Morgan Freeman

Morgan Freeman (born June 1, 1937) is an American actor who was born in Memphis, Tennessee. Although he has said in interviews that he has never been cast opposite of a love interest in any of his movies, Freeman has been married twice. His first marriage was to Jeanette Adair Bradshaw (22 October 1967 - 1979) (divorced). His second was to Myrna Colley-Lee (16 June 1984 - present). He has two children from each of his wives. His son's names are Alphonse and Saifoulaye. His daughter's are Deena (who was adopted) and Morgana. Freeman worked as a mechanic in the U.S. Air Force. He has also earned his private pilot's license.

Filmography

  • Batman Begins (2005)
  • Million Dollar Baby (2004)
  • The Big Bounce (2004)
  • Bruce Almighty (2003)
  • Dreamcatcher (2003)
  • The Sum of All Fears (2002)
  • High Crimes (2002)
  • Along Came a Spider (2001)
  • Deep Impact (1998)
  • Amistad (1997)
  • Kiss the Girls (1997)
  • Moll Flanders (1996)
  • Se7en (1995)
  • Outbreak (1995)
  • The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
  • The Power of One(1992)
  • Unforgiven (1992)
  • Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)
  • The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990)
  • Glory (1989)
  • Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
  • Lean on Me (1989)
  • Street Smart (1987)
  • The Electric Company (1971) - tv series

Awards

  • 1986 Nominated for Oscar for Best Supporting Actor, in Street Smart.
  • 1989 Nominated for Oscar for Best Actor for his role as a chauffeur in Driving Miss Daisy.
  • 1994 Nominated for Oscar for Best Actor, in The Shawshank Redemption.

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He has also earned his private pilot's license. In the meantime, he is still acting and is a recurring contributor to The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Air Force. Tom Green's autobiography, titled Hollywood Causes Cancer (co-written with Allen Rucker), was released on October 12, 2004. Freeman worked as a mechanic in the U.S. Nevertheless, it was cancelled by MTV a few months after it premiered. His daughter's are Deena (who was adopted) and Morgana. Marking a change from his earlier work, he was compared in print to a young Johnny Carson or David Letterman.

His son's names are Alphonse and Saifoulaye. In 2003, Green returned with a nightly talk show on MTV called, appropriately, "The New Tom Green Show". He has two children from each of his wives. Their Hollywood house also burned down. His second was to Myrna Colley-Lee (16 June 1984 - present). They were divorced on October 15, 2002. His first marriage was to Jeanette Adair Bradshaw (22 October 1967 - 1979) (divorced). Green married actress Drew Barrymore on July 7, 2001, but filed for divorce on December 17, 2001, citing irreconcilable differences.

Although he has said in interviews that he has never been cast opposite of a love interest in any of his movies, Freeman has been married twice. After he was diagnosed with testicular cancer he made a one-hour special of his ordeal, including graphic footage of his own surgery. He also starred in and directed a one-hour special called The Tom Green Subway Monkey Hour, where he tormented strangers in Japan. Morgan Freeman (born June 1, 1937) is an American actor who was born in Memphis, Tennessee. MTV cancelled his TV show in 2000, but he continued to appear on the channel via reruns and other promotional materials. 1994 Nominated for Oscar for Best Actor, in The Shawshank Redemption. Tom's increasing fame made it harder for him to surprise people on the streets, leading him to target mostly seniors and non-English speakers. 1989 Nominated for Oscar for Best Actor for his role as a chauffeur in Driving Miss Daisy. He quickly called for the video to be retired because "It's not fair to 98 Degrees." Later he revealed (or possibly joked) that MTV had pressured him to do so.

1986 Nominated for Oscar for Best Supporting Actor, in Street Smart. After airing the music video on his show and appealing to his audience to request it, the song became a instant #1 hit on Total Request Live. The Electric Company (1971) - tv series. He also wrote a song called "Lonely Swedish (The Bum Bum Song)", which he came up with during MTV's Spring Break while doing a show on a cruise ship. Street Smart (1987). This fame soon netted Tom roles in several Hollywood movies, including Road Trip, Freddy Got Fingered (which he also directed), and Stealing Harvard. Lean on Me (1989). After the show moved to MTV, Tom became famous in the United States.

Driving Miss Daisy (1989). Some of Green's most notable skits include humping a dead moose (referenced by rapper Eminem), having an X-rated lesbian scene painted on his father's car, drinking milk by sucking a cow's udder, and putting a cow head in his parents' bed while they slept. Glory (1989). A number of them involved Green's parents, who consistently appeared to be unamused and occasionally angered by Tom's antics. The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990). His show, The Tom Green Show, typically consisted of stunts played by Tom on unsuspecting people. Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991). In the early 1990s, Green had a short-lived career as a rapper in a band called Organized Rhyme.

Unforgiven (1992). Born in Pembroke, Ontario, Green grew up in Ottawa and had a radio show on the University of Ottawa's campus radio station, CHUO-FM, before getting his first series on local cable TV. The Power of One(1992). Michael Thomas (Tom) Green (born July 30, 1971) is a Canadian shock comic, actor, singer and author. The Shawshank Redemption (1994). Outbreak (1995).

Se7en (1995). Moll Flanders (1996). Kiss the Girls (1997). Amistad (1997).

Deep Impact (1998). Along Came a Spider (2001). High Crimes (2002). The Sum of All Fears (2002).

Dreamcatcher (2003). Bruce Almighty (2003). The Big Bounce (2004). Million Dollar Baby (2004).

Batman Begins (2005).