Morgan Freeman, one of Hollywood's coolest voices, has shown his cool head by landing a malfunctioning plane before abandoning it for a second plane.

On the face of it, it seems to bear the hallmarks of an action movie storyline's beginnings.

On solid ground: Morgan Freeman with Diane Keaton at the festival. Credit:AFP

Freeman, 77, who most recently voiced the wizard Vitruvius in The Lego Movie, ran into plane trouble when he was flying his own jet from his Mississippi home to attend the world premiere of his latest film Ruth & Alex in Canada.

Freeman was 90 minutes late for the Toronto Film Festival premiere on Friday night (local time). In his smooth tones, he blamed it on his malfunctioning aircraft.