Eddie Murphy will receive the Cecil B. DeMille Award from the Golden Globes

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association has announced that Eddie Murphy will receive the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the 80th Annual Golden Globe Awards.

Comic star of '48 Hours', 'Trading Places', 'Beverly Hills Cop', 'Coming to America', 'The Nutty Professor', 'Dreamgirls' and more will accept the honor at the 2023 Golden Globe Awards Ceremony on Tuesday, January 10, airing live coast-to-coast from 5-8 p.m. PT/8-11pm ET on NBC and streaming on Peacock.

"We are honored to present this year's Cecil B. DeMille Award to the iconic and highly esteemed Mr. Eddie Murphy," said HFPA President Helen Hoehne. "We are thrilled to celebrate the lasting impact on film and television that his career - in front of and behind the camera - has had over the decades."

The Cecil B. DeMille Award, historically chosen by the HFPA Board of Directors, is given to a talented individual for outstanding contributions to the world of entertainment. Past recipients of the award include Jane Fonda, George Clooney, Morgan Freeman, Oprah Winfrey, Robert De Niro, Audrey Hepburn, Harrison Ford, Jodie Foster, Sophia Loren, Steven Spielberg, Denzel Washington, Robin Williams, Tom Hanks, and more. < /p> Related Related

Murphy's performances, such as his role as lead singer James Thunder in "Dreamgirls," earned him a Golden Globe Award, SAG Award, Emmy Award, and Oscar nomination.

Murphy was recently seen in Amazon's streaming hit "Coming 2 America," the long-awaited sequel to his 1988 box office hit, as well as the role of legendary underground comedic personality Rudy Ray Moore in the Netflix biopic "Dolemite Is My Name," a performance that earned him Golden Globe nominations for Best Comedy/Musical Picture and Lead Actor for a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy and a Critics Choice Association nomination for Best actor.

In 2020, he received an Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for his return to "Saturday Night Live".

Murphy starred in the 1997 hit comedy "The Nutty Professor" in which he portrayed multiple characters and received Golden Globe and other award nominations. He was also the voice of Donkey in the Oscar-winning animated film "Shrek" and its sequel, "Shrek 2", which is the highest-grossing animated film of all time. Murphy won an Annie Award and BAFTA and MTV Movie Award nominations for his performance in the first "Shrek," and reprized the role of Donkey in the hit franchise's latest installment, "Shrek Goes Fourth." Murphy's additional credits include "Mulan", "Dr. Dolittle" and "Dr. Dolittle 2", "Life", "Bowfinger", "Nutty Professor II: The Klumps", "Daddy Day Care", "Norbit" and the drama "Mr. Church."

Murphy's upcoming projects include co-starring the romantic comedy "You People" on Netflix, as well as producing and starring in "Beverly Hills Cop 4." In 2015, Murphy received the Mark Twain Award for American Humor from the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

See all of this year's Golden Globe nominations here.

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