

Clarence Collins

Texas

Detective Michaels

Brubaker

Walter

Attica

Hap Richards

CBS News Sunday Morning

Self

Coriolanus

Hollow Image

Sweet Talk

The Kennedy Center Honors

Self

Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry

Uncle Hammer

Saturday Night Live

Self - Cameo (uncredited)

Himself / Croupier

Chris

Messenger

Count Dracula

Easy Reader

Mad Scientist

Who Says I Can't Ride a Rainbow!

Afro

60 Minutes

Self

Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?

Grand Central Commuter

Goldene Kamera Verleihung

himself

A Man Called Adam

Party Guest (Uncredited)

The Pawnbroker

Man on Street

The Oscars

Self

Today

Self

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Clarence

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Luther

Blacklist: Hollywood on trial

Edward G. Robinson

Echoes 'Cross the Tracks

Self

Thaddeus Bradley

Count Dracula

Easy Reader

Police officer

Umpire

Narrator (voice)

Reggie Fontaine

Narrator

Sonny Bell

Joe Mulwray

The Blues Live On! The Delta Blues Museum

Narrator (voice)

Anton Burrell

Professor Mackles

Narrator (voice)

Secretary of State Edwin Mullins

Black Patriots: The 761st Battalion

Self

Panama Canal in 3D a Land Divided a World United

Self

A Good Person (2023)

Daniel

100 Years of Warner Bros. (2023)

Self - Narrator (voice)

The Muppets Mayhem (2023)

Himself

The Meet Arnold Show (2023)

Ethan Hunt

Heroes & Villains (2022)

Self

The Minute You Wake Up Dead (2022)

Sheriff Thurmond Fowler

Paradise Highway (2022)

Gerick

Sidney (2022)

Self

Betty White: A Celebration (2022)

Self

Clint Eastwood, la dernière légende (2022)

Self (archive footage)

Our Universe (2022)

Narrator (voice)

Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy (2021)

Self

Vanquish (2021)

Damon

Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It (2021)

Self

Oscar Micheaux - The Superhero of Black Filmmaking (2021)

Self

Solos (2021)

Stuart

Great Escapes with Morgan Freeman (2021)

Host

Coming 2 America (2020)

Self

The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard (2020)

Senior

Dave Chappelle: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize (2020)

Self

Meeting the Beatles in India (2020)

Narrator

Fast Times at Ridgemont High: A Virtual Table Read (2020)

Narrator

The Disney Family Singalong: Volume II (2020)

Himself

Angel Has Fallen (2019)

Allan Trumbull

The Poison Rose (2019)

Doc

Brian Banks (2019)

Jerome Johnson (uncredited)

Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? (2019)

Morgan Freeman (voice)

The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018)

Drosselmeyer

America's Musical Journey (2018)

Narrator

Die Clint Eastwood Story (2018)

Himself

Laddie (2017)

Himself

Going in Style (2017)

Willie Davis

Just Getting Started (2017)

Duke

L'Empereur (2017)

Narrator

The Words That Built America (2017)

Himself

The Story of Us with Morgan Freeman (2017)

Himself - Host

The Story of God with Morgan Freeman (2016 - 2019)

Presenter

London Has Fallen (2016)

Vice President Alan Trumbull

Ben-Hur (2016)

Sheik Ilderim

Now You See Me 2 (2016)

Thaddeus Bradley

The C Word (2016)

(voice)

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015 - 2022)

Self

Ted 2 (2015)

Patrick Meighan

Last Knights (2015)

Bartok

Momentum (2015)

Senator

JFK & LBJ: A Time for Greatness (2015)

Narrator (voice)

Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014 - 2020)

Self

The Lego Movie (2014)

Vitruvius (voice)

Transcendence (2014)

Joseph Tagger

Dolphin Tale 2 (2014)

Dr. Cameron McCarthy

Island of Lemurs: Madagascar (2014)

Narrator

Lucy (2014)

Professor Samuel Norman

5 Flights Up (2014)

Alex Carver

We the People (2014)

Narrator

Wish Wizard (2014)

Maxwell Omni

Oblivion (2013)

Malcolm Beech

Now You See Me (2013)

Thaddeus Bradley

Olympus Has Fallen (2013)

Speaker Trumbull

Last Vegas (2013)

Archie

Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story (2013)

Himself

Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot (2013)

Himself

JFK: A President Betrayed (2013)

Narrator

The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy (2013)

Self (archive footage)

The Editor and The Dragon: Horace Carter Fights the Klan (2013)

Narrator

The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

Fox

Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl (2012)

Himself

The Magic of Belle Isle (2012)

Monte Wildhorn

B.B. King: The Life of Riley (2012)

Narrator

Le frontiere dell'Astronomia - EP-7 Vite aliene nel cosmo (2012)

