Netflix Drops Eddie Murphy Documentary Trailer

BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA – JUNE 20: Eddie Murphy attends Los Angeles premiere of Netflix’s “Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F” at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on June 20, 2024 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Leon Bennett/Getty Images)

Netflix has released a trailer for a documentary starring Eddie Murphy.

Set to be released on November 12, Being Eddie is one of the most anticipated documentaries of recent years.

“It goes without saying that there is only one Eddie Murphy,” it begins. “No other teen comedian shared a stage with Jerry Seinfeld at 17. And joined the cast of Saturday Night Live right out of high school.”

“No actor has ever played a cop, a doctor and a donkey. And dominated every facet of Hollywood he’s touched,” it continues,

“Fewer still have been an A-list celebrity for over four decades, and never succumbed to its darker side. Murphy’s unusual combination of explosive charisma, focused ambition, raw talent, and deep-set circumspection puts him in a league of his own, and is on full display in Being Eddie” the synopsis read.

Directed by Angus Wall, the doc features Dave Chappelle, Tracee Ellis Ross, Jamie Foxx, Jerry Seinfeld, and Reginald Hudlin celebrate the Oscar®-nominated actor and his nearly 50-year career that’s seen him break barriers, invent genres, and inspire generations of talent. For the first time ever, Murphy invites the public into his home to revisit his breathtaking body of work, all the while revealing the dazzling interior life that has long driven — and grounded — this once-in-a-century star.

After releasing 2019’s Dolemite Is My Name, Murphy has been busy as ever.  He released he long-awaited sequel, Coming 2 America in 2021. More recently, Murphy starred in the 2023 films You People and Candy Cane Lane. Murphy also starred Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F in 2024