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Morgan Freeman

Born 1 June 1937, in Memphis Tennessee, Morgan Freeman is possessed of perhaps the finest voice in cinema today: rich, warm, Presidential.. godly, even. And perfectly bearing the necessary gravitas for penguin-related narration.

An early, six year stint on kids TV show The Electric Company almost killed off Freeman’s dreams of becoming a movie actor, and playing Malcolm X in Death Of A Prophet and being picked by Paul Newman for Harry & Son were two rare highlights in a depressing 80s period. And then Driving Miss Daisy came along, which the man himself rates – alongside Glory, Shawshank and Unforgiven – as his best work. Since then, he’s always been great, even on the occasions when the film isn’t.

Rachel Weisz says he’s the sexiest man she’s ever met, he’s Nelson Mandela’s own choice to portray the former SA President’s life story, and despite winning a long-overdue Oscar for Million Dollar Baby, he remains humble, often describing himself as lucky. A keen yachtsman, he’s got a boat moored in the Caribbean, which – we suggested – was a much nicer place to sail than the English Channel: “Bloody well is, too”, he replied, with feeling born of bitter, salt-stung experience. And for all such reasons, we like the cut of his jib.



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  • Freeman wins award - 10 September 2008
    Actor Morgan Freeman has been named as one of the recipients at this year's Kennedy Centre Awards.-The Oscar-winning actor - famous for his role in The Shawshank Redemption - will receive the decoration at a White House reception held by President George Bush and first


  • Morgan Freeman in 'serious' car crash - 5 August 2008
    Morgan Freeman has been admitted to hospital after breaking his arm in a serious road accident.-It has been suggested that the 71-year-old actor, currently starring in The Dark Knight, may have fallen asleep at the wheel.-The Shawshank Redemption star was driving a Niss


  • Hopkins teams up with Freeman - 12 January 2005
    resident to become a butler in his latest film.-The veteran actor, who is currently appearing in Alexander, will star alongside Morgan Freeman in Harry and the Butler, a loose remake of the 1962 Danish film Harry og Kammertjeneren.-Freeman, who hits our screens next wee

Morgan Freeman - what members say


  • Unforgiven
  • Unforgiven review by Craig from Durham
    Rated - 5 stars Clint strikes back 14 August 2004
    ...o kids. Along for the ride is Munny's long time friend, Ned logan, played by Morgan Freeman quite possibly the best black actor in Hollywood, who tries his best to assure ...  
  • Seven
  • Seven review by Jon Smith from Bedford, England
    Rated - 5 stars Seven Stars 3 September 2003
    ...Seven is probably Brad Pitt's finest achievement to date. Morgan Freeman is, as always, absolutely breathtakingly good and top marks to David Fincher for an epic journey into...  
  • The Shawshank Redemption
  • The Shawshank Redemption review by A customer from Poole
    Rated - 5 stars Is this the greatest movie ever made? 20 September 2003
    ...s friendship with 'the only guilty man inside Shawshank', Ellis 'Red' Reddings (Morgan Freeman). Along the way it branches into at least six different side stories that, half...  

