Eddie Murphy
Eddie Murphy Biography
For other persons named Eddie Murphy, see Eddie Murphy (disambiguation).
Edward Regan "Eddie" Murphy (born April 3, 1961) is an Academy Award-nominated, Golden Globe-, Grammy-, Screen Actors Guild Award-winning American actor, film director, producer, comedian and singer. Murphy ranks as the highest grossing film star in history, having a total of 33 films to date, his films grossing over $3.4 billion in the US alone, averaging $104 million per film. He was a regular cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1980 to 1984, and has worked as a stand-up comedian.
Eddie has received Golden Globe Award nominations for best actor in a comedy or musical for his performances in Beverly Hills Cop, Beverly Hills Cop II, Beverly Hills Cop III, 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,[2] 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, which he calls a tribute to one of his idols Peter Sellers (who is famous for playing multiple roles in one film, notably Dr. Strangelove), films which Murphy has played multiple roles include Coming to America, Wes Craven's Vampire In Brooklyn, the Nutty Professor films, where he played himself in two incarnations, plus his father, brother, mother and grandmother, Bowfinger and 2007's Norbit. Another trademark of Murphy is his deep, infectious, and considerably goofy laugh. His other trademark is a recurring line he says in m..More
Eddie Murphy Filmography
Film Year Role Notes and Awards
- Scott Carey The Incredible Shrinking Man Pre-production
- Jim Evers The Haunted Mansion
- Thomas Jefferson Johnson The Distinguished Gentleman
- Pluto Nash The Adventures of Pluto Nash
- Donkey (voice) Shrek the Third
- Kelly Robinson I Spy
- G Holy Man
- Himself Eddie Murphy Raw Also Producer
- Dr. John Dolittle Dr. Dolittle 2
- Dr. John Dolittle Doctor Dolittle
- Kit Ramsey/Jeffernson 'Jiff' Ramsey Bowfinger
- Axel Foley Beverly Hills Cop IV Pre-production
- Det. Axel Foley Beverly Hills Cop
- Lead role A Thousand Words Post-production
- Shrek Goes Fourth 2010 Donkey (voice) Post-production
- Imagine That 2009 Evan Danielson Awaiting release
- Meet Dave 2008 Starship Dave (Spacecraft), Captain
- Shrek the Halls 2007 Donkey (voice) Voice
- Norbit 2007 Norbit Rice/Rasputia Latimore-Rice/Mr. Wong Also Producer
- Dreamgirls 2006 James 'Thunder' Early
- Shrek 2 2004 Donkey (voice)
- Daddy Day Care 2003 Charles "Charlie" Hinton
- Showtime 2002 Officer Trey Sellers
- Shrek 2001 Donkey (voice)
- Nutty Professor II: The Klumps 2000 Professor Sherman Klump/Buddy Love/ Lance Perkins/Cletus 'Papa' Klump/ Anna Pearl 'Mama' Jensen Klump/ Ida Mae 'Granny' Jensen/Ernie Klump Also Producer
- The PJ's 1999 - 2001 Voice
- Life 1999 Rayford "Ray" Gibson Also Producer
- Mulan 1998 Mushu (voice)
- Metro 1997 Insp. Scott Roper
- The Nutty Professor 1996 Professor Sherman Klump/Buddy Love/ Lance Perkins/Cletus 'Papa' Klump/ Anna Pearl 'Mama' Jensen Klump/ Ida Mae 'Granny' Jensen/Ernie Klump, Sr. Also Producer
- Vampire in Brooklyn 1995 Maximillian/Preacher Pauly/Guido Also Producer
- Beverly Hills Cop III 1994 Det. Axel Foley
- Dangerous: The Short Films 1993
- Boomerang 1992 Marcus Graham
- Another 48 Hrs. 1990 Reggie Hammond
- What's Alan Watching? 1989
- Harlem Nights 1989 Quick (Real Name Vernest Brown) Also Director and Producer
- Coming to America 1988 Prince Akeem/Clarence/Randy Watson/Saul
- Eddie Murphy RAW 1987
- Beverly Hills Cop II 1987 Det. Axel Foley
- The Golden Child 1986 Chandler Jarrell
- Best Defense 1984 Lieutenant T.M. Landry
- Eddie Murphy: Delirious 1983
- Trading Places 1983 Billy Ray Valentine
- Eddie Murphy Delirious 1983 Himself Also Producer
- 48 Hrs. 1982 Reggie Hammond
- Saturday Night Live 1980-1984 Cast member from
