Freeman also starred in David Fincher's crime thriller Se7en (1995), and Steven Spielberg's historical drama Amistad (1997).
In 1994, he starred in the prison drama The Shawshank Redemption for which he received another Academy Award nomination. In 1992, Freeman starred alongside Clint Eastwood in the western revenge film Unforgiven this would be the first of several collaborations with Eastwood.
He achieved further stardom in Glory, the biographical drama Lean on Me, and comedy-drama Driving Miss Daisy (all 1989), the latter of which garnered him his first Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. His breakout role was in Street Smart (1987), playing a hustler, which earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. Freeman then appeared in the Shakespearean plays Coriolanus and Julius Caesar, the former of which earned him an Obie Award.
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He rose to fame in the 1970s for his role in the children's television series The Electric Company. He studied theatre arts in Los Angeles and appeared in stage productions in his early career. 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.īorn in Memphis, Tennessee, Freeman was raised in Mississippi where he began acting in school plays. Noted for his distinctive deep voice, Freeman is known for his various roles in a wide variety of film genres. Morgan Freeman (born June 1, 1937) is an American actor, director, and narrator.
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