Eddie Murphy

**Edward "Eddie" Regan Murphy** (born April 3, 1961) is an American actor, comedian, producer, singer and writer. He won the Golden Globe Award in 2006 and was nominated for an Academy Award in 2002.

He has received Golden Globe Award nominations for best actor in a comedy or musical for his performances in _Beverly Hills Cop_, _Beverly Hills Cop II_, _Beverly Hills Cop III_, _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.

His 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_.

His brother was comedian and screenwriter Charlie Murphy, who wrote the screenplay for _Norbit_ and _Vampire in Brooklyn_.

He was a usual member on _Saturday Night Live_ from 1980 to 1984, and has worked as a stand-up comedian. He has worked a little as a singer too, having a number 87 on the uk singles chart and number 2 on the _billboard_ hot 100 with _Party All The Time_  and a uk singles chart number 64 with _I Was A King_.

## Career

In 1992 Murphy acted in the music video for Michael Jackson's single "Remember the Time". In 1993 Murphy released a song with Michael Jackson called "Whatzupwitu".  It was voted by MTV viewers in 1999 as the third worst music video of all time.

## Filmography

|scope="col"|Title|scope="col"|Year|scope="col"|Role|scope="col" style="width: 10%;"|Director|scope="col" class="unsortable"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|style="text-align:center;"|1982|Reggie Hammond|Walter Hill|Nominated—Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|1983|Billy Ray Valentine|John Landis|NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy||||||
|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|1984|Lieutenant T.M. Landry|Willard Huyck|||||||
|Detective Axel Foley|Martin Brest|Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy||||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|1986|Chandler Jarrell|Michael Ritchie|||||||
|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|1987|Detective Axel Foley|Tony Scott|Also writer (story)||||||
|Himself|Robert Townsend|Stand-up film||||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|1988|Prince Akeem Joffer / Clarence / Randy Watson / Saul|John Landis|Also writer (story)||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|1989|Vernest "Quick" Brown|Himself|Directorial debut Also writer and executive producer Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screenplay Nominated—Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|1990|Reggie Hammond|Walter Hill|Also writer (story)||||||
|1992|Marcus Graham|Reginald Hudlin|Also writer (story) Nominated—MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance|||||||
|Thomas Jefferson Johnson|Jonathan Lynn|||||||||
|1994|Detective Axel Foley|John Landis||||||||
|1995|Maximillian / Preacher Pauly / Guido|Wes Craven|Also writer (story) and producer|||||||
|1996|Professor Sherman Klump / Buddy Love Lance Perkins / Cletus 'Papa' Klump Anna Pearl 'Mama' Jensen Klump Ida Mae 'Granny' Jensen / Ernie Klump, Sr. || Tom Shadyac ||Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Actor – Comedy Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor <small>(2nd place)</small> Saturn Award for Best Actor National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Nominated—MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance Nominated—MTV Movie Award for Best Male Performance Nominated—NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy|||||||||
|1997|Insp. Scott Roper|Thomas Carter||||||||
|1998|Mushu||Voice role; Murphy's first animated film role Nominated—OFTA Film Award Best Family Actor Online Film & Television Association 1999|||||||
|Dr. John Dolittle|Betty Thomas|||||||||
|G|Stephen Herek|||||||||
|1999|Rayford "Ray" Gibson|Ted Demme|Also writer (story) and producer.|||||||
|Kit Ramsey / Jiffrenson "Jiff" Ramsey|Frank Oz|Nominated—Black Reel Award: Best Actor Nominated—Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Comedy Team <small>(shared with Steve Martin)</small>||||||||
|2000|Professor Sherman Klump / Buddy Love Lance Perkins / Cletus 'Papa' Klump Anna Pearl 'Mama' Jensen Klump Ida Mae 'Granny' Jensen / Ernie Klump, Sr. / Young Cletus 'Papa' Klump || Peter Segal||Also executive producer Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy|||||||
|2001|Donkey||Voice role Annie Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement for Voice Acting by a Male Performer in an Animated Feature Production Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role Nominated—Black Reel Award: Best Supporting Actor.|||||||
|Dr. John Dolittle|Steve Carr|||||||||
|2002|Officer Trey Sellers|Tom Dey|Nominated—Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor Nominated—Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screen Couple|||||||
|Pluto Nash / Rex Crater|Ron Underwood|||||||||
|Kelly Robinson|Betty Thomas|||||||||
|2003|Charles "Charlie" Hinton|Steve Carr||||||||
|Jim Evers|Rob Minkoff|||||||||
|2004|Donkey||Voice role|||||||
|2006|James 'Thunder' Early|Bill Condon|Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor Central Ohio Film Critics Association for Best Supporting Actor Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role Nominated—Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated—Black Reel Award: Best Supporting Actor Nominated—Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated—NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture Nominated—Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture|||||||
|2007|Norbit Rice / Rasputia Latimore-Rice / Mr. Wong|Brian Robbins|Also writer and producer Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actress Nominated—Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screen Couple Nominated—Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screenplay Nominated—Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture|||||||
|Donkey||Voice role Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Voice from an Animated Movie||||||||
|2008|Starship Dave Ming-Chang (Spacecraft), Captain|Brian Robbins|Nominated—Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor Nominated—Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screen Couple|||||||
|2009|Evan Danielson|Karey Kirkpatrick|Nominated—Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor|||||||
|2010|Donkey|Mike Mitchell|Voice role Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Voice from an Animated Movie|||||||
|2011|Darnell ("Slide") Davis|Brett Ratner|Nominated—NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture|||||||
|2012|Jack McCall|Brian Robbins|Nominated—Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor|||||||
|2016|Henry Joseph Church|Bruce Beresford||||||||
|2019|Rudy Ray Moore|Craig Brewer|Also producer|||||||
|2020|Prince Akeem Joffer / Randy Watson|Also writer (story) _Filming_||||||||

