Morgan Freeman – Biography, Age, Career, Net Worth

Who is Morgan Freeman?

On June 1, 1937, Morgan Freeman was born in Memphis, Tennessee and is a well-known American actor, producer, and writer. He is well-known for his distinctive deep voice and diverse roles in various film genres. Morgan Freeman is an actor who has won an Academy Award, and is most famous for his brilliant performances in films such as ‘Million Dollar Baby,’ ‘Street Smart,’ and ‘Driving Miss Daisy.’ Acting was something he loved from childhood and he won a drama competition in a state-wide competition at the age of 12.

His first role in acting was as a stage actor in the touring company version of ‘The Royal Hunt of the Sun’.
In the mid-1980s, he began his movie career when he was approaching 50. Due to his age and appearance, he was often chosen to portray wise and fatherly characters. His remarkable performances have resulted in multiple prestigious awards, including an Academy Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a Golden Globe Award.

Biography

Memphis, Tennessee was the place of Freeman’s birth on June 1, 1937. Her parents were Mamie Edna (1912–2000), a teacher, and Morgan Porterfield Freeman (July 6, 1915 – April 27, 1961), a barber who passed away from cirrhosis in 1961. He was raised by three older siblings.

His love for movies and acting was evident from a young age. He liked to save money to watch movies and had a strong admiration for actors such as Gary Cooper and Sidney Poitier. During school, he played various roles in various dramas. While attending Broad Street High School in Mississippi, he won a drama competition that was state-wide when he was 12. In 1955, he graduated from high school.

Personal Life

From October 22, 1967 to November 18, 1979, Freeman was in a marriage with Jeanette Adair Bradshaw.In 1984, Myrna Colley-Lee was his wife, and they got divorced in September 2010. Alfonso, Deena, Morgana, and Saifoulaye are the names of his four children.

Career

He joined the ‘U.S. Air Force,’ hoping to be a fighter pilot. However, he was confined to the position of mechanic and radar technician. In 1959, he resigned from his military service after realizing that this was not what he wanted to do. In the early 1960s, he relocated to Los Angeles and took acting and dancing classes at the Pasadena Playhouse. He participated in the Opera Ring musical theater group during the mid-1960s and was part of the touring company version of ‘The Royal Hunt of the Sun.’

In 1967, he made his off-Broadway debut. The result of this was his Broadway debut in 1968 with an all-black version of ‘Hello Dolly!’ that also featured Pearl Bailey. In 1971, he started appearing on the children’s television program ‘The Electric Company’, an educational program designed to teach children how to read. The show ran for six seasons until 1977. The 1980s marked the beginning of his film career. In the beginning, he would play a small role in movies like ‘Brubaker’ (1980), ‘Eyewitness’ (1981), ‘Harry & Son’ (1984) and ‘Marie’ (1985).

In 1987, he received his first big break by portraying the violent pimp ‘Fast Black’ in ‘Street Smart’. He received positive reviews for the role and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. In 1989, he played the lead role in ‘Driving Miss Daisy,’ a comedy drama film that was based on the same name play. The performance of Freeman in portraying ‘Hoke Colburn’ was highly praised.

The Shawshank Redemption (1994) is the most notable among them, as it was based on Stephen King’s novella ‘Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption’. In the 2003 hit film ‘Bruce Almighty,’ he played God, along with Jim Carrey, Steve Carell, and Jennifer Aniston. He returned to the role in the film’s sequel ‘Evan Almighty’ in 2007. His portrayal of Eddie ‘Scrap-Iron’ Dupris, a former boxer, in the sports drama film ‘Million Dollar Baby’ was filmed in 2004. ‘Million Dollar Baby’ is considered by many to be his finest performance.

Freeman continued to appear in projects like ‘Now You See Me’ (2013) and ‘Now You See Me 2’ (2016). He played the role of ‘Vitruvius’ in the 2014 blockbuster film ‘The Lego Movie’. He was featured in movies like ‘Just Getting Started’ (2017), ‘Brian Banks’ (2018), and ‘The Poison Rose’ (2019) in the late 2010s. Along with Morgan Freeman, he played a role in a TV documentary called ‘The Story of God’.

His role as ‘Allan Trumbull’ has been repeated in films such as ‘Olympus Has Fallen’ (2013) and ‘London Has Fallen’ (2016). In 2019, he played the role again in the action thriller film ‘Angel Has Fallen’ by Ric Roman Waugh, which also featured actors like Gerard Butler, Danny Huston, and Michael Landes. He was chosen to play a significant part in the comedy action film ‘The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard’ in 2019. He was hired by Robert De Niro and Tommy Lee Jones to play a role in a comedy film titled ‘The Comeback Trail’ in the same year.

