Morgan Freeman

At 87 years old, Morgan Freeman has this physical status:

Morgan Freeman (born June 1, 1937) is an American actor and film narrator.

With Million Dollar Baby (2004), Freeman received an Academy Award in 2005, and he has received Oscar nominations for his roles in Street Smart (1987), Driving Miss Daisy (1989), and Invictus (2009).

He has also received a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actor Guild Award. Freeman has appeared in several other box office hits, including Glory (1991), Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991), The Sum of All Fears (1998), Bruce Almighty (2004), The Lego Movie (2014), and Lucy (2014).

He came to prominence as a member of The Electric Company, a 1970s children's movie.

Freeman has appeared as a narrator, commentator, and voice actor for a variety of television series and television shows, and he has been praised for his deep voice.

He is ranked as the seventh highest-volume box office actor since July 2019.

He has a total box office income of $4.57 billion, with an average of $71.5 million per film.

Early life

Morgan Freeman was born in Memphis, Tennessee, on June 1, 1937. He is the son of Mamie Edna (née Revere, 1912–2000), a teacher, and Morgan Porterfield Freeman (July 6, 1915 – April 27, 1961), a barber who died of cirrhosis in 1961. He has three older siblings. According to DNA evidence, some of his ancestors came from the Songhai and Tuareg people of Niger. The great-great-grandparents of Freeman's Great-Grandfathers were slaves who migrated from North Carolina to Mississippi. The freeman later learned that his Caucasian maternal great-grandfather had lived with, and was buried alongside Freeman's African-American great-grandmother in the segregated South, because the two did not legally marry at the time. According to the DNA analysis, only one-quarter of his African ancestors came from Senegal to Liberia, and three-quarters came from the Congo-Angola zone.

Freeman was born in Charleston, Mississippi, and was sent as an infant. He migrated often in his youth, including Greenwood, Mississippi; Gary, Indiana; and eventually Chicago, Illinois. When Freeman was 16 years old, he had pneumonia. He made his acting debut at the age of nine, playing the leading role in a school drama. In Greenwood, Mississippi, he attended Broad Street High School, a building that now stands as Threadgill Elementary School. He won a statewide drama competition at the age of 12, and as he enrolled in college, he discovered music and theatre.

In 1955, a freeman graduated high school but turned down a partial drama scholarship from Jackson State University, opting instead to enlist in the United States Air Force. He spent his time as an Automatic Tracking Radar repairman, gaining the rank of airman first class. After serving from 1955 to 1959, he moved to Los Angeles, California, and attended acting lessons at the Pasadena Playhouse. He also studied theatre arts at Los Angeles City College, where a mentor encouraged him to begin studying dance at age 18.

Personal life

Freeman was married to Jeanette Adair Bradshaw from October 22, 1967, until November 18, 1979, and then married Myrna Colley-Lee on June 16, 1984. The couple wed in December 2007 and divorced on September 15, 2010. Alfonso, Deena, Morgana, and Saifoulaye are among the four children of a freeman. E'dena Hines, a Freeman and Colley-Lee grandmother, was adopted by Freeman and Colley-Lee and raised her together. In New York City, 33-year-old Hines was assassinated on August 16, 2015.

Freeman lives in Charleston, Mississippi, and has a home in New York City. At age 65, he obtained a private pilot's license and operates or has owned at least three private aircraft, including both a Cessna 414 and Cessna 414, as well as an Emivest SJ30.

When asked if he trusted in God, Freeman replied, "It's a difficult question because, as I said at the beginning, I believe we invented God." Well, if I believe in God, and I do, it's because I believe I am God. Later, a Freeman said that his experience with Morgan Freeman on The Story of God did not influence his views on faith. He is a practicing Zoroastrian.

Freeman was injured in an automobile accident while his 1997 Nissan Maxima was involved in a rollover near Ruleville, Mississippi, on the evening of August 3, 2008. With hydraulic tools, Demaris Meyer, Demaris Meyer, and his passenger had to be rescued from the car. After the crash, the freeman was alert and joked with a photographer on the scene. He was taken by helicopter to Memphis's Regional Medical Center (The Med) Hospital. His left shoulder, arm, and elbow were injured in the crash, and he underwent surgery on August 5. Doctors operated on him for four hours to restore nerve damage in his shoulder and arm. His publicist said he was supposed to make a complete recovery. Although alcohol was not a factor in the crash, Meyer sued Freeman for negligence, alleging that he had been drinking alcohol, but the case was settled for an undisclosed sum. Freeman now suffers from fibromyalgia as a result of the incident.

