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NEW HAVEN, CT - Stage and screen actor Morgan Freeman, who lists God among his numerous leading and supporting roles, was at Yale University this evening as a Chubb Fellow. As part of his visit, he took part in a public discussion in Woolsey Hall. The discussion was in the format of the long-running television show “Inside The Actors Studio.” Yale faculty member Ron Gregg, who organized the series “Films at the Whitney,” asked the Academy Award-winning actor for personal reflections on his career and the art of acting.
Freeman, who is one of the most recognizable figures in American cinema, has been nominated for and received the highest awards accorded to actors. His works are among the most critically and commercially successful films of all time, and Freeman himself ranks 10th among worldwide top-grossing actors.
Freeman won the Academy Award in 2005 for Best Supporting Actor for his role in “Million Dollar Baby.” In 1990 he won the Golden Globe for Best Actor for his performance in “Driving Miss Daisy.” Freeman also received Academy Award nominations for “Street Smart” and “The Shawshank Redemption.” In 2010 he received Academy Award, Golden Globe and Broadcast Critics Association nominations for his performance as Nelson Mandela in the film “Invictus.”
Among Freeman’s other well-known film credits are “The Dark Knight,” “The Bucket List,” “Glory,” “Clean and Sober,” “Lean on Me,” “Unforgiven,” “Se7en,” “Amistad,” “Nurse Betty,” “The Sum of All Fears,” “Bruce Almighty,” ”Coriolanus,” “Attica,” “Brubaker,” “Eyewitness,” and “Death of a Prophet” He also narrated two Academy Award-winning documentaries “The Long Way Home” and “The March of The Penguins
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YALE DAILY NEWS ARTICLE
Guest Contributor:Bill Costen
NEW HAVEN, CT - Stage and screen actor Morgan Freeman, who lists God among his numerous leading and supporting roles, was at Yale University this evening as a Chubb Fellow. As part of his visit, he took part in a public discussion in Woolsey Hall. The discussion was in the format of the long-running television show “Inside The Actors Studio.” Yale faculty member Ron Gregg, who organized the series “Films at the Whitney,” asked the Academy Award-winning actor for personal reflections on his career and the art of acting.
Freeman, who is one of the most recognizable figures in American cinema, has been nominated for and received the highest awards accorded to actors. His works are among the most critically and commercially successful films of all time, and Freeman himself ranks 10th among worldwide top-grossing actors.
Freeman won the Academy Award in 2005 for Best Supporting Actor for his role in “Million Dollar Baby.” In 1990 he won the Golden Globe for Best Actor for his performance in “Driving Miss Daisy.” Freeman also received Academy Award nominations for “Street Smart” and “The Shawshank Redemption.” In 2010 he received Academy Award, Golden Globe and Broadcast Critics Association nominations for his performance as Nelson Mandela in the film “Invictus.”
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YALE DAILY NEWS ARTICLE
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