Morgan Freeman was born on the 1st of June 1937 in Memphis Tennessee. At age nine he acted in a school play and at age 12 he won a drama competition. He graduated in 1955 and decided to work as a radar technician in the United States Air Force. He took acting and dancing lessons at the beginning of the sixties. He was a transcript clerk at Los Angeles City College. He moved to New York and worked as a dancer en was part of the Opera Ring musical theater group. He started acting more and had a role in the film The Pawnbroker in 1965. He acted on stage on Broadway. While appearing on stage he also started acting in TV shows and movies in supporting roles. With Driving Miss Daisy he became well-known to a wider audience. He has since acted in a big number of movies and played both God and the president of America twice. His performance in Million Dollar Baby earned him and Oscar.
From left to right: Who Says I Can’t Ride a Rainbow!, The Electric Company, Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry, Coriolanus, Attica, Brubaker, Death of a Prophet, Ryan’s Hope, The Marva Collins Story, Another World, Harry & Son, Teachers, The Atlanta Child Murders, That Was Then… This Is Now, The Gospel at Colonus, The Twilight Zone, Resting Place, Street Smart, Clinton and Nadine, Clean and Sober, Lean on Me, Johnny Handsome, Driving Miss Daisy, Glory, The Bonfire of the Vanities, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, The Power of One, Unforgiven, The Shawshank Redemption, Outbreak, Se7en, Moll Flanders, Chain Reaction, Kiss the Girls, Amistad, Hard Rain, Deep Impact, Under Suspicion, Nurse Betty, Along Came a Spider, High Crimes, The Sum of All Fears, Levity, Dreamcatcher, Bruce Almighty, Guilty by Association, The Big Bounce, Million Dollar Baby, Unleashed, Edison, Batman Begins, An Unfinished Life, Lucky Number Slevin, 10 Items or Less , The Contract, Evan Almighty, Gone Baby Gone, Feast of Love, The Bucket List, Wanted, The Dark Knight, Thick as Thieves, The Maiden Heist, Invictus, Red, Dolphin Tale, The Magic of Belle Isle, The Dark Knight Rises , Olympus Has Fallen, Oblivion, Now You See Me, Last Vegas, The Lego Movie, Transcendence, The Last Knights, Life Itself
What’s your favorite Morgan Freeman role?
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I heard a radio show host say the other day, has Morgan Freeman alway been old. haha. I need to show them this list of movies. I loved him the most in Glory and Seven.
Hahaha. Yeah Seven was an awesome role. Don’t think I have seen Glory…
He has such an incredible voice. I wish my sat nav could be Morgan Freeman’s voice.
For me it’s Shawshank and Se7en. Fantastic films and fantastic roles.
Have you seen this one Jaina? Thought it was pretty good:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xLR5mjkfs4
Great subject. My faves are Shawshank and Se7en. I recently dedicated a whole week to him…http://dellonmovies.blogspot.com/search?q=morgan+freeman
Awesome movies. Nice!
I think my favorite Morgan Freeman performance is in Glory. I just like that sense of gravitas that he has as the one guy who keep his cool and see the bigger picture. I also love him as Lucius Fox in the The Dark Knight trilogy.
That’s one of his roles I have not seen! Yeah, he was cool in The Dark Knight
Always thrilled to see Morgan Freeman on a cast list. Some of my favorite films feature the actor – stands out include Seven, Unforgiven and Robin Hood Prince of Thieves.
…and he has that unmistakable voice that just soothes the spirit! 🙂
Yeah, that voice is awesome 🙂
Heck.
I knew Morgan Freeman was bound for greater things watching his E.Z. Reader on the PBS series, The Electric Company ages ago.
Superb character and supporting actor. Curious to see his near omniscient scientist in the upcoming sci-fi revenge film, Lucy !
Thanks for your comment. Have not seen The Electric Company but that was very early in his career.
Too many times I feel that seeing Morgan Freeman is really playing the same character and he can throw me out of a movie. But he really impressed me in Se7en, a fantastic role.
Yeah, I can understand why you would say that. Never feel that way myself though. He was great in Se7en, which I haven’t seen in a while…time to revisit that! 🙂
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