Morgan Freeman

Morgan Freeman has a voice that commands attention, even when he is not playing God. However, he's often at his most commanding when he is not speaking. That's because we register just how many emotions are playing across his seemingly passive face. HCC film professors Marie Westhaver and Mike Giuliano devote this podcast episode to an actor whose early stage and television roles gradually made him familiar to us. The real breakthrough was the frightening conviction he brought to his role in the gritty drama "Street Smart" (1987). It was followed by his acclaimed performances in films including "Driving Miss Daisy" (1989), "Glory" (1989), "Unforgiven" (1992), "The Shawshank Redemption" (1994) and "Million Dollar Baby" (2004). Marie and Mike talk about all those films and more as they discuss an actor whose understated authority has been the basis for a very full career.