1937-06-01 Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Morgan Freeman (born June 1, 1937) is an American actor, director, and narrator. Noted for his distinctive deep voice, Freeman is known for his various roles in a wide variety of film genres. Throughout his career spanning over five decades, he has received multiple accolades, including an Academy Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a Golden Globe Award. Born in Memphis, Tennessee, Freeman was raised in Mississippi where he began acting in school plays. He studied theatre arts in Los Angeles and appeared in stage productions in his early career. He rose to fame in the 1970s for his role in the children's television series The Electric Company. Freeman then appeared in the Shakespearean plays Coriolanus and Julius Caesar, the former of which earned him an Obie Award. His breakout role was in Street Smart (1987), playing a hustler, which earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. He achieved further stardom in Glory, the biographical drama Lean on Me, and comedy-drama Driving Miss Daisy (all 1989), the latter of which garnered him his first Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. In 1992, Freeman starred alongside Clint Eastwood in the western revenge film Unforgiven; this would be the first of several collaborations with Eastwood. In 1994, he starred in the prison drama The Shawshank Redemption for which he received another Academy Award nomination. Freeman also starred in David Fincher's crime thriller Se7en (1995), and Steven Spielberg's historical drama Amistad (1997). Freeman won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Clint Eastwood's 2004 sports drama Million Dollar Baby. In 2009, he received his fifth Oscar nomination for playing former South African President Nelson Mandela in Eastwood's Invictus. Freeman is also known for his performance as Lucius Fox in Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Trilogy (2005–2012). In addition to acting, Freeman has directed the drama Bopha! (1993). He also founded film production company Revelations Entertainment with business partner Lori McCreary. He is the recipient of the Kennedy Center Honor, the AFI Life Achievement Award, the Cecil B. DeMille Award, and the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award. For his performances in theatrical productions, he has won three Obie Awards, one of the most prestigious honors for recognizing excellence in theatre.
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Now You See Me: Now You Don't | Thaddeus Bradley | 2025-11-12 |
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Clint Eastwood : la légende | Self | 2025-05-23 |
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Gunner | Kendrick Ryker | 2024-08-16 |
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Odysseus Returns | Narrator | 2024-01-17 |
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SBALKANU | (narrator) | 2024-12-22 |
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How to Rob a Bank | Azeem (archive footage) | 2024-06-04 |
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My Dead Friend Zoe | Dr. Cole | 2024-03-09 |
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57 Seconds | Anton Burrell | 2023-09-29 |
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A Good Person | Daniel | 2023-03-23 |
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761st Tank Battalion: The Original Black Panthers | Self | 2023-08-20 |
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The Ritual Killer | Dr. Mackles | 2023-03-09 |
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Sidney | Self | 2022-09-10 |
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Betty White: A Celebration | Self | 2022-01-17 |
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Clint Eastwood, la dernière légende | Self (archive footage) | 2022-11-13 |
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The Minute You Wake Up Dead | Sheriff Thurmond Fowler | 2022-11-04 |
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Paradise Highway | Gerick | 2022-07-29 |
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Power of Chi | Narrator (voice) | 2022-01-01 |
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Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It | Self | 2021-06-18 |
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Coming 2 America | Morgan Freeman | 2021-03-04 |
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Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking | Self | 2021-07-10 |
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Morgan Freeman: Breaking Barriers | Self | 2021-01-01 |
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Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard | Senior | 2021-06-14 |
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Vanquish | Damon | 2021-04-16 |
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Meeting the Beatles in India | Narrator (voice) | 2020-09-09 |
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Into Nature's Wild | Narrator (voice) | 2020-02-14 |
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The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II | Self | 2020-05-10 |
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The Comeback Trail | Reggie Fontaine | 2020-11-12 |
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Panama Canal in 3D a Land Divided a World United | Self | 2019-02-27 |
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Brian Banks | Jerome Johnson (uncredited) | 2019-08-09 |
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The Poison Rose | Doc | 2019-05-23 |
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Angel Has Fallen | Alan Trumbull | 2019-08-21 |
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America's Musical Journey | Narrator (voice) | 2018-05-17 |
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Die Clint Eastwood Story | Self | 2018-02-07 |
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The Nutcracker and the Four Realms | Drosselmeyer | 2018-10-26 |
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Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies | Self | 2017-11-12 |
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Just Getting Started | Duke | 2017-12-01 |
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John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs | Self | 2017-08-01 |
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The Words That Built America | Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence | 2017-07-04 |
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Going in Style | Willie Davis | 2017-04-06 |
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L'empereur | Narrator (English voice) | 2017-02-15 |
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London Has Fallen | Alan Trumbull | 2016-03-02 |
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Now You See Me 2 | Thaddeus Bradley | 2016-06-02 |
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Ben-Hur | Sheik Ilderim | 2016-08-17 |
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The C Word | Narrator (voice) | 2016-07-28 |
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Ted 2 | Patrick Meighan | 2015-06-25 |
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JFK & LBJ: A Time for Greatness | Narrator (voice) | 2015-08-04 |
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Momentum | Senator | 2015-10-15 |
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Last Knights | Bartok | 2015-04-03 |
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Lucy | Professor Norman | 2014-07-25 |
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We the People | Narrator (voice) | 2014-01-06 |
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Wish Wizard | Maxwell Omni | 2014-04-29 |
