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'''<big>You are now reading this entry with my voice, in your head. [[Can't Unhear It|Well my my, isn't that something.]]</big>'''
'''Morgan Freeman''' ''is'' [[God]]<ref>After [[George Burns]] stepped down from the role</ref> (yes, literally, see image). His distinctive and authoritative voice and his calm, measured tones lend dignity and gravitas to pretty much everything he says. The [[Cozy Voice for Catastrophes|comforting qualities of his voice]] are only equaled by [[Stephen Fry]]. Watching them [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C83pEooe3m4 have a conversation in a blues club] is exactly as awesome as it sounds.
The quintessential [[Magical Negro]] actor, Freeman is probably best known for his roles in ''[[Driving Miss Daisy]]'', ''[[Glory]]'', ''[[The Shawshank Redemption]]'', ''[[Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves]]'', ''[[Unforgiven]]'' and ''[[Se7en]]''. More recently, he has played Lucius Fox in the [[The Dark Knight Saga|new]] ''[[Batman (film)|Batman]]'' movies, himself in ''[[Bruce Almighty|Bruce/Evan Almighty]]'' (okay, God actually, but could you really tell the difference?), and was the [[Narrator]] of ''March of the Penguins'' and the ''[[The War of the Worlds (2005 film)||The War of the Worlds]]'' remake. Considering he spent years trying to live down his roles of "Easy Reader" and "Vincent the Vegetable Vampire" on ''[[The Electric Company]]'', he's not complaining. His latest role is Nelson Mandela in ''[[Invictus]]''. Since early 2010, he has performed the voice over spiel in the open of the ''[[CBS|CBS Evening News]]'', replacing a 2006 spiel done by Walter Cronkite, who died a few months prior. He is also voice of Visa in the commercials, most notably those done for the [[Olympic Games|2008 Summer Olympics, the 2010 Winter Olympics]], and the [[Super Bowl]]. He's the host of ''Through the Wormhole'' on The Science Channel, a show which hopes to tackle some of the greater mysteries of life and existence. If anyone can explain it, it's Morgan Freeman.
He is now{{when}} the "voice" of Disney's Hall of Presidents attraction, a fact that threatens to actually make that attraction cool.
Also, see [http://xkcd.com/462/ this] [[Xkcd]] comic, [https://web.archive.org/web/20121215122241/http://follyandinnovation.com/2010/04/noun-of-or-relating-to-owning-in-scrabble/ this] [[Folly and Innovation]] strip, [[Rule of Three|as well as]] [http://thechive.com/2010/07/22/morgan-freeman-is-the-new-old-spice-man-8-photos/ this] parody of [[The Man Your Man Could Smell Like]]. And, according to [[Joe Loves Crappy Movies]], [[Even the Guys Want Him|even the guys]] [http://www.digitalpimponline.com/strips.php?title=movie&id=452 want him].
Not to be mistaken for a relative of [[Half-Life|Gordon Freeman]], as awesome and bearded as they both are. Neither so with [[The Boondocks|Robert Freeman]], as much as they fit the description of a [[Cool Old Guy]] and a [[Badass Grandpa]]. Nor with [[Martin Freeman]], although seeing these two actors in same film playing long lost relatives would be [[Rule of Funny|AWESOME]] (What? It's not like that sort of thing hasn't been [[Twins|done before]]). Nor with [[wikipedia:Milton friedman|Milton Friedman]], although having Morgan Freeman read some of his works would make them a lot easier to get through.
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