Morgan Freeman
Born 1937 · American actor and producer
Morgan Freeman is an American actor, producer, and narrator. In a career spanning six decades, he has received numerous accolades, including an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award, as well as a nomination for a Grammy Award and a Tony Award. He was honored with the Kennedy Center Honor in 2008, an AFI Life Achievement Award in 2011, the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2012, and Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 2018. In a 2022 readers' poll by Empire, he was voted one of the 50 greatest actors of all time.
Morgan Freeman, in order
- 1964 Another World (TV series): acted
- 1964 The Pawnbroker: acted · directed by Sidney Lumet · critics 88%, audiences 87% · streaming on Hoopla
- 1966 A Man Called Adam: acted · directed by Leo Penn
- 1968 Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?: acted · directed by Hy Averback
- 1971 The Electric Company (TV series): acted
- 1971 Who Says I Can't Ride a Rainbow?: acted · directed by Edward Mann
- 1973 Blade: acted · directed by Ernest Pintoff
- 1975 Saturday Night Live (TV series): acted · directed by A. D. Miles and Adam McKay · audiences 63% · streaming on Peacock, Prime Video, fuboTV
- 1979 Coriolanus: acted · directed by Wilford Leach
- 1979 Julius Caesar: acted · directed by Michael Langham
- 1980 Attica (TV movie): acted · directed by Marvin J. Chomsky
- 1980 Brubaker: acted · directed by Bob Rafelson and Stuart Rosenberg
- 1981 Death of a Prophet: acted · directed by Woodie King, Jr.
- 1981 Eyewitness: acted · directed by Peter Yates · critics 63%, audiences 40% · streaming on Hoopla
- 1984 Harry & Son: acted · directed by Paul Newman · critics 32%, audiences 35% · streaming on Prime Video, Tubi
- 1984 Rabbit Ears Productions (TV series): acted
- 1984 Teachers: acted · directed by Arthur Hiller
- 1985 Marie: acted · directed by Roger Donaldson
- 1985 That Was Then... This Is Now: acted · directed by Christopher Cain · critics 0%, audiences 58%
- 1985 The Atlanta Child Murders: acted · directed by John Erman
- 1987 Fight for Life (TV movie): acted · directed by Elliot Silverstein
- 1987 Street Smart: acted · directed by Jerry Schatzberg
- 1988 Clean and Sober: acted · directed by Glenn Gordon Caron · critics 61%, audiences 61%
- 1988 Clinton and Nadine (TV movie): acted · directed by Jerry Schatzberg
- 1989 Driving Miss Daisy: acted · directed by Bruce Beresford
- 1989 Glory: acted · directed by Edward Zwick · critics 95%, audiences 93% · streaming on Fawesome
- 1989 Johnny Handsome: acted · directed by Walter Hill
- 1989 Lean on Me: acted · directed by John G. Avildsen
- 1990 The Bonfire of the Vanities: acted · directed by Brian De Palma · critics 15%, audiences 26% · streaming on Roku Channel, YouTube (free), Plex
- 1990 The Civil War (TV series): acted · directed by Ken Burns
- 1991 Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves: acted · directed by Kevin Reynolds · critics 53%, audiences 72%
- 1992 The Power of One: acted · directed by John G. Avildsen · critics 38%, audiences 87%
- 1992 Unforgiven: acted · directed by Clint Eastwood · critics 96%, audiences 93% · streaming on MGM+
- 1993 Bopha!: directed
- 1994 A Century of Cinema: acted · directed by Caroline Thomas
- 1994 The Shawshank Redemption: acted · directed by Frank Darabont · critics 89%, audiences 98% · streaming on Philo, MGM+
- 1995 Outbreak: acted · directed by Wolfgang Petersen · critics 59%, audiences 56% · streaming on AMC+
