Morgan Freeman / filmography
Morgan Freeman's filmography names the films in which the film actor Morgan Freeman has starred. Freeman has starred in numerous films since the 1960s and has received a number of awards.
He made his film debut as an extra as a man on the street in the 1964 film The Pawnbroker by Sidney Lumet , where he was not mentioned. He also only had extras in the following two films. He was first mentioned as a supporting character in Who Says I Can't Ride a Rainbow! from 1971. In America he was first known as the actor of Count Dracula in the children's program The Electric Company from 1971 to 1977. In addition to numerous movies in the United States, Freeman was also seen in many television films and series and also acted in some documentaries on the history of the United States. In 1988 he was nominated for the first time for an Oscar for his supporting role in Glitzernder Asphalt , again in 1990 as a leading actor in Miss Daisy and Her Chauffeur and in 1994 in The Condemned . He received his first and only Oscar for supporting actor in Million Dollar Baby in 2005.
Explanation
- Year: Calls the year in which the film first appeared.
- German title: gives the German title of the film. Some films never appeared in Germany.
- Original title: gives the original title of the film.
- Director: Name the director of the film.
- Genre: Mention the genre of the film (e.g. adventure film , science fiction , horror film , comedy or drama ).
- Min .: States the original length of the film in the theatrical version in minutes. Some films were later cut, sometimes only for German film distributors. Movies have 24 frames per second. On television or on DVD, films are shown in the phase alternating line system (PAL) with 25 full frames per second, see PAL acceleration . As a result, the running time of the films in the cinema is four percent longer than on television, which means a running time of 96 minutes on television with a cinema running time of 100 minutes.
- Credit : States whether Morgan Freeman is featured in the film in the opening and / or closing credits (yes), or not (no).
- Role: Outlines the role of Morgan Freemans. Further information on the film can be found under Note .
Movies
The list of films includes all of the feature films in which Morgan Freeman has played a role, as well as a selection of television series with his participation. Also included is a selection of films in which he has a speaking role. had as a narrator.
contents | 1960s | 1970s | 1980s | 1990s | 2000s | 2010s |
year | German title | Original title | Director | genre | Min. | Credit | role |
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1960s | |||||||
1964 | The pawnbroker | The Pawnbroker | Sidney Lumet | drama | 116 | No | Man on the street |
1966 | - | A Man Called Adam | Leo Penn | drama | 99 | No | Man at a party |
1968 | Where were you when the lights went out? | Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? | Hy Averback | comedy | 89 | No | Commuters at Grand Central |
1970s | |||||||
1971 | - | Who Says I Can't Ride a Rainbow! | Edward Mann | drama | 85 | Yes | Afro |
1971-1977 | - | The Electric Company | - | TV series, children's series | 780 episodes of 28 | Yes | various, including Count Dracula |
1973 | Blade - The contrabull | Blade | Ernest Pintoff | Thriller, mystery | 90 | Yes | |
1974 | - | Out to lunch | Bill Davis | Family film, television film | 60 | Yes | different characters |
1978 | - | Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry | Jack Smight | Drama, television movie | 110 | Yes | Uncle hammer |
1978 | - | Visions: Charlie Smith and the Fritter Tree | Fred Barzyk | Drama, TV Series: Season 3, Episode 1 | n / A | Yes | |
1979 | - | Coriolanus | Wilford Leach | drama | n / A | Yes | Coriolanus in the drama Coriolanus by William Shakespeare |
1979 | - | Julius Caesar | Michael Langham | drama | n / A | Yes | Gaius Servilius Casca , friend and one of the murderers of Gaius Iulius Caesar |
