Morgan Freeman

🎂 Data nașterii: 1937-06-01 (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.

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Morgan Freeman

Filme în care a jucat

Necruțătorul

O fată de milioane

Războiul lumilor

Cavalerul negru

Norocosul numărul Slevin

Batman - Începuturi

Închisoarea îngerilor

Dumnezeu pentru o zi

Șoferul doamnei Daisy

Johnny Handsome

Sniff

Rețeaua păianjen

Contractul

Brubaker

Dresat pentru a ucide

Se7en

Sub suspiciune

Edison

10 produse sau mai puțin

Un alt început

Evan Atotputernicul

Asistenta Betty

Pericol absolut

Dispărută fără urmă

Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon

Levity

Ploaia puternică

Neînfrântul

Crimă de înaltă trădare

Ultimele dorințe

Follow the Drinking Gourd

Dreamcatcher

Alerta

Învățători

Amistad

O lovitură îndrăzneață

Robin Hood: Prințul hoților

Martor ocular

Impact nimicitor

Reacția în lanț

Wanted

The Hunting of the President

Sărutul care ucide

Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast

The Big Bounce

The Bonfire of the Vanities

Oamenii vorbesc

Glorie

Voiajul cosmic

The Power of One

Death of a Prophet

Clean and Sober

Sărbătoarea iubirii

Lean On Me

Hoți de onoare

Street Smart

Gunner

Prom Night in Mississippi

Povestea delfinului

Vinovat prin asociere

That Was Then... This Is Now

Greu de Pensionat

Cavalerul negru: Legenda renaște

Betty White: A Celebration

Moll Flanders

Născut pentru a fi sălbatic

Resting Place

The Minute You Wake Up Dead

Harry & Son

The Blues Live On! The Delta Blues Museum

761st Tank Battalion: The Original Black Panthers

Oblivion: Planeta uitată

Jaful perfect

57 Secunde

Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl

Autostrada Paradisului

Marie: A True Story

Quebrando o Tabu