Morgan
Freeman
Born:
July 1, 1937 in Memphis, TN
Morgan
Freeman is an American movie star, known for playing authority figures.
In addition to portraying several detectives in murder mysteries, he played
the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency in "The Sum of All
Fears," the President of the United States in "Deep Impact,"
and God in Jim Carrey's "Bruce." He portrayed Nelson Mandela in
"Long Walk to Freedom," Malcolm X in "Death of a Prophet,"
and famed baseball-bat-wielding principal Joe Clark in "Lean On Me."
Even as Jessica Tandy's chauffeur in "Driving Miss Daisy" or Tim
Robbins's prison mentor in "Shawshank Redemption," Freeman offered
the voice of wisdom.
Freeman worked on stage for decades, doing everything from regional Shakespeare to appearing off-Broadway in "The Niggerlovers" with Stacy Keach. He made his movie debut with a tiny role in the 1966 drama "A Man Called Adam," starring Sammy Davis, Jr. and Louis Armstrong, and directed by Leo Penn (father of Chris, Michael, and Sean Penn).
In 1968, Freeman made his Broadway debut in an all-black engagement of "Hello Dolly." In the early 1970s, he had a long stint playing Easy Reader and several other roles on "The Electric Company," a PBS educational show for kids.
Before he was famous, Freeman did his share of cocaine, but eventually shook the habit. He did penance playing Michael Keaton's rehab counselor in 1988's Clean and Sober. Freeman, though, still enjoys marijuana, and has no plans to quit. "Never give up the ganja," he says. He has called it "God's own weed," and whenever filming brings him to British Columbia, you'll find Freeman at Vancouver's famous Blunt Brothers marijuana bar.
In a scene in "The Sum of All Fears" (2002) starring Freeman and Ben Affleck, the President states at a White House Correspondents" dinner that he smoked marijuana back in Vietnam and then jokes that means he'll get the California vote.
Freeman worked on stage for decades, doing everything from regional Shakespeare to appearing off-Broadway in "The Niggerlovers" with Stacy Keach. He made his movie debut with a tiny role in the 1966 drama "A Man Called Adam," starring Sammy Davis, Jr. and Louis Armstrong, and directed by Leo Penn (father of Chris, Michael, and Sean Penn).
In 1968, Freeman made his Broadway debut in an all-black engagement of "Hello Dolly." In the early 1970s, he had a long stint playing Easy Reader and several other roles on "The Electric Company," a PBS educational show for kids.
Before he was famous, Freeman did his share of cocaine, but eventually shook the habit. He did penance playing Michael Keaton's rehab counselor in 1988's Clean and Sober. Freeman, though, still enjoys marijuana, and has no plans to quit. "Never give up the ganja," he says. He has called it "God's own weed," and whenever filming brings him to British Columbia, you'll find Freeman at Vancouver's famous Blunt Brothers marijuana bar.
In a scene in "The Sum of All Fears" (2002) starring Freeman and Ben Affleck, the President states at a White House Correspondents" dinner that he smoked marijuana back in Vietnam and then jokes that means he'll get the California vote.
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