From a regular on ‘Saturday Night Live’ (1994-2000) to an Academy Award nomination, Eddie Murphy has indeed come a long way! The American actor, singer, writer, musician and comedian made his movie debut in the 1982 film ‘48 Hours’ for which he got a ‘Golden Globe’ nomination for ‘New Star of the Year’.
Thereafter, he starred in a number of successful movies including ‘Trading Places’ (1983), ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ (1984), ‘Beverly Hills Cop II’ (1987), ‘Coming to America’ (1988), ‘The Nutty Professor’ (1996) for which he received a lot of nominations (including Golden globe for Best Actor) and awards, Dr. Dolittle (1998), ‘Bowfinger’ (1999), ‘Daddy Day Care’ (2003), ‘Dreamgirls’ (2006) for which he received an ‘Academy Award’ nomination for ‘Best Supporting Actor’ and won a ‘Golden Globe’ and ‘Screen Actors Guild Award’, ‘Tower Heist’ (2011) and ‘Mr. Church’ (2016).
He has also given his voice in movies like ‘Mulan’ (1998) and ‘Shrek Series (2001-10). His worst movies include ‘Boomerang’ (1992), ‘Vampire in Brooklyn’ (1995), ‘Nutty Professor II’ (2000), ‘Dr. Dolittle 2’ (2001), ‘The Adventures of Pluto and Nash’ (2002), ‘Norbit’ (2007), ‘Meet Dave’ (2008) etc. His top grossing movie till date remains to be ‘Beverly Hills Cop’.