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 was raised in Mississippi where he began acting in school plays He studied theatre 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 childrens 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 His breakout role was in Street Smart 1987 playing a hustler which earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor He achieved further stardom in Glory the biographical drama Lean on Me and comedydrama Driving Miss Daisy all 1989 the latter of which garnered him his first Academy Award nomination for Best Actor In 1992 Freeman starred alongside Clint Eastwood in the western revenge film Unforgiven this would be the first of several collaborations with Eastwood In 1994 he starred in the prison drama The Shawshank Redemption for which he received another Academy Award nomination Freeman also starred in David Finchers crime thriller Se7en 1995 and Steven Spielbergs historical drama Amistad 1997 Freeman won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Clint Eastwoods 2004 sports drama Million Dollar Baby In 2009 he received his fifth Oscar nomination for playing former South African President Nelson Mandela in Eastwoods Invictus Freeman is also known for his performance as Lucius Fox in Christopher Nolans The Dark Knight Trilogy 20052012 In addition to acting Freeman has directed the drama Bopha 1993 He also founded film production company Revelations Entertainment with business partner Lori McCreary He is the recipient of the Kennedy Center Honor the AFI Life Achievement Award the Cecil B DeMille Award and the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award For his performances in theatrical productions he has won three Obie Awards one of the most prestigious honors for recognizing excellence in theatre Description above from the Wikipedia article Morgan Freeman licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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