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5 Flights Up | Alex Carver | 2014-05-10 |
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Island of Lemurs: Madagascar | Narrator (voice) | 2014-04-03 |
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The Lego Movie | Vitruvius (voice) | 2014-02-06 |
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Transcendence | Joseph Tagger | 2014-04-16 |
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Dolphin Tale 2 | Dr. Cameron McCarthy | 2014-09-11 |
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Now You See Me | Thaddeus Bradley | 2013-05-29 |
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Oblivion | Beech | 2013-04-10 |
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Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot | Self | 2013-01-15 |
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Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story | Self | 2013-04-27 |
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JFK: A President Betrayed | Narrator (voice) | 2013-11-23 |
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Olympus Has Fallen | Alan Trumbull | 2013-03-20 |
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Last Vegas | Archibald 'Archie' Clayton | 2013-10-31 |
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The Editor and The Dragon: Horace Carter Fights the Klan | Narrator (voice) | 2013-01-01 |
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B.B. King: The Life of Riley | Narrator (voice) | 2012-10-15 |
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The Magic of Belle Isle | Monte Wildhorn | 2012-07-06 |
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Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl | Self | 2012-01-16 |
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Ending the Knight | Self | 2012-12-04 |
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Echoes 'Cross the Tracks | Self | 2012-03-01 |
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Le frontiere dell'Astronomia - EP-7 Vite aliene nel cosmo | Narratore | 2012-03-21 |
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The Dark Knight Rises | Fox | 2012-07-17 |
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Quebrando o Tabu | Narrator (voice) | 2011-06-03 |
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Dolphin Tale | Dr. McCarthy | 2011-09-22 |
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Conan the Barbarian | Narrator (voice) | 2011-08-17 |
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Born to Be Wild | Narrator (voice) | 2011-04-08 |
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Clint Eastwood's West | Self | 2011-07-06 |
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For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots | Self (voice) | 2010-01-01 |
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The President's Photographer: Fifty Years Inside the Oval Office | Narrator (voice) | 2010-11-24 |
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The 16th Man | Narrator (voice) | 2010-05-04 |
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The Eastwood Factor | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2010-02-16 |
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RED | Joe Matheson | 2010-10-13 |
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The Maiden Heist | Charles Peterson | 2009-05-09 |
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The People Speak | Self | 2009-12-13 |
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Invictus | Nelson Mandela | 2009-12-11 |
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Thick as Thieves | Keith Ripley | 2009-01-09 |
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Prom Night in Mississippi | Narrator (voice) | 2009-01-15 |
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Where the Water Meets the Sky | 2008-06-06 | |
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The Dark Knight | Lucius Fox | 2008-07-16 |
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A Raisin in the Sun | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | 2008-02-25 |
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Wanted | Sloan | 2008-06-19 |
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All About Us | Self | 2007-10-01 |
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The Bucket List | Carter Chambers | 2007-12-25 |
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Gone Baby Gone | Jack Doyle | 2007-09-18 |
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Evan Almighty | God | 2007-06-09 |
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Feast of Love | Harry Stevenson | 2007-09-28 |
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AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition | Self | 2007-06-20 |
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The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays | Jaques (segment "As You Like It") | 2006-05-02 |
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10 Items or Less | 'Him' | 2006-09-11 |
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The Contract | Frank Carden | 2006-04-05 |
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Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters | Self | 2006-06-13 |
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Lucky Number Slevin | The Boss | 2006-02-24 |
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The Electric Company's Greatest Hits & Bits | Self | 2006-11-25 |
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Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | Neil Armstrong (voice) | 2005-09-23 |
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Unleashed | Sam | 2005-02-02 |
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Nos Bastidores de Hollywood | Self (archive footage) | 2005-03-01 |
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Edison | Ashford | 2005-07-29 |
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An Unfinished Life | Mitch Bradley | 2005-09-09 |
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Blues Divas | Self | 2005-01-22 |
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Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast | Self | 2005-09-02 |
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Born to Fight | Self | 2005-07-12 |
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James Lipton Takes on Three | Self | 2005-07-12 |
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War of the Worlds | Narrator (voice) | 2005-06-28 |
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La Marche de l'empereur | Narrator | 2005-01-26 |
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Batman Begins | Lucius Fox | 2005-06-10 |
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Survivors of the Shoah: Visual History Foundation | 2004-03-09 | |
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Genius. A Night for Ray Charles | Self | 2004-10-07 |
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The Big Bounce | Walter Crewes | 2004-01-30 |
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The Hunting of the President | Narrator (voice) | 2004-04-27 |
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Million Dollar Baby | Eddie Scrap-Iron Dupris | 2004-12-05 |
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Levity | Miles Evans | 2003-03-16 |
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Declaration of Independence | Self | 2003-06-10 |
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Guilty by Association | Lt. Redding | 2003-07-22 |
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Bruce Almighty | God | 2003-05-23 |
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Dreamcatcher | Col. Abraham Curtis | 2003-03-21 |
