Morgan Freeman on screen and stage

American actor and director Morgan Freeman has had a prolific career on film, television and on the stage. His film debut was as an uncredited character in the Sidney Lumet–directed drama The Pawnbroker in 1964. Freeman also made his stage debut in the same year by appearing in the musical Hello, Dolly! He followed this with further stage appearances in The Niggerlovers (1967), The Dozens (1969), Exhibition (1969), and the musical Purlie (1970–1971). He played various characters on the children's television series The Electric Company (1971–1977). Freeman subsequently appeared in the films Teachers in 1984, and Marie in 1985 before making his breakthrough with 1987's Street Smart.[1][2] His role earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.[3] Two years later he appeared in war film Glory (1989), and starred as Hoke Coleburn in the comedy-drama Driving Miss Daisy (1989).[lower-alpha 1] Freeman won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for his performance in the latter and also earned a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor.[5][6]

At a conference in Los Angeles, October 2006

In the 1990s, he was cast in numerous films, including the adventure film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) opposite Kevin Costner, drama The Shawshank Redemption (1994) with Tim Robbins, psychological thriller Seven (1995), historical drama Amistad (1997), crime thriller Kiss the Girls (1997), and science fiction disaster film Deep Impact (1998). His role in The Shawshank Redemption earned him a second nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor.[7] In 2003, he played God in the comedy Bruce Almighty opposite Jim Carrey.[lower-alpha 2] The following year Freeman played Eddie "Scrap Iron" Dupris in Clint Eastwood's film Million Dollar Baby (2004), for which he won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.[9]

Freeman played Lucius Fox in a trilogy of Batman films: Batman Begins (2005), The Dark Knight (2008), and The Dark Knight Rises (2012). During that time, Freeman also appeared in The Bucket List (2007) opposite Jack Nicholson, Wanted (2008) with Angelina Jolie, and Invictus (2009) with Matt Damon. In 2011, Freeman received the AFI Life Achievement Award from the American Film Institute.[1] Two years later he starred in action thriller Olympus Has Fallen (2013), science fiction film Oblivion (2013), caper Now You See Me (2013), and comedy Last Vegas. In 2014, Freeman appeared in the science fiction films Transcendence and Lucy.

Freeman has also narrated several documentaries and television series, including Cosmic Voyage (1996), Slavery and the Making of America (2004), March of the Penguins (2005), and Breaking the Taboo (2011). He was also the host and narrator for the series Through the Wormhole from 2010 to 2017.

Film
At the 62nd Annual Academy Awards in March 1990
At the 2005 Cannes Film Festival
At Deauville American Film Festival in September 2018


Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1964 The Pawnbroker Man on Street Uncredited [10]
1966 A Man Called Adam Unknown Uncredited [11]
1968 Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? Grand Central Commuter Uncredited [12]
1971 Who Says I Can't Ride a Rainbow! Afro [13]
1980 Brubaker Walter [14]
Attica Hap Richards [15]
1981 Eyewitness Lieutenant Black [16]
1984 Teachers Lewis [17]
Harry & Son Siemanowski [18]
1985 Marie Charles Traughber [19]
That Was Then... This Is Now Charlie [20]
1987 Street Smart Fast Black [21]
1988 Clean and Sober Craig [22]
1989 Glory John Rawlins [23]
Driving Miss Daisy Hoke Colburn [24]
Lean on Me Joe Louis Clark [25]
Johnny Handsome Lt. Drones [26]
1990 The Civil War Frederick Douglass Voice [27]
The Bonfire of the Vanities Judge White [28]
1991 Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves Azeem [29]
1992 Unforgiven Ned Logan [30]
The Power of One Geel Piet [31]
1993 Bopha! – Director [32]
1994 The Shawshank Redemption Ellis Boyd "Red" Redding, Narrator [33]
1995 Outbreak General Billy Ford [34]
Seven Detective Somerset [35]
1996 Chain Reaction Paul Shannon [36]
Moll Flanders Hibble [37]
1997 Amistad Theodore Joadson [38]
Kiss the Girls Alex Cross [39]
1998 Deep Impact President Tim Beck [40]
Hard Rain Jim [41]
2000 Nurse Betty Charlie [42]
Under Suspicion Victor Benezet Also executive producer [43][44]
2001 Along Came a Spider Alex Cross Also executive producer [45]
2002 The Sum of All Fears DCI William Cabot [46]
High Crimes Charlie Grimes [47]
2003 Bruce Almighty God [48]
Dreamcatcher Col. Abraham Curtis [49]
Levity Pastor Miles Evans Also executive producer [50]
Guilty by Association Lt. Redding [51]
2004 The Big Bounce Walter Crewes [52]
Million Dollar Baby Eddie "Scrap Iron" Dupris [53]
2005 An Unfinished Life Mitch [54]
War of the Worlds Narrator Voice [55]
Batman Begins Lucius Fox [56]
Unleashed Sam [57]
Edison Ashford [58]
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D Neil Armstrong Documentary [59]
2006 The Contract Frank Carden [60]
Lucky Number Slevin The Boss [61]
10 Items or Less Himself Also executive producer [62]
2007 Evan Almighty God [8]
Feast of Love Harry Stevenson [63]
Gone Baby Gone Jack Doyle [64]
The Bucket List Carter Chambers [65]
2008 Wanted Sloan [66]
The Love Guru Narrator Voice [67]
The Dark Knight Lucius Fox [68]
2009 Thick as Thieves Keith Ripley Also known as The Code [69]
The Maiden Heist Charles Peterson [70]
Invictus Nelson Mandela Also executive producer [71]
2010 RED Joe Matheson [72]
2011 Conan the Barbarian Narrator Voice [73]
Dolphin Tale Dr. McCarthy [74]
2012 The Magic of Belle Isle Monte Wildhorn [75]
The Dark Knight Rises Lucius Fox [76]
2013 Olympus Has Fallen Allan Trumbull, Speaker of the House [77]
Oblivion Beech [78]
Now You See Me Thaddeus Bradley [79]
Last Vegas Archie [80]
2014 The Lego Movie Vitruvius Voice [81]
Transcendence Joseph Tagger [82]
Lucy Professor Norman [83]
Dolphin Tale 2 Dr. McCarthy [74]
5 Flights Up Alex Also executive producer [84]
Lennon or McCartney Himself Short documentary film; interview clip [85]
2015 Last Knights Bartok [86]
Ted 2 Patrick Meighan [87]
Momentum Senator [88]
2016 London Has Fallen Vice President Allan Trumbull [89][90]
Now You See Me 2 Thaddeus Bradley [91]
Ben-Hur Sheikh Ilderim [92]
2017 Going in Style Willie [93]
Just Getting Started Duke Diver [94]
2018 Alpha Narrator Voice [95]
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms Drosselmeyer [96]
Brian Banks Jerome Johnson Uncredited [97]
2019 The Poison Rose Doc [98]
Angel Has Fallen President Allan Trumbull [99]
2020 The Comeback Trail Reggie Fontaine Post-production [100]
Coming 2 America TBA Post-production [101]
2021 The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard TBA Post-production [102]

