20 Famous Faces We Almost Didn’t Recognize

We think of Morgan Freeman as the voice of wisdom, the man who played God. But in the 1980 prison drama Brubaker, starring Robert Redford, he showed a much harder edge. Freeman played Walter, a violent and unstable inmate, in a memorable supporting role. He had been working on stage and television for years, but this film was a great showcase for his dramatic intensity. It’s a powerful, unsettling performance and a strong reminder of his range as a character actor, long before he became a beloved leading man.