Eddie Murphy
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Eddie Murphy

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Edward "Eddie" Regan Murphy (born April 3, 1961) is an American actor, voice actor, film director, producer, comedian, and singer.

He is the second-highest grossing actor in motion picture history. He was a regular cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1980 to 1984, and has worked as a stand-up comedian. He was ranked #10 on Comedy Central's list of the 100 Greatest Stand-ups of All Time. He has received Golden Globe Award nominations for Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year - Actor for his performance in 48 Hrs and best actor in a comedy or musical for his performances in Beverly Hills Cop, Trading Places, and The Nutty Professor. In 2007, he won the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of soul singer James "Thunder" Early in Dreamgirls, and received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the same role. Murphy's work as a voice actor includes Thurgood Stubbs in The PJs, Donkey in the Shrek series and the dragon Mushu in Disney's Mulan. In some of his films, he plays multiple roles in addition to his main character, intended as a tribute to one of his idols Peter Sellers, who played multiple roles in Dr. Strangelove and elsewhere. Murphy has played multiple roles in Coming to America, Wes Craven's Vampire In Brooklyn, the Nutty Professor films (where he played the title role in two incarnations, plus his father, brother, mother, and grandmother), Bowfinger, and 2007's Norbit.

Films Featuring Eddie Murphy

Beverly Hills Cop

19847.2

Beverly Hills Cop II

19876.5

48 Hrs.

19826.7

Beverly Hills Cop III

19945.9

Dreamgirls

20066.7

The Golden Child

19865.9

Shrek Forever After

20106.4

Trading Places

19837.2

Shrek

20017.8

Shrek 2

20047.3

Doctor Dolittle

19985.7

Shrek the Third

20076.3

Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt

19896.9

Mulan

19987.9

Daddy Day Care

20035.9

The Distinguished Gentleman

19926.0

The Haunted Mansion

20035.7

Dr. Dolittle 2

20015.3

Boomerang

19925.7

Best Defense

19844.3

Bowfinger

19996.2

Tongues Untied

19906.6

Meet Dave

20085.3

Life

19996.7

The Adventures of Pluto Nash

20024.4

Showtime

20025.6

Another 48 Hrs.

19906.0

I Spy

20025.4

Nutty Professor II: The Klumps

20005.0

Vampire in Brooklyn

19955.1

Metro

19975.7

Shrek 3-D

20045.9

Harlem Nights

19896.0

Holy Man

19985.2

Norbit

20075.7

The Nutty Professor

19965.6

Coming to America

19886.9

Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party

20016.3

Shrek the Halls

20076.4

The Joe Piscopo New Jersey Special

19867.0

The Pickup

20256.4

Eddie Murphy: Delirious

19837.6

Shrek 5

2027

Donkey

2028

Eddie Murphy Raw

19877.3

Donkey's Christmas Shrektacular

20105.7

Imagine That

20096.0

The Pink Panther

The Pink Panther

A Thousand Words

20126.1

The Joe Piscopo Special

19849.0

Far Far Away Idol

20046.3

Tower Heist

20116.1

Eddie Murphy: One Night Only

20126.0

The Best of Eddie Murphy: Saturday Night Live

19897.3

Mike Tyson vs Trevor Berbick

1986

Won't You Be My Neighbor?

20188.0

Eddie Murphy : Hollywood's Black King

20236.6

Michael Jackson: Dangerous - The Short Films

19938.2

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Eddie Murphy

19987.6

Candy Cane Lane

20236.0

Uptown Comedy Express

19877.0

Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’

20125.0

The Ultimate Collection starring Johnny Carson - The Best of the 70s and 80s

2002

Shrek Stories

20138.1

Mr. Church

20167.4

Shrek's Yule Log

20106.2

Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

20246.2

The Garth Brooks Video Collection, Vol. 2

1996

Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary

19897.8

Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F

20246.6

Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley

20136.7

Dolemite Is My Name

20197.0

B.B. King: Into the Night

19858.2

Creating a Fairy Tale World: The Making of Shrek

20019.6

Coming 2 America

20216.3

Untitled Grumpy Old Men Remake

Untitled Grumpy Old Men Remake

Eat Drink Laugh: The Story of The Comic Strip

20147.5

The Women of SNL

20105.2

Fuck

20066.4

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History

20088.0

But... Seriously

But... Seriously

19948.5

Feeding America Comedy Festival

20205.8

Shrek: Once Upon a Time

20117.5

Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis

20115.6

Dreamworks: Holiday Classics

20127.8

Eddie Murphy: Laugh 'Til it Hurts

20218.0

Shrek's Thrilling Tales

20126.7

You People

20235.6

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

20257.7

Blue Falcon

Blue Falcon

Being Eddie

20256.8

101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment

20035.0

Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found

20058.0

John Candy: I Like Me

20257.9

Attachment Parenting

Attachment Parenting

Saturday Night Live: Christmas

19995.6

Michael Jackson: A Life in Music

2026

AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Eddie Murphy

20265.3

An All-Star Celebration Honoring Martin Luther King Jr.

An All-Star Celebration Honoring Martin Luther King Jr.

1986

Purple Rain MTV Premiere Party

Purple Rain MTV Premiere Party