Eddie Murphy posing on a car with a gun on the poster for Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
Like a good many comedic actors who rose to fame in the 1980s, Eddie Murphy first gained popularity through being a cast member on Saturday Night Live. Successful movie roles followed this, as did some high-profile stand-up specials: Delirious and Eddie Murphy Raw , neither of which can be considered feature films in the traditional sense, but are still worthy of honorable nominations.
9 'Bowfinger' Director: Frank Oz Close Bowfinger is one of numerous movies about making movies, and a key one in showing why that kind of premise – and the self-referential humor that often comes with it – is so much fun.
He's certainly got some competition in the singing department, considering Dreamgirls also stars the likes of Beyoncé, Jennifer Hudson, and Jamie Foxx, but Murphy’s quite good here, all things considered. It’s also notable for being a rare non-comedy that Eddie Murphy has starred in, instead being about three young women trying to make names for themselves as singers, first by providing backing vocals for Murphy’s character, a well-established singer.
Case in point, Shrek 2, which is also just a great sequel in any event, and exceedingly close to the first in terms of quality. Donkey is just as rambling, lovably annoying, and energetic as he was in the first movie, and making him have to compete, in a sense, for the role of the title character’s sidekick leads to plenty of comedy .
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