Based on the events in 1839 aboard the slave ship La Amistad, the film was mostly well-received and earned four nominations at the Academy Awards.
Finally, he had a leading role in the historical drama Ben-Hur, the fifth film adaptation of the 1880 novel A Tale of the Christ by Lew Wallace.
He is the son of Mamie Edna (née Revere; 1912–2000), a teacher, and Morgan Porterfield Freeman (July 6, 1915 – April 27, 1961), a barber, who died of cirrhosis in 1961.
He is the son of Mamie Edna (née Revere; 1912–2000), a teacher, and Morgan Porterfield Freeman (July 6, 1915 – April 27, 1961), a barber, who died of cirrhosis in 1961.
Morgan Freeman (born June 1, 1937) is an American actor, director, and narrator.
For his performances in theatrical productions, he has won three Obie Awards, one of the most prestigious honors for recognizing excellence in theatre. ==Early life== Morgan Freeman was born on June 1, 1937 in Memphis, Tennessee.
At age 12, he won a statewide drama competition, and while settling into school, discovered music and theatre. ==Career== ===1955–1969: Beginnings and stage work=== Freeman graduated high school in 1955, but turned down a partial drama scholarship from Jackson State University, opting instead to enlist in the United States Air Force and served as an Automatic Tracking Radar Repairman, rising to the rank of Airman 1st Class.
After serving from 1955 to 1959, he moved to Los Angeles, California, and took acting classes at the Pasadena Playhouse.
After serving from 1955 to 1959, he moved to Los Angeles, California, and took acting classes at the Pasadena Playhouse.
He is the son of Mamie Edna (née Revere; 1912–2000), a teacher, and Morgan Porterfield Freeman (July 6, 1915 – April 27, 1961), a barber, who died of cirrhosis in 1961.
He also studied theatre arts at Los Angeles City College, where a teacher encouraged him to embark on a dance career. Freeman 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 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.
Freeman made his Off-Broadway debut in 1967, opposite Viveca Lindfors in The Nigger Lovers, a show about the Freedom Riders during the American Civil Rights Movement, before debuting on Broadway in 1968's all-black version of Hello, Dolly! which also starred Pearl Bailey and Cab Calloway.
So here I am to say I trust science and I got the vaccine." ==Personal life== Freeman was married to Jeanette Adair Bradshaw from October 22, 1967, until November 18, 1979 and subsequently married Myrna Colley-Lee on June 16, 1984.
Freeman made his Off-Broadway debut in 1967, opposite Viveca Lindfors in The Nigger Lovers, a show about the Freedom Riders during the American Civil Rights Movement, before debuting on Broadway in 1968's all-black version of Hello, Dolly! which also starred Pearl Bailey and Cab Calloway.
In 1969, he also performed on stage in The Dozens. ===1970–1988: Rise to prominence=== Beginning in 1971, Freeman starred in the PBS children's television show The Electric Company, which gave him financial stability and recognition among American audiences.
He rose to fame in the 1970s for his role in the children's television series The Electric Company.
In 1969, he also performed on stage in The Dozens. ===1970–1988: Rise to prominence=== Beginning in 1971, Freeman starred in the PBS children's television show The Electric Company, which gave him financial stability and recognition among American audiences.
His first credited appearance in a mainstream television show was in 1971's Who Says I Can't Ride a Rainbow!, a family drama starring Jack Klugman.
Freeman next appeared in the television film, Attica (1980), which is about the 1971 Attica Prison riot and its aftermath.
His work on the show was tiring, so he quit in 1975.
After a short career break, he returned to work in 1978, appearing in two stage productions: 1978's The Mighty Gents, winning a Drama Desk Award and a Clarence Derwent Award for his role as a wino, and White Pelicans.
The first of these is a remake of the 1979 film of the same name, co-starring Michael Caine and Alan Arkin, in which they play bank robbers after their pensions are canceled.
So here I am to say I trust science and I got the vaccine." ==Personal life== Freeman was married to Jeanette Adair Bradshaw from October 22, 1967, until November 18, 1979 and subsequently married Myrna Colley-Lee on June 16, 1984.
Freeman continued to work in theatre, and a year later, appeared in the Shakespearean tragedies Coriolanus, receiving the Obie Award in 1980 for the title role, and Julius Caesar. In 1980, he had a small role as Walter in the drama Brubaker, which starred Robert Redford as a prison warden.
Next, he appeared in Under Suspicion (2000), a thriller remake of the 1981 French film Garde à vue.
From 1982 to 1984, Freeman was a cast member of the soap opera Another World, playing architect Roy Bingham.
