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Topics: Morgan Freeman, Celebrity Net Worth, TV and Film
Bridie Adams
Morgan Freeman is a well known American actor, producer, director and narrator from Memphis, who is especially known for his distinctive, wise and friendly presence. He made his first appearance as an actor playing the lead character of a school play.
Freeman was raised in Chicago and Mississippi in a low-income home. Shortly after he was born, Morgan Freeman’s mother and father, like so many other African-Americans struggling under the pressures of the Jim Crow South, relocated to Chicago to find jobs.
Later in life, film titles such as Million Dollar Baby and The Shawshank Redemption, brought Freeman global recognition, numerous awards, and high takings to add up to his huge net worth.
As of 2022, Morgan Freeman has an estimated net worth of $250 million, or £199 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth.
He paid his former wife of 26 years, Myrna Colley-Lee, $100-$200 million in land and money back in 2010, but it barely dented his overall net worth as he’s pulling in so much. As reported by Forbes in 2010, Morgan Freeman got between $1 million and $2 million to be the voice of Visa. As that price is over a decade old, it is distinctly possible that Morgan Freeman is making even more today.
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Freeman is well known for his numerous roles in a vast variety of movie genres, as well as for his deep voice and representation of those with DPN.
DPN is a condition consisting of one or many tiny dark skin lesions on the face and upper body which are more common in people with Black skin. Morgan Freeman has numerous facial DPNs and, in some ways, they are more or less his trademark, as some call them ‘Morgan Freeman moles’. The visibility he has given the condition has arguably empowered many to feel comfortable in their skin, and to embrace their ‘Black beauty spots.’