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Morgan Freeman Biography:
Date of Birth 1 June 1937, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Height 6' 2" (1.88 m)
Mini Bio (1)
With an authoritative voice and calm demeanor, this ever popular American actor has grown into one of the most respected figures in modern US cinema. Morgan was born on June 1, 1937 in Memphis, Tennessee, to Mayme Edna (Revere), a teacher, and Morgan Porterfield Freeman, a barber. The young Freeman attended Los Angeles City College before serving several years in the US Air Force as a mechanic between 1955 and 1959. His first dramatic arts exposure was on the stage including appearing in an all-African American production of the exuberant musical Hello, Dolly!.
Throughout the 1970s, he continued his work on stage, winning Drama Desk and Clarence Derwent Awards and receiving a Tony Award nomination for his performance in The Mighty Gents in 1978. In 1980, he won two Obie Awards, for his portrayal of Shakespearean anti-hero Coriolanus at the New York Shakespeare Festival and for his work in Mother Courage and Her Children. Freeman won another Obie in 1984 for his performance as The Messenger in the acclaimed Brooklyn Academy of Music production of Lee Breuer's The Gospel at Colonus and, in 1985, won the Drama-Logue Award for the same role. In 1987, Freeman created the role of Hoke Coleburn in Alfred Uhry's Pulitzer Prize-winning play Driving Miss Daisy, which brought him his fourth Obie Award. In 1990, Freeman starred as Petruchio in the New York Shakespeare Festival's The Taming of the Shrew, opposite Tracey Ullman. Returning to the Broadway stage in 2008, Freeman starred with Frances McDormand and Peter Gallagher in Clifford Odets' drama The Country Girl, directed by Mike Nichols.
Freeman first appeared on TV screens as several characters including "Easy Reader", "Mel Mounds" and "Count Dracula" on the Children's Television Workshop (now Sesame Workshop) show The Electric Company (1971). He then moved into feature film with another children's adventure, Who Says I Can't Ride a Rainbow! (1971). Next, there was a small role in the thriller Blade (1973); then he played Casca in Julius Caesar (1979) and the title role in Coriolanus (1979). Regular work was coming in for the talented Freeman and he appeared in the prison dramas Attica (1980) and Brubaker (1980), Eyewitness (1981), and portrayed the final 24 hours of slain Malcolm X in Death of a Prophet (1981). For most of the 1980s, Freeman continued to contribute decent enough performances in films that fluctuated in their quality. However, he really stood out, scoring an Oscar nomination as a merciless hoodlum in Street Smart (1987) and, then, he dazzled audiences and pulled a second Oscar nomination in the film version of Driving Miss Daisy (1989) opposite Jessica Tandy. The same year, Freeman teamed up with youthful Matthew Broderick and fiery Denzel Washington in the epic Civil War drama Glory (1989) about freed slaves being recruited to form the first all-African American fighting brigade.
His star continued to rise, and the 1990s kicked off strongly with roles in The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990), Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991), and The Power of One (1992). Freeman's next role was as gunman Ned Logan, wooed out of retirement by friend William Munny to avenge several prostitutes in the wild west town of Big Whiskey in Clint Eastwood's de-mythologized western Unforgiven (1992). The film was a sh and scored an acting Oscar for Gene Hackman, a directing Oscar for Eastwood, and the Oscar for best picture. In 1993, Freeman made his directorial debut on Bopha! (1993) and soon after formed his production company, Revelations Entertainment.
More strong scripts came in, and Freeman was back behind bars depicting a knowledgeable inmate (and obtaining his third Oscar nomination), befriending falsely accused banker Tim Robbins in The Shawshank Redemption (1994). He was then back out hunting a religious serial killer in Se7en (1995), starred alongside Keanu Reeves in Chain Reaction (1996), and was pursuing another serial murderer in Kiss the Girls (1997).
Further praise followed for his role in the slave tale of Amistad (1997), he was a worried US President facing Armageddon from above in Deep Impact (1998), appeared in Neil LaBute's black comedy Nurse Betty (2000), and reprised his role as Alex Cross in Along Came a Spider (2001). Now highly popular, he was much in demand with cinema audiences, and he co-starred in the terrorist drama The Sum of All Fears (2002), was a military officer in the Stephen King-inspired Dreamcatcher (2003), gave divine guidance as God to Jim Carrey in Bruce Almighty (2003), and played a minor role in the comedy The Big Bounce (2004).
2005 was a huge year for Freeman. First, he he teamed up with good friend Clint Eastwood to appear in the drama, Million Dollar Baby (2004). Freeman's on-screen performance is simply world-class as ex-prize fighter Eddie "Scrap Iron" Dupris, who works in a run-down boxing gym alongside grizzled trainer Frankie Dunn, as the two work together to hone the skills of never-say-die female boxer Hilary Swank. Freeman received his fourth Oscar nomination and, finally, impressed the Academy's judges enough to win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his performance. He also narrated Steven Spielberg's War of the Worlds (2005) and appeared in Batman Begins (2005) as Lucius Fox, a valuable ally of Christian Bale's Bruce Wayne/Batman for director Christopher Nolan. Freeman would reprise his role in the two sequels of the record-breaking, genre-redefining trilogy.
Roles in tentpoles and indies followed; highlights include his role as a crime boss in Lucky Number Slevin (2006), a second go-round as God in Evan Almighty (2007) with Steve Carell taking over for Jim Carrey, and a supporting role in Ben Affleck's directorial debut, Gone Baby Gone (2007). He co-starred with Jack Nicholson in the breakout hit The Bucket List (2007) in 2007, and followed that up with another box-office success, Wanted (2008), then segued into the second Batman film, The Dark Knight (2008).
In 2009, he reunited with Eastwood to star in the director's true-life drama Invictus (2009), on which Freeman also served as an executive producer. For his portrayal of Nelson Mandela in the film, Freeman garnered Oscar, Golden Globe and Critics' Choice Award nominations, and won the National Board of Review Award for Best Actor.
Recently, Freeman appeared in RED (2010), a surprise box-office hit; he narrated the Conan the Barbarian (2011) remake, starred in Rob Reiner's The Magic of Belle Isle (2012); and capped the Batman trilogy with The Dark Knight Rises (2012). Freeman has several films upcoming, including the thriller Now You See Me (2013), under the direction of Louis Leterrier, and the science fiction actioner Oblivion (2013), in which he stars with Tom Cruise.
Spouse (2)
Myrna Colley-Lee (16 June 1984 - 15 September 2010) (divorced)
Jeanette Adair Bradshaw (22 October 1967 - 18 November 1979) (divorced) (2 children)
Trade Mark (5)
Frequently plays characters with calm demeanor
[Narration] Often provides narration for his films, as either himself or the character he is playing.
Often plays authorative leaders that seem highly trustworthy (even when they are not)
Deep authoratitve voice
Rich yet mellow voice
Trivia (70)
Ranked #31 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. [October 1997]
Village Voice Obie for Coriolanus (1979) and "Mother Courage". [1980]
Village Voice Obie for Great Performances: The Gospel at Colonus (1985). [1986]
Village Voice Obie for Driving Miss Daisy (1989). [1990]
Father of Alfonso Freeman from his relationship with Loletha Adkins and Saifoulaye Freeman (born 1960) from another previous relationship.
Father of Morgana Freeman with Jeanette Adair Bradshaw. He also adopted his first wife's daughter, Deena.
Received the "Hollywood Outstanding Achievement in Acting" Award on August 7, 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 reprised the same character three times. He played Dr. Alex Cross in Kiss the Girls (1997) and then reprised the role in Along Came a Spider (2001). He also played God in Bruce Almighty (2003) and then reprised that role in Evan Almighty (2007). Finally, he played Lucius Fox in both Batman Begins (2005) and The Dark Knight (2008).
Considered joining the Air Force to become a fighter pilot but opted to stay with acting instead.
Worked as a mechanic in the United States Air Force.
Has recorded a new radio public service announcement about the national parks.
Recently earned a Private Pilot license.
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.
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, California in 1959 and his first job was as a clerk typist.
Speaks French fluently. 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.
Received a trademark on his name from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on September 19, 2006.
Most of the characters he has played are not written specifically for an African-American actor.
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 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 in 1994.
Has played three men who teach someone to box in three separate films. First, he played Geel Piet in The Power of One (1992), he then played Alex Cross in Kiss the Girls (1997) where, at the beginning of the film, he was teaching a group of young boys how to box, and he also played Eddie "Scrap Iron" Dupree in Million Dollar Baby (2004).
Is the only African-American actor 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.
Narrated two Academy Award-winning feature-length documentaries: The Long Way Home (1997) and March of the Penguins (2005).
Attended the 2004 and 2005 Dubai International Film Festival in the United Arab Emirates.
Works closely with screenwriter Grant Boucher.
Has said that watching Gary Cooper's films in his youth inspired him to become an actor.
In addition to his role as Lucius Fox in the current Batman franchise, Freeman previously acted alongside another Batman: Michael Keaton in Clean and Sober (1988).
Broke his arm and shoulder when he flipped his car near his home of Charleston, Mississippi on August 3, 2008.
Though he was born in Memphis, he actually grew up in the Mississippi Delta region. He moved back to Mississippi to open a blues club and restaurant in 2001.
Friends with Kenny Chesney.
Resides in Charleston, Mississippi and New York City.
Was honored with the American Film Institute's 39th Lifetime Achievement Award on June 9, 2011.
Listed his five favorite films as King Kong (1933), High Noon (1952), Moulin Rouge (1952), The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976) and Moby Dick (1956).
Received the 2012 Cecil B. DeMille Award at the Golden Globe Awards ceremony in January 2012.
