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Eddie Murphy

Highest Rated:
95% 48 HRS (1982)
Lowest Rated:
6% The Adventures of Pluto Nash (2002)
Birthday:
Apr 3, 1961
Birthplace:
Brooklyn, New York
Bio:
The son of a Brooklyn policeman who died when he was eight, African-American comedy superstar Eddie Murphy was raised in the comfortable middle-class community of Hempstead, NY, by his mother and stepfather. A natural-born class clown, he was voted the most popular student at Roosevelt Junior and…

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Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

Range of Movie T-meters: 6% - 95%
Number of Movies: 52
Box Office Since 2001: $2056.0M
Year Rating Title Credit Box Office
2011 A Thousand Words
  • Jack McCall
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2011 68% Tower Heist
  • Slide
$78.0M
2010 58% Shrek Forever After (Shrek 4)
  • Donkey
$238.3M
2009 38% Imagine That
  • Evan Danielson
$16.1M
2008 19% Meet Dave
  • Dave / Captain
$11.6M
2007 Shrek the Halls
  • Donkey
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2007 9% Norbit
  • Producer
  • Mr. Wong
$95.3M
2007 41% Shrek the Third
  • Donkey
$320.7M
2006 Saturday Night Live - The Best Of
  • Actor
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2006 Famous - America's Finest Comedians
  • Actor
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2006 78% Dreamgirls
  • James "Thunder" Early
$103.3M
2004 Meet the Cast of Shrek 2
  • Actor
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2004 Saturday Night Live 25 (SNL25: 25 Years of Laughs)
  • Actor
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2004 89% Shrek 2
  • Donkey
$436.5M
2003 13% The Haunted Mansion
  • Jim Evers
$75.8M
2003 Shrek 4-D (Shrek 3-D)
  • Actor
--
2003 28% Daddy Day Care
  • Charlie Hinton
$104.1M
2002 15% I Spy
  • Kelly Robinson
$33.1M
2002 86% Mulan
  • Mushu
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2002 6% The Adventures of Pluto Nash
  • Pluto Nash
$4.4M
2002 25% Showtime
  • Trey Sellars
$37.9M
2001 42% Dr. Dolittle 2
  • Director
  • Dr. Doolittle
$111.5M
2001 89% Shrek
  • Donkey
$267.0M
2001 Creating a Fairy Tale World: The Making of Shrek
  • Actor
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2000 26% Nutty Professor II - The Klumps
  • Buddy Love
$122.4M
2000 Saturday Night Live: The Best of John Belushi
  • Actor
--
1999 50% Life
  • Ray Gibson
  • Producer
--
1999 80% Bowfinger
  • Jiff Ramsey
--
1998 12% Holy Man
  • G.
--
1998 44% Dr. Dolittle
  • Dr. John Dolittle
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1998 Saturday Night Live: The Best of Eddie Murphy
  • Actor
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1997 15% Metro
  • Scott Roper
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1997 Century of Black Cinema
  • Actor
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1996 66% The Nutty Professor
  • Buddy Love
--
1995 10% Vampire in Brooklyn
  • Maximillian
--
1994 10% Beverly Hills Cop III
  • Axel Foley
--
1992 13% The Distinguished Gentleman
  • Thomas Jefferson Johnson
--
1992 36% Boomerang
  • Marcus Graham
--
1990 20% Another 48 Hrs.
  • Reggie Hammond
--
1989 21% Harlem Nights
  • Quick
  • Screenwriter
  • Director
--
1988 65% Coming to America
  • Clarence
--
1987 Joe Piscopo New Jersey Special
  • Actor
--
1987 46% Beverly Hills Cop II
  • Axel Foley
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1987 80% Eddie Murphy Raw
  • Actor
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1986 26% The Golden Child
  • Chandler Jarrell
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1984 83% Beverly Hills Cop
  • Axel Foley
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1984 Best Defense
  • Landry
--
1984 Joe Piscopo Special
  • Actor
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1983 80% Eddie Murphy Delirious
  • Actor
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1983 89% Trading Places
  • Billy Ray Valentine
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1983 Best of the Big Laff-Off
  • Actor
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1982 95% 48 HRS
  • Reggie Hammond
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Eddie Murphy Trivia

Was offered, and turned down, the role of Winston Zeddemore in the 1984 movie "Ghostbusters".
- submitted by Flixster F (2 years ago)
He won a Grammy in 1983 for his comedy album "Comedian."
- submitted by Flixster F (2 years ago)

Quotes from Eddie Murphy's Characters

    1. Bobby Bowfinger: [Interviewing Jiff for the movie] Would you be willing to cut your hair?
    2. Jiff Ramsey: Well, yeah, but it would probably be better if someone else did it. I've had a few... accidents.
    From Bowfinger. Submitted by Francis L (8 days ago)
    1. Norbit Albert Rice: Tuesday!
    From Norbit. Submitted by Sara B (26 days ago)
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