Narratore

Ending the Knight (2012)

Self

Curiosity (2011 - 2013)

Himself - Narrator

Conan the Barbarian (2011)

Narrator (voice)

Born to Be Wild (2011)

Narrator

Dolphin Tale (2011)

Dr. McCarthy

Quebrando o Tabu (2011)

Narrator

Clint Eastwood's West (2011)

Himself

Through the Wormhole (2010 - 2017)

Himself - Host

For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots (2010)

(voice)

Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy (2010)

Self (archive footage)

RED (2010)

Joe Matheson

The 16th Man (2010)

Narrator

The Eastwood Factor (2010)

Narrator

The President's Photographer: Fifty Years Inside the Oval Office (2010)

Narrator

The Jay Leno Show (2009 - 2010)

Self

Live from Studio Five (2009 - 2010)

Self

Thick as Thieves (2009)

Keith Ripley

Invictus (2009)

Nelson Mandela

The Maiden Heist (2009)

Charles

The People Speak (2009)

Himself

Prom Night in Mississippi (2009)

Himself

The Dark Knight (2008)

Lucius Fox

Wanted (2008)

Sloan

A Raisin in the Sun (2008)

Narrator (uncredited)

The Graham Norton Show (2007 - 2022)

Himself

The Graham Norton Show (2007 - 2022)

Self - Guest

Evan Almighty (2007)

God

Gone Baby Gone (2007)

Jack Doyle

The Bucket List (2007)

Carter Chambers

Feast of Love (2007)

Harry Stevenson

All About Us (2007)

Self

AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition (2007)

Himself

Lucky Number Slevin (2006)

The Boss

The Contract (2006)

Frank Carden

10 Items or Less (2006)

'Him'

Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters (2006)

Self

The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays (2006)

Jaques (segment "As You Like It")

The Electric Company's Greatest Hits & Bits (2006)

Self

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2005 - 2014)

Self

The Reichen Show (2005 - 2006)

Self - Guest

War of the Worlds (2005)

Narrator (Voice)

Batman Begins (2005)

Lucius Fox

La Marche de l'empereur (2005)

Narrator (English voice)

An Unfinished Life (2005)

Mitch Bradley

Unleashed (2005)

Sam

Edison (2005)

Moses Ashford

Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon (2005)

Neil Armstrong

Blues Divas (2005)

Himself

Slavery and the Making of America (2005)

Narrator

A Concert for Hurricane Relief (2005)

Self

Million Dollar Baby (2004)

Eddie Scrap-Iron Dupris

The Big Bounce (2004)

Walter Crewes

The Hunting of the President (2004)

Narrator

Genius. A Night for Ray Charles (2004)

Himself

America Beyond the Color Line (2004)

Himself

The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003 - 2022)

Self

Bruce Almighty (2003)

God

Dreamcatcher (2003)

Col. Abraham Curtis

Levity (2003)

Miles Evans

Guilty by Association (2003)

Lt. Redding

Declaration of Independence (2003)

Himself

The Sum of All Fears (2002)

DCI William Cabot

High Crimes (2002)

Charlie Grimes

Partners of the Heart (2002)

Narrator

All on Accounta Pullin' a Trigger (2002)

Self

Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven' (2002)

Self

Along Came a Spider (2001)

Alex Cross

Shawshank: The Redeeming Feature (2001)

Himself

Battlefield Earth: Evolution & Creation (2000)

Kendrick Ryker

Nurse Betty (2000)

Charlie

Under Suspicion (2000)

Captain Victor Benezet

Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows (2000)

Narrator (voice)

Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist (2000)

Himself

Stephen King: Shining in the Dark (1999)

Himself

Deep Impact (1998)

President Tom Beck

Hard Rain (1998)

Jim

The View (1997 - 2022)

Self

Leute heute (1997 - 2020)

self

Kiss the Girls (1997)

Alex Cross

Amistad (1997)

Theodore

The Long Way Home (1997)

Narrator

The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (1996 - 2022)

Self

Chain Reaction (1996)

Paul Shannon

Cosmic Voyage (1996)

Narrator (voice)

Moll Flanders (1996)

Hibble

National Geographic: Inside the White House (1996)

Narrator

Se7en (1995)

Detective Lt. William Somerset

Outbreak (1995)

Billy Ford

Inside the Actors Studio (1994 - 2018)

Self

The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding

A Century of Cinema (1994)

Self

Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993 - 2009)

Self - Guest

Unforgiven (1992)

Ned Logan

The Power of One (1992)

Geel Piet

Pebble Mill (1991 - 1996)

Self

Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)

Azeem

The True Story of Glory Continues (1991)

Narrator

The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry (1991)

Narrator

Robin Hood: The Myth, the Man, the Movie (1991)

