Morgan Freeman Biography

Morgan Freeman is an American actor, director, and narrator who is best known for portraying roles such as God in Bruce Almighty, Eddie “Scrap Iron” Dupris in Million Dollar Baby, Lucius Fox in The Dark Knight Trilogy, Ellis Boyd “Red” Redding in The Shawshank Redemption, and Professor Norman in Lucy. He has also appeared in a variety of other TV shows and films such as Brubaker, Harry & Son, That Was Then… This Is Now, Driving Miss Daisy, The Bonfire of the Vanities, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Outbreak, Seven, Dreamcatcher, Batman Begins, Olympus Has Fallen, Now You See Me, Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard, Death of a Prophet, Madam Secretary, and many more. He is known for his distinctively 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 rose to fame in the 1970s for his role in the children’s television series The Electric Company. He achieved further stardom in Glory (1989), the biographical drama Lean on Me (1989), and comedy-drama Driving Miss Daisy (1989), the latter of which garnered him his first Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. His acting debut in movies was in the drama film The Pawnbroker in 1964 for his role as Man on Street. It was an uncredited role. In addition to acting, he has directed the drama Bopha! (1993). He also founded the film production company Revelations Entertainment with business partner Lori McCreary. He is the recipient of the Kennedy Center Honor, the AFI Life Achievement Award, the Cecil B. DeMille Award, and the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award. 

Morgan Freeman Known For

• Being an American actor, director, and narrator. 
• Morgan Freeman rose to fame in the 1970s for his role in the children’s television series The Electric Company.
• He is best known for his appearances in a string of well-regarded motion pictures, including Driving Miss Daisy, Lean on Me, Glory, and Million Dollar Baby.
• Being a part of many blockbusters including Street Smart (1987), Driving Miss Daisy (1989), The Shawshank Redemption (1994), and Million Dollar Baby (2004) which earned him an Academy Award for the Best Supporting Actor in 2005, and Invictus (2009). 

What nationality is Morgan Freeman?

Morgan Freeman was born on June 1, 1937, in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. He was born to his parents, Mayme Edna, a teacher, and Morgan Porterfield Freeman, a barber who died on April 27, 1961, from cirrhosis. He has three older siblings. He spent his childhood with his paternal grandmother in Charleston, Mississippi to whom he was sent as an infant. His childhood was spent partly in the areas of Greenwood, Mississippi; Gary, Indiana; and Chicago, Illinois. When he was 16 years old, he almost died of pneumonia. He holds American nationality and his ethnicity is African America. He got a DNA test done which established his ancestry with the Songhai and Tuareg tribes of Niger. Talking about his religious beliefs in an interview in 2012, he said that the question whether he was an atheist or agnostic was a hard one as he thought that God was invented by humans. He said that if he believed in God it was because he thought himself to be God. About his education, he studied at the Broad Street High School in Greenwood, Mississippi, and graduated in 1955. The school building is now called the Threadgill Elementary School. He took voice training from the LACC Theater Academy in Los Angeles. Mark Hamil, Donna Reed, Cindy Williams, and Rene Michelle Aranda are some other famous alumni of the academy. On May 13, 2006, Delta State University in Cleveland honored Morgan Freeman with an honorary degree of Doctor of Arts and Letters. He always wanted to become an actor since his childhood years and made his acting debut at age nine. His present age is 85 as of 2022. 

Morgan Freeman Career (Acting)

• Freeman made his acting debut at age nine, playing the lead role in a school play.
• He served as an Automatic Tracking Radar repairman, rising to the rank of airman first class. 
• Next, he moved to Los Angeles, California, and took acting classes at the Pasadena Playhouse.
• He worked as a dancer at the 1964 World’s Fair and was a member of the Opera Ring musical theatre group in San Francisco.
• He then 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.
• He made his Off-Broadway debut in 1967, opposite Viveca Lindfors in The Nigger Lovers. 
• This led to his Broadway debut in 1968 in an all-black version of “Hello Dolly!” which also starred Pearl Bailey.
• In 1969, he also performed on stage in “The Dozens”.
• In 1971, Freeman starred in the PBS children’s television show “The Electric Company”. 
• His first credited appearance in a feature film show in 1971’s “Who Says I Can’t Ride a Rainbow!”. 
• In 1980, he had a small role as Walter in the drama “Brubaker” which was followed by “Attica”, “Eyewitness”, “Harry & Son”, “Another World”, and “Marie”. 
• He got his first big break in 1987 when he was cast as the violent pimp “Fast Black” in “Street Smart.” 
• He had four film releases in 1989 – “Glory”, “Driving Miss Daisy”, “Lean on Me”, and “Johnny Handsome”. 
• He appeared in several movies throughout the 1990s. The most notable among these was “The Shawshank Redemption” (1994), which was based on Stephen King”s novella “Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption.”
• In 1997, Freeman narrated the Academy Award-winning documentary The Long Way Home.
• In 2001, Freeman reprised his role of Alex Cross in “Along Came a Spider”.
• He 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. 
• He played God in the 2003 super-hit film “Bruce Almighty,” which also starred Jim Carrey, Steve Carell, and Jennifer Aniston. He reprised this role in the film”s sequel “Evan Almighty” in 2007.
• He next acted in the sports drama film “Million Dollar Baby” in 2004, in which he played “Eddie “Scrap-Iron” Dupris,” a former boxer. 
•  In his last release in 2005, he provided the voice of Neil Armstrong in the documentary Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D.
• In 2008, Freeman was cast in the action-thriller “Wanted”.
• In 2009, he portrayed former South African President Nelson Mandela in the Clint Eastwood-directed sports drama film “Invictus.” 
• His sole film release in 2010 was “Red”.
• He next went on to star in projects such as “Now You See Me” (2013) and “Now You See Me 2” (2016). 
• In the 2014 blockbuster film “The Lego Movie,” he voiced the character of Vitruvius.
• In the late-2010s, he was seen in films like “Just Getting Started” (2017), “Brian Banks” (2018), and “The Poison Rose” (2019). He has also been part of a TV documentary titled “The Story of God with Morgan Freeman.”
• He has reprised his role as “Allan Trumbull” in movies like “Olympus Has Fallen” (2013) and “London Has Fallen” (2016). He reprised the role in the 2019 Ric Roman Waugh-directed action thriller film “Angel Has Fallen”. 
• In 2019, he was cast to play an important role in the action comedy film “The Hitman’s Wife”s Bodyguard.” 
• He 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. 

