Morgan Freeman Trivia
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Birth Name: Morgan Freeman
Date of birth: 1 June 1937
Place of Birth: Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Height: 6′ 2½” (1.89 m)
Spouse: Myrna Colley-Lee (16 June 1984 – present) 2 children, Jeanette Adair (22 October 1967 – 1979) (divorced) 2 children.
- Played “Easy Reader” in the children’s TV show “The Electric Company” (1971), which was produced by The Children’s Television Workshop.
- Ranked #31 in Empire (UK) magazine’s “The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time” list. [October 1997]
- Obie for “Coriolanus” and “Mother Courage.” [1980]
- Obie for “The Gospel at Colonus.” [1986]
- Obie for “Driving Miss Daisy.” [1988]
- Sons: Alphonse and Saifoulaye.
- Daughters: Deena (was adopted) and Morgana.
- Received “Hollywood Outstanding Achievement in Acting” Award on 7 August 2000.
- Has said in a televised interview that in all the years he has acted he has never been cast in a romantic lead or has been cast opposite a female love interest in any movie he starred in.
- He was (along with director/actress Billie Allen, director/ playwright Garland Thompson, and journalist Clayton Riley’) a founding member of The Frank Silvera Writers’ Workshop, named after noted Black actor Frank Silvera.
- Has only reprised the same character once. He played Dr. Alex Cross in Kiss the Girls (1997) and then reprised the role in Along Came a Spider (2001).
- Considered joining the Air Force to become a fighter pilot but opted to stay with acting instead.
- Worked as a mechanic in the US Air Force.
- Has recorded a new radio public service announcement about the national parks.
- Recently earned a Private Pilot license.
- May 2001 – Opened the Ground Zero Blues Club in Clarksdale, Mississippi.
- Broadway debut in the musical “Hello, Dolly!” with Pearl Bailey and Cab Calloway.
- Has his own production company, Revelation Entertainment.
- Has starred in two movies based on Stephen King books: Dreamcatcher (2003) and The Shawshank Redemption (1994).
- Has appeared in two films opposite a main character named Jack Ryan: The Sum of All Fears (2002) and The Big Bounce (2004).
- Owns a boat which is berthed in the Caribbean. His busy schedule, however, only allows him to go sailing on it once a year.
- During an interview with Charlie Rose regarding the 10th year anniversary of The Shawshank Redemption (1994), Freeman said he regarded that film, Glory (1989), Driving Miss Daisy (1989), and Unforgiven (1992) as the highlights of his career.
- He is often called the greatest living actor in film, a title he humbly waves off and says he is just “lucky.”
- Was nominated for Broadway’s 1978 Tony Award as Best Actor (Feature Role – Play) for ‘The Mighty Gents.’
- Said in an issue of Life Magazine (February 2005) that he can be seen as an extra in The Pawnbroker (1964)
- Arrived in Los Angeles in 1959 and his first job was as a clerk typist.
- Speaks fluent French. He gave an introductory speech in French to the crowd of extras gathered in Montreal’s Olympic Stadium to portray the Baltimore Super Bowl audience in the Sum of all Fears.
- In May 2005, he won the right to the Internet domain name www.morganfreeman.com from the company Mighty LLC, of Charlestown, Saint Kitts and Nevis in a UN panel.
- Applied in 2004 to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to trademark his name. The trademark application is still pending as of May 2005.
- Most of the characters he has played aren’t written specifically for an African-American actor.
- In 1980 he won an Villiage Voice Obie award for his performances in Mother Courage and Coriolanus
- Won a second Villiage Voice Obie Award in 1984 for his performance in Gospel at Colonus
- Won a third Village Voice Obie for his performance in Driving Miss Daisy in 1987
- Keeps his Oscar statuette inside a cabinet which resides in his office. The cabinet was built by a good friend of his in 1998 especially for the Oscar that his good friend predicted he would win. It even came with a plaque that read: “No Parking. Reserved for Oscar.”
- Member of the jury at the Berlin International Film Festival 1994
- He has played two men who teach someone to box in two separate films. First he played Geel Piet in The Power Of One (1992) and then he played Eddie ‘Scrap Iron’ Dupree in Million Dollar Baby (2004).
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