Date of birth June 1, 1937 Birth place Tennessee, USA. Birth name Morgan Freeman. Height 6' 2.5 " (189 cm) Morgan Freeman is an Academy award winning actor, film narrator and Director..

Morgan Freeman is a well known Film Director, actor and film Narrator. He has gained a great deal of recognition in the 90s with his elderly roles played in movies. Freeman started his acting career in 1965 in the film ‘The Royal Hunt of the Sun’, and also was a well received stage actor in many of the off Broadway plays he was a part of.

His breakthrough role was the in the PBS kid’s Television series ‘The Electric Company’ and on the soap ‘Another World’. Through out the 80s Freeman appeared in many co star roles that kept his name active, and later raised his profile by appearing as Chauffeur Hoke in ‘Driving Miss Daisy’ in 1989. In 1994, he played a redeemed convict in ‘The Shawsank Redemption’ for which he nominated for an Oscar. Following this Freeman was a part of some of the blockbusters in the 90s such as ‘Se7en’, ‘outbreak’, Chain Reaction’, ‘Deep impact’ and ‘Hard Rain’.

Freeman is recognized for his distinctive voice, making him a frequent choice for narration. In 2005 alone, he provided narration for two of the most successful films of the year, War of the Worlds and the Academy Award-winning documentary film, March of the Penguins. After being nominated for an Oscar for three times, he won one for his performance in Clint Eastwood’s ‘Million Dollar Baby’ in 2006.
His much awaited movie ‘The Bucket list’ is due to be released before the end of 2007, where he stars alongside Jack Nicholson.