Cast & creator
Morgan Freeman
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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.
Also known as: Morgan Porterfield Freeman Jr., Morgan J. Freeman
223
film credits
86
television credits
286
1944–2027 · acting roles
6.5
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (309)
Showing 309 of 309 credits
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
2015The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
2015
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
2014
The Daily Show
Self
1996
Lioness
Secretary of State Edwin Mullins
2023
Saturday Night Live
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975Saturday Night Live
Self (uncredited)
1975
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
The View
Self
1997
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self
2005
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Self - Guest
2022
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
CBS News Sunday Morning
Self
1979
Great Performances
Messenger
1971
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter
1944Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944Golden Globe Awards
Self
1944Golden Globe Awards
Self - Cecil B. DeMille Award Recipient
1944
American Experience
Narrator (voice)
1988
Tony Awards
Self - Performer
1956
Madam Secretary
Chief Justice Frawley
2014Madam Secretary
Chief Justice Wilbourne (uncredited)
2014Madam Secretary
Director
2014Madam Secretary
Executive Producer
2014
60 Minutes
Self
1968
The Shawshank Redemption
Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding
1994
The Dark Knight
Lucius Fox
2008
The Twilight Zone
Tony (segment "Dealer's Choice")
1985
The Dark Knight Rises
Fox
2012The Reichen Show
Self - Guest
2005
LEGEND
2023
Parkinson
Self
1998
American Masters
Narrator (voice)
1986
The Electric Company
Mark /Easy Reader /Mel Mounds /Count Dracula /Mad Scientist /The Cop /Marcello
1971
Batman Begins
Lucius Fox
2005Pebble Mill
Self
1991
Se7en
Somerset
1995
Now You See Me: Now You Don't
Thaddeus Bradley
2025
The Oscars
Self - Presenter
1953The Oscars
Self
1953
Ted 2
Patrick Meighan
2015
Today
Self
1952
The Jay Leno Show
Self
2009
30 for 30
2009
Now You See Me
Thaddeus Bradley
2013
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
Morgan Freeman (voice)
2019
War of the Worlds
Narrator (voice)
2005Goldene Kamera
Self
1984
Number One on the Call Sheet
Self
2025
The Kennedy Center Honors
Self
1978
Olympus Has Fallen
Alan Trumbull
2013
Now You See Me 2
Thaddeus Bradley
2016
The Lego Movie
Vitruvius (voice)
2014
Bruce Almighty
God
2003
Deep Impact
President Tom Beck
1998
Oblivion
Beech
2013
The Dinosaurs
Self - Narrator (voice)
2026
Angel Has Fallen
Alan Trumbull
2019
Lucy
Professor Norman
2014
The Chris Rock Show
1997
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
Drosselmeyer
2018
The Kominsky Method
Morgan Freeman
2018
HBO First Look
1992
Unforgiven
Ned Logan
1992
The Sum of All Fears
DCI William Cabot
2002
Million Dollar Baby
Eddie Scrap-Iron Dupris
2004
The Muppets Mayhem
Morgan Freeman
2023
100 Years of Warner Bros.
Self - Narrator (voice)
2023
Evan Almighty
God
2007
Lucky Number Slevin
The Boss
2006
Kiss the Girls
Det. Alex Cross
1997
Wanted
Sloan
2008
The Civil War
Frederick Douglass / John Boston (voice)
1990
RED
Joe Matheson
2010
Glory
Sgt. Maj. John Rawlins
1989
Curiosity
Self - Narrator (voice)
2011
Conan the Barbarian
Narrator (voice)
2011
Chain Reaction
Paul Shannon
1996
London Has Fallen
Alan Trumbull
2016
Through the Wormhole
Self - Host
2010Through the Wormhole
Producer
2010Through the Wormhole
Executive Producer
2010
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
Azeem
1991
Gone Baby Gone
Jack Doyle
2007
The American Revolution
(voice)
2025
Last Knights
Bartok
2015
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self