It is based on the 1982 Stephen King novella Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption.
From 1982 to 1984, Freeman was a cast member of the soap opera Another World, playing architect Roy Bingham.
So here I am to say I trust science and I got the vaccine." ==Personal life== Freeman was married to Jeanette Adair Bradshaw from October 22, 1967, until November 18, 1979 and subsequently married Myrna Colley-Lee on June 16, 1984.
In the mid-1980s, he began accepting prominent supporting roles in feature films, earning him a reputation for depicting wise, fatherly characters. In addition to television films, in 1987, Freeman played a violent street hustler, a role that diverged from his previous roles, in Street Smart co-starring Christopher Reeve and Kathy Baker.
Although critical reception was mixed, the film was a box office success, earning $147.5 million worldwide. Freeman next appeared alongside an ensemble cast in George Gallo's crime comedy The Comeback Trail and in Coming 2 America, a sequel to the 1988 film. ==Other ventures== ===Environmental activism=== In 2004, Freeman helped form the Grenada Relief Fund to aid people affected by Hurricane Ivan on the island of Grenada.
He achieved further stardom in Glory, the biographical drama Lean on Me, and comedy-drama Driving Miss Daisy (all 1989), the latter of which garnered him his first Academy Award nomination for Best Actor.
Freeman also received Obie Awards for his roles as a preacher in the musical The Gospel at Colonus, and as Hoke Colburn in the play Driving Miss Daisy, respectively. ===1989–1996: Hollywood breakthrough=== Freeman had four film releases in 1989.
Lastly in 1989, he starred in Walter Hill's Johnny Handsome, a crime drama in which he plays a New Orleans police officer.
The Power of One was Freeman's second film in 1992, a loose adaptation of Bryce Courtenay's 1989 novel of the same name, in which he plays boxing coach Geel Piet. In 1993, Freeman made his directorial debut with the drama Bopha!, which tells the story of a black policeman (Danny Glover) during South Africa's apartheid era.
In a 1990 interview, Freeman said Glory was one of his favorite releases—"The Black legacy is as noble, is as heroic, is as filled with adventure and conquest and discovery as anybody else's.
It's just that nobody knows it." In 1990, Freeman provided the voice of Frederick Douglass in The Civil War, a television miniseries about the American Civil War.
In the summer of 1990, he played Petruchio, a role he had been thinking about for six years, in Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew, which opened at Delacorte theatre in New York City.
In 1991, he had a supporting role in Prince of Thieves, an action-adventure starring Kevin Costner.
It is based on Tom Clancy's 1991 novel of the same name, about a plot by an Austrian Neo-Nazi to trigger a nuclear war between the United States and Russia, so that he can establish a fascist superstate in Europe.
In 1992 he starred alongside Clint Eastwood in the western revenge film Unforgiven; this would be the first of several collaborations with Eastwood.
Freeman also narrated The True Story of Glory Continues, a documentary about the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment. In 1992, he appeared in Clint Eastwood's western Unforgiven, which won four Academy Awards including Best Picture.
The Power of One was Freeman's second film in 1992, a loose adaptation of Bryce Courtenay's 1989 novel of the same name, in which he plays boxing coach Geel Piet. In 1993, Freeman made his directorial debut with the drama Bopha!, which tells the story of a black policeman (Danny Glover) during South Africa's apartheid era.
The Power of One was Freeman's second film in 1992, a loose adaptation of Bryce Courtenay's 1989 novel of the same name, in which he plays boxing coach Geel Piet. In 1993, Freeman made his directorial debut with the drama Bopha!, which tells the story of a black policeman (Danny Glover) during South Africa's apartheid era.
In 1994, Freeman starred in the prison drama The Shawshank Redemption for which he received another Academy Award nomination.
The result is a surprisingly powerful, insightful film." Kenneth Turan from Los Angeles Times also complimented Freeman's direction but thought the film was "more predictable than powerful". In 1994, Freeman portrayed Red, the redeemed convict in Frank Darabont's acclaimed drama The Shawshank Redemption with co-star Tim Robbins.
In 1994, Freeman also served as a member of the jury at the 44th Berlin International Film Festival. Outbreak (1995), a medical thriller directed by Wolfgang Petersen, was Freeman's next film.
In 1995, Freeman also starred with Brad Pitt in David Fincher's crime thriller Seven, the story of two detectives who attempt to identify a serial killer who bases his murders on the Christian seven deadly sins.
In that same year, he was cast as psychologist Alex Cross in Kiss the Girls, a thriller based on James Patterson's 1995 novel of the same name.
