Today, April 3rd, marks the birthday of one of the 1980s biggest film stars - Eddie Murphy.

Making his cinematic debut in 1982 following a meteoric rise to fame on Saturday Night Live, Murphy made a career as one of Hollywood's funny men who turned his hand to the odd dramatic role.

Screentime's John Fardy joined Sean Defoe to go through his Top Five Greatest Eddie Murphy Films of all time.

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