Eddie Murphy

Known for ActingBorn 1961-04-03 (age 65)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.Read more

Movies & web series

Creating a Fairy Tale World: The Making of Shrek

Hollywood Black

The Joe Piscopo Special

The Oprah Conversation

The True Story of...

But... Seriously

Shrek Stories

Eddie Murphy: Laugh 'Til it Hurts

Won't You Be My Neighbor?

Michael Jackson: Dangerous - The Short Films

Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History

John Candy: I Like Me

B.B. King: Into the Night

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

MTV Movie & TV Awards

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

Mulan

Dreamworks: Holiday Classics

Shrek

Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary

Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields

Eat Drink Laugh: The Story of The Comic Strip

MTV Video Music Awards

Shrek: Once Upon a Time

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Eddie Murphy

Mr. Church

Inside the Actors Studio

Eddie Murphy: Delirious

The Movies That Made Us

The Emmy Awards

Yo! MTV Raps

Shrek 2

Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee

The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien

Dolemite Is My Name

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Eddie Murphy Raw

Trading Places

Dreamworks 5 Holiday Classics Collection

Beverly Hills Cop

DreamWorks 6 Spooky Stories Collection

Being Eddie

Eddie Murphy : Hollywood's Black King

The Best of Eddie Murphy: Saturday Night Live

The PJs

Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F

Uptown Comedy Express

The Joe Piscopo New Jersey Special