Morgan Freeman Awards and Achievements

• Oscar Nomination (Street Smart, 1987)
• Golden Globe Awards (Driving Miss Daisy, Best Actor, 1989)
• NAACP Image Awards (Seven, Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture, 1995)
• Film Critics Award (The Shawshank Redemption, Best Actor, 1994)
• Academy Award (Million Dollar Baby, Best Supporting Actor, 2004)
• Black Reel Awards (Invictus, Best Actor, 2009) 

Who is Morgan Freeman married to?

Morgan Freeman was a married man but he is currently living a single life happily. He was married to Jeanette Adair Bradshaw from October 22, 1967, until November 18, 1979. They had two children together, daughters Morgana Freeman and Deena Freeman. After that, he married Myrna Colley-Lee on June 16, 1984. The pair separated in December 2007. Eventually, on September 15, 2010, their divorce was finalized in Mississippi. The couple adopted and raised E’dena Hines (Morgan’s stepgranddaughter from his first marriage). E’dena Hines was murdered in New York City on August 16, 2015, at the age of 33. Then, he had a fling with Demaris Meyer in 2008 after splitting from Myrna. Previously, he dated Debbie Allen, Marcia Gay Harden, Rita Moreno, and Loletha Adkins. He also had a son named Saifoulaye Freeman (b. 1960) from one of his early relationships. His sexual orientation is straight. 

How did Morgan Freeman make his money?

Morgan Freeman is a successful actor who has appeared in numerous movies. The net worth of Morgan is estimated to have $250 Million as of 2022. With more than 100 acting credits, including roles as Nelson Mandela and God, Morgan Freeman knows the meaning of hard work. Building his reputation on his low-pitched, iconic voice and critically acclaimed performances for over 40 years, his career has proven that hard work pays off. He earned his money through the salaries he’s received as an actor, producer, and director. He earned his money through the salaries he’s received as an actor, producer, and director. In 1991, Morgan Freeman purchased land in Mississippi and built a sprawling hacienda-style house on the property where he now lives. In 2019, he converted the ranch into a bee sanctuary to help protect the declining bee population. 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. He has been a part of many print advertisements and TV commercials. He has been seen on TV commercials for Listerine Mouthwash (1973), McDonald’s (1974), Be A Mentor campaign of Save the Children (1999), Public Service Announcement for USA CORPS (2002), The University of Mississippi at Oxford, Mississippi, St. Judes Children Hospital (2005), RebuildingTogether.org (2012). He has done voiceovers for TV commercials for visa Cards for the Summer Olympics of 2008, More People Go With Visa campaign for Visa Cards (2009), 2010 Winter Olympics Visa credit card sponsor campaign in Canada (2009). He has done print adverts for the Give Health a Hand PA campaign in 2010 for the AARP and the Entertainment Industry Foundation. He is living a luxurious lifestyle from his career earnings. His salary is in millions of dollars as of now. 

What is Morgan Freeman Height?

Morgan Freeman has a height of 6 feet 2 inches (1.88 m). He weighs around 97 kg or 214 pounds. His hair color is gray and his eye color is dark brown. He has a distinctively smooth, deep voice. He has several marks on his face. In August 2008, Morgan was involved in an accident when his car was involved in a rollover in Mississippi. He was later hospitalized at The Regional Medical Center in Memphis and underwent surgery due to the injuries on his left arm, shoulder, and elbow. Due to the incident, he suffers from fibromyalgia.