Morgan Freeman - filmography


  • Bucket List, The - BLU-RAY Version (2008)
    Starring: Sean Hayes,  Jack Nicholson,  Beverly Todd
    Director: Rob Reiner
    Certificate: 12
    Edward Cole (Nicholson) is a corporate billionaire who is currently sharing a hospital room with blue-collar mechanic Carter Chambers (Freeman). Though initially the pair seems to have nothing in common, conversation gradually reveals that both men have a long list of goals they wish to accomplish ...
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  • Wanted - BLU-RAY Version (2008)
    Starring: Common,  Angelina Jolie,  James McAvoy
    Director: Timur Bekmambetov
    Certificate: 18
    Loosely based on the comic book miniseries of the same by Mark Millar and J.G. Jones, WANTED, directed by Timur Bekmambetov, follows anxiety-prone office drone Wesley Gibson (James McAvoy) as he is inducted into the Fraternity, a clan of powerful killers that counted his father as a member. Pursued ...
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  • Evan Almighty - HD DVD Version (2007)
    Starring: Steve Carell,  Lauren Graham,  Jimmy Bennett
    Director: Tom Shadyac
    Certificate: PG
    Steve Carell (The 40-Year-Old Virgin), reprising his role as the polished, preening newscaster Evan Baxter of Bruce Almighty, is the next one anointed by God to accomplish a holy mission in the hilarious new comedy Evan Almighty. Blockbuster comedy director Tom Shadyac (The Nutty Professor, Liar ...
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  • Gone Baby Gone - BLU-RAY Version (2007)
    Starring: Casey Affleck,  Michelle Monaghan,  Morgan Freeman
    Director: Ben Affleck
    Certificate: 15
    Based on the novel by MYSTIC RIVER author Dennis Lehane, GONE BABY GONE marks the directorial debut of actor Ben Affleck. Featuring a solid cast including Ed Harris, Morgan Freeman, and Affleck's brother Casey, in the lead role as a private detective, GONE BABY GONE centres on the disappearance of ...
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  • Feast Of Love on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Toby Hemingway,  Selma Blair,  Morgan Freeman
    Director: Robert Benton
    Certificate: 15
    Love takes on many forms in an adaptation of Charles Baxter's celebrated novel. Starring Morgan Freeman and Greg Kinnear, this drama shows various romances blooming--and dying--in a small town.
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  • Wanted (2007)
    Starring: James McAvoy,  Morgan Freeman,  Angelina Jolie
    Director: Timur Bekmambetov
    Certificate: 18
    A young man (McAvoy) finds out his long lost father is an assassin. And when his father is murdered, the son is recruited into his father's old organization and trained by a man named Sloan (Freeman) to follow in his dad's footsteps.
    Rate this: 3.5 71% from 1,691 members
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  • The Bucket List on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Jack Nicholson,  Morgan Freeman,  Sean Hayes
    Director: Rob Reiner
    Certificate: 12
    Edward Cole (Nicholson) is a corporate billionaire who is currently sharing a hospital room with blue-collar mechanic Carter Chambers (Freeman). Though initially the pair seems to have nothing in common, conversation gradually reveals that both men have a long list of goals they wish to accomplish ...
    Rate this: 3.5 74% from 8,720 members
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  • Evan Almighty on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Steve Carell,  Lauren Graham,  Jimmy Bennett
    Director: Tom Shadyac
    Certificate: PG
    Steve Carell (The 40-Year-Old Virgin), reprising his role as the polished, preening newscaster Evan Baxter of Bruce Almighty, is the next one anointed by God to accomplish a holy mission in the hilarious new comedy Evan Almighty. Blockbuster comedy director Tom Shadyac (The Nutty Professor, Liar ...
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  • The Contract on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Jamie Anderson,  Ned Bellamy,  Margarita Blush
    Director: Bruce Beresford
    Certificate: 15
    Ray Keene (Cusack), a father who wants to redeem himself in the eyes of his son, is trying to bring Cordell (Freeman), a world-class assassin to justice. All the while, he must protect his son and evade an assassin's team who are methodically hunting them down in the wilderness.
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  • Lucky Number Slevin - BLU-RAY Version (2006)
    Starring: Bruce Willis,  Josh Hartnett,  Morgan Freeman
    Director: Paul McGuigan
    Certificate: 18
    Directed by Paul McGuigan, LUCKY NUMBER SLEVIN is a mistaken identity thriller, starring Josh Hartnett as a guy who ends up in the wrong place at the wrong time. With boldly coloured sets covered in graphic wallpaper, the film has an almost comic book feel, the emphasis being on visual ...
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  • Lucky Number Slevin on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Bruce Willis,  Josh Hartnett,  Morgan Freeman
    Director: Paul McGuigan
    Certificate: 18
    A case of mistaken identity lands Slevin (Josh Hartnett) in the middle of a war being plotted by two of the city’s most infamous crime bosses: The Rabbi (Ben Kingsley) and The Boss (Morgan Freeman). Slevin is under constant surveillance by relentless Detective Brikowski (Stanley Tucci) as well as ...
