
Eddie Murphy
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Biography
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.
Known For

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

The Daily Show

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

America's Next Top Model

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Honest Trailers

The Movies That Made Us

Desus & Mero

Celebrities Uncensored

Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee

Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields

Number One on the Call Sheet

The Emmy Awards

The Oprah Conversation

Today

The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien

MTV Movie & TV Awards

Beverly Hills Cop

Father of the Pride

Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night

Won't You Be My Neighbor?

Fuck

Air

Saturday Night Live

But... Seriously

Moms Mabley

Uptown Comedy Express

Shrek 5

You People

Dreamgirls

Trading Places

Shrek the Halls

Shrek's Thrilling Tales

Mulan

Shrek the Third

Tower Heist

Best Defense

Shrek 2

Shrek Forever After

Shrek

48 Hrs.

Donkey's Christmas Shrektacular

Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party

Dolemite Is My Name

The Golden Child

Nutty Professor II: The Klumps

Life

Coming 2 America

MTV Video Music Awards

Another 48 Hrs.

Doctor Dolittle

The Haunted Mansion

Beverly Hills Cop III

Imagine That

Beverly Hills Cop II

Eddie Murphy: Delirious

The Nutty Professor

Daddy Day Care

Candy Cane Lane

Coming to America

Beverly Hills Cop

Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F

I Spy

Dr. Dolittle 2

A Thousand Words

Norbit

The Pickup

Meet Dave

Boomerang

Harlem Nights
Production Credits

Norbit

Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F

The Pickup

Nutty Professor II: The Klumps

The Kid Who Loved Christmas

Beverly Hills Cop II

Tower Heist

Coming 2 America

The Nutty Professor

The Golden Child

Beverly Hills Cop III

Candy Cane Lane

Eddie Murphy: Delirious

Beverly Hills Cop

Coming to America

Another 48 Hrs.

Life

Dolemite Is My Name

Boomerang

Saturday Night Live

Harlem Nights

Best Defense
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