Axel Foley is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the Beverly Hills Cop film franchise. He is portrayed by Eddie Murphy.
Foley is a Detroit native and small-time juvenile hoodlum who fictionally attended the Mumford High School. After a few years in which he was unemployed, Foley joined the Detroit Police Department in 1983. A talented policeman, Axel is also known to bend the rules, which annoys his boss, Inspector Todd, who was ki...
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Axel Foley is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the Beverly Hills Cop film franchise. He is portrayed by Eddie Murphy.
Foley is a Detroit native and small-time juvenile hoodlum who fictionally attended the Mumford High School. After a few years in which he was unemployed, Foley joined the Detroit Police Department in 1983. A talented policeman, Axel is also known to bend the rules, which annoys his boss, Inspector Todd, who was killed in a shoot-out in 1994. Foley is an only child with no close relatives except his parents.
Foley is delighted when he receives a surprise visit from his best friend Mikey Tandino, who lives in California. Unfortunately, Mikey is soon killed when Axel was bumped in the head, by a man named Zack. Foley goes to Beverly Hills, California, to find Mikey's assailant (since Mikey told Foley he had a job at an art gallery in Beverly Hills) where Beverly Hills police department Lieutenant Andrew Bogomil assigns Detective Billy Rosewood and...
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