ACTOR

Morgan Freeman

1937 - Today

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Morgan Freeman (born June 1, 1937) is an American actor, producer, and narrator. Throughout a career spanning five decades and multiple film genres, he has received numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award as well as a nomination for a Tony Award. He has also been awarded the Kennedy Center Honor in 2008, an AFI Life Achievement Award in 2011, the Cecil B. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Morgan Freeman has received more than 30,449,846 page views. His biography is available in 106 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 102 in 2019). Morgan Freeman is the 33rd most popular actor (down from 24th in 2019), the 82nd most popular biography from United States (down from 66th in 2019) and the 13th most popular American Actor.

Morgan Freeman is most famous for his roles in the Shawshank Redemption, Driving Miss Daisy, and The Dark Knight.

Memorability Metrics

  • 30M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 76.67

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 106

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.69

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.81

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Morgan Freemen by language

Over the past year Morgan Freeman has had the most page views in the with 4,023,260 views, followed by Spanish (563,386), and Russian (409,810). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (215.55%), Hausa (211.11%), and Hakka (164.42%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Morgan Freeman ranks 33 out of 13,578. Before him are James Stewart, Romy Schneider, Patrick Swayze, Bud Spencer, Jim Carrey, and Yul Brynner. After him are Gina Lollobrigida, Terence Hill, Harrison Ford, Jean Reno, Vivien Leigh, and Catherine Deneuve.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Morgan Freeman ranks 5. Before him are Saddam Hussein, Anthony Hopkins, Harald V of Norway, and Valentina Tereshkova. After him are Ridley Scott, Ahmed Yassin, Jack Nicholson, Dustin Hoffman, Bobby Charlton, Jane Fonda, and Queen Sonja of Norway.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Morgan Freeman ranks 82 out of 20,380. Before him are Theodore Roosevelt (1858), Woody Allen (1935), Al Capone (1899), Abraham Maslow (1908), Robin Williams (1951), and Stephen King (1947). After him are Larry Ellison (1944), John D. Rockefeller (1839), Martin Luther King Jr. (1929), Caitlyn Jenner (1949), Charles Manson (1934), and Grace Hopper (1906).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Morgan Freeman ranks 13. Before him are Clint Eastwood (1930), Bette Davis (1908), Marlon Brando (1924), Danny DeVito (1944), James Stewart (1908), and Patrick Swayze (1952). After him are Harrison Ford (1942), Nicolas Cage (1964), Vin Diesel (1967), Debbie Reynolds (1932), Jack Nicholson (1937), and James Dean (1931).

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Television and Movie Roles

Se7en
Detective Lt. William Somerset
Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the "seven deadly sins" in this dark and haunting film that takes viewers from the tortured remains of one victim to the next. The seasoned Det. Sommerset researches each sin in an effort to get inside the killer's mind, while his novice partner, Mills, scoffs at his efforts to unravel the case.
Sep 22o 19958.371 / 10
The Shawshank Redemption
Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding
Framed in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden. During his long stretch in prison, Dufresne comes to be admired by the other inmates -- including an older prisoner named Red -- for his integrity and unquenchable sense of hope.
Sep 23o 19948.705 / 10
Lucy
Professor Samuel Norman
A woman, accidentally caught in a dark deal, turns the tables on her captors and transforms into a merciless warrior evolved beyond human logic.
Jul 25o 20146.442 / 10