List of awards and nominations received by Eddie Murphy

The following is a list of awards and nominations received by American actor Eddie Murphy.

Murphy earned both a Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album for Eddie Murphy: Comedian (1983), and an Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for hosting Saturday Night Live (2019).

He 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.

Major associations

Academy Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2007	Best Supporting Actor	Dreamgirls	Nominated	^[1]

BAFTA Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
British Academy Film Awards
2002	Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Shrek	Nominated	^[2]

Golden Globe Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1983	New Star of the Year – Actor	48 Hrs.	Nominated	^[3]
1984	Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy	Trading Places	Nominated	^[4]
1985		Beverly Hills Cop	Nominated	^[5]
1997		The Nutty Professor	Nominated	^[6]
2007	Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture	Dreamgirls	Won	^[7]
2020	Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy	Dolemite Is My Name	Nominated	^[8]
2023	Cecil B. DeMille Award		Honoured	^[9]

Grammy Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1983	Best R&B Instrumental Performance	”Boogie in Your Butt"	Nominated	^[10]
1983	Best Comedy Album	Eddie Murphy	Nominated	^[10]
1984	Best Comedy Album	Eddie Murphy: Comedian	Won	^[11]

Emmy Award

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
Primetime Emmy Awards
1983	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series	Saturday Night Live	Nominated	^[12]
1984	Outstanding Performance in a Variety or Music Program		Nominated	^[13]
1984	Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series		Nominated	^[13]
1999	Outstanding Animated Program	The PJs: He's Gotta Have It	Nominated	^[14]
2020	Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series	Saturday Night Live	Won	^[15]

Screen Actors Guild Award

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2007	Outstanding Actor in a Supporting Role	Dreamgirls	Won	^[16]
2007	Outstanding Ensemble in a Motion Picture	Dreamgirls	Nominated	^[16]

Critics awards

Award	Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
African-American Film Critics Association	2006	Dreamgirls	Best Supporting Actor	Won
African-American Film Critics Association	2019	Dolemite Is My Name	Best Actor	Won
Central Ohio Film Critics Association	2007	Dreamgirls	Best Supporting Actor	Won
Chicago Film Critics Association	2006		Best Supporting Actor	Nominated
Critics' Choice Movie Awards	2007		Best Supporting Actor	Won
	2007		Best Acting Ensemble	Nominated
	2020	Dolemite Is My Name	Best Actor	Nominated
	2020	—	Award for Lifetime Achievement	Honored
Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association	2006	Dreamgirls	Best Supporting Actor	Nominated
Los Angeles Film Critics Association	1996	The Nutty Professor	Best Actor	Nominated
Los Angeles Online Film Critics Society	2020	Dolemite Is My Name	Best Actor	Nominated
National Society of Film Critics	1997	The Nutty Professor	Best Actor	Won
New York Film Critics Circle	2006	Dreamgirls	Best Supporting Actor	Nominated
Online Film Critics Society	1999	The PJs	Best Voice-Over Performance	Nominated
	1999	Mulan	Best Family Actor	Nominated
	2007	Dreamgirls	Best Supporting Actor	Nominated
			Best Music - Original Song "Patience"	Nominated
			Online Film Critics Society Award, Best Supporting Actor	Nominated
San Diego Film Critics Society	2019	Dolemite Is My Name	Best Actor	Nominated	^[17]
San Diego Film Critics Society	2019	Dolemite Is My Name	Best Comedic Performance	Nominated	^[17]
St. Louis Film Critics Association	2006	Dreamgirls	Best Supporting Actor	Nominated
Women Film Critics Circle	2007	Norbit	Hall of Shame	Won

Other associations

American Cinematheque Award

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
1987	—	Gala Tribute	Won

American Comedy Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
1997	The Nutty Professor	Funniest Lead Actor in a Motion Picture	Nominated

Annie Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
1999	The PJs	Best Individual Achievement for Voice Acting in an Animated Television Production	Nominated
2001	Shrek	Best Individual Achievement for Voice Acting by a Male Performer in an Animated Feature	Won
2008	Shrek the Halls	Best Voice Acting in an Animated Television Production	Nominated

BET Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
2002	Dr. Dolittle 2	Best Actor	Nominated
	Showtime
	Shrek
2007	Dreamgirls		Nominated
2007	Norbit		Nominated

Black Reel Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
2000	Life	Outstanding Film (shared with Brian Grazer)	Nominated
2000	Bowfinger	Outstanding Actor	Nominated
2002	Shrek	Outstanding Supporting Actor	Nominated
2007	Dreamgirls	Best Supporting Actor	Nominated

