Eddie Murphy

Acting · 6.1 popularity

Age

Movies

101

Born: April 3, 1961
From: 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.

Works

101 films

Shrek

20017.8

Shrek 2

20047.3

Shrek the Third

20076.3

Mulan

19987.9

Shrek Forever After

20106.4

Trading Places

19837.2

Beverly Hills Cop

19847.2

Shrek 5

2027

Coming to America

19886.9

Norbit

20075.7

The Pickup

20256.4

The Nutty Professor

19965.6

Doctor Dolittle

19985.7

Tower Heist

20116.1

Beverly Hills Cop II

19876.5

Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F

20246.6

Beverly Hills Cop III

19945.9

48 Hrs.

19826.7

Meet Dave

20085.3

Daddy Day Care

20035.9

Coming 2 America

20216.3

Dreamgirls

20066.7

Shrek the Halls

20076.4

The Haunted Mansion

20035.7

A Thousand Words

20126.1

Life

19996.7

You People

20235.6

John Candy: I Like Me

20257.9

Candy Cane Lane

20236.0

Dr. Dolittle 2

20015.3

Harlem Nights

19896.1

The Golden Child

19865.9

I Spy

20025.4

Another 48 Hrs.

19906.0

Mr. Church

20167.4

Nutty Professor II: The Klumps

20005.0

Imagine That

20096.0

Being Eddie

20256.8

Showtime

20025.6

Shrek 3-D

20046.0

Boomerang

19925.7

Bowfinger

19996.2

AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Eddie Murphy

20266.0

Metro

19975.7

The Distinguished Gentleman

19926.0

Holy Man

19985.2

The Adventures of Pluto Nash

20024.4

Vampire in Brooklyn

19955.1

Won't You Be My Neighbor?

20188.0

Donkey's Christmas Shrektacular

20105.8

Dolemite Is My Name

20197.0

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

20257.8

Michael Jackson: A Life in Music

2026

Best Defense

19844.3

Feeding America Comedy Festival

20205.8

Shrek's Thrilling Tales

20126.7

Michael Jackson: Dangerous - The Short Films

19938.2

Dreamworks: Holiday Classics

20127.8

Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party

20016.3

Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’

20125.0

Far Far Away Idol

20046.3

Eddie Murphy Raw

19877.3

101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment

20035.0

Eddie Murphy: Delirious

19837.6

Shrek: Once Upon a Time

20117.5

The Women of SNL

20105.2

Tongues Untied

19906.6

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Eddie Murphy

19987.6

Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

20246.2

Eddie Murphy: One Night Only

20126.0

Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary

19897.8

Saturday Night Live: Christmas

19995.6

An All-Star Celebration Honoring Martin Luther King Jr.

1986

Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found

20058.0

Blue Falcon

2026

Donkey

2028

The Ultimate Collection starring Johnny Carson - The Best of the 70s and 80s

2002

Mike Tyson vs Trevor Berbick

1986

Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis

20115.6

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History

20088.0

Shrek's Yule Log

20106.2

Michael Jackson: Remember The Time

19926.5

Shrek Stories

20138.1

Untitled Grumpy Old Men Remake

2026

Uptown Comedy Express

19877.0

Eddie Murphy : Hollywood's Black King

20236.7

Fuck

20066.4

But... Seriously

19948.5

B.B. King: Into the Night

19858.2

Eat Drink Laugh: The Story of The Comic Strip

20147.5

Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt

19896.9

Purple Rain MTV Premiere Party

2026

Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley

20136.7

Attachment Parenting

2026

Eddie Murphy: Laugh 'Til it Hurts

20218.0

The Joe Piscopo New Jersey Special

19867.0

The Joe Piscopo Special

19849.0

The Pink Panther

2026

The Garth Brooks Video Collection, Vol. 2

1996

Creating a Fairy Tale World: The Making of Shrek

20019.6

The Best of Eddie Murphy: Saturday Night Live

19897.3