Eddie Murphy
Eddie Murphy is an American comedian and actor who rose to fame on *Saturday Night Live* in the early 1980s and became one of the decade's biggest movie stars.
His brash, profane standup specials *Delirious* and *Raw* defined an era of comedy.
Films include *48 Hrs.*, *Trading Places*, *Beverly Hills Cop*, *Coming to America*, and the *Shrek* franchise, where he voiced Donkey.
Pretending to be another
- profanityVulgar or obscene speech
- storytellingRecounting events aloud
- HBO specialExclusive cable program
- comedy clubLive humor venue
mic · routine · heckler · observational · one-liners · anecdote · set · timing
Action comedy franchise
- Coming to AmericaArriving in the U.S.
- Trading PlacesExchanging one's position reciprocally
- DreamgirlsMusical about female trio
- LifeState of being
Monstrous man-eating giant
- swampWaterlogged land with vegetation
- donkeyLong-eared equine
- FionaCeltic feminine name
- Puss in BootsCunning cat from folklore
fairy tale · Pinocchio · King Harold · Three Little Pigs · Big Bad Wolf · Artie · Rumpelstiltskin · Shrek 2
Weekly late-night sketch program
- James BrownHardest working singer
- hot tubHeated jetted soaking pool
- sketchHasty informal drawing
- live televisionProgramming shown as recorded
Gumby · Buckwheat · Stevie Wonder · Weekend Update · cold open · 1980s · 30 Rock · NBC
Costume creating artificial bulk
- prostheticsFabricated body part replacements
- transformationThorough change in form
- SaulBiblical king's name
impersonation
Pretending to be another
- profanityVulgar or obscene speech
- storytellingRecounting events aloud
- HBO specialExclusive cable program
comedy club · mic · routine · heckler · observational · one-liners · anecdote · set · timing · Richard Pryor
Beverly Hills Cop
Action comedy franchise
- Coming to AmericaArriving in the U.S.
- Trading PlacesExchanging one's position reciprocally
- DreamgirlsMusical about female trio
ogre
Monstrous man-eating giant
Puss in Boots · fairy tale · Pinocchio · King Harold · Three Little Pigs · Big Bad Wolf · Artie · Rumpelstiltskin · Shrek 2 · Shrek the Third
Saturday Night Live
Weekly late-night sketch program
- James BrownHardest working singer
- hot tubHeated jetted soaking pool
- sketchHasty informal drawing
Gumby · Buckwheat · Stevie Wonder · live television · Weekend Update · cold open · 1980s · 30 Rock · NBC · breakout
fat suit
Costume creating artificial bulk
- prostheticsFabricated body part replacements
- transformationThorough change in form
- SaulBiblical king's name
- 80sbig hair, mullets, shoulder pads, new wave, synth-pop
- 80s Movie StarsTom Cruise, Harrison Ford, Michael J. Fox, Mel Gibson, Arnold Schwarzenegger
- Black ActorsDenzel Washington, Viola Davis, Morgan Freeman, Samuel L. Jackson, Halle Berry
- SNLSaturday Night Live, Weekend Update, cold open, sketch comedy, cue cards
- comedianscomedian, stand-up, comic, stand-up comic, standup comic
- Hollywood StarsBrad Pitt, Tom Cruise, Leonardo DiCaprio, Meryl Streep, Angelina Jolie
Eddie MurphyBob Newhart
Buster Keaton · Aubrey Plaza · Bill Murray · deadpan comedy · deadpan
Eddie MurphyLeslie Nielsen
Rodney Dangerfield · Steve Carell · Melissa McCarthy · late bloomer · indie darling
Eddie MurphyBob Hope
Long-lived American comedian
Johnny Carson · Jerry Lewis · Chevy Chase · Steve Martin · Dan Aykroyd