1973
High Crimes
Charlie Grimes
2002
Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard
Senior
2021
The Bucket List
Carter Chambers
2007
Hard Rain
Jim
1998
Going in Style
Willie Davis
2017
Life on Our Planet
Self - Narrator (voice)
2023
Coming 2 America
Morgan Freeman
2021
An Unfinished Life
Mitch Bradley
2005
Transcendence
Joseph Tagger
2014
Our Universe
Self - Narrator (voice)
2022
57 Seconds
Anton Burrell
2023
Along Came a Spider
Alex Cross
2001Along Came a Spider
Executive Producer
2001
Outbreak
General Billy Ford
1995
Last Vegas
Archibald 'Archie' Clayton
2013
Unleashed
Sam
2005
Paradise Highway
Gerick
2022
Solos
Narrator (voice)
2021Solos
Stuart
2021
Driving Miss Daisy
Hoke Colburn
1989
Mark Twain Prize
Self
1999
The Comeback Trail
Reggie Fontaine
2020
The Ritual Killer
Dr. Mackles
2023
Invictus
Nelson Mandela
2009Invictus
Executive Producer
2009
Dolphin Tale
Dr. McCarthy
2011
The Poison Rose
Doc
2019
Ben-Hur
Sheik Ilderim
2016
Dreamcatcher
Col. Abraham Curtis
2003
The Story of God with Morgan Freeman
Self - Host
2016
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Clarence
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame
Luther
1951
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
Narrator (voice)
1992
A Good Person
Daniel
2023
Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy
Self
2021
The Gray House
Executive Producer
2026
The Love Guru
Morgan Freemann (voice) (uncredited)
2008
Nurse Betty
Charlie
2000
The Power of One
Geel Piet
1992
The Contract
Frank Carden
2006
The Atlanta Child Murders
Ben Shelter
1985
Feast of Love
Harry Stevenson
2007
Sidney
Self
2022
The Magic of Belle Isle
Monte Wildhorn
2012
Under Suspicion
Captain Victor Benezet
2000Under Suspicion
Executive Producer
2000
10 Items or Less
'Him'
2006
Dolphin Tale 2
Dr. Cameron McCarthy
2014
Gunner
Kendrick Ryker
2024
Brubaker
Walter
1980
5 Flights Up
Alex Carver
20145 Flights Up
Producer
2014
Edison
Ashford
2005
Lean On Me
Principal Joe Clark
1989
My Dead Friend Zoe
Dr. Cole
2024
History's Greatest Escapes with Morgan Freeman
Self - Host
2021
March of the Penguins 2: The Next Step
Narrator (English voice)
2017
Spidey Super Stories
Easy Reader
1974Spidey Super Stories
Count Dracula
1974Spidey Super Stories
Police officer
1974Spidey Super Stories
Umpire
1974Spidey Super Stories
Mad Scientist
1974Spidey Super Stories
Police Officer
1974
The Bonfire of the Vanities
Judge Leonard White
1990
The Maiden Heist
Charles Peterson
2009
Monochrome: Black, White & Blue
Self
2017
Vanquish
Damon
2021
Brian Banks
Jerome Johnson (uncredited)
2019
Moll Flanders
Hibble
1996
Thick as Thieves
Keith Ripley
2009
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
Self (archive footage)
2022
Momentum
Senator
2015
Just Getting Started
Duke
2017
March of the Penguins
Narrator
2005
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
Self
2021Ear Hustle
Producer
The Minute You Wake Up Dead
Sheriff Thurmond Fowler
2022
The Big Bounce
Walter Crewes
2004
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Uncle Hammer
1978
Slavery and the Making of America
Self - Narrator (voice)
2005
Johnny Handsome
Lt. A.Z. Drones
1989
Resting Place
Luther Johnson
1986
Born to Be Wild
Narrator (voice)
2011
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
Grand Central Commuter (uncredited)
1968Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
Grand Central Commuter
1968
Clean and Sober
Craig
1988
Marie: A True Story
Charles Traughber
1985
A Man Called Adam
Party Guest (uncredited)
1966
Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast
Self
2005
The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain
Executive Producer
2021
The Words That Built America
Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence
2017
Ending the Knight
Self
2012
Street Smart
Leo "Fast Black" Smalls, Jr.
