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
Saturday Night Live
The Kelly Clarkson Show
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
MTV Video Music Awards
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 Johnny Carson
Honest Trailers
The Movies That Made Us
Desus & Mero
Celebrities Uncensored
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
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
Won't You Be My Neighbor?
Fuck
Air
But... Seriously
Moms Mabley
Uptown Comedy Express
Shrek 5
You People
Dreamgirls
Shrek
Shrek the Third
48 Hrs.
Shrek's Thrilling Tales
Tower Heist
Trading Places
Shrek the Halls
Donkey's Christmas Shrektacular
Shrek Forever After
Shrek 2
Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party
Mulan
Best Defense
Beverly Hills Cop
Dolemite Is My Name
Dr. Dolittle 2
Another 48 Hrs.
Eddie Murphy: Delirious
Doctor Dolittle
The Golden Child
Boomerang
Life
The Nutty Professor
Imagine That
Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
Harlem Nights
Coming 2 America
Beverly Hills Cop II
A Thousand Words
Meet Dave
Daddy Day Care
Beverly Hills Cop III
Norbit
The Haunted Mansion
Nutty Professor II: The Klumps
I Spy
Coming to America
Candy Cane Lane
The Pickup
Production Credits
The Nutty Professor
Beverly Hills Cop III
Nutty Professor II: The Klumps
Harlem Nights
The Pickup
Coming to America
Tower Heist
The Kid Who Loved Christmas
Life
Another 48 Hrs.
Candy Cane Lane
Beverly Hills Cop
Norbit
Coming 2 America
The Golden Child
Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
Saturday Night Live
Best Defense
Dolemite Is My Name
Beverly Hills Cop II
Boomerang
Eddie Murphy: Delirious
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