Next, he was cast opposite Robin Wright in 1996's Moll Flanders, a period drama based on the novel of the same name.
Freeman explained to her that he wanted to achieve representation on screen, explore challenging issues and reveal hidden truths, so they chose to name their firm Revelations Entertainment. In 1997, Freeman narrated the Academy Award-winning documentary The Long Way Home, about Jewish refugees' liberation after World War II and the establishment of Israel.
Upon release, Under Suspicion was met with lukewarm reception; CNN's Paul Tatara praised the actors but thought the film was "too tawdry to be completely entertaining, and too static to generate much excitement." In 2001, Freeman reprised his role of Alex Cross in Along Came a Spider, a sequel to 1997's Kiss the Girls.
On September 19, 2017, Freeman appeared in a video by the Committee to Investigate Russia group, in which he declared "we [United States] are at war" and accusing Russia of "launching cyber attacks and spreading false information". === Business ventures === In 1997, Freeman and business partner Lori McCreary founded Revelations Entertainment, a film production company.
So if I believe in God, and I do, it's because I think I'm God." Freeman later said that his experience working on The Story of God with Morgan Freeman did not change his views on religion. On the evening of August 3, 2008, Freeman was injured in an automobile crash when his 1997 Nissan Maxima suffered a rollover near Ruleville, Mississippi.
Continuing with the disaster genre, he then starred opposite Christian Slater in 1998's Hard Rain, centering around a heist and man-made treachery amidst a natural disaster in a small Indiana town.
Next, Freeman 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.
Adapted from the 1998 novel of the same name by Dennis Lehane, Freeman plays Captain Jack Doyle of the Boston Police Department.
The film was unpopular with critics; Lawrence Van Gelder of The New York Times called the characters "one-dimensional" and the film "routine". Freeman returned to the screen in 2000 the lead role of Charlie in the comedy Nurse Betty, featuring Renée Zellweger, Chris Rock, and Greg Kinnear.
It is based on the 2000 novel The Feast of Love by Charles Baxter, about a group of friends living in suburban Oregon who come into contact with a free spirit who changes their outlook on life; Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian sarcastically remarked that it was great to see Freeman in a challenging role.
Upon release, Under Suspicion was met with lukewarm reception; CNN's Paul Tatara praised the actors but thought the film was "too tawdry to be completely entertaining, and too static to generate much excitement." In 2001, Freeman reprised his role of Alex Cross in Along Came a Spider, a sequel to 1997's Kiss the Girls.
Next, he starred in the science fiction horror Dreamcatcher, adapted from Stephen King's 2001 novel of the same name.
Susan Wloszczyna of USA Today observed that "Freeman strides with noble authority" but thought the overall film was unmemorable. In 2002, Freeman was cast opposite Ben Affleck in the spy thriller The Sum of All Fears.
Although several critics were unimpressed with the story, they credited Freeman and Judd for their chemistry and performances. In 2003, Freeman appeared as God in the hit comedy Bruce Almighty with Jim Carrey and Jennifer Aniston.
Also in 2003, Freeman starred in two other dramas that were not widely seen, Levity and Guilty by Association.
Two weeks after its theatrical release, 10 Items or Less was made available for download from ClickStar, a film distribution company that Freeman co-founded that year.In 2007, Freeman reprised his role as God in Evan Almighty, a sequel to 2003's Bruce Almighty, with Steve Carell.
Freeman won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Clint Eastwood's 2004 sports drama Million Dollar Baby.
His 2004 releases were comedy The Big Bounce and sports drama Million Dollar Baby.
Although critical reception was mixed, the film was a box office success, earning $147.5 million worldwide. Freeman next appeared alongside an ensemble cast in George Gallo's crime comedy The Comeback Trail and in Coming 2 America, a sequel to the 1988 film. ==Other ventures== ===Environmental activism=== In 2004, Freeman helped form the Grenada Relief Fund to aid people affected by Hurricane Ivan on the island of Grenada.
In his last release of 2005, he provided the voice of Neil Armstrong in the documentary Walking on the Moon 3D. Freeman starred in 2006's The Contract, as assassin Frank Carden opposite John Cusack.
Freeman has donated to the Mississippi Horse Park in Starkville, Mississippi, part of Mississippi State University and Freeman has several horses that he takes there. After learning about the decline of honeybees, Freeman decided to turn his 124-acre ranch into a bee sanctuary in July 2014, starting with 26 beehives. === Political activism === In 2005, Freeman criticized the celebration of Black History Month, saying, "I don't want a black history month.