Blockbuster Entertainment Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
1997	The Nutty Professor	Favorite Lead Actor - Comedy	Won
1999	Dr. Dolittle	Favorite Lead Actor - Comedy	Nominated
2000	Life	Favorite Comedy Team (shared with Martin Lawrence)	Nominated
2000	Bowfinger	Favorite Comedy Team (shared with Steve Martin)	Nominated
2001	Nutty Professor 2	Favorite Lead Actor - Comedy	Nominated

Bravo Otto Award

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
1987	Beverly Hills Cop II	Best Lead Actor	Nominated
1988	Coming to America	Best Lead Actor	Nominated

CinEuphoria Award

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2018	—	Honorary Award	Won

Golden Raspberry Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
1990	Harlem Nights	Worst Director	Nominated
1990	Harlem Nights	Worst Screenplay	Won
2003	The Adventures of Pluto Nash, I Spy and Showtime	Worst Actor	Nominated
2003	The Adventures of Pluto Nash, I Spy and Showtime	Worst Screen Couple	Nominated^[a]
2008	Norbit	Worst Actor	Won^[b]
		Worst Supporting Actor	Won^[c]
		Worst Supporting Actress	Won^[d]
		Worst Screen Couple	Nominated^[e]
		Worst Screenplay	Nominated
2009	Meet Dave	Worst Actor	Nominated
2009	Meet Dave	Worst Screen Couple	Nominated^[f]
2010	The Adventures of Pluto Nash, I Spy, Imagine That, Meet Dave, Norbit and Showtime	Worst Actor of the Decade	Won
2010	Imagine That	Worst Actor	Nominated
2013	A Thousand Words	Worst Actor	Nominated
2020	Dolemite Is My Name	Razzie Redeemer Award	Won	^[18]

Golden Schmoes Award

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2001	Shrek	Coolest Character of the Year	Nominated

Hollywood Film Festival Award

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2016	—	Career Achievement Award	Won

MTV Movie & TV Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
1997	The Nutty Professor	Best Male Performance	Nominated
1997	The Nutty Professor	Best Comedic Performance	Nominated
2001	Nutty Professor 2		Nominated
2002	Shrek		Nominated
2002	Shrek	Best On-Screen Team (shared with Cameron Diaz & Mike Myers)	Nominated

NAACP Image Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
1983	Trading Places	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Motion Picture	Won
1990	—	Entertainer of the Year	Won
1997	The Nutty Professor	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Motion Picture	Nominated
2007	Dreamgirls	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture	Nominated
2012	Tower Heist	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Motion Picture	Nominated
2020	Dolemite Is My Name	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Motion Picture	Nominated

Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
1988	Beverly Hills Cop II	Favorite Movie Actor	Won
1989	Coming to America		Nominated
1990	Harlem Nights		Nominated	^[19]
1991	TBA		Nominated	^[20]
1999	Dr. Dolittle		Nominated
2001	Nutty Professor 2		Nominated
2002	Shrek	Favorite Voice from an Animated Movie	Won
2002	Dr. Dolittle 2	Favorite Movie Actor	Nominated
2004	The Haunted Mansion Daddy Day Care	Favorite Movie Actor	Nominated
2005	Shrek 2	Favorite Voice from an Animated Movie	Nominated
2008	Shrek the Third	Favorite Voice from an Animated Movie	Won
2008	Norbit	Favorite Movie Actor	Nominated
2011	Shrek Forever After	Favorite Voice from an Animated Movie	Won

Online Film & Television Association Award

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
1997	The Nutty Professor	Best Lead Actor - Comedy or Musical	Nominated

People's Choice Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
1985	Beverly Hills Cop	Favorite All-Around Male Entertainer	Won
1989	Coming to America	Favorite Comedy Motion Picture Actor	Won
2002	Shrek	Favorite Motion Picture Star in a Comedy	Won

Satellite Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
1997	The Nutty Professor	Best Lead Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical	Nominated
2001	Nutty Professor 2	Best Lead Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical	Nominated
2016	Mr. Church	Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture	Nominated

Saturn Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
1997	The Nutty Professor	Best Actor	Won
2002	Shrek	Best Supporting Actor	Nominated

ShoWest Convention Award

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
1985	Beverly Hills Cop	Star of the Year	Won

Walk of Fame

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
1996	The Nutty Professor	Star on the Walk of Fame - Motion Picture 7000 Hollywood, Blvd.	Won

Notes

^ Eddie Murphy and either Robert De Niro in Showtime, Owen Wilson in I Spy or himself cloned in The Adventures of Pluto Nash
^ As the character of Norbit
^ As the character of Mr. Wong
^ As the character of Rasputia
^ Eddie Murphy (as Norbit) and either Eddie Murphy (as Mr. Wong) or Eddie Murphy (as Rasputia)
^ Eddie Murphy in Eddie Murphy

