Eddie Murphy had a brilliant early career and singlehandedly saved SNL from almost certain cancellation.
During that early 1980s period, Eddie was simply brilliant and could do no wrong. But he appeared to lose his edge pretty quickly. I know he's had some success since 1984 but I'm hard pressed to think of anything that compared to his SNL gig and those three great movies (48 Hrs; Trading Places; Beverly Hills Cop). All of that happened in the space of about three years.
Three or four Shreks?