Actor Eddie Murphy stars as Donkey in the ‘Shrek’ franchise of films. DreamWorks Animation hide caption. Eddie Murphy is the voice of «Donkey,» who appears in the final Shrek movie, a series based on a book by prolific author William Mony. Mike Myers voices the lead character, but is often upstaged by Murphy, who anchors this franchise. Eddiw an actor, Murphy seems drawn to stories about outsiders trying to work their way in and he consistently chooses these parts — with varying degrees of success. Murphy continues to succeed where many of his contemporaries fall off sgrek it isn’t just ovf Murphy is more talented than his predecessors and proteges. Rather, he has a willingness to evolve — and a refusal to be pigeonholed — that has endeared, confused and disgusted the critics, while bewildering the Hollywood machine with his ability to make critical failures that ring up big bucks at the box office. The second highest-grossing movie actor of...