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Name	:	Morgan Freeman
Height	:	6' 2½" (189 cm)
Date of Birth	:	1 June 1937
Place of Birth	:	Memphis, Tennessee, USA

Biography:

The Memphis-born Morgan Freeman studied at the Los Angeles Community College before joining the Air Force from 1955 to 1959. After getting his start on the stage, Freeman worked on television and made his film debut in 1971 in Who Says I Can't Ride a Rainbow? In 1980, he garnered praise for his work in the prison drama Brubaker and gained additional recognition for his work on the daytime drama Days of Our Lives from 1982 to 1984.

Freeman's next films were nothing special until he played the dangerously emotional pimp in Street Smart (1987) and earned his first Oscar nomination. His film career took off as expected and he later appeared in such excellent films as Clean and Sober (1988) and Driving Miss Daisy (1989) in which he cast as a dignified, patient chauffeur and earned his second Oscar nomination. That same year, he played a tough and cynical gravedigger who joins a newly formed regiment of black union soldiers in Glory.

Later, Freeman appeared in such films as Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) in which he played Robin's sidekick, and Unforgiven (1992). In 1993, he made his directorial debut with Bopha!, a film about a South African cop separated from his son by apartheid. The next year, Freeman received his third Oscar nomination as an aged lifer in the prison drama The Shawshank Redemption.

Freeman then turned in memorable performances in films such as Seven (1995) in which he played a world-weary detective; Amistad (1997) which featured him as a former slave; the thriller Kiss the Girls (1997) in which he played a police detective Alex Cross; and the blockbuster Deep Impact (1998) that cast Freeman as the President of the United States.

After starring opposite Renee Zellweger in Nurse Betty (2000), Freeman returned to the role of detective Alex Cross in the Kiss the Girls sequel Along Came a Spider (2001). He went on to keep a high profile with roles in such thrillers as The Sum of All Fears (2002) and Dreamcatcher (2003).

After Freeman appearing opposite Hillary Swank and Clint Eastwood in the acclaimed boxing drama Million Dollar Baby (2004), his status as one of Hollywood's hard-working and most respected actors was finally cemented when he won the Oscar for his powerful performance in the film.

Filmography:

2006	The Contract
2006	Lucky Number Slevin
2005	Unleashed
2005	March of the Penguins
2005	War of the Worlds
2005	Edison
2005	Batman Begins
2005	An Unfinished Life
2005	Blues Divas
2004	Million Dollar Baby
2003	The Hunting of the President
2003	The Art of Romare Bearden
2003	The Big Bounce
2003	Bruce Almighty
2003	Dreamcatcher
2003	A Tale of Two Schools
2003	Last of the Mississippi Jukes
2003	Levity
2002	High Crimes
2002	The Sum of All Fears
2001	Along Came a Spider
2000	Under Suspicion
2000	Nurse Betty
1998	Hard Rain
1998	Deep Impact
1997	Amistad
1997	Kiss The Girls
1997	The Long Way Home
1996	Chain Reaction
1996	Moll Flanders
1996	Cosmic Voyage
1995	Seven
1995	Outbreak
1994	The Shawshank Redemption
1992	Unforgiven
1992	The Power of One
1991	Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
1990	The Bonfire of the Vanities
1989	Johnny Handsome
1989	Glory
1989	Lean on Me
1989	Driving Miss Daisy
1988	Clinton and Nadine
1988	Clean and Sober
1987	Fight for Life
1987	Street Smart
1986	Resting Place
1985	Marie
1985	That Was Then... This Is Now
1985	The Atlanta Child Murders
1985	The Execution of Raymond Graham
1984	Harry and Son
1984	Teachers
1981	The Marva Collins Story
1981	Eyewitness
1981	Death of a Prophet
1980	Attica
1980	Brubaker
1978	Hollow Image
1978	Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
1971	Who Says I Can't Ride a Rainbow?

Awards:

Academy Awards

•	2004 Best Supporting Actor (Million Dollar Baby)
•	1994 Best Actor (Shawshank Redemption)
•	1989 Best Actor (Driving Miss Daisy)
•	1987 Best Supporting Actor (Street Smart)

Berlin International Film Festival

•	1990 Silver Bear for Best Actor (Driving Miss Daisy)

Broadcast Film Critics Association

•	2004 Best Supporting Actor (Million Dollar Baby)

Golden Globe

•	2004 Best Supporting Actor (Million Dollar Baby)
•	1994 Best Actor - Drama (Shawshank Redemption)
•	1989 Best Actor - Musical or Comedy (Driving Miss Daisy)