Eddie Murphy's Greatest Characters

Eddie Murphy's funniest characters.

48 Hrs. (1982) - In his big screen debut, Murphy plays a convict who is teamed up with a cop (Nick Nolte) in order to track down a cop killer within — you guessed it — forty-eight hours. The film was a massive hit, earning Murphy a Golden Globe nomination and spawning the genre of "buddy cop" movies.(Photo: Paramount Pictures)
Billy Ray Valentine - In Trading Places, Murphy played Billy Ray Valentine, a down on his luck con man who becomes a corporate executive thanks to the help of some conniving businessmen...who return later in Coming to America. (Photo: Paramount Pictures)
Eddie Murphy, Beverly Hills Cop (1984) - With Raw, Murphy turned being a comedian into rock star status. The heat couldn't have been hotter around the bad boy comic by the time this film came out. And boy did he deliver. Beverly Hills Cop launched a box office streak second only to Will Smith's.  (Photo: Paramount Pictures)
(Photo: Paramount Pictures)Clarence the Barber - Not only did Eddie play the lead role in Coming to America, he also played several other roles as well, including Clarence the Barber and Saul, the Jewish guy at the barber shop. (Photo: Paramount Pictures)

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Billy Ray Valentine - In Trading Places, Murphy played Billy Ray Valentine, a down on his luck con man who becomes a corporate executive thanks to the help of some conniving businessmen...who return later in Coming to America. (Photo: Paramount Pictures)

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