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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.
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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.
Known For
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Saturday Night Live
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
MTV Video Music Awards
Golden Globe Awards
The Daily Show
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
America's Next Top Model
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Movies That Made Us
Desus & Mero
Celebrities Uncensored
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
Number One on the Call Sheet
Mark Twain Prize
The Emmy Awards
The Oprah Conversation
Today
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
MTV Movie & TV Awards
Father of the Pride
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution
Won't You Be My Neighbor?
Fuck
Air
Shrek: Once Upon a Time
But... Seriously
Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Uptown Comedy Express
Dreamgirls
Beverly Hills Cop
You People
Shrek 2
Trading Places
Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party
Shrek Forever After
Shrek the Halls
Shrek's Thrilling Tales
Tower Heist
Showtime
Shrek
Donkey's Christmas Shrektacular
Best Defense
Shrek 5
48 Hrs.
Mulan
Shrek the Third
Candy Cane Lane
Harlem Nights
Beverly Hills Cop
The Haunted Mansion
The Nutty Professor
Daddy Day Care
The Golden Child
Life
Dr. Dolittle 2
Beverly Hills Cop II
Beverly Hills Cop III
The Pickup
Eddie Murphy: Delirious
Norbit
Doctor Dolittle
I Spy
Imagine That
Coming 2 America
Coming to America
Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
Another 48 Hrs.
Meet Dave
Nutty Professor II: The Klumps
Dolemite Is My Name
Boomerang
A Thousand Words
Production Credits
Harlem Nights
Beverly Hills Cop III
The Kid Who Loved Christmas
Tower Heist
Best Defense
Saturday Night Live
Coming to America
Nutty Professor II: The Klumps
Boomerang
Another 48 Hrs.
The Nutty Professor
Candy Cane Lane
Beverly Hills Cop
The Golden Child
Norbit
The Pickup
Beverly Hills Cop II
Coming 2 America
Dolemite Is My Name
Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
Life
Eddie Murphy: Delirious
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