Freeman joined President Bill Clinton, President of the United States Soccer Federation Sunil Gulati, and soccer player Landon Donovan in Zurich in December 2010 to apply for the 2022 FIFA World Cup hosting rights.

On May 24, 2018, CNN announced an investigation in which eight women accused Freeman of being "overly flirtatious" by making "inappropriate remarks" while on the set of films or at his production company. Freeman's retort said, "Anyone who knows me or has worked with me knows that I am not someone who will threaten or knowingly make someone uncomfortable." I apologised to anyone who was angry or insulted—that was never my intention. Lori McCreary, Freeman's company partner, did not respond to CNN's appeal for comment. Many journalists spoke out in reaction to the issue, including Tyra Martin, who said, "I'm not, never was [a victim]. CNN misrepresented the video and took my remarks out of context," the man's advocate requested that CNN delete the report entirely. Freeman was not the subject of an assault lawsuit by the Screen Actors Guild (SAG). La Opinión's Spanish-language blog post from 2018 said that CNN fabricated their article on Freeman, which was published on December 8, 2020.

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Career

Freeman appeared as a dancer at the 1964 World's Fair in San Francisco and was a member of the Opera Ring musical theatre company. He appeared in a touring company version of The Royal Hunt of the Sun, as an extra in Sidney Lumet's 1965 drama film The Pawnbroker starring Rod Steiger. Freeman discovered that acting and dancing were his passions. "My acting career began shortly after [The Royal Hunt of the Sun]," he later recalled. Freeman made his Off-Broadway debut in 1967, opposite Viveca Lindfors in The Nigger Lovers, a display about the Freedom Riders during the American Civil Rights Movement, before debuting on Broadway in 1968's all-black version of Hello, Dolly! Pearl Bailey and Cab Calloway appeared in the film as well. He appeared on stage in The Dozens in 1969.

Freeman appeared in the PBS children's television series The Electric Company, which gave him financial stability and notoriety in American audiences. His time on the show was exhausting, so he resigned in 1975. Freeman loathed appearance in The Electric Company, according to television producer Joan Ganz Cooney, "it was a very sad period in his life." Later in life, a freeman admitted that he did not know about the performance, but that he was grateful to have been a part of it. Jack Klugman's first credit appearance in a film show in 1971's Who Says I Can't Ride a Rainbow? He appeared in a Purlie's stage production earlier this year. He returned to work in 1978 after a short career break, appearing in two stage productions: 1978's The Mighty Gents, receiving a Drama Desk Award and a Clarence Derwent Award for his work as a wino and the White Pelicans. Freeman continued to work in theatre, and Julius Caesar appeared in the Shakespearean tragedies Coriolanus, winning the Obie Award in 1980 for his title role.

Walter Walter played Walter in Brubaker's 1981 film, which starred Robert Redford as a prison warden. Attica (1980), which is about the 1971 Attica Prison riot and its aftermath, is Freeman's next appearance. He appeared in Peter Yates' Eyewitness co-starring William Hurt and Sigourney Weaver a year later. Freeman appeared on the soap opera Another World, playing architect Roy Bingham, from 1982 to 1984. He appeared in Marie (1985), a film adaptation of Marie: A True Story by Peter Maas, in which he portrayed Charles Traughber, and then appeared in the Atlanta Child Murders. In addition, a freeman played a small part in the drama That Was Then. This Is Now, a series based on S. E. Hinton's book of the same name. He began appearing in leading roles in feature films in the mid-1980s, earning him a reputation for depicting intelligent, fatherly characters.

Freeman appeared in Street Smart co-starring Christopher Reeve and Kathy Baker, in 1987, rather than television movies. "Freeman has the flashier part, as a creative, tough guy who can be charming or threatening, is what the audience wishes for." Roger Ebert wrote, "Freeman has the flashier role as a sarcastic, tenacious guy who can be charming or frightening - whatever's needed...Freeman creates such an unforgettable villain." Freeman's success earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. Street Smart was later discovered to be his breakthrough role, according to the Freeman. Craig appeared in the film Clean and Sober starring Michael Keaton and Kathy Baker. Although the film was not a box office hit, it received fair praise; Roger Ebert gave the film 412 out of 5 actors and rated the performances "superb." Both Freeman and Hoke Colburn in the film Driving Miss Daisy received Obie Awards for his work as a preacher and as Hoke Colburn in the film Driving Miss Daisy.

