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.jpg) Morgan Freeman
Birthday: June 1, 1937
Birth
Place: Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Height: 6' 2"
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Morgan Freeman has had an impressive and varied career on stage, television, and screen. It is a career that began in the mid-'60s, when Freeman appeared in an off-Broadway production of The Niggerlovers and with Pearl Bailey in an all-African-American Broadway production of Hello, Dolly! in 1968. He went on to have a successful career both on and off-Broadway, showcasing his talents in everything from musicals to contemporary drama to Shakespeare. Before studying acting, the Memphis-born Freeman attended Los Angeles Community College and served a five-year stint with the Air Force from 1955 to 1959. After getting his start on the stage, he worked in television, playing Easy Reader on the PBS children's educational series The Electric Company from 1971 through 1976. During that period, Freeman also made his movie debut in the lighthearted children's movie Who Says I Can't Ride a Rainbow? (1971). Save for his work on the PBS show, Freeman's television and feature film appearances through the '70s were sporadic, but in 1980, he earned critical acclaim for his work in the prison drama Brubaker. He gained additional recognition for his work on the small screen with a regular role on the daytime drama Days of Our Lives from 1982 to 1984. Following Brubaker, Freeman's subsequent '80s film work was generally undistinguished until he played the dangerously emotional pimp in Street Smart (1987) and earned his first Oscar nomination. With the success of Street Smart, Freeman's film career duly took off and he appeared in a string of excellent films that began with the powerful Clean and Sober (1988) and continued with Driving Miss Daisy (1989), in which Freeman reprised his Obie-winning role of a dignified, patient Southern chauffeur and earned his second Oscar nomination for his efforts. In 1989, he also played a tough and cynical gravedigger who joins a newly formed regiment of black Union soldiers helmed by Matthew Broderick in Glory. The acclaim he won for that role was replicated with his portrayal of a high school principal in that same year's Lean on Me.Freeman has been one of the few African-American actors to play roles not specifically written for African-Americans, as evidenced by his work in such films as Kevin Costner's Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991), in which he played Robin's sidekick, and Clint Eastwood's revisionist Western Unforgiven (1992). In 1993, Freeman demonstrated his skills on the other side of the camera, making his directorial debut with Bopha!, the story of a South African cop alienated from his son by apartheid. The following year, the actor received a third Oscar nomination as an aged lifer in the prison drama The Shawshank Redemption. He went on to do steady work throughout the rest of the decade, turning in memorable performances in films like Seven (1995), in which he played a world-weary detective; Amistad (1997), which featured him as a former slave; Kiss the Girls (1997), a thriller in which he played a police detective; and Deep Impact, a 1998 blockbuster that cast Freeman as the President of the United States. Following an appearance opposite Renee Zellweger in director Neil LaBute's Nurse Betty, Freeman would return to the role of detective Alex Cross in the Kiss the Girls sequel Along Came a Spider (2001). Freeman continued to keep a high profile moving into the new millennium with roles in such thrillers as The Sum of All Fears (2002) and Stephen King's Dreamcatcher, and the popular actor would average at least two films per year through 2004 (with a staggering five films scheduled for release in 2003 alone).By the time Freeman appeared opposite Hillary Swank and Clint Eastwood in Eastwood's acclaimed 2004 boxing drama Million Dollar Baby, his reputation as one of Hollywood's hardest-working, most-respected actors was as cemented in place. When Freeman took home the Oscar at the 77th Annual Academy Awards for his performance as the former boxer turned trainer who convinces his old friend to take a scrappy female fighter (Hilary Swank) under his wing, the award was considered overdue given Freeman's impressive body of work.
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- Played "Easy Reader" in the children's TV show "The Electric Company" (1971), which was produced by The Children's Television Workshop.
- Ranked #31 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. [October 1997]
- Obie for Coriolanus (1979) and "Mother Courage". [1980]
- Obie for The Gospel at Colonus (1985) (TV). [1986]
- Obie for Driving Miss Daisy (1989). [1988]
- Sons: Alphonse and Saifoulaye.
- Daughters: Deena (was adopted) and Morgana.
