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Cast members Morgan Freeman, left, and Matt Damon pose together at the premiere of "Invictus" in Beverly Hills, Calif. on Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009. Freeman is nominated for a Best Actor Oscar for his work in the film.
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Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman, seen here in the audience for a Cinema Society screening of "Married Life" at the Tribeca Cinemas, Wednesday, March 5, 2008, in New York, was seriously injured in a car crash in Tallahatchie County, Miss., late in the evening of Aug. 3, 2008.
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Actor Morgan Freeman escorts his granddaughter Edina to the world premiere of "The Dark Knight" on Monday, July 14, 2008, in New York. Freeman plays Lucius Fox in the blockbuster film.
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Actors Morgan Freeman and Mira Sorvino arrive to be honored at the second annual Pathfinders to Peace Awards Gala, hosted by the Shinnyo-en Foundation, New York, Thursday, March, 20, 2008. "Six Billion Paths to Peace" is the newest initiative of the Shinnyo-en Foundation, intended to raise the awareness of all six billion people on the planet on how the daily actions they take can lead to peace.
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Academy Award-winning actor Morgan Freeman arrives for the screening of his new movie "Feast of Love" in New York, Monday, Sept. 17, 2007
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Morgan Freeman arrives with his wife, Myra Colley-Lee, for the Laureus World Sports Awards in Barcelona, Spain, Monday, April 2, 2007.
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Academy Award-winning actors Jack Nicholson, left, and Morgan Freeman are seated courtside during the Los Angeles Lakers basketball game against Milwaukee Bucks at the Staples Center in Los Angeles Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2006. The two Hollywood legends starred together in the film "The Bucket List" which was released in 2007.
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Actor Clint Eastwood, left, accepts the Founders Award from actor Morgan Freeman at the Golden Boot Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Saturday, Aug. 12, 2006. The awards recognize those performers, stunt people, producers and directors who have furthered the tradition of the Western on film and in television. The two appeared together in Eastwood's Oscar-winning Western "Unforgiven."
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Actor and ClickStar co-founder Morgan Freeman talks about the ClickStar movie service, which is meant to give directors and actors a mechanism outside Hollywood for releasing films straight to consumers with the new Intel Viiv technology during the Intel keynote speech Thursday, Jan. 5, 2006, in Las Vegas.
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Actor Morgan Freeman holds his award after being honored at the Cairo Opera House on Friday, Dec. 9, 2005. Freeman is one of many international guests attending the Egyptian capital's 29th film festival.
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Morgan Freeman speaks at an industry seminar at the Cairo Opera House Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2005. Freeman is one of many international star guests attending the Egyptian capital's 29th film festival.
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Actor Morgan Freeman accepts a souvenir from a fan at the Cairo Opera House at a seminar on the cinema industry Wednesday Dec. 7, 2005.
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A cast photo at the final rehearsal for "Impossible Boulevard: From Homelessness to Hope" includes, from left, Eva Mendes, Don Cheadle, Alfre Woodard, Tim Robbins, Marisa Tomei and Morgan Freeman, at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Los Angeles on Oct. 29, 2005.
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Actors Laurence Fishburne, left, and Morgan Freeman greet each other before paying tribute to actor Ossie Davis at the 2005 Film Life Black Movie Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday, Oct. 9, 2005. Davis passed away earlier in the year at the age of 87.
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Co-stars Morgan Freeman and Camryn Manheim pose with young co-star Becca Gardner at the premiere of their film "An Unfinished Life" in New York, Wednesday, Sept 7, 2005.
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Robert Redford and Morgan Freeman in Miramax Films "An Unfinished Life."
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American actors, from left, Morgan Freeman, Katie Holmes and Christian Bale attend a presentation of the movie "Batman Begins" in Rome, Italy, Thursday, June 16, 2005.
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Morgan Freeman gives fans a thumbs up in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, June 15, 2005, before the European premiere of "Batman Begins."
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Actor Morgan Freeman accepts the Oscar for best supporting actor for his work in "Million Dollar Baby" at the 77th Academy Awards Sunday, Feb. 27, 2005, in Los Angeles.
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Singer Usher greets actor Morgan Freeman at Clive Davis' pre-Grammy Awards party in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Saturday, Feb. 12, 2005.
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Morgan Freeman accepts the award for outstanding performance by a male actor in a supporting role for his work in "Million Dollar Baby," at the 11th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards Feb. 5, 2005.