The Big Picture: Morgan Freeman Career & Biographical Notes: Was a cast member in the 1970s children's series "The Electric Company" Has portrayed Malcolm X, Nelson Mandela and God Shares his birthday, June 1st, with fellow "God" Alanis Morisette Has narrated every film made in the past decade

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Morgan Freeman Trivia Quizzes
at HowWellDoYouKnow.com:

• 12/31/10-1/6/11
• Batman Begins
• Bruce Almighty
• Dark Knight (Part I), The
• Dark Knight (Part II), The
• Driving Miss Daisy
• Gone Baby Gone
• Lean on Me
• Lego Movie, The
• Lucy
• Million Dollar Baby
• Now You See Me
• Olympus Has Fallen
• People Working Together
• Red
• Robin Hood Prince of Thieves
• Se7en
• Shawshank Redemption, The
• Wanted

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Recent Movies:

Film	Date	Rating	Screens	Opening	Total	Box Office
Invictus	12/11/09	PG			25.64	Info
The Lonely Maiden	5/29/09	N/A
The Dark Knight	7/18/08	PG-13			505.42	Info
Wanted	6/27/08	R			129.73	Info
Gone Baby Gone	10/19/07	R			17.59	Info
Feast of Love	9/28/07	N/A
Evan Almighty	6/22/07	N/A
Lucky Number Slevin	4/7/06	R	1984	7.03	22.44	Info
An Unfinished Life	9/9/05	PG-13	139	1.01	8.26	Info
Batman Begins	6/15/05	PG-13	3858	48.75	205.09	Info
Unleashed	5/13/05	R	1957	10.90	24.52	Info
Million Dollar Baby	12/17/04	PG-13	8	0.18	100.42	Info
The Big Bounce	1/30/04	PG-13	2304	3.34	6.47	Info
Bruce Almighty	5/23/03	PG-13	3483	85.73	242.60	Info
Dreamcatcher	3/21/03	R	2945	15.03	33.69	Info
The Sum of All Fears	5/31/02	PG-13	3183	31.18	118.47	Info
High Crimes	4/5/02	PG-13	2717	14.01	41.54	Info

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Awards:

2004
Million Dollar Baby

• Win: Best Supporting Actor, Academy Awards
• Win: Best Supporting Actor, Screen Actors' Guild
• Runner-Up: Best Supporting Actor, Los Angeles Film Critics
• Runner-Up: Best Supporting Actor, Broadcast Film Critics Association
• Runner-Up: Best Supporting Actor, National Society of Film Critics
• Runner-Up: Best Supporting Actor, Golden Globes
• Runner-Up: Best Supporting Actor, Southeastern Film Critics Association
• Runner-Up: Best Supporting Actor, BOP's Calvin Awards

1994
The Shawshank Redemption

• Runner-Up: Best Actor, Academy Awards
• Runner-Up: Best Actor - Drama, Golden Globes
• Runner-Up: Best Actor, Screen Actors' Guild

1989
Driving Miss Daisy

• Runner-Up: Best Actor, Academy Awards
• Win: Best Actor - Musical or Comedy, Golden Globes

1987
Street Smart

• Runner-Up: Best Supporting Actor, Academy Awards
• Runner-Up: Best Supporting Actor, Golden Globes

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