Filmography

Movies

• 2025 Now You See Me: Now You Don’t
• 2024 Gunner
• 2024 My Dead Friend Zoe
• 2023 57 Seconds
• 2023 A Good Person
• 2023 The Ritual Killer
• 2022 The Minute You Wake up Dead
• 2022 Paradise Highway
• 2021 Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard
• 2021 Vanquish
• 2020 The Comeback Trail
• 2020 Fast Times at Ridgemont High Table Read
• 2019 Angel Has Fallen
• 2019 The Poison Rose
• 2018 Brian Banks
• 2018 The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
• 2018 Alpha
• 2017 Just Getting Started
• 2017 Going in Style
• 2017 The Age of Spin: Dave Chappelle Live at the Hollywood Palladium
• 2017 Deep in the Heart of Texas: Dave Chappelle Live at Austin City Limits
• 2017 March of the Penguins 2: The Next Step
• 2016 Ben-Hur
• 2016 Now You See Me 2
• 2016 London Has Fallen
• 2015 Momentum
• 2015 Ted
• 2015 Last Knights
• 2014 Dolphin Tale 2
• 2014 Lucy
• 2014 5 Flights Up
• 2014 Transcendence
• 2013 Last Vegas
• 2013 Now You See Me
• 2013 Oblivion
• 2013 Olympus Has Fallen
• 2012 The Dark Knight Rises
• 2012 The Magic of Belle Isle
• 2011 Dolphin Tale
• 2010 I Am
• 2010 Red
• 2009 Invictus
• 2009 The Maiden Heist
• 2009 The Code
• 2008 The Dark Knight
• 2008 Wanted
• 2007 The Bucket List
• 2007 Gone Baby Gone
• 2007 Feast of Love
• 2007 Evan Almighty
• 2006 The Contract
• 2006 10 Items or Less
• 2006 Lucky Number Slevin
• 2005 An Unfinished Life
• 2005 Edison
• 2005 Batman Begins
• 2005 Unleashed
• 2005 March of the Penguins
• 2005 The Challenge of Freedom
• 2004 Million Dollar Baby
• 2004 The Big Bounce
• 2003 Levity
• 2003 Guilty by Association
• 2003 Bruce Almighty
• 2003 Dreamcatcher
• 2002 The Sum of All Fears
• 2002 High Crimes
• 2001 Along Came a Spider
• 2000 Nurse Betty
• 2000 Under Suspicion
• 1998 Deep Impact
• 1998 Hard Rain
• 1997 Amistad
• 1997 Kiss the Girls
• 1996 Chain Reaction
• 1996 Moll Flanders
• 1995 Se7en
• 199 Outbreak
• 1994 The Shawshank Redemption
• 1992 Unforgiven
• 1992 The Power of One
• 1991 Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
• 1990 The Bonfire of the Vanities
• 1990 The Earth Day Special
• 1989 Glory
• 1989 Driving Miss Daisy
• 1989 Johnny Handsome
• 1989 Lean on Me
• 1988 Clean and Sober
• 1988 Blood Money
• 1987 Fight for Life
• 1987 Street Smart
• 1986 Resting Place
• 1985 The Execution of Raymond Graham
• 1985 That Was Then… This Is Now
• 1985 Marie
• 1984 Teachers
• 1984 Harry & Son
• 1982 Artists at Work
• 1981 The Marva Collins Story
• 1981 Eyewitness
• 1981 Death of a Prophet
• 1980 Brubaker

TV Series

• 2024 Odysseus Returns (TV Series)
• 2023 Lioness (TV Series)
• 2021 Solos (TV Series)
• 2014 Madam Secretary (TV Series)
• 2014 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (TV Series)
• 2012 Honest Trailers (TV Series)
• 2009 30 for 30 (TV Series)
• 2007 A Journey Through American Music (TV Series)
• 2003 Freedom: A History of Us (TV Series)
• 1997 The Chris Rock Show (TV Series)
• 1992 HBO First Look (TV Series)
• 1992 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series)
• 1992 Shelley Duvall’s Bedtime Stories (TV Series) (voice)
• 1990 The Civil War (TV Series)
• 1988 American Experience (TV Series) (voice)
• 1988 LIVE with Kelly and Mark (TV Series)
• 1985 American Masters (TV Series) (voice)
• 1985 The Twilight Zone (TV Series)
• 1985 The Atlanta Child Murders (TV Series)

Voice

• 2022 Power of Chi (voice)
• 2020 Meeting the Beatles in India (voice)
• 2020 Into America’s Wild (voice)
• 2019 The Movies (TV Series)
• 2019 Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? (TV Series) (voice)
• 2018 America’s Musical Journey (voice)
• 2016 The C Word (voice)
• 2015 JFK & LBJ: A Time for Greatness (voice)
• 2014 Island of Lemurs: Madagascar (voice)
• 2014 The Lego Movie (voice)
• 2013 JFK: A President Betrayed (voice)
• 2012 B.B. King: The Life of Riley (voice)
• 2011 Conan the Barbarian (voice)
• 2011 Quebrando o Tabu (voice)
• 2011 Born to Be Wild (voice)
• 2010 The President’s Photographer: Fifty Years Inside the Oval Office (voice)
• 2010 The 16th Man (voice)
• 2009 Prom Night in Mississippi (voice)
• 2008 A Raisin in the Sun (voice)
• 2005 Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon (voice)
• 2005 War of the Worlds (voice)
• 2004 The Hunting of the President (voice)
• 2002 Partners of the Heart (voice)
• 2000 Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows (voice)
• 1997 The Long Way Home (voice)
• 1996 Cosmic Voyage (voice)
• 1991 The True Story of Glory Continues (voice)

Net Worth

Morgan Freeman’s net worth is estimated to be $250 million. His roles in The Shawshank Redemption, The Dark Knight Trilogy, and Million Dollar Baby earned him recognition as an accomplished actor and film producer. His wealth is primarily derived from his long and successful career in the entertainment industry, along with investments in businesses and real estate.

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