Critics’ Choice Awards are less than two weeks away, and we already know who’ll be picking up one of the biggest honors of the night. Eddie Murphy is set to receive the lifetime achievement award at this ceremony.
Critics’ Choice Association praised the veteran comedian for being the most commercially successful African-American actor in the movie business history and one of the top-five box-office performers of all time.
Eddie Murphy kicked off his career back in the ‘80s, as one of the cast members of Saturday Night Live and went on to star in a series of box office hits, including Beverly Hills Cop, Coming to America, and The Nutty Professor.
He returned to the spotlight this year, with the role in Rudy Ray Moore biopic Dolemite Is My Name, and his performance received universal praise from the critics. Murphy is in the running for the Best Actor award at this year’s Critics’ Choice Awards, but he also scored several other major nominations for his lead turn in this movie.
Critics’ Choice Awards will take place on January 12th, and The Irishman tops the list of nominations with a total of 14 nods.
