Eddie Murphy
Acting • Born 1961-04-03
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.
Filmography
143 credits
Beverly Hills Cop
Movie • 1984
Axel Foley
Beverly Hills Cop II
Movie • 1987
Axel Foley
48 Hrs.
Movie • 1982
Reggie Hammond
Beverly Hills Cop III
Movie • 1994
Axel Foley
Dreamgirls
Movie • 2006
James 'Thunder' Early
The Golden Child
Movie • 1986
Chandler Jarrell
Trading Places
Movie • 1983
Billy Ray Valentine
Shrek Forever After
Movie • 2010
Donkey (voice)
Shrek
Movie • 2001
Donkey (voice)
Shrek 2
Movie • 2004
Donkey (voice)
Shrek the Third
Movie • 2007
Donkey (voice)
Doctor Dolittle
Movie • 1998
Dr. John Dolittle
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
Movie • 1989
Self (archive footage)
Mulan
Movie • 1998
Mushu (voice)
Daddy Day Care
Movie • 2003
Charlie Hinton
The Distinguished Gentleman
Movie • 1992
Thomas Jefferson Johnson
The Haunted Mansion
Movie • 2003
Jim Evers
Dr. Dolittle 2
Movie • 2001
Dr. John Dolittle
Boomerang
Movie • 1992
Marcus Graham
Best Defense
Movie • 1984
Landry
Bowfinger
Movie • 1999
Kit Ramsey / Jeffernson 'Jiff' Ramsey
Tongues Untied
Movie • 1990
Self (archive footage)
Meet Dave
Movie • 2008
Dave / Captain
Life
Movie • 1999
Rayford Gibson
The Adventures of Pluto Nash
Movie • 2002
Pluto Nash
Showtime
Movie • 2002
Officer Trey Sellars
Another 48 Hrs.
Movie • 1990
Reggie Hammond
I Spy
Movie • 2002
Kelly Robinson
Nutty Professor II: The Klumps
Movie • 2000
Sherman Klump / Buddy Love / Granny Klump / Mama Klump / Papa Klump / Young Papa Klump / Ernie Klump / Lance Perkins
Vampire in Brooklyn
Movie • 1995
Maximillian / Pauly / Guido
Metro
Movie • 1997
Inspector Scott Roper
The Ghost of Lord Farquaad
Movie • 2003
Donkey (voice)
Harlem Nights
Movie • 1989
Quick
Holy Man
Movie • 1998
G
Norbit
Movie • 2007
Norbit / Rasputia / Mr. Wong
The Nutty Professor
Movie • 1996
Sherman Klump / Buddy Love / Lance Perkins / Papa Klump / Mama Klump / Grandma Klump / Ernie Klump
Coming to America
Movie • 1988
Prince Akeem / Clarence / Randy Watson / Saul
Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party
Movie • 2001
Donkey (voice) (singing voice)
Shrek the Halls
Movie • 2007
Donkey (voice)
The Joe Piscopo New Jersey Special
Movie • 1986
Self
The Pickup
Movie • 2025
Russell
Eddie Murphy: Delirious
Movie • 1983
Self
Shrek 5
Movie • 2027
Donkey (voice)
Untitled Donkey Spin-Off
Movie
Donkey (voice)
Eddie Murphy Raw
Movie • 1987
Self
Donkey's Christmas Shrektacular
Movie • 2010
Donkey (voice)
Imagine That
Movie • 2009
Evan Danielson
The Pink Panther
Movie
Inspector Clouseau
A Thousand Words
Movie • 2012
Jack McCall
The Joe Piscopo Special
Movie • 1984
Self / Carl Lewis
Far Far Away Idol
Movie • 2004
Donkey (voice)
Tower Heist
Movie • 2011
Slide
Eddie Murphy: One Night Only
Movie • 2012
Self
The Best of Eddie Murphy: Saturday Night Live
Movie • 1989
Self (archive footage)
Mike Tyson vs Trevor Berbick
Movie • 1986
Self
Won't You Be My Neighbor?