In 1989, Freeman had four film debuts. Sergeant Major John Rawlins in Glory, directed by Edward Zwick, was the Union Army's second African-American regiment in the American Civil War's second African-American regiment in the American Civil War. Desson Thomson, a Washington columnist, praised Freeman and co-star Denzel Washington for their "warming sense of fraternity." Glory was nominated for five Academy Awards, three of which were named for Washington, Best Cinematography, and Best Sound. Freeman appeared in the comedy-drama Driving Miss Daisy, alongside Jessica Tandy and Dan Aykroyd. Hoke Colburn, a chauffeur for a Jewish widow, is based on Alfred Uhry's play in which Freeman appeared before. The film was a commercial success and earned US$145 million worldwide. Most optimistic were film critics; Henry Sheehan of The Hollywood Reporter noted that Freeman and Tandy's performances complimented each other while still retaining their "individual star-quality." The film had been nominated for nine Academy Awards, including Best Actor for Freeman.

Freeman's third film was Lean on Me, in which Freeman portrays the principal of an under-performing and heroin-ridden New Jersey high school. The casting of Freeman was "wonderful," according to Jane Galbraith of Variety magazine. He appeared in Walter Hill's Johnny Handsome, a crime drama in which he portrays a New Orleans police officer. Glory, one of Freeman's most popular launches in 1990, is as rich with adventure and discovery as well as others's. "Nobody knows it," says the author.

Freeman appeared in The Civil War, a television miniseries about the American Civil War, in 1990. He appeared in The Bonfire of the Vanities, a critically panned film from 2004. The film has an approval score of 16% based on 51 reviews, according to review aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes. He appeared in Petruchio, a role he had been dreaming about for six years in Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew, which opened at Delacorte Theatre in New York City in 1990. "Petruchio] seems to have a lot of fun in life." "He said, he ruled it." In 1991, he appeared in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, an action-adventure starring Kevin Costner. The film was a commercial success, but it received mixed feedback from critics; Vincent Canby of the New York Times said Freeman portrayed Azeem with "wit and hum" amid the "muddled" plot. A documentary about the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment was also narrated by a freeman.

He appeared in Clint Eastwood's western Unforgiven, which received four Academy Awards, including Best Picture. William Munny (Eastwood), an elderly outlaw and murderer who shares a second job with Ned Logan (Freeman), is depicted in the film. Unforgiven was widely lauded, with one commentator describing Freeman's performance as "outstanding." The Power of One was Freeman's second film in 1992, a loose adaptation of Bryce Courtenay's 1989 novel of the same name in which he plays boxing coach Geel Piet.

During South Africa's apartheid period, Freeman made his directorial debut with the drama Bopha!, which tells the tale of a black policeman (Danny Glover).

Bopha!

Freeman's direction had been well-received, particularly because of his promptness. "Freeman lays out the father-son dynamics with a lot of compassion and little fuss," Hal Hinson of The Washington Post wrote. There is no drama in his approach; rather, he sticks to the facts, relying on his cast to supply the emotion. The result is a surprisingly strong, insightful film." Kenneth Turan of Los Angeles praised Freeman's career while insisting that the film was "more predictable than impressive."

In Frank Darabont's acclaimed drama The Shawshank Redemption, co-star Tim Robbins, Red was portrayed Red, the convicted criminal. It is based on the 1982 Stephen King novella Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption. Despite the bookla's description of a white Irishman, a freeman was cast at the suggestion of producer Liz Glotzer. Filming proved to be difficult, mainly because Darabont's desire for multiple takes. "I'd give him] no — you'd do it again and again for no apparent reason, but it was a little debilitating to the body," the Freeman said. Nonetheless, The New York Times characterized Freeman's appearance as "quietly impressive" and "moving." He received a nomination for Best Actor at the 67th Academy Awards. The Shawshank Redemption has been extremely popular among audiences ever since its introduction. Freeman appeared on the jury at the 44th Berlin International Film Festival in 1994.

