Morgan Freeman

Career timeline

1. 1937 · Born

   Born in Memphis, Tennessee, USA

2. 1971 · Screen debut

   The Electric Company (TV)

3. 1994 · Breakthrough

   The Shawshank Redemption (Movie)

4. 2014 · Directing debut

   Madam Secretary (TV)

5. 2025 · Latest release

   Now You See Me: Now You Don't (Movie)

Career in numbers

2 1970s

10 1980s

15 1990s

26 2000s

29 2010s

9 2020s

• Drama39
• Thriller32
• Action29
• Crime25
• Comedy18
• Mystery13

Highest-rated title The Shawshank Redemption 1994 8.7 Most popular title The Dark Knight 2008 8.5

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Morgan Freeman in our catalogue.

Michael Caine

6 titles together

Hans Zimmer

4 titles together

Christian Bale

3 titles together

James Earl Jones

3 titles together

Christopher Nolan

3 titles together

Ed Solomon

3 titles together

Cillian Murphy

3 titles together

Brian Tyler

3 titles together

Wally Pfister

3 titles together

Aaron Eckhart

3 titles together

1. 2025 Now You See Me: Now You Don't as Thaddeus Bradley 6.4 Movie
2. 2023 57 Seconds as Anton Burrell 6.2 Movie
3. 2023 Lioness as Secretary of State Edwin Mullins 8.3 TV
4. 2022 Sidney as Self 6.9 Movie
5. 2021 Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard as Senior 6.6 Movie
6. 2021 Solos as Narrator (voice) 6.7 TV
7. 2021 Vanquish as Damon 5.2 Movie
8. 2021 Coming 2 America as Morgan Freeman 6.3 Movie
9. 2019 Angel Has Fallen as Alan Trumbull 6.6 Movie
10. 2019 Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? as Morgan Freeman (voice) 8.0 TV
11. 2018 The Nutcracker and the Four Realms as Drosselmeyer 6.1 Movie
12. 2017 Just Getting Started as Duke 4.9 Movie
13. 2017 Going in Style as Willie Davis 6.7 Movie
14. 2017 Dave Chappelle as Opening narrator (voice) 7.3 TV
15. 2016 Ben-Hur as Sheik Ilderim 5.8 Movie
16. 2016 Now You See Me 2 as Thaddeus Bradley 6.8 Movie
17. 2016 The Story of God with Morgan Freeman as Self - Host 7.4 TV
18. 2016 London Has Fallen as Alan Trumbull 6.2 Movie
19. 2015 Momentum as Senator 5.7 Movie
20. 2015 Ted 2 as Patrick Meighan 6.3 Movie
21. 2015 Last Knights as Bartok 6.4 Movie
22. 2014 Madam Secretary as Chief Justice Frawley 7.0 TV
23. 2014 Dolphin Tale 2 as Dr. Cameron McCarthy 6.9 Movie
24. 2014 Lucy as Professor Norman 6.5 Movie
25. 2014 Wish Wizard as Maxwell Omni Movie
26. 2014 Transcendence as Joseph Tagger 6.1 Movie
27. 2014 The Lego Movie as Vitruvius (voice) 7.4 Movie
28. 2013 Last Vegas as Archie 6.4 Movie
29. 2013 Now You See Me as Thaddeus Bradley 7.3 Movie
30. 2013 Oblivion as Beech 6.7 Movie
31. 2013 Olympus Has Fallen as Alan Trumbull 6.4 Movie
32. 2012 The Dark Knight Rises as Fox 7.8 Movie
33. 2011 Dolphin Tale as Dr. McCarthy 6.9 Movie
34. 2011 Conan the Barbarian as Narrator (voice) 5.3 Movie
35. 2011 Curiosity as Self - Narrator (voice) TV
36. 2010 RED as Joe Matheson 6.7 Movie
37. 2010 Through the Wormhole as Self - Host 7.7 TV
38. 2009 Invictus as Nelson Mandela 7.2 Movie
39. 2009 30 for 30 7.6 TV
