Eddie Murphy
Acting
- Born:
- 1961-04-03
- Place of birth:
- Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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
Filmography
Donkey
Shrek 5
Untold Mr. T: I Pity the Fool
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Eddie Murphy
Being Eddie
Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror
John Candy: I Like Me
The Pickup
Number One on the Call Sheet
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
An SNL Thanksgiving
Stand-Up: The Laughing Therapy
Hollywood Black
Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution
Candy Cane Lane
Eddie Murphy : Hollywood's Black King
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
You People
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Eddie Murphy: Laugh 'Til it Hurts
Coming 2 America
The Drew Barrymore Show
The Oprah Conversation
Entre broma y broma
Feeding America Comedy Festival
The Movies That Made Us
Dolemite Is My Name
The Tamron Hall Show
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Desus & Mero
Won't You Be My Neighbor?
The True Story of...
Mr. Church
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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
Whoopi Goldberg Presents 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
Shrek: Once Upon a Time
Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis
Tower Heist
Donkey's Christmas Shrektacular
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
Dreamworks 5 Holiday Classics Collection
Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found
Far Far Away Idol
Father of the Pride
Shrek 2
Shrek 3-D
The Haunted Mansion
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment
Celebrities Uncensored
DreamWorks 6 Spooky Stories Collection
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
Saturday Night Live: Christmas
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
Bowfinger
Life
Mark Twain Prize
The PJs
Holy Man
Doctor Dolittle
Mulan
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Eddie Murphy
The View
Metro
The Daily Show
The Nutty Professor
The Garth Brooks Video Collection, Vol. 2
Vampire in Brooklyn
Inside the Actors Studio
Beverly Hills Cop III
But... Seriously
Michael Jackson: Dangerous - The Short Films
Late Show with David Letterman
The Distinguished Gentleman
Boomerang
MTV Movie & TV Awards
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Michael Jackson: Remember The Time
A Party For Richard Pryor
Another 48 Hrs.
Tongues Untied
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
Harlem Nights
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
The Best of Eddie Murphy: Saturday Night Live
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
An All-Star Celebration Honoring Martin Luther King Jr.
Friday People
B.B. King: Into the Night
Beverly Hills Cop
The Joe Piscopo Special
MTV Video Music Awards
Best Defense
Eddie Murphy: Delirious
Trading Places
48 Hrs.
Late Night with David Letterman
Saturday Night Live
Film '72
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Today
The Emmy Awards
Golden Globe Awards
The Pink Panther
Untitled Grumpy Old Men Remake
Blue Falcon
Attachment Parenting
Purple Rain MTV Premiere Party
The Making of Shrek 2
Beverly Hills Cop