What is Morgan Freeman’s net worth? Who is Morgan Freeman’s ex-wife?
Introduction
Morgan Freeman is an American actor who won an Oscar for his performance in 2004’s “Million Dollar Baby.”
Biography
He was born on June 1, 1937, in Memphis, Tennessee, to Morgan Porterfield Freeman and Mamie Edna (née Revere).
He has three older siblings.
He was raised in Mississippi and graduated from high school there in 1955.
At age 18, Freeman joined the Air Force and was stationed in Southern California. He was assigned to duties as a radar technician.
“My aim in life, when I graduated from high school, was to get out of Mississippi,” he later said.
In 1959, Freeman left the Air Force and moved to Hollywood to start his acting career.
He made his debut in 1964 with a role in the film The Pawnbroker.
In 1968, Freeman made his Broadway debut in the revival of Hello Dolly.
Morgan Freeman (as Clarence Collins) in the CBS television movie, The Marva Collins Story 1981 – @Getty
The Electric Company
From 1971 to 1977, Morgan performed in 780 episodes of the PBS children’s television show The Electric Company as Mark.
“I hated myself for not having the courage to just walk away,” Morgan said in an interview for EW. “It was a very creative show, but man, it was a long gig. I was fried.”
In 1980, he played as a crazed inmate in the Robert Redford film, Brubaker.
In 1990, Freeman won the Golden Globe for Best Actor for his performance in Driving Miss Daisy.
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The Shawshank Redemption
In 1994, Morgan played Ellis Boyd “Red” Redding in the drama The Shawshank Redemption.
“That was a strange production,” the American actor revealed. “There were moments of extreme tension on the set. Between the producers and actors, between the director and actors, between everybody.”
The film was nominated for seven Academy Awards in 1995.
In 1995, Freeman won an Empire Award as Best Actor for Se7en. Brad Pitt and Gwyneth Paltrow also star in the film.
In the summer of 2000, he received the “Hollywood Outstanding Achievement in Acting” Award.
Morgan Freeman at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills, California on August 21st, 2007 – @Getty
In 2003, Freeman portrayed Colonel Abraham Curtis in the sci-fi horror Dreamcatcher. The film was a box-office bomb, grossing $75 million against a $68 million budget.
In 2003, he played alongside Jim Carrey in the comedy Bruce Almighty. It went on to gross $484 million worldwide.
In 2004, Freeman won the Oscar for best supporting actor for his performance as Eddie “Scrap-Iron” Dupris in Million Dollar Baby.
In 2005, he played Lucius Fox, a research-and-development guru, in Batman Begins. In the superhero film, Christian Bale plays Bruce Wayne / Batman.
In 2009, the The Shawshank Redemption star played in the heist movie Thick as Thieves.
Morgan Freeman attends the Laureus Welcome Party at the Rio Scenarium during the 2013 Laureus World Sports Awards – @Getty
In 2010, Freeman portrayed Joe Matheson in Red. It also stars John Malkovich and Bruce Willis.
In 2012, he reprised his role in The Dark Knight Rises.
In 2013, he was seen in the science fiction drama Oblivion with Tom Cruise.
In 2018, Morgan played the toy maker Drosselmeyer in the adventure film The Nutcracker and the Four Realms. In the same year, Freeman was accused of sexual misconduct by eight women.
Lioness
Since 2023, Freeman has portrayed the US Secretary of State in the Taylor Sheridan spy thriller TV series Lioness.
“It’s a Taylor Sheridan project, and I’m just, number one, thrilled to be in that loop,” he said about the show.
Pays Tribute to Gene Hackman at Oscars 2025
“This week, our community lost a giant. And I lost a dear friend, Gene Hackman,” Morgan began in his speech at the Oscars 2025.
Note – Gene Hackman passed away in February 2025.
Wife
Freeman has been married and divorced twice.
From 1967 to 1978, Morgan Freeman was married to his first wife, Jeanette Adair Bradshaw.
Morgan Freeman , wife Jeanette at Mighty Gents Broadway opening party April 12 1978 – @Getty
Freeman and Bradswah have a daughter together, Morgana Freeman.
He also adopted her daughter, Deena, from a previous relationship.
Freeman also helped raise Deena’s daughter, E’dena Hines.
In 2015, E’dena Hines was stabbed and killed by her boyfriend, Lamar Davenport. She was 33 at the time of her death.
Davenport was sentenced to 20 years in prison.
Freeman also has two children, Alfonso and Saifoulaye Freeman, from previous relationships.
From 1984 to 2010, Freeman was married to Myrna Colley-Lee. She has worked as a costume designer.
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Height
Morgan Freeman is 6′ 2″ (1.88 m) tall.
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Morgan Freeman – Net Worth
So, how much is Morgan Freeman worth?
Freeman earned most of his wealth from his career as an actor. His movies have grossed over $11 billion worldwide.
He was paid $5M for each Batman film, $5M for Kiss the Girls, $1M for War of the Worlds, and $25M for the Has Fallen films.
For his role as Edwin Mullins in Lioness, he is paid $600K per episode.
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Freeman was also paid $1M to narrate March of the Penguins.
In 2017 and 2022, he appeared in ads for Turkish Airlines. It is unclear how much he was paid, but George Clooney turned down $35M to appear in an ad for Turkish Airlines.
He used to own a restaurant called Madidi.
In 1996, he co-founded movie production company Revelations Entertainment.
His breakup with Myrna Colley-Lee reportedly cost Freeman about $100M. Therefore, Morgan Freeman has an estimated net worth of $280 million.
“One of the shortcomings of high profile living is no privacy,” Freeman confessed about the price of being a Hollywood celebrity. “Believe me: you don’t know how much you appreciate your privacy until you don’t have it.”
Real estate
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In 1991, Freeman bought a 124-acre ranch near Charleston, Mississippi, from his parents. Later, he built a hacienda-style house on the land. In 2019, the actor converted his ranch into a bee sanctuary. He imported 26 bee hives from Arkansas.
“We do not realize that they are the foundation,” Morgan Freeman explained. “I think, of the growth of the planet, the vegetation.”
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