Morgan Freeman

Personal context

Summary

Morgan Freeman is an actor known for roles in Driving Miss Daisy, The Shawshank Redemption, Million Dollar Baby, and Invictus, as well as his distinctive narration work. His filmography ranges across drama, crime, historical stories, and science fiction. He has criticized Hollywood’s lack of racial diversity, arguing that the industry needs more writers and stories by people of color, and in 2011 called the Tea Party’s opposition to Barack Obama racist. Freeman donated $1 million to an Obama supporting super PAC in 2012. He has also said Black History Month is an insult and that black history is American history; no public DEI affiliation or sustained activist role is on record.