References

^ "79th Academy Awards". Oscars.org. Retrieved January 11, 2023.
^ "55th BAFTA Awards". BAFTAs.org. Retrieved January 11, 2023.
^ "40th Golden Globe Awards". goldenglobes.com. Retrieved January 11, 2023.
^ "41st Golden Globe Awards". goldenglobes.com. Retrieved January 11, 2023.
^ "42nd Golden Globe Awards". goldenglobes.com. Retrieved January 11, 2023.
^ "54th Golden Globe Awards". goldenglobes.com. Retrieved January 11, 2023.
^ "64th Golden Globe Awards". goldenglobes.com. Retrieved January 11, 2023.
^ "77th Golden Globe Awards". goldenglobes.com. Retrieved January 11, 2023.
^ "80th Golden Globe Awards". goldenglobes.com. Retrieved January 11, 2023.
^ "25th Grammy Awards". Grammy.com. Retrieved January 11, 2023.
^ "26th Grammy Awards". Grammy.com. Retrieved January 11, 2023.
^ "35th Primetime Emmy Awards". Emmy Awards. Retrieved January 11, 2023.
^ "36th Primetime Emmy Awards". Emmy Awards. Retrieved January 11, 2023.
^ "51st Primetime Emmy Awards". Emmy Awards. Retrieved January 11, 2023.
^ "72nd Primetime Emmy Awards". Emmy Awards. Retrieved January 11, 2023.
^ "13th Screen Actors Guild Awards". sagawards.org. Retrieved January 11, 2023.
^ "2019 San Diego Film Critics Society's Award Nominations". www.sdfcs.org. Archived from the original on 2019-12-07. Retrieved 2019-12-07.
^ "RAZZ NEWZ - The Razzies!". razzies.com.
^ 4th Annual Kids Choice Awards Commercial for Movies 1990 (Video). Elevator2theGallows. October 17, 2014. Retrieved May 18, 2020 – via YouTube.
^ Lorenzen, Ron (April 8, 1991). "Do you know what your child is watching?". Quad-City Times. p. 3B. Retrieved August 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

External links

Eddie Murphy at IMDb

[18] Eddie Murphy and either Robert De Niro in Showtime, Owen Wilson in I Spy or himself cloned in The Adventures of Pluto Nash

[19] As the character of Norbit

[20] As the character of Mr. Wong

[21] As the character of Rasputia

[22] Eddie Murphy (as Norbit) and either Eddie Murphy (as Mr. Wong) or Eddie Murphy (as Rasputia)

[23] Eddie Murphy in Eddie Murphy

[1] "79th Academy Awards". Oscars.org. Retrieved January 11, 2023.

[2] "55th BAFTA Awards". BAFTAs.org. Retrieved January 11, 2023.

[3] "40th Golden Globe Awards". goldenglobes.com. Retrieved January 11, 2023.

[4] "41st Golden Globe Awards". goldenglobes.com. Retrieved January 11, 2023.

[5] "42nd Golden Globe Awards". goldenglobes.com. Retrieved January 11, 2023.

[6] "54th Golden Globe Awards". goldenglobes.com. Retrieved January 11, 2023.

[7] "64th Golden Globe Awards". goldenglobes.com. Retrieved January 11, 2023.

[8] "77th Golden Globe Awards". goldenglobes.com. Retrieved January 11, 2023.

[9] "80th Golden Globe Awards". goldenglobes.com. Retrieved January 11, 2023.

[10] "25th Grammy Awards". Grammy.com. Retrieved January 11, 2023.

[11] "26th Grammy Awards". Grammy.com. Retrieved January 11, 2023.

[12] "35th Primetime Emmy Awards". Emmy Awards. Retrieved January 11, 2023.

[13] "36th Primetime Emmy Awards". Emmy Awards. Retrieved January 11, 2023.

[14] "51st Primetime Emmy Awards". Emmy Awards. Retrieved January 11, 2023.

[15] "72nd Primetime Emmy Awards". Emmy Awards. Retrieved January 11, 2023.

[16] "13th Screen Actors Guild Awards". sagawards.org. Retrieved January 11, 2023.

[17] "2019 San Diego Film Critics Society's Award Nominations". www.sdfcs.org. Archived from the original on 2019-12-07. Retrieved 2019-12-07.

[Razzies-24] "RAZZ NEWZ - The Razzies!". razzies.com.

[25] 4th Annual Kids Choice Awards Commercial for Movies 1990 (Video). Elevator2theGallows. October 17, 2014. Retrieved May 18, 2020 – via YouTube.

[26] Lorenzen, Ron (April 8, 1991). "Do you know what your child is watching?". Quad-City Times. p. 3B. Retrieved August 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

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Award	Wins	Nominations
Academy Awards	0	1
British Academy Film Awards	0	1
Golden Globe Awards	1	6
Grammy Awards	1	3
Primetime Emmy Award	1	5
Screen Actors Guild Awards	1	2