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Morgan Freeman

April 25, 2023

For the director, see Morgan J. Freeman.

Morgan Freeman[2] (born June 1, 1937) is an American actor, director, and narrator. He is known for his distinctive deep voice and 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. He is the recipient of the Kennedy Center Honor in 2008, the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2011, the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2012, and the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 2018.

Morgan Freeman
Freeman in 2018
Born (1937-06-01) June 1, 1937 (age 85)
Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
EducationBroad Street High School
Occupations
  • Actor
  • director
  • producer
  • narrator
Years active1964–present
OrganizationRevelations Entertainment
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  • Jeanette Adair Bradshaw
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    (m. 1967; div. 1979)​
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    (m. 1984; div. 2010)​
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Morgan Freeman's voice from BBC Radio 4's The Film Programme, September 12, 2008.[1]

Born in Memphis, Tennessee, Freeman was raised in Mississippi where he began acting in school plays. He studied theater 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. In 1978, he received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his role as Zeke in the Richard Wesley play The Mighty Gents.

Freeman went on to receive the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Clint Eastwood's sports drama Million Dollar Baby (2004). His other Oscar-nominated roles were in Street Smart (1987), Driving Miss Daisy (1989), The Shawshank Redemption (1994), and Invictus (2009). Notable roles include in Glory (1989), Lean on Me (1989), Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991), Unforgiven (1992), Se7en (1995), Amistad (1997), Gone Baby Gone (2007), and The Bucket List (2007). He also portrayed Lucius Fox in Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Trilogy (2005–2012). He also starred in the action films Wanted (2008), Red (2010), Oblivion (2013), Now You See Me (2013), and Lucy (2014).

Known for his distinctive voice he has narrated numerous documentary projects including The Long Way Home (1997), March of the Penguins (2005), Through the Wormhole (2010-2017), The Story of God with Morgan Freeman (2016-2019), and Our Universe (2022). He has directed the drama Bopha! (1993). He also founded film production company Revelations Entertainment with business partner Lori McCreary in 1996.

Early life

Morgan Freeman was born on June 1, 1937, in Memphis, Tennessee.[3] He is the son of Mamie Edna (née Revere; 1912–2000), a teacher,[4] and Morgan Porterfield Freeman (July 6, 1915 – April 27, 1961),[2] a barber, who died of cirrhosis in 1961.[5] He has three older siblings.[6] According to DNA analysis, some of his ancestors were from the Songhai and Tuareg people of Niger.[7] Some of Freeman's great-great-grandparents were slaves who migrated from North Carolina to Mississippi. Freeman later discovered that his Caucasian maternal great-great-grandfather had lived with, and was buried beside Freeman's African-American great-great-grandmother in the segregated South, as the two could not legally marry at the time.[4] The DNA test suggested that among all of his African ancestors, a little over one-quarter came from the area that stretches from present-day Senegal to Liberia and three-quarters came from the Congo-Angola region.[8]

As an infant, Freeman was sent to his paternal grandmother in Charleston, Mississippi.[9][10] He moved frequently during his childhood, living in Greenwood, Mississippi; Gary, Indiana; and finally Chicago, Illinois.[10] He made his acting debut at age nine, playing the lead role in a school play. He then attended Broad Street High School, a building which serves today as Threadgill Elementary School, in Greenwood, Mississippi.[11] At age 12, he won a statewide drama competition, and while settling into school, discovered music and theater.[5] When Freeman was 16 years old, he contracted pneumonia.[12]

Freeman graduated high school in 1955, but turned down a partial drama scholarship from Jackson State University, opting instead to enlist in the United States Air Force.[5] He served as an Automatic Tracking Radar repairman, rising to the rank of airman first class.[13] After serving from 1955 to 1959, he moved to Los Angeles, California, and took acting classes at the Pasadena Playhouse.[5] He also studied theater arts at Los Angeles City College, where a teacher encouraged him to embark on a dance career.[14]

Career

1964–1988: Early work and rise to prominence

Freeman worked as a dancer at the 1964 World's Fair and was a member of the Opera Ring musical theater group in San Francisco.[15] He acted in a touring company version of The Royal Hunt of the Sun, and also appeared as an extra in Sidney Lumet's 1965 drama film The Pawnbroker starring Rod Steiger.[15] Between acting and dancing jobs, Freeman realized that acting was where his heart lay. "After [The Royal Hunt of the Sun], my acting career just took off," he later recalled.[15] Freeman made his Off-Broadway debut in 1967, opposite Viveca Lindfors in The Nigger Lovers, a show about the Freedom Riders during the American Civil Rights Movement,[16] before debuting on Broadway in 1968's all-black version of Hello, Dolly! that also starred Pearl Bailey and Cab Calloway.[17] In 1969, Freeman also performed on stage in The Dozens.[18]

Beginning in 1971, Freeman starred in the PBS children's television show The Electric Company, which gave him financial stability and recognition among American audiences.[10] His work on the show was tiring, so he quit in 1975.[14] Television producer Joan Ganz Cooney said that Freeman loathed appearing in The Electric Company, saying "it was a very unhappy period in his life".[19] Freeman later acknowledged that he does not think about the show, but he was grateful to have been a part of it.[20] His first credited appearance in a feature film show in 1971's Who Says I Can't Ride a Rainbow!, a family drama starring Jack Klugman.[18] Also that year, Freeman performed in a theater production of Purlie.[21] After a short career break, he returned to work in 1978, appearing in two stage productions: 1978's The Mighty Gents, winning a Drama Desk Award and a Clarence Derwent Award for his role as a wino,[22] and White Pelicans.[23] Freeman continued to work in theater, and a year later, appeared in the Shakespearean tragedies Coriolanus, receiving the Obie Award in 1980 for the title role,[15] and Julius Caesar.[24]

In 1980, he had a small role as Walter in the drama Brubaker, which starred Robert Redford as a prison warden.[25] Freeman next appeared in the television film, Attica (1980), which is about the 1971 Attica Prison riot and its aftermath.[26] A year later, he starred in Peter Yates' Eyewitness with co-stars William Hurt and Sigourney Weaver.[27] From 1982 to 1984, Freeman was a cast member of the soap opera Another World, playing architect Roy Bingham.[28] After several small roles in dramas, he starred in Marie (1985), a film adaptation of Marie: A True Story by Peter Maas, in which he portrayed Charles Traughber,[29] and also appeared in the miniseries The Atlanta Child Murders.[30] Freeman also had a small role in the drama That Was Then... This Is Now, based on the novel of the same name by S. E. Hinton.[31] In the mid-1980s, he began accepting prominent supporting roles in feature films, earning him a reputation for depicting wise, fatherly characters.[10]

In addition to television films, in 1987, Freeman played a violent street hustler, a role that diverged from his previous roles, in Street Smart co-starring Christopher Reeve and Kathy Baker. Freeman's performance was praised by film critics, including Roger Ebert who wrote: "Freeman has the flashier role, as a smart, very tough man who can be charming or intimidating - whatever's needed...Freeman creates such an unforgettable villain."[32] Freeman's performance earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor.[33] Freeman later said he considered Street Smart to be his breakthrough role.[20] In his next film, he played Craig in the drama Clean and Sober with co-stars Michael Keaton and Kathy Baker. Although the film was not a box-office hit, it gained fair reviews; Roger Ebert gave the film 41⁄2 out of 5 stars and called the performances "superb".[34] Freeman also received Obie Awards for his roles as a preacher in the musical The Gospel at Colonus, and as Hoke Colburn in the play Driving Miss Daisy, respectively.[15]

1989–1996: Hollywood breakthrough

Freeman had four film releases in 1989. In the first, he starred as Sergeant Major John Rawlins in Glory, directed by Edward Zwick, about the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, the Union Army's second African-American regiment in the American Civil War. Writing for The Washington Post, Desson Thomson praised Freeman and co-star Denzel Washington for their "warming sense of fraternity".[35] Glory was nominated for five Academy Awards and won three: Best Supporting Actor for Washington, Best Cinematography, and Best Sound.[36] Next, Freeman starred in the comedy-drama Driving Miss Daisy, alongside Jessica Tandy and Dan Aykroyd. Based on Alfred Uhry's play of the same name, in which Freeman had appeared previously, he reprises his role of Hoke Colburn, chauffeur for a Jewish widow. The film was a commercial success and grossed US$145 million worldwide.[37] Film critics were mainly positive; Henry Sheehan from The Hollywood Reporter opined that Freeman and Tandy's performances complemented each other while retaining their "individual star-quality".[38] The film was nominated for nine Academy Awards, including Best Actor for Freeman.[36]

His third release was the biographical drama Lean on Me, in which he portrays the principal of an under-performing and drug- and crime-ridden New Jersey high school. Jane Galbraith of Variety magazine thought Freeman's casting was "wonderful".[39] Lastly in 1989, he starred in Walter Hill's Johnny Handsome, a crime drama in which he plays a New Orleans police officer.[40] In a 1990 interview, Freeman said that Glory was one of his favorite releases—"The Black legacy is as noble, is as heroic, is as filled with adventure and conquest and discovery as anybody else's. It's just that nobody knows it."[14]

 
Freeman at the 62nd Academy Awards in 1990

In 1990, Freeman provided the voice of Frederick Douglass in The Civil War, a television miniseries about the American Civil War.[41] That year, he also starred in the critically panned The Bonfire of the Vanities. According to the review aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 16% based on 51 reviews.[42] In the summer of 1990, he played Petruchio, a role he had been thinking about for six years, in Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew, which opened at Delacorte theater in New York City. "[Petruchio] seems to have a lot of fun in life," he said.[43] In 1991, Freeman had a supporting role in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, an action-adventure starring Kevin Costner. The film was a commercial success,[44] but garnered mixed reviews from critics; The New York Times' Vincent Canby thought Freeman played Azeem with "wit and humor" despite the "muddled" plot.[45] Freeman also narrated The True Story of Glory Continues, a documentary about the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment.[46]

