Has there ever been someone in Hollywood who has dominated like Eddie Murphy did in the 80s?

[Devil Plisken…CMS]

48 Hrs
BHC
Trading Places
Coming To America
Harlem Nights (If You're Black)

Delirious
Raw

All in one decade...all considered not just huge successes but classics. The closest thing we got to that is Will Smith but he falls short somewhat..

 

[DeJuan]

Tom Hanks had a good run from 92-02. Dunno if it touches Eddie's 80's though

 

[FlyRy]

Tom Hanks had a good run from 92-02. Dunno if it touches Eddie's 80's though

Hanks run was pretty unfukkwittable

 

[Ol’Otis]

Kevin Hart

 

[Mook]

He's the reason snl survived.

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

Tom Cruise

 

[Roman Brady]

Tom cruise and Arnold Schwarzenegger

 

[The Devil's Advocate]

denzel in two decades 90s and 00s... and these ain't even all the movies he did.. only the ones i find good



2007American Gangster
Frank Lucas

2006Deja Vu
Doug Carlin

2006Inside Man
Detective Keith Frazier

2004The Manchurian Candidate
Ben Marco

2004Man on Fire
John W. Creasy

2003/IOut of Time
Matt Lee Whitlock

2002Antwone Fisher
Dr. Jerome Davenport

2002John Q
John Quincy Archibald

2001Training Day
Alonzo

2000Remember the Titans
Coach Herman Boone






1999The Hurricane
Rubin Carter

1999The Bone Collector
Lincoln Rhyme

1998The Siege
Anthony Hubbard

1998He Got Game
Jake Shuttlesworth

1998Fallen
John Hobbes

1996Courage Under Fire
Nat Serling

1995Devil in a Blue Dress
Easy Rawlins

1995Crimson Tide
Hunter

1993The Pelican Brief
Gray Grantham

1993Philadelphia
Joe Miller

1993Much Ado About Nothing
Don Pedro

1992Malcolm X
Malcolm X

1991Ricochet
Nick Styles

1991Mississippi Masala
Demetrius Williams

1990Mo' Better Blues
Bleek Gilliam

 

[Ukbrotha]

Denzel actually has a great filmography. Does match Eddie's in terms of star power of the 80s though but I guess as a comedian he gets an advantage.

 

[The Devil's Advocate]

Denzel actually has a great filmography. Does match Eddie's in terms of star power of the 80s though but I guess as a comedian he gets an advantage.

yea it's amazing cause eddie wasn't even an actor like that... but he hasn't done stand up since the 80s yet still getting major roles up until a few years ago

 

[Mr. McDowell]

Love Eddie Murphy, but damn if his filmography over time isn't anything but a disappointment. Everything I loved about that dude in the 80's has evaporated into nothing. I get it, he did it for his kids, but I still can't help but look at him and think "you were given such amazing gifts and you did so much trash for like a decade and a half, outside of Shrek."

 

[Cabbage Patch]

Will Smith, King of the Summer Blokbuster from mid1990s to mid00s.

If Will was in it, it was a guaranteed number one opening weekend for a decade.

 

[Bleed The Freak]

Say what u want but Jim Carey had an epic 92-99 run

 

[HipHopStan]

Love Eddie Murphy, but damn if his filmography over time isn't anything but a disappointment. Everything I loved about that dude in the 80's has evaporated into nothing. I get it, he did it for his kids, but I still can't help but look at him and think "you were given such amazing gifts and you did so much trash for like a decade and a half, outside of Shrek."

Even the Shrek films became after the second one.

 

[The Devil's Advocate]

Love Eddie Murphy, but damn if his filmography over time isn't anything but a disappointment. Everything I loved about that dude in the 80's has evaporated into nothing. I get it, he did it for his kids, but I still can't help but look at him and think "you were given such amazing gifts and you did so much trash for like a decade and a half, outside of Shrek."

he did it for a tranny... he got caught in 97 and went PG after that... actually he did life in 1999 thank god.. that was his last raw (no pun) type of movie. but right before 97 (doolittle) and everything after life, has been cupcake bullshyt to clear his name