Morgan Freeman
Morgan Freeman (Morgan Freeman) , born on June 1, 1937 in Tennessee, USA, is an American actor, director, and producer.
In 1967, he appeared in the musical "I Love Matchmaker", which was his first formal theatrical performance. In 1971, starred in the film debut "Who Said I Can't Drive a Rainbow". In 1978, starred in the stage play "Successful Gentleman". In 1984, starred in the stage play "The Soul Song of Clones", which won the Obi Award
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. On March 20, 1987, the crime film " StreetSmart " starred in was released and won the Best Actor Award at the 21st National Film Critics Association Awards
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. On December 11, 1989, the starring feature film " Driving Miss Daisy " was released, which won a nomination for best actor at the 62nd Academy Awards
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. In 1993, he directed the feature film " Bopha ", which was his directorial debut. On September 23, 1994, the starring feature film " The Shawshank Redemption " was released, which won the nomination for the best actor in The 67th annual Academy Awards
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. On September 22, 1995, the starring thriller and suspense movie " Se7en " was released. On May 23, 2003, the starring fantasy romantic comedy " Bruce Almighty " was released. On December 15, 2004, the starring feature film " Million Dollar Baby " was released and wonThe 77th Oscars Best Supporting Actor Award
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. On December 25, 2007, the starring feature film " The Bucket List " was released. On December 11, 2009, the starring biographical film " Invictus " was released, which won the 43rd National Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
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. In 2010, he won the AFI Lifetime Achievement Award
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On May 21, 2013, the starring crime action film " Now You See Me " premiered. On August 24, 2017, won the 24th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards Lifetime Achievement Award
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. On August 21, 2019, the action thriller " Angel Has Fallen " was released.
Early Experience
On June 1, 1937, Morgan Freeman was born in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. When Morgan Freeman was a child, his family moved frequently and lived in Greenwood , Mississippi , Gary, Indiana, and Chicago, Illinois. Morgan Freeman made his debut on stage at the age of 8, and played the leading role in the school drama. At the age of 12, he won an interstate drama competition and performed in a radio drama in Nashville in high school. In 1955, Morgan Freeman rejected some theater scholarships from Jackson State University and chose to become a mechanic in the U.S. Air Force
. In 1959, Morgan Freeman retired from the US Air Force and went to Los Angeles Community College to study drama
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Performing Experience
In 1967, Morgan Freeman appeared in the musical "I Love Matchmaker" on Broadway, which was his first formal theatrical performance
. In 1968, starred in the Broadway stage play "Hello, Dolly! "This has attracted attention
.
In 1971, he starred in the children's film "Who Said I Can't Drive a Rainbow", which was its film debut
; in the same year, he entered the American public television station and played Mr. "Read well" in the children's show "The Electric Company".
In 1973, he co-starred in the thriller and suspense movie "Blade" with John Marley and Jon Sever. In 1978, he starred in the feature film " Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry " directed by Jack Smit ; in the same year, he starred in the stage play "Successful Gentleman", for which he won the "Drama Table Award" and won Nominated for the "Tony Award".
In 1979, he starred in the movie " General Kou Liulan " directed by Wilford Leach . On March 2, 1980, the feature film " Attica " co-starred with Henry Darrow and Joel Fabiani was released
; on June 20, the feature film " Half Past Dead " co-starred with Robert Redford and Yaphet Kotto was released
.
On February 13, 1981, the thriller film " Eyewitness " co-starred with William McChord Hurt and Sigourney Weaver was released. On March 2, 1984, the drama " Harry and Son " co-starred with Paul Newman and Robby Benson was released
; in the same year, he played the messenger in the stage play "The Soul of Clones" produced by the Brooklyn Academy of Music A corner, which won the Obi Award
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On November 8, 1985, the crime movie " That Was Then " with Emilio Estevez and Craig Sheffer was released
. On April 27, 1986, the drama " Resting Place " co-starred with Richard Bradford and John Lithgow was released.
