Morgan Freeman Biography
Morgan Freeman is an American actor, director, and narrator. He is known for his distinctive deep voice and 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.
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.
Morgan Freeman Age
Freeman was born on 1st June 1, 1937, Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
Morgan Freeman Height
Freeman stand at a height of 5 feet and 10 inches tall.
Morgan Freeman Education
He studied theatre arts in Los Angeles and appeared in stage productions in his early career.
Morgan Freeman Nationality
He is an American nationality.
Morgan Freeman Ethnicity
Freeman is of Black ethnicity.
Morgan Freeman Parents
He is the son of Mamie Edna (née Revere; 1912–2000), a teacher, and Morgan Porterfield Freeman (July 6, 1915 – April 27, 1961), a barber, who died of cirrhosis in 1961.
Morgan Freeman Siblings
He has three older siblings
Morgan Freeman Wife
Freeman was married to Jeanette Adair Bradshaw from October 22, 1967, until November 18, 1979, and subsequently married Myrna Colley-Lee on June 16, 1984. The couple separated in December 2007[200] and divorced on September 15, 2010.
Morgan Freeman Kids
Freeman has four children: Alfonso, Deena, Morgana, and Saifoulaye. Freeman and Colley-Lee adopted Freeman’s step-granddaughter from his first marriage, E’dena Hines, and raised her together. On August 16, 2015, 33-year-old Hines was murdered in New York City.
Morgan Freeman HollyWood Career
Freeman voiced the character Vitruvius in The Lego Movie in 2014, a commercially successful 3D animation. He starred in Transcendence, a science fiction thriller directed by Wally Pfister in his directorial debut, in which Freeman plays scientist Joseph Tagger. Critic reviews of the film were generally mixed, according to Metacritic. Next, he co-starred in the action Lucy (2014), about a woman (Scarlett Johansson) who gains psychokinetic abilities when a nootropic drug is absorbed into her bloodstream.
Freeman worked as a dancer at the 1964 World’s Fair and was a member of the Opera Ring musical theatre group in San Francisco. He acted in a touring company version of The Royal Hunt of the Sun, and also appeared as an extra in Sidney Lumet’s 1965 drama film The Pawnbroker starring Rod Steiger.
Freeman plays Professor Samuel Norman, who helps her research the condition. Producer Virginie Silla wanted Freeman for the part because of his experience in portraying a character of wisdom. “He was the perfect actor,” she said. Upon the release of Lucy, critical reception ranged from mixed-to-positive. Also that year, Freeman appeared in the sequel to 2011’s Dolphin Tale, Dolphin Tale 2, and 5 Flights Up, a comedy-drama. At the end of 2014, Freeman appeared as himself, among other celebrities, in the documentary Lennon or McCartney.
Freeman was very busy in 2005, making six appearances in various features. In the drama An Unfinished Life, Freeman plays Mitch, a neighbor of a Wyoming rancher (Robert Redford). The film had a mixed response; The Guardian critic thought it was amiable but questioned the purpose of Freeman’s “sidekick” role. Freeman’s authoritative voice led to his narration of two documentaries; Steven Spielberg’s War of the Worlds and the Academy Award-winning March of the Penguins.
He also appeared in Christopher Nolan’s Batman Begins, the first installment in what would become The Dark Knight Trilogy, as the fictional Lucius Fox. After this, he co-starred with Jet Li in the action-thriller Unleashed, playing Sam, a blind piano tuner who helps Li’s character turn his life around. The film gained a mixed-to-positive reception; Peter Hartlaub of San Francisco Chronicle was confused with the genre and thought Freeman’s character interrupted the narrative.
Freeman expressed an interest in starting a film production company. He turned to Lori McCreary, producer of Bopha!, to be his business partner. Freeman explained to her that he wanted to achieve representation on screen, explore challenging issues and reveal hidden truths, so they chose to name their firm Revelations Entertainment.
Freeman had four film releases in 1989. In the first, he starred as Sergeant Major John Rawlins in Glory, directed by Edward Zwick, about the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, the Union Army’s second African-American regiment in the American Civil War. Writing for The Washington Post, Desson Thomson praised Freeman and co-star Denzel Washington for their “warming sense of fraternity”.
Morgan Freeman FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022
Morgan Freeman made a guest appearance which excited everyone as he underlined the importance of football and how it impacts our daily lives.
“Football spans the world, unites nations in their love of the beautiful game. What brings together nations, brings together communities. There is a common thread of hope, jubilation and respect,” said Freeman.
Freeman’s speech was all about unity despite coming from different races and not speaking the same language. The pauses in between the speech especially when he was speaking to Ghanim al Muftah carried the day.
Morgan Freeman Donations
He donated $1 million in June 2021 along with University of Mississippi Professor Linda Keena to the university in order to establish the Center for Evidence-Based Policing and Reform.
Morgan Freeman Private Pilot’s License
He earned a private pilot’s license at age 65 and owns or has owned at least three private aircraft, including both a Cessna Citation 501 and Cessna 414, and an Emivest SJ30.
Morgan Freeman Honeybees
Freeman decided to turn his 124-acre ranch into a bee sanctuary in July 2014, starting with 26 beehives. this was after learning about the decline of honeybees.
Morgan Freeman Enviroment
Freeman helped form the Grenada Relief Fund to aid people affected by Hurricane Ivan on the island of Grenada in 2004. The fund has since become PLANIT NOW, an organization that seeks to provide preparedness resources for people living in areas affected by hurricanes and severe storms. In 2014, he narrated a clip titled What’s Possible, which debuted at the United Nations climate summit. Freeman has donated to the Mississippi Horse Park in Starkville, Mississippi, part of Mississippi State University and Freeman has several horses that he takes there.
Morgan Freeman Politics
Freeman endorsed Barack Obama’s presidential bid During the 2008 presidential election, , although he said he would not join Obama’s campaign. He provided the voice of the narrator for Disney World’s The Hall of Presidents when Obama was added to the exhibit, and when The Hall of Presidents re-opened on July 4, 2009, at Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida. On day four of the 2016 Democratic National Convention, Freeman provided the voiceover for the video introduction of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. On September 19, 2017.
Morgan Freeman Investments
Freeman and business partner Lori McCreary founded Revelations Entertainment in 1997, a film production company. They also founded ClickStar in 2006, a film download company, with investment from Intel Corporation. ClickStar ceased operations in 2008. Freeman owns and operates Ground Zero, a blues club in Clarksdale, Mississippi, and is the former co-owner of Madidi, a fine dining restaurant in the same city.
Morgan Freeman Salary
His salary are as per below;
Annual: $150,000,000.00
Monthly: $12,500,000.00
Weekly: $2,884,615.38
Daily: $576,923.08
Morgan Freeman Net Worth
His net worth is estimated to be USD 250 million.
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