40. 2009 Thick as Thieves as Keith Ripley 6.0 Movie
41. 2008 The Dark Knight as Lucius Fox 8.5 Movie
42. 2008 The Love Guru as Morgan Freemann (voice) (uncredited) 4.1 Movie
43. 2008 Wanted as Sloan 6.5 Movie
44. 2007 The Bucket List as Carter Chambers 7.2 Movie
45. 2007 Gone Baby Gone as Jack Doyle 7.3 Movie
46. 2007 Evan Almighty as God 5.6 Movie
47. 2006 10 Items or Less as 'Him' 6.2 Movie
48. 2006 The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays as Jaques (segment "As You Like It") Movie
49. 2006 The Contract as Frank Carden 5.8 Movie
50. 2006 Lucky Number Slevin as The Boss 7.5 Movie
51. 2005 An Unfinished Life as Mitch Bradley 6.8 Movie
52. 2005 Edison as Ashford 5.3 Movie
53. 2005 War of the Worlds as Narrator (voice) 6.6 Movie
54. 2005 Batman Begins as Lucius Fox 7.7 Movie
55. 2005 Unleashed as Sam 7.0 Movie
56. 2005 March of the Penguins as Narrator 7.1 Movie
57. 2004 Million Dollar Baby as Eddie Scrap-Iron Dupris 8.0 Movie
58. 2003 Bruce Almighty as God 6.7 Movie
59. 2003 Dreamcatcher as Col. Abraham Curtis 5.7 Movie
60. 2003 Levity as Miles Evans 6.1 Movie
61. 2002 The Sum of All Fears as DCI William Cabot 6.4 Movie
62. 2002 High Crimes as Charlie Grimes 6.3 Movie
63. 2001 Along Came a Spider as Alex Cross 6.4 Movie
64. 1998 Deep Impact as President Tom Beck 6.3 Movie
65. 1998 Hard Rain as Jim 5.9 Movie
66. 1997 Amistad as Theodore Joadson 7.0 Movie
67. 1997 Kiss the Girls as Det. Alex Cross 6.6 Movie
68. 1997 The Chris Rock Show TV
69. 1996 Chain Reaction as Paul Shannon 5.8 Movie
70. 1995 Se7en as Somerset 8.4 Movie
71. 1995 Outbreak as General Billy Ford 6.6 Movie
72. 1994 The Shawshank Redemption as Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding 8.7 Movie
73. 1992 Unforgiven as Ned Logan 7.9 Movie
74. 1992 HBO First Look TV
75. 1991 Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves as Azeem 6.9 Movie
76. 1990 The Bonfire of the Vanities as Judge Leonard White 5.6 Movie
77. 1990 The Civil War as Frederick Douglass / John Boston (voice) 8.0 TV
78. 1989 Glory as Sgt. Maj. John Rawlins 7.5 Movie
79. 1989 Driving Miss Daisy as Hoke Colburn 7.2 Movie
80. 1988 American Experience as Narrator (voice) 6.5 TV
81. 1985 The Twilight Zone as Tony (segment "Dealer's Choice") 7.7 TV
82. 1985 Marie: A True Story as Charles Traughber 5.8 Movie
83. 1985 The Atlanta Child Murders as Ben Shelter TV
84. 1984 Harry & Son as Siemanowski 5.9 Movie
85. 1981 The Marva Collins Story as Clarence Collins Movie
86. 1981 Eyewitness as Lieutenant Black 5.6 Movie
87. 1980 Brubaker as Walter 7.1 Movie
88. 1973 Blade as Chris Movie
89. 1971 The Electric Company as Mark /Easy Reader /Mel Mounds /Count Dracula /Mad Scientist /The Cop /Marcello 7.4 TV

1. 2014 Madam Secretary 7.0 TV

1. 2021 The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain 7.3 Movie
2. 2014 Madam Secretary 7.0 TV
3. 2009 Invictus 7.2 Movie
4. 2003 Levity 6.1 Movie
5. 2001 Along Came a Spider 6.4 Movie
6. 1999 Mutiny Movie

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