On March 20, 1987, the crime film " StreetSmart " co-starred with Christopher Reeve and Kathy Baker was released. With this film, it won the 60th Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor and the 45th American Film and Television Golden Globe Awards Film Category-Double Nomination for Best Supporting Actor
, and won the Best Actor Award at the 21st National Film Critics Association Awards
. On August 10, 1988, the drama " Clean and Sober " co-starred with Michael Keaton and Kathy Baker was released
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On September 12, 1989, the crime movie " Johnny Handsome " co-starred with Mickey Rourke and Ellen Rona Barkin was released
; on December 11, the feature film " Driving Miss Daisy " starring Jessica Tandy was released with Morgan Freeman in the film Acting as the loyal, honest, kind and brave old driver "Hawke", he won the 62nd Oscar Award for Best Actor and the 47th American Film and Television Golden Globe Awards for Best Actor in Film-Musical Comedy. The protagonist was double nominated
and won the Silver Bear Award-Best Performing Team Award (with Jessica Tandy) at the 40th Berlin International Film Festival
; on December 15, the biographical film "co-starred with Matthew Broderick and Denzel Hayes Washington Jr. " " Glory " was released
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On December 21, 1990, the comedy film " The Bonfire of the Vanities " co-starred with Tom Hanks and Walter Bruce Willis was released. On June 14, 1991, the action-adventure movie " Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves " co-starring Kevin Costner and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio was released. In the film, he played the role of Robin's loyal entourage in order to repay Robin's life. The Moorish warrior "Yasen"
.
On August 7, 1992, the Western movie " Unforgiven " co-starring with Clint Eastwood and Eugene Allen Hackman was released. In the film, he played the kind-hearted, brave and strong old western gunman "Ned Logan"
. On September 17, 1993, the directed feature film " Bopha " was released, which was Morgan Freeman's directorial debut
.
On September 23, 1994, the drama " The Shawshank Redemption " co-starring with Tim Robbins and Robert Patrick Gunton Jr. was released. In the film, Morgan Freeman played the role of "Ellis", who became good friends with Andy in the Shawshank prison. Pod Reid", with this role won the best actor in The 67th annual Academy Awards and the 52nd American Film and Television Golden Globe Awards
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On September 22, 1995, the thriller and suspense film " Se7en " co-starring Brad Pitt and Gwyneth Paltrow was released. In the film, he played the police officer "William Samose" with rich experience in handling crimes . He
won 22nd with this role. Nominated for Best Actor in the Saturn Awards .
On August 2, 1996, the action thriller " Chain Reaction " starring Keanu Reeves and Rachel Weisz was released
. On December 4, 1997, the drama " Amistad " co-starring with Anthony Hopkins and Djimon Hounsou was released. Morgan Freeman played "Jordson", one of the leaders of the Abolitionist Society
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On January 16, 1998, the action thriller " Hard Rain " co-starring with Christian Michael Leonard Hawkins and Randy Quaid was released. In the film, he played the role of "Jim" who was tired of the theft and decided to retire after a big deal
; On May 8, the science fiction disaster film " Deep Impact " co-starred with Robert Duvall and Elijah Jordan Wood was released. He played the role of US President "Tom Baker" in the film
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On March 28, 1999, the war film " Mutiny " was released as a producer . On May 11, 2000, the crime thriller " Under Suspicion " co-starring with Eugene Allen Hackman and Monica Anna Maria Bellucci was released. On April 6, 2001, the thriller film " Along Came a Spider " starring with Monica Louise Brokaw was released. In the film, he played the highly qualified police detective "Alex".
On April 3, 2002, the crime thriller "The Mystery of the Case " starring Ashley Judd and Jim Caviezel was released. He played the role of the lawyer of the military court "Charles Grimm" in the film
; on May 31, he and Ben · The action thriller " The Sum of All Fears " starring Affleck was released. Morgan Freeman played the veteran and scheming director of the US Central Intelligence Agency "Bill Cabot"
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On March 21, 2003, the sci-fi horror film " Dreamcatcher " co-starring Thomas Elliott and Jason Lee was released; on May 23, the fantasy romantic comedy " Bruce Almighty " co-starring with Jim Carrey and Jennifer Aniston was released. In the film, he plays the god who has given the male protagonist Bruce a lot of magical powers
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On December 15, 2004, the drama " Million Dollar Baby " co-starring with Clint Eastwood and Hilary Swank was released. With this film, he won the 77th Oscars Best Supporting Actor Award
.
