Letterbox Breakdown – Morgan Freeman

Studying through the stats on Letterbox, it becomes fascinating to see who has become the most-watched star and whether they should be number one. I am going to be looking through the roles and see if the numbers add up to different roles and importance within the film. Exploring to see who has the most leading roles, supporting roles or just random cameos. Without further ado, let’s explore.

Morgan Freeman – 55 Films

Current Rank – 4th

Different Roles

First, I will look at the number of different roles the actor has portrayed.

Number of different roles – 46

Roles in more than one film – 7

Roles In Film

Second, I will explore the position in the film the star portrayed.

Leading Roles – 2

• Alex Cross – Kiss the Girls & Along Came a Spider

Co-Star – 11

• Doc – The Poison Rose (Eye for an Eye)
• Willie Davies – Going in Style
• Alex Carver – 5 Flights Up (Ruth and Alex)
• Archie Clayton – Last Vegas
• Nelson Mandela – Invictus
• Carter – The Bucket List
• Ashford – Edison
• Somerset – Se7en
• Carden – The Contract
• Captain Victor Benezet – Under Suspicion
• Jim – Hard Rain

Supporting Roles – 40

• Patrick Meighan – Ted 2
• Senior – The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard
• Damon – Vanquish
• Trumbull – Olympus, London and Angel Has Fallen
• Drosselmeyer – The Nutcracker and Four Realms
• Professor Norman – Lucy
• Joseph Tagger – Transcendence
• Vitruvius – The Lego Movie
• Thaddeus Bradley – Now You See Me 1 & 2
• Beech – Oblivion
• Joe Matheson – Red
• Fox – Batman Begins, The Dark Knight & The Dark Knight Rises
• Sloan – Wanted
• Jack Doyle – Gone Baby Gone
• Sam – Unleashed
• Eddie Scrap-Iron Dupris – Million Dollar Baby
• Walter Crewes – The Big Bounce
• God – Bruce & Evan Almighty
• Col Abraham Curtis – Dreamcatcher
• DCI William Cabot – Sum of All Fears
• Paul Shannon – Chain Reaction
• General Billy Ford – Outbreak
• Ellis Boyd ‘Red’ Redding – The Shawshank Redemption
• Azeem – Robin Hood Prince of Thieves
• Sgt Maj John Rawlins – Glory
• Senator – Momentum
• Bartok – The Last Knight
• Monte Wildhorn – Magic of Belle Isle
• Dr Cameron McCarthy – Dolphin Tale
• Narrator – Conan & War of the Worlds
• The Boss – Lucky Number Slevin
• President Beck – Deep Impact
• Theodore Joadson – Amistad

Cameos – 2

• Himself – Coming 2 America
• Himself (Archive) – Never Sleep Again

The Missing Roles

This is a list of the biggest movies I haven’t yet seen from Morgan Freeman.

• Unforgiven
• Driving Miss Daisy
• The Bonfire of the Vanities
• The Pawnbroker
• Ben-Hur

The date the stats were looked at – 28^th of July 2022