Freeman's next film, Outbreak (1995), a medical thriller directed by Wolfgang Petersen, was outbreak (1995). Billy Ford, a doctor in a small town dealing with a outbreak of a fictional virus, lived in a small town. Dustin Hoffman, Rene Russo, and Donald Sutherland appear in the film. Outbreak was a box office success, grossing $189.8 million globally, but it met with mixed criticism. The San Francisco Chronicle's Mick LaSelle lauded Freeman's work, which may have gone unappreciated by viewers. Freeman appeared in David Fincher's crime thriller Seven, the story of two detectives who try to identify a serial killer based on the Christian seven deadly sins. "Freeman performs virtually every scene in a doleful hush; he makes you lean in to hear his words; and hints of indignation and regret that haunt this weary knight," Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly wrote. Freeman's behavior was described as "supremely nuanced" by the reviewer from Variety magazine.

Freeman appeared in Chain Reaction as Paul Shannon, a science fiction thriller co-starring Keanu Reeves and Rachel Weisz a year later. The film was both a critical and commercial disappointment. In 1996's Moll Flanders, a period drama based on Robin Wright's novel of the same name, he was cast opposite Robin Wright. Freeman gave a "sweet" appearance in the film, according to Greg Evans of Variety magazine, although The New York Times critic thought he was miscast.

Freeman expressed an interest in starting a film company while filming Outbreak. Lori McCreary, the Bopha! manufacturer, was chosen to be his business partner. Freeman told her that he wanted to be on television, investigate controversial topics, and reveal unveiled truths, so they selected Revelations Entertainment.

After World War II and Israel's establishment, Freeman narrated the Academy Award-winning documentary The Long Way Home, about Jewish refugees' liberation after World War II and Israel's establishment. Djimon Hounsou, Anthony Hopkins, and Matthew McConaughey appeared in Steven Spielberg's epic epic Amistad. The film, which was based on the events of 1839 aboard the slave ship La Amistad, was generally well received and received four Academy Award nominations. However, the film's reviewer from Salon magazine felt that it lacked inspiration, and Freeman's role was "completely cryptic." Alex Cross, a psychologist in Kiss the Girls, a thriller based on James Patterson's 1995 book of the same name, was cast in the same year. Despite the lengthy plot, Peter Stack of San Francisco Chronicle thought the Freeman and co-star Ashley Judd gave good performances.

Freeman went on to star in Deep Impact (1998), a science fiction disaster film in which he played President Tim Beck. The tale tells of humanity's attempts to destroy a 7-mile (11 km) wide comet that is forecast to collide with Earth and cause mass extinction. Despite competition from Armageddon, the film was a summer blockbuster of the year. He then starred in 1998's Unbound, centring around a heist and man-made treachery amid a natural disaster in a small Indiana town. The film was unpopular with critics; Lawrence Van Gelder of The New York Times called the characters "one-dimensional" and "routine" in the film.

In 2000, Freeman returned to television in the lead role of Charlie in the comedy Nurse Betty, starring Renée Zellweger, Chris Rock, and Greg Kinnear. The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival to mostly positive reviews; Variety magazine's reviewer said that Freeman and Rock had "wonderful chemistry." He appeared in Under Suspicion (2000), a dramatic adaptation of the 1981 French film Garde à vue. The film had been "carving round" for ten years before Freeman was able to produce it under Revelations Entertainment. "Working with Gene Hackman was amazing." I didn't find it too difficult to work with an emblem I admired. "Freeman" said the Freeman. Following Suspicion's unveiling, the actor was received with a lukewarm reception; CNN's Paul Tatara praised the actors but said the film was "too tawdry to be particularly enjoyable, and not enough static to spark much enthusiasm." Freeman's role as Alex Cross in Along Came a Spider, a sequel to 1997's Kiss the Girls, was reprised in 2001. The film received mixed to critical reviews. Susan Wloszczyna of USA Today noted that "Freeman strides with noble authority" but that the overall film was unmemorable.

Freeman appeared opposite Ben Affleck in the spy thriller The Sum of All Fears in 2002. It is based on Tom Clancy's 1991 book of the same name about an Austrian Neo-Nazi plot to spark a nuclear war between the US and Russia in order to create a totalitarian superstate in Europe. The Sum of All Fears received modest feedback, but it was a commercial success, grossing $193.9 million around the world. In High Crimes (2002), a legal thriller based on Joseph Finder's 1998 book of the same name, Freeman appeared alongside Ashley Judd and Jim Caviezel. The tale follows lawyer Claire (Judd), whose husband (Caviezel) was arrested and charged with the murder of villagers while serving in the Marines. Despite many commentators' dissatisfaction with the novel, they praised Freeman and Judd for their chemistry and performances.

