Morgan freeman is a respected renowned actor, narrator, and producer born June 1,
1937 in Memphis,Tennessee. Son of Morgan Porterfield Freeman and Mayme
Edna Revere and the youngest of five children. His mother was a schoolteacher and his father was a barber. Born in a time period of Jim Crow and Segregation his parents moved to Chicago for work while he stayed in Charleston with his grandmother. His father was an alcoholic which lead to the separation of his parents. After his grandmother died when he was six he moved to Chicago to stay with his mother where they relocated twice; first to Tennessee then later back to Mississippi. Unlike other actors acting wasn't Freeman's first career choice. Freeman wanted to be a fighter pilot, so following high school and turning down scholarships, he joined the Air Force. After realizing that that wasn't the life he wanted he left the Air Force in 1959 and moved to
Hollywood to pursue a career in acting pursue.Before his big break Freeman found love in his first marriage to Asia Bradshaw in 1967. Only when he landed a part in the all
African-American Broadway production “Hello Dolly” did his career get a break.
Freemans started to get national exposure in 1971 …show more content…
Morgan Freeman makes up to 150 million a year, he could be teaching others how he came into position when he was just the new guy. He is really just worth 90 million but as good as an actor that he is, he jumps in salary. Not everyone starts big, but when your work for what you want as he did then you can really be as successful as him or maybe even better but it all takes time. For example his film, KIss The Girls, he made about 5,000,000 out of that project. Morgan freeman is another role model in the acting industry. People model themselves after him and how great of an actor he is. As you know he got his big break in 1967 and it’s 2016, and he is still acting making
1937 in Memphis,Tennessee. Son of Morgan Porterfield Freeman and Mayme
Edna Revere and the youngest of five children. His mother was a schoolteacher and his father was a barber. Born in a time period of Jim Crow and Segregation his parents moved to Chicago for work while he stayed in Charleston with his grandmother. His father was an alcoholic which lead to the separation of his parents. After his grandmother died when he was six he moved to Chicago to stay with his mother where they relocated twice; first to Tennessee then later back to Mississippi. Unlike other actors acting wasn't Freeman's first career choice. Freeman wanted to be a fighter pilot, so following high school and turning down scholarships, he joined the Air Force. After realizing that that wasn't the life he wanted he left the Air Force in 1959 and moved to
Hollywood to pursue a career in acting pursue.Before his big break Freeman found love in his first marriage to Asia Bradshaw in 1967. Only when he landed a part in the all
African-American Broadway production “Hello Dolly” did his career get a break.
Freemans started to get national exposure in 1971 …show more content…
Morgan Freeman makes up to 150 million a year, he could be teaching others how he came into position when he was just the new guy. He is really just worth 90 million but as good as an actor that he is, he jumps in salary. Not everyone starts big, but when your work for what you want as he did then you can really be as successful as him or maybe even better but it all takes time. For example his film, KIss The Girls, he made about 5,000,000 out of that project. Morgan freeman is another role model in the acting industry. People model themselves after him and how great of an actor he is. As you know he got his big break in 1967 and it’s 2016, and he is still acting making