In which film did Morgan Freeman play the role of "the President of the United States"?

Morgan Freeman born in June 1, 1937, is an American actor, director, and narrator. He is known for his distinctive deep voice and various roles in a wide variety of film genres. He has also received multiple accolades, including an Academy Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a Golden Globe Award.

Born in Memphis, Tennessee, Freeman was raised in Mississippi where he began acting in school plays. He studied theatre arts in Los Angeles and appeared in stage productions in his early career. He rose to fame in the 1970s for his role in the children's television series "The Electric Company." Freeman then appeared in the Shakespearean plays Coriolanus and Julius Caesar, the former of which earned him an Obie Award. His breakout role was in "Street Smart" (1987), playing a hustler, which earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor.

"Deep Impact" also known as "Impact" was released on May 8, 1998. The movie begins with the obligatory opening pre-catastrophe, in this case a runaway semi that mows down a Jeep and kills the astronomer who is bringing news of the approaching comet. The president, played convincingly by Morgan Freeman, goes on TV to break the bad news to the world, and talks of the Messiah Project, which will send a manned U.S.-Russian space craft to plant nuclear bombs in the comet and blow it up.