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Eddie Murphy

Edward Regan Murphy is an American actor, comedian, writer, producer, and singer. He rose to fame on the sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live, for which he was a regular cast member from 1980 to 1984. Murphy has also worked as a stand-up comedian and was ranked No. 10 on Comedy Central's list of the 100 Greatest Stand-ups of All Time.


Aliases
  • Edward Regan Murphy
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Shrek

2001
as Donkey (voice)

Shrek 2

2004
as Donkey

Mulan

1998
as Mushu (voice)

Shrek the Third

2007
as Donkey

The Nutty Professor

1996
as Sherman Klump

Coming to America

1988
as Prince Akeem / Clarence / Randy Watson / Saul

Coming 2 America

2021
as Prince Akeem

Shrek Forever After

2010
as Donkey (voice)

You People

2023
as Akbar

Candy Cane Lane

2023
as Chris Carver

Tower Heist

2011
as Slide

Meet Dave

2008
as Dave Ming Chang / Kapitän

The Nutty Professor

1996
as Buddy Love

Nutty Professor II: The Klumps

2000
as Professor Sherman Klump

Doctor Dolittle

1998
as Dr. John Dolittle

Norbit

2007
as Norbit / Rasputia / Mr. Wong

Saturday Night Live

1975
as Eddie Murphy

Shrek the Halls

2007
as Donkey (voice)

The Haunted Mansion

2003
as Jim Evers

Daddy Day Care

2003
as Charlie Hinton

Dr. Dolittle 2

2001
as Dr. John Dolittle

Beverly Hills Cop

1984
as Det. Axel Foley

A Thousand Words

2012
as Jack McCall

Beverly Hills Cop II

1987
as Det. Axel Foley

Trading Places

1983
as Billy Ray Valentine

Shrek 5

2023
as Donkey

Life

1999
as Rayford Gibson

Nutty Professor II: The Klumps

2000
as Papa Cletus Klump

Nutty Professor II: The Klumps

2000
as Grandma Ida Jenson

The Ghost of Lord Farquaad

2003
as Donkey (voice)

Dreamgirls

2006
as James "Thunder" Early

Dolemite Is My Name

2019
as Rudy Ray Moore

Beverly Hills Cop III

1994
as Axel Foley

Rapture Adrenaline

2009
as (archive footage)

Eddie Murphy Raw

1987
as Himself

Mr. Church

2016
as Henry Church

Bowfinger

1999
as Kit Ramsey | Jeffernson 'Jiff' Ramsey

Hong Kong Phooey

as Hong Kong Phooey / Penrod "Penry" Pooch

The Golden Child

1986
as Chandler Jarrell

Vampire in Brooklyn

1995
as Maximillian | Pauly | Guido

Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party

2001
as Donkey (voice) (singing voice)

I Spy

2002
as Kelly Robinson

Showtime

2002
as Officer Trey Sellars

Harlem Nights

1989
as Quick

Far Far Away Idol

2004
as Donkey (voice)

48 Hrs.

1982
as Reggie Hammond

The PJs

1999
as Thurgoode Orenthal Stubbs

Uptown Comedy Express

1987
as Eddie Murphy

Another 48 Hrs.

1990
as Reggie Hammond

Holy Man

1998
as G

But... Seriously

1994
as Eddie Murphy

Boomerang

1992
as Marcus Graham

Imagine That

2009
as Evan Danielson

The Distinguished Gentleman

1992
as Thomas Jefferson Johnson

Shrek: Once Upon a Time

2011
as Eddie Murphy

Best Defense

1984
as Lieutenant T.M. Landry

Metro

1997
as Inspektor Scott Roper

Director

Movie Harlem Nights 1989

Writer

Movie Coming to America 1988
Movie Norbit 2007
Movie Beverly Hills Cop II 1987
Movie Eddie Murphy Raw 1987
Movie Eddie Murphy Raw 1987
Movie Eddie Murphy: Delirious 1983
Movie Harlem Nights 1989

Producer

Movie Norbit 2007
Movie Tower Heist 2011
Movie Life 1999
Movie Nutty Professor II: The Klumps 2000
Movie Dolemite Is My Name 2019
Movie Eddie Murphy Raw 1987
Movie Eddie Murphy: Delirious 1983
Movie Vampire in Brooklyn 1995
Movie The Kid Who Loved Christmas 1990
Movie Harlem Nights 1989
Movie Uptown Comedy Express 1987

Crew

Movie The Kid Who Loved Christmas 1990

Guest Star

Episode Saturday Night Live
Eddie Murphy / Lizzo
2019
Episode The Daily Show
Eddie Murphy
2021
Episode Father of the Pride
Donkey
2004
Episode The Dick Cavett Show
Eddie Murphy, Paul Schrader
1985
Episode MTV Movie & TV Awards
1993 MTV Movie Awards
1993
Episode Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Eddie Murphy, Maya Rudolph, The Sugarhill Gang, Kanye West
2019
Episode Inside the Actors Studio
Eddie Murphy
2006
Episode Late Show with David Letterman
Eddie Murphy, Jane Levy, Mayer Hawthorne
2011
Episode Desus & Mero (2019)
PUFF OF FEATHERS
2021
Episode Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, Alan S. Kim, Madison Beer
2021
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Eddie Murphy, Eve Hewson, The Kid LAROI
2021
Episode The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
The Best of the 70s & 80s
1970
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Eddie Murphy, Greta Gerwig, Orlando Leyba
2019
Episode Late Night With David Letterman
Show #0489
1984
Episode The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
Eddie Murphy, Ellen DeGeneres, Jane Leeves, Teresa Ganzel
1987
Episode The Dick Cavett Show
Eddie Murphy
1985
Episode Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Eddie Murphy, Lizzy Caplan, ScHoolboy Q ft. E-40
2016
Episode MTV Video Music Awards
MTV 1st Annual Video Music Awards
1984
Episode The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
Eddie Murphy, Angela Kinsey, Bonnie Raitt, Taj Mahal
2009
Episode The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
Eddie Murphy, Jennifer Richards, Reggie Joule
1983
Episode Movies With Ali Plumb
Eddie Murphy: Coming 2 America
2021
Episode Today
October 26, 2011
2011
Episode Robin Williams: Comic Genius
The 2nd Annual American Comedy Awards
1988
Episode Variety: Actors on Actors
Episode 2
2020
Episode The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
Eddie Murphy, McLean Stevenson
1982