In 1992, he appeared in Clint Eastwood's western Unforgiven, which won four Academy Awards including Best Picture.[47] The film depicts William Munny (Eastwood), an aging outlaw and killer who takes on one more job with old friend Ned Logan (Freeman). Unforgiven was widely acclaimed, with one critic calling Freeman's performance "outstanding".[48] The Power of One was Freeman's second film in 1992, a loose adaptation of Bryce Courtenay's 1989 novel of the same name, in which he plays boxing coach Geel Piet.[49]

In 1993, Freeman made his directorial debut with the drama Bopha!, which tells the story of a black policeman (Danny Glover) during South Africa's apartheid era. Bopha! was well-received, in particular for Freeman's directing. Hal Hinson of The Washington Post wrote: "Freeman lays out the father-son dynamics with great skill and very little fuss. There's no hysteria in his approach; instead, he sticks to the facts, relying on his cast to provide the emotion. The result is a surprisingly powerful, insightful film."[50] Kenneth Turan from Los Angeles Times also complimented Freeman's direction but thought the film was "more predictable than powerful".[51]

In 1994, Freeman portrayed Red, the redeemed convict in Frank Darabont's acclaimed drama The Shawshank Redemption, with co-star Tim Robbins. It is based on the 1982 Stephen King novella Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption. Freeman was cast at the suggestion of producer Liz Glotzer, despite the novella's character of a white Irishman.[52] Filming proved to be challenging, mainly because of Darabont's need for multiple takes. Freeman said: "The answer [I'd give him] was no ... having to do something again and again for no discernible reason tends to be a bit debilitating to the energy."[52] Nevertheless, Freeman's performance was described as "quietly impressive" and "moving" by The New York Times.[53] At the 67th Academy Awards, he received a nomination for Best Actor.[54] Since its release, The Shawshank Redemption has remained popular among audiences.[52] In 1994, Freeman also served as a member of the jury at the 44th Berlin International Film Festival.[55]

Outbreak (1995), a medical thriller directed by Wolfgang Petersen, was Freeman's next film. He played General Billy Ford, a doctor dealing with an outbreak of a fictional virus in a small town. The film also stars Dustin Hoffman, Rene Russo, and Donald Sutherland. Outbreak was a box-office success, grossing $189.8 million worldwide,[56] but gained a mixed critics' response.[57] Mick LaSelle of the San Francisco Chronicle credited Freeman for his performance which may have been unappreciated by viewers.[58] In 1995, Freeman also starred with Brad Pitt in David Fincher's crime thriller Seven, the story of two detectives who attempt to identify a serial killer who bases his murders on the Christian seven deadly sins. Freeman's performance generated a positive response; Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly wrote: "Freeman plays nearly every scene in a doleful hush; he makes you lean in to hear his words, to ferret out the hints of anger and regret that haunt this weary knight."[59] The critic from Variety magazine called Freeman's acting "supremely nuanced".[60]

A year later, Freeman appeared in Chain Reaction as Paul Shannon, a science-fiction thriller co-starring Keanu Reeves and Rachel Weisz. The film was a critical and commercial disappointment.[61][62] Next, he was cast opposite Robin Wright in 1996's Moll Flanders, a period drama based on the novel of the same name. The film received a mixed reception; Greg Evans from Variety magazine said Freeman gave a "sweet" performance,[63] while The New York Times critic thought he was miscast.[64]

1997–2004: Critical success and established actor

While filming Outbreak, Freeman expressed an interest in starting a film production company. He turned to Lori McCreary, producer of Bopha!, to be his business partner. Freeman explained to her that he wanted to achieve representation on screen, explore challenging issues and reveal hidden truths, so they chose to name their firm Revelations Entertainment.[65]

In 1997, Freeman narrated the Academy Award-winning documentary The Long Way Home, about Jewish refugees' liberation after World War II and the establishment of Israel.[23] He also appeared in Steven Spielberg's historical epic Amistad alongside Djimon Hounsou, Anthony Hopkins, and Matthew McConaughey. Based on the events in 1839 aboard the slave ship La Amistad, the film was mostly well-received and earned four nominations at the Academy Awards.[66][67] The critic from Salon magazine, however, thought the film lacked inspiration and Freeman's role was "utterly cryptic".[68] In that same year, he was cast as psychologist Alex Cross in Kiss the Girls, a thriller based on James Patterson's 1995 novel of the same name. In a mixed review, Peter Stack of San Francisco Chronicle thought Freeman and co-star Ashley Judd gave strong performances despite the lengthy plot.[69]

 
Freeman in 1998

Freeman went on to star in Deep Impact (1998), a science-fiction disaster film in which he played President Tim Beck.[70] The story depicts humanity's attempt to destroy a 7-mile (11 km) wide comet set to collide with Earth and cause a mass extinction. The film was a box-office hit, despite competition from Armageddon, another summer blockbuster of the year.[71] Continuing with the disaster genre, he then starred opposite Christian Slater in 1998's Hard Rain, centering on a heist and man-made treachery amidst a natural disaster in a small Indiana town. The film was unpopular with critics; Lawrence Van Gelder of The New York Times called the characters "one-dimensional" and the film "routine".[72]

Freeman returned to the screen in 2000 with the lead role of Charlie in the comedy Nurse Betty, featuring Renée Zellweger, Chris Rock, and Greg Kinnear. The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival to mainly positive reviews; the critic from Variety magazine thought Freeman and Rock had "wonderful chemistry".[73] Next, he appeared in Under Suspicion (2000), a thriller remake of the 1981 French film Garde à vue. The film had been "carting round" for twelve years before Freeman was able to produce it under Revelations Entertainment.[74] He co-starred with Gene Hackman; "Working with Gene was wonderful. I didn't find it too hard working with an icon I so respected," Freeman said.[74] Upon release, Under Suspicion was met with lukewarm reception;[75] CNN's Paul Tatara praised the actors but thought the film was "too tawdry to be completely entertaining, and too static to generate much excitement".[76] In 2001, Freeman reprised his role of Alex Cross in Along Came a Spider, a sequel to 1997's Kiss the Girls. The film received mixed-to-negative reviews.[77] Susan Wloszczyna of USA Today observed that "Freeman strides with noble authority" but thought the overall film was unmemorable.[78]

In 2002, Freeman was cast opposite Ben Affleck in the spy thriller The Sum of All Fears. It is based on Tom Clancy's 1991 novel of the same name, about a plot by an Austrian Neo-Nazi to trigger a nuclear war between the United States and Russia, so that he can establish a fascist superstate in Europe. The Sum of All Fears received moderate reviews,[79] but was a commercial success, grossing $193.9 million worldwide.[80] Next, Freeman starred alongside Ashley Judd and Jim Caviezel in High Crimes (2002), a legal thriller based on Joseph Finder's 1998 novel of the same name. The story follows lawyer Claire (Judd), whose husband (Caviezel) is arrested and placed on trial for the murder of villagers while he was in the Marines. Although several critics were unimpressed with the story, they credited Freeman and Judd for their chemistry and performances.[81][82]

In 2003, Freeman appeared as God in the hit comedy Bruce Almighty with Jim Carrey and Jennifer Aniston.[83] Next, he starred in the science fiction horror Dreamcatcher, adapted from Stephen King's 2001 novel of the same name. The film was a box-office flop,[84] and garnered mostly negative reviews; Dreamcatcher has an approval rating of 28% on review aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes.[85] Also in 2003, Freeman starred in two other dramas that were not widely seen, Levity and Guilty by Association.[86][87] His 2004 releases were comedy The Big Bounce and sports drama Million Dollar Baby.[88][89] In the latter, directed by Clint Eastwood, Freeman portrayed an elderly former boxer. The film won four Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress (Hilary Swank), and Best Supporting Actor, earning Freeman his first Academy Award.[10] Freeman was also nominated for a Golden Globe Award in the same category.[90] Roger Ebert complimented Freeman's "flat and factual" narration,[91] and Timeout magazine thought the cast fully inhabited their roles.[92]

2005–2013: Documentaries and thriller films

 
Freeman at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival

2005 was a busy year for Freeman, making six appearances in various features. In the drama An Unfinished Life, Freeman plays Mitch, a neighbor of a Wyoming rancher (Robert Redford). The film had a mixed response; The Guardian critic thought it was amiable but questioned the purpose of Freeman's "sidekick" role.[93] Freeman's authoritative voice led to his narration of two documentaries; Steven Spielberg's War of the Worlds and the Academy Award-winning March of the Penguins.[23] He also appeared in Christopher Nolan's Batman Begins, the first installment in what would become The Dark Knight Trilogy, as the fictional Lucius Fox.[94] After this, he co-starred with Jet Li in the action-thriller Unleashed, playing Sam, a blind piano tuner who helps Li's character turn his life around. The film gained a mixed-to-positive reception; Peter Hartlaub of San Francisco Chronicle was confused with the genre and thought Freeman's character interrupted the narrative.[95] Freeman's next role was in the thriller Edison, which bombed at the box office.[96] In his last release of 2005, he provided the voice of Neil Armstrong in the documentary Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D.[97]

Freeman starred in 2006's The Contract, as assassin Frank Carden opposite John Cusack. The film was released direct-to-video, which critic John Cornelius suggests was unsurprising, considering the generic formula of the thriller.[98] Freeman next appeared in Lucky Number Slevin (2006), a crime thriller directed by Paul McGuigan. Starring a principal cast of Josh Hartnett, Bruce Willis, Lucy Liu, Stanley Tucci, and Ben Kingsley, the film garnered mixed reception.[99] David Mattin of BBC wrote: "Kingsley and Freeman shine individually, but their inevitable, climactic clash of heads lacks force. Like its leading man [Hartnett], this movie presents a charming façade with nothing much underneath."[100] Next, Freeman portrayed himself in the low-budget comedy 10 Items or Less opposite Paz Vega.[101] Two weeks after its theatrical release, 10 Items or Less was made available for download from ClickStar, a film distribution company that Freeman co-founded that year.[102]

