a stand-up comedian who made that
difficult transition from the stage to
the screen look effortless this actor is
widely regarded as one of Hollywood’s
greatest funny men stop looking at me
like that
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
Eddie Murphy performances a man there’s
not a job on this planet I can’t do
twice as good a show for this list we’re
considering only Eddie Murphy’s acting
performances in feature-length films and
on TV in which he plays at least one
major character so before this is over
I’m gonna need a whole lot of serious
therapy this means we’re excluding his
stand-up act you don’t owe me number 10
kit and jiff Ramsay Bowfinger Jay
Clinton different center a Jif my prints
coming champion Phil Joe welcome aboard
kicking off our list is this hilarious
satire of the movie industry in which
like so many of his films eddie murphy
showcases his talents for playing
multiple characters being kid ram deep
rub you know some tidy and had his
fringe benefit sometime first up we see
him as kit Ramsey an arrogant and
distrustful a list actor unaware that
Steve Martin’s Z grade producer is
secretly filming him for his latest
trashy picture I’ll shut it also your
shit are you sure none of you tell you
some come here me to whip your ass
let me chase you don’t be reading my
stuff all right but it’s as his lovable
if gormless brother chip we’re Murphy’s
goofy charm really shines through it
feels good female renoun and a smile
like you for you you know it’s great I
feel great
number 9 Chandler Jarrell the golden
child
I’m agent ten Leggero from the American
stolen artifacts foundation Murphy
cemented his status as Hollywood’s
golden boy with this fantasy comedy
about the search for a missing golden
child well that’s a bets a little bit
out of my territory
Murphy plays Chandler Jarrell a social
worker who was informed by a beautiful
Tibetan princess that he has been
appointed to rescue the savior of
humankind from Charles dances dastardly
villain what is your destiny to find the
golden child and it’s your destiny to
see
some serious psychiatric Oh as the
reluctant hero who eventually embraces
his position as the chosen one Murphy
handles his first foray into the world
of the supernatural with aplomb if he
eats the blood they could kill him
yes Oh number eight Billy Ray Valentine
Trading Places change mama needs in life
picking up a deserved second consecutive
Golden Globe nomination Murphy lights up
the screen as a popper turned prince in
this alternative Christmas classic
Christmastime everybody’s uptight
the comedian stars as Billy Ray
Valentine a homeless street hustler
briefly given the opportunity to swap
lives with a Wall Street broker as part
of a cool $1 bet we’re gonna start you
at $80,000 a year
hey mm mm proving to be the perfect foil
for his fellow Saturday Night Live
alumni dan Aykroyd Murphy delivers on
his early promise in typically
rapid-fire style
Len a rookie African education
girlfriend right number 7 professor
Sherman Klump the Nutty Professor yes
it’s fair to say that Murphy certainly
earned his fee in this entertaining
remake of Jerry Lewis’s 1963 comedy
having played not just one but seven
characters including an overweight
grandma a parody of Richard Simmons and
of course the cocky womanizer buddy love
David don’t do that to Nate back but
it’s his performance as sherman klump a
morbidly obese professor who develops a
miraculous weight-loss drug in his quest
for romance which provides the heart and
soul of this much-loved family classic
and sometimes when you want something so
so bad
you can guess about anything to get it
number six
buckwheat James Brown mr. Robinson etc
Saturday Night Live she loves you was
originally titled she loves you man and
help with a rigid title help me man and
she got a ticket to ride was originally
she got a ticket to ride in the bitch
don’t care man
Murphy had been a headliner on the
comedy circuit for several years before
joining the cast of Saturday Night Live
but it was undoubtedly the long-running
sketch show that turned him into a
household name that’s right I’ve been
getting my protein fu girl
Murphy was credited with revitalizing
the series in the early 1980s
thanks to characters such as a grownup
version of The Little Rascals buckwheat
and all he on this unpick tacular Alpha
quick-witted kids TV presenter mr.
