Morgan Freeman
Morgan Porterfield Freeman Jr. (born June 1, 1937) is an Afro-American actor, director, producer and narrator.
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.jpg) Morgan Freeman in August 2023 | |
| Born | Morgan Porterfield Freeman Jr. June 1, 1937 |
| Education | Broad Street High School |
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| Years active | 1964–present |
| Organization | Revelations Entertainment |
Works | Full list |
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| Children | 4 |
| Awards | Full list |
| Allegiance | United States of America |
| Service/branch |  United States Air Force |
| Years of service | 1955–1959 |
| Rank |  Airman First Class |
Morgan Freeman's voice from BBC Radio 4's The Film Programme, September 12, 2008.[1] | |
Early life
Freeman was born in Memphis, Tennessee on June 1, 1937.[3] He started acting when he was nine years old in a school play and at age 12 won a drama competition in his home State. Morgan worked many acting jobs until 1968 when he got his first role on Broadway in a Musical called Hello, Dolly!. He is known for his soft-spoken voice. He has donated several amounts of money to the Democratic Party. Once he stated that "Republicans scare me."[4]
Some movies
Some movies that Freeman has been in include:
- Brubaker as Walter (1980)
- Unforgiven as Ned Logan (1992)
- The Shawshank Redemption as Red (1994)
- Outbreak as Gen. Billy Ford (1995)
- Se7en as Detective Lt. William Somerset (1995)
- Bruce Almighty as God (2002)
- Batman Begins as Lucius Fox (2005)
- Evan Almighty as God (2007)
- The Dark Knight as Lucius Fox (2008)
- Invictus as Nelson Mandela (2009)
- RED as Joe (2010)
- The Dark Knight Rises as Lucius Fox (2012)
- Olympus Has Fallen as Speaker of the House Allan Trumbull (2013)
- The Lego Movie as Vitruvius (2014)
- Transcendence as Joseph Tagger (2014)
- Ted 2 as Patrick Meighan (2015)
- London Has Fallen as Vice President Allan Trumbull (2016)
- The Nutcracker and the Four Realms as Drosselmeyer (2018)
Morgan Freeman Media
Freeman at the 62nd Academy Awards in 1990
Morgan freeman.Kennedy center Mark Twain awards October 20, 1998 Washington D.C. © copyright John Mathew Smith 2001
Freeman at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival
Freeman at the German premiere of The Bucket List in 2008
Academy Award-winning actor Morgan Freeman narrates for the opening ceremony to they 2016 Invictus games in Orlando, Fla. May 8, 2016. (DoD News photo by EJ Hersom)
Freeman with daughter Morgana at the 62nd Academy Awards in 1990
Freeman at the 2018 Deauville American Film Festival
Waxwork of Freeman at Madame Tussauds, London
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References
- ↑ "12/09/2008". The Film Programme.
- ↑ Nace, Trevor. "Morgan Freeman Converted His 124-Acre Ranch Into A Giant Honeybee Sanctuary To Save The Bees". Forbes. Retrieved September 8, 2021.
- ↑ Morgan Freeman Biography (1937-)
- ↑ Caitlin McDevitt (June 20, 2012). Morgan Freeman: Republicans 'scare me'. http://www.politico.com/blogs/click/2012/06/morgan-freeman-republicans-scare-me-126766.
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