In 2007, Freeman reprised his role as God in Evan Almighty, a sequel to 2003's Bruce Almighty, with Steve Carell. Evan Almighty was a box-office failure[103] and negatively received;[104] The Guardian critic wrote: "A cast full of people who have been frequently funny elsewhere flounder in this deluge of sentimentality and CGI. Avoid like the Ten Plagues."[105] The drama Feast of Love was Freeman's second release of 2007. It is based on the 2000 novel The Feast of Love by Charles Baxter, about a group of friends living in suburban Oregon who come into contact with a free spirit who changes their outlook on life; Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian sarcastically remarked that it was great to see Freeman in a challenging role.[106] Freeman had a supporting part in Gone Baby Gone (2007), a mystery thriller that was also Ben Affleck's directorial debut. Adapted from the 1998 novel of the same name by Dennis Lehane, Freeman plays Captain Jack Doyle of the Boston Police Department. The story and cast performances were positively received; Time Out magazine called it "flawed but impressive".[107] Afterward, he starred in Rob Reiner's 2007 comedy The Bucket List opposite Jack Nicholson.[108] The plot follows two terminally ill men on a road trip with a list of things to do before they die. The film grossed a respectable $175 million worldwide.[109]

 
Freeman at the German premiere of The Bucket List in 2008

In 2008, Freeman was cast in the action-thriller Wanted, a loose adaptation of the comic book miniseries by Mark Millar and J. G. Jones. The plot revolves around Wesley Gibson (James McAvoy), a frustrated account manager who discovers that he is the son of a professional assassin and decides to join the Fraternity, a secret society of which Sloan (Freeman) is the leader. Principal photography took place in Chicago; co-star rapper Common remarked on the set atmosphere: "Freeman is a cool guy. He’d be walking around joking and singing and just dancing. You know, artists are free and I just felt the freedom in him."[110] The film received generally favorable reviews; Peter Howell of Toronto Star thought it was original and one of Freeman's bolder performances to date.[111] Freeman narrated The Love Guru (2008),[112] before appearing in The Dark Knight (2008), the second installment of Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight Trilogy, in which he reprised his role as Lucius Fox.[113] Freeman returned to Broadway in 2008 after an eighteen-year absence to co-star with Frances McDormand and Peter Gallagher in Clifford Odets' play, The Country Girl, directed by Mike Nichols.[114]

Freeman continued to accept roles in a diverse range of genres. In 2009, Freeman starred opposite Antonio Banderas in the heist movie Thick as Thieves.[115] Next, he collaborated with Christopher Walken and William H. Macy for the comedy The Maiden Heist. For some time, Freeman expressed a desire to do a film based on Nelson Mandela. Initially, he wanted to adapt Mandela's autobiography Long Walk to Freedom into a screenplay, but plans were never finalized.[116] Instead, he purchased the film rights to John Carlin's book: Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nation.[117] The book was adapted into a film which Clint Eastwood directed, Invictus, starring Freeman as Mandela and Matt Damon as rugby team captain Francois Pienaar.[118] The biographical drama received positive reviews for Freeman's performance; Roger Ebert wrote: "Freeman does a splendid job of evoking the man Nelson Mandela ... He shows him as genial, confident, calming, over what was clearly a core of tempered steel."[119] Freeman received Best Actor nominations at the Academy Awards and Golden Globes, as well as a nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor at the Screen Actors Guild Awards.[120][121][122] The same year he provided the narration for Janet Langhart's Anne and Emmett, a play featuring an imaginary conversation between Emmett Till and Anne Frank, both killed as young teenagers because of racial persecution.[123]

Freeman's sole film release of 2010 was Red with co-stars Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren, and John Malkovich.[124] Red is loosely adapted from the comic-book series Red, created by Warren Ellis and Cully Hamner and published by the DC Comics imprint Homage. Freeman plays CIA mentor Joe, who helps retired fellow agent Frank (Willis) to uncover some assassins. The film was a critical and commercial success;[125] writing for Melbourne's The Age, Jim Schembri praised Freeman and the cast who "bring an infectious comic energy to their roles".[126]

Besides film, Freeman worked on other projects. In January 2010, Freeman replaced Walter Cronkite as the voiceover introduction to the CBS Evening News presented by Katie Couric.[127] CBS stated the need for consistency in introductions for regular news broadcasts and special reports as the basis for the change.[127] Deborah Myers, head of Science Channel, approached Freeman to be the presenter of Through the Wormhole (2010–17). She had heard that he was "really interested in space and the universe," and the pair agreed to develop the series together.[128]

In 2011, Freeman narrated the fantasy Conan the Barbarian and appeared in the family drama Dolphin Tale, as prosthetic specialist Dr. McCarthy.[129] Returning to theater in 2011, Freeman was featured with John Lithgow in the Broadway debut of Dustin Lance Black's play, 8, a staged reenactment of Perry v. Brown, the federal trial that overturned California's Proposition 8 ban on same-sex marriage. Freeman played Attorney David Boies.[130] The production was held at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre in New York City to raise money for the American Foundation for Equal Rights.[131][132] Freeman had a lead role in the 2012 drama The Magic of Belle Isle, as an alcoholic novelist trying to write again. The film fared poorly with critics, gaining only a 29% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes.[133] Lastly in 2012, Freeman reprised his role as Lucius Fox for the third time in The Dark Knight Rises.[134]

A number of box office hits were released in 2013. Freeman appeared in the action-thriller Olympus Has Fallen, the first installment in what would become the Has Fallen film series;[135] he portrays Speaker of the House Allan Trumbull. The San Francisco Chronicle critic gave Olympus Has Fallen 3 out of 4 stars and opined that Freeman gave an amicable supporting performance.[136] He then starred in the science fiction drama Oblivion, with co-star Tom Cruise, as veteran soldier Malcolm Beech,[137] and appeared in the thriller Now You See Me, as an ex-magician.[138] Lastly, he played a retiree in Last Vegas, with co-stars Michael Douglas, Robert De Niro, Kevin Kline, and Mary Steenburgen.[139] Filmed in Las Vegas and Atlanta,[140] Last Vegas was praised for its cast's chemistry, and one critic thought Freeman brought the most amusement.[141]

2014–present: Continued success

In 2014, Freeman voiced the character Vitruvius in The Lego Movie, a commercially successful 3D animation.[142] He starred in Transcendence, a science fiction thriller directed by Wally Pfister in his directorial debut, in which Freeman plays scientist Joseph Tagger. Critic reviews of the film were generally mixed, according to Metacritic.[143] Next, he co-starred in the action Lucy (2014), about a woman (Scarlett Johansson) who gains psychokinetic abilities when a nootropic drug is absorbed into her bloodstream. Freeman plays Professor Samuel Norman, who helps her research the condition. Producer Virginie Silla wanted Freeman for the part because of his experience in portraying a character of wisdom.[144] "He was the perfect actor," she said.[144] Upon the release of Lucy, critical reception ranged from mixed-to-positive.[145] Also that year, Freeman appeared in the sequel to 2011's Dolphin Tale, Dolphin Tale 2,[146] and 5 Flights Up, a comedy-drama.[147] At the end of 2014, Freeman appeared as himself, among other celebrities, in the documentary Lennon or McCartney.[148]

Kazuaki Kiriya's action-thriller Last Knights was Freeman's first film of 2015, starring opposite Clive Owen. The plot centers on a band of warriors who seek to avenge the loss of their master at the hands of a corrupt minister. Reviews were largely underwhelming;[149] Sara Stewart of New York Post called it "bloody bad," adding: "Once-proud box office names are its first casualties."[150] Freeman next joined the cast of Ted 2, a comedy sequel to Ted, directed by Seth MacFarlane. The story follows the talking teddy bear Ted as he fights for civil rights in order to be recognized as a person. Freeman portrays Patrick Meighan, a highly respected civil rights attorney.[151] A television series also occupied Freeman's time. He played Chief Justice Frawley of the United States Supreme Court in a recurring role in Madam Secretary. He and his producing partner Lori McCreary served as executive producers.[152] Freeman directed the first episode; of his directing style, McCreary remarked: "What's riveting is that he can achieve a complete tonal change in performance with the least amount of direction ... Everybody behaves better when Morgan is there ... but he's very fun."[153] At the end of 2015, Freeman played a U.S senator in the thriller Momentum.[154]

 
Freeman in 2016

Reprising his role as Allan Trumbull, Freeman appeared in London Has Fallen, the 2016 sequel to Olympus Has Fallen. The film follows a plot to assassinate the world leaders of the G7 as they attend the British Prime Minister's funeral in London, as well as Secret Service agent Mike Banning's efforts to protect U.S President Benjamin Asher (Aaron Eckhart) from being killed. The film was a commercial success,[155] however, writing for A.V. Club, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky criticized the cheap filmmaking, saying, "The movie periodically cuts to overqualified supporting actors—including Freeman, Melissa Leo, and Robert Forster ... (it’s possible to write something that will sound like garbage even when spoken in Freeman’s sonorous voice.)"[156] Next, Freeman reprised his role as Thaddeus Bradley, starring in Now You See Me 2 (2016),[157] the sequel to Now You See Me, the sequel grossing a successful $334.9 million worldwide.[158] Finally, he had a leading role in the historical drama Ben-Hur, the fifth film adaptation of the 1880 novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ by Lew Wallace. Freeman expressed interest in playing Sheik Ilderim, a wealthy Nubian sheik, stating: "This character has quite a bit of power in the story. And I like playing power. It's something about my own personal ego."[159] Ben-Hur turned out to be one of 2016's biggest box-office bombs.[160]

In 2017, Freeman appeared in two comedies: Going in Style and Just Getting Started. The first of these is a remake of the 1979 film of the same name, co-starring Michael Caine and Alan Arkin, in which they play bank robbers after their pensions are canceled.[161] It opened to a mixed response;[162] The Telegraph's Robbie Collin thought the trio of actors looked tired before the end of it.[163] Just Getting Started, in which Freeman starred with Tommy Lee Jones and Rene Russo, was critically panned by reviewers.[164] The plot follows an ex-FBI agent (Jones) who must put aside his personal feud with a former mob lawyer (Freeman) at a retirement home when the mafia comes to kill the pair. Freeman hosted the National Geographic The Story of God with Morgan Freeman and The Story of Us with Morgan Freeman, in 2016 and 2017, respectively.[165]