Self

The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990)

Judge Leonard White

Rabbit Ears - Follow the Drinking Gourd (1990)

Narrator

The Earth Day Special (1990)

Walter Samson

The Civil War (1990)

Frederick Douglass

Night Of 100 Stars III (1990)

Self

Driving Miss Daisy (1989)

Hoke Colburn

Johnny Handsome (1989)

Lt. A.Z. Drones

Glory (1989)

Sgt. Maj. John Rawlins

Lean On Me (1989)

Principal Joe Clark

American Experience (1988 - 2022)

Narrator (voice)

Clean and Sober (1988)

Craig

Blood Money: The Story of Clinton and Nadine (1988)

Dorsey Pratt

Street Smart (1987)

Fast Black

Fight for Life (1987)

Dr. Sherard

American Masters (1986 - 2020)

Narrator (voice)

Resting Place (1986)

Luther Johnson

The Twilight Zone (1985 - 1989)

Tony

That Was Then... This Is Now (1985)

Charlie Woods

Marie (1985)

Charles Traughber

The Execution of Raymond Graham (1985)

Warden Pratt

The Atlanta Child Murders (1985)

Ben Shelter

Teachers (1984)

Lewis

Harry & Son (1984)

Siemanowski

Eyewitness (1981)

Lieutenant Black

Death of a Prophet (1981)

Malcolm X

The Marva Collins Story (1981)

Clarence Collins

Texas (1980 - 1982)

Detective Michaels

Brubaker (1980)

Walter

Attica (1980)

Hap Richards

CBS News Sunday Morning (1979 - 2021)

Self

Coriolanus (1979)

Coriolanus

Hollow Image (1979)

Sweet Talk

The Kennedy Center Honors (1978 - 2018)

Self

Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry (1978)

Uncle Hammer

Saturday Night Live (1975 - 2022)

Self - Cameo (uncredited)

Out to Lunch (1974)

Himself / Croupier

Blade (1973)

Chris

Great Performances (1971 - 2020)

Messenger

The Electric Company (1971 - 1977)

Count Dracula

The Electric Company (1971 - 1977)

Easy Reader

The Electric Company (1971 - 1977)

Mad Scientist

Who Says I Can't Ride a Rainbow! (1971)

Afro

60 Minutes (1968 - 2020)

Self

Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? (1968)

Grand Central Commuter

Goldene Kamera Verleihung (1966 - 2019)

himself

A Man Called Adam (1966)

Party Guest (Uncredited)

The Pawnbroker (1965)

Man on Street

The Oscars (1953 - 2022)

Self

Today (1952 - 2022)

Self

Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951 - 2011)

Clarence

Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951 - 2011)

Luther

Blacklist: Hollywood on trial

Edward G. Robinson

Echoes 'Cross the Tracks

Self

Now You See Me 3

Thaddeus Bradley

Spidey Super Stories

Count Dracula

Spidey Super Stories

Easy Reader

Spidey Super Stories

Police officer

Spidey Super Stories

Umpire

The Promised Land

Narrator (voice)

The Comeback Trail

Reggie Fontaine

Into Nature's Wild

Narrator

Hate to See You Go

Sonny Bell

Sniff

Joe Mulwray

The Blues Live On! The Delta Blues Museum

Narrator (voice)

57 Seconds

Anton Burrell

Muti

Professor Mackles

Life on Our Planet

Narrator (voice)

Lioness

Secretary of State Edwin Mullins

Black Patriots: The 761st Battalion

Self

Panama Canal in 3D a Land Divided a World United

Self

Director (2 Known Credits)

Madam Secretary

Director

Bopha!

Director

Madam Secretary (2014 - 2019)

Director

Bopha! (1993)

Director

Executive Producer (8 Known Credits)

Executive Producer

Executive Producer

Executive Producer

Executive Producer

Executive Producer

Executive Producer

The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain

Executive Producer

Black Patriots: The 761st Battalion

Executive Producer

The Gray House (2024)

Executive Producer

Through the Wormhole (2010 - 2017)

Executive Producer

Invictus (2009)

Executive Producer

Levity (2003)

Executive Producer

Along Came a Spider (2001)

Executive Producer

Under Suspicion (2000)

Executive Producer

The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain

Executive Producer

Black Patriots: The 761st Battalion

Executive Producer

Producer (7 Known Credits)

Ogun Óla: War is Coming

Producer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Ogun Óla: War is Coming (2022)

Producer

5 Flights Up (2014)

Producer

Through the Wormhole (2010 - 2017)

Producer

The 16th Man (2010)

Producer

Hate to See You Go

Producer

Rendezvous with Rama

Producer

Last Meals

Producer

Age At Time Of Release

Morgan Freeman

Actor | Director | Executive Producer | Producer

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