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Morgan Freeman awards and nominations
Morgan Freeman at the Deauville Film Festival in 2018
Totals[a]
Wins29
Nominations79
Note
  1. ^ Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They acknowledge several different recipients, have runners-up, and have third place. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.

The following is a List of awards and nominations received by Morgan Freeman.

Morgan Freeman is an American actor. He is considered one of the greatest actors of his generation and an acting icon. He is known for his distinctive deep voice, and his roles on the stage and screen across of a variety film genres. He has received several awards including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award as well as nominations for a five Primetime Emmy Awards and a Tony Award.

Throughout his nearly seven-decade-long career he has earned a multitude awards and nominations for his performances. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as a gym assistant and former boxer in the Clint Eastwood sports drama Million Dollar Baby (2004). He was Oscar-nominated for his performances as a pimp in Street Smart (1987), a chauffeur in Driving Miss Daisy (1989), a prison inmate in The Shawshank Redemption (1994), and Nelson Mandela in Invictus (2009). He also has earned the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy for Driving Miss Daisy and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor for Million Dollar Baby (2004).

For his work on television, he earned a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for playing a fictionalized version of himself in the Netflix comedy series The Kominsky Method (2021). He also was Emmy-nominated for Outstanding Informational Series or Special for the National Geographic series The Story of God with Morgan Freeman (2016) and three nominations for Outstanding Narrator for the documentary series March of the Penguins 2: The Next Step (2018), Our Universe (2023), and Life on Our Planet (2024).

Freeman earned a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his role as Zeke in the Broadway play The Mighty Gents (1978). For his lifetime achievement in acting he received the Kennedy Center Honors in 2008. His other honorary awards include the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2011, the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2012 and the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 2018.

Major awards

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Academy Awards

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1988 Best Supporting Actor Street Smart Nominated [1]
1990 Best Actor Driving Miss Daisy Nominated [2]
1995 The Shawshank Redemption Nominated [3]
2005 Best Supporting Actor Million Dollar Baby Won [4]
2010 Best Actor Invictus Nominated [5]

Emmy Awards

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Primetime Emmy Awards
Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2016 Outstanding Informational Series or Special The Story of God with Morgan Freeman Nominated [6]
2018 Outstanding Narrator March of the Penguins 2: The Next Step Nominated [7]
2021 Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series The Kominsky Method (episode: "The Round Toes, of the High Shoes") Nominated [8]
2023 Outstanding Narrator Our Universe (episode: "Chasing Starlight") Nominated [9]
2024 Life on Our Planet (episode: "The Rules of Life") Nominated [10]

Golden Globe Awards

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1988 Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Street Smart Nominated [11]
1990 Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Driving Miss Daisy Won [12]
1995 Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama The Shawshank Redemption Nominated [13]
2005 Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Million Dollar Baby Nominated [14]
2010 Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama Invictus Nominated [15]
Non-competitive awards
2012 Cecil B. DeMille Award Recipient [16]

Screen Actors Guild Awards

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1995 Outstanding Actor in a Leading Role The Shawshank Redemption Nominated [17]
2005 Outstanding Actor in a Supporting Role Million Dollar Baby Won [18]
Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture Nominated
2010 Outstanding Actor in a Leading Role Invictus Nominated [19]
Non-competitive awards
2017 Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award Recipient [20]

Tony Awards

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Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
1978 Featured Actor in a Play The Mighty Gents Nominated [21]

Film critics awards

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Organizations Year Category Project Result Ref.
Chicago Film Critics Association 1989 Best Supporting Actor Glory Nominated
1994 Best Supporting Actor The Shawshank Redemption Nominated
1995 Best Actor Se7en Nominated
Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2004 Best Supporting Actor Million Dollar Baby Nominated
2007 Best Cast Gone Baby Gone Nominated
2008 The Dark Knight Nominated
2009 Best Actor Invictus Nominated
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association 1994 Best Actor The Shawshank Redemption Won
2004 Best Supporting Actor Million Dollar Baby Nominated
2009 Best Actor Invictus Nominated
Kansas City Film Critics Circle 1989 Best Actor Driving Miss Daisy Won
London Film Critics Circle 1995 Actor of the Year Se7en Won
Los Angeles Film Critics Association 1987 Best Supporting Actor Street Smart Won
1989 Best Actor Driving Miss Daisy Nominated
Glory Nominated
Lean on Me Nominated
Johnny Handsome Nominated
2004 Best Supporting Actor Million Dollar Baby Nominated
National Society of Film Critics 1987 Best Supporting Actor Street Smart Won
1989 Best Actor Driving Miss Daisy Nominated
1995 Best Actor Se7en Won
2004 Best Supporting Actor Million Dollar Baby Nominated
New York Film Critics Circle 1987 Best Supporting Actor Street Smart Won
1989 Best Actor Driving Miss Daisy Nominated
Vancouver Film Critics Circle 2004 Best Supporting Actor Million Dollar Baby Won
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association 2004 Best Supporting Actor Million Dollar Baby Nominated
2009 Best Actor Invictus Nominated