In 2018, Freeman narrated Alpha, a historical drama set in the last ice age. He then starred in Disney's The Nutcracker and the Four Realms, a retelling of E. T. A. Hoffmann's short story "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King" and Marius Petipa's and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's ballet The Nutcracker.[166] Finally, he had an uncredited role as Jerome in the biographical drama Brian Banks, a high-school football player who was falsely accused of rape and upon his release attempted to fulfill his dream of making the NFL.[167] In 2019, Freeman starred opposite John Travolta in The Poison Rose, an adaptation of the novel by Richard Salvatore.[168] In Angel Has Fallen, Freeman reprised his role as Allan Trumbull, the third installment in the Has Fallen film series, following Olympus Has Fallen and London Has Fallen. Although critical reception was mixed,[169] the film was a box office success, earning $147.5 million worldwide.[170]

Freeman next appeared alongside an ensemble cast in George Gallo's crime comedy The Comeback Trail (2020) and in Coming 2 America (2021), a sequel to the 1988 film.[171]

On November 20, 2022, Freeman performed with Ghanim Al-Muftah at the opening ceremony of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.[172][173]

Other ventures

Environmental activism

In 2004, Freeman helped form the Grenada Relief Fund to aid people affected by Hurricane Ivan on the island of Grenada. The fund has since become PLANIT NOW, an organization that seeks to provide preparedness resources for people living in areas affected by hurricanes and severe storms.[174] In 2014, he narrated a clip titled What's Possible, which debuted at the United Nations climate summit.[175] Freeman has donated to the Mississippi Horse Park in Starkville, Mississippi, part of Mississippi State University and Freeman has several horses that he takes there.[176]

After learning about the decline of honeybees, Freeman decided to turn his 124-acre ranch into a bee sanctuary in July 2014, starting with 26 beehives.[177]

Political activism

In 2005, Freeman criticized the celebration of Black History Month, saying: "I don't want a black history month. Black history is American history."[178] He opined that the only way to end racism is to stop talking about it, and he noted that there is no "white history month".[178] In an interview with 60 Minutes's Mike Wallace, Freeman said: "I am going to stop calling you a white man and I'm going to ask you to stop calling me a black man."[178][179] Freeman supported the defeated proposal to change the Mississippi state flag, which incorporated the Confederate battle flag at the time.[180][181] In an interview on CNN's Piers Morgan Tonight, Freeman drew controversy when he accused the Tea Party movement of racism.[182][183][184] Regarding the 2015 Baltimore protests, Freeman said he was "absolutely" supportive of the protesters. "That unrest [in Baltimore] has nothing to do with terrorism at all, except the terrorism we suffer from the police. ... Because of the technology—everybody has a smartphone—now in reaction to the death of Freddie Gray we can see what the police are doing. We can show the world, 'Look, this is what happened in that situation.' So why are so many people dying in police custody? And why are they all Black? And why are all the police killing them white? What is that? The police have always said, 'I feared for my safety.' Well, now we know. OK. You feared for your safety while a guy was running away from you, right?"[185]

During the 2008 presidential election, Freeman endorsed Barack Obama's presidential bid, although he said he would not join Obama's campaign.[186] He provided the voice of the narrator for Disney World's The Hall of Presidents when Obama was added to the exhibit,[187][188] and when The Hall of Presidents re-opened on July 4, 2009, at Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida.[188] On day four of the 2016 Democratic National Convention, Freeman provided the voiceover for the video introduction of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.[189][190] On September 19, 2017, Freeman appeared in a video by the Committee to Investigate Russia group,[191][192] in which he declared "we [United States] are at war" and accusing Russia of "launching cyber attacks and spreading false information".[193][194]

In June 2021, he donated $1 million along with University of Mississippi Professor Linda Keena to the university in order to establish the Center for Evidence-Based Policing and Reform.[195]

Business ventures

In 1997, Freeman and business partner Lori McCreary founded Revelations Entertainment, a film production company. They also founded ClickStar in 2006, a film download company, with investment from Intel Corporation.[196] ClickStar ceased operations in 2008.[197] Freeman owns and operates Ground Zero, a blues club in Clarksdale, Mississippi, and is the former co-owner of Madidi, a fine dining restaurant in the same city.[198]

Personal life

 
Freeman with daughter Morgana at the 62nd Academy Awards in 1990

Freeman was married to Jeanette Adair Bradshaw from October 22, 1967, until November 18, 1979,[199] and subsequently married Myrna Colley-Lee on June 16, 1984.[199] The couple separated in December 2007[200] and divorced on September 15, 2010.[200] Freeman has four children: Alfonso, Deena, Morgana, and Saifoulaye.[201] Freeman and Colley-Lee also raised Freeman's step-granddaughter from his first marriage, E'dena Hines.[202] On August 16, 2015, 33-year-old Hines was murdered in New York City.[203]

Freeman resides in Charleston, Mississippi, and maintains a home in New York City.[204][205] He earned a private pilot's license at age 65[206] and owns or has owned at least three private aircraft, including both a Cessna Citation 501 and Cessna 414, and an Emivest SJ30.[207][208][209]

When asked if he believed in God, Freeman said: "It's a hard question because as I said at the start, I think we invented God. So if I believe in God, and I do, it's because I think I'm God."[210] Freeman later said that his experience working on The Story of God with Morgan Freeman did not change his views on religion.[211]

On the evening of August 3, 2008, Freeman was injured in an automobile crash when his 1997 Nissan Maxima was involved in a rollover near Ruleville, Mississippi. He and his passenger, Demaris Meyer, had to be cut free from the vehicle with hydraulic tools. Freeman was conscious after the crash and joked with a photographer at the scene.[212] He was taken via helicopter to The Regional Medical Center (The Med) hospital in Memphis.[213][214] His left shoulder, arm, and elbow had been broken in the accident, and he received surgery on August 5. Doctors operated on him for four hours to repair nerve damage in his shoulder and arm.[215] His publicist announced he was expected to make a full recovery.[216] Although alcohol was not considered a factor in the crash,[217] Meyer sued Freeman for negligence, claiming that he had been consuming alcohol, but the suit was eventually settled for an undisclosed amount.[218] Since the incident, Freeman suffers from fibromyalgia,[219] for which he wears a compression glove that supports blood circulation.[220]

In December 2010, Freeman joined President Bill Clinton, President of the United States Soccer Federation Sunil Gulati, and soccer player Landon Donovan in Zurich for a presentation to bid for the U.S hosting rights for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.[221]

On May 24, 2018, CNN published an investigation in which eight women accused Freeman of being "overly flirtatious" by "making inappropriate comments" while on the set of films or at his production company.[222] In response, Freeman issued a statement: "Anyone who knows me or has worked with me knows I am not someone who would intentionally offend or knowingly make anyone feel uneasy. I apologize to anyone who felt uncomfortable or disrespected—that was never my intent."[223][224] The spokesperson for Lori McCreary, Freeman's business partner, did not respond to CNN's request for comment.[225] Several journalists spoke out in response to the story, including Tyra Martin who stated, "I’m not, never was [a victim]. CNN totally misrepresented the video and took my remarks out of context.”[226] Freeman's lawyer demanded that CNN retract the story.[227] After a period of deliberation, the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) decided not to take any action against Freeman.[228] On December 8, 2020, La Opinión reported on a Spanish-language blog post from 2018 that alleged that CNN fabricated their report on Freeman.[229]

Artistry and legacy

 
Freeman at the 2018 Deauville American Film Festival

Freeman's deep voice is considered to be distinctive, iconic, and recognizable, which frequently makes him a preferable choice for narration in films and documentaries.[230][231] The journalist Radhika Sanghani writes that his "deeply reassuring voice, with its mellifluous tones and authoritative presence, is why an entire generation still hear his trademark tones when they think of the almighty".[232] Freeman said that his voice developed in this way while taking speech classes in college; he found that most people speak in a voice either too fast or too high and he developed a commanding voice by speaking in a lower octave and enunciating each word.[233]

According to author Miriam DeCosta-Willis, Freeman is an intuitive actor. He likes to select his roles carefully, and study the character to ensure he portrays them with depth, sensitivity, and substance.[234] Commenting on Freeman's persona, Beverly Todd, who co-starred with him in Lean on Me (1989) and The Bucket List (2007), said: "The world knows he is such a consummate actor. He's a very sharing actor and such a nice guy. He's not the kind of actor who demands that he has all of the scenes and all the dialogues and all the emphasis is on him".[235] Freeman has said he is interested in playing character roles,[15] and values the importance of listening carefully while filming scenes: "The big danger in acting is to wait for your line. That's what I never do. I always listen, no matter how many times we do it."[236]

On October 28, 2006, Freeman was honored at the first Mississippi's Best Awards in Jackson, Mississippi with the Lifetime Achievement Award for his work in film and theater. He received an honorary Doctor of Arts and Letters degree from Delta State University during the school's commencement exercises on May 13, 2006.[237] In 2013, Boston University presented him with an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree.[238] On November 12, 2014, he was bestowed the honor of Freedom of the City by the City of London.[239]

In 2008, Freeman was chosen as a Kennedy Center Honoree at the John F. Kennedy Center in Washington D.C.[240] In 2011, he received the AFI Life Achievement Award in recognition of his contribution to the film industry. Those who honored Freeman included Sidney Poitier, Samuel L. Jackson, Forest Whitaker, Rita Moreno, Helen Mirren, Clint Eastwood, Cuba Gooding Jr., and Matthew Broderick.[241] In 2012, he was awarded the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award, which recognizes lifetime achievement in the film industry.[242][243] In August 2017, he was named the 54th recipient of the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award for career achievement and humanitarian accomplishment.[244] His co-star Rita Moreno from The Electric Company presented him the award in the following January.[245]

Filmography and theater credits

Main article: Morgan Freeman on screen and stage

Key filmography:

Prolific in film since 1964, Freeman's most acclaimed and highest-grossing films, according to the online portal Box Office Mojo and the review aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes, include:[246][247]

Select theater roles:[248]

Select television roles:[247]

Awards and nominations

Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Morgan Freeman

Freeman has been recognized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for the following performances:

Freeman has been nominated for five Golden Globe Awards, winning one for Best Actor in Driving Miss Daisy (1989).[251] He has also been nominated for three Screen Actors Guild Awards, winning one for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role in Million Dollar Baby (2004).[252] He earned an Obie Award for each theater role in Coriolanus (1979), Mother Courage and Her Children (1980), and Driving Miss Daisy (1987–90).[15]

