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Born	June 1, 1937 (age 88) • Memphis • Tennessee
Awards And Honors	National Medal of Arts (2015) • Cecil B. DeMille Award (2012) • Kennedy Center Honors (2008) • Academy Award (2005) • Academy Award (2005): Actor in a Supporting Role • Cecil B. DeMille Award (2012) • Golden Globe Award (1990): Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
Married To	Jeanette Adair Bradshaw (1967–1979) • Myrna Colley-Lee (1984–2010)
Movies/Tv Shows (Acted In)	"Who Says I Can't Ride a Rainbow!" (1971) • "Thick as Thieves" (2009) • "Going in Style" (2017) • "The Nutcracker and the Four Realms" (2018) • "Unleashed" (2005) • "Johnny Handsome" (1989) • "American Masters" (2000) • "Now You See Me 2" (2016) • "Just Getting Started" (2017) • "Momentum" (2015) • "The Civil War" (1990) • "The Power of One" (1992) • "Nurse Betty" (2000) • "The Electric Company" (1971–1977) • "Brubaker" (1980) • "Lucy" (2014) • "The Bucket List" (2007) • "Levity" (2003) • "The Atlanta Child Murders" (1985) • "Chain Reaction" (1996) • "Under Suspicion" (2000) • "Texas" (1981) • "Another World" (1983) • "Edison" (2005) • "Million Dollar Baby" (2004) • "Along Came a Spider" (2001) • "Last Vegas" (2013) • "Amistad" (1997) • "Gone Baby Gone" (2007) • "Slavery and the Making of America" (2005) • "Se7en" (1995) • "That Was Then... This Is Now" (1985) • "The Big Bounce" (2004) • "American Experience" (1991) • "Transcendence" (2014) • "Last Knights" (2015) • "Clean and Sober" (1988) • "Evan Almighty" (2007) • "Ted 2" (2015) • "The Contract" (2006) • "Ryan's Hope" (1981) • "Ben-Hur" (2016) • "Moll Flanders" (1996) • "Driving Miss Daisy" (1989) • "Alpha" (2018) • "Visions" (1978) • "The True Story of Glory Continues" (1991) • "The Bonfire of the Vanities" (1990) • "Deep Impact" (1998) • "Invictus" (2009) • "Dolphin Tale" (2011) • "Olympus Has Fallen" (2013) • "Dreamcatcher" (2003) • "Teachers" (1984) • "Angel Has Fallen" (2019) • "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves" (1991) • "Kiss the Girls" (1997) • "Wanted" (2008) • "New York Television Theatre" (1969) • "The Poison Rose" (2019) • "Batman Begins" (2005) • "The Dark Knight Rises" (2012) • "Harry & Son" (1984) • "RED" (2010) • "Oblivion" (2013) • "Lucky Number Slevin" (2006) • "Outbreak" (1995) • "The Lego Movie" (2014) • "Blade" (1973) • "Glory" (1989) • "Eyewitness" (1981) • "Unforgiven" (1992) • "10 Items or Less" (2006) • "Feast of Love" (2007) • "London Has Fallen" (2016) • "The Maiden Heist" (2009) • "Lean on Me" (1989) • "Bruce Almighty" (2003) • "Freedom: A History of US" (2003) • "Hard Rain" (1998) • "5 Flights Up" (2014) • "The Shawshank Redemption" (1994) • "Great Performances" (1985) • "Street Smart" (1987) • "War of the Worlds" (2005) • "The Sum of All Fears" (2002) • "30 for 30" (2010) • "Marie" (1985) • "Dolphin Tale 2" (2014) • "The Dark Knight" (2008) • "The Twilight Zone" (1985) • "High Crimes" (2002) • "The Magic of Belle Isle" (2012) • "An Unfinished Life" (2005) • "Now You See Me" (2013)
Movies/Tv Shows (Directed)	"Madam Secretary" (2015–2017) • "Bopha!" (1993)