Robinson the problem is is when I move
in
y’all move away and perhaps most
famously his gleeful impersonation of
soul legend James Brown number 5 donkey
the Shrek franchise you cut me deep
Shrek you cut me real deep just now
stealing the show right from under
Shrek’s massive green nose eddie
murphy’s donkey became the unlikely
breakout star and dreamworks inspired
subversion of the fairy tale genre it’s
gonna be fun we can stay up late
swapping manless stars in in the morning
I’m making waffles committing himself
just as fully as he does in his
live-action roles Murphy generates most
of the laughs as the buck-toothed
motormouth who eventually endears
himself to Mike Myers grumpy ogre in the
first and only voice performance to be
nominated for a BAFTA you know what else
everybody liked Fosse have you ever met
a person you say hey let me get some
coffee they say hey I’m no I don’t like
no puffy paw face is delicious no number
four Reggie Hammond 48 hours where’s
Reggie Hammond bursting out of the
blocks Murphy became a major movie star
virtually overnight with his tour de
force big-screen debut as Reggie Hammond
you want dance get me out of here in 48
hours he plays a convicted thief who
thanks to a twist of fate ends up on the
other side of the law you know when I am
your worst
eight man man I’m a nigger with a badge
I mean I got the mission to kick yo ass
whenever I feel like it Murphy may have
been the newcomer but he more than holds
his own next to his more experienced
co-star Nick Nolte in this fast and
furious action comedy that helped
pioneer the mismatched buddy-cop genre
wean brothers Wave partners and winning
friends now dance gets away with my
money you gonna be sorry you ever met me
I’m already sorry number three Jimmy
Thunder early dream girls oh gee Jimmy
after four previous Golden Globe
nominations Murphy finally got the
chance to make an acceptance speech when
he bagged the Best Supporting Actor
Award for his towering performance in
this Supremes inspired musical drama
also earning him his first ever Oscar
nomination in Dreamgirls Murphy is a
revelation as he draws upon both his own
loudmouth persona and various Motown
legends to portray an R&B sensation who
stardom fades just as his hired backing
bands begins to rise
number two Prince Akeem jaffer coming to
America I am a key reuniting with
director John Landis for a fish out of
water story that he also devised Murphy
once again justified his superstar
status with one of his most genuinely
likable performances in this romantic
comedy
hey Akeem so did you have a good time
with the game yes I did thank you
toning down the brashness of his earlier
roles Murphy plays an African crown
prince who travels to America in search
of a bride with an endearing sense of
innocence especially when trying to pass
himself off as a poor student I go to
the University which one the University
of the United States but he still
manages to throw in a whole host of
snappy one-liners win your way through
here God each day before we unveil our
top pick here are a few honorable
mentions
drop the bomb ooh shoot hey hey whoa
whoa whoa whoa
take it easy now listen I’m a doctor
maybe I can help you
thanks hey miss me hey Gibson
through high school together are you
doing man number one Axel Foley the
Beverly Hills Cop franchise
my name is Axel Foley topping our list
is Murphy’s career-defining and Golden
Globe nominated role as the street smart
Detroit police detective out to avenge
his friend’s murder Axel Foley your ass
is skating on thin ice as it is look
we’re talking about a friend of mine
hair exuding the kind of cheeky
fast-talking charm that’s become his
trademark Murphy’s performance as a
reckless rough diamond in a rich man’s
world not only elevated this 80’s
vehicle to classic status guys that’s
the last straw
that was the last row you guys are too
nice what also confirmed his position as
the decades most bankable comedy star
do you agree with our list
moving practica does read right which
Eddie Murphy performances are your
favorite yeah for more entertaining top
10s published every day be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com that’ll do
donkey that’ll do
difficult transition from the stage to
the screen look effortless this actor is
widely regarded as one of Hollywood’s
greatest funny men stop looking at me
like that
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
Eddie Murphy performances a man there’s
not a job on this planet I can’t do
twice as good a show for this list we’re
considering only Eddie Murphy’s acting
performances in feature-length films and
on TV in which he plays at least one
major character so before this is over
I’m gonna need a whole lot of serious
therapy this means we’re excluding his
stand-up act you don’t owe me number 10
kit and jiff Ramsay Bowfinger Jay
Clinton different center a Jif my prints
coming champion Phil Joe welcome aboard
kicking off our list is this hilarious
satire of the movie industry in which
like so many of his films eddie murphy
showcases his talents for playing
multiple characters being kid ram deep
rub you know some tidy and had his
fringe benefit sometime first up we see
him as kit Ramsey an arrogant and
distrustful a list actor unaware that
Steve Martin’s Z grade producer is
secretly filming him for his latest
trashy picture I’ll shut it also your
shit are you sure none of you tell you
some come here me to whip your ass
let me chase you don’t be reading my
stuff all right but it’s as his lovable
if gormless brother chip we’re Murphy’s
goofy charm really shines through it
feels good female renoun and a smile
like you for you you know it’s great I
feel great
number 9 Chandler Jarrell the golden
child
I’m agent ten Leggero from the American
stolen artifacts foundation Murphy
cemented his status as Hollywood’s
golden boy with this fantasy comedy
about the search for a missing golden
child well that’s a bets a little bit
out of my territory
Murphy plays Chandler Jarrell a social
worker who was informed by a beautiful
Tibetan princess that he has been
appointed to rescue the savior of
humankind from Charles dances dastardly
villain what is your destiny to find the
golden child and it’s your destiny to
see
some serious psychiatric Oh as the
reluctant hero who eventually embraces
his position as the chosen one Murphy
handles his first foray into the world
of the supernatural with aplomb if he
eats the blood they could kill him
yes Oh number eight Billy Ray Valentine
Trading Places change mama needs in life
picking up a deserved second consecutive
Golden Globe nomination Murphy lights up
the screen as a popper turned prince in
this alternative Christmas classic
Christmastime everybody’s uptight
the comedian stars as Billy Ray
Valentine a homeless street hustler
briefly given the opportunity to swap
lives with a Wall Street broker as part
of a cool $1 bet we’re gonna start you
at $80,000 a year
hey mm mm proving to be the perfect foil
for his fellow Saturday Night Live
alumni dan Aykroyd Murphy delivers on
his early promise in typically
rapid-fire style
Len a rookie African education
girlfriend right number 7 professor
Sherman Klump the Nutty Professor yes
it’s fair to say that Murphy certainly
earned his fee in this entertaining
remake of Jerry Lewis’s 1963 comedy
having played not just one but seven
characters including an overweight
grandma a parody of Richard Simmons and
of course the cocky womanizer buddy love
David don’t do that to Nate back but
it’s his performance as sherman klump a
morbidly obese professor who develops a
miraculous weight-loss drug in his quest
for romance which provides the heart and
soul of this much-loved family classic
and sometimes when you want something so
so bad
you can guess about anything to get it
number six
buckwheat James Brown mr. Robinson etc
Saturday Night Live she loves you was
originally titled she loves you man and
help with a rigid title help me man and
she got a ticket to ride was originally
she got a ticket to ride in the bitch
don’t care man
Murphy had been a headliner on the
comedy circuit for several years before
joining the cast of Saturday Night Live
but it was undoubtedly the long-running
sketch show that turned him into a
household name that’s right I’ve been
getting my protein fu girl
Murphy was credited with revitalizing
the series in the early 1980s
thanks to characters such as a grownup
version of The Little Rascals buckwheat
and all he on this unpick tacular Alpha
quick-witted kids TV presenter mr.