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  • March Of The Penguins - BLU-RAY Version (2005)
    Starring: Morgan Freeman,  morgan freeman (pres/narr)
    Director: Luc Jacquet
    Certificate: U
    Coming from a French director, Luc Jacquet, the miraculous MARCH OF THE PENGUINS would have to be a love story. And it is, in that it follows the mating rituals of the emperor penguin, one of the most resilient animals on earth. Each summer, after a nourishing period of deep-sea feeding, the ...
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  • Edison on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Dylan McDermott,  LL Cool J,  John Heard
    Director: David J. Burke
    Certificate: 15
    Former N-Sync star Justin Timberlake makes his acting debut in this gritty crime thriller, playing a young journalist who uncovers massive police corruption in the town of Edison. He joins forces with his cynical mentor (Morgan Freeman, MILLION DOLLAR BABY), as well as an investigator for the ...
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  • Batman Begins - BLU-RAY Version (2005)
    Starring: Christian Bale,  Morgan Freeman,  Liam Neeson
    Director: Christopher Nolan
    Certificate: 12
    Genius of mystery and intrigue Christopher Nolan (MEMENTO, FOLLOWING, INSOMNIA) helms this prequel to the Batman films based on the DC Comics series, explaining how Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) the billionaire prince of Gotham whose parents were killed in an alleyway mugging transformed into the ...
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  • Batman Begins on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Christian Bale,  Katie Holmes,  Cillian Murphy
    Director: Christopher Nolan
    Certificate: 12
    Years ago, a young boy watched a street thug murder his parents. His life went cold. He left the city for the Far East, where he trained. He grew strong. But so did the darkness. And now the man is returning to Gotham City. The black, boiling drive for vengeance will cause Bruce Wayne to create a ...
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  • March Of The Penguins - HD DVD Version (2005)
    Starring: Morgan Freeman,  morgan freeman (pres/narr)
    Director: Luc Jacquet
    Certificate: U
    Coming from a French director, Luc Jacquet, the miraculous MARCH OF THE PENGUINS would have to be a love story. And it is, in that it follows the mating rituals of the emperor penguin, one of the most resilient animals on earth. Each summer, after a nourishing period of deep-sea feeding, the ...
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  • March Of The Penguins on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Morgan Freeman,  morgan freeman (pres/narr)
    Director: Luc Jacquet
    Certificate: U
    French director, Luc Jacquet's March of the Penguins follows the mating rituals of the emperor penguin, one of the most resilient animals on earth. Each summer, after a nourishing period of deep-sea feeding, the penguins pop up onto the ice and begin their procession across the frozen tundra of ...
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  • An Unfinished Life on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Robert Redford,  Morgan Freeman,  Jennifer Lopez
    Director: Lasse Hallstrom
    Certificate: 12
    Lasse Hallstrom (CHOCOLAT, CIDER HOUSE RULES) directs an all-star cast in this melancholy tale of bitterness and redemption, played out against the beautiful backdrop of rural Wyoming. Jean Gilkyson (Jennifer Lopez) is a single mom on the run from her abusive boyfriend, Gary (Damian Lewis). With ...
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  • Shelter From The Storm - A Concert For T... on DVD (2005)
    Starring: U2,  Foo Fighters,  Mary J Blige
    Certificate: TBC
    On 9th September, stars put on a one hour concert in aid of the victims, and to honour the heroes, of Hurricane Katrina. Filmed in New York and LA, a great line up of performers including U2,Foo Fighters, Mary J Blige, Alicia Keys and Kanye West were joined by celebrities such as Bruce Willis, ...
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  • The Big Bounce on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Owen Wilson,  Charlie Sheen,  Vinnie Jones
    Director: George Armitage
    Certificate: 12
    Based on the Elmore Leonard novel that inspired both the 1969 film and this remake, THE BIG BOUNCE is a comic film noir about an everyman who finds trouble in the form of a beautiful blonde. Jack Ryan (Owen Wilson) is a small-time scam artist who is determined to leave that life behind after yet ...
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  • Million Dollar Baby - BLU-RAY Version (2004)
    Starring: Morgan Freeman,  Clint Eastwood,  Hilary Swank
    Director: Clint Eastwood
    Certificate: 12
    Released a little over a year after the grand success of his Oscar-winning feature MYSTIC RIVER, Clint Eastwood returns to the director's chair for MILLION DOLLAR BABY. Eastwood also stars, in the role of Frankie Dunn, a down-on-his-luck former boxing manager who spends the twilight years of his ...
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