The longest he has gone without an Oscar nomination is 10 years, between The Shawshank Redemption (1994) and Million Dollar Baby (2004).
Favorite films include the original films King Kong (1933) and Moulin Rouge (1952).
He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7021 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on March 18, 2003.
Has purchased the film rights to Orange Crushed, a mystery novel by an African-American writer, Pamela Thomas-Graham. (Thomas-Graham is also the CEO of cable news channel CNBC.) Orange Crushed features an African-American heroine, Professor Nikki Chase. [June 2004]
As of 2014, has appeared in four movies that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: Driving Miss Daisy (1989), Unforgiven (1992), The Shawshank Redemption (1994) and Million Dollar Baby (2004). With the exception of The Shawshank Redemption (1994), all the other films won in the category.
Recently became a beekeeper.
His grandfather was Morgan Herbert Freeman. His father was Morgan Porterfield Freeman. He has said that his parents forgot to give him a middle name.
Son Alfonso Freeman (actor) was born in Los Angeles, September 13, 1959 to Morgan and Loletha Adkins (Polk). Alfonso first met his father in 1984.
Has appeared in three Best Picture Academy Award winners: Driving Miss Daisy (1989), Unforgiven (1992) and Million Dollar Baby (2004). Clint Eastwood also appeared in and directed the latter two films.
Accredits his voice to studying at the LACC Theater Academy. Other alumni include Mark Hamill, Cindy Williams, Donna Reed and Rene Michelle Aranda.
20 years later, winner for Vintage Performance by an Actor in 1995, for his role as Detective Somerset in Se7en (1995) at the first Vintage Film Awards.
Is one of two African American actors in the top 5 highest grossing actors of all time, the other actor is Eddie Murphy.
Ranked fourth highest grossing actor of all time with his previous films grossing $4.3 billion.
Attended the premiere of Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (2016) , in London.
Narated the video introduction of Hillary Clinton at the 2016 Democratic National Convention.
Youngest of five children.
Rose to the rank of airman first class in the air force.
Turned down a drama scholarship to join the air force in 1955.
Owned a restaurant called Madidi but it closed down in 2012.
Endorsed Barack Obama for the 2008 presidential election.
Plays golf.
His movie have grossed $10.24 billion worldwide.
His net worth is $150 million.
First American to record a par score on the 19th hole at the the Legend Golf and Safari Resort in the Entabeni Safari Conservatory, Limpopo South Africa.
Personal Quotes (56)
I gravitate towards gravitas.
[on his hesitation to do Along Came a Spider (2001)] I had a philosophic aversion to it. I didn't want to do the same thing twice. Then I realized that my philosophical aversion was bullshit. I realized I liked Alex Cross. And the fact that he's black is totally incidental. That's a rare thing for a black actor to find.
[on the failure of The Big Bounce (2004)] It was a wonderful experience. Steve Bing was the producer and was very generous. But the movie didn't turn out very well. The director [George Armitage] fell ill and we shut down production for a few weeks while he recuperated. And I think when he came back he just didn't pick up the ball and run with it the way he should have, and the movie suffered greatly for that..
I've been living with myself all of my life, so I know all of me. So when I watch me, all I see is me. It's boring. - on why he dislikes watching his own films.
I'm not intimidated by lead roles. I'm better in them. I don't feel pressure - I feel released at times like that. That's what I'm born to do.
I was in Africa when I got the call for Unforgiven (1992). Clint called my agency and made an offer for a western. I was like "He called for me?" It was jaw-dropping.
[on the box-office failure of The Shawshank Redemption (1994)] It took a long time for word of mouth to kick in because no one could say it. It was "The Shimshunk Reduction", "The Hudsucker Redemption"; I mean people just couldn't say it, which really made me angry because I knew that at the time! The movie we made was called "Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption". Isn't that a great title? But they were like "That won't fit on the marquee". So it took a year or two for people to say it. Some people still can't say it.
[on the violence in Se7en (1995)] If you don't show the actual violence and the audience provides their own violence, it's much more gruesome. This is a guy who spent a lot time planning and preparing, and what was he doing? He was punishing people for their sins. He had a moral agenda. A twisted moral agenda, but do you know how many people do? People in high places.
[on the box-office failure of Amistad (1997)] People thought it was a picture about slavery. But it wasn't about slavery at all. It was about American jurisprudence. The point of the film ultimately was that the President in not the king. But I think people were like "Jesus, not another movie about slavery!" We really do have a negative response to negative history. Which is a shame.
[on the failure of The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990)] I knew that movie wasn't going to work. I don't think Brian De Palma had a clue. It struck me that he didn't read the book - or that he didn't like the book. It was the one time Tom Hanks was awfully miscast. Originally, they hired Alan Arkin to play my role. I thought that was perfect casting. But then they thought they had to be politically correct and make the judge black. So they fired Alan Arkin and hired me. Not a great way to get a role. I was kind of a suck-a-- for not turning it down, but they weren't going to give it back to Alan anyway. I never did get around to seeing the movie.
[on the character Hoke Colburn in Driving Miss Daisy (1989)] It's a tricky character, right on the edge of Uncle Remus. But I knew how to play him right away. I knew when I read it. I just saw him -- the dignity in the character. The only time I ever worried about it was when I was doing the show Off-Broadway, and all these Southerners would come back wiping their eyes and talking about how nostalgic it made them feel. How their grandmother had a chauffeur just like that. I was like "God damn it! I made these people nostalgic for the good ol' days!" But, then, I had some black friends see it, and they said, 'Oh, my grandfather was exactly like that.' So that made me feel okay..
[on working on The Shawshank Redemption (1994)] That was a strange production. There were moments of extreme tension on the set. Between the producers and actors, between the director and actors, between everybody. Just this personality stuff between different groups. Very strange. Let's stop talking about that one.
[on Se7en (1995)] There's all this loss and angst and death and sense of helplessness in that movie - if I saw it in the theater, I probably wouldn't have liked it. I saw Fight Club (1999) and I didn't like it much. It's a great movie, well made, fabulous acting, but it just made me feel so bad. But David Fincher is an extraordinarily good director.
When I was doing press for Deep Impact (1998), reporters would always ask me how it felt to play the first black president, and I'd tell them, "I'm not playing the first black president. I'm playing a president who happens to be black." Or they'd ask me what sort of research I did for the role. Research? What kind of research do you need to play the president? He's a guy. Besides, we all know what presidents are like standing up there in a press conference. Hell, you don't have to do any research to play a president.
I saw Neil LaBute's first movie, In the Company of Men (1997), and I thought it sucked deeply. I mean, talk about a couple of scuzzy guys. Man, they were turds. But I was intrigued by the mind that would think this up and film it. Then I saw LaBute's second movie, Your Friends & Neighbors (1998). Not any better, but still intriguing. So then I got the script for Nurse Betty (2000), and I loved it and I went and met him. And it turns out he's married, has these lovely kids. He's just this big bear of a man. Cuddly, even. It didn't take any persuading to convince me to do the film.
When I got nominated for the Oscar [for Street Smart (1987)], it put rocket boosters in my career. Since childhood, all I wanted to do was make movies. I love the stage, but I wanted to be a movie actor.
Is there a movie I think I should have won the Oscar for? Yeah. All of them.
I don't know what my favorite film of mine is... But I think the most important film I was in was Glory (1989).
It was my idea to just do The Electric Company (1971) for a couple of years and go on. But you get trapped by that money thing. It's golden handcuffs. It gets a lot of people, including soap opera actors and commercial actors. Then, they don't want to see you in serious work. That was going to be me, having people come up to me saying "My kids love you!" I was there three years too long.
I find it difficult to watch myself... I find it boring.
I was talking to Bob Hoskins when we were making Unleashed together. We were talking about the joy of doing bad guys. And he confirmed exactly what I was thinking. With bad guys you get to let it all out. All those dark places in your psyche? You can let 'em go. When you play good guys, it's kind of boring. It's one note.
Once you've gotten the job, there's nothing to it. If you're an actor, you're an actor. Doing it is not the hard part. The hard part is getting to do it.
[Accepting his UCLA Tracy award]: To be included among this group of highly accomplished actors is just magical.
I'm very worried about what's going on in the world at the moment because we have this Napoleonic president; by Napoleonic I mean he's a man who just seems to need to search himself. It doesn't make sense. I don't have any love lost on Saddam Hussein. If he needs to be removed from office, fine. You have to find the right way to do it, but going to war, nah, with the people. To do what. What is the real reason? Because he's harboring weapons of mass destruction? So it is with North Korea. Why are we acting to acquiesce to this? We do not need the Iraqi oil. We have Kuwait oil. It's the same pool. That's why Kuwait's there. That's why Kuwait was set up. You think that country could exist there without somebody backing it? We're talking about a piece of Iraq. So, we keep this. That's my noise. I am terribly upset about the whole thing.
You know, I was hanging out with Sidney Poitier and we were trying to decide if he or I were the better actor. We decided it was me as I convinced the world I could sing. (Freeman debuted on Broadway in 1968 in "Hello, Dolly!")
Stop talking about it. I'm going to stop calling you a white man. And I'm going to ask you to stop calling me a black man. - when asked how to get rid of racism in an interview with Mike Wallace on 60 Minutes (1968).
Ridiculous... I don't want a Black History Month. Black history is American history. - when asked what he thinks of Black History Month on 60 Minutes (1968).
The American Indians have this saying. 'Look at the day, look at the sunlight, the grass and the trees! It's a good day to die!'
You couldn't possibly try to entertain all of the people who seem to be offering you entertainment. Because most of them want some compensation for it.
