The Dinosaurs
2026 · TV Show
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Morgan Freeman
1937-06-01
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Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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. He rose to fame in the 1970s for his role in the children's television series The Electric Company. Freeman then appeared in the Shakespearean plays Coriolanus and Julius Caesar, the former of which earned him an Obie Award. His breakout role was in Street Smart (1987), playing a hustler, which earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. He achieved further stardom in Glory, the biographical drama Lean on Me, and comedy-drama Driving Miss Daisy (all 1989), the latter of which garnered him his first Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. In 1992, Freeman starred alongside Clint Eastwood in the western revenge film Unforgiven; this would be the first of several collaborations with Eastwood. In 1994, he starred in the prison drama The Shawshank Redemption for which he received another Academy Award nomination. Freeman also starred in David Fincher's crime thriller Se7en (1995), and Steven Spielberg's historical drama Amistad (1997). Freeman won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Clint Eastwood's 2004 sports drama Million Dollar Baby. In 2009, he received his fifth Oscar nomination for playing former South African President Nelson Mandela in Eastwood's Invictus. Freeman is also known for his performance as Lucius Fox in Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Trilogy (2005–2012). In addition to acting, Freeman has directed the drama Bopha! (1993). He also founded film production company Revelations Entertainment with business partner Lori McCreary. He is the recipient of the Kennedy Center Honor, the AFI Life Achievement Award, the Cecil B. DeMille Award, and the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award. For his performances in theatrical productions, he has won three Obie Awards, one of the most prestigious honors for recognizing excellence in theatre.
Filmography
Now You See Me: Now You Don't
2025 · Movie
as Thaddeus Bradley
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Clint Eastwood : la légende
2025 · Movie
as Self
The Power of Chi
2025 · Movie
as (narrator)
Number One on the Call Sheet
2025 · TV Show
as Self
The American Revolution
2025 · TV Show
as (voice)
Gunner
2024 · Movie
as Kendrick Ryker
My Dead Friend Zoe
2024 · Movie
as Dr. Cole
Odysseus Returns
2024 · Movie
as Narrator
From the Balkans
2024 · Movie
as (narrator)
761st Tank Battalion: The Original Black Panthers
2023 · Movie
as Self
57 Seconds
2023 · Movie
as Anton Burrell
A Good Person
2023 · Movie
as Daniel
The Ritual Killer
2023 · Movie
as Dr. Mackles
100 Years of Warner Bros.
2023 · TV Show
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Lioness
2023 · TV Show
as Secretary of State Edwin Mullins
The Muppets Mayhem
2023 · TV Show
as Morgan Freeman
Life on Our Planet
2023 · TV Show
as Self - Narrator (voice)
LEGEND
2023 · TV Show
Betty White: A Celebration
2022 · Movie
as Self
The Minute You Wake Up Dead
2022 · Movie
as Sheriff Thurmond Fowler
Paradise Highway
2022 · Movie
as Gerick
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
2022 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Sidney
2022 · Movie
as Self
Power of Chi
2022 · Movie
as Narrator (voice)
Metro Boomin: Heroes & Villains
2022 · Movie
VM-krönika 2022
2022 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Our Universe
2022 · TV Show
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022 · TV Show
as Self - Guest
Morgan Freeman: Breaking Barriers
2021 · Movie
as Self
Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard
2021 · Movie
as Senior
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
2021 · Movie
as Self
Vanquish
2021 · Movie
as Damon
Coming 2 America
2021 · Movie
as Morgan Freeman
Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking
2021 · Movie
as Self
History's Greatest Escapes with Morgan Freeman
2021 · TV Show
as Self - Host
Solos
2021 · TV Show
as Narrator (voice), Stuart
Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy
2021 · TV Show
as Self
The Comeback Trail
2020 · Movie
as Reggie Fontaine
The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II
2020 · Movie
as Self
Into Nature's Wild
2020 · Movie
as Narrator (voice)
Meeting the Beatles in India
2020 · Movie
as Narrator (voice)
Panama Canal: A Land Divided ~ A World United
2019 · Movie
as Self
Angel Has Fallen
2019 · Movie
as Alan Trumbull
The Poison Rose
2019 · Movie
as Doc
Brian Banks
2019 · Movie
as Jerome Johnson (uncredited)
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
2019 · TV Show
as Morgan Freeman (voice)
Die Clint Eastwood Story
2018 · Movie
as Self
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
