06/01/1937
Memphis, Tennessee, USA:
Morgan Freeman (geboren op 1 juni 1937) is een Amerikaanse acteur, regisseur en verteller. Freeman staat bekend om zijn kenmerkende diepe stem en staat bekend om zijn verschillende rollen in een breed scala aan filmgenres. Gedurende zijn carrière van meer dan vijf decennia heeft hij meerdere onderscheidingen ontvangen, waaronder een Academy Award, een Screen Actors Guild Award en een Golden Globe Award. Freeman, geboren in Memphis, Tennessee, groeide op in Mississippi, waar hij begon te acteren in toneelstukken op school. Hij studeerde theaterkunsten in Los Angeles en speelde in het begin van zijn carrière in toneelproducties. Hij werd in de jaren 70 beroemd door zijn rol in de kindertelevisieserie The Electric Company. Freeman verscheen vervolgens in de toneelstukken van Shakespeare Coriolanus en Julius Caesar, waarvan de eerste hem een Obie Award opleverde. Zijn doorbraakrol was in Street Smart (1987), waarin hij een oplichter speelde, wat hem een Academy Award-nominatie opleverde voor beste mannelijke bijrol. Hij verwierf nog meer roem in Glory, het biografische drama Lean on Me en comedy-drama Driving Miss Daisy (allemaal 1989), waarvan de laatste hem zijn eerste Academy Award-nominatie voor Beste Acteur opleverde. In 1992 speelde Freeman samen met Clint Eastwood in de westerse wraakfilm Unforgiven; dit zou de eerste van een aantal samenwerkingen met Eastwood zijn. In 1994 speelde hij in het gevangenisdrama The Shawshank Redemption waarvoor hij nog een Academy Award-nominatie ontving. Freeman speelde ook in David Fincher's misdaadthriller Se7en (1995), en Steven Spielberg's historische drama Amistad (1997). Freeman won de Academy Award voor beste mannelijke bijrol voor zijn rol in het sportdrama Million Dollar Baby van Clint Eastwood uit 2004. In 2009 ontving hij zijn vijfde Oscar-nominatie voor het spelen van de voormalige Zuid-Afrikaanse president Nelson Mandela in Invictus van Eastwood. Freeman staat ook bekend om zijn optreden als Lucius Fox in Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Trilogy (2005-2012). Naast acteren heeft Freeman het drama Bopha! (1993). Hij richtte ook het filmproductiebedrijf Revelations Entertainment op met zakenpartner Lori McCreary. Hij is de ontvanger van de Kennedy Center Honor, de AFI Life Achievement Award, de Cecil B. DeMille Award en de Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award. Voor zijn optredens in theaterproducties heeft hij drie Obie Awards gewonnen, een van de meest prestigieuze onderscheidingen voor het erkennen van uitmuntendheid in theater.
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Now You See Me: Now You Don't (2025) as Thaddeus Bradley |
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Clint Eastwood : la légende (2025) as Self |
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The Power of Chi (2025) as (narrator) |
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SBALKANU (2024) as (narrator) |
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Gunner (2024) as Kendrick Ryker |
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How to Rob a Bank (2024) as Azeem (archive footage) |
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My Dead Friend Zoe (2024) as Dr. Cole |
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Odysseus Returns (2024) as Narrator |
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57 Seconds (2023) as Anton Burrell |
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761st Tank Battalion: The Original Black Panthers (2023) as Self |
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A Good Person (2023) as Daniel |
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The Ritual Killer (2023) as Dr. Mackles |
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Metro Boomin: Heroes & Villains (2022) as |
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Clint Eastwood, la dernière légende (2022) as Self (archive footage) |
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The Minute You Wake Up Dead (2022) as Sheriff Thurmond Fowler |
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Sidney (2022) as Self |
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Paradise Highway (2022) as Gerick |
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Betty White: A Celebration (2022) as Self |
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Power of Chi (2022) as Narrator (voice) |
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Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking (2021) as Self |
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Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It (2021) as Self |
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Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard (2021) as Senior |
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Vanquish (2021) as Damon |
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Coming 2 America (2021) as Morgan Freeman |
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Morgan Freeman: Breaking Barriers (2021) as Self |
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The Comeback Trail (2020) as Reggie Fontaine |
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Meeting the Beatles in India (2020) as Narrator (voice) |
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The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II (2020) as Self |
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Into Nature's Wild (2020) as Narrator (voice) |
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Angel Has Fallen (2019) as Alan Trumbull |
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Brian Banks (2019) as Jerome Johnson (uncredited) |
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The Poison Rose (2019) as Doc |
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Panama Canal in 3D a Land Divided a World United (2019) as Self |
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The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018) as Drosselmeyer |
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America's Musical Journey (2018) as Narrator (voice) |
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Die Clint Eastwood Story (2018) as Self |
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Just Getting Started (2017) as Duke |
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Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies (2017) as Self |
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John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs (2017) as Self |
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The Words That Built America (2017) as Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence |
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Going in Style (2017) as Willie Davis |
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L'empereur (2017) as Narrator (English voice) |
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Ben-Hur (2016) as Sheik Ilderim |
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The C Word (2016) as Narrator (voice) |
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Now You See Me 2 (2016) as Thaddeus Bradley |
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London Has Fallen (2016) as Alan Trumbull |
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Momentum (2015) as Senator |
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JFK & LBJ: A Time for Greatness (2015) as Narrator (voice) |
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Ted 2 (2015) as Patrick Meighan |
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Last Knights (2015) as Bartok |
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Dolphin Tale 2 (2014) as Dr. Cameron McCarthy |
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Lucy (2014) as Professor Norman |
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5 Flights Up (2014) as Alex Carver |
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Wish Wizard (2014) as Maxwell Omni |
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Transcendence (2014) as Joseph Tagger |
