On This Day

Birthday of Morgan Freeman

June 1st 1937

10:42 1 June 2024

American actor, producer and narrator Morgan Freeman was born in this day in 1937. After acting in school plays while growing up in Mississippi, Freeman studies theater arts in Los Angeles and spent the early part of his career appearing in stage productions. He made his film debut in 'The Pawnbroker' (1964) before rising to prominence in the PBS children's television series 'The Electric Company'.

Following a small role as Walter in 'Brubaker' (1980) he went on to play more significant parts in the movies 'Eyewitness' (1981), 'Harry & Son' (1994), 'Teachers' (1984), 'Marie' (1985), 'That Was Then... This Is Now' (1985), 'Street Smart' (1987) and 'Clean and Sober' (1988).

His Hollywood breakthrough finally came in 1989 when he had four films released: 'Glory', 'Johnny Handsome', 'Lean on Me' and 'Driving Miss Daisy', the last of which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor.

Other notable film credits include 'Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves' (1991), 'Unforgiven' (1992), 'The Shawshank Redemption' (1994), 'Outbreak' (1995), 'Se7en' (1995), 'Amistad' (1997), 'Deep Impact' (1998), 'Bruce Almighty' (2003), 'Million Dollar Baby' (2004), 'Unleashed' (2005), 'Batman Begins' (2005), 'Lucky Number Slevin' (2006), 'Gone Baby Gone' (2007), 'The Bucket List' (2007), 'The Dark Knight' (2008), 'Invictus' (2009), 'RED' (2010), 'The Dark Knight Rises' (2012), 'Olympus Has Fallen' (2013), 'Now You See Me (2013), 'Lucy' (2014), 'Last Knights' (2015), 'Going in Style' (2017), 'Alpha' (2018), 'The Comeback Trail' (2020), 'The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard' (2021), 'A Good Person' (2023) and 'My Dead Friend Zoe' (2024).

Winner of an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award, Morgan Freeman is, in a career spanning seven decades, one of American cinemas most distinguished figures. Happy Birthday Morgan.