For the director, see Morgan J. Freeman

For the director, see Morgan J. Freeman.
Morgan Freeman

Freeman in 2023
Born June 1, 1937 (age 89)
Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
Occupations
Actorproducernarrator
Years active 1964–present
Organization Revelations Entertainment
Works Full list
Spouses
Jeanette Adair Bradshaw
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​(m. 1967; div. 1979)​
Myrna Colley-Lee
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​(m. 1984; div. 2010)​
Children 4
Awards Full list
Military career
Allegiance United States
Branch United States Air Force
Service years 1955–1959
Rank Airman First Class
Morgan Freeman’s voice
Duration: 32 seconds.0:32
from BBC Radio 4’s The Film Programme, September 12, 2008.
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Morgan Freeman[2] (born June 1, 1937) is an American actor, producer, and narrator. In a career spanning six decades, he has received numerous accolades, including an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award, as well as a nomination for a Grammy Award and a Tony Award. He was honored with the Kennedy Center Honor in 2008, an AFI Life Achievement Award in 2011, the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2012, and Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 2018. In a 2022 readers’ poll by Empire, he was voted one of the 50 greatest actors of all time.[3]