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Island of Lemurs: Madagascar (2014) as Narrator (voice) |
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The Lego Movie (2014) as Vitruvius (voice) |
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We the People (2014) as Narrator (voice) |
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JFK: A President Betrayed (2013) as Narrator (voice) |
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Last Vegas (2013) as Archibald 'Archie' Clayton |
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Now You See Me (2013) as Thaddeus Bradley |
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Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story (2013) as Self |
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Oblivion (2013) as Beech |
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Olympus Has Fallen (2013) as Alan Trumbull |
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Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot (2013) as Self |
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The Editor and The Dragon: Horace Carter Fights the Klan (2013) as Narrator (voice) |
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Ending the Knight (2012) as Self |
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B.B. King: The Life of Riley (2012) as Narrator (voice) |
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The Dark Knight Rises (2012) as Fox |
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The Magic of Belle Isle (2012) as Monte Wildhorn |
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Le frontiere dell'Astronomia - EP-7 Vite aliene nel cosmo (2012) as Narratore |
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Echoes 'Cross the Tracks (2012) as Self |
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Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl (2012) as Self |
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Dolphin Tale (2011) as Dr. McCarthy |
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Conan the Barbarian (2011) as Narrator (voice) |
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Clint Eastwood's West (2011) as Self |
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Quebrando o Tabu (2011) as Narrator (voice) |
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Born to Be Wild (2011) as Narrator (voice) |
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The President's Photographer: Fifty Years Inside the Oval Office (2010) as Narrator (voice) |
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RED (2010) as Joe Matheson |
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The 16th Man (2010) as Narrator (voice) |
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The Eastwood Factor (2010) as Self - Narrator (voice) |
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The People Speak (2009) as Self |
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Invictus (2009) as Nelson Mandela |
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The Maiden Heist (2009) as Charles Peterson |
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Prom Night in Mississippi (2009) as Narrator (voice) |
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Thick as Thieves (2009) as Keith Ripley |
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The Dark Knight (2008) as Lucius Fox |
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The Love Guru (2008) as Morgan Freemann (voice only) (uncredited) |
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Wanted (2008) as Sloan |
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Where the Water Meets the Sky (2008) as |
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A Raisin in the Sun (2008) as Narrator (voice) (uncredited) |
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The Bucket List (2007) as Carter Chambers |
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All About Us (2007) as Self |
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Feast of Love (2007) as Harry Stevenson |
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Gone Baby Gone (2007) as Jack Doyle |
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AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition (2007) as Self |
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Evan Almighty (2007) as God |
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The Electric Company's Greatest Hits & Bits (2006) as Self |
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Greasy Rider (2006) as |
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10 Items or Less (2006) as 'Him' |
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Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters (2006) as Self |
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The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays (2006) as Jaques (segment "As You Like It") |
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The Contract (2006) as Frank Carden |
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Lucky Number Slevin (2006) as The Boss |
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Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon (2005) as Neil Armstrong (voice) |
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An Unfinished Life (2005) as Mitch Bradley |
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Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast (2005) as Self |
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Edison (2005) as Ashford |
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James Lipton Takes on Three (2005) as Self |
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Born to Fight (2005) as Self |
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War of the Worlds (2005) as Narrator (voice) |
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Batman Begins (2005) as Lucius Fox |
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Nos Bastidores de Hollywood (2005) as Self (archive footage) |
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Unleashed (2005) as Sam |
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La Marche de l'empereur (2005) as Narrator |
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Blues Divas (2005) as Self |
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Million Dollar Baby (2004) as Eddie Scrap-Iron Dupris |
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Genius. A Night for Ray Charles (2004) as Self |
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The Hunting of the President (2004) as Narrator (voice) |
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Survivors of the Shoah: Visual History Foundation (2004) as |
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The Big Bounce (2004) as Walter Crewes |
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Guilty by Association (2003) as Lt. Redding |
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Declaration of Independence (2003) as Self |
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Bruce Almighty (2003) as God |
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Dreamcatcher (2003) as Col. Abraham Curtis |
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Levity (2003) as Miles Evans |
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All on Accounta Pullin' a Trigger (2002) as Self |
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Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven' (2002) as Self |
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Partners of the Heart (2002) as Narrator (voice) |
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The Sum of All Fears (2002) as DCI William Cabot |
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High Crimes (2002) as Charlie Grimes |
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Shawshank: The Redeeming Feature (2001) as Self |
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Along Came a Spider (2001) as Alex Cross |
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Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows (2000) as Narrator (voice) |
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Nurse Betty (2000) as Charlie |
