Morgan Freeman is an American actor, director, and narrator. He has appeared in a range of film genres portraying character roles and is particularly known for his distinctive deep voice. Freeman is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award

 

 

 

 

Bio
Real Name	Morgan Freeman
Profession	Actor TV host Narrator Director Producer
Famous Role	Glory (1989) Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) Seven (1995) Deep Impact (1998) The Sum of All Fears (2002) Bruce Almighty (2003) The Dark Knight Trilogy The Lego Movie (2014) Lucy (2014).
Physical Stats & More
Height	in centimeters- 188 cm in meters- 1.88m in Feet Inches- 6'2"
Weight (approx.)	in Kilograms- 79 kg in Pounds- 174 lbs
Body Measurements	Not Known
Eye Colour	Dark Brown
Hair Colour	Grey
Personal Life
Date of Birth	June 1, 1937
Age (as in 2016)	79 Years
Birth Place	Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
Zodiac sign/Sun sign	Gemini
Nationality	American
Hometown	Greenwood, Mississippi
School	Threadgill Elementary School, in Greenwood, Mississippi
Institute	Pasadena Playhouse
College	N/A
Education Qualification	Automatic Tracking Radar Repairman, United States Air Force
Debut	Who Says I Can't Ride a Rainbow? (1971) Director - Bopha!
Family	Father- Morgan Porterfield Freeman(A barber) Mother- Mayme Edna (A Teacher) Morgan has three older siblings.
Religion	On being asked by "The Wrap", he said "It's a hard question because as I said at the start, I think we invented God. So if I believe in God, and I do, it's because I think I'm God."
Ethnicity	African-American, far distant English and Caucasian.
Fan Mail Address	Morgan Freeman Revelations Entertainment 1221 2nd Street 4th Floor Santa Monica Monica, CA 90401 USA
Hobbies	Learning about Science (especially space and energy)
Favorite Book	Great Expectations, Black Beauty, Moby Dick.
Favorite Movie	Rob Reiner's The Magic of Belle Isle
Major Controversies	Margan Freeman and her grand daughter were accused of having an affair which both denied. Saying that it's not only ridiculous but hurtful.
Girls, Affairs and More
Marital Status	Unmarried
Affairs/Girlfriends	Debbie Allen Rita Moreno Loletha Adkins Jeanette Adair Bradshaw Myrna Colley-Lee Demaris Meyer
Wife/Spouse	Jeanette Adair Bradshaw (m. 1967–79) Myrna Colley-Lee (m. 1984–2010)
Current Relationship Status	Not Known
Children	Alfonso Freeman Saifoulaye Freeman Deena Freeman Morgana Freeman
Money Factor
Net Worth	$150 million
Jets	Cessna Citation 501 jet Cessna 414 twin-engine prop. Emivest SJ30

 

Some Lesser Known Facts About Morgan Freeman

• Does Morgan Freeman Drink ? Not Known

• Does Morgan Freeman Smoke ? No Known (He has publicly accepted that he smokes Marijuana)

• Morgan made his acting career in a school play at the age of nine. He pulled the chair from under a girl and was punished to join the drama class.

• America recognized Morgan when he appeared on the soap opera Another World and The Electric Company. Although Morgan considers his character Fast Black in the show Street Smart (1987) to be his breakthrough role than any of his characters in the show The Electric Company.

• He won state level drama competition when he was 12 and also performed on the radio show in  Nashville, Tennessee when he was still in his school.

• He is known for his distinctively smooth voice which has portrayed in so many narrations.

• Int the year 1955, Freeman turned down the scholarship from Jackson State University to join the United States Air Force. He served there as an Automatic Tracking Radar Repairman, and retiring as an Airman 1st Class.

• In 1960, after leaving Air Force, Morgan came to Los Angeles where he took acting classes, he took dance classes in San Francisco and worked as a dancer in New York, 1964 World’s Fair and San Francisco, where he was a member of the Opera Ring musical theater group.

• Morgan worked in theatre for quite a while. He received three Obie Awards in 1980, 1984 and 1989 for his title role in  Coriolanus,  The Gospel at Colonus,  Driving Miss Daisy (adapted for screen in 1989). Freeman won the Drama Desk Award and Clarence Derwent Award  as well, for his role as Wino in The Mighty Gents.

• Morgan Freeman is the third highest engrossing actors in Hollywood. He has helped the producers earn $4.316 billion total box office in total and $74.4 million per movie.

• In 1994, Freeman was the member of Jury of 44th Berlin International Film Festival.

• Morgan formed a film production company with Lori McCreary called Revelations Entertainment and its online sister ClickStar.

• He also hosts a channel Our Space on ClickStar displaying his interest in science, space and aeronautics.

• Freeman won the  Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Million Dollar Baby after being nominated thrice for Oscars for his Best Actor in Driving Miss Daisy and The Shawshank Redemption and the Best Supporting Actor for Street Smart.

• Morgan Freeman strongly wanted to make a Nelson Mandela movie. He tried couple of times to bring it to reality but could not finalize the script based on Nelson Mandela’s autobiography Long Walk to Freedom. In 2007, he bought the rights for adapting the John Carlin book Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nation. He finally acted in the Clint Eastwood film “Invictus”  starring as Nelson Mandela.