Actor\/comedian Eddie Murphy, who shot to fame on \u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d and became a major cinematic draw with films such as \u201cBeverly Hills Cop,\u201d \u201cTrading Places,\u201d \u201cDreamgirls\u201d and \u201cComing to America,\u201d will receive the 51st AFI Life Achievement Award Saturday evening.<\/p>\n
Considered one of the highest honors in film, the award will be presented Saturday to Murphy by the American Film Institute during a gala event at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.<\/p>\n
\u201cEddie Murphy is an American icon,\u201d Kathleen Kennedy, chair of the AFI Board of Trustees, said in an earlier statement. \u201cA trailblazing force in the art forms of film, television and stand-up comedy, his versatility knows no bounds. Across five decades, his enduring impact on our culture has inspired artists and audiences alike, and AFI is proud to honor him with the 51st AFI Life Achievement Award.\u201d<\/p>\n
The list of past recipients of the AFI honor includes a host of Hollywood greats, including Orson Welles, Bette Davis, Henry Fonda, James Stewart, Frank Capra, Gene Kelly, Gregory Peck, Jack Lemmon, Kirk Douglas, Sidney Poitier, Elizabeth Taylor, Clint Eastwood, Meryl Streep, Barbra Streisand, Steven Spielberg, Michael Douglas, Diane Keaton, Denzel Washington, Julie Andrews and, most recently, Francis Ford Coppola.<\/p>\n
Murphy was nominated for a supporting-actor Oscar and won Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild awards for his role in \u201cDreamgirls.\u201d His voice is also known to millions of animation fans for his work as Donkey in the \u201cShrek\u201d movie series.<\/p>\n
His other film credits include \u201cDolemite is My Name,\u201d \u201c48 Hrs.,\u201d \u201cHarlem Nights,\u201d \u201cThe Nutty Professor,\u201d \u201cBowfinger,\u201d \u201cLife,\u201d \u201cDaddy Day Care,\u201d \u201cTower Heist\u201d and \u201cDr. Doolittle.\u201d<\/p>\n
The tribute will premiere on Netflix May 31, marking the first time the special will stream on the service.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Actor\/comedian Eddie Murphy, who shot to fame on \u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d and became a major cinematic draw with…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":737802,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5123],"tags":[304670,180896,23781,1582,276,68652,2961,2252,224,5337,52767,132201],"class_list":["post-737801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-51st","tag-achievement","tag-award","tag-ca","tag-california","tag-eddie","tag-la","tag-life","tag-los-angeles","tag-losangeles","tag-murphy","tag-receive"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116428812348121153","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/737801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=737801"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/737801\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/737802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=737801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=737801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=737801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}