Morgan Freeman, born in 1937 in Memphis, Tennessee, is an American actor, producer and narrator whose career has run for six decades. He first became widely known on the children's television series The Electric Company in the 1970s, after stage work that included Coriolanus and Julius Caesar. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Million Dollar Baby and was also nominated for Street Smart, Driving Miss Daisy, The Shawshank Redemption and Invictus. His distinctive voice made him a leading documentary narrator, heard in March of the Penguins and Through the Wormhole. He directed the drama Bopha! in 1993 and, with Lori McCreary, founded the production company Revelations Entertainment in 1996. Honors include the Cecil B. DeMille Award and an AFI Life Achievement Award.
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Morgan Freeman (born June 1, 1937) is an American actor, producer, and narrator.
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he has received numerous accolades, including an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award
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an AFI Life Achievement Award in 2011
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the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2012
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Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 2018
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is an American actor, producer, and narrator
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He was Oscar-nominated for Street Smart (1987), Driving Miss Daisy (1989), The Shawshank Redemption (1994), and Invictus (2009).
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