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Eddie Murphy

Eddie Murphy

Total Box Office:
 $2074.4M
Highest Rated:
95% 48 HRS (1982)
Lowest Rated:
0% A Thousand Words (2012)
Birthday:
Apr 3
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

Movies

MOVIES   

Rating Title Credit Box Office Year
Hong Kong Phooey
  • Penry/Hong Kong Phooey
-- 2014
I Got Somethin' to Tell You
  • Actor
-- 2013
0% A Thousand Words
  • Jack McCall
$18.4M 2012
Mapping Errors
  • Donkey
-- 2012
The Incredible Shrinking Man
  • Actor
-- 2012
68% Tower Heist
  • Producer
  • Slide
$78.0M 2011
57% Shrek Forever After
  • Donkey
$238.3M 2010
Donkey's Caroling Christmas-tacular (Donkey's Christmas Shrektacular)
  • Actor
-- 2010
40% Imagine That
  • Evan Danielson
$16.1M 2009
19% Meet Dave
  • Dave / Captain
$11.6M 2008
9% Norbit
  • Mr. Wong
  • Producer
$95.3M 2007
Shrek the Halls
  • Donkey
-- 2007
40% Shrek the Third
  • Donkey
$320.7M 2007
Famous - America's Finest Comedians
  • Actor
-- 2006
78% Dreamgirls
  • James "Thunder" Early
$103.3M 2006
Saturday Night Live - The Best Of
  • Actor
-- 2006
Meet the Cast of Shrek 2
  • Actor
-- 2004
Saturday Night Live 25 (SNL25: 25 Years of Laughs)
  • Actor
-- 2004
89% Shrek 2
  • Donkey
$436.5M 2004
Far Far Away Idol
  • Actor
-- 2004
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 2003
25% Showtime
  • Trey Sellars
$37.9M 2002
15% I Spy
  • Kelly Robinson
$33.1M 2002
5% The Adventures of Pluto Nash
  • Pluto Nash
$4.4M 2002
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
-- 2001
26% Nutty Professor II - The Klumps
  • Buddy Love
$122.4M 2000
Saturday Night Live: The Best of John Belushi
  • Actor
-- 2000
50% Life
  • Producer
  • Ray Gibson
-- 1999
80% Bowfinger
  • Jiff Ramsey
-- 1999
Doctor Dolittle
  • Actor
-- 1998
12% Holy Man
  • G.
-- 1998
86% Mulan
  • Mushu
-- 1998
44% Dr. Dolittle
  • Dr. John Dolittle
-- 1998
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Eddie Murphy
  • Actor
-- 1998
15% Metro
  • Scott Roper
-- 1997
Century of Black Cinema
  • Actor
-- 1997
65% The Nutty Professor
  • Buddy Love
-- 1996
10% Vampire in Brooklyn
  • Maximillian
-- 1995
10% Beverly Hills Cop III
  • Axel Foley
-- 1994
13% The Distinguished Gentleman
  • Thomas Jefferson Johnson
-- 1992
38% Boomerang
  • Marcus Graham
-- 1992
19% Another 48 Hrs.
  • Reggie Hammond
-- 1990
Mandela in America
  • Actor
-- 1990
21% Harlem Nights
  • Quick
  • Screenwriter
  • Director
-- 1989
68% Coming to America
  • Clarence
-- 1988
Joe Piscopo New Jersey Special
  • Actor
-- 1987
46% Beverly Hills Cop II
  • Axel Foley
-- 1987
80% Eddie Murphy Raw
  • Himself
-- 1987
26% The Golden Child
  • Chandler Jarrell
-- 1986
83% Beverly Hills Cop
  • Axel Foley
-- 1984
Joe Piscopo Special
  • Actor
-- 1984
Best Defense
  • Landry
-- 1984
80% Eddie Murphy Delirious
  • Actor
-- 1983
Best of the Big Laff-Off
  • Actor
-- 1983
88% Trading Places
  • Billy Ray Valentine
-- 1983
95% 48 HRS
  • Reggie Hammond
-- 1982

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 (3 years ago)
He won a Grammy in 1983 for his comedy album "Comedian."
- submitted by Flixster F (3 years ago)

Quotes from Eddie Murphy's Characters

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    1. Mr. Wong: Norbit, you married a gorilla.
    From Norbit. Submitted by Adam P (2 months ago)

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Eddie Murphy News

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The Twins Sequel Picks Up a Pair of Writers Opens in new window
November 15, 2012

There's a Twins Sequel in the Works Opens in new window
March 29, 2012

Brian Grazer Steps in as Oscars Producer Opens in new window
November 9, 2011

Brett Ratner and Eddie Murphy Both Withdraw from Oscars Telecast Opens in new window
November 9, 2011

Eddie Murphy Is Writing an Alien Abduction Comedy Opens in new window
October 31, 2011

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