Morgan Freeman (born June 1, 1937) is an American actor, film director, and narrator who portrayed Allan Trumbull in Olympus Has Fallen, London Has Fallen and Angel Has Fallen. Freeman and Gerard Butler are the only actors who've appeared in all three films of the series.
Accolades and Career[]
Freeman has received Academy Award nominations for his performances in Street Smart, Driving Miss Daisy, The Shawshank Redemption and Invictus and won in 2005 for Million Dollar Baby.
Freeman has appeared in many other box office hits, including: Glory, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Unforgiven, Se7en, Kiss the Girls, Along Came a Spider, Deep Impact, The Sum of All Fears, High Crimes, Bruce Almighty, Dolphin Tale, The Dark Knight trilogy, Oblivion, Now You See Me and Dolphin Tale 2. He also narrated the documentary film March of the Penguins and appeared in Now You See Me 2, the sequel to Now You See Me.
He has frequently collaborated with co-star Ashley Judd in Kiss the Girls, High Crimes, Dolphin Tale and Dolphin Tale 2. He had previously played a U.S. President in Deep Impact and a government official in The Sum of All Fears.
Filmography[]
| Year | Title | Role | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Glory | Sergeant Major John Rawlins | |
| Driving Miss Daisy | Hoke Colburn | ||
| 1991 | Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves | Azeem Edin Bashir Al Bakir | |
| 1992 | Unforgiven | Ned Logan | |
| 1994 | The Shawshank Redemption | Ellis Boyd "Red" Redding, Narrator | |
| 1995 | Seven | Detective Lieutenant William Somerset | |
| 1997 | Amistad | Theodore Joadson | |
| 1998 | Hard Rain | Jim | |
| 1998 | Deep Impact | President Tom Beck | |
| 2002 | The Sum of All Fears | Director William Cabot | |
| 2003 | Bruce Almighty | God | |
| 2005 | Batman Begins | Lucius Fox | |
| 2007 | Evan Almighty | God | |
| The Bucket List | Carter Chambers | ||
| 2008 | The Dark Knight | Lucius Fox | |
| 2009 | The Code | Keith Ripley | |
| The Maiden Heist | Charles Peterson | ||
| 2011 | Conan the Barbarian | Narrator | Voice |
| 2012 | The Dark Knight Rise | Lucius Fox | |
| 2013 | Olympus Has Fallen | Allan Trumbull | |
| 2014–2019 | Madam Secretary | Chief Justice Frawley | 3 episodes; also executive producer |
| 2016 | London Has Fallen | Allan Trumbull | |
| 2019 | Angel Has Fallen | Allan Trumbull | |
| 2021 | The Kominsky Method | Himself | 2 episodes |
| TBA | A Good Person |
Behind the Scenes[]
- Morgan Freeman portrayed Allan Trumbull in Olympus Has Fallen, London Has Fallen, and Angel Has Fallen.
Appearances[]
Credits with other franchise filmmakers[]
- Gerard Butler (8 credits)
- 67th Golden Globe Awards (2010)
- Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief (2010)
- 82nd Academy Awards (2010)
- 69th Golden Globe Awards (2012)
- Olympus Has Fallen (2013)
- 73rd Golden Globe Awards (2016)
- London Has Fallen (2016)
- Angel Has Fallen (2019)
- Aaron Eckhart (4 credits)
- Nurse Betty (2000)
- The Dark Knight (2008)
- Olympus Has Fallen (2013)
- London Has Fallen (2016)
- Danny Huston (2 credits)
- 11th Screen Actors Guild Awards (2005)
- Angel Has Fallen (2019)
- Ashley Judd (8 credits)
- Kiss the Girls (1997)
- 72nd Academy Awards (2000)
- 73rd Academy Awards (2001)
- High Crimes (2002)
- 62nd Golden Globe Awards (2005)
- Dolphin Tale (2011)
- Olympus Has Fallen (2013)
- Dolphin Tale 2 (2014)
- Melissa Leo (6 credits)
- 17th Screen Actors Guild Awards (2011)
- 83rd Academy Awards (2011)
- 84th Academy Awards (2012)
- Olympus Has Fallen (2013)
- Oblivion (2013)
- London Has Fallen (2016)
- Radha Mitchell (5 credits)
- 11th Screen Actors Guild Awards (2005)
- Feast of Love (2007)
- The Code (2009)
- Olympus Has Fallen (2013)
- London Has Fallen (2016)
- Dylan McDermott (4 credits)
- 57th Golden Globe Awards (2000)
- Edison Force (2006)
- Olympus Has Fallen (2013)
- 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards (2020)
- Nick Nolte (4 credits)
- Teachers (1984)
- 45th Golden Globe Awards (1988)
- 84th Academy Awards (2012)
- Angel Has Fallen (2019)
Gallery[]
External Links[]
- Morgan Freeman at the Internet Movie Database
- Morgan Freeman at Wikipedia