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.
93 movies · 46 shows
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Eddie Murphy
2026·6.0
Being Eddie
2025·6.8
John Candy: I Like Me
2025·7.9
The Pickup
2025·6.4
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025·7.8
Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
2024·6.6
Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution
2024·6.2
Candy Cane Lane
2023·6.0
Eddie Murphy : Hollywood's Black King
2023·6.7
You People
2023·5.6
Eddie Murphy: Laugh 'Til it Hurts
2021·8.0
Coming 2 America
2021·6.3
Feeding America Comedy Festival
2020·5.8
Dolemite Is My Name
2019·7.0
Won't You Be My Neighbor?
2018·8.0
Mr. Church
2016·7.4
Eat Drink Laugh: The Story of The Comic Strip
2014·7.5
Shrek Stories
2013·8.1
Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley
2013·6.7
Eddie Murphy: One Night Only
2012·6.0
Dreamworks: Holiday Classics
2012·7.7
Shrek's Thrilling Tales
2012·6.7
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
2012·5.0
A Thousand Words
2012·6.1
Shrek: Once Upon a Time
2011·7.5
Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis
2011·5.6
Tower Heist
2011·6.1
Donkey's Christmas Shrektacular
2010·5.8
Shrek's Yule Log
2010·6.2
The Women of SNL
2010·5.2
Shrek Forever After
2010·6.4
Imagine That
2009·6.0
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History
2008·8.0
Meet Dave
2008·5.3
Shrek the Halls
2007·6.4
Shrek the Third
2007·6.3
Norbit
2007·5.7
Dreamgirls
2006·6.7
Fuck
2006·6.4
Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found
2005·8.0
Far Far Away Idol
2004·6.3
Shrek 2
2004·7.3
Shrek 3-D
2004·6.0
The Haunted Mansion
2003·5.7
101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment
2003·5.0
Daddy Day Care
2003·5.9
I Spy
2002·5.4
The Ultimate Collection starring Johnny Carson - The Best of the 70s and 80s
2002·0.0
The Adventures of Pluto Nash
2002·4.4
Showtime
2002·5.6
Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party
2001·6.3
Dr. Dolittle 2
2001·5.3
Shrek
2001·7.8
Creating a Fairy Tale World: The Making of Shrek
2001·9.6
Nutty Professor II: The Klumps
2000·5.0
Saturday Night Live: Christmas
1999·5.6
Bowfinger
1999·6.2
Life
1999·6.7
Holy Man
1998·5.2
Doctor Dolittle
1998·5.7
Mulan
1998·7.9
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Eddie Murphy
1998·7.6
Metro
1997·5.7
The Nutty Professor
1996·5.6
The Garth Brooks Video Collection, Vol. 2
1996·0.0
Vampire in Brooklyn
1995·5.1
Beverly Hills Cop III
1994·5.9
But... Seriously
1994·8.5
Michael Jackson: Dangerous - The Short Films
1993·8.2
The Distinguished Gentleman
1992·6.0
Boomerang
1992·5.7
Michael Jackson: Remember The Time
1992·6.5
Another 48 Hrs.
1990·6.0
Tongues Untied
1990·6.6
Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt
1989·6.9
Harlem Nights
1989·6.1
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
1989·7.8
The Best of Eddie Murphy: Saturday Night Live
1989·7.3
Coming to America
1988·6.9
Eddie Murphy Raw
1987·7.3
Beverly Hills Cop II
1987·6.5
Uptown Comedy Express
1987·7.0
The Golden Child
1986·5.9
Mike Tyson vs Trevor Berbick
1986·0.0
The Joe Piscopo New Jersey Special
1986·7.0
An All-Star Celebration Honoring Martin Luther King Jr.
1986·0.0
B.B. King: Into the Night
1985·8.2
Beverly Hills Cop
1984·7.2
The Joe Piscopo Special
1984·9.0
Best Defense
1984·4.3
Eddie Murphy: Delirious
1983·7.6
Trading Places
1983·7.2
48 Hrs.
1982·6.7