Head to headEddie Murphy against John Lithgow Both careers by TMDB ratingEddie MurphyJohn Lithgow
Tale of the tape as an actor
Eddie Murphy vs John Lithgow
John Lithgow averages 6.46 across 58 rated films as an actor, ahead of Eddie Murphy at 6.12.
- 44
- Films acted
- 68 (58 rated)
- 6.12
- Average
- 6.46▶
- 6.18
- Weighted
- 6.56▶
- Mulan 7.9
- Best film
- Interstellar 8.5▶
- 6.61, 2010 to 2019
- Peak five
- 7.35, 2014 to 2016▶
- 2 films
- Longest 7+ run
- 3 films▶
- 6.18 (+0.07)
- Current form
- 7.01 (+0.55)▶
- 126K
- TMDB votes
- 141K▶
- 1982 to 2025
- Career
- 1972 to 2026
- 0 wins, 1 nom
- Oscars
- 0 wins, 2 noms▶
- ◀$7.38B
- Box office
- $4.58B
Rows won
1 to 8
John Lithgow ahead
Films together
2
averaging 7.26
Dot size shows audience votes. Films below the source vote floor sit on the baseline.
 Shrek | 2001 | 7.8 | as Donkey (voice) | as Lord Farquaad (voice) |
 Dreamgirls | 2006 | 6.7 | as James 'Thunder' Early | as Jerry Harris |