![]() After the box office disappointments of Beverly Hills Cop III (1994) and 1995’s Vampire in Brooklyn, Murphy started appearing in successful family-friendly movies like The Nutty Professor and Doctor Doolittle movies. Over the next ten years Murphy would appear in numerous box office hits like: Coming To America(1988), Beverly Hills Cop 2 (1987), The Golden Child (1986) and Another 48 HRS (1990). In 1984 he appeared in his biggest hit of his career, Beverly Hills Cop (1984)….which is ranked #40 on the all-time movie list of blockbusters….using inflated box office grosses. He followed that movie with the even bigger hit Trading Places (1983). His first movie was the action comedy hit 48 HRS (1982) with Nick Nolte. ![]() While still a regular cast member of Saturday Night Live he began his movie career. During those years, Murphy performed numerous skits with his very popular characters Gumby, Mr. Before Eddie Murphy became one of the our most popular movie stars, he gained his first fame with his 5 year stint on Saturday Night Live (1980-84).
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