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!
Golden Globe 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 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
The Emmy Awards
Number One on the Call Sheet
The Oprah Conversation
Today
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
MTV Movie & TV Awards
Father of the Pride
Beverly Hills Cop
Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
Won't You Be My Neighbor?
Fuck
Saturday Night Live
Air
Shrek: Once Upon a Time
But... Seriously
Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Uptown Comedy Express
Shrek 5
Dreamgirls
You People
48 Hrs.
Shrek's Thrilling Tales
Best Defense
Mulan
Tower Heist
Shrek Forever After
Shrek the Halls
Donkey's Christmas Shrektacular
Shrek 2
Trading Places
Shrek the Third
Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party
Showtime
Shrek
Beverly Hills Cop III
Doctor Dolittle
Candy Cane Lane
Norbit
Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
Beverly Hills Cop II
Coming to America
Imagine That
I Spy
Meet Dave
The Pickup
Dr. Dolittle 2
Beverly Hills Cop
Coming 2 America
The Haunted Mansion
The Golden Child
Eddie Murphy: Delirious
Daddy Day Care
Another 48 Hrs.
MTV Video Music Awards
Boomerang
Dolemite Is My Name
Life
The Nutty Professor
Harlem Nights
A Thousand Words
Nutty Professor II: The Klumps
Production Credits
Beverly Hills Cop
The Nutty Professor
Saturday Night Live
Nutty Professor II: The Klumps
The Golden Child
Candy Cane Lane
Eddie Murphy: Delirious
Harlem Nights
Best Defense
Beverly Hills Cop III
Beverly Hills Cop II
Another 48 Hrs.
Coming to America
Life
The Kid Who Loved Christmas
The Pickup
Boomerang
Tower Heist
Coming 2 America
Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
Norbit
Dolemite Is My Name
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