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morgan, freeman, director, morgan, freeman, born, june, 1937, american, actor, director, narrator, known, distinctive, deep, voice, various, roles, wide, variety, film, genres, throughout, career, spanning, over, five, decades, received, multiple, accolades, i. For the director see Morgan J Freeman Morgan Freeman 2 born June 1 1937 is an American actor director and narrator He is known for his distinctive deep voice and 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 He is the recipient of the Kennedy Center Honor in 2008 the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2011 the Cecil B DeMille Award in 2012 and the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 2018 Morgan FreemanFreeman in 2018Born 1937 06 01 June 1 1937 age 85 Memphis Tennessee U S EducationBroad Street High SchoolOccupationsActordirectorproducernarratorYears active1964 presentOrganizationRevelations EntertainmentWorksFull listSpousesJeanette Adair Bradshaw m 1967 div 1979 wbr Myrna Colley Lee m 1984 div 2010 wbr Children4AwardsFull list source source source Morgan Freeman s voice from BBC Radio 4 s The Film Programme September 12 2008 1 Born in Memphis Tennessee Freeman was raised in Mississippi where he began acting in school plays He studied theater 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 In 1978 he received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his role as Zeke in the Richard Wesley play The Mighty Gents Freeman went on to receive the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Clint Eastwood s sports drama Million Dollar Baby 2004 His other Oscar nominated roles were in Street Smart 1987 Driving Miss Daisy 1989 The Shawshank Redemption 1994 and Invictus 2009 Notable roles include in Glory 1989 Lean on Me 1989 Robin Hood Prince of Thieves 1991 Unforgiven 1992 Se7en 1995 Amistad 1997 Gone Baby Gone 2007 and The Bucket List 2007 He also portrayed Lucius Fox in Christopher Nolan s The Dark Knight Trilogy 2005 2012 He also starred in the action films Wanted 2008 Red 2010 Oblivion 2013 Now You See Me 2013 and Lucy 2014 Known for his distinctive voice he has narrated numerous documentary projects including The Long Way Home 1997 March of the Penguins 2005 Through the Wormhole 2010 2017 The Story of God with Morgan Freeman 2016 2019 and Our Universe 2022 He has directed the drama Bopha 1993 He also founded film production company Revelations Entertainment with business partner Lori McCreary in 1996 Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 2 1 1964 1988 Early work and rise to prominence 2 2 1989 1996 Hollywood breakthrough 2 3 1997 2004 Critical success and established actor 2 4 2005 2013 Documentaries and thriller films 2 5 2014 present Continued success 3 Other ventures 3 1 Environmental activism 3 2 Political activism 3 3 Business ventures 4 Personal life 5 Artistry and legacy 6 Filmography and theater credits 7 Awards and nominations 8 See also 9 References 10 External linksEarly lifeMorgan Freeman was born on June 1 1937 in Memphis Tennessee 3 He is the son of Mamie Edna nee Revere 1912 2000 a teacher 4 and Morgan Porterfield Freeman July 6 1915 April 27 1961 2 a barber who died of cirrhosis in 1961 5 He has three older siblings 6 According to DNA analysis some of his ancestors were from the Songhai and Tuareg people of Niger 7 Some of Freeman s great great grandparents were slaves who migrated from North Carolina to Mississippi Freeman later discovered that his Caucasian maternal great great grandfather had lived with and was buried beside Freeman s African American great great grandmother in the segregated South as the two could not legally marry at the time 4 The DNA test suggested that among all of his African ancestors a little over one quarter came from the area that stretches from present day Senegal to Liberia and three quarters came from the Congo Angola region 8 As an infant Freeman was sent to his paternal grandmother in Charleston Mississippi 9 10 He moved frequently during his childhood living in Greenwood Mississippi Gary Indiana and finally Chicago Illinois 10 He made his acting debut at age nine playing the lead role in a school play He then attended Broad Street High School a building which serves today as Threadgill Elementary School in Greenwood Mississippi 11 At age 12 he won a statewide drama competition and while settling into school discovered music and theater 5 When Freeman was 16 years old he contracted pneumonia 12 Freeman graduated high school in 1955 but turned down a partial drama scholarship from Jackson State University opting instead to enlist in the United States Air Force 5 He served as an Automatic Tracking Radar repairman rising to the rank of airman first class 13 After serving from 1955 to 1959 he moved to Los Angeles California and took acting classes at the Pasadena Playhouse 5 He also studied theater arts at Los Angeles City College where a teacher encouraged him to embark on a dance career 14 Career1964 1988 Early work and rise to prominence Freeman worked as a dancer at the 1964 World s Fair and was a member of the Opera Ring musical theater group in San Francisco 15 He acted in a touring company version of The Royal Hunt of the Sun and also appeared as an extra in Sidney Lumet s 1965 drama film The Pawnbroker starring Rod Steiger 15 Between acting and dancing jobs Freeman realized that acting was where his heart lay After The Royal Hunt of the Sun my acting career just took off he later recalled 15 Freeman made his Off Broadway debut in 1967 opposite Viveca Lindfors in The Nigger Lovers a show about the Freedom Riders during the American Civil Rights Movement 16 before debuting on Broadway in 1968 s all black version of Hello Dolly that also starred Pearl Bailey and Cab Calloway 17 In 1969 Freeman also performed on stage in The Dozens 18 Beginning in 1971 Freeman starred in the PBS children s television show The Electric Company which gave him financial stability and recognition among American audiences 10 His work on the show was tiring so he quit in 1975 14 Television producer Joan Ganz Cooney said that Freeman loathed appearing in The Electric Company saying it was a very unhappy period in his life 19 Freeman later acknowledged that he does not think about the show but he was grateful to have been a part of it 20 His first credited appearance in a feature film show in 1971 s Who Says I Can t Ride a Rainbow a family drama starring Jack Klugman 18 Also that year Freeman performed in a theater production of Purlie 21 After a short career break he returned to work in 1978 appearing in two stage productions 1978 s The Mighty Gents winning a Drama Desk Award and a Clarence Derwent Award for his role as a wino 22 and White Pelicans 23 Freeman continued to work in theater and a year later appeared in the Shakespearean tragedies Coriolanus receiving the Obie Award in 1980 for the title role 15 and Julius Caesar 24 In 1980 he had a small role as Walter in the drama Brubaker which starred Robert Redford as a prison warden 25 Freeman next appeared in the television film Attica 1980 which is about the 1971 Attica Prison riot and its aftermath 26 A year later he starred in Peter Yates Eyewitness with co stars William Hurt and Sigourney Weaver 27 From 1982 to 1984 Freeman was a cast member of the soap opera Another World playing architect Roy Bingham 28 After several small roles in dramas he starred in Marie 1985 a film adaptation of Marie A True Story by Peter Maas in which he portrayed Charles Traughber 29 and also appeared in the miniseries The Atlanta Child Murders 30 Freeman also had a small role in the drama That Was Then This Is Now based on the novel of the same name by S E Hinton 31 In the mid 1980s he began accepting prominent supporting roles in feature films earning him a reputation for depicting wise fatherly characters 10 In addition to television films in 1987 Freeman played a violent street hustler a role that diverged from his previous roles in Street Smart co starring Christopher Reeve and Kathy Baker Freeman s performance was praised by film critics including Roger Ebert who wrote Freeman has the flashier role as a smart very tough man who can be charming or intimidating whatever s needed Freeman creates such an unforgettable villain 32 Freeman s performance earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor 33 Freeman later said he considered Street Smart to be his breakthrough role 20 In his next film he played Craig in the drama Clean and Sober with co stars Michael Keaton and Kathy Baker Although the film was not a box office hit it gained fair reviews Roger Ebert gave the film 41 2 out of 5 stars and called the performances superb 34 Freeman also received Obie Awards for his roles as a preacher in the musical The Gospel at Colonus and as Hoke Colburn in the play Driving Miss Daisy respectively 15 1989 1996 Hollywood breakthrough Freeman had four film releases in 1989 In the first he starred as Sergeant Major John Rawlins in Glory directed by Edward Zwick about the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment the Union Army s second African American regiment in the American Civil War Writing for The Washington Post Desson Thomson praised Freeman and co star Denzel Washington for their warming sense of fraternity 35 Glory was nominated for five Academy Awards and won three Best Supporting Actor for Washington Best Cinematography and Best Sound 36 Next Freeman starred in the comedy drama Driving Miss Daisy alongside Jessica Tandy and Dan Aykroyd Based on Alfred Uhry s play of the same name in which Freeman had appeared previously he reprises his role of Hoke Colburn chauffeur for a Jewish widow The film was a commercial success and grossed US 145 million worldwide 37 Film critics were mainly positive Henry Sheehan from The Hollywood Reporter opined that Freeman and Tandy s performances complemented each other while retaining their individual star quality 38 The film was nominated for nine Academy Awards including Best Actor for Freeman 36 His third release was the biographical drama Lean on Me in which he portrays the principal of an under performing and drug and crime ridden New Jersey high school Jane Galbraith of Variety magazine thought Freeman s casting was wonderful 39 Lastly in 1989 he starred in Walter Hill s Johnny Handsome a crime drama in which he plays a New Orleans police officer 40 In a 1990 interview Freeman said that Glory was one of his favorite releases The Black legacy is as noble is as heroic is as filled with adventure and conquest and discovery as anybody else s It s just that nobody knows it 14 Freeman at the 62nd Academy Awards in 1990 In 1990 Freeman provided the voice of Frederick Douglass in The Civil War a television miniseries about the American Civil War 41 That year he also starred in the critically panned The Bonfire of the Vanities According to the review aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 16 based on 51 reviews 42 In the summer of 1990 he played Petruchio a role he had been thinking about for six years in Shakespeare s The Taming of the Shrew which opened at Delacorte theater in New York City Petruchio seems to have a lot of fun in life he said 43 In 1991 Freeman had a supporting role in Robin Hood Prince of Thieves an action adventure starring Kevin Costner The film was a commercial success 44 but garnered mixed reviews from critics The New York Times Vincent Canby thought Freeman played Azeem with wit and humor despite the muddled plot 45 Freeman also narrated The True Story of Glory Continues a documentary about the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment 46 In 1992 he appeared in Clint Eastwood s western Unforgiven which won four Academy Awards