2018 · Movie
as Drosselmeyer
America's Musical Journey
2018 · Movie
as Narrator (voice)
The Kominsky Method
2018 · TV Show
as Morgan Freeman
Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies
2017 · Movie
as Self
Going in Style
2017 · Movie
as Willie Davis
Just Getting Started
2017 · Movie
as Duke
The Words That Built America
2017 · Movie
as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs
2017 · Movie
as Self
March of the Penguins 2: The Next Step
2017 · Movie
as Narrator (English voice)
The Story of Us with Morgan Freeman
2017 · TV Show
as Self - Host
Monochrome: Black, White & Blue
2017 · TV Show
as Self
London Has Fallen
2016 · Movie
as Alan Trumbull
Now You See Me 2
2016 · Movie
as Thaddeus Bradley
Ben-Hur
2016 · Movie
as Sheik Ilderim
The C Word
2016 · Movie
as Narrator (voice)
The Story of God with Morgan Freeman
2016 · TV Show
as Self - Host
WIRED's Autocomplete Interviews
2016 · TV Show
as Self - Guest
Last Knights
2015 · Movie
as Bartok
Ted 2
2015 · Movie
as Patrick Meighan
Momentum
2015 · Movie
as Senator
JFK & LBJ: A Time for Greatness
2015 · Movie
as Narrator (voice)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · TV Show
as Self, Self - Guest
Transcendence
2014 · Movie
as Joseph Tagger
The Lego Movie
2014 · Movie
as Vitruvius (voice)
Island of Lemurs: Madagascar
2014 · Movie
as Narrator (voice)
Lucy
2014 · Movie
as Professor Norman
Dolphin Tale 2
2014 · Movie
as Dr. Cameron McCarthy
5 Flights Up
2014 · Movie
as Alex Carver
Wish Wizard
2014 · Movie
as Maxwell Omni
We the People
2014 · Movie
as Narrator (voice)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · TV Show
as Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · TV Show
as Self - Guest
Madam Secretary
2014 · TV Show
as Chief Justice Frawley, Chief Justice Wilbourne (uncredited)
Oblivion
2013 · Movie
as Beech
Now You See Me
2013 · Movie
as Thaddeus Bradley
Olympus Has Fallen
2013 · Movie
as Alan Trumbull
Last Vegas
2013 · Movie
as Archibald 'Archie' Clayton
JFK: A President Betrayed
2013 · Movie
as Narrator (voice)
Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot
2013 · Movie
as Self
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The Editor and The Dragon: Horace Carter Fights the Klan
2013 · Movie
as Narrator (voice)
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
2013 · Movie
as Self
The Dark Knight Rises
2012 · Movie
as Fox
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Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl
2012 · Movie
as Self
The Magic of Belle Isle
2012 · Movie
as Monte Wildhorn
B.B. King: The Life of Riley
2012 · Movie
as Narrator (voice)
Echoes 'Cross the Tracks
2012 · Movie
as Self
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Le frontiere dell'Astronomia - EP-7 Vite aliene nel cosmo
2012 · Movie
as Narratore
Ending the Knight
2012 · Movie
as Self
Dolphin Tale
2011 · Movie
as Dr. McCarthy
Born to Be Wild
2011 · Movie
as Narrator (voice)
Breaking the Taboo
2011 · Movie
as Narrator (voice)
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Clint Eastwood's West
2011 · Movie
as Self
Conan the Barbarian
2011 · Movie
as Narrator (voice)
Curiosity
2011 · TV Show
as Self - Narrator (voice)
RED
2010 · Movie
as Joe Matheson
The Eastwood Factor
2010 · Movie
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The President's Photographer: Fifty Years Inside the Oval Office
2010 · Movie
as Narrator (voice)
The 16th Man
2010 · Movie
as Narrator (voice)
Through the Wormhole
2010 · TV Show
as Self - Host
Invictus
2009 · Movie
as Nelson Mandela
The Maiden Heist
2009 · Movie
as Charles Peterson
The People Speak
2009 · Movie
as Self
Thick as Thieves
2009 · Movie
as Keith Ripley
Prom Night in Mississippi
2009 · Movie
as Narrator (voice)
The Jay Leno Show
2009 · TV Show
as Self
Live from Studio Five
2009 · TV Show
as Self
30 for 30
2009 · TV Show
The Dark Knight
2008 · Movie
as Lucius Fox
Wanted
2008 · Movie
as Sloan
A Raisin in the Sun
2008 · Movie
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Where the Water Meets the Sky
2008 · Movie
The Love Guru
2008 · Movie
as Morgan Freemann (voice) (uncredited)
Rob Reiner Interviews the Stars: Morgan Freeman
2008 · Movie
as Self
Evan Almighty
2007 · Movie
as God
Gone Baby Gone
2007 · Movie
as Jack Doyle
The Bucket List
2007 · Movie
as Carter Chambers
Feast of Love
2007 · Movie
as Harry Stevenson
AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition
2007 · Movie
as Self
All About Us
2007 · Movie
as Self
The Graham Norton Show
2007 · TV Show
as Self
Lucky Number Slevin
2006 · Movie
as The Boss
The Contract
2006 · Movie
as Frank Carden
10 Items or Less
2006 · Movie
as 'Him'
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
2006 · Movie
as Jaques (segment "As You Like It")
The Electric Company's Greatest Hits & Bits
2006 · Movie
as Self
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
2006 · Movie