On February 2, 2005, the action movie " Danny the Dog " starring with Jet Li and Bob Hoskins was released. He played the kind and kind blind tuner "Sam" in the film
; May 31, with Christian Charles Philip The action-adventure movie " Batman Begins " starring Bale and Katherine Noelle Holmes is released. Morgan Freeman plays "Lucius Fox" who provides high-tech support for Batman
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On February 24, 2006, the crime movie " Lucky Number Slevin " co-starring with Josh Hartnett and Ben Kingsley was released. He played the role of the boss of the black gang in the film
; on November 23, with John Cusack , Corey Johnson co-stars in the crime thriller " at the Contract " release, Morgan Freeman plays seasoned veteran hitman "Frank"
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On June 22, 2007, the fantasy comedy " Bruce Almighty2 " co-starred with Steven John Carell and Lauren Helen Graham was released
; on December 25, the feature film " The Bucket List " starring with Jack Nicholson was released. The film plays the terminally ill car mechanic "Carter Chambers"
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On June 12, 2008, he co-starred with Catwoman , James McAvoy and others in the fantasy crime action movie " Wanted ", in which he played the role of the leader of the killer organization and the loom operator "Sloan"
; July 18 , The action-adventure movie " The Dark Knight " co-starred with Christian Charles Philip Bale, Heathy, etc. was released
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On April 17, 2009, the crime film " Thick as Thieves " starring with Antonio Banderas was released. In the film, he played the well-thinking and scheming old thief "Keith Ripley"
; on December 11, partner The biographical film " Invictus " starring Matt Damon was released. He played the role of South African President "Nelson Mandela" in the film. With this role, he won the 82nd Academy Awards Best Actor
, The 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards . Double nominated for Best Actor
and won the Best Actor Award at the 43rd National Film Critics Association Awards
.
On June 9, 2010, the documentary series "Crossing the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman Season One" premiered
; On October 11, AFI announced that it would award the 2010 Lifetime Achievement Award to Morgan Freeman in recognition of him as a film Outstanding contribution to his career
; On October 15, the action movie " Red " co-starred with Walter Bruce Willis and John Malkovich was released
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On April 8, 2011, the short documentary " Born To Be Wild " was released as a narrator ; on June 9, the documentary series " Through the Wormhole With Morgan Freeman Season 2 " was broadcast
; on September 23, and Harry Connick.Jr. , Ashley Judd, etc. co-starred in the family movie " Dolphin Tale ", in which he played the role of the doctor "Dr. Cameron McCarthy" who made fake tails for dolphins
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On March 6, 2012, the documentary series "Crossing the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman Season 3" started airing
; on July 16, the sci-fi action film " The Dark Knight Rise " was released
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The premiere of the action thriller " Olympus Has Fallen " co-starring with Gerard Butler and Aaron Eckhart on March 18, 2013. In the film, he played the president of the U.S. Congress "Trumbull"
; on April 13, he served as The documentary series " Crossing the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman Season 4 " premiered
; May 21, the crime action film " Now You See Me " co-starring with Jesse Eisenberg and Mark Ruffalo "Premiere, he played the notorious magic revealer "Bradley" in the film
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On April 10, 2014, the science fiction suspense film " Transcendence " co-starring with Johnny Depp and Rebecca Hall was released. Morgan Freeman played the role of "Dr. Joseph Tiger, who is conducting research on artificial intelligence and cyber defense at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory." "
; On June 4th, the documentary series "Crossing the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman Season 5" was launched
; July 25th, the sci-fi action film " Lucy " co-starred with Scarlett I. Johansson and CHOI MIN SIK When it was released, he played the role of "Dr. Norman" who was interested in Lucy's strange physique
; on September 21, the TV series " Madam Secretary " was premiered as a producer
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April 3, 2015, with Clive Owen starring action adventure movie " Last Knights " was released, he plays tough monarch "Bator" in the film
