Freeman also battles fibromyalgia, a chronic disorder causing pain, stiffness, fatigue, and depression, believed to have originated from a near-fatal car crash in 2008. The accident resulted in paralysis in his left hand, leading Freeman to wear a compression glove to maintain blood flow.

Morgan Freeman is one of the most recognizable names in Hollywood, thanks to his legendary acting career that has spanned five decades, but the Oscar winner is also a father of four. Freeman first became a dad in the early 1960s, welcoming his sons, Alfonso and Saifoulaye, with two different women.

The Oscar winner with the iconic voice, Morgan Freeman was intrigued by war films growing up, which inspired him to join the Air Force in 1955. He served as a radar technician, and, realizing that flying in the Air Force was not for him, left the military almost four years later.