Biography
It is now considered to be on the honor with Morgan Freamen on one shooting area, and in the youth, the director found an actor in the infective. The star of Hollywood, a multiple nominee and the owner of cinematic premiums himself, and he himself said: he understood since childhood, what segregation is, and for a dark-skinned, the place was not located with an intelligent expression. It's time for heyday began after 50 years, and it may be for the better - the actor did not break under the burden of fame as some colleagues.Childhood and youth
Morgan Freimen was born on June 1, 1937 in the American city of Memphis. His mother worked as a cleaner, her father had a small hairdresser, but she almost did not bring income. Grandfather actor was officially listed by a slave, after liberation in their papers they wrote "Free MAN", which means "free person." Hence the surname.
Financial difficulties forced the family to move in search of the best destiny. Morgana had to live in Greenwood, Gary and Chicago. In Chicago, he first hit the scene - it was a role in the school play, with which the freeman coped perfectly.
That first experience in childhood helped him decide on a future profession, but first it was necessary to finish school and serve in the army. Five years of service in the Air Force hardened its character.
Morgan Freemen compiled acting skills in the Pasaden theater, then studied theatrical art in College Los Angeles City, where on the advice of the teacher began to do dancing.
Theater
It is the passion for dancing that helped the artist to become a member of the musical theater troupe opera Ring in San Francisco. Playing small roles in several performances, Freeman seriously got up before choosing: Dancing or actor profession. Overlooking a mental gust, the artist chose the second.After that, Morgan tried himself on the Broadway scene in the musical "Hi, Dolly!" In 1968. The original statement was distinguished by the fact that all the roles were performed by black artists.
A year later, the actor played in the stage of theater of the Boh Theater, Edward Paron The Dozens. In the 70s, Fremeno finally got the main role in the Broadway Musical Music of "Purli" based on the book of Osses Davis.
Later he took part in the entrepreneurial performances, alternating them with the work in the cinema. And some roles even tolerated on the screen from the scene. For example, Kolband Hawk, he embodied first in the "Swaper Miss Daisy" setting at John Hausman's theater, and then in the film of the same name.
Films
Popularity came to Fremen in the 70s, when he starred in the famous TV series "Electrical Company". Then there was another role, but the career takeoff did not follow. For almost 9 years, the director forgot about Morgan. He himself explained it by the specificity of age in the work - the young actor did not interest them.
In 43, Freamen was invited to shoot a picture "Brubaker", in which he played a smart middle-aged man. Spectators liked this image - in such an amplua actor filmed in the future.
In 1980-1986, 4 films were published with his participation. Then Morgan Freeman appeared in the image of the Black Fast in the picture "Street Guy". Critics called him a breakthrough. For this role, the actor was nominated immediately into two premiums - the Golden Globe and Oscar, but did not receive them.
Two years later, the Golden Globe was in his home collection for the comedy "Shoyfer Miss Daisy". From that period, Morgan often appeared in the pictures of famous directors. Western "Unprofitable" with his participation received an Oscar in the nomination "The best film of the year".
In 1994, the Contractor for the third time became a nominee for Oscar - this time for the role in the "shoot from Schownka", but again the prize escaped from him.
For the work in Neonouar "Seven", the artist was awarded the "Empire" award. The authors really wanted to see Freamen in the image of William Somerset detective, but, sending the script, expected refusal. That was what Al Pacino came. However, Morgan accepted the offer, later a young Brad Pitt joined him. The film earned positive assessments of viewers and critics.
And the actor received a long-awaited statuette after 10 years for his role in the painting "Baby per million", during the filming of which he worked with the clint of Nisud and Hilary Swank.
In the same period, Morgan played in the comedy picture "Bruce Almighty". And although the main character was presented by the Star Comic Jim Kerry, the role of God went to Fremen. To the question of how the artist was preparing for such work, Morgan replied that he was just enough to read the script. Playing God did not make a job for him.
In the filmography of the actor more than a hundred roles. Many paintings with the participation of Morgana became real hits. At the same time, the actor as appeared on the screen independently, and ranked offscreen text or voiced the characters. The phreamen's voice spoke the narrator in the film Stephen Spielberg "War of the Worlds", the free film release of the Roman Herbert Wells of the same name.
The actor joined the films franchise about Batman filmed by Christopher Nolan based on superhero comic DC publishers. Freeman played the role of the genius inventor Lucius Fox consistently in the films "Batman: the beginning", "Dark Knight" and "Dark Knight: Revival Legends."
Freeman and Jack Nicholsons were involved in the comedy drama "not played in the box." The film became the first swallow in a series of film on the gloomy theme of death, which began to appear almost annually. Carter's son, Morgan Hero, played his real son Alfonso, who, according to the actor, was very worried about how his father would appreciate it on the screen.
The performer appeared in the image of Nelson Mandela in the painting "unprofitable", which was based on a fighter biography with apartheid. The center of the plot is a real episode associated with the events of the 3rd rugby championship in the 1995th.
To learn more about Russia, Fremen had a chance on the set of criminal tape "Codex Vora", the main party in which he divided with Antonio Banderas. Complementing the "Russian theme", the picture of the NOT Gonna Get US group sounded in the picture, familiar to the listeners as a composition "We will not catch up."
In 2010, the actor again starred in a film based on the comic, this time the DC publisher. Morgan played the CIA agent retired in the comedy militant "RED".
