How old was Morgan Freeman in the movie Ben-Hur?

Morgan Freeman was 78 in Ben-Hur when he played the character 'Sheik Ilderim'.

That was over 8 years ago in 2016.

Today he is 86, and has starred in 175 movies in total, 27 of those since Ben-Hur was released.

How old do you think he looks in the movie?

In Ben-Hur, I think Morgan Freeman looks:

Did you know?

  • Director Timur Bekmambetov has worked with Morgan Freeman a total of 2 times in his career.
  • Morgan Freeman's first movie was as 'Man on Street (Uncredited)' in The Pawnbroker, released in 1965 when he was 26
  • Ben-Hur scores 5.7 out of 10 on TMDB.

The cast of Ben-Hur

Morgan Freeman's other movies