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Eddie Murphy

Highest Rated:: 95% 48 HRS (1982)
Lowest Rated:: 0% A Thousand Words (2012)

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

48 HRS
95%
Shrek 2
89%
Trading Places
89%
Shrek
89%

Filmography

Range of Movie T-meters: 0% - 95%

Number of Movies: 56

Box Office Since 2001: $2074.4M

Year	Rating	Title	Credit	Box Office
2013		Hong Kong Phooey	Penry/Hong Kong Phooey	--
2012		The Incredible Shrinking Man	Actor	--
2012	0%	A Thousand Words	Jack McCall	$18.4M
2011	68%	Tower Heist	Producer Slide	$78.0M
2010	58%	Shrek Forever After (Shrek 4)	Donkey	$238.3M
2009	39%	Imagine That	Evan Danielson	$16.1M
2008	19%	Meet Dave	Dave / Captain	$11.6M
2007	41%	Shrek the Third	Donkey	$320.7M
2007	9%	Norbit	Mr. Wong Producer	$95.3M
2007		Shrek the Halls	Donkey	--
2006	78%	Dreamgirls	James "Thunder" Early	$103.3M
2006		Saturday Night Live - The Best Of	Actor	--
2006		Famous - America's Finest Comedians	Actor	--
2004		Saturday Night Live 25 (SNL25: 25 Years of Laughs)	Actor	--
2004	89%	Shrek 2	Donkey	$436.5M
2004		Meet the Cast of Shrek 2	Actor	--
2003		Shrek 4-D (Shrek 3-D)	Actor	--
2003	28%	Daddy Day Care	Charlie Hinton	$104.1M
2003	13%	The Haunted Mansion	Jim Evers	$75.8M
2002	6%	The Adventures of Pluto Nash	Pluto Nash	$4.4M
2002	25%	Showtime	Trey Sellars	$37.9M
2002	15%	I Spy	Kelly Robinson	$33.1M
2001	42%	Dr. Dolittle 2	Dr. Doolittle Director	$111.5M
2001	89%	Shrek	Donkey	$267.0M
2001		Creating a Fairy Tale World: The Making of Shrek	Actor	--
2000	26%	Nutty Professor II - The Klumps	Buddy Love	$122.4M
2000		Saturday Night Live: The Best of John Belushi	Actor	--
1999	80%	Bowfinger	Jiff Ramsey	--
1999	50%	Life	Producer Ray Gibson	--
1998	86%	Mulan	Mushu	--
1998		Doctor Dolittle	Actor	--
1998	44%	Dr. Dolittle	Dr. John Dolittle	--
1998		Saturday Night Live: The Best of Eddie Murphy	Actor	--
1998	12%	Holy Man	G.	--
1997	15%	Metro	Scott Roper	--
1997		Century of Black Cinema	Actor	--
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		Mandela in America	Actor	--
1990	20%	Another 48 Hrs.	Reggie Hammond	--
1989	21%	Harlem Nights	Screenwriter Director Quick	--
1988	67%	Coming to America	Clarence	--
1987		Joe Piscopo New Jersey Special	Actor	--
1987	46%	Beverly Hills Cop II	Axel Foley	--
1987	80%	Eddie Murphy Raw	Himself	--
1986	26%	The Golden Child	Chandler Jarrell	--
1984	83%	Beverly Hills Cop	Axel Foley	--
1984		Best Defense	Landry	--
1984		Joe Piscopo Special	Actor	--
1983	89%	Trading Places	Billy Ray Valentine	--
1983		Best of the Big Laff-Off	Actor	--
1983	80%	Eddie Murphy Delirious	Actor	--
1982	95%	48 HRS	Reggie Hammond	--

Eddie Murphy Trivia

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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

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1. Mama Klump: Don't nobody wanna hear your flatuance, Cletus Klump!
2. Papa Klump: [farts]
From The Nutty Professor. Submitted by Jed G (16 days ago)

1. Chandler Jarrell: I know this is a dream, so I can say anything I want and get away with it. So I think I will say, from my heart, kiss my ass. Kiss my ass!
From The Golden Child. Submitted by Alexei G (16 days ago)