Morgan Freeman (born June 1, 1937) is an American actor and narrator. Freeman won an
Academy Award in 2005 for
Best Supporting Actor with
Million Dollar Baby (2004), and he has received
Oscar nominations for his performances in
Street Smart (1987),
Driving Miss Daisy (1989),
The Shawshank Redemption (1994) and
Invictus (2009). He has also won a
Golden Globe Award and a
Screen Actors Guild Award. Freeman has appeared in many other box office hits, including
Glory (1989),
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991),
Seven (1995),
Deep Impact (1998),
The Sum of All Fears (2002),
Bruce Almighty (2003),
The Dark Knight Trilogy,
The Lego Movie (2014), and
Lucy (2014). He is known for his distinctively smooth, deep voice. He got his break as part of the cast of the 1970s children's program
The Electric Company. Morgan Freeman is ranked as the 4th highest box office star with over $4.316 billion total box office gross, an average of $74.4 million per film.