- Received "Hollywood Outstanding Achievement in Acting" Award on 7 August 2000.
- He was (along with director/actress Billie Allen, director/ playwright Garland Thompson, and journalist Clayton Riley') a founding member of The Frank Silvera Writers' Workshop, named after noted Black actor Frank Silvera.
- Has only reprised the same character once. He played Dr. Alex Cross in Kiss the Girls (1997) and then reprised the role in Along Came a Spider (2001).
- Considered joining the Air Force to become a fighter pilot but opted to stay with acting instead.
- Worked as a mechanic in the US Air Force.
- Has recorded a new radio public service announcement about the national parks.
- Recently earned a Private Pilot license.
- May 2001 - Opened the Ground Zero Blues Club in Clarksdale, Mississippi.
- Broadway debut in the musical "Hello, Dolly!" with Pearl Bailey and Cab Calloway.
- Has his own production company, Revelation Entertainment.
- Has starred in two movies based on Stephen King books: Dreamcatcher (2003) and The Shawshank Redemption (1994).
- Has appeared in two films opposite a main character named Jack Ryan: The Sum of All Fears (2002) and The Big Bounce (2004).
- Owns a boat which is berthed in the Caribbean. His busy schedule, however, only allows him to go sailing on it once a year.
- During an interview with Charlie Rose regarding the 10th year anniversary of The Shawshank Redemption (1994), Freeman said he regarded that film, Glory (1989), Driving Miss Daisy (1989), and Unforgiven (1992) as the highlights of his career.
- He is often called the greatest living actor in film, a title he humbly waves off and says he is just "lucky."
- Was nominated for Broadway's 1978 Tony Award as Best Actor (Feature Role - Play) for 'The Mighty Gents.'
- Said in an issue of Life Magazine (February 2005) that he can be seen as an extra in The Pawnbroker (1964).
- Arrived in Los Angeles in 1959 and his first job was as a clerk typist.
- Speaks fluent French. He gave an introductory speech in French to the crowd of extras gathered in Montreal's Olympic Stadium to portray the Baltimore Super Bowl audience in The Sum of All Fears (2002).
- In May 2005, he won the right to the Internet domain name www.morganfreeman.com from the company Mighty LLC, of Charlestown, Saint Kitts and Nevis in a UN panel.
- Applied in 2004 to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to trademark his name. The trademark application is still pending as of May 2005.
- Most of the characters he has played aren't written specifically for an African-American actor.
- In 1980 he won an Villiage Voice Obie award for his performances in Mother Courage and Coriolanus
- Won a second Villiage Voice Obie Award in 1984 for his performance in Gospel at Colonus
- Won a third Village Voice Obie for his performance in Driving Miss Daisy in 1987
- Keeps his Oscar statuette inside a cabinet which resides in his office. The cabinet was built by a good friend of his in 1998 especially for the Oscar that his good friend predicted he would win. It even came with a plaque that read: "No Parking. Reserved for Oscar."
- Member of the jury at the Berlin International Film Festival 1994
- He has played two men who teach someone to box in two separate films. First, he played "Geel Piet" in The Power of One (1992) and, then, he played "Eddie 'Scrap Iron' Dupree" in Million Dollar Baby (2004).
- The only African-American actor/actress to appear in three Best Picture Oscar Winners: Driving Miss Daisy (1989), Unforgiven (1992) and Million Dollar Baby (2004).
- His performance as "Fast Black" in Street Smart (1987) is ranked #77 on Premiere Magazine's 100 Greatest Performances of All Time (2006).
- In January 2001, opened Madidi, a fine-dining restaurant in Clarksdale, MS, with local attorney and businessman, Bill Lucket. They also co-own Ground Zero Blues Club, a blues bar and grill that opened in May 2001.
- Three films of his are on the American Film Institute's 100 Most Inspiring Movies of All Time. They are: "Driving Miss Daisy" (1989) at #77, "Glory" (1989) at #31, and "The Shawshank Redemption" (1994) at #23.
- Father of Alfonso Freeman.
- Narrated 2 Academy Award-winning feature length documentaries: "The Long Way Home" (1997) and "March of the Penguins" (2005).
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