Edward Regan Murphy (born April 3, 1961) is an American actor, comedian, and singer.
Murphy was a regular cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1980 to 1984. He has worked as a stand-up comedian and was ranked No. 10 on Comedy Central's list of the 100 Greatest Stand-ups of All Time.
In films, Murphy has received Golden Globe Award nominations for his performances in 48 Hrs., the Beverly Hills Cop series, Trading Places, The Nutty Professor, and Dolemite Is My Name. In 2007, he won the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor and received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of soul singer James "Thunder" Early in Dreamgirls.
Walter Hill Gets Festival Tribute; ‘ClearMind,’ ‘Second Chances,’ ‘Project Dorothy’ Set Casts; Acquisitions By Greenwich, Dark Star, Uncork’d, Gravitas, Freestyle, Gkids; EarthX Lineup; More — Film Briefs
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Filmmaker Walter Hill was honored with a Tribute Ceremony in France on Tuesday evening, which marked the opening night of the International Thriller Film Festival – Reims Polar.A retrospective of Hill’s films are being shown at the festival, which runs through April 10, including The Warriors, 48 Hrs., starring Eddie Murphy and Nick Nolte, Extreme Prejudice, Last Man Standing and Bullet to the Head, starring Sylvester Stallone.
The filmmaker attended a screening of his film Southern Comfort in Paris earlier this week, and will be presenting a masterclass moderated by Jean-Francois Rauger, who serves as Head of Programming at La Cinémathèque française.Hill’s many other credits include the Westerns The Long Riders, Geronimo: An American Legend and Wild Bill.
He co-produced Alien and served as producer or exec producer on its three sequels, winning an Emmy and DGA Award in 2005 for the pilot of HBO’s Deadwood.
He also directed AMC’s Broken Trail, for which he won an Emmy Award for producing and a DGA Award for directing. Hill most recently wrote and directed the upcoming western Dead for a Dollar, starring Christoph Waltz, Willem Dafoe, Rachel Brosnahan and Benjamin Bratt.The International Thriller Film Festival moved last year to Reims, after spending 25 years in Cognac and 12 years in Beaune.
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