1979 | - | Hollow image | Marvin J. Chomsky | Drama, television movie | 110 | Yes | Ralph 'Sweet Talk' Simmons |
1980s | |||||||
1980 | Attica - revolt behind bars | Attica | Marvin J. Chomsky | Drama, television movie | 97 | Yes | |
1980 | Brubaker | Brubaker | Stuart Rosenberg | drama | 97 | Yes | Walter, inmate on Wakefield Prison Death Row; the prison director Brubaker ensures that he and other inmates get daily exits. |
1980 | Malcolm X - Death of a Prophet | Death of a Prophet | Woodie King Jr. | Drama, biography | 97 | Yes | Malcolm X , an American leader of the black civil rights movement. |
1981 | the eye witness | Eyewitness | Peter Yates | thriller | 103 | Yes | Lieutenant Black, police investigating the murder of businessman Long |
1981 | - | Texas | n / A | Drama, TV series: episodes 1260 and 1266 | 60 | Yes | Detective Michaels |
1981 | - | Ryan's Hope | n / A | Drama, TV series: episodes 1619 and 1620 | 30th | Yes | Cicero Murphy |
1981 | Love is my strongest weapon | The Marva Collins Story | Peter Levin | Drama, biography, television film | 100 | Yes | Clarence Collins, husband of the black teacher Marva Collins |
1982-1984 | - | Another world | n / A | Drama, television series | 90 | Yes | Dr. Roy Bingham |
1984 | Harry & Son | Harry & Son | Paul Newman | drama | 117 | Yes | |
1984 | The rebels | Teachers | Arthur Hiller | Drama, comedy | 107 | Yes | |
1985 | - | The Atlanta Child Murders | n / A | Drama, television series | 245 | Yes | Ben Shelter |
1985 | Marie - a true story | Marie | Roger Donaldson | drama | 112 | Yes | |
1985 | Guys out of control | That Was Then ... This Is Now | Christopher Cain | drama | 102 | Yes | |
1985 | - | Great Performances: The Gospel at Colonus | Kirk Browning | Music, TV Series: Season 14, Episode 2 | 132 | Yes | announcer |
1985 | Unknown dimensions : Dealer's choice | Twilight Zone: Dealer's Choice | Wes Craven | Mystery, TV Series: Season 1, Episode 8 | 60 | Yes | |
1985 | - | The Execution of Raymond Graham | Daniel Petrie | Drama, television movie | 96 | Yes | |
1986 | - | Resting place | John Korty | Drama, television movie | 100 | Yes | |
1987 | Glittering asphalt | Street Smart | Jerry Schatzberg | Crime, drama | 97 | Yes | |
1987 | On a Friday evening | Fight for Life | Elliot Silverstein | Drama, television movie | 95 | Yes | |
1988 | Bloody money | Clinton and Nadine | Jerry Schatzberg | Action, thriller, TV movie | 110 | Yes | |
1988 | Addicted | Clean and Sober | Glenn Gordon Caron | drama | 124 | Yes | |
1989 | The tough principal | Lean on Me | John G. Avildsen | Drama, youth film | 124 | Yes | |
1989 | Johnny Handsome - The handsome Johnny | Johnny Handsome | Walter Hill | drama | 87 | Yes | |
1989 | Miss Daisy and her chauffeur | Driving Miss Daisy | Bruce Beresford | tragicomedy | 99 | Yes | Hoke Colburn, Daisy Werthan's chauffeur; after an accident against the will of Miss Daisy, the black Colburn is hired by her son as her chauffeur and after an initial reluctance the two develop a friendship. |
1989 | Glory | Glory | Edward Zwick | Drama, historical film | 122 | Yes | |
1990s | |||||||
1990 | - | The Civil War | Edward Zwick | Documentary, period film, TV series (9 episodes) | 680 | Yes | |
1990 | Purgatory of the vanities | The Bonfire of the Vanities | Brian De Palma | Drama, comedy | 125 | Yes | |
1991 | Robin Hood - King of Thieves | Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves | Kevin Reynolds | Drama, historical film | 155 | Yes | Azeem, friend and companion of Robin Hood; Azeem comes to England with Robin from Locksley and flees with him into the woods from the Sheriff of Nottingham. |
1991 | - | The American Experience: The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry | Jacqueline Shearer | Period film, TV series: Season 4, Episode 3 | 234 | Yes | teller |
1992 | In the shine of the sun | The Power of One | John G. Avildsen | Sports film | 125 | Yes | |