[upon waking up face down in a door way and not knowing how he got there] I recognised that it had become a problem, so I just quit. I do have self-control. Once I realise that I've got to change something I just do it.
If you wake up and the snow is knee-deep outside, you are not filled with rage. It's just something that you've got to cope with. If you're living in a situation it's the only situation that you know, and you've got to deal with it.
I don't have to work. I could stop and never have to worry about paying the rent. I'm working for the joy of doing it.
Sometimes, you want to upset an audience so you can engage them. I've done so-called Hollywood films, and I know that it's all about wanting the audience to feel upbeat, give them a happy ending. But they also like complete stories. If your story's complete it doesn't have to have a happy ending.
They say there's no fool like an old fool. But blessings be upon my wife because I think without her, I'd be somebody's fool by now.
If you live a life of make-believe, your life isn't worth anything until you do something that does challenge your reality. And to me, sailing the open ocean is a real challenge, because it's life or death.
[upon getting work as an off-Broadway actor in 1967] I made $70 a week as an actor and I'd been making $60 in L.A. Making more than that as an actor was just unbelievable to me. I never went back to typing but had some real lean times in-between. But I didn't have to go to work for anybody else. I didn't have to wash dishes, I didn't have to wait tables, I didn't have to drive a cab or wash cars. I deliberately left myself nothing to fall back on. If you've got a cushion, where you land, you stay. You can't climb a mountain with a net. If you've got the net, you'll let go.
I work about half the year. I'm just a guy who enjoys his work and enjoys working with people who enjoy their work. When that happens you get a bonding situation and if it come out with a good product, then that ties you even closer together. It's almost like a great love affair.
I've never been a mechanic. Throughout my life, what I have been is an actor, a pretender. I do have the wife and the family and the stuff like that but on the other hand, I'm - knock on wood - outstandingly healthy.
I think we all have a private bucket list. It may not be written down, but I'm constantly checking them off. I just checked off Jack Nicholson. Every day was a holiday because I've been praying at the temple of Jack ever since Five Easy Pieces (1970). I had a chance to ride with him on the Warner Brothers plane with Clint [Eastwood]. I got to jawing what a fan I was, and as actors will do, he expressed how he liked my work. Then we started talking about how we could make a sequel to [the 1973 Nicholson film] The Last Detail (1973). But that didn't pan out.
My aim in life, when I graduated from high school, was to get out of Mississippi. I started coming back [to Mississippi] in about 1979, because my parents moved back, which I couldn't understand. What in the world would make you come back here? It took me about 20 years to figure that out.
I'm not a campaigner or a crusader for ending racism, or anything for that matter. I believe you should live your life according to your own tenets. If there are people you don't like, avoid them. But not liking people based on generalities is stupid.
No, but a lot of roles I refuse because it's not me. -- on if he ever feels he's been miscast.
Isn't there a big, 800-pound gorilla missing here? Money, money, money. You work all your life so you don't have to wash dishes or sweep floors or pump gas, and still pay the rent. That's very germane to what you call a career.
I don't know about anyone else, but my kids didn't have me. I was busy trying to be somebody. Now I have all these debts to pay. -- on the personal toll being an actor can take on a person.
I don't think that anything where you start off with something is an art form. If you start off with a blank page or a blank canvas or a blank slab or a blank stone, you're going to create something. If someone brings it to you and says, "Can you enlarge upon it?".
I'm not good at anything else. Certainly not golf. -- on why he is an actor.
The fact that the people who are making the decisions about moviemaking are not moviemakers is a big problem.
I don't do accents. But I was going to have to do some sort of accent and do my best to sound like Mandela. I really fretted over that because he's an iconic figure. If you screw it up you've screwed it up. But once we got into production, it all fell into place. -- on the toughest aspect of preparing for "Invictus"
I don't like tension on a set -- at all, of any kind.
Glory (1989) does what I think movies are best at, and that is giving you a lesson in history. Glory is a story that nobody knew. It's American history that was completely ignored, and there is an awful lot of that. It is because the people who tell the story tell their own story. So if you ever ask, any time down the line, that's always the film I'll be most proud of.
[on The Shawshank Redemption (1994)] That is the film that most people will mention. It's not the only one, but it's the most common. I think more people have seen Shawshank than have seen anything else bar Casablanca (1942). Me, I just take the compliment.
I never think about awards or anything like that when I do a job. I was first named a best actor when I was 12 years old and it doesn't really mean anything when you get down to it, because there is no best. I don't get all that involved. My chest puffs up as much as I can puff it up but I am not trying to be better than the person I am acting with. I am trying to be at least as good. That's how it works.
[on Michael Wincott] Michael is a sweetheart, he has an enormous power. He is one of those people who's totally dedicated to what he's doing. I certainly get enjoyment out of working with him. He's great to rehearse with, he's always got ideas and this incredible sense of humor and this kind of outlandish take on things.
I never wanted to be a movie star. I never wanted to be a personality. Then all you do is turn yourself into what the audience wants and play it over and over. That's what movie stars do.
[on the assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1963] On that dreadful afternoon I, along with most of the other people in New York, found myself on the street, wandering in a daze, shocked to realize the enormity of the act. I think that's when America began to lose her way.
Stillness. It's what I learn from the actors I work with. That's all, and that's the hardest thing.
Salary (1)
Kiss the Girls (1997) $5,000,000
Actor (119 credits)
2018 Angel Has Fallen (pre-production)
Allan Trumbull
2018 The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (post-production)
Drosselmeyer
2017 Villa Capri (post-production)
Cold Warriors (pre-production)
2017 Going in Style
Willie
2015-2016 Madam Secretary (TV Series)
Chief Justice Wilbourne / Chief Justice Frawley
- Sea Change (2016) ... Chief Justice Wilbourne (uncredited)
- The Show Must Go On (2015) ... Chief Justice Frawley (uncredited)
2016 Ben-Hur
Ilderim
2016 Now You See Me 2
Thaddeus Bradley
2016 London Has Fallen
VP Allan Trumbull
2015/I Momentum
Senator
2015 Ted 2
Patrick Meighan
2015 Last Knights
Bartok
2015 Yo Gabba Gabba! (TV Series)
G-Clef
- The Yo Gabba Gabba! Movie (2015) ... G-Clef (voice)
2014 Dolphin Tale 2
Dr. Cameron McCarthy
2014 5 Flights Up
Alex Carver
2014/I Lucy
Professor Norman
2014 Wish Wizard (Short)
Maxwell Omni
2014/I Transcendence
Joseph Tagger
2014 The Lego Movie
Vitruvius (voice)
2013 Last Vegas
Archie Clayton
2013/I Now You See Me
Thaddeus Bradley
2013/I Oblivion
Beech
2013 Olympus Has Fallen
Speaker Trumbull
2012 The Dark Knight Rises
Fox
2012 The Magic of Belle Isle
Monte Wildhorn
2011 Dolphin Tale
Dr. Cameron McCarthy
2011 Conan the Barbarian
Narrator (voice, uncredited)
2010 RED
Joe Matheson
2010 30 for 30 (TV Series documentary)
Narrator
- The 16th Man (2010) ... Narrator (voice)
2009 Invictus
Nelson Mandela
2009 The Maiden Heist
Charles Peterson
2009/I Thick as Thieves
Ripley
2008 The Dark Knight
Lucius Fox
2008 Wanted
Sloan
2008 A Raisin in the Sun (TV Movie)
Narrator (uncredited)
2007 The Bucket List
Carter
2007 Feast of Love
Harry Stevenson
2007 Gone Baby Gone
Jack Doyle
2007 Evan Almighty
God
2006 The Contract
Carden
2006 10 Items or Less
Him
2006 Lucky Number Slevin
The Boss
2005 Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D (Documentary short)
Neil Armstrong (voice)
2005 An Unfinished Life
Mitch Bradley
2005 Batman Begins (Video Game)
Lucius Fox (voice)
2005 War of the Worlds
Narration (voice)
2005 Batman Begins
Lucius Fox
2005 Edison
Ashford
2005 Unleashed
Sam
2005 Slavery and the Making of America (TV Series)
Narrator
- The Challenge of Freedom (2005) ... Narrator
- Seeds of Destruction (2005) ... Narrator
- Liberty in the Air (2005) ... Narrator
- The Downward Spiral (2005) ... Narrator
2004 Million Dollar Baby
Eddie Scrap-Iron Dupris
2004 A Remarkable Promise (Short)
Narrator
2004 The Big Bounce
Walter Crewes
2004 Rameses: Wrath of God or Man? (TV Movie documentary)
Narrator
2003 Guilty by Association (Video)
Police Lieutenant Redding
2003 Bruce Almighty
God
2003 Dreamcatcher
Col. Abraham Curtis
2003 Levity
Miles Evans
2003 Freedom: A History of Us (TV Series documentary)
Frederick Douglass / Ernest Green / Thurgood Marshall / ...
