The Shawshank Redemption1994
As Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding
TMDb 8.7 / 10
Morgan Freeman
Born
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 (203)
The Dark Knight Rises2012
As Fox
TMDb 7.8 / 10
The Dark Knight2008
As Lucius Fox
TMDb 8.5 / 10
Se7en1995
As Somerset
TMDb 8.4 / 10
Now You See Me: Now You Don't2025
As Thaddeus Bradley
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Batman Begins2005
As Lucius Fox
TMDb 7.7 / 10
Ted 22015
As Patrick Meighan
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Now You See Me2013
As Thaddeus Bradley
TMDb 7.3 / 10
War of the Worlds2005
As Narrator (voice)
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Bruce Almighty2003
As God
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Now You See Me 22016
As Thaddeus Bradley
TMDb 6.8 / 10
RED2010
As Joe Matheson
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Lucy2014
As Professor Norman
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Lego Movie2014
As Vitruvius (voice)
TMDb 7.4 / 10
Deep Impact1998
As President Tom Beck
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Million Dollar Baby2004
As Eddie Scrap-Iron Dupris
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Angel Has Fallen2019
As Alan Trumbull
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves1991
As Azeem
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Wanted2008
As Sloan
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Unforgiven1992
As Ned Logan
TMDb 7.9 / 10
Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard2021
As Senior
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Transcendence2014
As Joseph Tagger
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Oblivion2013
As Beech
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Evan Almighty2007
As God
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Lucky Number Slevin2006
As The Boss
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Kiss the Girls1997
As Det. Alex Cross
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Gone Baby Gone2007
As Jack Doyle
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Olympus Has Fallen2013
As Alan Trumbull
TMDb 6.4 / 10
London Has Fallen2016
As Alan Trumbull
TMDb 6.2 / 10
The Bucket List2007
As Carter Chambers
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Conan the Barbarian2011
As Narrator (voice)
TMDb 5.3 / 10
The Sum of All Fears2002
As DCI William Cabot
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Last Knights2015
As Bartok
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Along Came a Spider2001
As Alex Cross
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Outbreak1995
As General Billy Ford
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Dreamcatcher2003
As Col. Abraham Curtis
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Chain Reaction1996
As Paul Shannon
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Unleashed2005
As Sam
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Going in Style2017
As Willie Davis
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Glory1989
As Sgt. Maj. John Rawlins
TMDb 7.5 / 10
High Crimes2002
As Charlie Grimes
TMDb 6.3 / 10
57 Seconds2023
As Anton Burrell
TMDb 6.2 / 10
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms2018
As Drosselmeyer
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Coming 2 America2021
As Morgan Freeman
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Ben-Hur2016
As Sheik Ilderim
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Last Vegas2013
As Archibald 'Archie' Clayton
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Driving Miss Daisy1989
As Hoke Colburn
TMDb 7.2 / 10
An Unfinished Life2005
As Mitch Bradley
TMDb 6.8 / 10
The Poison Rose2019
As Doc
TMDb 4.7 / 10
The Love Guru2008
As Morgan Freemann (voice) (uncredited)
TMDb 4.1 / 10
The Contract2006
As Frank Carden
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Dolphin Tale2011
As Dr. McCarthy
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Invictus2009
As Nelson Mandela
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Gunner2024
As Kendrick Ryker
TMDb 5.3 / 10
A Good Person2023
As Daniel
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Nurse Betty2000
As Charlie
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Hard Rain1998
As Jim
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Dolphin Tale 22014
As Dr. Cameron McCarthy
TMDb 6.9 / 10
The Comeback Trail2020
As Reggie Fontaine
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Sidney2022
As Self
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Ritual Killer2023
As Dr. Mackles
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Lean On Me1989
As Principal Joe Clark
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Under Suspicion2000
As Captain Victor Benezet
TMDb 6.1 / 10
March of the Penguins 2: The Next Step2017
As Narrator (English voice)
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Momentum2015
As Senator
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Johnny Handsome1989
As Lt. A.Z. Drones
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Paradise Highway2022
As Gerick
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Edison2005
As Ashford
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Moll Flanders1996
As Hibble
TMDb 6.1 / 10
The Minute You Wake Up Dead2022
As Sheriff Thurmond Fowler
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Vanquish2021
As Damon
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Brian Banks2019
As Jerome Johnson (uncredited)
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Brubaker1980
As Walter
TMDb 7.1 / 10
The Maiden Heist2009
As Charles Peterson
TMDb 5.7 / 10
March of the Penguins2005
As Narrator
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Feast of Love2007
As Harry Stevenson
TMDb 6.2 / 10
The Bonfire of the Vanities1990
As Judge Leonard White
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Thick as Thieves2009
As Keith Ripley
TMDb 6.0 / 10
5 Flights Up2014
As Alex Carver
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Magic of Belle Isle2012
As Monte Wildhorn
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Resting Place1986
As Luther Johnson
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Just Getting Started2017
As Duke
TMDb 4.9 / 10
The Big Bounce2004
As Walter Crewes
TMDb 5.0 / 10
10 Items or Less2006
As 'Him'
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It2021
As Self
TMDb 7.4 / 10
Street Smart1987
As Leo "Fast Black" Smalls, Jr.
