Eddie Murphy’s AFI Lifetime Achievement Special to Stream on Netflix

Netflix and the American Film Institute have revealed that the televised particular, “The 51st AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Eddie Murphy,” will premiere on Netflix on May 31.

The award might be offered to Murphy on the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles on April 18, recognizing Murphy’s accomplishments as an actor and his field workplace achievements. This is the primary yr the particular will stream on Netflix.

“AFI is grateful to Ted Sarandos and the talented team at Netflix for the opportunity to share this proud tradition with the world,” stated Bob Gazzale, AFI President and CEO. “And to do so in honor of Eddie Murphy will allow us to shine a proper light on the impact of art at a time the world needs it most.”

According to AFI, Murphy is “the most commercially successful African-American actor in the history of the motion picture business and is one of the industry’s top five box-office performers overall.”

Murphy’s a number of awards embrace a Golden Globe and SAG Award for finest supporting actor in “Dreamgirls,” which earned him his first Academy Award nomination in the identical class. Some of his best-known appearances embrace “48 Hrs.,” “Trading Places,” “Dr. Dolittle,” “Coming to America,” and the “Beverly Hills Cop” franchise, receiving a number of Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Actor in a Comedy throughout varied movies. Murphy additionally appeared because the voice of Donkey within the “Shrek” franchise. He started his profession as a stand-up in 1980 and joined the forged of “Saturday Night Live” at 19-years-old. His most up-to-date work contains the Netflix documentary “Being Eddie” and Amazon’s heist comedy “The Pickup.”

Considered the best honor for a profession in movie, the AFI Life Achievement Award acknowledges expertise that has superior the cinematic arts, demonstrated longevity and been acknowledged by students, critics, friends and audiences alike. Most just lately, AFI offered the fiftieth AFI Life Achievement Award to Francis Ford Coppola in 2025. Previous recipients embrace Julie Andrews, George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Martin Scorsese, and Steven Spielberg.