- Let Freedom Ring (2003) ... Ernest Green
- Democracy and Struggles (2003) ... Thurgood Marshall
- Becoming Free (2003) ... Langston Hughes
- What Is Freedom? (2003) ... Frederick Douglass
- A War to End Slavery (2003) ... Frederick Douglass
Show all 6 episodes
2002 The Sum of All Fears
DCI William Cabot
2002 High Crimes
Charles W. Grimes
2001 Along Came a Spider
Alex Cross
2000 American Masters (TV Series documentary)
Narrator
- Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows (2000) ... Narrator (voice)
2000 Nurse Betty
Charlie
2000 Under Suspicion
Captain Victor Benezet
1998 Deep Impact
President Beck
1998 Hard Rain
Jim
1997 Amistad
Theodore Joadson
1997 Kiss the Girls
Dr. Alex Cross
1996 Chain Reaction
Paul Shannon
1996 Moll Flanders
Hibble
1995 Se7en
Somerset
1995 Outbreak
General Billy Ford
1994 The Shawshank Redemption
Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding
1992 Unforgiven
Ned Logan
1992 The Power of One
Geel Piet
1992 The Savior Is Born (TV Short)
Narrator (voice)
1991 The True Story of Glory Continues (Documentary)
Narrator (voice)
1991 American Experience (TV Series documentary)
Narrator
- The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry (1991) ... Narrator (voice)
1991 Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
Azeem
1990 The Bonfire of the Vanities
Judge Leonard White
1990 The Civil War (TV Mini-Series documentary)
Frederick Douglass / John Boston
- War Is All Hell (1865) (1990) ... Frederick Douglass (voice)
- The Better Angels of Our Nature (1865) (1990) ... Frederick Douglass (voice)
- Valley of the Shadow of Death (1864) (1990) ... Frederick Douglass (voice)
- Most Hallowed Ground (1864) (1990) ... Frederick Douglass (voice)
- The Universe of Battle (1863) (1990) ... Frederick Douglass (voice)
Show all 9 episodes
1989 Glory
Sgt. Maj. John Rawlins
1989 Driving Miss Daisy
Hoke Colburn
1989 Johnny Handsome
Lt. A.Z. Drones
1989 Lean on Me
Principal Joe Clark
1988 Clean and Sober
Craig
1988 Clinton and Nadine (TV Movie)
Dorsey Pratt
1987 Fight for Life (TV Movie)
Dr. Sherard
1987 Street Smart
Fast Black
1986 Resting Place (TV Movie)
Luther Johnson
1985 The Execution of Raymond Graham (TV Movie)
Warden Pratt
1985 The Twilight Zone (TV Series)
Tony (segment "Dealer's Choice")
- Act Break/The Burning Man/Dealer's Choice (1985) ... Tony (segment "Dealer's Choice")
1985 Great Performances (TV Series)
Messenger
- The Gospel at Colonus (1985) ... Messenger
1985 That Was Then... This Is Now
Charlie Woods
1985 Marie
Charles Traughber
1985 The Atlanta Child Murders (TV Mini-Series)
Ben Shelter
- Episode #1.2 (1985) ... Ben Shelter
- Episode #1.1 (1985) ... Ben Shelter
1984 Teachers
Lewis
1984 Harry & Son
Siemanowski
1983 Another World (TV Series)
Dr. Roy Bingham
- Episode #1.4720 (1983) ... Dr. Roy Bingham
1981 Death of a Prophet (TV Movie)
Malcolm X
1981 The Marva Collins Story (TV Movie)
Clarence Collins
1981 Ryan's Hope (TV Series)
Cicero Murphy
- Episode #1.1620 (1981) ... Cicero Murphy
- Episode #1.1619 (1981) ... Cicero Murphy
1981 Texas (TV Series)
Detective Michaels
- Episode #1.266 (1981) ... Detective Michaels
- Episode #1.260 (1981) ... Detective Michaels
1981 Eyewitness
Lieutenant Black
1980 Brubaker
Walter
1980 Attica (TV Movie)
Hap Richards
1979 Coriolanus (Video)
Coriolanus
1979 Julius Caesar (Video)
Casca
1979 Hollow Image (TV Movie)
Ralph 'Sweet Talk' Simmons
1978 Visions (TV Series)
- Charlie Smith and the Fritter Tree (1978)
1978 Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (TV Movie)
Uncle Hammer
1971-1977 The Electric Company (TV Series)
Mark / Easy Reader / Mel Mounds / ...
- 130B (1977) ... Mark / Easy Reader / Mel Mounds / ...
- 129B (1977) ... Mark / Easy Reader / Mel Mounds / ...
- 128B (1977) ... Mark / Easy Reader / Mel Mounds / ...
- 127B (1977) ... Mark / Easy Reader / Mel Mounds / ...
- 126B (1977) ... Mark / Easy Reader / Mel Mounds / ...
Show all 780 episodes
1973 Blade
Chris
1971 Who Says I Can't Ride a Rainbow!
Afro
1970 Caught in the Middle (TV Movie)
Cuz
1968 Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
Grand Central Commuter (uncredited)
1966 A Man Called Adam
Party Guest (uncredited)
1964 The Pawnbroker
Man on Street (uncredited)
Producer (16 credits)
Rendezvous with Rama (producer) (announced)
2010-2017 Through the Wormhole (TV Series documentary) (executive producer - 47 episodes)
- Is Gun Crime a Virus? (2017) ... (executive producer)
- Can We Hack the Planet? (2017) ... (executive producer)
- Is the Force with Us? (2017) ... (executive producer)
- Can We All Become Geniuses (2016) ... (executive producer)
- Are There More Than Two Sexes? (2016) ... (executive producer)
Show all 47 episodes
2014-2017 Madam Secretary (TV Series) (executive producer - 65 episodes)
- Extraordinary Hazard (2017) ... (executive producer)
- Global Relief (2017) ... (executive producer)
- Good Bones (2017) ... (executive producer)
- Convergence (2017) ... (executive producer)
- Swept Away (2017) ... (executive producer)
Show all 65 episodes
2016-2017 The Story of God with Morgan Freeman (TV Series) (executive producer - 8 episodes)
- Proof of God (2017) ... (executive producer)
- Heaven and Hell (2017) ... (executive producer)
- The Power of Miracles (2016) ... (executive producer)
- Why Does Evil Exist? (2016) ... (executive producer)
- Creation (2016) ... (executive producer)
Show all 8 episodes
2014 5 Flights Up (producer)
2014 Man vs. the Universe (TV Mini-Series) (executive producer)
2014 Stem Cell Universe with Stephen Hawking (TV Movie documentary) (executive producer)
2011 Curiosity (TV Series documentary) (executive producer - 1 episode)
- Is There a Parallel Universe? (2011) ... (executive producer)
2010 30 for 30 (TV Series documentary) (producer - 1 episode)
- The 16th Man (2010) ... (producer)
2009 Invictus (executive producer)
2009 The Maiden Heist (executive producer)
2006 10 Items or Less (executive producer)
2003 Levity (executive producer)
2001 Along Came a Spider (executive producer)
2000 Under Suspicion (executive producer)
1999 Mutiny (TV Movie) (executive producer)
Going in Style (performer: "Hey, Look Me Over")
2014 5 Flights Up (arranger: "My Melancholy Baby", "Hail To The Chief") / (performer: "My Melancholy Baby", "Hail To The Chief")
2006 10 Items or Less (performer: "Al Pasar la Barca")
1980 Brubaker (performer: "Respect" - uncredited)
Madam Secretary (TV Series) (2 episodes)
- Sea Change (2016)
- The Show Must Go On (2015)
