Morgan Freeman

Career timeline

1. 1937 · Born

   Born in Memphis, Tennessee, USA

2. 1971 · Screen debut

   Great Performances (TV)

3. 1994 · Breakthrough

   The Shawshank Redemption (Movie)

4. 2010 · First production

   Through the Wormhole (TV)

5. 2014 · Directing debut

   Madam Secretary (TV)

6. 2025 · Latest release

   Now You See Me: Now You Don't (Movie)

Career in numbers

2 1970s

6 1980s

15 1990s

21 2000s

24 2010s

6 2020s

• Drama27
• Thriller26
• Action25
• Crime21
• Comedy18
• Mystery11

Highest-rated title The Shawshank Redemption 1994 8.7 Most popular title The Dark Knight 2008 8.5

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Morgan Freeman in our catalogue.

Cillian Murphy

3 titles together

Aaron Eckhart

3 titles together

Tim Robbins

2 titles together

Tom Hardy

2 titles together

Jonathan Nolan

2 titles together

Mark Ruffalo

2 titles together

1. 2025 Now You See Me: Now You Don't as Thaddeus Bradley 6.4 Movie
2. 2023 57 Seconds as Anton Burrell 6.2 Movie
3. 2023 Lioness as Secretary of State Edwin Mullins 8.3 TV
4. 2023 LEGEND TV
5. 2021 Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard as Senior 6.6 Movie
6. 2021 Coming 2 America as Morgan Freeman 6.3 Movie
7. 2019 Angel Has Fallen as Alan Trumbull 6.6 Movie
8. 2019 Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? as Morgan Freeman (voice) 8.0 TV
9. 2018 The Kominsky Method as Morgan Freeman 7.5 TV
10. 2018 The Nutcracker and the Four Realms as Drosselmeyer 6.1 Movie
11. 2017 Going in Style as Willie Davis 6.7 Movie
12. 2016 Ben-Hur as Sheik Ilderim 5.8 Movie
13. 2016 Now You See Me 2 as Thaddeus Bradley 6.8 Movie
14. 2016 London Has Fallen as Alan Trumbull 6.2 Movie
15. 2015 Momentum as Senator 5.7 Movie
16. 2015 Ted 2 as Patrick Meighan 6.3 Movie
17. 2015 Last Knights as Bartok 6.4 Movie
18. 2014 Madam Secretary as Chief Justice Frawley 7.0 TV
19. 2014 Lucy as Professor Norman 6.5 Movie
20. 2014 Transcendence as Joseph Tagger 6.1 Movie
21. 2014 The Lego Movie as Vitruvius (voice) 7.4 Movie
22. 2013 Last Vegas as Archie 6.4 Movie
23. 2013 Now You See Me as Thaddeus Bradley 7.3 Movie
24. 2013 Oblivion as Beech 6.7 Movie
25. 2013 Olympus Has Fallen as Alan Trumbull 6.4 Movie
26. 2012 The Dark Knight Rises as Fox 7.8 Movie
27. 2011 Dolphin Tale as Dr. McCarthy 6.9 Movie
28. 2011 Conan the Barbarian as Narrator (voice) 5.3 Movie
29. 2010 RED as Joe Matheson 6.7 Movie
30. 2009 Invictus as Nelson Mandela 7.2 Movie
31. 2009 30 for 30 7.6 TV
32. 2009 Thick as Thieves as Keith Ripley 6.0 Movie
33. 2008 The Dark Knight as Lucius Fox 8.5 Movie
34. 2008 The Love Guru as Morgan Freemann (voice) (uncredited) 4.1 Movie
35. 2008 Wanted as Sloan 6.5 Movie
36. 2007 The Bucket List as Carter Chambers 7.2 Movie
37. 2007 Gone Baby Gone as Jack Doyle 7.3 Movie
38. 2007 Evan Almighty as God 5.6 Movie
39. 2006 Lucky Number Slevin as The Boss 7.5 Movie
40. 2005 An Unfinished Life as Mitch Bradley 6.8 Movie
41. 2005 War of the Worlds as Narrator (voice) 6.6 Movie
42. 2005 Batman Begins as Lucius Fox 7.7 Movie
43. 2005 Unleashed as Sam 7.0 Movie
44. 2005 March of the Penguins as Narrator 7.1 Movie
45. 2004 Million Dollar Baby as Eddie Scrap-Iron Dupris 8.0 Movie
46. 2003 Bruce Almighty as God 6.7 Movie
47. 2003 Dreamcatcher as Col. Abraham Curtis 5.7 Movie
48. 2002 The Sum of All Fears as DCI William Cabot 6.4 Movie
49. 2002 High Crimes as Charlie Grimes 6.3 Movie
50. 2001 Along Came a Spider as Alex Cross 6.4 Movie
51. 1998 Deep Impact as President Tom Beck 6.3 Movie
52. 1998 Hard Rain as Jim 5.9 Movie
53. 1997 Amistad as Theodore Joadson 7.0 Movie
54. 1997 Kiss the Girls as Det. Alex Cross 6.6 Movie
55. 1997 The Chris Rock Show TV
56. 1996 Chain Reaction as Paul Shannon 5.8 Movie
57. 1995 Se7en as Somerset 8.4 Movie
58. 1995 Outbreak as General Billy Ford 6.6 Movie
59. 1994 The Shawshank Redemption as Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding 8.7 Movie
60. 1992 Unforgiven as Ned Logan 7.9 Movie
61. 1992 HBO First Look TV
62. 1992 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno 5.3 TV
63. 1991 Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves as Azeem 6.9 Movie
64. 1990 The Bonfire of the Vanities as Judge Leonard White 5.6 Movie
65. 1990 The Civil War as Frederick Douglass / John Boston (voice) 8.0 TV
66. 1989 Glory as Sgt. Maj. John Rawlins 7.5 Movie
67. 1989 Driving Miss Daisy as Hoke Colburn 7.2 Movie
68. 1988 American Experience as Narrator (voice) 6.5 TV
69. 1988 LIVE with Kelly and Mark 5.6 TV
70. 1986 American Masters as Narrator (voice) 7.1 TV
71. 1985 The Twilight Zone as Tony (segment "Dealer's Choice") 7.7 TV
72. 1971 The Electric Company as Mark /Easy Reader /Mel Mounds /Count Dracula /Mad Scientist /The Cop /Marcello 7.4 TV
73. 1971 Great Performances as Messenger 6.1 TV

1. 2014 Madam Secretary 7.0 TV
2. 2010 Through the Wormhole 7.7 TV
3. 2009 Invictus 7.2 Movie
4. 2001 Along Came a Spider 6.4 Movie

1. 2014 Madam Secretary 7.0 TV

1. 2010 Through the Wormhole 7.7 TV

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