Morgan Freeman on screen and stage
American actor and director Morgan Freeman has had a prolific career on film, television and on the stage. His film debut was as an uncredited character in the Sidney Lumet–directed drama The Pawnbroker in 1964. Freeman also made his stage debut in the same year by appearing in the musical Hello, Dolly! He followed this with further stage appearances in The Niggerlovers (1967), The Dozens (1969), Exhibition (1969), and the musical Purlie (1970–71). He played various characters on the children's television series The Electric Company (1971–77). Freeman subsequently appeared in the films Teachers in 1984, and Marie in 1985 before making his breakthrough with 1987's Street Smart.[1][2] His role earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.[3] Two years later he appeared in war film Glory (1989), and starred as Hoke Coleburn in the comedy-drama Driving Miss Daisy (1989).[a] Freeman won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for his performance in the latter and also earned a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor.[5][6]
In the 1990s, he was cast in numerous films, including the adventure film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) opposite Kevin Costner, drama The Shawshank Redemption (1994) with Tim Robbins, psychological thriller Seven (1995), historical drama Amistad (1997), crime thriller Kiss the Girls (1997), and science fiction disaster film Deep Impact (1998). His role in The Shawshank Redemption earned him a second nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor.[7] In 2003, he played God in the comedy Bruce Almighty opposite Jim Carrey.[b] The following year Freeman played Eddie "Scrap Iron" Dupris in Clint Eastwood's film Million Dollar Baby (2004), for which he won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.[9]
Freeman played Lucius Fox in a trilogy of Batman films: Batman Begins (2005), The Dark Knight (2008), and The Dark Knight Rises (2012). During that time, Freeman also appeared in The Bucket List (2007) opposite Jack Nicholson, Wanted (2008) with Angelina Jolie, and Invictus (2009) with Matt Damon. In 2011, Freeman received the AFI Life Achievement Award from the American Film Institute.[1] Two years later he starred in action thriller Olympus Has Fallen (2013), science fiction film Oblivion (2013), caper Now You See Me (2013), and comedy Last Vegas. In 2014, Freeman appeared in the science fiction films Transcendence and Lucy.
Freeman has also narrated several documentaries and television series, including Cosmic Voyage (1996), Slavery and the Making of America (2004), March of the Penguins (2005), and Breaking the Taboo (2011). He was also the host and narrator for the series Through the Wormhole from 2010–14.
Contents
Film[edit]
Television[edit]
Title | Year | Role | Notes | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
Electric Company, TheThe Electric Company | 1971–77 | Mel Mounds / Easy Reader / various characters | 780 episodes | [1][90][91] |
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry | 1978 | Uncle Hammer Logan | TV film | [92][93] |
Hollow Image | 1979 | Ralph Simmons "Sweet Talk" | TV film | [94] |
Ryan's Hope | 1981 | Cicero Murphy | 2 episodes | [95] |
Marva Collins Story, TheThe Marva Collins Story | 1981 | Clarence Collins | TV film | [96] |
Another World | 1982–84 | Dr. Roy Bingham | [91] | |
The Atlanta Child Murders | 1985 | Ben Shelter | Miniseries | [97] |
Twilight Zone, TheThe Twilight Zone | 1985 | Marty | Episode: "Dealer's Choice" | [98] |
Resting Place | 1986 | Luther Johnson | TV film | [99] |
Fight For Life | 1987 | Dr. Sherard | TV film | [100] |
Clinton and Nadine | 1988 | Dorsey Pratt | TV film | [101] |
Smithsonian Channel's Sound Revolution | 2008 | Himself (host) | [102] | |
Stephen Fry in America | 2008 | Himself | Episode: "Mississippi" | [103] |
Saturday Night Live | 2010 | Himself (cameo) | Episode: "Bryan Cranston/Kanye West" | [104] |
Madam Secretary | 2015 | Chief Justice Frawley | Episode: "The Show Must Go On" | [105] |
Narrator[edit]
Title | Year | Notes | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|
Cosmic Voyage | 1996 | Documentary | [106] |
Long Way Home, TheThe Long Way Home | 1997 | Documentary | [107] |
Hunting of the President, TheThe Hunting of the President | 2004 | Documentary | [108] |
A Remarkable Promise | 2004 | Short film | [109] |
Slavery and the Making of America | 2004 | Documentary | [110] |
March of the Penguins | 2005 | Documentary | [107] |
Prom Night in Mississippi | 2009 | Documentary | [111] |
Through the Wormhole | 2010–15 | Host | [112] |
Curiosity | 2011 | Episode: "Is There a Parallel Universe?" | [113] |
Born to Be Wild | 2011 | Documentary | [114] |
Breaking the Taboo | 2011 | Documentary | [115] |
Island of Lemurs: Madagascar | 2014 | Documentary | [116] |
The Story of God with Morgan Freeman | 2016 | Host | [117] |
Video games[edit]
Title | Year | Voice | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|
Batman Begins | 2005 | Lucius Fox | [118] |
Wanted: Weapons of Fate | 2009 | Sloan |
Theatre[edit]
Title | Year | Role | Venue | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
Hello, Dolly! | 1964–70 | Rudolph | St. James Theatre | [119][120][121] |
Niggerlovers, TheThe Niggerlovers | 1967 | Creampuff | Orpheum Theatre | [122] |
Dozens, TheThe Dozens | 1969 | Kgaravu | Booth Theatre | [123][124] |
Exhibition | 1969 | David | Actors' Playhouse | [125][126] |
Purlie | 1970–71 | Purlie | Broadway Theatre / Winter Garden Theatre / August Wilson Theatre | [127][128] |
Mighty Gents, TheThe Mighty Gents | 1978 | Zeke | Ambassador Theatre | [107][129] |
White Pelicans | 1978 | Winston | Lucille Lortel Theatre | [130][131] |
Coriolanus | 1979 | Caius Martius / Coriolanus | Joseph Papp Public Theater/Anspacher Theater/Delacorte Theater | [132][133][134] |
Julius Caesar | 1979 | Casca | Joseph Papp Public Theater/Anspacher Theater | [135][136] |
Mother Courage and Her Children | 1980 | Chaplain | Joseph Papp Public Theater/Newman Theater | [137][138] |
Buck | 1983 | Fred Milly | American Place Theatre | [139][140] |
Medea and the Doll | 1984 | Dr. Winston Crews | Samuel Beckett Theatre | [141][142] |
Driving Miss Daisy | 1987–90 | Hoke Coleburn | John Houseman Theatre | [4][143] |
Gospel at Colonus, TheThe Gospel at Colonus | 1988 | Messenger | Lunt-Fontanne Theatre | [144][145] |
Taming of the Shrew, TheThe Taming of the Shrew | 1990 | Petruchio | Delacorte Theater | [146][147] |
Country Girl, TheThe Country Girl | 2008 | Frank Elgin | Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre | [148][149] |
8 | 2011 | David Boies | Eugene O'Neill Theatre | [150] |
Notes[edit]
- ^ Freeman had previously played the same character in the play of the same name from 1987 to 1990.[4]
- ^ Freeman also reprised this role in the 2007 sequel Evan Almighty.[8]
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