Morgan Freeman
Awards & Honours
49
Awards Won
5
Honours
2
Rankings
3
Covers
2
Records
Morgan Freeman is one of the most respected actors of his generation, with a career spanning over five decades. He has won an Academy Award, a Golden Globe, and a Screen Actors Guild Award for his role in Million Dollar Baby. He is one of the few actors to receive the Kennedy Center Honors, the AFI Life Achievement Award, the Cecil B. DeMille Award, and the SAG Life Achievement Award. His voice has become one of the most recognizable in the world, making him a sought-after narrator. Freeman's ability to bring dignity and depth to every role has earned him a permanent place in film history.
Awards
Honours & Distinctions
Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award
Highest honor from SAG for career achievement and humanitarian work.
Cecil B. DeMille Award
Lifetime achievement award at the Golden Globes.
AFI Life Achievement Award
Highest honor from AFI for contributions to film.
Kennedy Center Honors
Lifetime contribution to American culture through the performing arts.
Hollywood Walk of Fame Star
Star at 7021 Hollywood Boulevard for motion pictures.
Rankings & Lists
AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars
TIME 100: Artists
Magazine Covers
TIME
June 15, 2009
Mandela: The Man and His Story
AARP The Magazine
2010
Morgan Freeman: The Voice of God
Ebony
January 1990
Driving Miss Daisy
Records & Feats
Oldest actor to win an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
At age 67, Freeman became the oldest actor to win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for Million Dollar Baby (2004).
First African American to win the AFI Life Achievement Award
Freeman was the first Black actor to receive the American Film Institute's highest honor in 2011.