Eddie Murphy
Acting
1961-04-03 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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
TheatersDonkey
2028 · Movie
TheatersShrek 5
2027 · Movie
TheatersMichael Jackson: A Life in Music
2026 · Movie
TheatersAFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Eddie Murphy
2026 · Movie
Being Eddie
2025 · Movie
John Candy: I Like Me
2025 · Movie
The Pickup
2025 · Movie
Number One on the Call Sheet
2025 · Series
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
2025 · Movie
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025 · Movie
An SNL Thanksgiving
2024 · Movie
Stand-Up: The Laughing Therapy
2024 · Series
Hollywood Black
2024 · Series
Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
2024 · Movie
Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution
2024 · Movie
Candy Cane Lane
2023 · Movie
Eddie Murphy : Hollywood's Black King
2023 · Movie
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
2023 · Series
You People
2023 · Movie
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022 · Series
Eddie Murphy: Laugh 'Til it Hurts
2021 · Movie
Coming 2 America
2021 · Movie
The Drew Barrymore Show
2020 · Series
The Oprah Conversation
2020 · Series
Entre broma y broma
2020 · Series
Feeding America Comedy Festival
2020 · Movie
The Movies That Made Us
2019 · Series
Dolemite Is My Name
2019 · Movie
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · Series
Tamron Hall
2019 · Series
Desus & Mero
2019 · Series
Won't You Be My Neighbor?
2018 · Movie
The True Story of...
2017 · Series
Mr. Church
2016 · Movie
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · Series
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014 · Series
Eat Drink Laugh: The Story of The Comic Strip
2014 · Movie
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Series
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · Series
Shrek Stories
2013 · Movie
Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley
2013 · Movie
Eddie Murphy: One Night Only
2012 · Movie
Dreamworks: Holiday Classics
2012 · Movie
Shrek's Thrilling Tales
2012 · Movie
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
2012 · Series
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
2012 · Movie
A Thousand Words
2012 · Movie
Shrek: Once Upon a Time
2011 · Movie
Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis
2011 · Movie
Tower Heist
2011 · Movie
Donkey's Christmas Shrektacular
2010 · Movie
Shrek's Yule Log
2010 · Movie
The Women of SNL
2010 · Movie
Shrek Forever After
2010 · Movie
Imagine That
2009 · Movie
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
2009 · Series
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
2008 · Movie
Meet Dave
2008 · Movie
Shrek the Halls
2007 · Movie
Shrek the Third
2007 · Movie
Norbit
2007 · Movie
Dreamgirls
2006 · Movie
Fuck
2006 · Movie
The Reichen Show
2005 · Series
Dreamworks 5 Holiday Classics Collection
2005 · Series
Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found
2005 · Movie
Far Far Away Idol
2004 · Movie
Father of the Pride
2004 · Series
Shrek 2
2004 · Movie
Shrek 3-D
2004 · Movie
The Haunted Mansion
2003 · Movie
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003 · Series
101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment
2003 · Movie
Celebrities Uncensored
2003 · Series
DreamWorks 6 Spooky Stories Collection
2003 · Series
America's Next Top Model
2003 · Series
Daddy Day Care
2003 · Movie
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Series
I Spy
2002 · Movie
The Ultimate Collection starring Johnny Carson - The Best of the 70s and 80s
2002 · Movie
The Adventures of Pluto Nash
2002 · Movie
Showtime
2002 · Movie
Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party
2001 · Movie
Dr. Dolittle 2
2001 · Movie
Shrek
2001 · Movie
Creating a Fairy Tale World: The Making of Shrek
2001 · Movie
Nutty Professor II: The Klumps
2000 · Movie
Saturday Night Live: Christmas
1999 · Movie
Bowfinger
1999 · Movie
Life
1999 · Movie
Mark Twain Prize
1999 · Series
The PJs
1999 · Series
Holy Man
1998 · Movie
Doctor Dolittle
1998 · Movie
Mulan
1998 · Movie
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Eddie Murphy
1998 · Movie
The View
1997 · Series
Metro
1997 · Movie
The Daily Show
1996 · Series
The Nutty Professor
1996 · Movie
The Garth Brooks Video Collection, Vol. 2
1996 · Movie
Vampire in Brooklyn
1995 · Movie
Inside the Actors Studio
1994 · Series
Beverly Hills Cop III
1994 · Movie
But... Seriously
1994 · Movie
Michael Jackson: Dangerous - The Short Films
1993 · Movie
Late Show with David Letterman
1993 · Series
The Distinguished Gentleman
1992 · Movie
Boomerang
1992 · Movie
MTV Movie & TV Awards
1992 · Series
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992 · Series
The Royal Family
1991 · Series
The Kid Who Loved Christmas
1990 · Movie
Another 48 Hrs.
1990 · Movie
Tongues Untied
1990 · Movie
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
1989 · Movie
Harlem Nights
1989 · Movie
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
1989 · Movie
The Best of Eddie Murphy: Saturday Night Live
1989 · Movie
Yo! MTV Raps
1988 · Series
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988 · Series
Coming to America
1988 · Movie
Eddie Murphy Raw
1987 · Movie
Beverly Hills Cop II
1987 · Movie
Uptown Comedy Express
1987 · Movie
The Golden Child
1986 · Movie
Mike Tyson vs Trevor Berbick
1986 · Movie
The Joe Piscopo New Jersey Special
1986 · Movie
An All-Star Celebration Honoring Martin Luther King Jr.
1986 · Movie
Friday People
1985 · Series
B.B. King: Into the Night
1985 · Movie
Beverly Hills Cop
1984 · Movie
The Joe Piscopo Special
1984 · Movie
MTV Video Music Awards
1984 · Series
Best Defense
1984 · Movie
Eddie Murphy: Delirious
1983 · Movie
Trading Places
1983 · Movie
48 Hrs.
1982 · Movie
Late Night with David Letterman
1982 · Series
Saturday Night Live
1975 · Series
Film '72
1971 · Series
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Series
Today
1952 · Series
The Emmy Awards
1949 · Series
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · Series
Beverly Hills Cop
Series
Attachment Parenting
Movie
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World reboot
Movie
The Pink Panther
Movie
Blue Falcon
Movie
Untitled George Clinton Biopic
Movie
Untitled Grumpy Old Men Remake
Movie
Purple Rain MTV Premiere Party
Movie