About Eddie Murphy

Edward Regan "Eddie" Murphy (born April 3, 1961) is an American actor, blur director, producer, amateur and singer. Murphy ranks as the accomplished grossing blur brilliant in history, accepting a absolute of 37 films to date, his films grossing over $3.4 billion in the US alone, averaging $104 amateur per film.[1] He was a approved casting affiliate on Saturday Night Live from 1980 to 1984, and has formed as a amateur comedian. He has accustomed Golden Globe Award nominations for best amateur in a ball or agreeable for his performances in Beverly Hills Cop, Beverly Hills Cop II, Beverly Hills Cop III, Trading Places, and The Nutty Professor. In 2007, he won the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Amateur for his assuming of body accompanist James "Thunder" Early in Dreamgirls,[2] and accustomed a choice for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Amateur for the aforementioned role. Murphy's plan as a articulation amateur includes Thurgood Stubbs in The PJs, Donkey in the Shrek alternation and the dragon Mushu in Disney's Mulan. In some of his films, he plays assorted roles in accession to his capital character, which he calls a accolade to one of his idols Peter Sellers (who is acclaimed for arena assorted roles in one film, conspicuously Dr. Strangelove), films which Murphy has played assorted roles cover Coming to America, Wes Craven's Vampire In Brooklyn, the Nutty Professor films, area he played himself in two incarnations, additional his father, brother, mother and grandmother, Bowfinger and 2007's Norbit. Another brand of Murphy is his deep, infectious, and appreciably cool laugh. His added brand is a alternating band he says in movies "How you doin'?", which he states is his adage in absolute life.