Airman First Class Morgan Porterfield Freeman (June 1, 1937) is an actor and film narrator. He won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor with Million Dollar Baby and has received Oscar nominations for his performances in Street Smart, Driving Miss Daisy, The Shawshank Redemption, and Invictus. He has won a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award.
He has appeared in many other box office hits, including Glory, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Seven, Deep Impact, The Sum of All Fears, Bruce Almighty, The Dark Knight Trilogy, Wanted, Red, Now You See Me, The Lego Movie, and Lucy. He rose to fame as part of the cast of the children’s program The Electric Company. Noted for his deep voice, he has served as a narrator, commentator, and voice actor for numerous programs, series, and television shows.
He made his acting debut at age nine, playing the lead role in a school play. He then attended Broad Street High School, which today serves as Threadgill Elementary School, in Greenwood, Mississippi. He won a statewide drama competition and, while still at Broad Street High School, performed in a radio show based in Nashville. He graduated from Broad Street, but turned down a partial drama scholarship from Jackson State University, opting instead to enlist in the USAF and served as an Automatic Tracking Radar Repairman, rising to the rank of Airman 1st Class.
He married twice, Jeanette Adair Bradshaw (1967-79). He married Myrna Colley-Lee (1984-2007). He has four children. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence
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