In his last release of 2005, he provided the voice of Neil Armstrong in the documentary Walking on the Moon 3D. Freeman starred in 2006's The Contract, as assassin Frank Carden opposite John Cusack.
They also founded ClickStar in 2006, a film download company, with investment from Intel Corporation.
I always listen, no matter how many times we do it." On October 28, 2006, Freeman was honored at the first Mississippi's Best Awards in Jackson, Mississippi with the Lifetime Achievement Award for his work in film and theatre.
He received an honorary Doctor of Arts and Letters degree from Delta State University during the school's commencement exercises on May 13, 2006.
Two weeks after its theatrical release, 10 Items or Less was made available for download from ClickStar, a film distribution company that Freeman co-founded that year.In 2007, Freeman reprised his role as God in Evan Almighty, a sequel to 2003's Bruce Almighty, with Steve Carell.
Avoid like the Ten Plagues." The drama Feast of Love was Freeman's second release of 2007.
Afterward, he starred in Rob Reiner's 2007 comedy The Bucket List opposite Jack Nicholson.
The couple separated in December 2007 and divorced on September 15, 2010.
The film grossed a respectable $175 million worldwide. In 2008, Freeman was cast in the action-thriller Wanted, a loose adaptation of the comic book miniseries by Mark Millar and J.
Freeman returned to Broadway in 2008 after an eighteen-year absence to co-star with Frances McDormand and Peter Gallagher in Clifford Odets' play, The Country Girl, directed by Mike Nichols. Freeman continued to accept roles in a diverse range of genres.
You feared for your safety while a guy was running away from you, right?" During the 2008 presidential election, Freeman endorsed Barack Obama's presidential bid, although he said he would not join Obama's campaign.
ClickStar ceased operations in 2008.
So if I believe in God, and I do, it's because I think I'm God." Freeman later said that his experience working on The Story of God with Morgan Freeman did not change his views on religion. On the evening of August 3, 2008, Freeman was injured in an automobile crash when his 1997 Nissan Maxima suffered a rollover near Ruleville, Mississippi.
On November 12, 2014, he was bestowed the honor of Freedom of the City by the City of London. In 2008, Freeman was chosen as a Kennedy Center Honoree at the John F.
In 2009 he received his fifth Oscar nomination for playing South African President Nelson Mandela in Eastwood's Invictus.
In 2009, Freeman starred opposite Antonio Banderas in the heist movie Thick as Thieves.
He provided the voice of the narrator for Disney World's The Hall of Presidents when Obama was added to the exhibit and The Hall of Presidents re-opened on July 4, 2009, at Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida.
The same year he provided the narration for Janet Langhart's Anne and Emmett, a play featuring an imaginary conversation between Emmett Till and Anne Frank, both killed as young teenagers because of racial persecution. Freeman's sole film release of 2010 was Red with co-stars Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren, and John Malkovich.
In January 2010, Freeman replaced Walter Cronkite as the voiceover introduction to the CBS Evening News presented by Katie Couric.
The couple separated in December 2007 and divorced on September 15, 2010.
She had heard that he was "really interested in space and the universe," and the pair agreed to develop the series together. In 2011, Freeman narrated the fantasy Conan the Barbarian and appeared in the family drama Dolphin Tale, as prosthetic specialist Dr.
Returning to theatre in 2011, Freeman was featured with John Lithgow in the Broadway debut of Dustin Lance Black's play, 8, a staged reenactment of Perry v.
Also that year, Freeman appeared in the sequel to 2011's Dolphin Tale, Dolphin Tale 2, and 5 Flights Up, a comedy-drama.
In 2011, he received the AFI Life Achievement Award in recognition of his contribution to the film industry.
Freeman had a lead role in the 2012 drama The Magic of Belle Isle, as an alcoholic novelist trying to write again.
Lastly in 2012, Freeman reprised his role as Lucius Fox for the third time in The Dark Knight Rises. A number of box office hits were released in 2013.
In 2012, he was awarded the Golden Globe Cecil B.
Lastly in 2012, Freeman reprised his role as Lucius Fox for the third time in The Dark Knight Rises. A number of box office hits were released in 2013.
In 2013, Boston University presented him with an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree.
Filmed in Las Vegas and Atlanta, Last Vegas was praised for its cast's chemistry, and one critic thought Freeman brought the most amusement. ===2014–present=== In 2014, Freeman voiced the character Vitruvius in The Lego Movie, a commercially successful 3D animation.
At the end of 2014, Freeman appeared as himself, among other celebrities, in the documentary Lennon or McCartney. Kazuaki Kiriya's action-thriller Last Knights was Freeman's first film of 2015, starring opposite Clive Owen.