including Best Picture 47 The film depicts William Munny Eastwood an aging outlaw and killer who takes on one more job with old friend Ned Logan Freeman Unforgiven was widely acclaimed with one critic calling Freeman s performance outstanding 48 The Power of One was Freeman s second film in 1992 a loose adaptation of Bryce Courtenay s 1989 novel of the same name in which he plays boxing coach Geel Piet 49 In 1993 Freeman made his directorial debut with the drama Bopha which tells the story of a black policeman Danny Glover during South Africa s apartheid era Bopha was well received in particular for Freeman s directing Hal Hinson of The Washington Post wrote Freeman lays out the father son dynamics with great skill and very little fuss There s no hysteria in his approach instead he sticks to the facts relying on his cast to provide the emotion The result is a surprisingly powerful insightful film 50 Kenneth Turan from Los Angeles Times also complimented Freeman s direction but thought the film was more predictable than powerful 51 In 1994 Freeman portrayed Red the redeemed convict in Frank Darabont s acclaimed drama The Shawshank Redemption with co star Tim Robbins It is based on the 1982 Stephen King novella Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption Freeman was cast at the suggestion of producer Liz Glotzer despite the novella s character of a white Irishman 52 Filming proved to be challenging mainly because of Darabont s need for multiple takes Freeman said The answer I d give him was no having to do something again and again for no discernible reason tends to be a bit debilitating to the energy 52 Nevertheless Freeman s performance was described as quietly impressive and moving by The New York Times 53 At the 67th Academy Awards he received a nomination for Best Actor 54 Since its release The Shawshank Redemption has remained popular among audiences 52 In 1994 Freeman also served as a member of the jury at the 44th Berlin International Film Festival 55 Outbreak 1995 a medical thriller directed by Wolfgang Petersen was Freeman s next film He played General Billy Ford a doctor dealing with an outbreak of a fictional virus in a small town The film also stars Dustin Hoffman Rene Russo and Donald Sutherland Outbreak was a box office success grossing 189 8 million worldwide 56 but gained a mixed critics response 57 Mick LaSelle of the San Francisco Chronicle credited Freeman for his performance which may have been unappreciated by viewers 58 In 1995 Freeman also starred with Brad Pitt in David Fincher s crime thriller Seven the story of two detectives who attempt to identify a serial killer who bases his murders on the Christian seven deadly sins Freeman s performance generated a positive response Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly wrote Freeman plays nearly every scene in a doleful hush he makes you lean in to hear his words to ferret out the hints of anger and regret that haunt this weary knight 59 The critic from Variety magazine called Freeman s acting supremely nuanced 60 A year later Freeman appeared in Chain Reaction as Paul Shannon a science fiction thriller co starring Keanu Reeves and Rachel Weisz The film was a critical and commercial disappointment 61 62 Next he was cast opposite Robin Wright in 1996 s Moll Flanders a period drama based on the novel of the same name The film received a mixed reception Greg Evans from Variety magazine said Freeman gave a sweet performance 63 while The New York Times critic thought he was miscast 64 1997 2004 Critical success and established actor While filming Outbreak Freeman expressed an interest in starting a film production company He turned to Lori McCreary producer of Bopha to be his business partner Freeman explained to her that he wanted to achieve representation on screen explore challenging issues and reveal hidden truths so they chose to name their firm Revelations Entertainment 65 In 1997 Freeman narrated the Academy Award winning documentary The Long Way Home about Jewish refugees liberation after World War II and the establishment of Israel 23 He also appeared in Steven Spielberg s historical epic Amistad alongside Djimon Hounsou Anthony Hopkins and Matthew McConaughey Based on the events in 1839 aboard the slave ship La Amistad the film was mostly well received and earned four nominations at the Academy Awards 66 67 The critic from Salon magazine however thought the film lacked inspiration and Freeman s role was utterly cryptic 68 In that same year he was cast as psychologist Alex Cross in Kiss the Girls a thriller based on James Patterson s 1995 novel of the same name In a mixed review Peter Stack of San Francisco Chronicle thought Freeman and co star Ashley Judd gave strong performances despite the lengthy plot 69 Freeman in 1998 Freeman went on to star in Deep Impact 1998 a science fiction disaster film in which he played President Tim Beck 70 The story depicts humanity s attempt to destroy a 7 mile 11 km wide comet set to collide with Earth and cause a mass extinction The film was a box office hit despite competition from Armageddon another summer blockbuster of the year 71 Continuing with the disaster genre he then starred opposite Christian Slater in 1998 s Hard Rain centering on a heist and man made treachery amidst a natural disaster in a small Indiana town The film was unpopular with critics Lawrence Van Gelder of The New York Times called the characters one dimensional and the film routine 72 Freeman returned to the screen in 2000 with the lead role of Charlie in the comedy Nurse Betty featuring Renee Zellweger Chris Rock and Greg Kinnear The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival to mainly positive reviews the critic from Variety magazine thought Freeman and Rock had wonderful chemistry 73 Next he appeared in Under Suspicion 2000 a thriller remake of the 1981 French film Garde a vue The film had been carting round for twelve years before Freeman was able to produce it under Revelations Entertainment 74 He co starred with Gene Hackman Working with Gene was wonderful I didn t find it too hard working with an icon I so respected Freeman said 74 Upon release Under Suspicion was met with lukewarm reception 75 CNN s Paul Tatara praised the actors but thought the film was too tawdry to be completely entertaining and too static to generate much excitement 76 In 2001 Freeman reprised his role of Alex Cross in Along Came a Spider a sequel to 1997 s Kiss the Girls The film received mixed to negative reviews 77 Susan Wloszczyna of USA Today observed that Freeman strides with noble authority but thought the overall film was unmemorable 78 In 2002 Freeman was cast opposite Ben Affleck in the spy thriller The Sum of All Fears It is based on Tom Clancy s 1991 novel of the same name about a plot by an Austrian Neo Nazi to trigger a nuclear war between the United States and Russia so that he can establish a fascist superstate in Europe The Sum of All Fears received moderate reviews 79 but was a commercial success grossing 193 9 million worldwide 80 Next Freeman starred alongside Ashley Judd and Jim Caviezel in High Crimes 2002 a legal thriller based on Joseph Finder s 1998 novel of the same name The story follows lawyer Claire Judd whose husband Caviezel is arrested and placed on trial for the murder of villagers while he was in the Marines Although several critics were unimpressed with the story they credited Freeman and Judd for their chemistry and performances 81 82 In 2003 Freeman appeared as God in the hit comedy Bruce Almighty with Jim Carrey and Jennifer Aniston 83 Next he starred in the science fiction horror Dreamcatcher adapted from Stephen King s 2001 novel of the same name The film was a box office flop 84 and garnered mostly negative reviews Dreamcatcher has an approval rating of 28 on review aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes 85 Also in 2003 Freeman starred in two other dramas that were not widely seen Levity and Guilty by Association 86 87 His 2004 releases were comedy The Big Bounce and sports drama Million Dollar Baby 88 89 In the latter directed by Clint Eastwood Freeman portrayed an elderly former boxer The film won four Academy Awards including Best Picture Best Director Best Actress Hilary Swank and Best Supporting Actor earning Freeman his first Academy Award 10 Freeman was also nominated for a Golden Globe Award in the same category 90 Roger Ebert complimented Freeman s flat and factual narration 91 and Timeout magazine thought the cast fully inhabited their roles 92 2005 2013 Documentaries and thriller films Freeman at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival 2005 was a busy year for Freeman making six appearances in various features In the drama An Unfinished Life Freeman plays Mitch a neighbor of a Wyoming rancher Robert Redford The film had a mixed response The Guardian critic thought it was amiable but questioned the purpose of Freeman s sidekick role 93 Freeman s authoritative voice led to his narration of two documentaries Steven Spielberg s War of the Worlds and the Academy Award winning March of the Penguins 23 He also appeared in Christopher Nolan s Batman Begins the first installment in what would become The Dark Knight Trilogy as the fictional Lucius Fox 94 After this he co starred with Jet Li in the action thriller Unleashed playing Sam a blind piano tuner who helps Li s character turn his life around The film gained a mixed to positive reception Peter Hartlaub of San Francisco Chronicle was confused with the genre and thought Freeman s character interrupted the narrative 95 Freeman s next role was in the thriller Edison which bombed at the box office 96 In his last release of 2005 he provided the voice of Neil Armstrong in the documentary Magnificent Desolation Walking on the Moon 3D 97 Freeman starred in 2006 s The Contract as assassin Frank Carden opposite John Cusack The film was released direct to video which critic John Cornelius suggests was unsurprising considering the generic formula of the thriller 98 Freeman next appeared in Lucky Number Slevin 2006 a crime thriller directed by Paul McGuigan Starring a principal cast of Josh Hartnett Bruce Willis Lucy Liu Stanley Tucci and Ben Kingsley the film garnered mixed reception 99 David Mattin of BBC wrote Kingsley and Freeman shine individually but their inevitable climactic clash of heads lacks force Like its leading man Hartnett this movie presents a charming facade with nothing much underneath 100 Next Freeman portrayed himself in the low budget comedy 10 Items or Less opposite Paz Vega 101 Two weeks after its theatrical release 10 Items or Less was made available for download from ClickStar a film distribution company that Freeman co founded that year 102 In 2007 Freeman reprised his role as God in Evan Almighty a sequel to 2003 s Bruce Almighty with Steve Carell Evan Almighty was a box office failure 103 and negatively received 104 The Guardian critic wrote A cast full of people who have been frequently funny elsewhere flounder in this deluge of sentimentality and CGI Avoid like the Ten Plagues 105 The drama Feast of Love was Freeman s second release of 2007 It is based on the 2000 novel The Feast of Love by Charles Baxter about a group of friends living in suburban Oregon who come into contact with a free spirit who changes their outlook on life Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian sarcastically remarked that it was great to see Freeman in a challenging role 106 Freeman had a supporting part in Gone Baby Gone 2007 a mystery thriller that was also Ben Affleck s directorial debut Adapted from the 1998 novel of the same name by Dennis Lehane Freeman plays Captain Jack Doyle of the Boston Police Department The story and cast performances