famous actors who play policeman
(1982) and the 1990 sequel starred Eddie Murphy, making his film debut as former police Officer Reggie Hammond. Murphy next beat out several top actors for the role of police Officer Axel Foley in the box office hit trilogy Beverly Hills Cop (1984, 1987, 1994) Philip Michael Thomas & Olivia Brown played detectives Ricardo Rico Tubbs and Trudy Joplin in the long-running series Miami Vice (1984-1990)