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Partners of the Heart | Narrator (voice) | 2002-06-01 |
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Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven' | Self | 2002-09-24 |
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All on Accounta Pullin' a Trigger | Self | 2002-09-24 |
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The Sum of All Fears | DCI William Cabot | 2002-05-31 |
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High Crimes | Charlie Grimes | 2002-04-05 |
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Shawshank: The Redeeming Feature | Self | 2001-09-08 |
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Along Came a Spider | Alex Cross | 2001-04-06 |
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Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows | Narrator (voice) | 2000-09-27 |
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Under Suspicion | Captain Victor Benezet | 2000-08-24 |
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Nurse Betty | Charlie | 2000-08-30 |
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Stephen King: Shining in the Dark | Self | 1999-09-09 |
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Hard Rain | Jim | 1998-01-16 |
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Deep Impact | President Tom Beck | 1998-05-08 |
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Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist | Self | 1998-01-01 |
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Amistad | Theodore Joadson | 1997-12-10 |
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Kiss the Girls | Det. Alex Cross | 1997-09-29 |
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The Making of Se7en | Self | 1997-03-25 |
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The Long Way Home | Narrator (voice) | 1997-09-19 |
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Blacklist: Hollywood on Trial | Edward G. Robinson | 1996-02-27 |
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Inside the White House | Narrator (voice) | 1996-01-01 |
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Moll Flanders | Hibble | 1996-06-14 |
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Chain Reaction | Paul Shannon | 1996-08-02 |
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Cosmic Voyage | Narrator (voice) | 1996-08-09 |
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Se7en | Somerset | 1995-09-22 |
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Outbreak | General Billy Ford | 1995-03-10 |
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The Shawshank Redemption | Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding | 1994-09-23 |
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Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven' | Self | 1992-09-17 |
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The Power of One | Geel Piet | 1992-03-27 |
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Unforgiven | Ned Logan | 1992-08-07 |
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The True Story of Glory Continues | Narrator (voice) | 1991-06-19 |
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The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry | Narrator (voice) | 1991-01-01 |
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Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves | Azeem | 1991-06-14 |
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Robin Hood: The Myth, the Man, the Movie | Self | 1991-06-13 |
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Rabbit Ears - The Savior is Born | Narrator (voice) | 1990-09-01 |
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Follow the Drinking Gourd | Narrator (voice) | 1990-09-01 |
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The Bonfire of the Vanities | Judge Leonard White | 1990-12-21 |
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Night of 100 Stars III | Self | 1990-05-21 |
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The Earth Day Special | Walter Samson | 1990-04-22 |
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Johnny Handsome | Lt. A.Z. Drones | 1989-09-12 |
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Glory | Sgt. Maj. John Rawlins | 1989-12-15 |
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Lean On Me | Principal Joe Clark | 1989-03-03 |
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Driving Miss Daisy | Hoke Colburn | 1989-12-13 |
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Clinton and Nadine | Dorsey Pratt | 1988-05-04 |
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Clean and Sober | Craig | 1988-08-10 |
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Street Smart | Leo "Fast Black" Smalls, Jr. | 1987-03-20 |
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Fight for Life | Dr. Sherard | 1987-03-23 |
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Resting Place | Luther Johnson | 1986-04-27 |
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The Execution of Raymond Graham | Warden Pratt | 1985-11-17 |
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Marie: A True Story | Charles Traughber | 1985-09-27 |
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That Was Then... This Is Now | Charlie Woods | 1985-11-08 |
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The Gospel at Colonus | Messenger | 1985-11-08 |
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Teachers | Lewis | 1984-10-05 |
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Harry & Son | Siemanowski | 1984-03-02 |
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Eyewitness | Lieutenant Black | 1981-02-13 |
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The Marva Collins Story | Clarence Collins | 1981-12-01 |
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Death of a Prophet | Malcolm X | 1981-01-01 |
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Brubaker | Walter | 1980-06-20 |
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Attica | Hap Richards | 1980-03-02 |
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Hollow Image | Sweet Talk | 1979-06-24 |
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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry | Uncle Hammer | 1978-06-02 |
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Out to Lunch | Self / Croupier | 1974-12-10 |
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Energy Crisis | Self | 1974-04-05 |
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Blade | Chris | 1973-12-01 |
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Who Says I Can't Ride a Rainbow! | Afro | 1971-11-18 |
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Caught in the Middle | 1970-12-16 | |
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Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? | Grand Central Commuter (uncredited) | 1968-06-19 |
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Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? | Grand Central Commuter | 1968-06-19 |
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A Man Called Adam | Party Guest (uncredited) | 1966-03-16 |
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The Pawnbroker | Man on Street (Uncredited) | 1965-04-20 |
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CLINT | Narrator (voice) | |
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Sniff | Joe Mulwray | |
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Hate to See You Go | Sonny Bell | |
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The Little Bedroom | ||
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The Blues Live On! The Delta Blues Museum | Narrator (voice) |
