With three previous Oscar nominations ('Street Smart,' 'Driving Miss Daisy' and 'The Shawshank Redemption'), Morgan Freeman finally won the gold statue in 2005 for best supporting actor in Clint Eastwood's 'Million Dollar Baby.'

Hoping to capture another gold, the Memphis, Tennessee, native is teaming up once again with Eastwood in 'Invictus,' in which Freeman plays the famous South African President Nelson Mandela.

Co-starring in the film is Matt Damon, who won an Oscar for his screenplay of 'Good Will Hunting,' along with Ben Affleck, in 1997.

'Invictus' tells the inspiring true story of how Mandela joined forces with the captain (Damon) of South Africa's rugby team to help unite the country. Newly elected President Mandela knows his nation remains racially and economically divided in the wake of apartheid. Believing he can bring his people together through the universal language of sports, Mandela rallies South Africa's underdog rugby team as it makes an unlikely run to the 1995 World Cup Championship match.

Warner Bros. will release the film on Dec.11.