Freeman appeared as God in the hit comedy Bruce Almighty starring Jim Cary and Jennifer Aniston in 2003. He appeared in the science fiction thriller Dreamcatcher, which was based on Stephen King's 2001 book of the same name. The film was a box office failure and attracted mostly critical feedback; Dreamcatcher has a 28 percent approval rating on review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes; Dreamcatcher has a 28 percent approval rating. Freeman appeared in two other dramas that were not widely seen, including Levity and Guilty by Association in 2003. The Big Bounce and sports drama Million Dollar Baby were two of his 2004 debuts. Freeman played an elderly former boxer in the latter, which was directed by Clint Eastwood. The film received four Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress (Hilary Swank) and Best Supporting Actor, earning Freeman his first Academy Award. In the same class, Freeman was also nominated for a Golden Globe Award. Roger Ebert praised Freeman's "flat and factual" narration, and Timeout magazine said that the cast completely embodied their roles.

Freeman's 2005 was a busy one, with six appearances in various publications. Freeman plays Mitch, a neighbor of a Wyoming rancher (Robert Redford) in the drama An Unfinished Life. There was a mixed reaction to the film; the Guardian critic thought it was amicable but challenged Freeman's "sidekick" role. Freeman's authoritative voice led to his narration of two documentaries; Steven Spielberg's War of the Worlds; and the Academy Award-winning March of the Penguins. He appeared in Christopher Nolan's Batman Begins, the first in what would become The Dark Knight Trilogy, as the fictional Lucius Fox. He co-starred with Jet Li in the action-thriller Unleashed, playing Sam, a blind piano tuner who helps Li's character turn his life around. The film received a mixed-to-positive reception; San Francisco Chronicle writer Peter Hartlaub was uncertain of the subject and thought Freeman's appearance interrupted the plot. Freeman's next role was in the film Edison, which bombed at the box office. He appeared in Neil Armstrong's film Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D, his last appearance in 2005.

In 2006's The Contract, as assassinated Frank Carden opposite John Cusack, Freeman appeared on The Contract. Given the thriller's generic formula, critic John Cornelius' reaction was unsurprising. Freeman appeared in Lucky Number Slevin (2006), a crime drama starring Paul McGuigan, a freeman. The film starred Josh Hartnett, Bruce Willis, Lucy Liu, Stanley Tucci, and Ben Kingsley, and received mixed reviews. "Kingsley and Freeman shine individually, but the inevitable, climactic clash of heads lacks energy," BBC writer David Mattin said. This film, like its leading man [Hartnett], has a charming facade with no substance underneath." Freeman debuted himself in the low-budget comedy 10 Items or Less, which was opposite Paz Vega. 10 Items or Less, a film distribution company that Freeman co-founded two weeks after its theatrical debut, was available for download from ClickStar, a movie distribution company that Freeman co-founded that year.

In 2007, Freeman resurfaced in Evan Almighty, a sequel to 2003's Bruce Almighty starring Steve Carell. Evan Almighty's box office flop and poorly received by the Guardian; "A cast full of people who have been routinely amusing elsewhere flounders in this deluge of sentimentality and CGI," the Guardian said. "Do not go for the Ten Plagues" is a common occurrence. Freeman's second appearance of Love was on Feast of Love, his second appearance in 2007. It is based on Charles Baxter's 2000 book The Feast of Love, a group of friends living in suburban Oregon who find themselves in contact with a free spirit that changes their outlook on life; Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian remarked that it was exciting to see Freeman in a challenging role. Freeman appeared in Gone Baby Gone (2007), a suspense thriller that was also Ben Affleck's first directorial debut. Captain Jack Doyle of the Boston Police Department is based on Dennis Lehane's 1998 book of the same name. The story and cast performances were well-received; Time Out magazine described it as "flawed but impressive." Later, he appeared in Rob Reiner's 2007 film The Bucket List opposite Jack Nicholson. The plot follows two terminally ill men on a road trip with a list of things to do before they die. The film earned a respectable $175 million worldwide.