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Under Suspicion (2000) as Captain Victor Benezet |
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Stephen King: Shining in the Dark (1999) as Self |
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Deep Impact (1998) as President Tom Beck |
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Hard Rain (1998) as Jim |
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Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist (1998) as Self |
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Amistad (1997) as Theodore Joadson |
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Kiss the Girls (1997) as Det. Alex Cross |
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The Long Way Home (1997) as Narrator (voice) |
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The Making of Se7en (1997) as Self |
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Cosmic Voyage (1996) as Narrator (voice) |
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Chain Reaction (1996) as Paul Shannon |
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Moll Flanders (1996) as Hibble |
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Blacklist: Hollywood on Trial (1996) as Edward G. Robinson |
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Inside the White House (1996) as Narrator (voice) |
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Se7en (1995) as Somerset |
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Outbreak (1995) as General Billy Ford |
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The Shawshank Redemption (1994) as Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding |
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Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven' (1992) as Self |
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Unforgiven (1992) as Ned Logan |
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The Power of One (1992) as Geel Piet |
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The True Story of Glory Continues (1991) as Narrator (voice) |
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Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) as Azeem |
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Robin Hood: The Myth, the Man, the Movie (1991) as Self |
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The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry (1991) as Narrator (voice) |
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The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990) as Judge Leonard White |
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Rabbit Ears - The Savior is Born (1990) as Narrator (voice) |
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Follow the Drinking Gourd (1990) as Narrator (voice) |
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Night of 100 Stars III (1990) as Self |
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The Earth Day Special (1990) as Walter Samson |
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Glory (1989) as Sgt. Maj. John Rawlins |
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Driving Miss Daisy (1989) as Hoke Colburn |
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Johnny Handsome (1989) as Lt. A.Z. Drones |
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Lean On Me (1989) as Principal Joe Clark |
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Clean and Sober (1988) as Craig |
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Clinton and Nadine (1988) as Dorsey Pratt |
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Fight for Life (1987) as Dr. Sherard |
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Street Smart (1987) as Leo "Fast Black" Smalls, Jr. |
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Resting Place (1986) as Luther Johnson |
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The Execution of Raymond Graham (1985) as Warden Pratt |
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That Was Then... This Is Now (1985) as Charlie Woods |
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The Gospel at Colonus (1985) as Messenger |
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Marie: A True Story (1985) as Charles Traughber |
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Teachers (1984) as Lewis |
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Harry & Son (1984) as Siemanowski |
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The Marva Collins Story (1981) as Clarence Collins |
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Eyewitness (1981) as Lieutenant Black |
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Death of a Prophet (1981) as Malcolm X |
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Brubaker (1980) as Walter |
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Attica (1980) as Hap Richards |
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Hollow Image (1979) as Sweet Talk |
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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (1978) as Uncle Hammer |
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Out to Lunch (1974) as Self / Croupier |
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Energy Crisis (1974) as Self |
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Blade (1973) as Chris |
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Who Says I Can't Ride a Rainbow! (1971) as Afro |
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Caught in the Middle (1970) as |
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Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? (1968) as Grand Central Commuter |
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Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? (1968) as Grand Central Commuter (uncredited) |
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A Man Called Adam (1966) as Party Guest (uncredited) |
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The Pawnbroker (1965) as Man on Street (Uncredited) |
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The Little Bedroom () as |
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The Blues Live On! The Delta Blues Museum () as Narrator (voice) |
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Sniff () as Joe Mulwray |
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Hate to See You Go () as Sonny Bell |
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CLINT () as Narrator (voice) |
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In Our Blood (2025) Executive Producer |
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761st Tank Battalion: The Original Black Panthers (2023) Executive Producer |
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Ogun Óla: War is Coming (2022) Producer |
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The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain (2021) Executive Producer |
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5 Flights Up (2014) Producer |
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The 16th Man (2010) Producer |
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Invictus (2009) Executive Producer |
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Levity (2003) Executive Producer |
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Along Came a Spider (2001) Executive Producer |
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Under Suspicion (2000) Executive Producer |
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Mutiny (1999) Executive Producer |
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Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist (1998) Thanks |
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Bopha! (1993) Director |
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Hate to See You Go () Producer |
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Break Out () Executive Producer |
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Last Meals () Producer |
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Rendezvous with Rama () Producer |