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