History Creator / EddieMurphy

* OlderThanTheyLook: At 59, he still looks the way he was thirty years ago.

* ''Film/TheDistinguishedGentlemen'' (1992) - Thomas Jefferson Johnson

* ''The Distinguished Gentlemen'' (1992) - Thomas Jefferson Johnson

His brother Charlie was a regular on ''Series/ChappellesShow'', played Ed Wuncler III in ''WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks'', and had a regular role as Vic Hargrove in ''Series/BlackJesus''. He even appeared in a cameo as himself in a segment from ''Series/OneThousandWaysToDie''. Sadly, he died from leukemia on April 12, 2017.

* DoesNotLikeGuns: Despite using guns in most of his movies, he really hates them in real life.

* DoesNotLikeGuns: Despite using guns in most of his movies, he really hates guns in real life.

** ''Coming 2 America'' (2021)

* AlterKocker: Loves playing these, almost always while in [[FakeNationality heavy Caucasian makeup]]. His performance as one in ''Film/ComingToAmerica'' provides the trope's page image.

Edward Regan "Eddie" Murphy (born April 3, 1961 in New York City, New York) is an American actor, voice actor, film director, producer, comedian and singer. He is the second-highest grossing lead actor in motion picture history. He was a regular cast member on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' from 1980 to 1984 -- keeping that show afloat at a time when it was floundering so badly that Creator/{{NBC}} was considering cancellation [[note]]At the time, Eddie Murphy was ''SNL'''s youngest cast member to join at the age of 19. He was beaten by Anthony Michael Hall -- who was 17 years old -- when Hall joined the cast in 1985. Murphy is still considered the youngest black male cast member to join the cast, despite the upset[[/note]] -- and worked as a stand-up comedian throughout TheEighties. He was ranked #10 on Creator/ComedyCentral's list of the 100 Greatest Stand-ups of All Time.

* RenaissanceMan: Stand-up comedian, massively popular actor, a fantastic singer, and a raising ten kids on top of it all? Talk about multi-talented.

On ''Saturday Night Live'', he's known for appearing with Joe Piscopo in a lot of sketches (to the point that the cast members and fans thought they were stealing the spotlight during their time on the show), his recurring characters Mr. Robinson (a poor, black, urban take on [[Creator/FredRogers Mr. Rogers]] [[note]]which the real Mr. Rogers thought was amusing, not to mention safely broadcast when his own kids viewers were asleep, and told Murphy himself that.[[/note]], who first appeared on the Jean Doumanian episode that gave NBC a reason to kick her off the show[[note]]you know, the one where Charles Rocket casually says, "I'd like to know who the fuck did it," after being shot during a sketch[[/note]], but didn't become popular until Dick Ebersol took over), Buckwheat from ''Film/TheLittleRascals'' (whose character was assassinated, then brought back from the dead), Dion (a CampGay hairstylist), AngryBlackMan Raheem Abdul Mohammed, poetic prisoner Tyrone Green, sleazy salesman Velvet Jones (the "I Wanna Be a Ho" Guide), and Gumby as an old, Jewish man. His celebrity impressions, though small, included Creator/BillCosby[[note]]with whom he had a rivalry with, until Cosby's history of sexual assault and misconduct ruined his reputation, as mentioned when Eddie Murphy came back to host in season 45 and gloated in Cosby's voice, "Who is America's Dad now!"[[/note]], Music/JamesBrown (the singer, not the football commentator), the Reverend Jesse Jackson, Creator/MrT, Creator/JerryLewis (in a ''Two Faces of Eve'' film parody with Joe Piscopo as the older, embittered Vegas hanger-on take on Lewis while Murphy played the loud, bucktoothed, childish moron version of him), and Music/StevieWonder.

Edward Regan "Eddie" Murphy (born April 3, 1961) is an American actor, voice actor, film director, producer, comedian and singer. He is the second-highest grossing lead actor in motion picture history. He was a regular cast member on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' from 1980 to 1984 -- keeping that show afloat at a time when it was floundering so badly that Creator/{{NBC}} was considering cancellation [[note]]At the time, Eddie Murphy was ''SNL'''s youngest cast member to join at the age of 19. He was beaten by Anthony Michael Hall -- who was 17 years old -- when Hall joined the cast in 1985. Murphy is still considered the youngest black male cast member to join the cast, despite the upset[[/note]] -- and worked as a stand-up comedian throughout TheEighties. He was ranked #10 on Creator/ComedyCentral's list of the 100 Greatest Stand-ups of All Time.

[[caption-width-right:350:[[Disney/{{Mulan}} Dishonor on you! Dishonor on your cow!]]]]

After voicing Mushu the dragon in Disney's ''Disney/{{Mulan}}'', Murphy's work as a voice actor went on to include Thurgood Stubbs in ''WesternAnimation/ThePJs'' and Donkey in the ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'' series.

* ''Disney/{{Mulan}}'' (1998) - Mushu (voice)

* OlderThanTheyLook: At 58, he still looks the way he was thirty years ago.

