Eddie Murphy
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.
144 acting credits · 1 directing credit
Acting · 144
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Daily Show
1996
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Saturday Night Live
1975
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
Golden Globe Awards
1944
The View
1997
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Shrek
2001
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
Late Night with David Letterman
1982
America's Next Top Model
2003
MTV Video Music Awards
1984
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Tamron Hall
2019
MTV Movie & TV Awards
1992
The Drew Barrymore Show
2020
Trading Places
1983
The Reichen Show
2005
Shrek 2
2004
Mulan
1998
Shrek the Third
2007
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
2012
Shrek Forever After
2010
Norbit
2007
The Movies That Made Us
2019
The PJs
1999
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
2009
Father of the Pride
2004
Desus & Mero
2019
Coming to America
1988
Today
1952
Number One on the Call Sheet
2025
Beverly Hills Cop
1984
Yo! MTV Raps
1988
The Pickup
2025
Beverly Hills Cop II
1987
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
2023
Life
1999
Shrek 5
2027
Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
2024
Mark Twain Prize
1999
Coming 2 America
2021
48 Hrs.
1982
Tower Heist
2011
Doctor Dolittle
1998
Daddy Day Care
2003
The Emmy Awards
1949
Hollywood Black
2024
A Thousand Words
2012
Beverly Hills Cop III
1994
Meet Dave
2008
The Nutty Professor
1996
The Haunted Mansion
2003
The True Story of...
2017
Dreamgirls
2006
The Golden Child
1986
Dr. Dolittle 2
2001
Friday People
1985
Nutty Professor II: The Klumps
2000
Shrek the Halls
2007
Boomerang
1992
Another 48 Hrs.
1990
The Oprah Conversation
2020
DreamWorks 6 Spooky Stories Collection
2003
Candy Cane Lane
2023
I Spy
2002
Metro
1997
You People
2023
Stand-Up: The Laughing Therapy
2024
Showtime
2002
Harlem Nights
1989
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025
Mr. Church
2016
John Candy: I Like Me
2025
Vampire in Brooklyn
1995
The Distinguished Gentleman
1992
Shrek 3-D
2004
Beverly Hills Cop
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Dolemite Is My Name
2019
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
1989
Won't You Be My Neighbor?
2018
Bowfinger
1999
Imagine That
2009
The Adventures of Pluto Nash
2002
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
Holy Man
1998
Fuck
2006
Feeding America Comedy Festival
2020
Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found
2005
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
2008
Eddie Murphy Raw
1987
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
2012
Best Defense
1984
Michael Jackson: Dangerous - The Short Films
1993
The Women of SNL
2010
Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution
2024
Eat Drink Laugh: The Story of The Comic Strip
2014
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
1989
Being Eddie
2025
Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party
2001
Eddie Murphy: Delirious
1983
Shrek's Thrilling Tales
2012
The Ultimate Collection starring Johnny Carson - The Best of the 70s and 80s
2002
Dreamworks 5 Holiday Classics Collection
2005
Donkey's Christmas Shrektacular
2010
Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis
2011
Michael Jackson: A Life in Music
2026
Shrek's Yule Log
2010
Far Far Away Idol
2004
Dreamworks: Holiday Classics
2012
101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment
2003
Eddie Murphy: One Night Only
2012
Saturday Night Live: Christmas
1999
The Pink Panther
—
Shrek: Once Upon a Time
2011
Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley
2013
Celebrities Uncensored
2003
Tongues Untied
1990
The Garth Brooks Video Collection, Vol. 2
1996
Creating a Fairy Tale World: The Making of Shrek
2001
Shrek Stories
2013
Eddie Murphy : Hollywood's Black King
2023
B.B. King: Into the Night
1985
Mike Tyson vs Trevor Berbick
1986
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Eddie Murphy
1998
The 51st AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Eddie Murphy
2026
Untitled Grumpy Old Men Remake
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The Joe Piscopo Special
1984
Uptown Comedy Express
1987
But... Seriously
1994
Attachment Parenting
—
Untitled Donkey Spin-Off
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The Joe Piscopo New Jersey Special
1986
Blue Falcon
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The Best of Eddie Murphy: Saturday Night Live
1989
Michael Jackson: Remember the Time
1992
Eddie Murphy: Laugh 'Til it Hurts
2021