Miscellaneous awards

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Organizations Year Category Project Result Ref.
Berlin International Film Festival 1989 Silver Bear for Best Acting Team (shared with Jessica Tandy) Driving Miss Daisy Won
Black Reel Awards 2000 Best Actor Nurse Betty Nominated
2002 Best Supporting Actor The Sum of All Fears Nominated
2003 Bruce Almighty Nominated
2004 Million Dollar Baby Nominated
2009 Best Actor Invictus Won
2015 Best Voice Performance The Lego Movie Won
Empire Award 1995 Best Actor Seven Won
Independent Spirit Award 1987 Best Supporting Male Street Smart Won
MTV Movie Awards 1991 Best On-Screen Duo (shared with Kevin Costner) Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves Nominated
1995 Best On-Screen Duo (shared with Brad Pitt) Seven Nominated
NAACP Image Awards 1989 Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture Driving Miss Daisy Won
Lean on Me Won
1995 Seven Nominated
1997 Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture Amistad Won
1998 Deep Impact Won
2000 Nurse Betty Nominated
2001 Along Came a Spider Nominated
2002 Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture High Crimes Nominated
2003 Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture Bruce Almighty Won
2004 Million Dollar Baby Won
2009 Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture Invictus Won
2010 Red Nominated
2012 The Magic of Belle Isle Nominated
National Board of Review 1989 Best Actor Driving Miss Daisy Won
2009 Best Actor (tied with George Clooney for Up in the Air) Invictus Won
People's Choice Award 2008 The Dark Knight Favorite Cast Won
Saturn Award 1995 Best Actor Seven Nominated
Satellite Award 2000 Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Nurse Betty Nominated
Teen Choice Awards 2003 Choice Movie Chemistry Bruce Almighty Nominated

Honorary awards

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Organizations Year Notes Result Ref.
American Academy of Achievement 1998 Golden Plate Award Honored [22]
Kennedy Center Honors 2008 Medal Honored [23]
Zurich Film Festival 2009 Golden Icon Award Honored [24]
Living Legends of Aviation 2011 Aviation Inspiration and Patriotism Award Honored [25]
American Film Institute 2011 AFI Life Achievement Award Honored [26]
Golden Globe Awards 2012 Cecil B. DeMille Award Honored [27]
City of London 2014 Freedom of the City Honored [28]
Screen Actors Guild Award 2017 Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award Honored [29]

Honorary degrees

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Organizations Year Notes Ref.
Rhodes College 1997 Honorary degree [30]
Brown University 2010 Honorary degree [31]
Boston University 2013 Honorary Degree (Doctor of Humane Letters) [32]

References

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  12. ^ "47th Golden Globe Awards". goldenglobes.com. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
  13. ^ "52nd Golden Globe Awards". goldenglobes.com. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
  14. ^ "62nd Golden Globe Awards". goldenglobes.com. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
  15. ^ "67th Golden Globe Awards". goldenglobes.com. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
  16. ^ "69th Golden Globe Awards". goldenglobes.com. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
  17. ^ "1st Screen Actors Guild Awards". Screen Actors Guild Awards. Retrieved January 4, 2022.
  18. ^ "11th Screen Actors Guild Awards". Screen Actors Guild Awards. Retrieved January 4, 2022.
  19. ^ "16th Screen Actors Guild Awards". Screen Actors Guild Awards. Retrieved January 4, 2022.
  20. ^ "25th Screen Actors Guild Awards". Screen Actors Guild Awards. Retrieved January 4, 2022.
  21. ^ "Morgan Freeman". playbill.com. Retrieved January 4, 2022.
  22. ^ "Golden Plate Awardees of the American Academy of Achievement". www.achievement.org. American Academy of Achievement.
  23. ^ ""Kennedy Center Honors," with Tributes to Streisand, Freeman, Tharp, Airs Dec. 30". Playbill. Retrieved August 24, 2024.
  24. ^ "Zurich to honor Morgan Freeman". Variety. Retrieved August 24, 2024.
  25. ^ "Living Legends of Aviation | Honorees". Archived from the original on February 13, 2015. Retrieved June 3, 2022.
  26. ^ "Morgan Freeman". American Film Institute. Retrieved August 24, 2024.
  27. ^ "Morgan Freeman Wins Golden Globes' Cecil B. DeMille Award". Reuters. Retrieved August 24, 2024.
  28. ^ "Morgan Freeman honoured with freedom of London". Daily Express. Express Newspapers. November 12, 2014. Retrieved May 9, 2016.
  29. ^ "SAG Life Achievement Honoree Morgan Freeman Proves Life Can Begin at 50". Variety. Retrieved August 24, 2024.
  30. ^ Wood, Bennett. Rhodes 150: A Sesquicentennial Yearbook, p. 214.
  31. ^ "Nelson Mandela To Receive Honorary Degree in Absentia, One of Eight Candidates". Brown University. April 27, 2010. Retrieved September 5, 2010.
  32. ^ "Actor Morgan Freeman to Receive Honorary Degree". Boston University. May 17, 2013. Retrieved April 29, 2015.
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