Age: 72
Character: Nelson Mandela in Invictus
Film: The film tells the inspiring true story of how Nelson Mandela joined forces with the captain of South Africa’s rugby team to help unite their country.
Newly elected President Mandela knows his nation remains racially and economically divided in the wake of racial segregation.
Believing he can bring his people together through the universal language of sport, Mandela rallies South Africa’s rugby team as they make their historic run to the 1995 Rugby World Cup Championship match.
Previous Golden Globe Wins: Freeman has one previous Golden Globe win for driving Miss Daisy in 1989.
Previous Golden Globe Nominations: He also has three other nominations for Street Smart in 1987, The Shawshank Redemption in 1994 and Million Dollar Baby in 2004.
Award/Nominations for role: For his performance Freeman was named joint Best Actor by the National Board of review with George Clooney.
He was also nominated at the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role and the Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association for Best Actor
Critics: “Nelson Mandela is portrayed not as a saintly figure but as a smart operator, a playful, warm man with his own longings and shortcomings.” - Screen International
“Morgan Freeman doesn't play Mandela as much as inhabit the man, in a performance that seems to embody the very transcendence that Mandela himself has come to stand for. “ - Washington Post
FemaleFirst Helen Earnshaw
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