I loved him in The Shawshank Redemption. Use to be one of my favorite movies until I came to despise Tim Robbins so much I can;t watch the movie anymore.
Freeman's part of "Red" was written as an Irish white guy. Freeman seemlessly took on that role and made it his own.
Great actor.
Just like me. I had worn out VHS tapes of Shawshank and now have the DVD.
But I can't stand to watch it now.
I'm with you on not being able to watch movies I used to like because of mouthy actors ruining it for me like Robbins! I always thought Penn was a good actor but now can't watch him without foaming at the mouth! Same with lots of the musicians but I love Morgan Freeman and like that he keeps his politics to himself.