- 1995 Seven: acted · directed by David Fincher · critics 84%, audiences 95% · streaming on fuboTV, Paramount+
- 1996 Chain Reaction: acted · directed by Andrew Davis · critics 13%, audiences 28% · streaming on Prime Video
- 1996 Moll Flanders: acted · directed by Pen Densham
- 1997 Amistad: acted · directed by Steven Spielberg · critics 78%, audiences 79% · streaming on Kanopy, Hoopla
- 1997 The Long Way Home: acted · directed by Mark Jonathan Harris
- 1998 Deep Impact: acted · directed by Mimi Leder · critics 45%, audiences 43% · streaming on Kanopy, Hoopla
- 1998 Hard Rain: acted · directed by Mikael Salomon
- 1998 Kiss the Girls: acted · directed by Gary Fleder
- 2000 Nurse Betty: acted · directed by Neil LaBute · critics 82%, audiences 45%
- 2000 Under Suspicion: acted · directed by Stephen Hopkins
- 2001 Along Came a Spider: acted · directed by Lee Tamahori
- 2002 High Crimes: acted · directed by Carl Franklin
- 2002 The Sum of All Fears: acted · directed by Phil Alden Robinson · critics 57%, audiences 49% · streaming on fuboTV, MGM+, Paramount+
- 2003 Bruce Almighty: acted · directed by Tom Shadyac · critics 48%, audiences 57%
- 2003 Dreamcatcher: acted · directed by Lawrence Kasdan · critics 27%, audiences 36% · streaming on Prime Video, Roku Channel, Hoopla
- 2003 Guilty by Association: acted · directed by Howard Gibson and Po Johns
- 2003 Levity: acted · directed by Ed Solomon
- 2004 Million Dollar Baby: acted · directed by Clint Eastwood · critics 90%, audiences 90% · streaming on Paramount+
- 2004 The Big Bounce: acted · directed by George Armitage
- 2005 An Unfinished Life: acted · directed by Lasse Hallström
- 2005 Batman Begins: acted · directed by Christopher Nolan · critics 85%, audiences 94% · streaming on HBO Max
- 2005 Blues Divas: acted · directed by Robert Mugge
- 2005 Edison: acted · directed by David J. Burke
- 2005 Mississippi Rising (TV series): acted · directed by Paul Miller
- 2005 Unleashed: acted · directed by Louis Leterrier · critics 67%, audiences 74%
- 2005 War of the Worlds: acted · directed by Steven Spielberg · critics 76%, audiences 42% · streaming on Paramount+, Kanopy, Hoopla
- 2006 10 Items or Less: acted · directed by Brad Silberling
- 2006 Lucky Number Slevin: acted · directed by Paul McGuigan · critics 52%, audiences 87% · streaming on Fawesome, Tubi
- 2006 The Contract: acted · directed by Bruce Beresford · critics 0%, audiences 26% · streaming on Prime Video, fuboTV, Roku Channel
- 2007 Evan Almighty: acted · directed by Tom Shadyac
- 2007 Feast of Love: acted · directed by Robert Benton · critics 39%, audiences 55% · streaming on Prime Video, Philo, Roku Channel
- 2007 Gone Baby Gone: acted · directed by Ben Affleck · critics 94%, audiences 86% · streaming on fuboTV, Paramount+, Kanopy
- 2007 The Bucket List: acted · directed by Rob Reiner · critics 40%, audiences 77%
- 2008 Smithsonian Channel's Sound Revolution (TV series): acted
- 2008 The Dark Knight: acted · directed by Christopher Nolan · critics 94%, audiences 94% · streaming on HBO Max
- 2008 Wanted: acted · directed by Timur Bekmambetov
- 2009 Invictus: acted · directed by Clint Eastwood · critics 76%, audiences 75%
- 2009 The Maiden Heist: produced, acted · directed by Peter Hewitt
- 2009 The People Speak: acted · directed by Chris Moore and Howard Zinn
- 2009 Thick as Thieves: acted · directed by Mimi Leder
- 2010 RED: acted · directed by Robert Schwentke · critics 72%, audiences 72%
- 2010 Through the Wormhole (TV series): created, produced
