Million Dollar Grandpa

• "X" used to serve as a radar technician in the United States Air Force from 1955 to 1959

• In the early 1960s "X" worked as a transcript clerk at Los Angeles City College.

• During the same period, "X" also lived in New York City, working as a dancer at the 1964 World's Fair, and in San Francisco, where "X" was a member of the Opera Ring musical theater group.

• According to recent DNA analysis, some of his ancestors were from Niger

• On September 17, 1993 ,"X" made his directorial debut on the film "Bhopa !" , A Drama in South Africa during the apartheid era.

• "X" has a reputation for depicting wise, fatherly characters. 

• "X" Keeps his Oscar statuette inside a cabinet which resides in his office. The cabinet was built by a good friend of his in 1998 especially for the Oscar that his friend predicted "X" would win. It even came with a plaque that read: "No Parking. Reserved for Oscar.

• "X" Received a trademark on his name from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on September 19, 2006.

Id  "X"

Answer (highlight to read) : Morgan Freeman