1992 | Merciless | Unforgiven | Clint Eastwood | Western film | 131 | Yes | Ned Logan, a former gunslinger who, together with his old partner William "Bill" Munny, wants to earn the bounty for two cowboys who have abused a prostitute. Logan decides to get out, but is captured and tortured to death. |
1994 | The condemned | The Shawshank Redemption | Frank Darabont | drama | 142 | Yes | Red (Ellis Boyd "Red" Redding), inmate at Shawshank Detention Center; Narrator and friend of Andy Dufresne |
1995 | Outbreak - silent killers | Outbreak | Wolfgang Petersen | drama | 128 | Yes | General Billy Ford |
1995 | seven | Seven | David Fincher | Thriller, horror | 127 | Yes | Lt. William Somerset, who is supposed to solve the murders of a psychopath. |
1996 | Minor Flanders | Minor Flanders | Pen Densham | drama | 120 | Yes | |
1996 | Out of control | Chain reaction | Andrew Davis | Action movie | 106 | Yes | |
1997 | … Because they are here to be kissed | Kiss the girls | Gary Fleder | thriller | 111 | Yes | Dr. Alex Cross, police psychologist; Dr. Cross learns that his niece has disappeared and goes in search of the kidnapper who kidnapped and murdered several women under the name Casanova. |
1997 | Amistad | Amistad | Steven Spielberg | Period film, court film | 152 | Yes | |
1998 | Hard rain | Hard rain | Mikael Salomon | thriller | 92 | Yes | Jim, boss of a band of robbers who want to ambush a crashed money transporter during a flood caused by rain. |
1998 | Deep impact | Deep impact | Mimi leather | thriller | 120 | Yes | Tom Beck, President of the United States; Beck hires a special team to redirect the comet. |
2000s | |||||||
2000 | Nurse Betty | Nurse Betty | Neil LaBute | Crime, comedy | 110 | Yes | |
2000 | Under Suspicion - Murderous game | Under suspicion | Stephen Hopkins | thriller | 106 | Yes | |
2001 | In the spider's web | Along came a Spider | Lee Tamahori | Crime, thriller | 104 | Yes | Dr. Alex Cross, police psychologist; Dr. Cross becomes involved in the kidnapping of the senator's daughter Megan Rose and is supposed to free her. |
2002 | High Crimes - In the web of lies | High crimes | Carl Franklin | thriller | 110 | Yes | Charles W. Grimes, attorney. Together with Claire Kubik, he takes on the defense of her husband Tom Kubik / Ronald Chapman, who was held responsible for a massacre during an army deployment and charged with multiple murders. |
2002 | The attack | The Sum of All Fears | Phil Alden Robinson | thriller | 119 | Yes | William Cabot, head of the CIA ; Cabot instructs the young Jack Ryan to analyze the new Russian President Nemerov and to assess his role in the Chechnya conflict and the poison gas attacks that have taken place there. Ryan learns that terrorists are behind the attack, who are also converting an atomic bomb and placing it in Baltimore. Cabot dies after the bomb detonates in Baltimore. |
2003 | - | Freedom: A History of Us | n / A | Period film, documentary, TV series (6 episodes) | n / A | Yes | |
2003 | Levity | Levity | Ed Solomon | drama | 100 | Yes | |
2003 | Dreamcatcher | Dreamcatcher | Lawrence Kasdan | Science fiction, horror | 128 | Yes | Colonel Abraham Curtis, Commander of the Blue Boys . Curtis hunts aliens and wants to wipe out all life in a restricted area, in which the protagonists of the film are also staying. |
2003 | Bruce Almighty | Bruce Almighty | Tom Shadyac | comedy | 101 | Yes | God |
2003 | - | Guilty by Association | Howard Gibson , Po Johns | thriller | 80 | Yes | |
2004 | Hawaii Crime Story | The big bounce | George Armitage | comedy | 88 | Yes | |
2004 | - | A Remarkable Promise | James minor | Short film | 9 | Yes | Teller; biographical short film about the American presidential candidate John Kerry |
2004 | Million dollar baby | Million dollar baby | Clint Eastwood | drama | 127 | Yes | Eddie "Scrap" Dupris, janitor of the boxing studio, former boxer and best friend of boxing instructor Frankie Dunn. |
