Shrek Star Eddie Murphy Shares Lifelong Battle with OCD in New Documentary

In a forthcoming Netflix documentary, renowned actor and comedian Eddie Murphy is set to open up about his personal battle with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). According to the trailer released on November 12, 2025, the Shrek star has decided to let cameras inside his home for the first time ever to share his journey with this condition.

Murphy explains that as a child, he would engage in a pattern of repetitive behaviors, such as repeatedly checking the stove in the kitchen to ensure the gas was turned off. He would do this for about an hour each night, unbeknownst to his mother. "I didn't know what it was," the comedian recalls in the documentary, titled Being Eddie. "I would go and check the stove in the kitchen and make sure all the gas was off in the kitchen. And I'd lay down for about, you know, five minutes, and I would get back up and go back in the kitchen and look at the stove again and check all the gas, and then I'd go back in the bed and lay there for about five, 10 minutes and then get back up and go look at it."

This pattern of obsessive behaviors, which Murphy can now trace back to his childhood, is a common symptom of OCD. The disorder is characterized by intrusive thoughts and fears that lead to repetitive actions or compulsions. In the documentary, the actor candidly discusses his journey with this condition and how it has impacted his life.