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Eddie Murphy
Known for: ActingEdward "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 61
Shrek Forever After
+5
as Donkey (voice) 
Shrek the Third
+5
as Donkey (voice) 
Shrek
+4
as Donkey (voice) 
Beverly Hills Cop
+7
as Axel Foley 
Shrek 2
+4
as Donkey (voice) 
Norbit
+9
as Norbit / Rasputia / Mr. Wong 
Beverly Hills Cop III
+4
as Axel Foley 
Candy Cane Lane
+6
as Chris Carver 
The Haunted Mansion
+4
as Jim Evers 
Mulan
+3
as Mushu (voice) 
Beverly Hills Cop II
+5
as Axel Foley 
Doctor Dolittle
+3
as Dr. John Dolittle 
The Pickup
+5
as Russell 
Trading Places
+9
as Billy Ray Valentine 
The PJs
as Thurgood Stubbs (voice) 
Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
as Axel Foley 
Coming to America
+9
as Prince Akeem / Clarence / Randy Watson / Saul 
Being Eddie
as Self 
Meet Dave
+5
as Dave / Captain 
Shrek 5
as Donkey (voice) 
A Thousand Words
+4
as Jack McCall 
48 Hrs.
+7
as Reggie Hammond 
Metro
+3
as Inspector Scott Roper 
Tower Heist
+3
as Slide 
Shrek the Halls
as Donkey (voice) 
Another 48 Hrs.
+2
as Reggie Hammond 
The Adventures of Pluto Nash
+6
as Pluto Nash 
Coming 2 America
+1
as Prince Akeem / Clarence / Saul / Randy Watson 
Life
+8
as Rayford Gibson 
Boomerang
+8
as Marcus Graham 
The Nutty Professor
+2
as Sherman Klump / Buddy Love / Lance Perkins / Papa Klump / Mama Klump / Grandma Klump / Ernie Klump 
Daddy Day Care
+5
as Charlie Hinton 
You People
as Akbar 
Dr. Dolittle 2
+3
as Dr. John Dolittle 
Imagine That
+9
as Evan Danielson 
Dolemite Is My Name
as Rudy Ray Moore 
The Golden Child
+3
as Chandler Jarrell 
Bowfinger
+2
as Kit Ramsey / Jeffernson 'Jiff' Ramsey 
I Spy
+5
as Kelly Robinson 
Harlem Nights
+11
as Quick 
Nutty Professor II: The Klumps
+2
as Sherman Klump / Buddy Love / Granny Klump / Mama Klump / Papa Klump / Young Papa Klump / Ernie Klump / Lance Perkins 
Dreamgirls
+8
as James 'Thunder' Early 
Mr. Church
+18
as Henry Church 
Shrek 3-D
as Donkey (voice) 
Donkey's Christmas Shrektacular
as Donkey (voice) 
Untold Mr. T: I Pity the Fool
as Self (archive footage) 
Showtime
+3
as Officer Trey Sellars 
Vampire in Brooklyn
+10
as Maximillian / Pauly / Guido 
Best Defense
+3
as Landry 
The Distinguished Gentleman
+5
as Thomas Jefferson Johnson 
Holy Man
+4
as G 
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
as Self - SNL Cast Member 1980-1984 
Eddie Murphy Raw
+7
as Self 
Far Far Away Idol
as Donkey (voice) 
Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror
+4
as Self (archive footage) 
Tongues Untied
as Self (archive footage) 
Eddie Murphy : Hollywood's Black King
+1
as Kendisi (arşiv görüntüleri) 
