Eddie Murphy finally wins an Emmy as Outstanding Guest Actor

Eddie Murphy has finally won an Emmy, scoring the coveted statue for his work on “Saturday Night Live’’ 40 years after his first appearance on the show, Thebeatboxtv reports.

The comedian who had reprised some of his classic characters, including Gumby and Buckwheat, for his Emmy-winning episode of the late-night TV show in December, laughed and thanked “SNL” creator Lorne Michaels during a short videotaped acceptance speech.

“This is 40 years since I started ‘Saturday Night Live.’ This is my first Emmy, so thank you so much,’’ Murphy, 59, said.

“This is a very, very special thing for me, to come back and have the show turn out the way it did. I’m still floating from it,” the actor said.


Watch his acceptance speech video below...

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