Morgan Freeman: acting career and breakthrough

Morgan Freeman did not begin his acting career after age fifty: he performed in school plays and later worked in theater, on Broadway, and on television. But his major film breakthrough did come in 1987, when he was fifty: his role in *Street Smart* earned him an Oscar nomination. Before that, Freeman served four years in the U.S. Air Force as an airman and radar repairman. I found no reliable confirmation that he worked as a radio host.