as Self
Greasy Rider
2006 · Movie
War of the Worlds
2005 · Movie
as Narrator (voice)
Batman Begins
2005 · Movie
as Lucius Fox
Unleashed
2005 · Movie
as Sam
Edison
2005 · Movie
as Ashford
An Unfinished Life
2005 · Movie
as Mitch Bradley
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon
2005 · Movie
as Neil Armstrong (voice)
Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast
2005 · Movie
as Self
Blues Divas
2005 · Movie
as Self
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
2005 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
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James Lipton Takes on Three
2005 · Movie
as Self
Born to Fight
2005 · Movie
as Self
March of the Penguins
2005 · Movie
as Narrator
Slavery and the Making of America
2005 · TV Show
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005 · TV Show
as Self
No image
The Reichen Show
2005 · TV Show
as Self - Guest
Million Dollar Baby
2004 · Movie
as Eddie Scrap-Iron Dupris
The Hunting of the President
2004 · Movie
as Narrator (voice)
The Big Bounce
2004 · Movie
as Walter Crewes
Genius. A Night for Ray Charles
2004 · Movie
as Self
Survivors of the Shoah: Visual History Foundation
2004 · Movie
America Beyond the Color Line
2004 · TV Show
as Self
Bruce Almighty
2003 · Movie
as God
Levity
2003 · Movie
as Miles Evans
Dreamcatcher
2003 · Movie
as Col. Abraham Curtis
Guilty by Association
2003 · Movie
as Lt. Redding
Declaration of Independence
2003 · Movie
as Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003 · TV Show
as Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · TV Show
as Self - Guest
The Sum of All Fears
2002 · Movie
as DCI William Cabot
High Crimes
2002 · Movie
as Charlie Grimes
Partners of the Heart
2002 · Movie
as Narrator (voice)
All on Accounta Pullin' a Trigger
2002 · Movie
as Self
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
2002 · Movie
as Self
Along Came a Spider
2001 · Movie
as Alex Cross
Shawshank: The Redeeming Feature
2001 · Movie
as Self
Under Suspicion
2000 · Movie
as Captain Victor Benezet
Nurse Betty
2000 · Movie
as Charlie
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
2000 · Movie
as Narrator (voice)
Stephen King: Shining in the Dark
1999 · Movie
as Self
Mark Twain Prize
1999 · TV Show
as Self
Hard Rain
1998 · Movie
as Jim
Deep Impact
1998 · Movie
as President Tom Beck
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
1998 · Movie
as Self
Parkinson
1998 · TV Show
as Self
Amistad
1997 · Movie
as Theodore Joadson
Kiss the Girls
1997 · Movie
as Det. Alex Cross
The Long Way Home
1997 · Movie
as Narrator (voice)
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The Making of Se7en
1997 · Movie
as Self
The View
1997 · TV Show
as Self
The Chris Rock Show
1997 · TV Show
Chain Reaction
1996 · Movie
as Paul Shannon
Cosmic Voyage
1996 · Movie
as Narrator (voice)
Moll Flanders
1996 · Movie
as Hibble
Inside the White House
1996 · Movie
as Narrator (voice)
Blacklist: Hollywood on Trial
1996 · Movie
as Edward G. Robinson
The Daily Show
1996 · TV Show
as Self
Se7en
1995 · Movie
as Somerset
Outbreak
1995 · Movie
as General Billy Ford
The Shawshank Redemption
1994 · Movie
as Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding
Inside the Actors Studio
1994 · TV Show
as Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993 · TV Show
as Self - Guest
Unforgiven
1992 · Movie
as Ned Logan
The Power of One
1992 · Movie
as Geel Piet
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
1992 · Movie
as Self
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992 · TV Show
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
1992 · TV Show
as Narrator (voice)
HBO First Look
1992 · TV Show
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
1991 · Movie
as Azeem
The True Story of Glory Continues
1991 · Movie
as Narrator (voice)
Robin Hood: The Myth, the Man, the Movie
1991 · Movie
as Self
The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry
1991 · Movie
as Narrator (voice)
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Pebble Mill
1991 · TV Show
as Self
Follow the Drinking Gourd
1990 · Movie
as Narrator (voice)
The Bonfire of the Vanities
1990 · Movie
as Judge Leonard White
Night of 100 Stars III
1990 · Movie
as Self
The Earth Day Special
1990 · Movie
as Walter Samson
No image
Rabbit Ears - The Savior is Born
1990 · Movie
as Narrator (voice)
The Civil War
1990 · TV Show
as Frederick Douglass / John Boston (voice)
Driving Miss Daisy
1989 · Movie
as Hoke Colburn
Johnny Handsome
1989 · Movie
as Lt. A.Z. Drones
Glory
1989 · Movie
as Sgt. Maj. John Rawlins
Lean On Me
1989 · Movie
as Principal Joe Clark
Clean and Sober
1988 · Movie
as Craig
Clinton and Nadine
1988 · Movie
as Dorsey Pratt
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988 · TV Show
American Experience
1988 · TV Show
as Narrator (voice)
Street Smart
1987 · Movie
as Leo "Fast Black" Smalls, Jr.
