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7 unusual facts about Morgan Freeman


Boycott from Within

Boycott from Within issued a statement in 2013 urging actor Morgan Freeman to turn down the Key of Knowledge Award from the Canadian chapter of the friends of the Hebrew University.

Men of Vizion

Replacement members Anthony Fuller, Dwayne Jones, and Michael Best appeared in the 1989 biographical-drama film, Lean on Me starring Morgan Freeman.

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

The book has also been made into a made for TV film in 1978 starring Morgan Freeman in an earlier role ("Uncle Hammer") and used music composed by Fred Karlin.

Super Chikan

In the Clarksdale area, he is probably best known for performing regularly at Morgan Freeman's Ground Zero blues club and for being Freeman's favorite blues performer.

United States Colored Troops

The motion picture Glory, starring Denzel Washington, Morgan Freeman and Matthew Broderick, portrayed the African-American soldiers of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment.

Universal's Cinematic Spectacular: 100 Years of Movie Memories

The show is narrated by actor Morgan Freeman, and is part of the 100th anniversary celebrations for Universal Studios throughout 2012.

William Somerset

Sevens main character, Detective William Somerset, played by Morgan Freeman


Anthony Peckham

In 2009, Peckham wrote the screenplays to two high-profile releases: the Clint Eastwood-directed Nelson Mandela biopic Invictus, starring Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon, and Sherlock Holmes, starring Robert Downey, Jr..

Bonnie Curtis

In her professional career, she has worked with a variety of actors, including Morgan Freeman, Anthony Hopkins, Matthew McConaughey, Jude Law, Tom Hanks, Matt Damon, Vin Diesel, Tom Cruise, and Colin Farrell.

ClickStar

ClickStar was a broadband movie distribution company founded by actor Morgan Freeman and film producer Lori McCreary of Revelations Entertainment.

David G. Johnson

a feature-length documentary about America’s struggles with war, class, race and women’s rights with Matt Damon, Josh Brolin, Morgan Freeman, Sean Penn, and Bruce Springsteen, among others.

Dolphin Tale 2

Harry Connick Jr., Ashley Judd, Nathan Gamble, Cozi Zuehlsdorff, Kris Kristofferson, Morgan Freeman and Austin Stowell all reprise their roles from the first film, while Taylor Blackwell, Denisea Wilson, Denis Arndt, Lee Karlinsky, Julia Jordan and Bethany Hamilton join the cast.

Glasgow Film Office

In the past films such as The Jacket, The Last King of Scotland, House of Mirth and others have brought stars such as Morgan Freeman, Bob Hoskins, Keira Knightley, Gillian Anderson and Adrien Brody to the city while homegrown classics such as My Name Is Joe and Red Road generated critical acclaim.

Grant L. Roberts

Roberts would team up again with Clint Eastwood and Morgan Freeman, playing Ruben Kruger, a flanker alongside co-star Matt Damon who portrayed team captain Francois Pinnear for the South Africa national team the Springboks that won the 1995 Rugby World Cup, in the 2009 film Invictus.

Joe Sun

Besides being featured on television shows, having produced two Grammy-nominated foreign LPs in 1989 and 1990, Joe Sun has also acted as Tommy Fratter in the motion picture Marie, A True Story alongside Sissy Spacek, Jeff Daniels and Morgan Freeman.

Marva Collins

She was most widely publicized in the 1981 biographical TV movie The Marva Collins Story starring Cicely Tyson and Morgan Freeman.

Monica Potter

In 2001, she had two major roles, co-starring with Freddie Prinze Jr. in Head Over Heels, and in the thriller Along Came a Spider with Morgan Freeman, based on the James Patterson best-seller.

Obama Wins!

Tsao, Cartman and Obama meet at a Red Lobster, where they are confronted by Kyle, Stan, Kenny and their friends, who learn, via explanation by Morgan Freeman, that in exchange for Obama's re-election, the Chinese want Obama to give them the rights to the Star Wars franchise (which George Lucas recently sold to the Walt Disney Company), so that the Chinese can make future Star Wars sequels.

Robert Irving III

Later, Irving extended this musical direction on projects such as his film score for the feature film Street Smart also with André Lassalle on guitar (1985), starring Morgan Freeman and Christopher Reeve -- with Miles Davis as featured instrumentalist.

Yves Corbeil

Among the actors he provided the French voice included Morgan Freeman, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Tim Allen, John Goodman and Gene Hackman.


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June Angela

Angela was one of several Electric Company alumni (along with Morgan Freeman and Rita Moreno and Children's Television Workshop founder Joan Ganz Cooney) who shared their memories of working on the show.