were positively received Time Out magazine called it flawed but impressive 107 Afterward he starred in Rob Reiner s 2007 comedy The Bucket List opposite Jack Nicholson 108 The plot follows two terminally ill men on a road trip with a list of things to do before they die The film grossed a respectable 175 million worldwide 109 Freeman at the German premiere of The Bucket List in 2008 In 2008 Freeman was cast in the action thriller Wanted a loose adaptation of the comic book miniseries by Mark Millar and J G Jones The plot revolves around Wesley Gibson James McAvoy a frustrated account manager who discovers that he is the son of a professional assassin and decides to join the Fraternity a secret society of which Sloan Freeman is the leader Principal photography took place in Chicago co star rapper Common remarked on the set atmosphere Freeman is a cool guy He d be walking around joking and singing and just dancing You know artists are free and I just felt the freedom in him 110 The film received generally favorable reviews Peter Howell of Toronto Star thought it was original and one of Freeman s bolder performances to date 111 Freeman narrated The Love Guru 2008 112 before appearing in The Dark Knight 2008 the second installment of Christopher Nolan s Dark Knight Trilogy in which he reprised his role as Lucius Fox 113 Freeman returned to Broadway in 2008 after an eighteen year absence to co star with Frances McDormand and Peter Gallagher in Clifford Odets play The Country Girl directed by Mike Nichols 114 Freeman continued to accept roles in a diverse range of genres In 2009 Freeman starred opposite Antonio Banderas in the heist movie Thick as Thieves 115 Next he collaborated with Christopher Walken and William H Macy for the comedy The Maiden Heist For some time Freeman expressed a desire to do a film based on Nelson Mandela Initially he wanted to adapt Mandela s autobiography Long Walk to Freedom into a screenplay but plans were never finalized 116 Instead he purchased the film rights to John Carlin s book Playing the Enemy Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nation 117 The book was adapted into a film which Clint Eastwood directed Invictus starring Freeman as Mandela and Matt Damon as rugby team captain Francois Pienaar 118 The biographical drama received positive reviews for Freeman s performance Roger Ebert wrote Freeman does a splendid job of evoking the man Nelson Mandela He shows him as genial confident calming over what was clearly a core of tempered steel 119 Freeman received Best Actor nominations at the Academy Awards and Golden Globes as well as a nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor at the Screen Actors Guild Awards 120 121 122 The same year he provided the narration for Janet Langhart s Anne and Emmett a play featuring an imaginary conversation between Emmett Till and Anne Frank both killed as young teenagers because of racial persecution 123 Freeman s sole film release of 2010 was Red with co stars Bruce Willis Helen Mirren and John Malkovich 124 Red is loosely adapted from the comic book series Red created by Warren Ellis and Cully Hamner and published by the DC Comics imprint Homage Freeman plays CIA mentor Joe who helps retired fellow agent Frank Willis to uncover some assassins The film was a critical and commercial success 125 writing for Melbourne s The Age Jim Schembri praised Freeman and the cast who bring an infectious comic energy to their roles 126 Besides film Freeman worked on other projects In January 2010 Freeman replaced Walter Cronkite as the voiceover introduction to the CBS Evening News presented by Katie Couric 127 CBS stated the need for consistency in introductions for regular news broadcasts and special reports as the basis for the change 127 Deborah Myers head of Science Channel approached Freeman to be the presenter of Through the Wormhole 2010 17 She had heard that he was really interested in space and the universe and the pair agreed to develop the series together 128 In 2011 Freeman narrated the fantasy Conan the Barbarian and appeared in the family drama Dolphin Tale as prosthetic specialist Dr McCarthy 129 Returning to theater in 2011 Freeman was featured with John Lithgow in the Broadway debut of Dustin Lance Black s play 8 a staged reenactment of Perry v Brown the federal trial that overturned California s Proposition 8 ban on same sex marriage Freeman played Attorney David Boies 130 The production was held at the Eugene O Neill Theatre in New York City to raise money for the American Foundation for Equal Rights 131 132 Freeman had a lead role in the 2012 drama The Magic of Belle Isle as an alcoholic novelist trying to write again The film fared poorly with critics gaining only a 29 approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes 133 Lastly in 2012 Freeman reprised his role as Lucius Fox for the third time in The Dark Knight Rises 134 A number of box office hits were released in 2013 Freeman appeared in the action thriller Olympus Has Fallen the first installment in what would become the Has Fallen film series 135 he portrays Speaker of the House Allan Trumbull The San Francisco Chronicle critic gave Olympus Has Fallen 3 out of 4 stars and opined that Freeman gave an amicable supporting performance 136 He then starred in the science fiction drama Oblivion with co star Tom Cruise as veteran soldier Malcolm Beech 137 and appeared in the thriller Now You See Me as an ex magician 138 Lastly he played a retiree in Last Vegas with co stars Michael Douglas Robert De Niro Kevin Kline and Mary Steenburgen 139 Filmed in Las Vegas and Atlanta 140 Last Vegas was praised for its cast s chemistry and one critic thought Freeman brought the most amusement 141 2014 present Continued success In 2014 Freeman voiced the character Vitruvius in The Lego Movie a commercially successful 3D animation 142 He starred in Transcendence a science fiction thriller directed by Wally Pfister in his directorial debut in which Freeman plays scientist Joseph Tagger Critic reviews of the film were generally mixed according to Metacritic 143 Next he co starred in the action Lucy 2014 about a woman Scarlett Johansson who gains psychokinetic abilities when a nootropic drug is absorbed into her bloodstream Freeman plays Professor Samuel Norman who helps her research the condition Producer Virginie Silla wanted Freeman for the part because of his experience in portraying a character of wisdom 144 He was the perfect actor she said 144 Upon the release of Lucy critical reception ranged from mixed to positive 145 Also that year Freeman appeared in the sequel to 2011 s Dolphin Tale Dolphin Tale 2 146 and 5 Flights Up a comedy drama 147 At the end of 2014 Freeman appeared as himself among other celebrities in the documentary Lennon or McCartney 148 Kazuaki Kiriya s action thriller Last Knights was Freeman s first film of 2015 starring opposite Clive Owen The plot centers on a band of warriors who seek to avenge the loss of their master at the hands of a corrupt minister Reviews were largely underwhelming 149 Sara Stewart of New York Post called it bloody bad adding Once proud box office names are its first casualties 150 Freeman next joined the cast of Ted 2 a comedy sequel to Ted directed by Seth MacFarlane The story follows the talking teddy bear Ted as he fights for civil rights in order to be recognized as a person Freeman portrays Patrick Meighan a highly respected civil rights attorney 151 A television series also occupied Freeman s time He played Chief Justice Frawley of the United States Supreme Court in a recurring role in Madam Secretary He and his producing partner Lori McCreary served as executive producers 152 Freeman directed the first episode of his directing style McCreary remarked What s riveting is that he can achieve a complete tonal change in performance with the least amount of direction Everybody behaves better when Morgan is there but he s very fun 153 At the end of 2015 Freeman played a U S senator in the thriller Momentum 154 Freeman in 2016 Reprising his role as Allan Trumbull Freeman appeared in London Has Fallen the 2016 sequel to Olympus Has Fallen The film follows a plot to assassinate the world leaders of the G7 as they attend the British Prime Minister s funeral in London as well as Secret Service agent Mike Banning s efforts to protect U S President Benjamin Asher Aaron Eckhart from being killed The film was a commercial success 155 however writing for A V Club Ignatiy Vishnevetsky criticized the cheap filmmaking saying The movie periodically cuts to overqualified supporting actors including Freeman Melissa Leo and Robert Forster it s possible to write something that will sound like garbage even when spoken in Freeman s sonorous voice 156 Next Freeman reprised his role as Thaddeus Bradley starring in Now You See Me 2 2016 157 the sequel to Now You See Me the sequel grossing a successful 334 9 million worldwide 158 Finally he had a leading role in the historical drama Ben Hur the fifth film adaptation of the 1880 novel Ben Hur A Tale of the Christ by Lew Wallace Freeman expressed interest in playing Sheik Ilderim a wealthy Nubian sheik stating This character has quite a bit of power in the story And I like playing power It s something about my own personal ego 159 Ben Hur turned out to be one of 2016 s biggest box office bombs 160 In 2017 Freeman appeared in two comedies Going in Style and Just Getting Started The first of these is a remake of the 1979 film of the same name co starring Michael Caine and Alan Arkin in which they play bank robbers after their pensions are canceled 161 It opened to a mixed response 162 The Telegraph s Robbie Collin thought the trio of actors looked tired before the end of it 163 Just Getting Started in which Freeman starred with Tommy Lee Jones and Rene Russo was critically panned by reviewers 164 The plot follows an ex FBI agent Jones who must put aside his personal feud with a former mob lawyer Freeman at a retirement home when the mafia comes to kill the pair Freeman hosted the National Geographic The Story of God with Morgan Freeman and The Story of Us with Morgan Freeman in 2016 and 2017 respectively 165 In 2018 Freeman narrated Alpha a historical drama set in the last ice age He then starred in Disney s The Nutcracker and the Four Realms a retelling of E T A Hoffmann s short story The Nutcracker and the Mouse King and Marius Petipa s and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky s ballet The Nutcracker 166 Finally he had an uncredited role as Jerome in the biographical drama Brian Banks a high school football player who was falsely accused of rape and upon his release attempted to fulfill his dream of making the NFL 167 In 2019 Freeman starred opposite John Travolta in The Poison Rose an adaptation of the novel by Richard Salvatore 168 In Angel Has Fallen Freeman reprised his role as Allan Trumbull the third installment in the Has Fallen film series following Olympus Has Fallen and London Has Fallen Although critical reception was mixed 169 the film was a box office success earning 147 5 million worldwide 170 Freeman next appeared alongside an ensemble cast in George Gallo s crime comedy The Comeback Trail 2020 and in Coming 2 America 2021 a sequel to the 1988 film 171 On November 20 2022 Freeman performed with Ghanim Al Muftah at the opening ceremony of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar 172 173 Other venturesEnvironmental activism In 2004 Freeman helped form the Grenada Relief Fund to aid people affected by Hurricane Ivan on the island of Grenada The fund has since become PLANIT NOW an organization that seeks to provide preparedness resources for people living in areas affected by hurricanes and severe storms 174 In 2014 he narrated