This block contains the information about Eddie Murphy and provides an insight into the life of the celebrity. From here you can also learn when, how and why the profession of an actor was chosen. Some interesting facts are waiting for you here.

Eddie Murphy- his full name is Edward Regan was born in April 1961 in New York in a family of a police officer. His father died while performing his job when he was only 8 years old that is why the further education of the child lied on the shoulders of his mom. His mother got married again and he got a step father who was not a bad person. When he was 15, he started his own comedy show, and was getting not bad money for the work he was doing. Later after he turned 19th he was already invited to perform on the television, and his Saturday night show became very popular. When his popularity gained the highest peak level he decided to relocate to the wide screen and that happened when he performed with Nick Nolte in action thriller “48 hours”. In 2007 the actor got a golden globe award for the supporting role in the musical “The Dream Girls”. Also he worked in standup comedy genre. In 2011 he performed in the movie “The Sky Scratch Robbing”. He was married and has five children with Nicole Mitchell Murphy who divorced with him in 2005. Also he has a daughter from Melanie Brown (who is an ex singer of Spice Girls music band). Currently the actor is married with Tracy Edmonds. He recorded the voice of Donkey character for all of the parts of “Shrek” cartoon.

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Here you can learn about the movies Eddie Murphy acted in. You can see the names of the movies, their budget, years of release and the money gained from the screening of the certain movie. It is always interesting to know.

Movies & Videos	Budget	Year	Opening weekend	US box Office
Shrek Forever After - Donkey (voice)	$165M	2010	$70.8M	$238M
Shrek the Third - Donkey (voice), Soundtrack (performer: "Thank You (Falettin Me Be Mice Elf Again)")	$160M	2007	$122M	$321M
Shrek 2 - Donkey (voice), Soundtrack (performer: "One" (1968), "Theme from 'Rawhide'" (1958), "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now" (1979), "Tomorrow" (1977), "Livin' La Vida Loca" (1999	$150M	2004	$108M	$436M
The Adventures of Pluto Nash - Pluto Nash	$100M	2002	$2.18M	$4.41M
The Haunted Mansion - Jim Evers	$90M	2003	$24.3M	$75.8M
Showtime - Officer Trey Sellars	$85M	2002	$15M	$37.9M
Life - Rayford Gibson, Producer	$75M	1999	$20.4M	$63.8M
Dr. Dolittle 2 - Dr. John Dolittle	$72M	2001	$25M	$113M
Doctor Dolittle - Dr. John Dolittle	$71.5M	1998	$29M	$144M
Mulan - Mushu (voice)	$70M	1998	$22.7M	$121M
Dreamgirls - James 'Thunder' Early, Soundtrack (performer: "Fake Your Way to the Top", "Cadillac Car", "Steppin' to the Bad Side", "I Want You Baby", "Patience", "I Meant You No Harm",	$70M	2006	$379K	$103M
I Spy - Kelly	$70M	2002	$12.8M	$33.1M
Nutty Professor II: The Klumps - Sherman Klump/Buddy Love/Granny Klump/Mama Klump/Papa Klump/Young Papa Klump/Ernie Klump/Lance Perkins, Executive Producer	$65M	2000	$42.5M	$123M
Daddy Day Care - Charlie Hinton	$60M	2003	$27.6M	$104M
Shrek - Donkey (voice), Soundtrack (performer: "On the Road Again" (1976), "Friends" (1969), "Try a Little Tenderness" (1932)) ("I'm a Believer" (1966))	$60M	2001	$42.3M	$268M
Holy Man - G	$60M	1998	$5.11M	$12.1M
Meet Dave - Dave Ming Cheng/The Captain, Soundtrack (performer: "Stayin' Alive")	$60M	2008	$5.25M	$11.8M
Norbit - Norbit/Rasputia/Mr. Wong, Writer (screenplay) (story), Producer	$60M	2007	$34.2M	$95.3M
After the Sunset - Soundtrack (performer: "Party All the Time")	$58M	2004	$11.1M	$28.3M
Beverly Hills Cop III - Det. Axel Foley	$55M	1994		$42.6M