Morgan Freeman Biography, Filmography, Pictures
Author: Sami / Category: Celebrity Biography, F
Morgan Porterfield Freeman, Jr. (born on June 1, 1937) is an American actor and film director, known for his reserved appearance and commanding speaking voice.
Freeman was nominated several times for Academy Award, before winning one in 2005 for his performance in the Million Dollar Baby. He has also received a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Award.
Freeman starred in numerous successful films, such as Glory, Unforgiven, Seven, The Sum of All Fears, Deep Impact, Batman Begins, Bruce Almighty, Evan Almighty, The Bucket Lists, Wanted or The Dark Knight.
He was born in Memphis, Tennessee and was sent as a child to his grandmother in Charleston, Mississippi. Freeman started acting at age nine, when he got the lead role in a school play. He attended Broad Street High School in Mississippi and graduated from in 1955. He said no to a partial drama scholarship from Jackson State University and has chosen to work in the US Air Force as a mechanic.
In the early 1960s, Freeman moved to Los Angeles and worked as a transcript clerk. He also lived in New York City and worked as a dancer at the 1964 World’s Fair. His off-Broadway debut came in 1967 in The Nigger Lovers, while a year later debuted on Broadway in the all black version of Hello, Dolly!
Freeman initially becomes recognized in the media through his performances in the soap opera Another World and in The Electric Company. From the mid 1980s, he started to be cast in major supporting roles in several features films, establishing him a reputation of representing wise and paternal characters. In 1994, he played Red, the convict in the critically acclaimed The Shawshank Redemption. Freeman also played in film such as Unforgiven, Robin Hood: Prince of the Thieves, Seven or Deep Impact. In 1997, he founded with Lori McCreary the movie production company Revelations Entertainment.
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