One of many funniest and most gifted people to ever grace Hollywood is lastly the topic of an in-depth documentary when Eddie Murphy steps into the highlight for Netflix‘s Being Eddie, coming to the streaming platform on November 12, 2025.
Being Eddie, a forthcoming documentary, chronicles his meteoric rise from teen comedian phenom to Saturday Evening Dwell breakout and stand-up supernova to box-office titan. On this intimate portrait, the Oscar-nominated actor opens up his house and dives deep into his eclectic profession of practically 50 years.
Right here’s the official synopsis for Being Eddie, courtesy of Netflix:
It goes with out saying that there’s just one Eddie Murphy. No different teen comic shared a stage with Jerry Seinfeld at 17, and joined the solid of Saturday Evening Dwell proper out of highschool. No actor has ever performed a cop, a health care provider, and a donkey — and dominated each side of Hollywood he’s touched. Fewer nonetheless have been an A-list movie star for over 4 many years, and by no means succumbed to its darker aspect. Murphy’s uncommon mixture of explosive charisma, targeted ambition, uncooked expertise, and deep-set circumspection places him in a league of his personal, and is on full show in Being Eddie, directed by two-time Oscar winner Angus Wall. The documentary gathers comedy and Hollywood legends like Dave Chappelle, Tracee Ellis Ross, Jamie Foxx, Jerry Seinfeld, Reginald Hudlin and extra to rejoice the Oscar-nominated actor and his practically 50-year profession that’s seen him break boundaries, invent genres, and encourage generations of expertise. For the primary time ever, Murphy invitations the general public into his house to revisit his breathtaking physique of labor, all of the whereas revealing the dazzling inside life that has lengthy pushed — and grounded — this once-in-a-century star.
Featured as a part of the documentary are Eddie’s pals and comedy friends: Arsenio Corridor, 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.
Stated director and two-time Oscar winner Angus Wall: “There is no one else like him. Nobody. He’s been famous longer than just about anyone alive, and he’s never lost who he is. He has survived it all with grace. How did he do that? What guides him? We chase all of these questions with him.”
Along with saying the discharge date for Being Eddie, Netflix debuted a gallery of first-look photos for the upcoming documentary:
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