Morgan Freeman Bio, Age, Net Worth, Movies, Wife, Children – Morgan Freeman is an actor, director and narrator from the United States of America. He is known for his deep, distinct voice and his roles in various film genres.

During his five-decade career, he has received numerous awards, including an Academy Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a Golden Globe Award.

Freeman was born in Memphis, Tennessee and raised in Mississippi, where he began acting in school plays. Early in his career, he appeared in stage productions after studying acting in Los Angeles.

In the 1970s, he became known for his role in the children’s television series The Electric Company. Freeman later appeared in Shakespeare’s plays Coriolanus and Julius Caesar, the latter of which earned him an Obie Award.

Biography of Morgan Freeman

As a young child, Freeman was in the care of his maternal grandmother in Charleston, Mississippi.

He moved frequently during his formative years, living in Greenwood, Mississippi, Gary, Indiana and finally Chicago, Illinois. Freeman developed pneumonia at age 16.

Morgan Freeman reportedly made his acting debut at the age of nine when he played the lead role in a school play. He then attended Broad Street High School in Greenwood, Mississippi, now Threadgill Elementary School.

At the age of 12, he won a national theater competition and, while adjusting to school, he also discovered music and theater.

Morgan Freeman’s age

Morgan Freeman was born on June 1, 1937. As of 2022, he is 85 years old.

Morgan Freeman Height

The height of the 85-year-old cult star is 1.88 meters.

Education of Morgan Freeman

Freeman graduated from high school in 1955, but chose to enlist in the United States Air Force rather than accept a partial scholarship to Jackson State University.

As he rose through the ranks, he worked as an airman first class repairing automatic radar equipment. He served in the Army from 1955 to 1959 before moving to Los Angeles, California, where he studied acting at the Pasadena Playhouse.

At Los Angeles City College, where he also studied acting, a professor pushed him to pursue a career in dance.

Morgan Freeman’s career

Freeman was a dancer at the 1964 World’s Fair and performed with the musical theater group San Francisco Opera Ring. He appeared in a touring production of “The Royal Hunt of the Sun” and was a background extra in Rod Steiger’s 1965 drama “The Pawnbroker,” directed by Sidney Lumet.

Between her dance and theater gigs, Freeman discovered that acting was her true passion.

Before making her Broadway debut in 1968 in the all-black production of Hello, Dolly!, which also starred Pearl Bailey and Cab Calloway, Freeman made her Broadway debut in 1967, opposite Viveca Lindfors in Reiter’s rendition of “The Nigger Lovers,” a play about freedom during the American civil rights movement. He also appeared on stage in “The Dozens” in 1969.

In 1989, Freeman released four films. He played Sergeant Major John Rawlins in the Edward Zwick film Glory, which was about the 54th Massachusetts Infantry, the second African-American regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Desson Thomson praised Freeman and co-star Denzel Washington for their “warm feeling of brotherhood” in an article for the Washington Post.

In the comedy “Driving Miss Daisy,” Freeman starred alongside Dan Aykroyd and Jessica Tandy. Freeman reprises his role as Hoke Colburn, chauffeur to a Jewish widow, in the Alfred Uhry play in which he previously appeared.

The majority of reviews were positive; Henry Sheehan of The Hollywood Reporter said that Freeman and Tandy’s performances reinforced each other while maintaining their star power.

Freeman expressed interest in starting a film production company while filming Outbreak. He asked Bopha! Producer Lori McCreary will be his business partner.

Freeman told her that he named his company Revelations Entertainment because he wanted to gain on-screen representation, explore difficult topics, and shine a light on unspoken truths.

Freeman provided narration for the 1997 Academy Award-winning documentary “The Long Way Home,” about the liberation of Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany and the founding of Israel.

He starred alongside Matthew McConaughey, Anthony Hopkins and Djimon Hounsou in Steven Spielberg’s historical epic Amistad. The film, based on the 1839 events aboard the slave ship La Amistad, received generally positive reviews and received four Academy Award nominations.

Freeman provided the voice for the popular 3D animated film Vitruvius from The Lego Movie in 2014.

Freeman played scientist Joseph Tagger in the science fiction thriller Transcendence, which marked Wally Pfister’s directorial debut. According to Metacritic, the film received various reviews.

He then appeared alongside Scarlett Johansson in the 2014 action film Lucy, which tells the story of a woman who develops psychokinetic abilities after taking a nootropic.

Professor Samuel Norman, played by Freeman, helps her investigate the disease. According to producer Virginie Silla, Freeman was the ideal choice for the role because of his experience playing wise guys.

Morgan Freeman Family

According to DNA tests, his ancestors were descended from the Songhai and Tuareg peoples of Niger.

Among the slaves who moved from North Carolina to Mississippi were some of Freeman’s great-great-grandparents. Because the two could not have been legally married at the time, Freeman later learned that his Caucasian maternal great-great-grandfather had lived and been buried next to his African-American great-great-grandmother in the segregated South.

According to DNA results, just over a quarter of all his African ancestors came from the region that today includes Senegal and Liberia, and three-quarters from the Congo-Angola region.

Morgan Freeman’s Wife

Morgan Freeman has been married twice. His first marriage was to Jeanette Adair Bradshaw and they were married from 1967 to 1979. His second marriage was to Myrna Colley-Lee and they were married from 1984 to 2010. He is currently without a wife.

Morgan Freeman’s Children

Morgan Freeman has four children and his children are named Alfonso Freeman, Morgana Freeman, Deena Freeman, and Saifoulaye Freeman.

Morgan Freeman’s Parents

He was born to teacher Mamie Edna and hairdresser Morgan Porterfield Freeman who died of cirrhosis of the liver in 1961.

Morgan Freeman’s Siblings

He has three siblings but their names and details are not known.

Morgan Freeman Net Worth

Morgan Freeman’s net worth is estimated to be $250 million.

Morgan Freeman Instagram

Morgan Freeman leads an active lifestyle on the popular social media platform Instagram. He has a verified account on the platform and more than two million followers.