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Morgan Freeman

Apex — Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
26,380 feet (The Death Zone)
16th highest of 108

Best Picture, and the year he stopped being a character actor. Lean On Me came out the same year.

The career, climbed — every film on the shared Everest scale; hover for detail

Summit · 28,000Death Zone · 26,247Camp III · 23,500Camp II · 20,5001965666768691970717273741975767778791980818283841985868788891990919293941995969798992000010203042005060708092010111213142015161718192020212223242025

Filmography

FilmYearElevation
Driving Miss Daisy ▲ apex198923,378 ft
Million Dollar Baby200423,196 ft
Se7en199522,900 ft
Bruce Almighty200322,744 ft
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves199122,708 ft
Lean On Me198922,644 ft
Invictus200922,612 ft
Along Came a Spider200122,583 ft
The Shawshank Redemption199422,576 ft
Amistad199722,518 ft
Kiss the Girls199722,511 ft
The Power of One199222,414 ft
Nurse Betty200022,374 ft
The Sum of All Fears200222,355 ft
Hard Rain199822,346 ft
Lucy201422,328 ft
10 Items or Less200622,316 ft
Feast of Love200722,312 ft
Thick as Thieves200922,306 ft
Unforgiven199222,297 ft
The Contract200622,296 ft
The Maiden Heist200922,241 ft
Edison200522,235 ft
The Magic of Belle Isle201222,235 ft
The Bucket List200722,226 ft
5 Flights Up201422,224 ft
Oblivion201322,197 ft
The Ritual Killer202322,183 ft
Just Getting Started201722,174 ft
Unleashed200522,170 ft
Guilty by Association200322,159 ft
Lucky Number Slevin200622,154 ft
Wanted200822,150 ft
High Crimes200222,149 ft
Glory198922,111 ft
Evan Almighty200722,104 ft
Angel Has Fallen201922,073 ft
Going in Style201722,072 ft
Chain Reaction199622,064 ft
Batman Begins200522,059 ft
Last Vegas201322,054 ft
Under Suspicion200022,017 ft
Last Knights201521,991 ft
Moll Flanders199621,989 ft
Levity200321,989 ft
Outbreak199521,967 ft
A Good Person202321,965 ft
The Big Bounce200421,960 ft
RED201021,941 ft
The Dark Knight200821,936 ft
57 Seconds202321,936 ft
Momentum201521,934 ft
The Comeback Trail202021,908 ft
Dreamcatcher200321,892 ft
Gone Baby Gone200721,892 ft
The Poison Rose201921,886 ft
Gunner202421,876 ft
Vanquish202121,873 ft
An Unfinished Life200521,871 ft
The Dark Knight Rises201221,858 ft
Johnny Handsome198921,856 ft
Clean and Sober198821,846 ft
London Has Fallen201621,767 ft
Paradise Highway202221,762 ft
The Lego Movie201421,744 ft
The Minute You Wake Up Dead202221,741 ft
Deep Impact199821,725 ft
Ben-Hur201621,724 ft
My Dead Friend Zoe202421,687 ft
Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard202121,655 ft
Dolphin Tale201121,651 ft
Ted 2201521,645 ft
Brubaker198021,640 ft
Street Smart198721,636 ft
Olympus Has Fallen201321,632 ft
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms201821,629 ft
The Bonfire of the Vanities199021,621 ft
Dolphin Tale 2201421,620 ft
Now You See Me201321,618 ft
Now You See Me 2201621,617 ft
Transcendence201421,599 ft
Harry & Son198421,595 ft
That Was Then... This Is Now198521,591 ft
Now You See Me: Now You Don't202521,579 ft
The Pawnbroker196521,578 ft
Eyewitness198121,575 ft
The Love Guru200821,575 ft
Teachers198421,574 ft
Brian Banks201921,574 ft
Coming 2 America202121,574 ft