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.įreeman went on to receive the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Clint Eastwood's sports drama Million Dollar Baby (2004). Freeman then appeared in the Shakespearean plays Coriolanus and Julius Caesar, the former of which earned him an Obie Award. He rose to fame in the 1970s for his role in the children's television series The Electric Company. He studied theater arts in Los Angeles and appeared in stage productions in his early career. DeMille Award in 2012, and the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 2018.īorn in Memphis, Tennessee, Freeman was raised in Mississippi where he began acting in school plays. He is the recipient of the Kennedy Center Honor in 2008, the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2011, the Cecil B. 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 known for his distinctive deep voice and various roles in a wide variety of film genres.
Morgan Freeman (born June 1, 1937) is an American actor, producer, and narrator. Morgan Freeman's voice from BBC Radio 4's The Film Programme, September 12, 2008.
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