## Awards and nominations

|Award|Year|Category|Work|class="unsortable"|Outcome|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Academy Awards|2007|Best Supporting Actor|_Dreamgirls_|||||
|rowspan=3|Annie Awards|1999|Outstanding Individual Achievement for Voice Acting in an Animated Television Production|_The PJs_||||
|2001|Outstanding Individual Achievement for Voice Acting by a Male Performer in an Animated Feature Production|_Shrek_||||||
|2008|Best Voice Acting in an Animated Television Production|_Shrek the Halls_||||||
|BAFTA Awards|2002|Actor in a Supporting Role|_Shrek_|||||
|rowspan=3|Black Reel Awards|2000|Best Actor in a Motion Picture|_Bowfinger_||||
|2002|rowspan=2|Actor in a Supporting Role|_Shrek_|||||
|2007|_Dreamgirls_|||||||
|Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards|2007|Best Supporting Actor|_Dreamgirls_|||||
|Central Ohio Film Critics Association|2007|Best Supporting Actor|_Dreamgirls_|||||
|Chicago Film Critics Association Awards|2007|Best Supporting Actor|_Dreamgirls_|||||
|rowspan=4|Emmy Awards|1983|Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy, Variety or Music Series|_Saturday Night Live_||||
|rowspan=2|1984|Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program|_Saturday Night Live_|||||
|Outstanding Writing for a Variety or Music Program|_Saturday Night Live_|||||||
|1999|Outstanding Animated Program|_The PJs_ for "He's Gotta Have It"||||||
|rowspan=5|Golden Globe Awards|1983|New Star of the Year (Actor)|_48 Hrs._||||
|1984|Actor in a Leading Role (Musical or Comedy)|_Trading Places_||||||
|1985|Actor in a Leading Role (Musical or Comedy)|_Beverly Hills Cop_||||||
|1997|Actor in a Leading Role (Musical or Comedy)|_The Nutty Professor_||||||
|2007||Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture|_Dreamgirls_|||||
|rowspan=15|Golden Raspberry Awards|rowspan=2|1990|Worst Director|rowspan=2|_Harlem Nights_||
|Worst Screenplay||||||||
|rowspan=2|2003|Worst Actor|_The Adventures of Pluto Nash_|||||
|Worst Screen Combo|_The Adventures of Pluto Nash_; _Showtime_; _I Spy_|||||||
|rowspan=6|2008|Worst Picture|rowspan=6|_Norbit_||||
|Worst Actor||||||||
|Worst Supporting Actor||||||||
|Worst Supporting Actress||||||||
|Worst Screen Combo||||||||
|Worst Screenplay||||||||
|rowspan=2|2009|Worst Actor|rowspan=2|_Meet Dave_||||
|Worst Screen Combo||||||||
|rowspan=2|2010|Worst Actor|_Imagine That_|||||
|Worst Actor of the Decade|N/A|||||||
|2013|Worst Actor|_A Thousand Words_||||||
|rowspan=2|Grammy Awards|1983|Best Comedy Album|_Eddie Murphy_||||
|1984|Best Comedy Album|_Eddie Murphy: Comedian_||||||
|rowspan=4|Kids Choice Awards|1988|Favorite Movie Actor|_Beverly Hills Cop II_||||
|2005|Favorite Voice from an Animated Film|_Shrek 2_||||||
|2008|Favorite Voice from an Animated Film|_Shrek the Third_||||||
|2011|Best Voice from an Animated Film|_Shrek Forever After_||||||
|rowspan=2|NAACP Image Awards|1997|Outstanding Lead Actor in a Motion Picture|_The Nutty Professor_||||
|2007|Actor in a Supporting Role|_Dreamgirls_||||||
|National Society of Film Critics Awards|1997|Best Actor|_The Nutty Professor_|||||
|Online Film Critics Society Awards|2007|Best Supporting Actor|_Dreamgirls_|||||
|rowspan=2|Satellite Awards|1996|rowspan=2|Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy|_The Nutty Professor_|||
|2001|_Nutty Professor II: The Klumps_|||||||
|rowspan=2|Saturn Awards|1997|Best Actor|_The Nutty Professor_||||
|2002|Best Supporting Actor|_Shrek_||||||
|rowspan=2|Screen Actors Guild Awards|rowspan=2|2007|Actor in a Supporting Role|rowspan=2|_Dreamgirls_||
|Cast in a Motion Picture||||||||

## Other websites

- Eddie Murphy on Discogs
- Eddie Murphy Media Site
- Maxim Rated Top SNL performer
- Eddie Murphy.co.uk

## Infobox (person)

- **image**: Eddie Murphy by David Shankbone.jpg
- **imagesize**: 200px
- **caption**: Murphy at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2010
- **name**: Eddie Murphy
- **birthname**: Edward Regan Murphy
- **birth place**: Brooklyn, New York (state), New York, U.S.
- **nationality**: Americans, American
- **occupation**: Actor, stand-up comedian, comedian, producer, singer, writer
- **relatives**: Charlie Murphy (brother)
- **yearsactive**: 1976–present
- **spouse**: Nicole Mitchell Murphy
(m. 1993, d. 2006)
- **children**: 10
- **parents**: Charles Edward Murphy
Lillian Murphy