Television
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1971–1977 The Electric Company Mel Mounds / Easy Reader / various characters 780 episodes [1][103][104]
1978 Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Uncle Hammer Logan TV film [105][106]
1979 Hollow Image Ralph Simmons "Sweet Talk" TV film [107]
1981 Ryan's Hope Cicero Murphy 2 episodes [108]
The Marva Collins Story Clarence Collins TV film [109]
Death of a Prophet Malcolm X TV film [110]
1983 Another World Dr. Roy Bingham 5 episodes [104]
1985 The Atlanta Child Murders Ben Shelter Miniseries [111]
The Twilight Zone Marty Episode: "Dealer's Choice" [112]
1986 Resting Place Luther Johnson TV film [113]
1987 Fight For Life Dr. Sherard TV film [114]
1988 Clinton and Nadine Dorsey Pratt TV film [115]
1990 The Earth Day Special Walter Samson TV special [116]
2008 Smithsonian Channel's Sound Revolution Himself (host) [117]
Stephen Fry in America Himself Episode: "Mississippi" [118]
2010 Saturday Night Live Himself (cameo) Episode: "Bryan Cranston/Kanye West" [119]
2014–2019 Madam Secretary Chief Justice Frawley 3 episodes; also executive producer [120]
2016–present The Story of God with Morgan Freeman Himself (host) Also executive producer [121]
2016 2017 Breakthrough Prize Ceremony Himself (host) TV special [122]
2017–present The Story of Us with Morgan Freeman Himself (host) Also executive producer [123]
2017 2018 Breakthrough Prize Ceremony Himself (host) TV special [124]
2020 The Disney Family Singalong: Volume II Himself TV special

Narrator
Year Title Notes Ref.
1994 Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories Segment: Amos, the Story of an Old Dog and His Couch [125]
1996 Cosmic Voyage Documentary [126]
1997 The Long Way Home Documentary [127]
2004 The Hunting of the President Documentary [128]
A Remarkable Promise Short film [129]
Slavery and the Making of America Documentary [130]
2005 March of the Penguins Documentary [127]
2008 A New Birth of Freedom Documentary [131]
2009 Prom Night in Mississippi Documentary [132]
2010–17 Through the Wormhole Host [133]
2011 Curiosity Episode: "Is There a Parallel Universe?" [134]
Born to Be Wild Documentary [135]
Breaking the Taboo Documentary [136]
2014 Island of Lemurs: Madagascar Documentary [137]
2016–present The Story of God with Morgan Freeman Host [138]
2017 The Age of Spin: Dave Chappelle Live at the Hollywood Palladium Stand-up special [139]
Deep in the Heart of Texas: Dave Chappelle Live at Austin City Limits Stand-up special [139]

Music videos
Year Title Artist Role Ref.
2002 "Waitin' on Joe" Steve Azar Narrator [140][141]

Video games
Year Title Voice role Ref.
2005 Batman Begins Lucius Fox [142]
2009 Wanted: Weapons of Fate Sloan [143][144]

Theatre
Year Title Role Venue Ref.
1964–70 Hello, Dolly! Rudolph St. James Theatre [145][146][147]
1967 The Niggerlovers Creampuff Orpheum Theatre [148]
1969 The Dozens Kgaravu Booth Theatre [149][150]
Exhibition David Actors' Playhouse [151][152]
1970–71 Purlie Purlie Broadway Theatre / Winter Garden Theatre / August Wilson Theatre [153][154]
1978 The Mighty Gents Zeke Ambassador Theatre [127][155]
White Pelicans Winston Lucille Lortel Theatre [156][157]
1979 Coriolanus Caius Martius / Coriolanus Joseph Papp Public Theater/Anspacher Theater/Delacorte Theater [158][159][160]
Julius Caesar Casca Joseph Papp Public Theater/Anspacher Theater [161][162]
1980 Mother Courage and Her Children Chaplain Joseph Papp Public Theater/Newman Theater [163][164]
1983 Buck Fred Milly American Place Theatre [165][166]
1984 Medea and the Doll Dr. Winston Crews Samuel Beckett Theatre [167][168]
1987–90 Driving Miss Daisy Hoke Coleburn John Houseman Theatre [4][169]
1988 The Gospel at Colonus Messenger Lunt-Fontanne Theatre [170][171]
1990 The Taming of the Shrew Petruchio Delacorte Theater [172][173]
2008 The Country Girl Frank Elgin Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre [174][175]
2011 8 David Boies Eugene O'Neill Theatre [176]

See also

Notes
  1. Freeman had previously played the same character in the play of the same name from 1987 to 1990.[4]
  2. Freeman also reprised this role in the 2007 sequel Evan Almighty.[8]

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