FrameThrower · Actors · Eddie Murphy
Eddie Murphy
9 films · 801 frames · top-billed in 9 · 1988–2025
Born 3 April 1961 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Edward "Eddie" Regan Murphy is an American actor, voice actor, film director, producer, comedian, and singer.
He is the second-highest grossing actor in motion picture history. He was a regular cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1980 to 1984, and has worked as a stand-up comedian. He was ranked #10 on Comedy Central's list of the 100 Greatest Stand-ups of All Time. He has received Golden Globe Award nominations for Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year - Actor for his performance in 48 Hrs and best actor in a comedy or musical for his performances in Beverly Hills Cop, Trading Places, and The Nutty Professor.…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 9 films · 801 frames · top-billed in 9 · 1988–2025
- Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture2007
- Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award
- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series2020
- Mark Twain Prize for American Humor2015
- Grammy Awards2007
- Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screenplay1990
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
- Saturn Awards
How their films are shot
Measured across 801 frames from the 9 films we hold. This is the look of the work Eddie takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 9 films we hold, 40% of their frames are day, 52% natural — the look of the work Eddie takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
Camera angle
Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
The Pickup
2025 · Russell
Shrek Forever After
2010 · Donkey (voice)
Meet Dave
2008 · Dave / Captain
Shrek the Third
2007 · Donkey (voice)
Shrek 2
2004 · Donkey (voice)
Shrek
2001 · Donkey (voice)
Harlem Nights
1989 · Quick
Coming to America
1988 · Prince Akeem / Clarence / Randy Watson / Saul
Dolemite Is My Name
· Rudy Ray Moore
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 801 frames from Eddie Murphy's 9 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.