1993 Bopha!
Thanks (11 credits)
2016 Now You See Me 2: Bringing Magic to Life (Video documentary short) (special thanks)
2013 Don't Say No Until I Finish Talking: The Story of Richard D. Zanuck (Documentary) (special thanks)
2012 The Last White Knight (Documentary) (thanks)
2012 Zombie Whisperer (TV Series) (special thanks)
2010 Biography: Morgan Freeman (TV Movie) (special thanks)
2009 Prom Night in Mississippi (Documentary) (very special thanks)
2007 Strength and Honour (special thanks)
2007 All About Us (very special thanks)
2007 Bobby Rush: Live at Ground Zero (Video) (special thanks: Ground Zero Blues Club)
2003 Last of the Mississippi Jukes (Documentary) (special thanks)
1998 Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist (Documentary) (thanks)
Self (310 credits)
2017 Panama Canal in 3D a Land Divided a World United (Documentary) (post-production)
Narrator (voice)
2010-2017 Through the Wormhole (TV Series documentary)
Himself - Narrator
- Is Gun Crime a Virus? (2017) ... Himself - Narrator
- Can We All Become Geniuses (2016) ... Himself - Narrator
- Are There More Than Two Sexes? (2016) ... Himself - Narrator
- Is Privacy Dead? (2016) ... Himself - Narrator
- What Makes a Terrorist? (2016) ... Himself - Narrator
Show all 57 episodes
2017 Celebrity Page (TV Series)
Himself
- Episode #2.171 (2017) ... Himself
- Episode #2.166 (2017) ... Himself
2009-2017 Made in Hollywood (TV Series)
Himself
- Smurfs: The Lost Village/Going in Style/Colossal/Gifted (2017) ... Himself
- War Dogs/Ben-Hur/Southside with You/The Intervention (2016) ... Himself
- Central Intelligence/Finding Dory (2016) ... Himself
- London Has Fallen/Whiskey Tango Foxtrot/Zootopia/The Other Side of the Door (2016) ... Himself
- Episode #9.44 (2014) ... Himself
Show all 14 episodes
2017 The Graham Norton Show (TV Series)
Himself - Guest
- Michael Caine/Morgan Freeman/Jack Whitehall/Gemma Whelan/Take That (2017) ... Himself - Guest
2006-2017 The View (TV Series)
Himself - Guest
- Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine & Alan Arkin/T.I. (2017) ... Himself - Guest
- Morgan Freeman (2016) ... Himself - Guest
- Guest Co-Hostess Molly Sims/Morgan Freeman/Cast of "Teen Beach 2" (2015) ... Himself - Guest
- Guest Co-Hostesses Raven-Symone & Cristela Alonzo/Morgan Freeman/Atticus Shaffer/Chris Carmack & Aubrey Peeples (2015) ... Himself - Guest
- Guest Co-Hostess Margaret Hoover/Morgan Freeman (2014) ... Himself - Guest
Show all 7 episodes
2017 Rotten Tomatoes (TV Series)
Himself
- MORGAN FREEMAN HAS a NEW THING for HANDCUFFS (2017) ... Himself
2016-2017 Late Night with Seth Meyers (TV Series)
Himself - Guest
- Morgan Freeman/Keeley Hawes/Mikaela Shiffrin/Bastille (2017) ... Himself - Guest
- Morgan Freeman/Rob Kazinsky/Jake Bugg/Jon Theodore (2016) ... Himself - Guest
1993-2017 Today (TV Series)
Himself - Guest
- Episode dated 28 March 2017 (2017) ... Himself - Guest
- Episode dated 8 June 2016 (2016) ... Himself - Guest
- Episode dated 22 March 2016 (2016) ... Himself - Guest
- Episode dated 25 June 2015 (2015) ... Himself - Guest
- Episode dated 1 May 2015 (2015) ... Himself - Guest
Show all 10 episodes
2014-2017 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (TV Series)
Himself - Guest
- Morgan Freeman/Norman Reedus/Joe Zimmerman (2017) ... Himself - Guest
- Morgan Freeman/Kesha/Tweedy (2014) ... Himself - Guest
2007-2017 Entertainment Tonight (TV Series)
Himself
- Episode #36.166 (2017) ... Himself
- Episode dated 22 May 2013 (2013) ... Himself
- Episode dated 5 March 2010 (2010) ... Himself
- Episode dated 13 January 2010 (2010) ... Himself
- Episode dated 6 January 2010 (2010) ... Himself
Show all 10 episodes
2017 Deep in the Heart of Texas: Dave Chappelle Live at Austin City Limits (TV Special documentary)
Himself - Opening Narrator
2017 The Age of Spin: Dave Chappelle Live at the Hollywood Palladium (TV Special documentary)
Narrator (uncredited)
2017 Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies (Documentary)
Himself
2017 National Endowment for the Arts: United States of Arts (TV Series documentary short)
Himself
- American Film Institute (2017) ... Himself
2014-2017 The Talk (TV Series)
Himself - Guest
- Morgan Freeman/Kaitlin Olson (2017) ... Himself - Guest
- Morgan Freeman & Angela Bassett/Keltie Knight (2016) ... Himself - Guest
- Morgan Freeman/iJustine/Joey Fatone (2014) ... Himself - Guest
1989-2016 Live! with Kelly (TV Series)
Himself - Guest
- Guest Co-Host Jerry O'Connell/Morgan Freeman (2016) ... Himself - Guest
- Morgan Freeman/Mira Sorvino/Shawn Mendes (2014) ... Himself - Guest
- Episode dated 22 May 2013 (2013) ... Himself - Guest
- Episode #20.8 (2007) ... Himself - Guest
- Episode dated 21 November 2006 (2006) ... Himself - Guest
Show all 7 episodes
2015-2016 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (TV Series)
Himself - Guest
- Morgan Freeman/Judith Light/Jimmy Eat World (2016) ... Himself - Guest
- Morgan Freeman/Ruth Wilson/Sean Murray (2015) ... Himself - Guest
2015-2016 CBS This Morning (TV Series)
Himself / Himself - Guest
- Episode #5.233 (2016) ... Himself
- Episode #4.236 (2015) ... Himself - Guest
2016 2016 Creative Arts Emmys (TV Movie)
Himself - Presenter: Outstanding Special Class Program and Nominated: Outstanding Informational Series or Special
2016 Now You See Me 2: Bringing Magic to Life (Video documentary short)
2016 Now You See Me 2: The Art of the Ensemble (Video documentary short)
Himself
2005-2016 Good Morning America (TV Series)
Himself - Guest
- Episode dated 17 August 2016 (2016) ... Himself - Guest
- Episode dated 24 July 2014 (2014) ... Himself - Guest
- Episode dated 10 June 2005 (2005) ... Himself - Guest
2014-2016 Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV Series)
Himself - Guest
- Morgan Freeman/Steve Martorano/Young the Giant & Sharon Jones (2016) ... Himself - Guest
- Morgan Freeman/Martha Plimpton/Charles Kelley (2016) ... Himself - Guest
- Morgan Freeman/Julianne Hough/Ingrid Michaelson (2014) ... Himself - Guest
- After the Oscars 2014 (2014) ... Himself - Guest
- Morgan Freeman/Anna Faris/Motley Crue (2014) ... Himself - Guest
2016 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to John Williams (TV Movie)
Himself
2016 The Making of 'London Has Fallen' (Video documentary short)
Himself / VP Allan Trumbull
2013-2016 Extra (TV Series)
Himself / Himself - Dolphin Tale 2
- Episode #22.200 (2016) ... Himself
- Episode #22.130 (2016) ... Himself
- Episode #20.255 (2014) ... Himself - Dolphin Tale 2
- Episode dated 12 April 2014 (2014) ... Himself
- Episode dated 19 April 2013 (2013) ... Himself
2016 The Story of God with Morgan Freeman (TV Series)
Himself - Host
- The Power of Miracles (2016) ... Himself - Host
- Why Does Evil Exist? (2016) ... Himself - Host
- Creation (2016) ... Himself - Host
- Who Is God? (2016) ... Himself - Host
- Apocalypse (2016) ... Himself - Host
Show all 6 episodes
2016 The C Word (Documentary) (voice)
2013-2016 Larry King Now (TV Series)
Himself - Guest
- Morgan Freeman (2016) ... Himself - Guest
- Last Vegas (2013) ... Himself - Guest
2016 The 88th Annual Academy Awards (TV Special)
Himself - Presenter: Best Picture
2016 WGN Morning News (TV Series)
Himself
- Episode dated 22 February 2016 (2016) ... Himself
2016 The Late Late Show with James Corden (TV Series)
Himself - Guest
- Morgan Freeman/Zooey Deschanel/Tim Roth/Rachel Platten (2016) ... Himself - Guest
2016 73rd Golden Globe Awards (TV Special)
Himself - Presenter: Director-Motion Picture
2015 24 Hours of Reality and Live Earth: The World Is Watching (TV Movie documentary)
Himself
2015 Oprah's Master Class: Belief Special (TV Movie)
Himself
2015 Secrets of the Dead (TV Series documentary)
Himself - Narrator
- JFK & LBJ: A Time for Greatness (2015) ... Himself - Narrator
2001-2015 Charlie Rose (TV Series)
Himself - Guest
- Episode dated 22 May 2015 (2015) ... Himself - Guest
- Episode dated 5 June 2012 (2012) ... Himself - Guest
- Episode dated 3 June 2010 (2010) ... Himself - Guest
- Episode dated 12 January 2010 (2010) ... Himself - Guest
- Episode dated 29 November 2006 (2006) ... Himself - Guest
Show all 9 episodes
2015 The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore (TV Series)
Himself - Guest
- Morgan Freeman on Soul Daddy & FLOTUS Critics (2015) ... Himself - Guest
2015 International Jazz Day
Himself
2015 Shakespeare Uncovered (TV Mini-Series documentary)
Himself
- The Taming of the Shrew with Morgan Freeman (2015) ... Himself
2015 Lucy: Cerebral Capacity - The True Science of Lucy (Video short)
Himself
2015 Lucy: The Evolution of Lucy (Video short)
Himself
2014 The Mona Lisa Myth (TV Movie documentary) (voice)
2009-2014 The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (TV Series)
Himself - Guest
- Morgan Freeman/Genesis Rodriguez (2014) ... Himself - Guest
- Morgan Freeman/Adam Ray (2014) ... Himself - Guest
- Episode dated 9 July 2013 (2013) ... Himself - Guest
- Morgan Freeman/Vera Farmiga (2013) ... Himself - Guest
- Episode #8.249 (2012) ... Himself - Guest
Show all 10 episodes
2014 Weekend Ticket (TV Series short)
Himself
- Episode #2.79 (2014) ... Himself
2014 We the People (Documentary short)
Narrator
2014 2014 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards (TV Special)
Himself - Presenter: Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series
