Following a temporary blip with the hastily assembled flop "Best Defense" (1984), Murphy got his career back on track with the role of Detroit cop Axel Foley in "Beverly Hills Cop" (1984), an action comedy which became the year's biggest box office hit and spawned two sequels of varying quality. A year later he joined fellow SNL alum Dan Aykroyd in the first of many John Landis collaborations, "Trading Places" (1983) and filmed a famously profanity-laden HBO stand-up special, "Delirious" (1983), that would also win a Grammy when released in album form. Murphy then graduated to the big screen in "48 Hrs" (1982), co-starring alongside Nick Nolte as ex-con Reggie Hammond in what's considered to be the genesis of the buddy cop comedy. He immediately became a household name in 1980 when he joined the cast of comic institution "Saturday Night Live" (NBC, 1975-), boosting the show's flagging ratings with parodies of Fred Rogers, Gumby and The Little Rascals' Buckwheat. Born in Brooklyn, NY in 1961, Eddie Murphy developed his distinctive sense of humor while spending a year in foster care with his older sibling Charlie and by his mid-teens had become a regular performer on his hometown's stand-up circuit.
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Renowned for his motormouthed delivery, profanity-laden stage persona and ability to play numerous characters in the same film, Eddie Murphy helped revive the fortunes of "Saturday Night Live" (NBC, 1975-) before achieving movie superstardom with leading roles in "Beverly Hills Cop" (1984), "Coming to America" (1988) and "The Nutty Professor" (1996).
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