Robinson the problem is is when I move
in
y’all move away and perhaps most
famously his gleeful impersonation of
soul legend James Brown number 5 donkey
the Shrek franchise you cut me deep
Shrek you cut me real deep just now
stealing the show right from under
Shrek’s massive green nose eddie
murphy’s donkey became the unlikely
breakout star and dreamworks inspired
subversion of the fairy tale genre it’s
gonna be fun we can stay up late
swapping manless stars in in the morning
I’m making waffles committing himself
just as fully as he does in his
live-action roles Murphy generates most
of the laughs as the buck-toothed
motormouth who eventually endears
himself to Mike Myers grumpy ogre in the
first and only voice performance to be
nominated for a BAFTA you know what else
everybody liked Fosse have you ever met
a person you say hey let me get some
coffee they say hey I’m no I don’t like
no puffy paw face is delicious no number
four Reggie Hammond 48 hours where’s
Reggie Hammond bursting out of the
blocks Murphy became a major movie star
virtually overnight with his tour de
force big-screen debut as Reggie Hammond
you want dance get me out of here in 48
hours he plays a convicted thief who
thanks to a twist of fate ends up on the
other side of the law you know when I am
your worst
eight man man I’m a nigger with a badge
I mean I got the mission to kick yo ass
whenever I feel like it Murphy may have
been the newcomer but he more than holds
his own next to his more experienced
co-star Nick Nolte in this fast and
furious action comedy that helped
pioneer the mismatched buddy-cop genre
wean brothers Wave partners and winning
friends now dance gets away with my
money you gonna be sorry you ever met me
I’m already sorry number three Jimmy
Thunder early dream girls oh gee Jimmy
after four previous Golden Globe
nominations Murphy finally got the
chance to make an acceptance speech when
he bagged the Best Supporting Actor
Award for his towering performance in
this Supremes inspired musical drama
also earning him his first ever Oscar
nomination in Dreamgirls Murphy is a
revelation as he draws upon both his own
loudmouth persona and various Motown
legends to portray an R&B sensation who
stardom fades just as his hired backing
bands begins to rise
number two Prince Akeem jaffer coming to
America I am a key reuniting with
director John Landis for a fish out of
water story that he also devised Murphy
once again justified his superstar
status with one of his most genuinely
likable performances in this romantic
comedy
hey Akeem so did you have a good time
with the game yes I did thank you
toning down the brashness of his earlier
roles Murphy plays an African crown
prince who travels to America in search
of a bride with an endearing sense of
innocence especially when trying to pass
himself off as a poor student I go to
the University which one the University
of the United States but he still
manages to throw in a whole host of
snappy one-liners win your way through
here God each day before we unveil our
top pick here are a few honorable
mentions
drop the bomb ooh shoot hey hey whoa
whoa whoa whoa
take it easy now listen I’m a doctor
maybe I can help you
thanks hey miss me hey Gibson
through high school together are you
doing man number one Axel Foley the
Beverly Hills Cop franchise
my name is Axel Foley topping our list
is Murphy’s career-defining and Golden
Globe nominated role as the street smart
Detroit police detective out to avenge
his friend’s murder Axel Foley your ass
is skating on thin ice as it is look
we’re talking about a friend of mine
hair exuding the kind of cheeky
fast-talking charm that’s become his
trademark Murphy’s performance as a
reckless rough diamond in a rich man’s
world not only elevated this 80’s
vehicle to classic status guys that’s
the last straw
that was the last row you guys are too
nice what also confirmed his position as
the decades most bankable comedy star
do you agree with our list
moving practica does read right which
Eddie Murphy performances are your
favorite yeah for more entertaining top
10s published every day be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com that’ll do
donkey that’ll do
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