2014 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Jane Fonda (TV Movie)
Himself
2010-2014 The Colbert Report (TV Series)
Himself - Guest
- Morgan Freeman (2014) ... Himself - Guest
- Morgan Freeman (2010) ... Himself - Guest
2014 The Insider (TV Series)
Himself
- Episode dated 30 May 2014 (2014) ... Himself
2007-2014 Up Close with Carrie Keagan (TV Series)
Himself - Guest
- Episode dated 17 April 2014 (2014) ... Himself - Guest
- Episode dated 8 December 2009 (2009) ... Himself - Guest
- Episode dated 8 January 2008 (2008) ... Himself - Guest
- Episode dated 26 September 2007 (2007) ... Himself - Guest
2014 Katie (TV Series)
Himself - Guest
- Morgan Freeman/Bob Saget/Chef Roble Ali (2014) ... Himself - Guest
2014 Island of Lemurs: Madagascar (Documentary short)
Narrator (voice)
2014 Ask a Badass with Elizabeth Banks (TV Series)
Himself
- Morgan Freeman (2014) ... Himself
2014 The Queen Latifah Show (TV Series)
Himself - Guest
- Morgan Freeman/Teri Polo/Gina Elise/Chicago (2014) ... Himself - Guest
2014 20th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (TV Special)
Himself - Presenter (uncredited)
2014 Million Dollar Baby: On the Ropes (Video short)
Himself
2013 Jeopardy! (TV Series)
Himself - Video Clue Presenter
- Episode #30.69 (2013) ... Himself - Video Clue Presenter
2013 JFK: A President Betrayed (Documentary)
2013 The Screen Junkies Show (TV Series)
Himself
- Morgan Freeman Reads the Fox by Ylvis (2013) ... Himself
2013 Promise of a New World: The Making of 'Oblivion' (Video documentary)
Himself
2013 The Hollywood Fast Lane (TV Series)
Himself - Interviewee
- Oblivion (2013) ... Himself - Interviewee
2013 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Mel Brooks (TV Special)
Himself
2013 Politics Nation with Al Sharpton (TV Series)
Himself
- Episode dated 4 June 2013 (2013) ... Himself
2013 TVGN Movie Special: Now You See Me (TV Special documentary)
Himself
2010-2013 The Daily Show (TV Series)
Himself - Guest
- Morgan Freeman (2013) ... Himself - Guest
- Morgan Freeman (2010) ... Himself - Guest
2013 Don't Say No Until I Finish Talking: The Story of Richard D. Zanuck (Documentary)
Himself - Interviewee
2013 Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story (Documentary)
Himself
2005-2013 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series)
Himself - Guest / Customer in McDonald's Commercial
- Episode #21.111 (2013) ... Himself - Guest
- Episode #20.174 (2012) ... Himself - Guest
- Episode #19.9 (2010) ... Himself - Guest / Customer in McDonald's Commercial
- Episode #18.5 (2010) ... Himself - Guest
- Episode #14.218 (2006) ... Himself - Guest
Show all 6 episodes
2013 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (TV Special)
Himself - Presenter
2013 Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot (Documentary)
Himself
2012 The Kennedy Center Honors (TV Special)
Himself - Performer
2012 Ending the Knight (Video documentary)
Himself
2012 The Last White Knight (Documentary)
Himself
2008-2012 Late Show with David Letterman (TV Series)
Himself - Guest
- Episode #19.165 (2012) ... Himself - Guest
- Episode #15.143 (2008) ... Himself - Guest
- Episode #15.40 (2008) ... Himself - Guest
2012 Fantastic (TV Series documentary)
Himself
- Episode dated 15 July 2012 (2012) ... Himself
2012 Michael Douglas & Friends Celebrity Golf Tournament (TV Special)
Himself
2012 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Shirley MacLaine (TV Special)
Himself
2009-2012 Tavis Smiley (TV Series)
Himself - Guest
- Episode dated 20 June 2012 (2012) ... Himself - Guest
- Episode dated 19 June 2012 (2012) ... Himself - Guest
- Episode dated 11 March 2010 (2010) ... Himself - Guest
- Episode dated 10 December 2009 (2009) ... Himself - Guest
2012 Universal's Cinematic Spectacular: 100 Years of Movie Memories (Documentary short)
Narrator (voice)
2012 B.B. King: The Life of Riley (Documentary)
Narrator
2012 Face to Face with 'Weird Al' Yankovic (TV Series)
Himself - Guest
- Michael Cera/Morgan Freeman (2012) ... Himself - Guest
2012 The 84th Annual Academy Awards (TV Special)
Himself - Presenter
2012 Oprah's Master Class (TV Series documentary)
Himself
- Morgan Freeman (2012) ... Himself
2012 MSN Exclusives (TV Series)
Himself (2014)
2012 Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl (TV Movie)
Himself
2012 The 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV Special)
Himself - Cecil B. DeMille Award Recipient
2012 The 38th Annual People's Choice Awards (TV Special)
Himself
2012 Breaking the Taboo (Documentary)
2011 Piers Morgan Tonight (TV Series)
Himself - Guest
- Episode dated 29 December 2011 (2011) ... Himself - Guest
- Episode dated 23 September 2011 (2011) ... Himself - Guest
- Episode dated 15 July 2011 (2011) ... Himself - Guest
2011 The BAFTA Britannia Awards (TV Special)
Himself
2011 Anderson Live (TV Series)
Himself - Guest
- Second Chances with Paula Abdul, Morgan Freeman and 'America's Got Talent' Winner (2011) ... Himself - Guest
2011 1st Look (TV Series)
Himself - Interviewee
- Dolphin Tale (2011) ... Himself - Interviewee
2011 Curiosity (TV Series documentary)
Himself - Narrator
- Is There a Parallel Universe? (2011) ... Himself - Narrator
2011 Clint Eastwood's West (Video documentary short)
Himself
2011 Close Up (TV Series)
Himself - Interviewee
- Morgan Freeman (2011) ... Himself - Interviewee
2010-2011 Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (TV Series)
Himself - Guest
- Episode #3.95 (2011) ... Himself - Guest
- Episode #2.150 (2010) ... Himself - Guest
2011 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Morgan Freeman (TV Special)
Himself
2011 Quebrando o Tabu (Documentary)
Narrator
2011 First: Robotics Promotion (Short)
Himself
2011 Born to Be Wild (Documentary short)
Narrator (voice)
2011 The Role That Changed My Life (TV Series documentary)
Himself
- I Cracked the Case (2011) ... Himself
2011 The 83rd Annual Academy Awards (TV Special)
Himself
2011 17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (TV Special)
Himself - Presenter: Life Achievement Award
2011 Hollywood's Top Ten (TV Series)
Himself
- Holding Out for a Superhero (2011) ... Himself
2010 Alzheimer's Foundation of America Together for Care Telethon (TV Movie)
Himself
2010 The President's Photographer: Fifty Years Inside the Oval Office (TV Movie documentary)
Himself - Narrator (voice)
2010 Saturday Night Live (TV Series)
Himself
- Bryan Cranston/Kanye West (2010) ... Himself (uncredited)
2010 An American Salute: The Pops at 125 (TV Movie documentary)
Narrator
2010 The 82nd Annual Academy Awards (TV Special)
Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Leading Role
2006-2010 The Oprah Winfrey Show (TV Series)
Himself - Guest
- Oprah's Pre-Oscar Special (2010) ... Himself - Guest
- Oprah's After-Oscar Party 2006 (2006) ... Himself - Guest
2010 41st NAACP Image Awards (TV Special)
Himself
2005-2010 Go' aften Danmark (TV Series)
Himself / Himself - Actor
- Episode dated 25 February 2010 (2010) ... Himself
- Episode dated 22 December 2005 (2005) ... Himself - Actor
2010 The Eastwood Factor (Video documentary)
Narrator (voice)
2010 Live from Studio Five (TV Series)
Himself
- Episode #1.97 (2010) ... Himself
2010 Xposé (TV Series)
Himself
- Episode #4.100 (2010) ... Himself
- Episode #4.98 (2010) ... Himself
2010 Breakfast (TV Series)
Himself - Guest
- Episode dated 1 February 2010 (2010) ... Himself - Guest
2010 For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots (TV Movie documentary) (voice)
2008-2010 Cinema 3 (TV Series)
Himself - Interviewee
- Episode dated 30 January 2010 (2010) ... Himself - Interviewee
- Episode dated 9 February 2008 (2008) ... Himself - Interviewee
2010 Días de cine (TV Series)
Himself - Interviewee
- Episode dated 28 January 2010 (2010) ... Himself - Interviewee
2010 Los desayunos de TVE (TV Series)
Himself - Guest
- Episode dated 28 January 2010 (2010) ... Himself - Guest
2010 16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (TV Special)
Himself
2010 Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief (TV Movie documentary)
Himself
2010 The 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV Special)
Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
2010 15th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards (TV Special)
Himself
2010 The 7PM Project (TV Series)
Himself
- Episode #1.124 (2010) ... Himself
1996-2010 Biography (TV Series documentary)
Himself
- Morgan Freeman (2010) ... Himself
- LL Cool J (2006) ... Himself
- Richard Pryor: Comic on the Edge (1996) ... Himself
2009 The People Speak (Documentary)
Himself
2006-2009 Rachael Ray (TV Series)
Himself - Guest
- Episode #4.75 (2009) ... Himself - Guest
- All New: Season Two Mystery Taster (2008) ... Himself - Guest
- Rachael's First Mystery Taster (2006) ... Himself - Guest
2009 In the House with Peter Bart & Peter Guber (TV Series)
Himself - Guest
- Episode #1.1 (2009) ... Himself - Guest
2009 The Jay Leno Show (TV Series)
Himself - Guest
- Episode #1.57 (2009) ... Himself - Guest
2009 The Hour (TV Series)
Himself
- Episode dated 12 November 2009 (2009) ... Himself
2009 The 1st Annual Noble Awards (TV Movie)
Himself - Recipient: Lifetime Achievement
2009 Scream Awards 2009 (TV Special)
Himself
2009 The Code: Behind the Scenes (Video short)
Himself
2009 The Code: Cast Interviews (Video short)
Himself
2009 The Biggest Loser (TV Series)
Himself
