I do know there are a lot of people who seem to be in my corner, and that's, of course, wonderful. I'm really more interested in the nomination than in the award, because I think the nomination just puts you within a group of outstanding actors.

His family moved frequently during his childhood living in Greenwood Mississippi; Gary Indiana; and finally Chicago Illinois. In 1994 he portrayed Red the redeemed convict in the acclaimed The Shawshank Redemption. Freeman has several horses that he takes there.

Morgan Freeman (born June 1 1937) is an American actor film director and narrator. He has also won a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award.