TMDb 6.0 / 10
My Dead Friend Zoe2024
As Dr. Cole
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Power of One1992
As Geel Piet
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Wish Wizard2014
As Maxwell Omni
TMDb 3.7 / 10
Levity2003
As Miles Evans
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Born to Be Wild2011
As Narrator (voice)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Pawnbroker1965
As Man on Street (Uncredited)
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Clean and Sober1988
As Craig
TMDb 6.4 / 10
The Words That Built America2017
As Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Eyewitness1981
As Lieutenant Black
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Harry & Son1984
As Siemanowski
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend2022
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 7.2 / 10
The Earth Day Special1990
As Walter Samson
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking2021
As Self
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood2005
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 10.0 / 10
That Was Then... This Is Now1985
As Charlie Woods
TMDb 5.7 / 10
A Man Called Adam1966
As Party Guest (uncredited)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Metro Boomin: Heroes & Villains2022
Marie: A True Story1985
As Charles Traughber
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast2005
As Self
TMDb 2.0 / 10
Hollow Image1979
As Sweet Talk
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Out to Lunch1974
As Self / Croupier
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Ending the Knight2012
As Self
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Island of Lemurs: Madagascar2014
As Narrator (voice)
TMDb 6.2 / 10
A Raisin in the Sun2008
As Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Teachers1984
As Lewis
TMDb 5.7 / 10
AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition2007
As Self
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Odysseus Returns2024
As Narrator
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows2000
As Narrator (voice)
TMDb 7.3 / 10
John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs2017
As Self
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Breaking the Taboo2011
As Narrator (voice)
TMDb 7.1 / 10
The Long Way Home1997
As Narrator (voice)
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?1968
As Grand Central Commuter (uncredited), Grand Central Commuter
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters2006
As Self
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The C Word2016
As Narrator (voice)
TMDb 6.8 / 10
The Execution of Raymond Graham1985
As Warden Pratt
TMDb 6.6 / 10
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays2006
As Jaques (segment "As You Like It")
Power of Chi2022
As Narrator (voice)
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story2013
As Self
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Rode to Ruin
Rode to Ruin2027
As Joseph Mulberry
Clint Eastwood : la légende
Clint Eastwood : la légende2025
As Self
The People Speak2009
As Self
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Death of a Prophet1981
As Malcolm X
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry1978
As Uncle Hammer
TMDb 8.0 / 10
All About Us2007
As Self
TMDb 4.4 / 10
The Hunting of the President2004
As Narrator (voice)
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Clint Eastwood's West
Clint Eastwood's West2011
As Self
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot2013
As Self
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Declaration of Independence2003
As Self
TMDb 7.7 / 10
Amistad1997
As Theodore Joadson
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Night of 100 Stars III1990
As Self
TMDb 4.3 / 10
Who Says I Can't Ride a Rainbow!1971
As Afro
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon2005
As Neil Armstrong (voice)
TMDb 5.8 / 10
The 16th Man2010
As Narrator (voice)
TMDb 6.8 / 10
VM-krönika 20222022
As Self (archive footage)
The Eastwood Factor2010
As Self - Narrator (voice)
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Genius. A Night for Ray Charles2004
As Self
TMDb 7.4 / 10
Nacrose2027
As Morgan Freeman
B.B. King: The Life of Riley2012
As Narrator (voice)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Guilty by Association2003
As Lt. Redding
TMDb 3.0 / 10
Cosmic Voyage1996
As Narrator (voice)
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Meeting the Beatles in India2020