- The Biggest Loser Couples Finale (2009) ... Himself
2009 World Film Report (TV Series)
Himself
- Hei se shan dian - Morgan Freeman de dian ying shi jie (2009) ... Himself
2009 The 51st Annual Grammy Awards (TV Special)
Himself - Presenter
2009 Prom Night in Mississippi (Documentary)
Himself
2008 Delta Rising: A Blues Documentary (Documentary)
Himself
2008 The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (TV Movie)
Himself
2008 Through the Eyes of Director Timur Bekmambetov (Video documentary short)
Himself
2008 Wanted: Cast and Characters (Video short)
Himself
2008 Sound Revolution (TV Series)
Himself - Host
2008 Stephen Fry in America (TV Mini-Series documentary)
Himself
- Mississippi (2008) ... Himself
2008 E! True Hollywood Story (TV Series documentary)
Himself
- Kate Hudson (2008) ... Himself (as Morgan J. Freeman)
- Renee Zellweger (2008) ... Himself
1995-2008 HBO First Look (TV Series documentary short)
Himself / Colonel Curtis
- The Dark Knight: Escalation (2008) ... Himself
- The Ark, the Animals and 'Evan Almighty' (2007) ... Himself
- Batman Begins: An Origin Story (2005) ... Himself
- 'The Big Bounce': A Con in the Making (2004) ... Himself
- 'Dreamcatcher': Unraveling the Nightmare (2003) ... Himself / Colonel Curtis
Show all 7 episodes
2008 Max on Set: Wanted (TV Short documentary)
Himself
2008 Where the Water Meets the Sky (Documentary)
Himself - Narrator
2008 From the Corner (Documentary)
Narrator
2008 African American Lives (TV Mini-Series documentary)
Himself
- We Come from People (2008) ... Himself
- The Past Is Another Country (2008) ... Himself
- The Road Home (2008) ... Himself
- A Way Out of No Way (2008) ... Himself
2008 Capturing Authenticity: Casting 'Gone Baby Gone' (Video short)
Himself
2008 Going Home: Behind the Scenes with Ben Affleck (Video short)
Himself
2008 Rob Reiner Interviews the Stars: Morgan Freeman (Video documentary short)
Himself
2007 Ecoist (TV Series)
Himself
- Morgan Freeman ... Himself
2007 e2: The Economies of Being Environmentally Conscious (TV Series documentary)
Himself - Narrator
- Bogota: Building a Sustainable City (2007) ... Himself - Narrator
- Greening the Federal Government (2007) ... Himself - Narrator
- The Druk White Lotus School: Ladakh (2007) ... Himself - Narrator
- Coal & Nuclear: Problem or Solution? (2007) ... Himself - Narrator
- State of Resolve (2007) ... Himself - Narrator
Show all 9 episodes
2007 Screen Nation Television and Film Awards 2007 (TV Special)
Himself
2007 Gone Baby Gone Featurette (Video documentary)
Himself
2007 Evan Almighty: Animals on Set Two by Two (Video short)
Himself
2007 Evan Almighty: Becoming Noah (Video short)
Himself
2007 Evan Almighty: Steve Carell Unscripted (Video short)
Himself
2007 Evan Almighty: The Almighty Green Set (Video short)
Himself
2007 Evan Almighty: The Ark-Itects of Noah's Ark (Video short)
Himself
2007 Evan Almighty: The Building of Noah's Ark (Video short)
Himself
2007 Evan Almighty: Training the Animals (Video short)
Himself
1993-2007 Late Night with Conan O'Brien (TV Series)
Himself - Guest
- Episode #14.209 (2007) ... Himself - Guest
- Ed McMahon/Morgan Freeman/Jonathan Richman (1993) ... Himself - Guest
2007 Das große RTL Special zum Film (TV Series)
Himself
- Evan Allmächtig (2007) ... Himself
2007 AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: 10th Anniversary Edition (TV Movie documentary)
Himself
2007 The 5th Annual TV Land Awards (TV Special)
Himself - Presenter
2005-2007 Caiga quien caiga (TV Series)
Himself
- Episode dated 6 April 2007 (2007) ... Himself
- Episode dated 20 May 2005 (2005) ... Himself (uncredited)
2007 Bobby Rush: Live at Ground Zero (Video)
Himself (uncredited)
2005-2007 Corazón de... (TV Series)
Himself
- Episode dated 3 April 2007 (2007) ... Himself
- Episode dated 23 May 2006 (2006) ... Himself
- Episode dated 22 May 2006 (2006) ... Himself
- Episode dated 8 September 2005 (2005) ... Himself
2006 God Gave Rock & Roll to You (TV Movie documentary)
Himself
2006 George Clooney: An American Cinematheque Tribute (TV Movie)
Himself
2006 The Electric Company's Greatest Hits & Bits (TV Movie documentary)
Himself
2006 Greasy Rider (Documentary)
Himself
2006 Making 'Lucky Number Slevin' (Video short)
Himself
2006 Absolute Power: The Making of Edison Force (Video short)
Himself
2006 Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters (Documentary)
Himself
2006 In the Cutz (TV Series)
Himself
- Morgan Freeman, Jack Guzman and 'The Hills Have Eyes' (2006) ... Himself
- Xmas in March.... (2006) ... Himself
2006 Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show (TV Series)
Himself - Guest
- Episode dated 23 March 2006 (2006) ... Himself - Guest
2006 La noche de los Oscar (TV Movie)
Himself
2006 The 78th Annual Academy Awards (TV Special)
Himself - Presenter: Best Actress in a Supporting Role
2006 12th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (TV Special)
Himself
2005 60 Minutes (TV Series documentary)
Himself - Actor (segment "Morgan Freeman")
- The Bridge to Gretna/Rendition/Morgan Freeman (2005) ... Himself - Actor (segment "Morgan Freeman")
2005 Soul of the Delta (Documentary short)
Himself
2005 The Black Movie Awards (TV Special)
Himself - Presenter
2005 Mississippi Rising (TV Movie documentary)
Himself
2005 Mon plus grand moment de cinéma (TV Series short)
Himself
- Episode dated 1 October 2005 (2005) ... Himself
2005 El Magacine (TV Series)
Himself
- Episode dated 30 September 2005 (2005) ... Himself
2005 Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast (TV Movie)
Himself
2005 Born to Fight (Video documentary short)
Himself
2005 James Lipton Takes on Three (Video documentary short)
Himself
2005 Getaway (TV Series)
Himself
- Episode #14.21 (2005) ... Himself
2005 The 8th Shanghai International Film Festival (TV Special)
Himself - Co-Presenter: Best Film
2005 Out of Africa: Heroes and Icons (TV Movie documentary)
Himself
2005 Waratte iitomo! (TV Series)
Himself
- Episode dated 26 May 2005 (2005) ... Himself
2005 Dos rombos (TV Series)
Himself
- Episode #1.34 (2005) ... Himself
2005 La noche con Fuentes y Cía (TV Series)
Himself - Guest
- Episode dated 15 May 2005 (2005) ... Himself - Guest
1998-2005 Lo + plus (TV Series)
Himself - Guest
- Episode dated 11 May 2005 (2005) ... Himself - Guest
- Episode dated 29 January 1998 (1998) ... Himself - Guest
2005 Heaven and Earth with Gloria Hunniford (TV Series)
Himself
- Episode dated 27 February 2005 (2005) ... Himself
2005 Shootout (TV Series)
Himself
- Episode #2.19 (2005) ... Himself
2005 The 77th Annual Academy Awards (TV Special)
Himself - Winner: Best Actor in a Supporting Role
2005 11th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (TV Special)
Himself - Winner & Nominee
2005 The Challenge of Freedom (TV Movie documentary)
Narrator (voice)
2005 Blues Divas (Documentary)
Himself
2005 March of the Penguins (Documentary)
Narrator (English version, voice)
2005 The 62nd Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV Special documentary)
Himself - Nominee: Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
2005 Tsunami Aid: A Concert of Hope (TV Special)
Himself
2005 Inside the Actors Studio (TV Series)
Himself - Guest
- Morgan Freeman (2005) ... Himself - Guest
2004 Inside Dish with Rachael Ray (TV Series documentary)
Himself
- Episode #1.2 (2004) ... Himself
2004 Genius: A Night for Ray Charles (TV Special)
Himself
2004 Decisions That Shook the World (TV Mini-Series documentary)
Voice Over (voice)
2004 Hope Springs Eternal: A Look Back at 'The Shawshank Redemption' (Video documentary short)
Himself
2004 The Shawshank Redemption: Behind the Scenes (Video short)
Himself
2004 The Shawshank Redemption: Cast Interviews (Video documentary)
Himself
2004 Survivors of the Shoah: Visual History Foundation (Video documentary short) (voice)
2004 The Hunting of the President (Documentary)
Narrator (voice)
2004 Tinseltown TV (TV Series)
Himself
- Episode dated 17 January 2004 (2004) ... Himself
2003 The Living Blues (TV Movie documentary)
Himself
2003 2003 World Awards (TV Special)
Himself
2003 Delta Blues Museum (Video documentary short)
Himself
2003 A Tale of Two Schools (TV Movie documentary)
Narrator (voice)
2003 The 100 Greatest Movie Stars (TV Movie documentary)
Himself
2003 God kveld Norge (TV Series)
Himself
- Episode dated 12 April 2003 (2003) ... Himself
2003 Once Upon a Time in Utah, Sundance (TV Movie documentary)
Himself
2003 Declaration of Independence (Video documentary short)
Himself
2002 America Beyond the Color Line with Henry Louis Gates Jr. (TV Mini-Series documentary)
Himself
2002 A Cautionary Tale: The Making of 'The Sum of All Fears' (Video documentary short)
Himself
2002 All on Accounta Pullin' a Trigger (Video documentary short)
Himself
2002 High Crimes: Together Again (Video short)
Himself
2002 Revealed with Jules Asner (TV Series)
Himself
- Ashley Judd (2002) ... Himself
2002 American Experience (TV Series documentary)
Himself - Narrator
- Partners of the Heart (2002) ... Himself - Narrator (voice)
2002 Leute heute (TV Series documentary)
Himself
- Episode dated 4 April 2002 (2002) ... Himself
2001 Cannes: Through the Eyes of the Hunter (Documentary short)
Himself
2001 Independence Day 2001 (TV Movie)
Himself
2001 The 100 Greatest Films (TV Movie documentary)
Himself
2001 The Making of 'Along Came a Spider' (Video documentary short)
Himself
2001 Shawshank: The Redeeming Feature (TV Movie documentary)