2005 | The journey of the penguins | La marche de l'empereur | Luc Jacquet | documentation | 84 | Yes | speaker |
2005 | Unleashed | Danny The Dog | Louis Leterrier | Action, thriller | 102 | Yes | |
2005 | - | Slavery and the Making of America | n / A | Documentation; TV series, 4 episodes | n / A | Yes | teller |
2005 | Batman Begins | Batman Begins | Christopher Nolan | Action, fantasy | 140 | Yes | Lucius Fox, Wayne Enterprises associate and head of research, who equips Batman with various technical items, including the batsuit and the tumbler. |
2005 | war of the Worlds | War of the Worlds | Steven Spielberg | Action, fantasy | 112 | Yes | teller |
2005 | An untamed life | An unfinished life | Let Hallström | drama | 104 | Yes | |
2005 | Edison - City of Crime | Edison | David J. Burke | drama | 95 | Yes | |
2005 | - | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D | Mark Cowen | documentation | 40 | Yes | Neil Armstrong , voice only |
2006 | Lucky Number Slevin | Lucky Number Slevin | Paul McGuigan | thriller | 109 | Yes | The Boss, a gang boss in New York; the boss and the rabbi, two former partners, are at odds. The boss hires the supposed debtor Nick Fisher to kill the rabbi's son. However, this turns out to be the son of a man who was killed by the boss and the rabbi and is now taking revenge on both of them. |
2006 | 10 Items or Less - You are who you meet | 10 items or less | Brad Silberling | comedy | 77 | Yes | |
2006 | The contract | The contract | Bruce Beresford | thriller | 96 | Yes | |
2007 | Evan almighty | Evan almighty | Tom Shadyac | comedy | 96 | Yes | God |
2007 | Gone Baby Gone - Not child's play | Gone Baby Gone | Ben Affleck | Thriller | 114 | Yes | |
2007 | Magic of love | Feast of Love | Robert Benton | drama | 102 | Yes | |
2007 | The best comes last | The Bucket List | Rob Reiner | tragicomedy | 93 | Yes | Carter Chambers, a mechanic; Chambers meets billionaire Edward Cole at the hospital - both are terminally ill and decide to check off a list of activities they want to experience before they die. |
2008 | Wanted | Wanted | Timur Bekmambetov | Action | 110 | Yes | |
2008 | The Dark Knight | The Dark Knight | Christopher Nolan | Action, fantasy | 152 | Yes | Lucius Fox, Wayne Enterprises Associate and Research Director. |
2008 | A raise in the sun | A raise in the sun | Kenny Leon | drama | 131 | No | Narrator (voice only) |
2008 | Invictus - Unconquered | Invictus | Clint Eastwood | Drama, biography | 134 | Yes | Nelson Mandela , President of South Africa; The film deals with President Mandela's support for the South African national rugby union team ( Springboks ), which is unpopular among the black population, at the 1995 Rugby Union World Cup in South Africa. |
2008 | The Code - Don't trust a thief | The Code | Mimi leather | Thriller | 104 | Yes | Keith Ripley, an art thief. Ripley offers the thief Gabriel Martin a joint art heist in which they want to steal two valuable Fabergé eggs from "Romanov Jewelers Ltd.". |
2008 | Ripe | The Maiden Heist | Peter Hewitt | Thriller | 87 | Yes | |
2010s | |||||||
2010-2013 | Morgan Freeman: Mysteries of the Universe | Through the wormhole | - | Documentary series | 38 episodes of 42 | Yes | Moderator and narrator |
2010 | RED - Older, Harder, Better | RED - Retired. Extremely dangerous | Robert Schwentke | Action | 111 | Yes | Joe Matheson, retired CIA agent; Together with Frank Moses and other former colleagues and opponents, he tries to solve a series of murders that are related to an old mission in Guatemala. |
2011 | Conan | Conan | Marcus Nispel | Fantasy | 113 | Yes | teller |
2011 | My friend the dolphin | Dolphin Tale | Charles Martin Smith | Adventure, animal film | 113 | Yes | Dr. Cameron McCarthy, denture maker. McCarthy is asked to make a tail fin prosthesis for Dolphin Winter. |
2012 | The Dark Knight Rises | The Dark Knight Rises | Christopher Nolan | Action, fantasy | 164 | Yes | Lucius Fox, Wayne Enterprises Associate and Research Director. |
