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Eddie Murphy

  • Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York
  • Birthday: April 3, 1961

As the most talented and influential comedic force to emerge from the 1980’s, comedian-actor Eddie Murphy blazed the trail for an entire generation of young black comics to follow. Just as Murphy was inspired by the comedic stylings of the legendary Richard Pryor and Redd Foxx in the 1970’s, Murphy influenced a whole new wave of African-American comedians who came of age in the 1980’s – among them: Martin Lawrence, Chris Rock, Jamie Foxx, and Dave Chappelle. However, it was as a movie star that Murphy made his greatest impact. Hollywood…more

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Career Milestones

  • 2008

    Played a human-shaped spaceship controlled by 100 little aliens in the comedy Meet Dave

  • 2007

    Played multiple roles in Norbit ; co-written with his brother Charlie Murphy

  • 2007

    Reprised role of the Donkey for Shrek the Third

  • 2006

    Earned rave reviews as soul singer James Thunder Earlyin in the feature adaptation of the Tony-winning musical, Dreamgirls ; received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor

  • 2004

    Reprised role of the Donkey in Shrek 2

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Awards

  • 2007

    Broadcast Film Critics Association Award: Best Supporting Actor

  • 2007

    Golden Globe Award: Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

  • 2007

    Screen Actors Guild Award: Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role

  • 1997

    National Society of Film Critics Award: Best Actor

  • 1983

    Grammy Award: Best Comedy Album

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