- 2011 Born to Be Wild (short film): acted · directed by David Lickley
- 2011 Conan the Barbarian: acted · directed by Marcus Nispel · critics 25%, audiences 30%
- 2011 Dolphin Tale: acted · directed by Charles Martin Smith
- 2012 Casting By: acted · directed by Tom Donahue · critics 94%, audiences 80% · streaming on Kanopy
- 2012 The Dark Knight Rises: acted · directed by Christopher Nolan · critics 87%, audiences 90% · streaming on HBO Max
- 2012 The Magic of Belle Isle: acted · directed by Rob Reiner · critics 33%, audiences 63% · streaming on Netflix, Prime Video, fuboTV
- 2013 B.B. King: The Life of Riley: acted · directed by Jon Brewer
- 2013 Last Vegas: acted · directed by Jon Turteltaub · critics 44%, audiences 59% · streaming on Paramount+, Kanopy, Hoopla
- 2013 Now You See Me: acted · directed by Louis Leterrier · critics 51%, audiences 70% · streaming on Peacock
- 2013 Oblivion: acted · directed by Joseph Kosinski · critics 53%, audiences 61% · streaming on Philo, Starz
- 2013 Olympus Has Fallen: acted · directed by Antoine Fuqua · critics 49%, audiences 66% · streaming on Prime Video, fuboTV, Shout! Factory TV
- 2014 5 Flights Up: produced, acted · directed by Richard Loncraine
- 2014 Dolphin Tale 2: acted · directed by Charles Martin Smith
- 2014 Island of Lemurs: Madagascar (short film): acted · directed by David Douglas
- 2014 Lennon or McCartney: acted · directed by Matt Schichter
- 2014 Lucy: acted · directed by Luc Besson · critics 67%, audiences 47%
- 2014 Transcendence: acted · directed by Wally Pfister
- 2015–17 Madam Secretary (TV series): directed
- 2015 Momentum: acted · directed by Stephen Campanelli
- 2015 Ted 2: acted · directed by Seth MacFarlane · critics 44%, audiences 50%
- 2015 The Last Knights: acted · directed by Kazuaki Kiriya
- 2016 Ben-Hur: acted · directed by Timur Bekmambetov
- 2016 London Has Fallen: acted · directed by Babak Najafi · critics 28%, audiences 51% · streaming on fuboTV, AMC+, Shout! Factory TV
- 2016 Now You See Me 2: acted · directed by Jon M. Chu · critics 33%, audiences 53% · streaming on Peacock, Starz
- 2016 The Story of God with Morgan Freeman (TV series): acted
- 2017 Going in Style: acted · directed by Zach Braff
- 2017 Just Getting Started: acted · directed by Ron Shelton
- 2018 Alpha: acted · directed by Albert Hughes
- 2018 The Nutcracker and the Four Realms: acted · directed by Joe Johnston and Lasse Hallström
- 2019 Angel Has Fallen: acted · directed by Ric Roman Waugh
- 2019 The Poison Rose: acted · directed by George Gallo
- 2020 The Comeback Trail: acted · directed by George Gallo · critics 31%, audiences 79% · streaming on fuboTV, Paramount+, Kanopy
- 2021 Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard: acted · directed by Patrick Hughes
- 2021 Vanquish: acted · directed by George Gallo
- 2022 Betty White: A Celebration: acted
- 2022 Our Universe (TV series): acted
- 2022 Paradise Highway: acted · directed by Anna Gutto
- 2023 A Good Person: acted · directed by Zach Braff
- 2023 Special Ops: Lioness (TV series): acted · critics 77%, audiences 76% · streaming on fuboTV, Paramount+
- 2023 The Ritual Killer: acted · directed by George Gallo
- 2024 Gunner: acted · directed by Dimitri Logothetis
- 2024 My Dead Friend Zoe: acted · directed by Kyle Hausmann-Stokes
- 2025 Now You See Me: Now You Don't: acted · directed by Ruben Fleischer · critics 61%, audiences 79% · streaming on Prime Video, Starz
- Solos (TV series): acted · directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson and Zach Braff