In 2013, Freimen got key roles in two blockbusters. In an infrade militant "Fall Olimpa", he embodied the image of the Chamber of Representatives of the United States Allan Trambull. During the filming of the film in the network, the rumor was spreading that the freeman who appeared in the workplace was well dead.
In the criminal thriller "Illusion of Deception", the artist played the former illusionist Tadeusch Bradley, who exposes the secrets of the main characters. The artist received great pleasure from the project, in which, according to his comment, everything is interesting - the script, idea and history.
In 2016, the Freeman played Sheikh Ildyrim in the epic film Timur Bekmambetov "Ben-Gur", the screening of the novel Lew Wallace "Ben-Gur: The History of Christ" and the remake of the 1959 film of the same name.
The actor was invited to the role of Chokeselmeyer in the picture "Nutcracker and four kingdoms" - Disney's adaptation of the fairy tale Ernst Hoffman. The company made up Helen Mirren and Keira Knightley.
Not limited to acting, Freeman founded the Revelation Entertainment production filmmother and worked as a producer. On the account of the company - "repentance" with Holly Hunter and Billy Bean Tornton, "theft in the museum" with Christopher Wacken, "Holiday of Love" with a mill Katich and the screening of the fantastic novel Arthur Clark "Date with Rama". All these projects found a role for Morgan.
In 2019, the premiere of the militant "Drop Angela", the 3rd part of the story about the American Specagegent, struggling with world terrorism. This time the hero of Gerard Batler himself fell into the sight, and Morgan Freamen's character took the presidency of the United States.
In the company at least famous than he himself, Robert De Niro and Tommy Lee Jones, the artist began for the criminal comedy "Hollywood scam", which started in the fall of 2020. Speaking about his hero, Gangster Reggie Fontaine, Morgan noticed a certain similarity with him. Both the actor and the character rose in the cinema for watching the films of the 30s and 40s and experienced admiration for them.
TV
In 2010, Freimen became the leading scientific and popular transmission of the Discovery TV channel "Through the space and time with the Morgan Freeman", which in other translations they call "through the molding hole with the Morgan Freamen" or "Through the wormworm with the Morgan Freamen". In the transfer, the actor acted as a narrator and shared with the viewers of scientific facts about the Universe, Cosmos and new discoveries.In 2016, Morgan appeared again on television - played in a multi-seater documentary "Stories about God", shot along with the National Geographic Channel channel. In each episode, the actor tried to figure out the religious traditions of different nations. Visiting the sacred places of the whole world, Freimen tried to find answers to eternal questions. Who is God? Is there life after death? What is the nature of evil and truly ancient prophecies?
When working on a project, the star surprised most of all how many of the most different people are asked exactly the same questions as he.
Personal life
The actor does not talk about his personal life - it believes that the publication of such information in the media takes his part of this life itself. Morgan Freeman, whose height was 188 cm, there were four wives, but all marriages broke off. There was a conversation that the last spouse threw the actor because of his passion to the adoptive granddaughter I'Den Heins. Morgan denied information, stating that these are rumors.
The Hollywood Star has four children: Alfonso, Saifulai, Diana and Morgan. He supports good relationships with them. Diana - daughter His wife Janett Edair Bradshow from the first marriage. Freeman has fallen a girl, and she carries his last name.
In 2018, the actor ended up in the center of the Harassment Scandal, covered by Hollywood as a year earlier. CNN TV channel conducted a special investigation on the application of his journalist, which accused Morgan in harassment. As a result, 8 more women were told on the obscene behavior of the celebrity.
Fremen apologized to those who had to work with and who knew him at all, saying that she did not try to intentionally insult or show disrespect. Perhaps it was misunderstanding.
"I wanted to create a relaxed atmosphere around myself. Therefore, I often kidding and make women compliments, but never attack and do not offer a career promotion in exchange for proximity. "
The scandal did not play such a tragic role in the life of Morgan, such as, for example, Harvey Weinstein or Kevin Spacy, who refused to cooperate filmmakers.
With age on the face of the artist, stains appeared, which are a special type of dermatosis, often inherent to skin rich in the pigment.
The stars have accounts in "Instagram" and "Twitter", where he publishes not only the photo, but also the worst sayings, which then turn into quotes. For example, one day he wrote:
"I hate the word" homophobia ". This is not a phobia. Are you scared. You are just a jerk. "Morgan Freeman now
Now the revered age of the actor is completely no obstacle in his career.In the spring of 2021, the premiere of the Agel Mesti militant was held, in which Fremeno had a chance to embody the image of Deimon - the former police commissioner chained to the wheelchair. Ruby Rose, who first met the Morgan on the site, said that he was able to create an amazing harmonious atmosphere in the frame, thanks to which the characters are revealed in the best way. With all his experience and great glory, the actor is open to cooperation and is ready to support junior colleagues.
Filmography
- 1989 - "Shawney Miss Daisy"
- 1992 - "Disposable"
- 1994 - "Escape from Shawshank"
- 1997 - "Amistad"
- 2002 - "The price of fear"
- 2004 - "Million Baby"
- 2005 - "Batman: the beginning"
- 2007 - "Evan Almighty"
- 2009 - "Unlocked"
- 2012 - "Dark Knight: Revival Legends"
- 2013 - "Oblivion"
- 2014 - "Lucy"
- 2016 - "Fall of London"
- 2017 - "Get beautifully"
- 2018 - "Nutcracker and four kingdoms"
- 2019 - "Poisonous Rose"
- 2020 - "Hollywood scam"
- 2020 - "Killer's Bodyguard"
- 2021 - "Angel Vesti"