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Morgan Freeman

Birth date: 01.06.1937

With an authoritative voice, and calm demeanour, this ever popular African American actor has grown into one of the most respected figures in modern US cinema. Born in June 1937 in Memphis, Tennessee, the young Freeman attended Los Angeles Community College before serving several years in the US Air Force as a mechanic between 1955 and 1959. His first dramatic arts exposure was on the stage and he appeared in an off Broadway production of "The Nigger Lovers" and also in an all-African American production of the exuberant musical Hello, Dolly! (1969). Freeman first appeared on TV screens as several characters including Easy Reader, Mel Mounds, and Count Dracula on the Children's Television Workshop (now Sesame Workshop) show "The Electric Company" (1971). He then moved into feature film with another children's adventure, Who Says I Can't Ride a Rainbow? (1971). Next there was a small role in the thriller Blade (1973); then he played Casca in _Julius Caesar (1979/II) (V)_ and the title role in Coriolanus (1979). Regular work was coming in for the talented Freeman and he appeared in the prison dramas Attica (1980) (TV) and Brubaker (1980), the slow-moving Eyewitness (1981), and portrayed the final 24 hours of slain Malcolm X in Death of a Prophet (1981). For most of the 1980s, Freeman continued to contribute decent enough performances in films that fluctuated in their quality. However, he really stood out, scoring an Oscar nomination as a merciless hoodlum in _Street Smart (1987/I)_ , and then he dazzled audiences and pulled a second Oscar nomination as the patient and dignified chauffeur assisting moody pensioner Jessica Tandy in the delightful Driving Miss Daisy (1989). The same year, Freeman teamed up with youthful Matthew Broderick and fiery Denzel Washington in the epic Civil War drama Glory (1989) about freed slaves being recruited to form the first all-African American fighting brigade. His star continued to rise, and the 1990s kicked off strongly with roles in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) and The Power of One (1992). Freeman's next role was as gunman Ned Logan, wooed out of retirement by friend William Munny to avenge several prostitutes in the wild west town of Big Whiskey in Clint Eastwood's de-mythologized western Unforgiven (1992). The film was a critical and box-office smash and scored an acting Oscar for Gene Hackman, a directing Oscar for Eastwood, and the Oscar for best picture. Freeman's work did not go unnoticed, more strong scripts came in, and he was back behind bars depicting a knowledgeable inmate (and obtaining his third Oscar nomination), befriending falsely accused banker Tim Robbins in the uplifting The Shawshank Redemption (1994). He was then back out hunting a religious serial killer in Se7en (1995), starred alongside Keanu Reeves in Chain Reaction (1996), and was pursuing another serial murderer in Kiss the Girls (1997). Further praise followed for his role in the slave tale of Amistad (1997), he was a worried US President facing Armageddon from above in Deep Impact (1998), appeared in the loopy Neil LaBute black comedy Nurse Betty (2000), and reprised his role as "Alex Cross" in Along Came a Spider (2001). Now highly popular, he was much in demand with cinema audiences, and he co-starred in the terrorist drama The Sum of All Fears (2002), was a military officer in the Stephen King-inspired Dreamcatcher (2003), gave divine guidance as God to Jim Carrey in the very funny Bruce Almighty (2003), and played a minor role in the uneven comedy The Big Bounce (2004). However, 2005 was finally to be Morgan Freeman's year, when again he teamed up with good friend Clint Eastwood to appear in the heart-wrenching drama, Million Dollar Baby (2004). Freeman's on-screen performance is simply world-class as ex-prize fighter Eddie "Scrap Iron" Dupris, who works in a run-down boxing gym alongside grizzled trainer Frankie Dunn, as the two work together to hone the skills of never-say-die female boxer Hilary Swank. Freeman received his fourth Oscar nomination and, finally, impressed the Academy's judges enough to win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his performance. In addition to his film work, his commanding yet mellifluous voice has also led Freeman to be cast to narrate or host dozens of first-rate television specials covering topics from the American Civil War, the American Film Institute, blues music, the White House, and many commemorative events involving the US film industry, most recently as the narrator of the American version of Marche de l'empereur, La (2005).