In 2014, he narrated a clip titled What's Possible, which debuted at the United Nations climate summit.
Freeman has donated to the Mississippi Horse Park in Starkville, Mississippi, part of Mississippi State University and Freeman has several horses that he takes there. After learning about the decline of honeybees, Freeman decided to turn his 124-acre ranch into a bee sanctuary in July 2014, starting with 26 beehives. === Political activism === In 2005, Freeman criticized the celebration of Black History Month, saying, "I don't want a black history month.
On November 12, 2014, he was bestowed the honor of Freedom of the City by the City of London. In 2008, Freeman was chosen as a Kennedy Center Honoree at the John F.
At the end of 2014, Freeman appeared as himself, among other celebrities, in the documentary Lennon or McCartney. Kazuaki Kiriya's action-thriller Last Knights was Freeman's first film of 2015, starring opposite Clive Owen.
Freeman directed the first episode; of his directing style, McCreary remarked, "What's riveting is that he can achieve a complete tonal change in performance with the least amount of direction [...] Everybody behaves better when Morgan is there [...] but he's very fun." At the end of 2015, Freeman played a U.S senator in the thriller Momentum. Reprising his role as Allan Trumbull, Freeman appeared in London Has Fallen, the 2016 sequel to Olympus Has Fallen.
In an interview on CNN's Piers Morgan Tonight, Freeman drew controversy when he accused the Tea Party movement of racism. In reaction to the death of Freddie Gray and the 2015 Baltimore protests, Freeman said he was "absolutely" supportive of the protesters.
On August 16, 2015, 33-year old Hines was murdered in New York City. Freeman resides in Charleston, Mississippi, and maintains a home in New York City.
Freeman directed the first episode; of his directing style, McCreary remarked, "What's riveting is that he can achieve a complete tonal change in performance with the least amount of direction [...] Everybody behaves better when Morgan is there [...] but he's very fun." At the end of 2015, Freeman played a U.S senator in the thriller Momentum. Reprising his role as Allan Trumbull, Freeman appeared in London Has Fallen, the 2016 sequel to Olympus Has Fallen.
It’s something about my own personal ego." Ben-Hur turned out to be one of 2016's biggest box office bombs. In 2017, Freeman appeared in two comedies: Going in Style and Just Getting Started.
Freeman hosted the National Geographic The Story of God with Morgan Freeman and The Story of Us with Morgan Freeman, in 2016 and 2017, respectively. In 2018, Freeman narrated Alpha, a historical drama set in the last ice age.
On day four of the 2016 Democratic National Convention, Freeman provided the voiceover for the video introduction of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
It’s something about my own personal ego." Ben-Hur turned out to be one of 2016's biggest box office bombs. In 2017, Freeman appeared in two comedies: Going in Style and Just Getting Started.
Freeman hosted the National Geographic The Story of God with Morgan Freeman and The Story of Us with Morgan Freeman, in 2016 and 2017, respectively. In 2018, Freeman narrated Alpha, a historical drama set in the last ice age.
On September 19, 2017, Freeman appeared in a video by the Committee to Investigate Russia group, in which he declared "we [United States] are at war" and accusing Russia of "launching cyber attacks and spreading false information". === Business ventures === In 1997, Freeman and business partner Lori McCreary founded Revelations Entertainment, a film production company.
In August 2017, he was named the 54th recipient of the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award for career achievement and humanitarian accomplishment.
Freeman hosted the National Geographic The Story of God with Morgan Freeman and The Story of Us with Morgan Freeman, in 2016 and 2017, respectively. In 2018, Freeman narrated Alpha, a historical drama set in the last ice age.
On December 8, 2020, La Opinión reported on a Spanish-language blog post from 2018 that alleged that CNN fabricated their report on Freeman. ==Artistry and legacy== Freeman's deep voice is considered to be distinctive, iconic, and recognizable, which frequently makes him a preferable choice for narration in films and documentaries.
In 2019, Freeman starred opposite John Travolta in The Poison Rose, an adaptation of the novel by Richard Salvatore.
On December 8, 2020, La Opinión reported on a Spanish-language blog post from 2018 that alleged that CNN fabricated their report on Freeman. ==Artistry and legacy== Freeman's deep voice is considered to be distinctive, iconic, and recognizable, which frequently makes him a preferable choice for narration in films and documentaries.
Freeman owns and operates Ground Zero, a blues club in Clarksdale, Mississippi, and is the former co-owner of Madidi, a fine dining restaurant in the same city. ===COVID-19 vaccination=== In 2021, Morgan Freeman is encouraging people to get vaccinated.
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