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Eddie Murphy
Actor, Producer, Writer, Director
Born April 3, 1961 (61 years)
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.
Filmography
| 2021 | Coming 2 America · as Prince Akeem / Clarence / Saul / Randy Watson |
| 2019 | Dolemite Is My Name · as Rudy Ray Moore |
| 2018 | All works are good (TV Series) · as Movie excerpt (archiveFootage) |
| 2017 | The History of Comedy (TV Series) · as Eddie Murphy |
| 2016 | Mr. Church · as Henry Church |
| 2016 | A Saturday Night Live Christmas Special · as Mister Robinson |
| 2014 | Saturday Night Live: Thanksgiving Special · as Mister Robinson |
| 2012 | A Thousand Words · as Jack McCall |
| 2012 | Shrek's Thrilling Tales · as Donkey (voice) |
| 2011 | Tower Heist · as Slide |
| 2011 | DreamWorks Holiday Classics · as Unknown |
| 2010 | Shrek Forever After · as Donkey (voice) |
| 2010 | Donkey's Christmas Shrektacular · as Donkey (voice) |
| 2010 | I Am · as actor |
| 2010 | The Women of SNL · as Gumby (archive footage) |
| 2010 | Shrek's Yule Log · as Donkey |
| 2010 | Shrek'Swamp Stories (TV Series) · as Donkey |
| 2009 | Imagine That · as Evan Danielson |
| 2009 | The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2009 | Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America (TV Series) · as actor |
| 2008 | Meet Dave · as Dave Ming Chang |
| 2007 | Shrek the Third · as Donkey (voice) |
| 2007 | Norbit · as Norbit / Rasputia / Mr. Wong |
| 2007 | Shrek the Halls · as Donkey (voice) |
| 2006 | Dreamgirls · as James "Thunder" Early |
| 2004 | Shrek 2 · as Donkey (voice) |
| 2004 | Far Far Away Idol · as Donkey (voice) |
| 2004 | TV in Black: The First Fifty Years · as actor |
| 2004 | Father of the Pride (TV Series) · as Donkey (voice) |
| 2003 | Daddy Day Care · as Charlie Hinton |
| 2003 | The Haunted Mansion · as Jim Evers |
| 2003 | Shrek: The Ghost of Lord Farquaad · as Donkey (voice) |
| 2002 | Showtime · as Officer Trey Sellars |
| 2002 | I Spy · as Kelly Robinson |
| 2002 | The Adventures of Pluto Nash · as Pluto Nash |
| 2001 | Shrek · as Donkey (voice) |
| 2001 | Dr. Dolittle 2 · as Dr. John Dolittle |
| 2000 | Nutty Professor II: The Klumps · as Sherman Klump |
| 1999 | Life · as Rayford Gibson |
| 1999 | Bowfinger · as Kit Ramsey / Jeffernson 'Jiff' Ramsey |
| 1999 | The PJs (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1998 | Doctor Dolittle · as Dr. John Dolittle |
| 1998 | Mulan · as Mushu (voice) |
| 1998 | Holy Man · as G |
| 1997 | Metro · as Inspektor Scott Roper |
| 1996 | The Nutty Professor · as Sherman Klump / Buddy Love / Papa / Mama / Grandma / Ernie |
| 1995 | Michael Jackson: Video Greatest Hits - HIStory · as Pharaoh (segment "Remember the Time") |
| 1995 | Vampire in Brooklyn · as Maximillian / Pauly / Guido |
| 1994 | Beverly Hills Cop III · as Det. Axel Foley |
| 1993 | Dangerous: The Short Films · as King (Remember The Time) |
| 1992 | The Distinguished Gentleman · as Thomas Jefferson Johnson |
| 1992 | Boomerang · as Marcus Graham |
| 1992 | MTV Movie & TV Awards (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1991 | Saturday Night Live Goes Commercial · as Buckwheat |
| 1990 | Another 48 Hrs. · as Reggie Hammond |
| 1989 | Harlem Nights · as Quick |
| 1988 | Coming to America · as Prince Akeem / Clarence / Randy Watson / Saul |
| 1987 | Beverly Hills Cop II · as Det. Axel Foley |
| 1986 | The Golden Child · as Chandler Jarrell |
| 1984 | Beverly Hills Cop · as Det. Axel Foley |
| 1984 | Best Defense · as Lieutenant T.M. Landry |
| 1983 | Trading Places · as Billy Ray Valentine |
| 1982 | 48 Hrs. · as Reggie Hammond |
| 1952 | Today (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1949 | The Emmy Awards (TV Series) · as Unknown |