Freeman appeared in the action-thriller Wanted, a loose adaptation of Mark Millar and J. G. Jones's comic book miniseries. Wesley Gibson (James McAvoy), a frustrated account manager who discovers he is the son of a professional assassin and decides to join the Fraternity, a largely unknown organisation of which Sloan (Freeman) is the leader. In Chicago, principal photography took place; co-star Common remarked on the setting, "Freeman is a cool guy." He'd be strolling around joking, performing, and just dancing. Artists are free, and I just felt the freedom in him." The film received generally positive feedback; Toronto artist Peter Howell thought it was innovative and one of Freeman's bolder performances to date. Before appearing in The Love Guru (2008), Christopher Nolan's second book in which he reprised his role as Lucius Fox, Freeman narrated The Love Guru (2008). After an eighteen-year absence to co-star with Frances McDormand and Peter Gallagher in Clifford Odets' play, The Country Girl, directed by Mike Nichols, Freeman returned to Broadway in 2008.

Freeman's role in a variety of genres has continued to flourish. Freeman appeared in the heist film Thick as Thieves, opposite Antonio Banderas in 2009. He also worked with Christopher Walken and William H. Macy on the comedy The Maiden Heist. Freeman expressed a desire to make a film based on Nelson Mandela for a brief period of time. At first, he wanted to turn Mandela's autobiography Long Walk to Freedom into a screenplay, but no plans were reached. Rather, he bought the film rights to John Carlin's book Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Enemy that Made a Nation. The book was turned into a film directed by Clint Eastwood, Invictus, starring Freeman and Matt Damon as rugby team captain Francois Pienaar. The biographical drama received raves for Freeman's appearance; Roger Ebert wrote, "Freeman does a superb job of summoning Nelson Mandela." He appears to be remarkably calm, confident, and calming over what was evidently a tempered steel core." At the Academy Awards and Golden Globes, Freeman received the Best Actor Award, as well as a Award for Outstanding Achievement by a Male Actor at the Screen Actor Guild Awards. He narrated Anne and Emmett, Janet Langhart's book in which an imaginary meeting between Emmett Till and Anne Frank was killed as a young teenager due to racial discrimination.

Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren, and John Malkovich were among Freeman's sole film debuts of 2010. The red is loosely based on Warren Ellis and Cully Hamner's comic-book series Red, which was launched by Warren Ellis and Cully Hamner and released by DC Comics imprint Homage. Joe is a film consultant who helps senior agent Frank (Willis) find some assassins. The film was a critical and commercial success; writing for Melbourne's The Age, Jim Schembri praised Freeman and the cast members for their roles, who "bring an infectious comic energy to their roles."

Freeman also worked on other projects in addition to film. Freeman replaced Walter Cronkite as the voiceover artist for the CBS Evening News presented by Katie Couric in January 2010. As the basis for the change, CBS said that consistency in introductions for regular news broadcasts and special reports was required. Deborah Myers, the head of Science Channel, approached Freeman to be the host of Through the Wormhole (2010–17). She had heard that he was "deeply interested in space and the universe," and the pair decided to continue developing the series together.

Freeman narrated the fantasy Conan the Barbarian in 2011 and appeared in the family comedy Dolphin Tales as prosthetic expert Dr. McCarthy. Freeman appeared in the Broadway debut of Dustin Lance Black's play, 8, a dramatic reenactment of Perry v. Brown's federal conviction that reversed California's Prosex marriage ban, which was revived in 2011. Attorney David Boies appeared as the freeman. The performance was held at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre in New York City to raise funds for the American Foundation for Equal Rights. As an alcoholic novelist trying to write again, Freeman was a lead actor in the 2012 film The Magic of Belle Isle. Rotten Tomatoes received only a 29% approval rating from critics, which was disappointing. Freeman also appeared in The Dark Knight Rises for the third time in 2012.

In 2013, a number of box office hits were announced. Freeman appeared in the action-thriller Olympus Has Fallen, the first installment in what would be the Fallen film series; he portrays Speaker of the House Allan Trumbull. Alympus Has Fallen 3 out of four stars, according to a San Francisco Chronicle reviewer, who believes that Freeman gave an amicable supporting role. He appeared in Oblivion, co-star Tom Cruise, as veteran soldier Malcolm Beech, and appeared in the drama Now You See Me as an ex-magician. In addition, Michael Douglas, Robert De Niro, Kevin Kline, and Mary Steenburgen appeared as a retired actor in Last Vegas. Last Vegas was lauded for its cast's chemistry, and one critic said Freeman brought the most amusement, which was shot in Las Vegas and Atlanta.