; April 30, as the record to explain the drama " and Morgan Freeman through the Wormhole Together " Season 6 " was broadcast; on October 4, the TV series " Mrs. Secretary of State Season 2 " , which directed and served as the producer, was broadcast
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On March 1, 2016, the action thriller " London Has Fallen " was released, in which he played the calm and calm US Vice President "Trumbull"
; on April 3, he acted as an interpreter for the documentary series " London Has Fallen ". The first season of Morgan Freeman's Quest for the Gods premiered
; June 6th, the crime action film " Now You See Me 2 " premiered
; August 19th, an action-adventure film co-starred with Jack Huston , Toby Kebbell, etc. " Ben-Hur " was released in the United States
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On January 16, 2017, the documentary series "The Story of Exploring God with Morgan Freeman Season 2" was broadcast
; on April 7, the comedy film " Going in Style " co-starred with Maurice Joseph Micklewhite and Alan Wolf Arkin "Released, Morgan Freeman plays "Wiley" who has always hoped to use relief money to help his family
; On August 24, Morgan Freeman won the Lifetime Achievement Award from the 24th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards
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On November 2, 2018, the fantasy family adventure movie " The Nutcracker And The Four Realms " co-starring with Kenz and Keira Christina Knightley was released. In the film, he played the godfather of the heroine Clara, "Du Semel"
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On August 21, 2019, the action thriller " Angel Has Fallen " co-starred with Gerard Butler and Jada Pinkett Smith was released
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Personal Life
family
Morgan Freeman's father Morgan Porterfield Freeman (Morgan Porterfield Freeman, Sr.) was a barber and died of liver cirrhosis in 1961; his mother , Mayme Edna, was an assistant nurse. Morgan Freeman ranks fourth among siblings and is the youngest child in the family
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emotion
Morgan Freeman and Jenna married on October 22, 1967 and divorced in 1979
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On June 16, 1984, Morgan Freeman married Myrna Colley Lee . In December 2007, the two separated. In September 2010, the two divorced
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Character Evaluation
Morgan Freeman didn't look amazing, but he was full of acting cells. He has a very wide range of roles, from servant to president almost all roles have been played. His scheming spirit has unknowingly become one of the few actors in the United States who can play roles in movies that are not specifically written for African-American actors at any time. The increase in age and the increase in wrinkles have not faded his charm. He is a real actor, with all the qualities of the best actor, and can be immersed in a variety of different roles. He has a superb and outstanding performance in the movie "StreetSmart"; in "Glory" and "Driving Miss Daisy", ingenuity and unique genre performance naturally reveals; in "Se7en", he successfully created a sober, calm and witty , An agile old detective image; in "The Shawshank Redemption", his calm but rich emotional voice and exquisite and sophisticated performance are all moving
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Character Dispute
On May 24, 2018, the US media revealed that several women accused Morgan Freeman of improper behavior or sexual harassment on the set, production company, or film promotion activities. Morgan Freeman issued a short apology statement on the same day, expressing his apology to those who felt uncomfortable or disrespected because of him, saying that it was not his intention
; on May 26, he issued another one. A longer statement, emphasizing that he has never violated anyone
; on May 29, Morgan Freeman’s lawyer asked withdraw the report alleging Freeman’s sexual harassment and apologize because Freeman commissioned it. A third-party investigation company investigated the entire incident. The preliminary results showed that in previous reports, CNN listed a total of 8 women who had been sexually harassed by Freeman, and 8 others could testify as witnesses. However, investigations by Freeman's lawyers revealed that some testimonies were not substantiated
. CNN later responded that Freeman’s reaction to the report was inconsistent. CNN refused to retract the article and said it would defend the report
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