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Morgan Freeman

Also known as Morgan Porterfield Freeman

Morgan Freeman is an American actor, producer, and narrator. In a career spanning six decades, he has received numerous accolades, including an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award, as well as a nomination for a Grammy Award and a Tony Award. He was honored with the Kennedy Center Honor in 2008, an AFI Life Achievement Award in 2011, the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2012, and Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 2018. In a 2022 readers' poll by Empire, he was voted one of the 50 greatest actors of all time.

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Morgan Freeman is an American film producer, television actor, film director, and aircraft pilot. Born in Memphis in 1937, he is a left-handed male of African American ethnicity who speaks English. He is a member of the Democratic Party and identifies as agnostic. Freeman has four children and has suffered from fibromyalgia. His professional career began in 1964.

Freeman has received several awards, including the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, the Kennedy Center Honors, the AFI Life Achievement Award, and Golden Globes. He has also been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor and the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play. He was educated at Los Angeles City College. His net worth is listed as 120000000.

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Memphis, Tennessee, USA

Morgan Freeman (born June 1, 1937) is an American actor, director, and narrator. Noted for his distinctive deep voice, Freeman is known for his various roles in a wide variety of film genres. 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. Born in Memphis, Tennessee, Freeman…

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Nacrose — Morgan Freeman2027
Rode to Ruin — Joseph Mulberry2027
The Dinosaurs — Self - Narrator (voice)2026
Now You See Me: Now You Don't — Thaddeus Bradley2025
Clint Eastwood : la légende — Self2025
The Power of Chi — (narrator)2025
Number One on the Call Sheet — Self2025
The American Revolution — (voice)2025
Gunner — Kendrick Ryker2024
My Dead Friend Zoe — Dr. Cole2024

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Instance of: human
Given name: Morgan
Family name: Freeman
Gender: male
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Memphis
Occupation: producer
Educated at: Los Angeles City College
Employer: United States Armed Forces
Political party: Democratic Party (United States)
Languages spoken: English language
Native language: English language
Religion: agnosticism
Award: star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
Mass: 79
Image: Morgan Freeman at The Pentagon on 2 August 2023 - 230802-D-PM193-3363 (cropped).jpg
Height: 188
Number of children: 4

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Commons category: Morgan Freeman
nominated for: Academy Award for Best Actor
ethnic group: African Americans
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start of work period: 1964-00-00
name in native language: Morgan Freeman
net worth: 120000000
medical condition: fibromyalgia
handedness: left-handedness
different from: Martin Freeman
filmography: Morgan Freeman filmography
date of birth: 1937-06-01
writing language: English language
social media followers: 359748
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Morgan Freeman (born June 1, 1937) is an American actor, producer, and narrator. In a career spanning six decades, he has received numerous accolades, including an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award, as well as a nomination for a Grammy Award and a Tony Award. He was honored with the Kennedy Center Honor in 2008, an AFI Life Achievement Award in 2011, the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2012, and Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 2018. In a 2022 readers' poll by Empire, he was voted one of the 50 greatest actors of all time.

Born in Memphis, Tennessee, Freeman was raised in Mississippi, where he began acting in school plays. He studied theater arts in Los Angeles and appeared in stage productions in his early career. He rose to fame in the 1970s for his role in the children's television series The Electric Company. Freeman then appeared in the Shakespearean plays Coriolanus and Julius Caesar, the former of which earned him an Obie Award. In 1978, he was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his role as Zeke in the Richard Wesley play The Mighty Gents.

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