Freeman, who was born in Memphis, Tennessee, was raised in Mississippi, where he started performing in school productions. In his early career, he performed in stage productions while studying theatre arts in Los Angeles. He became well-known in the 1970s thanks to his part in the kid’s TV show The Electric Company. Then Freeman performed in the Shakespearean plays Julius Caesar and Coriolanus, the former of which won him an Obie Award. His breakthrough performance as a hustler in Street Smart (1987) earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. Glory (1989), the biographical drama Lean on Me (1989), and the comedy-drama Driving Miss Daisy (1989) catapulted him to stardom, earning him his first Academy Award nomination for Best Actor.
Freeman voiced the character Vitruvius in The Lego Movie, a commercially successful 3D animation released in 2014. He played scientist Joseph Tagger in Transcendence, a science fiction thriller directed by Wally Pfister in his directorial debut. According to Metacritic, the film received mixed reviews from critics. Following that, he co-starred in Lucy (2014), an action film about a woman (Scarlett Johansson) who gains psychokinetic abilities after a nootropic drug is absorbed into her bloodstream. Professor Samuel Norman, played by Freeman, assists her in her investigation of the illness. Freeman was the ideal choice for the role because of his background playing wise characters, according to producer Virginie Silla. She said, “He was the ideal actor. After Lucy’s debut, reviews were generally neutral to favorable. Freeman also starred in the comedy-drama 5 Flights Up and the sequel to the 2011 film Dolphin Tale, Dolphin Tale 2. Freeman made an appearance as himself in the documentary Lennon or McCartney at the end of 2014.
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He received an honorable discharge as an airman first class in 1959 after serving in the Air Force for four years. He then relocated to Los Angeles where he studied acting at the Pasadena Playhouse. At Los Angeles City College, he also studied theatre arts.
