His deep voice is so impressive! Who is Morgan Freeman?
American actor, producer, and voice actor. He won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 2005. Many impressive documentaries became even more impressed with his voice acting.
Academy Award-winning actor Morgan Freeman, one of the most respected and iconic figures of modern American cinema, was born on June 1, 1937, in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. He was the fourth child of barber Morgan Porterfield Freeman and teacher Mayme Edna. Morgan Freeman's childhood was spent traveling between states. The African-American family had to move to Chicago and find work there, just as hostile to other African-Americans.
During the family's difficult job-seeking period, Mississippi grandmother Charleston took care of Freeman. When Freeman was 6 years old, his grandmother died and he had to return to his family. Due to the family's financial difficulties and the unrest caused by an alcoholic husband, mother Mayme Edna, who became a teacher, separated from her husband and moved to Tennessee again with her children and then to Mississippi.
Morgan had his first acting experience at the age of 8 when he was given the lead role in the school's play. After winning a drama competition at the age of 12, he was a guest on a radio station based in Tennessee.
After graduating from Broad Street High School in 1955, he turned down an offer to study drama with a partial scholarship from Jackson State University to work as a pilot in the United States Air Force. Freeman left the air force in 1959, heading for Hollywood to begin his acting career, disillusioned with his career as a mechanic and radar technician instead of a pilot in the Air Force, and realizing that he could not kill anyone.
In the early 1960s, he moved to Los Angeles and began working as a clerk at Los Angeles Community College. During this period, he was also traveling to and from New York City, as he was also a dancer in San Francisco. Freeman, who is also a member of the music group Opera Ring, was first seen in the 1964 movie The Pawnbroker. In 1967, after starring in the play The Niggerlovers with actress Viveca Lindfors, he married Jeanette Adair Bradshaw on October 22 of the same year. Hello, which would make his Broadway debut in 1968, had a successful performance in Dolly!
In 1971, his first major film experience was with "Who Says I Can't Ride a Rainbow?" The main projects that made Freeman known in America were the soap opera Another World and the program "The Electric Company" broadcast on the TV channel PBS.
He divorced his wife, Jeanette Adair Bradshaw, in 1979. Freeman, who played in TV series until 1980, then portrayed the character of Walter in Brubaker.
Freeman's roles until the mid-80s caused him to be remembered for his fatherly and wise character. The famous actress, who appeared in supporting roles until that time, was accompanied by the character of Hoke Colburn in Driving Miss Daisy, which received 4 Oscars, and his colleague Jessica Tandy, who was awarded the best actress in the same film, in the lead roles. The whole world knew Morgan Freeman now. He married Myrna Colley-Lee in 1984.
He was nominated for an Oscar for best supporting actor for his performance in the 1987 movie Street Smart. 1992's Glory and 1992's Unforgiven were also productions that carried Freeman's film career to higher levels.
In 1994, he co-starred with Tim Robbins in The Shawshank Redemption, which has repeatedly been cited as one of the greatest films of all time. Freeman, who was engraved in the memory of the audience with the unforgettable character of Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding, was nominated for an Oscar for the second time in the category of best actor. His other films in the 90s that stood out in his filmography were Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Se7en, Kiss The Girls, Amistad, and Deep Impact.
He was awarded the Hollywood Outstanding Achievement in Acting on August 7, 2000. Between 2000 and 2003, he produced Under Suspicion, Along Came a Spider, High Crimes, The Sum of All, Levity Fears, and Dreamcatcher. In 2003, the movie was banned in some countries for his portrayal of God in Bruce Almighty, opposite Jim Carrey.
In 2005, he won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role as Eddie Scrap in Clint Eastwood's Million Dollar Baby.
Acting in many productions until 2006, including important films such as Danny the Dog, Batman Begins, An Unfinished Life, and The Contract, the actor received an honorary degree from Delta State University on May 13, 2006.
Morgan Freeman has 2 sons and 2 daughters. He still lives a modest life with his family in Mississippi. He stated that the best way to combat racism is to not talk about racism.