Eddie Murphy
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.
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.
Known for
Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution
Candy Cane Lane
Eddie Murphy : Hollywood's Black King
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
You People
Eddie Murphy: Laugh 'Til it Hurts
Coming 2 America
The Drew Barrymore Show
The True Story of...
The Oprah Conversation
Feeding America Comedy Festival
Dave Chappelle: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize
The Movies That Made Us
Dolemite Is My Name
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Desus & Mero
Won't You Be My Neighbor?
Mr. Church
Eddie Murphy: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize
Saturday Night Live: 40th Anniversary Special
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Eat Drink Laugh: The Story of The Comic Strip
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Shrek Stories
Moms Mabley
Eddie Murphy: One Night Only
Dreamworks Holiday Classics
Shrek's Thrilling Tales
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
A Thousand Words
Honest Trailers
Shrek: Once Upon a Time
Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis
Tower Heist
Shrek's Yule Log
The Women of SNL
Shrek Forever After
Imagine That
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
Meet Dave
Shrek the Halls
Shrek the Third
Norbit
Dreamgirls
Fuck
The Reichen Show
Far Far Away Idol
Father of the Pride
Shrek 2
The Ghost of Lord Farquaad
The Haunted Mansion
Celebrities Uncensored
America's Next Top Model
Daddy Day Care
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
I Spy
The Ultimate Collection starring Johnny Carson - The Best of the 70s and 80s
The Adventures of Pluto Nash
Showtime
Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party
Dr. Dolittle 2
Shrek
Creating a Fairy Tale World: The Making of Shrek
Nutty Professor II: The Klumps
Bowfinger
Life
The PJs
Holy Man
Doctor Dolittle
Mulan
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Eddie Murphy
The View
Metro
The Daily Show
The Nutty Professor
Vampire in Brooklyn
Inside the Actors Studio
Beverly Hills Cop III
Michael Jackson: Dangerous - The Short Films
The Distinguished Gentleman
Boomerang
MTV Movie & TV Awards
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Remember the Time
The Royal Family
The Kid Who Loved Christmas
Another 48 Hrs.
Tongues Untied
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
Harlem Nights
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
Yo! MTV Raps
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Coming to America
Eddie Murphy Raw
Beverly Hills Cop II
Uptown Comedy Express
The Golden Child
Mike Tyson vs Trevor Berbick
The Joe Piscopo New Jersey Special
B.B. King: Into the Night
Beverly Hills Cop
MTV Video Music Awards
Best Defense
Eddie Murphy: Delirious
Trading Places
48 Hrs.
Saturday Night Live
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Today
The Emmy Awards