Tim Robbins plays the character of Andy Dufresne in the Shawshank Redemption movie. Robbins is a American Academy Award winning actor, screenwriter, director and producer. He is also a musician.

Stephen Edwin King is the American author of the novella Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption. Best known for his very popular horror novels, King also writes popular non-horror stories. King also wrote the nonfiction book Danse Macabre, which chronicles the notable works of horror in literature and cinema. King has also written under the pen names of Richard Bachman, and once as John Swithen. Many of Stephen King's stores have been adapted into movies.

Early life

Stephen King was born on September 21, 1947. He was raised by his mother, Nellie Ruth Pillsubry, with his adopted brother David. The family lived in Durham, Maine and also Fort Wayne, Indiana and Stratford, Connecticut.

Morgan Freeman plays the character of Ellis Boyd Reading (Red) in the Shawshank Redemption movie. Freeman is an Academy Award winning actor, film director and a regular film narrator.

Film career

Freeman's first credited film appearance was in the 1971 movie Who Says I Can't Ride A Rainbow? He first became known in the American media through roles on the soap opera Another World and the PBS show The Electric Company.

Frank Darabont is an American Film director, screenwriter and producer. He directed The Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile movies, adapted from Stephen King's stories.