Filmography

# Rendezvous with Rama (2009) # The Human Factor (2009) .... Nelson Mandela # The Last Full Measure (2009) .... Jimmy Burr # The Lonely Maiden (2008) # The Code (2008) # The Dark Knight (2008) .... Lucius Fox # Wanted (2008) .... Sloan # The Bucket List (2007) .... Carter Chambers # Feast of Love (2007) .... Harry Stevenson # Gone Baby Gone (2007) .... Capt. Jack Doyle # Evan Almighty (2007) .... God # The Contract (2006/I) .... Frank Carden # 10 Items or Less (2006) .... Him # Lucky Number Slevin (2006) .... The Boss ... aka Lucky # Slevin (Germany) (USA: DVD box title) ... aka Lucky Number S7evin (USA: poster title) ... aka The Wrong Man (Australia) # Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D (2005) (voice) .... Neil Armstrong # Edison (2005) .... Moses Ashford ... aka Edison Force (USA: DVD title) # An Unfinished Life (2005) .... Mitch Bradley ... aka Ungezähmtes Leben, Ein (Germany) # Batman Begins (2005) (VG) (voice) .... Lucius Fox # War of the Worlds (2005) (voice) .... Narration # Batman Begins (2005) .... Lucius Fox ... aka Batman Begins: The IMAX Experience (USA: IMAX version) # Danny the Dog (2005) .... Sam ... aka Unleashed (Australia) (Philippines: English title) (UK: DVD title) (USA) ... aka Danny the Dog (Hong Kong: English title) # "Slavery and the Making of America" .... Narrator (4 episodes, 2005) - Liberty in the Air (2005) TV episode .... Narrator - Seeds of Destruction (2005) TV episode .... Narrator - The Challenge of Freedom (2005) TV episode .... Narrator - The Downward Spiral (2005) TV episode .... Narrator # Million Dollar Baby (2004) .... Eddie Scrap-Iron Dupris # A Remarkable Promise (2004) .... Narrator # The Big Bounce (2004) .... Walter Crewes # Guilty by Association (2003) (V) .... Police Lieutenant Redding # Bruce Almighty (2003) .... God # Dreamcatcher (2003) .... Col. Abraham Curtis ... aka Attrapeur de rêves, L' (Canada: French title) # Levity (2003) .... Miles Evans # "Freedom: A History of Us" .... Frederick Douglass / ... (6 episodes, 2003) - A Fatal Contradiction (2003) TV episode .... Frederick Douglass - A War to End Slavery (2003) TV episode .... Frederick Douglass - Becoming Free (2003) TV episode .... Langston Hughes - Democracy and Struggles (2003) TV episode .... Thurgood Marshall - Let Freedom Ring (2003) TV episode .... Ernest Green (1 more) # The Sum of All Fears (2002) .... DCI William Cabot ... aka Anschlag, Der (Germany) # High Crimes (2002) .... Charles W. Grimes # Along Came a Spider (2001) .... Alex Cross ... aka Im Netz der Spinne (Germany) ... aka Masque de l'araignée, Le (Canada: French title) # Under Suspicion (2000) .... Captain Victor Benezet ... aka Suspicion (France) # Nurse Betty (2000) .... Charlie ... aka Nurse Betty - Gefährliche Träume (Germany) # Deep Impact (1998) .... President Tom Beck # Hard Rain (1998) .... Jim ... aka Flood (Japan: English title) ... aka Pluie d'enfer (France) # Amistad (1997) .... Theodore Joadson # Kiss the Girls (1997) .... Dr. Alex Cross # Chain Reaction (1996) .... Paul Shannon # Moll Flanders (1996) .... Hibble # Se7en (1995) .... Detective Lt. William Somerset # Outbreak (1995) .... Brig. Gen. Billy Ford # The Shawshank Redemption (1994) .... Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding # Unforgiven (1992) .... Ned Logan # The Power of One (1992) .... Geel Piet ... aka Puissance de l'ange, La (France) # Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) .... Azeem # The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990) .... Judge Leonard White # Glory (1989) .... Sgt. Maj. John Rawlins # Driving Miss Daisy (1989) .... Hoke Colburn # Johnny Handsome (1989) .... Lt. A.Z. Drones # Lean on Me (1989) .... Principal Joe Clark # Clean and Sober (1988) .... Craig # Clinton and Nadine (1988) (TV) .... Dorsey Pratt ... aka Blood Money: The Story of Clinton and Nadine # Fight for Life (1987) (TV) .... Dr. Sherard # Street Smart (1987) .... Fast Black # Resting Place (1986) (TV) .... Luther Johnson # "Great Performances" .... Messenger (1 episode, 1985) - The Gospel at Colonus (1985) TV episode .... Messenger # The Execution of Raymond Graham (1985) (TV) .... Warden Pratt # "The Twilight Zone" .... Tony (segment "Dealer's Choice") (1 episode, 1985) ... aka The New Twilight Zone (Australia) - Act Break/The Burning Man/Dealer's Choice (1985) TV episode .... Tony (segment "Dealer's Choice") # That Was Then... This Is Now (1985) .... Charlie Woods # Marie (1985) .... Charles Traughber ... aka Marie: A True Story # "The Atlanta Child Murders" (1985) (mini) TV mini-series .... Ben Shelter # The Gospel at Colonus (1985) (TV) .... Messenger # Teachers (1984) .... Lewis # Harry & Son (1984) .... Siemanowski # "Another World" (1964) TV series .... Dr. Roy Bingham (unknown episodes, 1982-1984) ... aka Another World: Bay City # The Marva Collins Story (1981) (TV) .... Clarence Collins # "Ryan's Hope" .... Cicero Murphy (2 episodes, 1981) - Episode #1.1620 (1981) TV episode .... Cicero Murphy - Episode #1.1619 (1981) TV episode .... Cicero Murphy # Eyewitness (1981) .... Lieutenant Black ... aka The Janitor # Death of a Prophet (1981) (TV) .... Malcolm X # Brubaker (1980) .... Walter # Attica (1980) (TV) .... Hap Richards # Hollow Image (1979) (TV) .... Ralph 'Sweet Talk' Simmons # Julius Caesar (1979) (V) .... Casca # Coriolanus (1979) .... Coriolanus # "Visions" (1 episode, 1978) - Charlie Smith and the Fritter Tree (1978) TV episode # Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (1978) (TV) .... Uncle Hammer # "The Electric Company" .... Count Dracula / ... (780 episodes, 1971-1977) - 130B (1977) TV episode .... Mark / Easy Reader / Mel Mounds / Count Dracula / Mad Scientist / The Cop / Marcello - 129B (1977) TV episode .... Mark / Easy Reader / Mel Mounds / Count Dracula / Mad Scientist / The Cop / Marcello - 128B (1977) TV episode .... Mark / Easy Reader / Mel Mounds / Count Dracula / Mad Scientist / The Cop / Marcello - 127B (1977) TV episode .... Mark / Easy Reader / Mel Mounds / Count Dracula / Mad Scientist / The Cop / Marcello - 126B (1977) TV episode .... Mark / Easy Reader / Mel Mounds / Count Dracula / Mad Scientist / The Cop / Marcello (775 more) # Out to Lunch (1974) (TV) .... Various # Blade (1973) .... Chris # Who Says I Can't Ride a Rainbow! (1971) .... Afro ... aka Barney # Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? (1968) (uncredited) .... Grand Central Commuter # A Man Called Adam (1966) (uncredited) # The Pawnbroker (1964) (uncredited) .... Man on Street