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Murphy started his career as a stand-up comedian. His best-known stand-up shows, Delirious (1983) and Raw (1987), have been released on VHS and DVD. Murphy generally plays roles with a comic streak. In a number of films he plays various roles in addition to a leading role. He started his television career on NBC's Saturday Night Live television show. From the early eighties he concentrated on acting in (more or less) comedy films. With its first film roles in 48 Hrs. and Trading Places he already broke through. This was followed by the successful Beverly Hills Cop series and Coming to America. Its popularity declined in the late eighties and early nineties; however, he made a comeback with The Nutty Professor, a remake of Jerry Lewis' 1963 film of the same name. Murphy is also a versatile voice actor; he is the voice of the donkey in the animated film series Shrek and he voiced the voice of the Chinese dragon in Disney's Mulan.
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