a clip titled What s Possible which debuted at the United Nations climate summit 175 Freeman has donated to the Mississippi Horse Park in Starkville Mississippi part of Mississippi State University and Freeman has several horses that he takes there 176 After learning about the decline of honeybees Freeman decided to turn his 124 acre ranch into a bee sanctuary in July 2014 starting with 26 beehives 177 Political activism In 2005 Freeman criticized the celebration of Black History Month saying I don t want a black history month Black history is American history 178 He opined that the only way to end racism is to stop talking about it and he noted that there is no white history month 178 In an interview with 60 Minutes s Mike Wallace Freeman said I am going to stop calling you a white man and I m going to ask you to stop calling me a black man 178 179 Freeman supported the defeated proposal to change the Mississippi state flag which incorporated the Confederate battle flag at the time 180 181 In an interview on CNN s Piers Morgan Tonight Freeman drew controversy when he accused the Tea Party movement of racism 182 183 184 Regarding the 2015 Baltimore protests Freeman said he was absolutely supportive of the protesters That unrest in Baltimore has nothing to do with terrorism at all except the terrorism we suffer from the police Because of the technology everybody has a smartphone now in reaction to the death of Freddie Gray we can see what the police are doing We can show the world Look this is what happened in that situation So why are so many people dying in police custody And why are they all Black And why are all the police killing them white What is that The police have always said I feared for my safety Well now we know OK You feared for your safety while a guy was running away from you right 185 During the 2008 presidential election Freeman endorsed Barack Obama s presidential bid although he said he would not join Obama s campaign 186 He provided the voice of the narrator for Disney World s The Hall of Presidents when Obama was added to the exhibit 187 188 and when The Hall of Presidents re opened on July 4 2009 at Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando Florida 188 On day four of the 2016 Democratic National Convention Freeman provided the voiceover for the video introduction of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton 189 190 On September 19 2017 Freeman appeared in a video by the Committee to Investigate Russia group 191 192 in which he declared we United States are at war and accusing Russia of launching cyber attacks and spreading false information 193 194 In June 2021 he donated 1 million along with University of Mississippi Professor Linda Keena to the university in order to establish the Center for Evidence Based Policing and Reform 195 Business ventures In 1997 Freeman and business partner Lori McCreary founded Revelations Entertainment a film production company They also founded ClickStar in 2006 a film download company with investment from Intel Corporation 196 ClickStar ceased operations in 2008 197 Freeman owns and operates Ground Zero a blues club in Clarksdale Mississippi and is the former co owner of Madidi a fine dining restaurant in the same city 198 Personal life Freeman with daughter Morgana at the 62nd Academy Awards in 1990 Freeman was married to Jeanette Adair Bradshaw from October 22 1967 until November 18 1979 199 and subsequently married Myrna Colley Lee on June 16 1984 199 The couple separated in December 2007 200 and divorced on September 15 2010 200 Freeman has four children Alfonso Deena Morgana and Saifoulaye 201 Freeman and Colley Lee also raised Freeman s step granddaughter from his first marriage E dena Hines 202 On August 16 2015 33 year old Hines was murdered in New York City 203 Freeman resides in Charleston Mississippi and maintains a home in New York City 204 205 He earned a private pilot s license at age 65 206 and owns or has owned at least three private aircraft including both a Cessna Citation 501 and Cessna 414 and an Emivest SJ30 207 208 209 When asked if he believed in God Freeman said It s a hard question because as I said at the start I think we invented God So if I believe in God and I do it s because I think I m God 210 Freeman later said that his experience working on The Story of God with Morgan Freeman did not change his views on religion 211 On the evening of August 3 2008 Freeman was injured in an automobile crash when his 1997 Nissan Maxima was involved in a rollover near Ruleville Mississippi He and his passenger Demaris Meyer had to be cut free from the vehicle with hydraulic tools Freeman was conscious after the crash and joked with a photographer at the scene 212 He was taken via helicopter to The Regional Medical Center The Med hospital in Memphis 213 214 His left shoulder arm and elbow had been broken in the accident and he received surgery on August 5 Doctors operated on him for four hours to repair nerve damage in his shoulder and arm 215 His publicist announced he was expected to make a full recovery 216 Although alcohol was not considered a factor in the crash 217 Meyer sued Freeman for negligence claiming that he had been consuming alcohol but the suit was eventually settled for an undisclosed amount 218 Since the incident Freeman suffers from fibromyalgia 219 for which he wears a compression glove that supports blood circulation 220 In December 2010 Freeman joined President Bill Clinton President of the United States Soccer Federation Sunil Gulati and soccer player Landon Donovan in Zurich for a presentation to bid for the U S hosting rights for the 2022 FIFA World Cup 221 On May 24 2018 CNN published an investigation in which eight women accused Freeman of being overly flirtatious by making inappropriate comments while on the set of films or at his production company 222 In response Freeman issued a statement Anyone who knows me or has worked with me knows I am not someone who would intentionally offend or knowingly make anyone feel uneasy I apologize to anyone who felt uncomfortable or disrespected that was never my intent 223 224 The spokesperson for Lori McCreary Freeman s business partner did not respond to CNN s request for comment 225 Several journalists spoke out in response to the story including Tyra Martin who stated I m not never was a victim CNN totally misrepresented the video and took my remarks out of context 226 Freeman s lawyer demanded that CNN retract the story 227 After a period of deliberation the Screen Actors Guild SAG decided not to take any action against Freeman 228 On December 8 2020 La Opinion reported on a Spanish language blog post from 2018 that alleged that CNN fabricated their report on Freeman 229 Artistry and legacy Freeman at the 2018 Deauville American Film Festival Freeman s deep voice is considered to be distinctive iconic and recognizable which frequently makes him a preferable choice for narration in films and documentaries 230 231 The journalist Radhika Sanghani writes that his deeply reassuring voice with its mellifluous tones and authoritative presence is why an entire generation still hear his trademark tones when they think of the almighty 232 Freeman said that his voice developed in this way while taking speech classes in college he found that most people speak in a voice either too fast or too high and he developed a commanding voice by speaking in a lower octave and enunciating each word 233 According to author Miriam DeCosta Willis Freeman is an intuitive actor He likes to select his roles carefully and study the character to ensure he portrays them with depth sensitivity and substance 234 Commenting on Freeman s persona Beverly Todd who co starred with him in Lean on Me 1989 and The Bucket List 2007 said The world knows he is such a consummate actor He s a very sharing actor and such a nice guy He s not the kind of actor who demands that he has all of the scenes and all the dialogues and all the emphasis is on him 235 Freeman has said he is interested in playing character roles 15 and values the importance of listening carefully while filming scenes The big danger in acting is to wait for your line That s what I never do I always listen no matter how many times we do it 236 On October 28 2006 Freeman was honored at the first Mississippi s Best Awards in Jackson Mississippi with the Lifetime Achievement Award for his work in film and theater He received an honorary Doctor of Arts and Letters degree from Delta State University during the school s commencement exercises on May 13 2006 237 In 2013 Boston University presented him with an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree 238 On November 12 2014 he was bestowed the honor of Freedom of the City by the City of London 239 In 2008 Freeman was chosen as a Kennedy Center Honoree at the John F Kennedy Center in Washington D C 240 In 2011 he received the AFI Life Achievement Award in recognition of his contribution to the film industry Those who honored Freeman included Sidney Poitier Samuel L Jackson Forest Whitaker Rita Moreno Helen Mirren Clint Eastwood Cuba Gooding Jr and Matthew Broderick 241 In 2012 he was awarded the Golden Globe Cecil B DeMille Award which recognizes lifetime achievement in the film industry 242 243 In August 2017 he was named the 54th recipient of the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award for career achievement and humanitarian accomplishment 244 His co star Rita Moreno from The Electric Company presented him the award in the following January 245 Filmography and theater creditsMain article Morgan Freeman on screen and stage Key filmography Prolific in film since 1964 Freeman s most acclaimed and highest grossing films according to the online portal Box Office Mojo and the review aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes include 246 247 Driving Miss Daisy 1989 Glory 1989 Robin Hood Prince of Thieves 1991 Unforgiven 1992 The Shawshank Redemption 1994 Seven 1995 Nurse Betty 2000 Bruce Almighty 2003 Million Dollar Baby 2004 March of the Penguins 2005 Gone Baby Gone 2007 The Dark Knight Trilogy 2005 2012 Invictus 2009 Last Vegas 2013 Lucy 2014 Select theater roles 248 The Niggerlovers 1967 Purlie 1970 71 Coriolanus 1979 Julius Caesar 1979 Driving Miss Daisy 1987 90 The Gospel at Colonus 1988 The Taming of the Shrew 1990 Select television roles 247 The Electric Company 1971 1977 The Long Way Home 1997 The Story of God with Morgan Freeman 2016 The Story of Us with Morgan Freeman 2017 Madam Secretary 2017 The Kominsky Method 2021 Awards and nominationsMain article List of awards and nominations received by Morgan Freeman Freeman has been recognized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for the following performances 60th Academy Awards Best Supporting Actor nomination for Street Smart 1987 33 62nd Academy Awards Best Actor nomination for Driving Miss Daisy 1989 36 67th Academy Awards Best Actor nomination for The Shawshank Redemption 1994 54 77th Academy Awards Best Supporting Actor win for Million Dollar Baby 2004 249 82nd Academy Awards Best Actor nomination for Invictus 2009 250 Freeman has been nominated for five Golden Globe Awards winning one for Best Actor in Driving Miss Daisy 1989 251 He has also been nominated for three Screen Actors Guild Awards winning one for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role in Million Dollar Baby 2004 252 He earned an Obie Award for each theater role in Coriolanus 1979 Mother Courage and Her Children 1980 and Driving Miss Daisy 1987 90 15 See alsoAfrican Americans in MississippiPortals Biography Film United States TelevisionReferences 12 09 2008 The Film Programme September 12 2008 BBC Radio 4 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