Age: 89
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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.
Morgan Freeman
General Billy Ford
for General Billy Ford in Outbreak: Riley
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The world is plagued by a pandemic. All the infected are in closed complexes. Such places are near every big city. One of them is Fort Jefferson in Dry Tortugas National Park. Such places are called Cyclonatorium, which is a combination of the words sanatorium and cyclonavirus. Scientists are trying to find answers, create an antibody and save all the infected, its not successful, people are dying. Fort Jefferson is stable and everything is working perfectly, so Thomas Hurley is transferred to Kansas, where the situation is bad and virus is spreading fast. 7 friends from Topeka are newly closed in Fort Riley. Archie Bennfield, Charlie McDoyle, Maurice Carson, Steve Pennywise, Vince Darmont, Jeff Lancaster, Terence Hilton. They decide to escape and live normally and in Tahiti, Pacific is safe for now. They scaped, but because they endangering the whole world and putting lives of all in danger, cops and Hurley are on their heels. They hides in Ogden, where they manage to escape and continue. They want to get to Topeka and steal a plane. There is a shootout in Wamego and Vince Darmontt dies. Steve Pennywise dies in St Marys. Hurley then receives support from US president and his group of police officers is supplemented by the army. Jeff and Maurice are shot. Others are at the airport. Army arrives. They know it's over. They are arrested and taken back. Later we are cyclonavirus free. Whats good or bad? Right or wrong? U will cheer for bad guys while you hope for whats right.