On ''Saturday Night Live'', he's known for appearing with Joe Piscopo in a lot of sketches (to the point that the cast members and fans thought they were stealing the spotlight), his recurring characters Mr. Robinson (a poor, black, urban take on [[Creator/FredRogers Mr. Rogers]] [[note]]Which the real Mr. Rogers thought was amusing, not to mention safely broadcast when his own kids viewers were asleep, and told Murphy himself that.[[/note]], who first appeared on the Jean Doumanian episode that gave NBC a reason to kick her off the show[[note]]you know, the one where Charles Rocket casually says, "I'd like to know who the fuck did it," after being shot during a sketch[[/note]], but didn't become popular until Dick Ebersol took over), Buckwheat from ''Film/TheLittleRascals'' (whose character was assassinated, then brought back from the dead), Dion (a CampGay hairstylist), AngryBlackMan Raheem Abdul Mohammed, poetic prisoner Tyrone Green, sleazy salesman Velvet Jones (the "I Wanna Be a Ho" Guide), and Gumby as an old, Jewish man. His celebrity impressions, though small, included Creator/BillCosby, Music/JamesBrown (the singer, not the football commentator), the Reverend Jesse Jackson, Creator/MrT, Creator/JerryLewis (in a ''Two Faces of Eve'' film parody with Joe Piscopo as the older, embittered Vegas hanger-on take on Lewis while Murphy played the loud, bucktoothed, childish moron version of him), and Music/StevieWonder. Eddie Murphy is also the first (and, so far, only) ''Saturday Night Live'' cast member to host the show while still a cast member, a decision that has been cited by the cast at the time as a low point for the show and a sign that Dick Ebersol cared more about making Eddie Murphy and Joe Piscopo popular rather than give the other cast members (Gary Kroeger, a pre-''Seinfeld'' Creator/JuliaLouisDreyfus, Mary Gross, Tim Kazurinsky, and Brad Hall) a chance at being funny.

On ''Saturday Night Live'', he's known for appearing with Joe Piscopo in a lot of sketches (to the point that the cast members and fans thought they were stealing the spotlight), his recurring characters Mr. Robinson (a poor, black, urban take on Mr. Rogers, who first appeared on the Jean Doumanian episode that gave NBC a reason to kick her off the show[[note]]you know, the one where Charles Rocket casually says, "I'd like to know who the fuck did it," after being shot during a sketch[[/note]], but didn't become popular until Dick Ebersol took over), Buckwheat from ''Film/TheLittleRascals'' (whose character was assassinated, then brought back from the dead), Dion (a CampGay hairstylist), AngryBlackMan Raheem Abdul Mohammed, poetic prisoner Tyrone Green, sleazy salesman Velvet Jones (the "I Wanna Be a Ho" Guide), and Gumby as an old, Jewish man. His celebrity impressions, though small, included Creator/BillCosby, Music/JamesBrown (the singer, not the football commentator), the Reverend Jesse Jackson, Creator/MrT, Creator/JerryLewis (in a ''Two Faces of Eve'' film parody with Joe Piscopo as the older, embittered Vegas hanger-on take on Lewis while Murphy played the loud, bucktoothed, childish moron version of him), and Music/StevieWonder. Eddie Murphy is also the first (and, so far, only) ''Saturday Night Live'' cast member to host the show while still a cast member, a decision that has been cited by the cast at the time as a low point for the show and a sign that Dick Ebersol cared more about making Eddie Murphy and Joe Piscopo popular rather than give the other cast members (Gary Kroeger, a pre-''Seinfeld'' Creator/JuliaLouisDreyfus, Mary Gross, Tim Kazurinsky, and Brad Hall) a chance at being funny.

* BrokenPedestal: Had this for Creator/BillCosby. Murphy recalled on ''Raw'' that he admired Cosby growing up and was so excited to get a call from Cosby after ''Delirious'' was a hit. Cosby proceeded to dress down the younger comic and browbeat him about his "dirty" act. Joe Piscopo recalled Murphy coming into his office afterwards completely devastated by what happened.

* BrokenPedestal: Had this for Creator/BillCosby. Murphy recalled on ''Raw'' that he was so excited to get a call from Cosby after ''Delirious'' was a hit. Cosby proceeded to dress down the younger comic and browbeat him about his "dirty" act.

Unfortunately, as the 1990's and 2000's rolled around, Eddie's career took a turn for the worse, hitting rock bottom when ''Film/TheAdventuresOfPlutoNash'' became one of the [[BoxOfficeBomb all-time biggest flops, with a budget of $100 million dollars and a worldwide gross of $7.1 million]]. He had a brief resurgence of quality with the ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'' films and ''Theatre/{{Dreamgirls}}'' (the latter earning him an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor), but he has yet to have a hit film since then.

* ''Film/{{Dreamgirls}}'' (2006) - James "Thunder" Early (Academy Award nominee for Best Actor)

* ''Film/{{Boomerang}}'' (1992) - Marcus Graham