Morgan Freeman has been a good sport about his recent faux pas - he fell asleep during an interview earlier this month.

He's appeared on the Late Night With Jimmy Fallon in America this week, and the elderly actor - who sat in the audience for the skit - appeared to snooze off before jolting upright in his seat and coming back to attention. 

The 75-year-old was poking fun at his own recent mishap on a Seattle TV show, when he snoozed while Michael Caine - his co-star in their latest film 'Now You See Me' - handled all the questions.

Jimmy Fallon's posted The Shawshank Redemption actor's joke footage as a gif on his own website.