Al Freeman Jr.
Biography
Al Freeman Jr. was an American actor, director, and educator. Born in San Antonio, Texas, he studied acting in Los Angeles and began appearing on television in 1958, then debuted on Broadway in The Long Dream in 1960. His film credits included Black Like Me (1964), Finian's Rainbow (1968), and The Detective (1968), opposite Frank Sinatra. He became best known as police captain Ed Hall on the daytime serial One Life to Live, a role he held from 1972 to 1987 and revisited in 1988 and 2000, winning a Daytime Emmy Award in 1979, the first African-American actor to earn it. He played Malcolm X in Roots: The Next Generations and portrayed Elijah Muhammad in Malcolm X (1992), which brought him an NAACP Image Award for supporting actor. He also appeared in Down in the Delta (1998) and taught and chaired the theater department at Howard University. He died in 2012.
78years old at death
- Born San Antonio
- Died Washington, D.C.
- Star sign: AriesFirst day of the sign, on the Pisces cusp
- Also credited as Albert Cornelius Freeman Jr.
Movie Career
- Films
- 10
- Career span
- 40 years1958 to 1998
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Behind the award
Freeman won a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in 1979 for playing police captain Ed Hall on One Life to Live, becoming the first actor from that show and the first African-American actor to take the award.
First role
In 1959 Freeman moved to New York City, and the next year he first appeared on Broadway in The Long Dream, a play based on Richard Wright's 1958 novel.
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Worked with
Al Freeman Jr. shares two films with Patrick O'Neal, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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