Morgan Freeman to obtain Cecil B. DeMille Award for Lifetime Achievement at Golden Globes

Chris Pizzello/AP Photo The Hollywood Foreign Press Association introduced Wednesday that actor Morgan Freeman can get the Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement within the 69th annual Golden Globe Honours on Sunday, The month of the month of january 15. Actress Could Be (The Muppets) and author/director Pedro Almodovar (The Skin Home Is) revelaed what is the news within a press conference.our editor recommendsMorgan Freeman's AFI Tribute: Betty White-colored, Helen Mirren and Clint Eastwood Recognition the ActorMorgan Freeman Sparks Outcry After Calling Tea Party RacistMorgan Freeman Ponders Aliens as well as the Afterlife for 'Through the Wormhole' PHOTOS: Morgan Freeman in 'Deep Impact' and 21 Other Movie Presidents The 74-year-old, whose thriving voice remains in comparison to God's, made his film debut in 1964. Inside the years since, he's given memorable performances in a lot of considerably and/or over the counter effective films. Among the finest known: Jerry Schatzberg's Street Smart (1987), Bruce Beresford's Driving Miss Daisy (1989), Edward Zwick's Glory (1989), Clint Eastwood's Unforgiven (1992), Frank Darabont's The Shawshank Redemption (1994), David Fincher's Se7en (1995), Steven Spielberg's Amistad (1997), Eastwood's Big Baby (2004), Film Clip's Gone Baby Gone (2007), Christopher Nolan's The Dark Dark evening (2008), and Eastwood's Invictus (2009). PHOTOS: Box Office Politics: The Flicks and Stars Dems versus. GOPers Love (And Prefer to Hate) Freeman has become five Academy Award nominations and five Golden Globe nominations, winning the most effective supporting actor Oscar for Big Baby as well as the best actor (musical or comedy) Globe for Driving Miss Daisy. Previous visitors in the recognition, which depends upon the HFPA's board of company company directors, include Alfred Hitchcock, Lucille Ball, Sidney Poitier, Sophia Loren, Sean Connery, Barbra Streisand, Martin Scorsese, and, at a year ago's ceremony, Robert P Niro.