In 2014, Freeman portrayed Vitruvius, a commercially popular 3D animation. In his first film role, Freeman plays scientist Joseph Tagger, and he appeared in Transcendence, a science fiction drama directed by Wally Pfister in which Freeman plays scientist Joseph Tagger. According to Metacritic, critical reactions of the film were largely divided. She co-starred in the film Lucy (2014), about a woman (Scarlett Johansson) who has psychokinetic capabilities when a nootropic drug is introduced into her bloodstream, she becomes more conscious. Professor Samuel Norman, who helps with the condition, is a Freeman. Freeman was chosen for the role because of his expertise in portraying a character of wisdom, according to producer Virginie Silla. "He was the perfect actor," she said. Critical reactions varied from mixed to positive after Lucy's emergence. Freeman appeared in the sequel to 2011's Dolphin Tale, Dolphin Tale 2, and 5 Flights Up, a comedy-drama. Freeman appeared in Lennon or McCartney at the end of 2014, among other celebrities.

Last Knights, Kazuaki Kiriya's action-thriller, was Freeman's first film of 2015, starring Clive Owen. The plot revolves around a band of warriors who are trying to revenge their master's death at the hands of a corrupt minister. Most disappointed, reviews were largely ignored; Sara Stewart of New York Post called it "bloody bad," adding, "Once-proud box office names are the first casualties." Freeman followed Ted 2, a comedy sequel to Ted directed by Seth MacFarlane, for the second time. The tale follows Ted, the talking bear, as he fights for civil rights in order to be recognized as a human. Patrick Meighan, a highly respected civil rights prosecutor, is depicted by the Freeman. Freeman's time was also occupied by a television series. In a regular role as Madam Secretary, he served Chief Justice Frawley of the United States Supreme Court. Lori McCreary and his executive producer were both executive producers. "What's riveting is that he can make a complete change in direction with the least amount of direction," Freeman remarked. Freeman appeared as a US senator in the drama Momentum at the end of 2015.

In London Has Fallen, the 2016 sequel to Olympus Has Fallen, Reprising his role as Allan Trumbull, Freeman. The film follows a plot to assassinate the G7's world leaders as they attend the British Prime Minister's funeral in London, as well as Secret Service agent Mike Banning's attempts to prevent US President Benjamin Asher (Aaron Eckhart) from being killed. However, writing for A.V. made the film a commercial success. "The movie regularly cut to overqualified supporting actors, including Freeman, Melissa Leo, and Robert Forster, including Freeman, Melissa Leo and Robert Forster, each with their own 'voice.' (Ignatiy Vishnevetsky said in Freeman's sonorous voice.)" Freeman's character in Now You See Me 2 (2016), the sequel to Now You See Me, earned him a whopping $334.9 million worldwide. Finally, he appeared in Ben-Hur, the fifth film adaptation of Lew Wallace's 1880 novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ. "This guy has a lot of power in the story," a freeman said of playing Sheik Ilderim, a wealthy Nubian sheik." And I love playing power. It's something about my own personal ego." Ben-Hur was one of the 2016 biggest box office bombers.

Freeman appeared in two comedies in 2017: Going in Style and Just Getting Started. The first of these films is a remake of Michael Caine and Alan Arkin's 1979 film in which they play bank robbers after their pensions are canceled. It sparked mixed reactions; Robbie Collin of The Telegraph said the three actors looked strained before the movie ended. Reviewers have sluggishly condemned Just Getting Started, in which Freeman appeared with Tommy Lee Jones and Rene Russo. When the mafia comes to kill the pair, the plot follows an ex-FBI agent (Jones) who must put aside his personal rivalry with a former mob prosecutor (Freeman). In 2016, and 2017, Freeman hosted The Story of God with Morgan Freeman and The Story of Us with Morgan Freeman.

Freeman narrated Alpha, a historical drama set in the last ice age, in 2018. He appeared in Disney's The Nutcracker and the Four Realms, a retelling of E. T. Hoffmann's short story "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King" and Marius Petipa's and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's ballet The Nutcracker. Eventually, he had an uncredited part in the biographical drama Jerome, a high school football player who was falsely accused of rape and released after vowing to fulfill his dream of playing football. In The Poison Rose, Richard Salvatore's adaptation of the novel, Freeman appeared opposite John Travolta in 2019. Freeman starred in Allan Trumbull, the third installment of the Has Fallen film series, following Olympus Has Fallen and London Has Fallen. Despite mixed receptions, the film was a box office hit, grossing $147.5 million worldwide.

In George Gallo's crime comedy The Comeback Trail (2020) and Incoming 2 America (2021), a sequel to the 1988 film, Freeman appeared alongside an ensemble cast.

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