Murphy, 58, got the Lifetime Achievement Award at the function, which disclosed live from Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California, with Taye Diggs as host.
“I’ve played everything: a cop, a looter, a specialist, various ethnicities, creatures,” he said with a giggle. “I’ve been a jackass. I’ve even played a spaceship once. At the point when youthful on-screen characters come up to me in the city and state, ‘Do you have any exhortation?’, I state, ‘never play a spaceship.'”
Who Is Eddie Murphy
Murphy stars in Dolemite Is My Name for which he was selected for a Golden Globe Award prior this month. The entertainer and on-screen character likewise made an exceptionally foreseen come back to Saturday Night Live in December which he called “nostalgic and dreamlike” while addressing PEOPLE on the Globes’ honorary pathway.
“I’m happy to such an extent that I returned,” Murphy said. “It was only an extraordinary inclination.”
Murphy On Saturday Night Live
Murphy — who facilitated SNL’s Christmas scene, denoting his first time driving the show in quite a while — had such a decent time, that he guaranteed he’d be back again soon.
“Possibly one year from now, how about we see. Be that as it may, certainly not 35 years. I’m not holding up 35 years,” he prodded, kidding, “When I’m 97, I’ll have!”
The on-screen character is additionally father to his most established child, Eric, 30, with Paulette McNeely. His other kids, including girls Bella Zahra, 17, Zola Ivy, 19, Shayne Audra, 24, and Bria, 29, in addition to 26-year-old child Miles Mitchell, are with ex Nicole Mitchell Murphy. 2020 is likewise scheduled to be a bustling year for Murphy, as he is outfitting to go on an outstanding parody visit and star in the foreseen spin-off of Coming to America.