Fight for Life
1987 · Movie
as Dr. Sherard
Resting Place
1986 · Movie
as Luther Johnson
American Masters
1986 · TV Show
as Narrator (voice)
That Was Then... This Is Now
1985 · Movie
as Charlie Woods
Marie: A True Story
1985 · Movie
as Charles Traughber
The Execution of Raymond Graham
1985 · Movie
as Warden Pratt
The Gospel at Colonus
1985 · Movie
as Messenger
The Twilight Zone
1985 · TV Show
as Tony (segment "Dealer's Choice")
The Atlanta Child Murders
1985 · TV Show
as Ben Shelter
Teachers
1984 · Movie
as Lewis
Harry & Son
1984 · Movie
as Siemanowski
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Goldene Kamera
1984 · TV Show
as Self
Eyewitness
1981 · Movie
as Lieutenant Black
Death of a Prophet
1981 · Movie
as Malcolm X
The Marva Collins Story
1981 · Movie
as Clarence Collins
Brubaker
1980 · Movie
as Walter
Attica
1980 · Movie
as Hap Richards
Hollow Image
1979 · Movie
as Sweet Talk
CBS News Sunday Morning
1979 · TV Show
as Self
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
1978 · Movie
as Uncle Hammer
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978 · TV Show
as Self
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
1978 · TV Show
as Uncle Hammer
Saturday Night Live
1975 · TV Show
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
Out to Lunch
1974 · Movie
as Self / Croupier
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Energy Crisis
1974 · Movie
as Self
Spidey Super Stories
1974 · TV Show
as Police officer, Umpire, Count Dracula, Easy Reader
Blade
1973 · Movie
as Chris
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973 · TV Show
as Self
Who Says I Can't Ride a Rainbow!
1971 · Movie
as Afro
The Electric Company
1971 · TV Show
as Mark /Easy Reader /Mel Mounds /Count Dracula /Mad Scientist /The Cop /Marcello
Great Performances
1971 · TV Show
as Messenger
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Caught in the Middle
1970 · Movie
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
1968 · Movie
as Grand Central Commuter (uncredited), Grand Central Commuter
60 Minutes
1968 · TV Show
as Self
A Man Called Adam
1966 · Movie
as Party Guest (uncredited)
The Pawnbroker
1965 · Movie
as Man on Street (Uncredited)
Tony Awards
1956 · TV Show
as Self - Performer
The Oscars
1953 · TV Show
as Self - Presenter, Self
Today
1952 · TV Show
as Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · TV Show
as Clarence, Luther
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · TV Show
as Self - Presenter, Self - Nominee, Self, Self - Cecil B. DeMille Award Recipient
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Sniff
· Movie
as Joe Mulwray
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The Blues Live On! The Delta Blues Museum
· Movie
as Narrator (voice)
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The Little Bedroom
· Movie
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Hate to See You Go
· Movie
as Sonny Bell
CLINT
· Movie
as Narrator (voice)
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A New Birth of Freedom
· Movie
as Narrator
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The Promised Land
· TV Show
as Narrator (voice)
Crew Credits
The Gray House
2026 · TV Show
Executive Producer
In Our Blood
2025 · Movie
Executive Producer
761st Tank Battalion: The Original Black Panthers
2023 · Movie
Executive Producer
Ogun Óla: War is Coming
2022 · Movie
Producer
The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain
2021 · Movie
Executive Producer
5 Flights Up
2014 · Movie
Producer
Madam Secretary
2014 · TV Show
Director, Executive Producer
The 16th Man
2010 · Movie
Producer
Through the Wormhole
2010 · TV Show
Producer, Executive Producer
Invictus
2009 · Movie
Executive Producer
Levity
2003 · Movie
Executive Producer
Along Came a Spider
2001 · Movie
Executive Producer
Under Suspicion
2000 · Movie
Executive Producer
Mutiny
1999 · Movie
Executive Producer
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
1998 · Movie
Thanks
Bopha!
1993 · Movie
Director
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Hate to See You Go
· Movie
Producer
Last Meals
· Movie
Producer
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Break Out
· Movie
Executive Producer
