Morgon Porterfield Freeman, Jr. popularly known as Morgan Freeman is a famous narrator, actor and television personality. He is well known for his distinctive voice. The popular African American actor is one of the most respected actors in Hollywood.
Morgan Freeman won a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award. For his best performances on screen he was nominated for the Academy Award for the films Street Smart, Invictus , Driving Miss Daisy and won an Oscar for Million Dollar Baby in 2005 to name a few.
Early life of Morgan Freeman Morgan Freeman was born during 1937 in Memphis, Tennessee. His parents were Mayme Edna and Morgan Porterfield Freeman, Sr. Morgan Freeman's first wife was Jeanette Adair Bradshaw and later he married Myrna Colley-Lee on June 16, 1984
After this period, he lived in Los Angeles where he got a job as transcript clerk. Unsatisfied by this job, soon he had also tried New York City where obtained a dancer job at World's Fair. This thing brought him closer to the artistic life that he loves.
Freeman acted in an off-Broadway production of The Niggerlovers and with Pearl Bailey in an all-African-American Broadway production of Hello, Dolly in 1968.He worked in television for the PBS channel. He played Easy Reader on the PBS children's educational series The Electric Company from 1971 to 1976. Freeman made his movie debut in a children's film "Who Says I Can't Ride A Rainbow".He earned good name for his work in the prison drama Brubaker. He was also praised for his regular role in the day time drama Days of Our Lives from 1982 through 1984.
Acting career Freeman played an impeccable role in the movie Street Smart which was released in the year 1987. He was nominated for the Oscars under the 'Best supporting actor' category. His second movie in the succeeding year was Clean and Sober. The movie Driving Miss Daisy gave him another opportunity to enter into the Oscar nominations for the second time. Morgan Freeman is such a talented actor that he can perform any role really well. His acting skills are evident in the movie Prince of Thieves which was released in the year 1991.
The third Oscar nomination was for the movie The Shawshank Redemption. Freeman displayed his talent as a director in the movie Bopha! The other movies that can be added to his credit are Seven, Amistad, Unforgiving; Kiss the Girls and so on.
Morgan Freeman acted as the President of the United States in the 1998 blockbuster movie Deep Impact. He won the Oscar award for Best supporting role at the 77th Annual Academy Awards.
They year 2005 was a lucky one for Freeman as he had three blockbuster movies to his credit. The blockbuster hits were War of the Worlds, Batman Begins and March of the Penguins. Adding to the huge list of box office hits was another movie called 'The Dark Knight' whcih was released in the year 2008. In the movie Invictus, Freeman fulfilled his dream by playing Nelson Mandela's character. He won the Golden Globe award for this motion picture drama.
Morgan Freeman won a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award. For his best performances on screen he was nominated for the Academy Award for the films Street Smart, Invictus , Driving Miss Daisy and won an Oscar for Million Dollar Baby in 2005 to name a few.
Early life of Morgan Freeman Morgan Freeman was born during 1937 in Memphis, Tennessee. His parents were Mayme Edna and Morgan Porterfield Freeman, Sr. Morgan Freeman's first wife was Jeanette Adair Bradshaw and later he married Myrna Colley-Lee on June 16, 1984
After this period, he lived in Los Angeles where he got a job as transcript clerk. Unsatisfied by this job, soon he had also tried New York City where obtained a dancer job at World's Fair. This thing brought him closer to the artistic life that he loves.
Freeman acted in an off-Broadway production of The Niggerlovers and with Pearl Bailey in an all-African-American Broadway production of Hello, Dolly in 1968.He worked in television for the PBS channel. He played Easy Reader on the PBS children's educational series The Electric Company from 1971 to 1976. Freeman made his movie debut in a children's film "Who Says I Can't Ride A Rainbow".He earned good name for his work in the prison drama Brubaker. He was also praised for his regular role in the day time drama Days of Our Lives from 1982 through 1984.
Acting career Freeman played an impeccable role in the movie Street Smart which was released in the year 1987. He was nominated for the Oscars under the 'Best supporting actor' category. His second movie in the succeeding year was Clean and Sober. The movie Driving Miss Daisy gave him another opportunity to enter into the Oscar nominations for the second time. Morgan Freeman is such a talented actor that he can perform any role really well. His acting skills are evident in the movie Prince of Thieves which was released in the year 1991.
The third Oscar nomination was for the movie The Shawshank Redemption. Freeman displayed his talent as a director in the movie Bopha! The other movies that can be added to his credit are Seven, Amistad, Unforgiving; Kiss the Girls and so on.
Morgan Freeman acted as the President of the United States in the 1998 blockbuster movie Deep Impact. He won the Oscar award for Best supporting role at the 77th Annual Academy Awards.
They year 2005 was a lucky one for Freeman as he had three blockbuster movies to his credit. The blockbuster hits were War of the Worlds, Batman Begins and March of the Penguins. Adding to the huge list of box office hits was another movie called 'The Dark Knight' whcih was released in the year 2008. In the movie Invictus, Freeman fulfilled his dream by playing Nelson Mandela's character. He won the Golden Globe award for this motion picture drama.
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