Himself
2001 The Panel (TV Series)
Himself
- Episode #4.14 (2001) ... Himself
2001 Beckmann (TV Series)
Himself
- Episode dated 9 July 2001 (2001) ... Himself
2001 AFI's 100 Years... 100 Thrills: America's Most Heart-Pounding Movies (TV Special documentary)
Himself
2001 Essence Awards (TV Movie documentary)
Himself
2001 The 73rd Annual Academy Awards (TV Special)
Himself - Presenter: 'Wo hu cang long' Film Clip
2000 Acapulco Black Film Festival (TV Movie documentary)
Himself
2000 The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (TV Special documentary)
Himself
2000 The Howard Stern Radio Show (TV Series)
Himself - Guest
- Episode dated 7 October 2000 (2000) ... Himself - Guest
2000 The Chris Rock Show (TV Series)
Himself - Guest
- Episode dated 25 August 2000 (2000) ... Himself - Guest
2000 Bravo Profiles (TV Series documentary)
Himself
- Gene Hackman (2000) ... Himself
2000 AFI's 100 Years... 100 Laughs: America's Funniest Movies (TV Special documentary)
Himself
2000 The 72nd Annual Academy Awards (TV Special)
Himself - Presenter: Video 'History in the Movies'
2000 Lux (TV Series)
Himself (2001)
2000 The 57th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV Special)
Himself - Presenter
1999-2000 The Directors (TV Series documentary)
Himself
- The Films of Steven Spielberg (2000) ... Himself
- The Films of Arthur Hiller (1999) ... Himself
- The Films of Clint Eastwood ... Himself
1999 The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (TV Special)
Himself
1999 AFI's 100 Years... 100 Stars: America's Greatest Screen Legends (TV Special documentary)
Himself
1999 The Making of 'Amistad' (Video documentary short)
Himself
1999 30th NAACP Image Awards (TV Special)
Himself
1998 29th NAACP Image Awards (TV Special)
Himself
1998 Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist (Documentary)
Himself - Host
1998 Warner Bros. 75th Anniversary: No Guts, No Glory (TV Movie documentary)
Himself
1998 Mundo VIP (TV Series)
Himself
- Show nº96 (1998) ... Himself
1998 Mikkelsen's & Monberg's U.S. (TV Series documentary)
Himself - Actor
- Mikkelsens & Monbergs U.S.03 (1998) ... Himself - Actor
1997 The Long Way Home (Documentary)
Narrator (voice)
1997 Maury (TV Series)
Himself - Guest
- Episode dated 10 April 1997 (1997) ... Himself - Guest
1997 3rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (TV Special)
Himself
1997 Screening (Short)
Himself
1996 The White House (TV Movie documentary)
Himself - Narrator
1996 Kennedy Center's 25th Anniversary (TV Special)
Himself
1996 Very Important Pennis (TV Series)
Himself
- Very Important Pennis: Part 2 (1996) ... Himself
1996 Cosmic Voyage (Documentary short)
Narrator (voice)
1996 1996 Blockbuster Entertainment Awards (TV Special documentary)
Himself
1995 Inside the White House (TV Movie documentary)
Narrator (voice)
1995 1995 VH1 Honors (TV Movie)
Himself
1995 The Promised Land (TV Mini-Series documentary)
Narrator (voice)
1995 The 52nd Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV Special)
Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
1994 A Century of Cinema (Documentary)
Himself
1994 The 9th Annual ASC Awards (TV Special)
Himself
1994 The 51st Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV Special)
Himself - Presenter
1993 The 65th Annual Academy Awards (TV Special)
Himself - Co-Presenter: Best Cinematography
1993 25th NAACP Image Awards (TV Special)
Himself
1992 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Sidney Poitier (TV Special)
Himself
1992 Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven' (TV Short documentary)
Himself
1992 Clint Eastwood on Westerns (TV Movie documentary)
Himself
1989-1992 The Arsenio Hall Show (TV Series)
Himself - Guest
- Episode dated 24 March 1992 (1992) ... Himself - Guest
- Episode #2.60 (1989) ... Himself - Guest
1991 One-On-One with the Cast of 'Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves' (Video short)
Himself
1991 Neglect Not the Children (TV Movie documentary)
Himself - Host
1991 Robin Hood: The Myth, the Man, the Movie (TV Short documentary)
Himself
1991 The 43th Annual Writers Guild Awards (TV Special)
Himself
1991 The 43th Annual Directors Guild Awards (TV Special)
Himself
1991 A Festival at Ford's (TV Special)
Narrator (voice)
1991 The 48th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV Special)
Himself
1991 The 17th Annual People's Choice Awards (TV Special)
Himself - Accepting Award for Favourite Mini-Series
1990 Late Night with David Letterman (TV Series)
Himself - Guest
- Episode dated 10 July 1990 (1990) ... Himself - Guest
1990 The 44th Annual Tony Awards (TV Special)
Himself - Performer
1990 Night of 100 Stars III (TV Movie)
Himself
1990 The Earth Day Special (TV Special)
Walter Samson
1990 The 62nd Annual Academy Awards (TV Special)
Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Leading Role & Presenter: Best Film Editing
1989-1990 Ebony/Jet Showcase (TV Series)
Himself
- Episode dated 2 March 1990 (1990) ... Himself
- Episode dated 17 March 1989 (1989) ... Himself
1990 The 47th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV Special)
Himself - Winner: Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy / Musical
1990 22nd NAACP Image Awards (TV Special)
Himself
1988 The 60th Annual Academy Awards (TV Special)
Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Supporting Role
1988 The 45th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV Special)
Himself - Nominee: Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
1987 Working in the Theatre (TV Series documentary)
Himself
- Performance (1987) ... Himself
1978 The 32nd Annual Tony Awards (TV Special)
Himself - Nominee: Best Featured Actor in a Play
1974 Out to Lunch (TV Movie)
Himself / Croupier
1974 Energy Crisis (TV Movie)
Himself
1968 The 22nd Annual Tony Awards (TV Special)
Himself - Performer
Archive footage (34 credits)
2017 John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs (Documentary) (completed)
Himself
2017 The 89th Annual Academy Awards (TV Special)
Himself (uncredited)
2017 Access Hollywood (TV Series)
Himself
- Episode #21.138 (2017) ... Himself
2016 The Insider (TV Series)
Himself
- Episode #12.293 (2016) ... Himself
2016 Beer and Board Games (TV Series documentary)
Easy Reader
- Supercut (Courtney Laughs At Us) (2016) ... Easy Reader
2015-2016 Extra (TV Series)
Himself
- Episode dated 7 May 2016 (2016) ... Himself
- Episode #22.129 (2016) ... Himself
- Episode #21.246 (2015) ... Himself
2008-2015 Entertainment Tonight (TV Series)
Himself
- Episode dated 1 October 2015 (2015) ... Himself
- Episode dated 17 August 2015 (2015) ... Himself
- Episode dated 4 August 2008 (2008) ... Himself
2014-2015 Inside Edition (TV Series documentary)
Himself
- Episode dated 17 August 2015 (2015) ... Himself
- Episode #25.231 (2014) ... Himself
- Episode #25.230 (2014) ... Himself
2014 Lennon or McCartney (Documentary short)
Himself
2014 The Second Annual 'On Cinema' Oscar Special (TV Movie)
Himself (uncredited)
2014 The LEGO Movie Videogame (Video Game)
Vitruvius
2013 The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of the Dark Knight Trilogy (Video documentary)
Himself
2013 Colorshop: 100 Vintage TV Ads, Vol.1 (Video)
Father in John Hancock Commercial
2013 Movie Guide (TV Series)
Archie / Thaddeus Bradley
- Movie Guide 2: Part 7 (2013) ... Archie
- Movie Guide: Part 7 (2013) ... Thaddeus Bradley
2013 Chelsea Lately (TV Series)
Himself / Speaker Trumbull
- Episode #7.81 (2013) ... Himself
- Episode #7.43 (2013) ... Speaker Trumbull
2013 Betty White's 2nd Annual 90th Birthday (TV Special)
Himself
2012 Mrs. Eastwood & Company (TV Series)
Himself
- A Band of Eastwoods (2012) ... Himself
2010 MythBusters (TV Series documentary)
Dr. Alex Cross
- Inverted Underwater Car (2010) ... Dr. Alex Cross (uncredited)
2010/III I Am (Documentary) (uncredited)
2010 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series)
Himself
- Episode #18.63 (2010) ... Himself
2010 Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy (Video documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
2010 Live from Studio Five (TV Series)
Himself
- Episode #1.106 (2010) ... Himself
2010 Almost Famous III (TV Movie documentary)
Alka Seltzer Commercial
2008 The O'Reilly Factor (TV Series)
Ned Logan / Himself
- Episode dated 9 September 2008 (2008) ... Ned Logan
- Episode dated 26 February 2008 (2008) ... Himself
2008 Writing a Bucket List (Video documentary short)
Carter (uncredited)
2007 John Mayer: Say (Video short)
Carter
2007 Today Tonight (TV Series)
Red Rediing
- Episode dated 6 April 2007 (2007) ... Red Rediing (uncredited)
2007 Cómo conseguir un papel en Hollywood (TV Movie documentary)
Himself
2005 Phénomania (TV Series documentary)
- La marche de l'empereur (2005)
2003 The Another World Reunion (TV Movie)
Roy Bingham
2000 American Masters (TV Series documentary)
Himself - Actor
- Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light (2000) ... Himself - Actor
2000 Biography (TV Series documentary)
Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding
- Stephen King: Fear, Fame and Fortune (2000) ... Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding
1995 Gomorron (TV Series)
Himself
- Om filmen 'Seven' (1995) ... Himself
1994 100 Years at the Movies (TV Short documentary)
Himself
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