Year Title Role Notes 1982 48 Hrs. Reggie Hammond Film debut 1983 Trading Places Billy Ray Valentine 1984 Best Defense Lieutenant T. M. Landry Beverly Hills Cop Detective Axel Foley 1986 The Golden Child Chandler Jarrell New Jersey Vice Tubbs Short film 1987 Beverly Hills Cop II Detective Axel Foley Also story writer Eddie Murphy Raw Himself Stand-up film; Also writer and executive producer 1988 Coming to America Prince Akeem Joffer / Clarence / Randy Watson / Saul Also story writer 1989 Harlem Nights Vernest "Quick" Brown Also writer, executive producer and director 1990 Another 48 Hrs. Reggie Hammond Also story writer; Credited as Fred Braughton 1992 Boomerang Marcus Graham Also story writer The Distinguished Gentleman Thomas Jefferson Johnson 1994 Beverly Hills Cop III Detective Axel Foley 1995 Vampire in Brooklyn Maximillian / Preacher Pauly / Guido Also story writer and producer 1996 The Nutty Professor Various roles 1997 Metro Insp. Scott Roper 1998 Mulan Mushu Voice Dr. Dolittle Dr. John Dolittle Holy Man G 1999 Life Rayford "Ray" Gibson Also producer Bowfinger Kit Ramsey / Jiffrenson "Jiff" Ramsey 2000 Nutty Professor II: The Klumps Various roles Also executive producer 2001 Shrek Donkey Voice Dr. Dolittle 2 Dr. John Dolittle 2002 Showtime Officer Trey Sellers The Adventures of Pluto Nash Pluto Nash / Rex Crater I Spy Kelly Robinson 2003 Daddy Day Care Charles "Charlie" Hinton The Haunted Mansion Jim Evers 2004 Shrek 2 Donkey Voice 2006 Dreamgirls James "Thunder" Early 2007 Norbit Norbit Albert Rice / Rasputia Latimore / Mr. Wong Also writer and producer Shrek the Third Donkey Voice 2008 Meet Dave Dave / Captain 2009 Imagine That Evan Danielson Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy Himself Documentary 2010 Shrek Forever After Donkey Voice 2011 Tower Heist Darnell ("Slide") Davis Also producer 2012 A Thousand Words Jack McCall 2016 Mr. Church Henry Joseph Church 2019 Dolemite Is My Name Rudy Ray Moore Also producer 2021 Coming 2 America Prince Akeem Joffer / Clarence / Randy Watson / Saul 2023 You People Akbar Mohammed Candy Cane Lane Christopher Jack "Chris" Carver Also producer 2024 Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F Inspector Axel Foley 2026 Shrek 5 † Donkey Voice; In production TBA The Pickup † [ 1] TBA Post-production, also producer