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List of awards and nominations received by Morgan Freeman

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The following is a list of awards and nominations received by Morgan Freeman. Freeman is considered one of the greatest actors of his generation and an acting icon. He is known for his distinctive deep voice, and his various roles on the stage and screen across of a variety film genres. 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.

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Throughout his nearly seven-decade-long career he has earned a multitude awards and nominations for his performances. He has earned five Academy Award nominations winning Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Clint Eastwood's sports drama Million Dollar Baby (2004). He was also nominated for his performances in Street Smart (1987), Driving Miss Daisy (1989), The Shawshank Redemption (1994), and Invictus (2009). He also has earned five Golden Globe Award nominations, winning Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy for Driving Miss Daisy.

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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	Best Actor	The Shawshank Redemption	Nominated	^[3]
2005	Best Supporting Actor	Million Dollar Baby	Won	^[4]
2010	Best Actor	Invictus	Nominated	^[5]

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1988	Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture	Street Smart	Nominated	^[6]
1990	Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy	Driving Miss Daisy	Won	^[7]
1995	Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama	The Shawshank Redemption	Nominated	^[8]
2005	Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture	Million Dollar Baby	Nominated	^[9]
2010	Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama	Invictus	Nominated	^[10]
Non-competitive awards
2012	Cecil B. DeMille Award		Recipient	^[11]

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2016	Outstanding Informational Series or Special	The Story of God with Morgan Freeman	Nominated	^[12]
2018	Outstanding Narrator	March of the Penguins 2: The Next Step	Nominated	^[13]
2021	Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series	The Kominsky Method: Chapter 20. The Round Toes, of the High Shoes	Nominated	^[14]
2023	Outstanding Narrator	Our Universe: Chasing Starlight	Nominated

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1995	Outstanding Actor in a Leading Role	The Shawshank Redemption	Nominated	^[15]
2005	Outstanding Actor in a Supporting Role	Million Dollar Baby	Won	^[16]
2005	Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture	Million Dollar Baby	Nominated	^[16]
2010	Outstanding Actor in a Leading Role	Invictus	Nominated	^[17]
Non-competitive awards
2019	Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award		Recipient	^[18]

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
2000	Nurse Betty	Best Actor	Nominated
2002	The Sum of All Fears	Best Supporting Actor	Nominated
2003	Bruce Almighty		Nominated
2004	Million Dollar Baby		Nominated
2009	Invictus	Best Actor	Won
2015	The Lego Movie	Best Voice Performance	Won

List_of_awards_and_nominations_received_by_Morgan_Freeman

List of awards and nominations received by Morgan Freeman

Major awards

Academy Awards

Golden Globe Awards

Primetime Emmy Awards

Screen Actors Guild Awards

Tony Awards

Black Reel Awards

MTV Movie Awards

NAACP Image Awards

Film critics awards

Miscellaneous awards

Lifetime achievement awards

Other honors

References

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Award	Wins	Nominations
Academy Awards	1	5
Golden Globe Awards	2	6
Screen Actors Guild Awards	2	5
Primetime Emmy Awards	0	3
Tony Awards	0	1

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
1991	Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves	Best On-Screen Duo (shared with Kevin Costner)	Nominated
1995	Seven	Best On-Screen Duo (shared with Brad Pitt)	Nominated

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
1989	Driving Miss Daisy	Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture	Won
1989	Lean on Me		Won
1995	Seven		Nominated
1997	Amistad	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture	Won
1998	Deep Impact		Won
2000	Nurse Betty		Nominated
2001	Along Came a Spider		Nominated
2002	High Crimes	Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture	Nominated
2003	Bruce Almighty	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture	Won
2004	Million Dollar Baby	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture	Won
2009	Invictus	Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture	Won
2010	Red		Nominated
2012	The Magic of Belle Isle		Nominated

Year	Nominated work	Award	Result
1987	Street Smart	Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor	Won
		National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor	Won
		New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor	Won
1989	Driving Miss Daisy	Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor^{[citation needed]}	Won
		Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor	Nominated
		National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor	Nominated
		New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor	Nominated
	Glory	Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor	Nominated
	Glory	Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor	Nominated
	Lean on Me	Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor	Nominated
	Johnny Handsome	Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor	Nominated
1994	The Shawshank Redemption	Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor	Won
1994	The Shawshank Redemption	Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor	Nominated
1995	Seven	London Film Critics Circle Award for Actor of the Year	Won
		National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor	Won
		Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor	Nominated
2004	Million Dollar Baby	Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor	Won
		Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor	Nominated
		Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor	Nominated
		National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor	Nominated
		Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor	Nominated
		Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor	Nominated
2007	Gone Baby Gone	Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast	Nominated
2008	The Dark Knight	Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast	Nominated
2009	Invictus	Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor	Nominated
		Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor	Nominated
		Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor	Nominated

Year	Nominated work	Award	Result
1987	Street Smart	Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male	Won
1989	Driving Miss Daisy	National Board of Review Award for Best Actor	Won
1989	Driving Miss Daisy	Silver Bear for Best Acting Team (shared with Jessica Tandy)	Won
1995	Seven	Empire Award for Best Actor	Won
1995	Seven	Saturn Award for Best Actor	Nominated
2000	Nurse Betty	Satellite Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy	Nominated
2003	Bruce Almighty	Teen Choice Awards for Choice Movie Chemistry	Nominated
2008	The Dark Knight	People's Choice Award for Favorite Cast	Won
2009	Invictus	National Board of Review Award for Best Actor (tied with George Clooney for Up in the Air)	Won

Year	Award	Ref.
2009	Golden Icon Award (Zurich Film Festival)
2011	AFI Life Achievement Award
2012	Cecil B. DeMille Award
2018	Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award