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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.
After reaching the age of 21, Tony's parents were killed in a car accident. Tony inherited Stark Industries, a unique Mega-Conglomerate that was a major supplier of militaristic equipment and weapons to the US. His 1st project as CEO was to buy out the network of companies and branches of the manufacturer that made his parents' car and was responsible for their death because it produced cars with an obviously defective brake system. He participated in rebuilding the system, thus preventing similar tragedies and saving thousands of lives. He hired Pepper Potts. During the war in North-West Pakistan, Tony Stark was present at a test of a newly developed weapon. On the way back, his convoy was attacked and he himself was wounded by his own mine, which caused several shrapnel near his heart. He is later captured by a local warrior. The terrorists force him to assemble a similar weapon to conquer the entire Far East region. Tony agrees, he doesn't want something like that to fall into their hands, he sabotages the whole project. With the help of Dr. Yinsen, he assembled a mini reactor suit and escapes. At a press conference, he announces that he is giving up weapons. learns that terrorists are attacking Jinsen's village with Jericho missiles, from Stane, flies to Pakistan in a suit and stops them. The success of the operation ended the long-running search for bin Laden, who is responsible for 9/11. Potts gets evidence on Stene. Iron Man and Iron Monger fight and Stane dies.
