Morgan Freeman to get Screen Actors lifetime award

Record ID: 907344

  • Title: Morgan Freeman to get Screen Actors lifetime award
  • Date: 22nd August 2017
  • Summary: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (FILE - JUNE 08, 2017) (REUTERS) ***WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** VARIOUS OF FREEMAN POSING FOR PHOTOS NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (FILE - APRIL 25, 2016) (REUTERS) VARIOUS FREEMAN SPEAKING WITH REPORTER VARIOUS OF FREEMAN POSING FOR PHOTOS
  • Embargoed: 5th September 2017 21:09
  • Keywords: Morgan Freeman SAG Screen Actors Guild lifetime achievement award
  • Location: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA AND NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES
  • City: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA AND NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES
  • Country: USA
  • Topics: Celebrities,Arts / Culture / Entertainment
  • Reuters ID: LVA0016V8POI5
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Morgan Freeman, the versatile actor known for playing gods, presidents and pimps, will be honored with the 2017 lifetime achievement award by the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) at its annual ceremony in January.
    Freeman, 80, whose prolific career spans 50 years and more than 100 movies, will join the likes of past recipients Lily Tomlin, Debbie Reynolds and Dick Van Dyke when he gets the honor at a Los Angeles ceremony on January 21. SAG announced the award on Tuesday (August 22).
    The award is given annually to the actor who fosters the finest ideals of the acting profession.
    Freeman's calm demeanor and authoritative voice has seen him cast as God, or the voice of God, in movies including "Bruce Almighty," and he played the role of president in "Invictus" and "Deep Impact." In 2005 he won an Oscar for playing a former boxer in "Million Dollar Baby."
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