Eddie Murphy
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.
Movies (94)
Shrek 5
2027
Michael Jackson: A Life in Music
2026
The 51st AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Eddie Murphy
2026
Being Eddie
2025
John Candy: I Like Me
2025
The Pickup
2025
Saturday Night Live: 50th Anniversary Special
2025
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025
Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
2024
Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution
2024
Candy Cane Lane
2023
Eddie Murphy : Hollywood's Black King
2023
You People
2023
Eddie Murphy: Laugh 'Til it Hurts
2021
Coming 2 America
2021
Feeding America Comedy Festival
2020
Dolemite Is My Name
2019
Won't You Be My Neighbor?
2018
Mr. Church
2016
Eat Drink Laugh: The Story of The Comic Strip
2014
Shrek Stories
2013
Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley
2013
Eddie Murphy: One Night Only
2012
Dreamworks: Holiday Classics
2012
Shrek's Thrilling Tales
2012
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
2012
A Thousand Words
2012
Shrek: Once Upon a Time
2011
Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis
2011
Tower Heist
2011
Donkey's Christmas Shrektacular
2010
Shrek's Yule Log
2010
The Women of SNL
2010
Shrek Forever After
2010
Imagine That
2009
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
2008
Meet Dave
2008
Shrek the Halls
2007
Shrek the Third
2007
Norbit
2007
Dreamgirls
2006
Fuck
2006
Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found
2005
Far Far Away Idol
2004
Shrek 2
2004
Shrek 3-D
2004
The Haunted Mansion
2003
101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment
2003
Daddy Day Care
2003
I Spy
2002
The Ultimate Collection starring Johnny Carson - The Best of the 70s and 80s
2002
The Adventures of Pluto Nash
2002
Showtime
2002
Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party
2001
Dr. Dolittle 2
2001
Shrek
2001
Creating a Fairy Tale World: The Making of Shrek
2001
Nutty Professor II: The Klumps
2000
Saturday Night Live: Christmas
1999
Bowfinger
1999
Life
1999
Holy Man
1998
Doctor Dolittle
1998
Mulan
1998
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Eddie Murphy
1998
Metro
1997
The Nutty Professor
1996
The Garth Brooks Video Collection, Vol. 2
1996
Vampire in Brooklyn
1995
Beverly Hills Cop III
1994
Michael Jackson: Dangerous - The Short Films
1993
The Distinguished Gentleman
1992
Boomerang
1992
Another 48 Hrs.
1990
Tongues Untied
1990
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
1989
Harlem Nights
1989
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
1989
The Best of Eddie Murphy: Saturday Night Live
1989
Coming to America
1988
Eddie Murphy Raw
1987
Beverly Hills Cop II
1987
Uptown Comedy Express
1987
The Golden Child
1986
Mike Tyson vs Trevor Berbick
1986
The Joe Piscopo New Jersey Special
1986
B.B. King: Into the Night
1985
Beverly Hills Cop
1984
The Joe Piscopo Special
1984
Best Defense
1984
Eddie Murphy: Delirious
1983
Trading Places
1983
48 Hrs.
1982
Untitled Donkey Spin-Off
TV Shows (49)
Number One on the Call Sheet
2025
Stand-Up: The Laughing Therapy
2024
Hollywood Black
2024
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
2023
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
The Drew Barrymore Show
2020
The Oprah Conversation
2020
The Movies That Made Us
2019
Tamron Hall
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Desus & Mero
2019
The True Story of...
2017
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
2012
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
2009
The Reichen Show
2005
Dreamworks 5 Holiday Classics Collection
2005
Father of the Pride
2004
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
Celebrities Uncensored
2003
DreamWorks 6 Spooky Stories Collection
2003
America's Next Top Model
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Mark Twain Prize
1999
The PJs
1999
The View
1997
The Daily Show
1996
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
MTV Movie & TV Awards
1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Yo! MTV Raps
1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
MTV Video Music Awards
1984
Late Night with David Letterman
1982
Saturday Night Live
1975
Saturday Night Live
1975
Saturday Night Live
1975
Saturday Night Live
1975
Saturday Night Live
1975
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Today
1952
The Emmy Awards
1949
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Golden Globe Awards
1944