2012 | The Magic of Belle Isle - An Enchanted Summer | The Magic of Belle Isle | Rob Reiner | drama | 111 | Yes | Monty Wildhorn, a former bestselling Western writer; Wildhorn has been dependent on a wheelchair since an accident and has been without inspiration since the death of his wife. During a summer stay in Belle Isle, he met the single mother Charlotte O'Neil and her three daughters and gained a new zest for life. |
2012 | Oblivion | Oblivion | Joseph Kosinski | Science fiction | 125 | Yes | Malcolm Beech, leader of the "looters"; the looters are survivors of a war between mankind and aliens who exploit the earth's resources with the help of clones. Malcolm Beech has the clone Jack Harper (Jack-49) kidnapped and later informs him about the real background of his existence and the war, winning him over as a companion against the aliens. Beech is seriously injured in an attack by drones, but accompanies Jack to the alien spaceship Tet, which both destroy. |
2013 | Olympus Has Fallen - The world in danger | Olympus Has Fallen | Antoine Fuqua | Action | 120 | Yes | Speaker of the House of Representatives Allan Trumbull; By taking the President and Vice President hostage, Trumbull is installed as Acting President and thus also as Commander in Chief of the military. He is in contact with the former Secret Service agent Mike Banning in the White House and plans the rescue mission for the president with him, at the same time he negotiates with the hostage taker Kang, acts as the incumbent president by calling for a withdrawal of the American troops from South Korea. |
2013 | The Incredibles - Now You See Me | Now You See Me | Louis Leterrier | Action, thriller | 115 | Yes | |
2013 | Last Vegas | Last Vegas | Jon Turteltaub | comedy | 105 | Yes | |
2014 | Transcendence | Transcendence | Wally Pfister | Science fiction, mystery | 119 | Yes | Joseph Tagger, teacher and friend of the late Will Caster. When Tagger looks at the facilities built by the Casters, he realizes the danger and joins the technology opponents to stop Caster. |
2014 | Wish Wizard | André Gordon | Fantasy, short film | 18th | Yes | ||
2014 | Lucy | Lucy | Luc Besson | Science fiction, thriller | 89 | Yes | Professor Samuel Norman, a brain researcher; Lucy contacts him after ingesting a drug that uses large parts of the brain's capacity. She visits him and gets advice from him and help with the final transformation. |
2014 | My friend the dolphin 2 | Dolphin Tale 2 | Charles Martin Smith | family | 107 | Yes | Dr. Cameron McCarthy |
2015 | Last Knights - The knights of the 7th order | Last Knights | Kaz I Kiriya | Action, drama | 115 | Yes | Bartok, knight at the imperial court |
2015 | Ted 2 | Ted 2 | Seth MacFarlane | comedy | 115 | Yes | Patrick Meighan |
2015 | Momentum | Momentum | Stephen S. Campanelli | Action thriller | 96 | Yes | senator |
2016 | London Has Fall | London Has Fall | Babak Najafi | Action thriller | 99 | Yes | Vice President Allan Trumbull |
2016 | The Inconceivable 2 | Now You See Me 2 | Jon M. Chu | Action, comedy | 129 | Yes | Thaddeus Bradley |
2016 | Ben Hur | Ben Hur | Timur Bekmambetov | Action, drama | 123 | Yes | Ilderim |
2017 | Finish with style | Going in style | Zach Braff | Detective film, comedy | 96 | Yes | Willie Davis |
2017 | That's just the beginning | Just getting started | Ron Shelton | Action, comedy | 91 | Yes | Duke |
2018 | The Nutcracker and the Four Realms | The Nutcracker and the Four Realms | Let Hallstrom , Joe Johnston | Fantasy | 99 | Yes | The godfather Drosselmeyer |
2019 | The Poison Rose | The Poison Rose | Francesco Cinquemani , George Gallo | thriller | 98 | Yes | Doc |
2019 | Angel Has Fallen | Angel Has Fallen | Ric Roman Waugh | thriller | 112 | Yes | President Trumbull |
Web links
- Morgan Freeman in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Morgan Freeman on All Movie Guide