Eddie Murphy to receive Cecil B. DeMille Award at the Golden Globes

Eddie Murphy is to be honored at next month's Golden Globe Awards. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI Eddie Murphy (C) mingles with director Brett Ratner (R) and while Murphy's girlfriend, actress Paige Butcher looks on during an unveiling ceremony honoring Ratner with the 2,599th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles in 2017. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI Eddie Murphy introduces producer and DreamWorks co-founder Jeffrey Katzenberg during a hand & footprint ceremony immortalizing him in the forecourt of TCL Chinese Theatre (formerly Grauman's) in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles in 2016. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI Paige Butcher and Eddie Murphy arrive on the red carpet at the SNL 40th Anniversary Special at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City in 2015. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI Eddie Murphy (L) and Yara Shahidi, cast members of "Imagine That," attend the premiere of the film on the Paramount Studios lot in Los Angeles in 2009. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI

Dec. 14 (UPI) -- Comedy legend Eddie Murphy is to be honored with the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the 80th Annual Golden Globes ceremony next month.

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association made the announcement Wednesday.

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Murphy's credits include Saturday Night Live, 48 Hours, Trading Places, Beverly Hills Cop, Coming to America, The Nutty Professor, Dreamgirls, Dolemite is My Name and the Shrek franchise.

He will be honored Jan. 10 at a gala set to air live on NBC and Peacock.

"We're honored to present this year's Cecil B. DeMille Award to the iconic and highly esteemed Mr. Eddie Murphy," HFPA President Helen Hoehne said in a statement.

"We're thrilled to be celebrating the lasting impact on film and television that his career -- in front of and behind the camera -- has had through the decades."

Previous recipients of the Cecil B. DeMille Award include Jane Fonda, George Clooney, Morgan Freeman, Oprah Winfrey, Robert De Niro, Audrey Hepburn, Harrison Ford, Jodie Foster, Sophia Loren, Steven Spielberg, Denzel Washington, Robin Williams and Tom Hanks.