Movie • 2018
Self - Mr. Robinson (archive footage)
Eddie Murphy : Hollywood's Black King
Movie • 2023
Kendisi (arşiv görüntüleri)
Michael Jackson: Dangerous - The Short Films
Movie • 1993
King (uncredited)
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Eddie Murphy
Movie • 1998
Self (archive footage)
Candy Cane Lane
Movie • 2023
Chris Carver
Uptown Comedy Express
Movie • 1987
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
Movie • 2012
Self
The Ultimate Collection starring Johnny Carson - The Best of the 70s and 80s
Movie • 2002
Self (archive footage)
Shrek Stories
Movie • 2013
Donkey (voice)
Mr. Church
Movie • 2016
Henry Church
Shrek's Yule Log
Movie • 2010
Donkey (voice)
Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution
Movie • 2024
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Garth Brooks Video Collection, Vol. 2
Movie • 1996
Self (We Shall Be Free Music Video)
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
Movie • 1989
Self (archive footage)
Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
Movie • 2024
Axel Foley
Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley
Movie • 2013
Self
Dolemite Is My Name
Movie • 2019
Rudy Ray Moore
B.B. King: Into the Night
Movie • 1985
Self
Creating a Fairy Tale World: The Making of Shrek
Movie • 2001
Self
Coming 2 America
Movie • 2021
Prince Akeem / Clarence / Saul / Randy Watson
Fuck
Movie • 2006
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Eat Drink Laugh: The Story of The Comic Strip
Movie • 2014
Self
Untitled Grumpy Old Men Remake
Movie
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
Movie • 2008
Self
But... Seriously
Movie • 1994
Self (archive footage)
The Women of SNL
Movie • 2010
Gumby (archive footage)
Feeding America Comedy Festival
Movie • 2020
Self
Shrek: Once Upon a Time
Movie • 2011
Self
Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis
Movie • 2011
Self
Dreamworks: Holiday Classics
Movie • 2012
Donkey (voice)
Eddie Murphy: Laugh 'Til it Hurts
Movie • 2021
Self
Shrek's Thrilling Tales
Movie • 2012
Donkey (voice)
You People
Movie • 2023
Akbar
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Movie • 2025
Self - SNL Cast Member 1980-1984
Blue Falcon
Movie
Being Eddie
Movie • 2025
Self
101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment
Movie • 2003
Self (archive footage)
Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found
Movie • 2005
Self
John Candy: I Like Me
Movie • 2025
Self - Actor, Saturday Night Live (archive footage)
Shrek 3-D
Movie • 2003
Donkey
Attachment Parenting
Movie
Saturday Night Live: Christmas
Movie • 1999
Self
Father of the Pride
TV • 2004
Donkey (voice)
Inside the Actors Studio
TV • 1994
Self
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Various Characters
Today
TV • 1952
Self
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV • 1992
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV • 1988
Self - Guest
Tamron Hall
TV • 2019
Self - Guest
The View
TV • 1997
Self - Guest
The Oprah Conversation
TV • 2020
Self
The PJs
TV • 1999
Thurgood Stubbs (voice)
Desus & Mero
TV • 2019
Self
Celebrities Uncensored
TV • 2003
Self
MTV Movie & TV Awards
TV • 1992
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
TV • 2009
Self
The Emmy Awards
TV • 1949
Self
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
TV • 2023
Self (archive footage)
The Daily Show
TV • 1996
Self
The True Story of...
TV • 2017
Self (archive footage)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014
Self
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Host
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2014
Self
The Drew Barrymore Show
TV • 2020
Self
MTV Video Music Awards
TV • 1984
Self - Host
America's Next Top Model
TV • 2003
Self - Guest
Yo! MTV Raps
TV • 1988
Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self
The Movies That Made Us
TV • 2019
Self (archive footage)
The Reichen Show
TV • 2005
Self
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
TV • 2012
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV • 2019
Self
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self
Stand-Up: The Laughing Therapy
TV • 2024
Self (archive footage)
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV • 2014
Self
Beverly Hills Cop
TV
Det. Axel Foley
Number One on the Call Sheet
TV • 2025
Self
The Jennifer Hudson Show
TV • 2022
Self
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Honoree
DreamWorks 6 Spooky Stories Collection
TV • 2003
Donkey (voice)
Dreamworks 5 Holiday Classics Collection
TV • 2005
Donkey (voice)
Friday People
TV • 1985
Mark Twain Prize
TV • 1999
Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self - Guest
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Nominee
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Party Guest (uncredited)
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Raheem Abdul Muhammed (uncredited)