| Net Worth | $250,000,000 |
|---|---|
| Name | Morgan Freeman |
| Date of Birth/Age | June 1, 1937 (age 82) |
| State/City of origin | Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Height | 6'2 |
| Years active | 1964–present |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, film director, film narrator |
Net Worth
Morgan Freeman’s net worth is $250 million.
How Did Morgan Freeman Make His Money?
Morgan Freeman is an actor and producer. Freeman is a Hollywood legend who has won numerous awards for his acting.
Freeman enjoys a reputation for the quality of his acting, his distinctive voice and his worldwide reputation as a wise, thoughtful and dignified person.
Freeman was far from an overnight success. Although he had a successful theater career, he did not start working in movies until he was in his 50s.
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A Wise, Dignified Image
Freeman usually plays characters that are calm, wise and dignified, but he has also performed in action movies and comedies.
He often provides the narration to his movies and as the voiceover in documentaries.
Until 2018, he was the well-known voice on several commercials for Visa, intoning that it’s “everywhere you want to be.”
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Favorite Roles
During a 2004 appearance on the Charlie Rose Show on the 10th anniversary of The Shawshank Redemption, Freeman said he considered that movie one of the highlights of his career.
He also cited Glory, Driving Miss Daisy and Unforgiven as his favorites.
Freeman has won over 60 acting and image awards.
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Awards and Achievements
2005 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, Million Dollar Baby.
1998 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, Street Smart.
2010 Academy Award nominee, Best Actor, Invictus.
1990 Academy Award nominee, Best Actor, Driving Miss Daisy.
2010 Golden Globe for Best Actor, Invictus.
1990 Golden Globe for Best Actor, Driving Miss Daisy.
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2018 Emmy Nominee, Outstanding Narrator, L’empereur.
2015 Black Reel Award, Outstanding Voice Actor, The Lego Movie.
2005 Lifetime Achievement Award, Dubai Film Festival.
2004 Lifetime Achievement Award, Denver Film Festival.
2011 Lifetime Achievement Award, Acapulco Black Film Festival.
2016 AARP Awards, Best Grownups’ Love Story, Five Flights Up.
2008 AARP Awards, Best Grownups’ Buddy Picture, The Bucket List.
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Morgan Freeman Quick Facts
- He was born on June 1, 1937, in Memphis.
- He has homes in Charleston, Mississippi, and New York City.
- He is 6 foot 2 inches tall.
Career
Freeman was born in Memphis in 1937. His mother was a teacher and his father was a barber. Freeman’s mother died in 200. His father died of cirrhosis in 1961.
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Early Life
Freeman said he caught the acting bug when he appeared in a play in grade school. When he was 12, he entered and won a statewide acting competition.
That award led to his appearance on a Tennessee radio show.
Freeman served in the Air Force from 1955 to 1959. At one point, he considered staying in the service as a career.
Move to Los Angeles
In 1959, Freeman moved to Los Angeles. He took a job as a typist at Los Angeles City College. In the evenings, he took acting classes at the highly regarded Pasadena Playhouse.
He also took dance classes and studied languages.
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Early Success
Freeman found steady work as a dancer with various companies. He also worked as an extra on the 1965 movie The Pawnbroker. In 1965, he moved to New York to perform in off-Broadway productions.
In 1968, Freeman made his Broadway debut in an all-black version of Hello, Dolly! that also starred Pearl Bailey and Cab Calloway.
Theater Career
Freeman’s theater career was successful. In 1980, he received the Obie Award for his performance as the lead in Coriolanus.
In 1984, he received his second Obie Award for The Gospel at Colonus. Freeman also won a Drama Desk Award and a Clarence Derwent Award for his role as an alcoholic in The Mighty Gents.
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He won an Obie Award for his role as a chauffeur for a Jewish widow in Driving Miss Daisy.
Morgan later had one of his best-known performances in the 1989 screen version of the play. He starred in the movie version with Jessica Tandy.
Movie Appearances
Freeman began taking small roles in movies. He quickly moved up to leading man status. In 1987, he received his first Academy Award nomination for his role in Street Smart. He later said that this nomination really helped his career take off.
From the time he started working in movies, he appeared in at least one movie a year for the next 30 years.
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His most noteworthy films include:
- Brubaker, 1980.
- Street Smart, 1987.
- Glory, Lean on Me and Driving Miss Daisy, 1989.
- Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves, 1991.
- Unforgiven, 1992.
- The Shawshank Redemption, 1994.
- Outbreak and Seven, 1995.
- Amistad and Kiss the Girls, 1997.
- Bruce Almighty, 2003.
- Million Dollar Baby, 2004.
- Gone, Baby, Gone and The Bucket List, 2007.
- The Dark Knight, 2008.
- Dolphin Tale, 2011.
- Magic of Belle Isle and The Dark Knight Rises, 2012.
- Dolphin Tale 2 and Five Flights Up, 2014.
- Going in Style and Just Getting Started, 2017.
Relationships
Freeman has been married and divorced twice. He has three children. Freeman is currently single.
Interesting Facts About Morgan Freeman
- In 2014, Morgan Freeman proved he was just as much an action hero in real life as he has been in the movies. Freeman has a pilot’s license and is an experienced airplane pilot.
- He was flying from his home in Mississippi to the Toronto Film Festival for a premiere of his movie Ruth and Alex.
- The plane developed engine problems, and Freeman had to land it four separate times to deal with the problems.
- He later said that he was not in any danger, but he did feel bad about being 90 minutes late to the premiere party.
- In 2014, Freeman dedicated over 100 acres of his property as a bee sanctuary.
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Success Tips from Morgan Freeman
1. “If your life turns out to be good and you have a tremendous amount of luck in your life, it’s a good thing to turn around and make it work for others.”
2. “I never went back to typing, but I had some real lean times between roles. But I didn’t have to go to work for anybody else. I didn’t have to wash dishes, I didn’t have to wait tables, I didn’t have to drive a cab or wash cars. I deliberately left myself nothing to fall back on. If you’ve got a cushion, where you land, you stay. You can’t climb a mountain with a net.”
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