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 Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The Daily Show
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Saturday Night Live
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
Father of the Pride
Won't You Be My Neighbor?
Fuck
Air
But... Seriously
Moms Mabley
Uptown Comedy Express
You People
Dreamgirls
Shrek 5
Shrek the Third
Best Defense
48 Hrs.
Shrek 2
Mulan
Tower Heist
Donkey's Christmas Shrektacular
Trading Places
Shrek
Shrek the Halls
Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party
Shrek Forever After
I Spy
MTV Video Music Awards
Candy Cane Lane
Imagine That
The Golden Child
Beverly Hills Cop II
Dr. Dolittle 2
The Nutty Professor
Dolemite Is My Name
Boomerang
The Pickup
Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
Coming 2 America
Doctor Dolittle
Norbit
Coming to America
Another 48 Hrs.
Harlem Nights
Beverly Hills Cop
Daddy Day Care
Beverly Hills Cop III
Nutty Professor II: The Klumps
Eddie Murphy: Delirious
A Thousand Words
Meet Dave
Production Credits
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