1987
Inside the Actors Studio
Self
1994
The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II
Self
2020
The Earth Day Special
Walter Samson
1990
Eyewitness
Lieutenant Black
1981
The People Speak
Self
2009Clint Eastwood : la légende
Self
2025
The Long Way Home
Narrator (voice)
1997
The Story of Us with Morgan Freeman
Self - Host
2017
America Beyond the Color Line
Self
2004
Night of 100 Stars III
Self
1990
That Was Then... This Is Now
Charlie Woods
1985
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
2005
AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition
Self
2007
The Pawnbroker
Man on Street (Uncredited)
1965
Die Clint Eastwood Story
Self
2018
The Execution of Raymond Graham
Warden Pratt
1985
Betty White: A Celebration
Self
2022
Odysseus Returns
Narrator
2024
Live from Studio Five
Self
2009
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
Self
2013
Levity
Miles Evans
2003Levity
Executive Producer
2003
John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs
Self
2017
A Raisin in the Sun
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
2008
Wish Wizard
Maxwell Omni
2014
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays
Jaques (segment "As You Like It")
2006
A Century of Cinema
Self
1994
America's Musical Journey
Narrator (voice)
2018
Teachers
Lewis
1984
Island of Lemurs: Madagascar
Narrator (voice)
2014
Harry & Son
Siemanowski
1984
Breaking the Taboo
Narrator (voice)
2011Clint Eastwood's West
Self
2011
The Marva Collins Story
Clarence Collins
1981
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon
Neil Armstrong (voice)
2005
Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies
Self
2017
Clinton and Nadine
Dorsey Pratt
1988
Robin Hood: The Myth, the Man, the Movie
Self
1991
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
Narrator (voice)
2000Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl
Self
2012
Stephen King: Shining in the Dark
Self
1999
Meeting the Beatles in India
Narrator (voice)
2020
Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking
Self
2021
761st Tank Battalion: The Original Black Panthers
Self
2023761st Tank Battalion: The Original Black Panthers
Executive Producer
2023
In Our Blood
Executive Producer
2025
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
Self
2002
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
Self
2006
B.B. King: The Life of Riley
Narrator (voice)
2012
Where the Water Meets the Sky
2008
Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot
Self
2013The Making of Se7en
Self
1997
All on Accounta Pullin' a Trigger
Self
2002
Blacklist: Hollywood on Trial
Edward G. Robinson
1996
Death of a Prophet
Malcolm X
1981
Inside the White House
Narrator (voice)
1996
Shawshank: The Redeeming Feature
Self
2001
The Hunting of the President
Narrator (voice)
2004
The Gospel at Colonus
Messenger
1985Hate to See You Go
Sonny Bell
Hate to See You Go
Producer
Out to Lunch
Self / Croupier
1974
JFK: A President Betrayed
Narrator (voice)
2013
Power of Chi
Narrator (voice)
2022
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
Self
1992
Rob Reiner Interviews the Stars: Morgan Freeman
Self
2008
Declaration of Independence
Self
2003
Who Says I Can't Ride a Rainbow!
Afro
1971
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Uncle Hammer
1978
The Electric Company's Greatest Hits & Bits
Self
2006
Metro Boomin: Heroes & Villains
2022
Ogun Óla: War is Coming
Producer
2022
13 Steps - Die unglaubliche Karriere von Edwin Moses
Executive Producer
2024
Panama Canal: A Land Divided ~ A World United
Self
2019
Into Nature's Wild
Narrator (voice)
2020
The C Word
Narrator (voice)
2016
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
Self
1998Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
Thanks
1998
Genius. A Night for Ray Charles
Self
2004
Attica
Hap Richards
1980
Hollow Image
Sweet Talk
1979Rode to Ruin
Joseph Mulberry
2027James Lipton Takes on Three
Self
2005
Follow the Drinking Gourd
Narrator (voice)
1990
Prom Night in Mississippi
Narrator (voice)
2009
Partners of the Heart
Narrator (voice)
2002
The 16th Man
Narrator (voice)
2010The 16th Man
Producer
2010The Promised Land
Narrator (voice)
Bopha!
Director
1993
Cosmic Voyage
Narrator (voice)
1996
Mutiny
Executive Producer
1999
Morgan Freeman: Breaking Barriers
Self
2022
The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry
Narrator (voice)
1991
Survivors of the Shoah: Visual History Foundation
2004
Fight for Life
Dr. Sherard
1987
Nacrose
Morgan Freeman
2027
Amistad
Theodore Joadson
1997Break Out
Executive Producer
Guilty by Association
Lt. Redding
2003Caught in the Middle
1970The Editor and The Dragon: Horace Carter Fights the Klan
Narrator (voice)
2013
All About Us
Self
2007
Blues Divas
Self
2005
Blade
Chris
1973
The True Story of Glory Continues
Narrator (voice)
1991
Echoes 'Cross the Tracks
Self
2012
Last Meals
Producer
VM-krönika 2022
Self (archive footage)
2022The Little Bedroom
JFK & LBJ: A Time for Greatness
Narrator (voice)
2015Energy Crisis
Self
1974Rabbit Ears - The Savior is Born
Narrator (voice)
1990The Blues Live On! The Delta Blues Museum
Narrator (voice)
Sniff
Joe Mulwray
The Power of Chi
(narrator)
2025
Born to Fight
Self
2005Le frontiere dell'Astronomia - EP-7 Vite aliene nel cosmo
Narratore
2012
The Eastwood Factor
Self - Narrator (voice)
2010
We the People
Narrator (voice)
2014
The President's Photographer: Fifty Years Inside the Oval Office
Narrator (voice)
2010
Greasy Rider
2006A New Birth of Freedom
Narrator
From the Balkans
(narrator)
2024