Eddie Murphy Examines His Legacy in Trailer for ‘Being Eddie’

Eddie Murphy is reflecting on decades of a legendary career. Netflix has released the trailer for Being Eddie, a new documentary that covers the iconic actor and comedian's journey. The doc goes from his earliest days performing stand-up comedy in high school to his Saturday Night Live years, Hollywood breakthrough and years of success.

"It goes without saying that there is only one Eddie Murphy. 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," reads the doc’s official synopsis. 

Directed by two-time Academy Award winner Angus Wall, Being Eddie features appearances from notables such as Arsenio Hall, Brian Grazer, Chris Rock, Dave Chappelle, Jamie Foxx, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Jerry Bruckheimer, Jerry Seinfeld, John Landis, Kenan Thompson, Kevin Hart, Michael Che, Pete Davidson, Ruth Carter, Tracee Ellis Ross and Tracy Morgan.

“Eddie has played a lot of different characters over the last 40 plus years, but he has never played himself on screen before," Wall told Netflix. "He opens up his world and his heart and I think people are going to really enjoy spending time with him.”

Over the course of his career, Murphy has starred in numerous blockbuster films, from 48 Hrs. and the Beverly Hills Cop series, to Dreamgirls and the Shrek franchise. 

"No actor has ever played a cop, a doctor, and a donkey — and dominated every facet of Hollywood he’s touched. Fewer still have been an A-list celebrity for over four decades, and never succumbed to its darker side," the synopsis says. "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."

Being Eddie premieres on Netflix on Nov. 12. You can watch the trailer below.