As Narrator (voice)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Betty White: A Celebration2022
As Self
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'2002
As Self
TMDb 7.4 / 10
The Electric Company's Greatest Hits & Bits2006
As Self
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl
Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl2012
As Self
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Stephen King: Shining in the Dark1999
As Self
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Panama Canal: A Land Divided ~ A World United2019
As Self
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Clinton and Nadine1988
As Dorsey Pratt
TMDb 3.7 / 10
Shawshank: The Redeeming Feature2001
As Self
TMDb 8.4 / 10
America's Musical Journey2018
As Narrator (voice)
TMDb 5.6 / 10
761st Tank Battalion: The Original Black Panthers2023
As Self
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Blade1973
As Chris
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Rob Reiner Interviews the Stars: Morgan Freeman2008
As Self
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist1998
As Self
TMDb 8.3 / 10
Blues Divas2005
As Self
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Little Bedroom
The Little BedroomRelease date TBA
Attica1980
As Hap Richards
TMDb 5.7 / 10
The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II2020
As Self
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Energy Crisis
Energy Crisis1974
As Self
The Power of Chi2025
As (narrator)
The Making of Se7en
The Making of Se7en1997
As Self
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Prom Night in Mississippi2009
As Narrator (voice)
TMDb 6.6 / 10
JFK: A President Betrayed2013
As Narrator (voice)
TMDb 7.4 / 10
Die Clint Eastwood Story2018
As Self
TMDb 6.0 / 10
From the Balkans2024
As (narrator)
Fight for Life1987
As Dr. Sherard
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies2017
As Self
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Hate to See You Go
Hate to See You GoRelease date TBA
As Sonny Bell
Blacklist: Hollywood on Trial1996
As Edward G. Robinson
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Greasy Rider2006
The Marva Collins Story1981
As Clarence Collins
TMDb 7.4 / 10
Caught in the Middle
Caught in the Middle1970
Inside the White House1996
As Narrator (voice)
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Survivors of the Shoah: Visual History Foundation2004
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Sniff
SniffRelease date TBA
As Joe Mulwray
Into Nature's Wild2020
As Narrator (voice)
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Follow the Drinking Gourd1990
As Narrator (voice)
The Gospel at Colonus1985
As Messenger
Partners of the Heart2002
As Narrator (voice)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
All on Accounta Pullin' a Trigger2002
As Self
TMDb 7.3 / 10
We the People2014
As Narrator (voice)
TMDb 3.5 / 10
Born to Fight2005
As Self
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Robin Hood: The Myth, the Man, the Movie1991
As Self
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The True Story of Glory Continues1991
As Narrator (voice)
TMDb 6.8 / 10
The President's Photographer: Fifty Years Inside the Oval Office2010
As Narrator (voice)
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Rabbit Ears - The Savior is Born
Rabbit Ears - The Savior is Born1990
As Narrator (voice)
TMDb 4.0 / 10
Where the Water Meets the Sky2008
TMDb 6.0 / 10
JFK & LBJ: A Time for Greatness2015
As Narrator (voice)
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Le frontiere dell'Astronomia - EP-7 Vite aliene nel cosmo
Le frontiere dell'Astronomia - EP-7 Vite aliene nel cosmo2012
As Narratore
TMDb 4.0 / 10
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'1992
As Self
The Blues Live On! The Delta Blues Museum
The Blues Live On! The Delta Blues MuseumRelease date TBA
As Narrator (voice)
Morgan Freeman: Breaking Barriers2021
As Self
TMDb 6.6 / 10
The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry1991
As Narrator (voice)
TMDb 4.3 / 10
The Editor and The Dragon: Horace Carter Fights the Klan
The Editor and The Dragon: Horace Carter Fights the Klan2013
As Narrator (voice)
TMDb 8.2 / 10
A New Birth of Freedom
A New Birth of FreedomRelease date TBA
As Narrator
Echoes 'Cross the Tracks2012
As Self
TMDb 6.0 / 10
James Lipton Takes on Three
James Lipton Takes on Three2005
As Self
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Filmography and biography: TMDb