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Morgan Freeman (born June 1, 1937) is an American actor, director, and narrator. Noted for his distinctive deep voice, Freeman is known for his various roles in a wide variety of film genres. Throughout his career spanning over five decades, he has received multiple accolades, including an Academy Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a Golden Globe Award. Born in Memphis, Tennessee, Freeman was raised in Mississippi where he began acting in school plays. He studied theatre arts in Los Angeles and appeared in stage productions in his early career. He rose to fame in the 1970s for his role in the children's television series The Electric Company. Freeman then appeared in the Shakespearean plays Coriolanus and Julius Caesar, the former of which earned him an Obie Award. His breakout role was in Street Smart (1987), playing a hustler, which earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. He achieved further stardom in Glory, the biographical drama Lean on Me, and comedy-drama Driving Miss Daisy (all 1989), the latter of which garnered him his first Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. In 1992, Freeman starred alongside Clint Eastwood in the western revenge film Unforgiven; this would be the first of several collaborations with Eastwood. In 1994, he starred in the prison drama The Shawshank Redemption for which he received another Academy Award nomination. Freeman also starred in David Fincher's crime thriller Se7en (1995), and Steven Spielberg's historical drama Amistad (1997). Freeman won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Clint Eastwood's 2004 sports drama Million Dollar Baby. In 2009, he received his fifth Oscar nomination for playing former South African President Nelson Mandela in Eastwood's Invictus. Freeman is also known for his performance as Lucius Fox in Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Trilogy (2005–2012). In addition to acting, Freeman has directed the drama Bopha! (1993). He also founded film production company Revelations Entertainment with business partner Lori McCreary. He is the recipient of the Kennedy Center Honor, the AFI Life Achievement Award, the Cecil B. DeMille Award, and the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award. For his performances in theatrical productions, he has won three Obie Awards, one of the most prestigious honors for recognizing excellence in theatre.
1. CASABLANCA War veteran John "Rooster" Blain has a bar in San Juan where you can buy a fake passport. Victor and Ilsa, a couple flee to the USA from the communists. Ilsa is John's ex-girlfriend and love blossoms again. Blain wants to run away with her, but realizes that she will be happier with Victor. At the end, a letter arrives that his mother has died. 2. SONS OF KATIE BLAINE John returns home. The home ranch is in the hands of Morgan Hastings and his father died under strange circumstances. He buried his mother in Clearwater. The 4 brothers go after Hastings, the fight begins. John becomes sheriff. 3. RIO BRAVO The Burdet brothers are causing a stir in town. Younger Joe shoots the unarmed and Sheriff John arrests him. Nathan Burdet and his men thus start a war. John has Tom "Dude" Blaine and old Stumpy by his side. They will face multiple odds. 4. TRUE GRIT Mattie Ross leaves the farm to find and bury her father. Companion Tom Chaney killed him. Mattie is looking for a man to catch Chaney. She hired John and they go to the mountains together and catch him. 5. ROOSTER BLAINE Sheriff Rooster is fired for shooting and drinking too much. Judge Parker asks him to find and bring back a car loaded with weapons and explosives that has been seized by a gang led by the dreaded Hawk. 6. THE SHOOTIST Aging John comes to the city to hide and fight the hardest battle, with an insidious disease. His fame as an unbeaten marksman haunts him.
