Amazing Facts About Morgan Freeman You Might Not Know

By Michael Avery in Entertainment On 13th January 2017
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1. He was raised by his grandmother.

Born in Memphis, Tennessee, on June 1, 1937, Morgan's grandmother took care of him for the first six years of his life as his mother and father attempted to find work in Chicago.

2. He was a cast member in America's first all-African American stage production of Hello, Dolly!

This big break came for him back in 1967.

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3. He turned down a drama scholarship to enlist in the United States Air Force.

He was a 1st Class Airman.

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I don't think it hurt his career at all.

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4. After four years in the military, he moved to LA.

He began taking acting and dancing lessons.

5. He started acting as a punishment.

When he was still in school he got in trouble for pulling a chair out from a female classmate. His punishment was to perform in the school play.

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6. He became a well-known face after landing a regular spot on PBS's kids show The Electric Company.

The show also starred Bill Cosby.

This is when things started picking up for Morgan.

7. He began landing supporting roles throughout the '80s.

You can see him in movies like Teachers and Street Smart.

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8. He is a restaurant owner.

He used to be the proud owner of Madidi a restaurant in Clarksdale, Mississippi.

9. Now he owns a blues club.

Also located in Clarksdale, Mississippi, Ground Zero is a popular club that features some great local music.

The man is a legend.

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10. He is worth about $90 million.

Not bad Morgan, not bad at all.

11. He has four children.

Two of them were from his younger days, before marriage.

12. He loves flying.

Since earning his pilot's license, Morgan has purchased at least three planes for himself.

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13. Morgan Freeman has received Academy Award nominations for his performances in Street Smart, Driving Miss Daisy, The Shawshank Redemption and Invictus, and won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 2005 for Million Dollar Baby.

Talk about being an award magnet.

14. He has also won a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award.

Freeman has appeared in many other box office hits, including Unforgiven, Glory, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Seven, Deep Impact, The Sum of All Fears, Bruce Almighty, Along Came a Spider, The Dark Knight Trilogy, March of the Penguins, The Lego Movie, and Lucy.

15. Morgan Freeman acted in a touring company version of The Royal Hunt of the Sun, and also appeared as an extra in the 1965 film The Pawnbroker.

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16. In 1997, Freeman, together with Lori McCreary, founded the film production company Revelations Entertainment.

The two co-head its sister online film distribution company ClickStar.

17. In 2004, Freeman and others formed the Grenada Relief Fund to aid people affected by Hurricane Ivan on the island of Grenada.

The fund has since become PLANIT NOW, an organization that seeks to provide preparedness resources for people living in areas afflicted by hurricanes and severe storms.

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