For the director, see Morgan J. Freeman

Freeman in 1998
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”.[35] Glory was nominated for five Academy Awards and won three: Best Supporting Actor for Washington, Best Cinematography, and Best Sound.[36] Next, Freeman starred in the comedy-drama Driving Miss Daisy, alongside Jessica Tandy and Dan Aykroyd. Based on Alfred Uhry’s play of the same name in which Freeman had appeared previously, he reprises his role of Hoke Colburn, chauffeur for a Jewish widow. The film was a commercial success and grossed US$145 million worldwide.[37] Film critics were mainly positive; Henry Sheehan from The Hollywood Reporter opined that Freeman and Tandy’s performances complemented each other while retaining their “individual star-quality”.[38] The film was nominated for nine Academy Awards (and received four, Best Picture being one of them), including Best Actor for Freeman.[36]