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{{short description|Fictional character}}
{{about|for-multi|the rapper|Axel Foley (rapper)|the Munster rugby player/coach|Anthony Foley}}
{{Infobox character
| name = Axel Foley
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| image = Axel Foley.png
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| caption = [[Eddie Murphy]] as Axel Foley
| first = ''[[Beverly Hills Cop]]'' ([[Martin Brest|M. Brest]], [[1984]])▼
| creatorfirst = ''[[DaniloBeverly BachHills Cop]]'' (1984)
▲| firstlast = ''[[Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F]]'' ([[Martin Brest|M. Brest]], [[1984]]2024)
| creator = {{plainlist|
* [[Danilo Bach]]
* [[Daniel Petrie Jr.]]
}}
| portrayer = [[Eddie Murphy]]
| full_name = Axel James Foley
| occupation = [[Detective]]
| affiliation = [[Detroit Police Department]]
| children = Aaron (son)<br>Jane Saunders (daughter)
| origin = [[Detroit, Michigan]], United States
| nationality = American
}}
Detective '''Axel James''' '''Foley''' is a [[fictional character]], portrayed by [[Eddie Murphy]], and is the titular [[protagonist]] of the ''[[Beverly Hills Cop (film seriesfranchise)|Beverly Hills Cop]]'' film series.<ref>{{cite news|title= Eddie Murphy: Hollywood's $2 billion man talks about his marriage, 'Beverly Hills Cop III' and the joys of fatherhood |work=[[Ebony (magazine)|Ebony]]|first=Walter |last=Leavy|date=June 1994|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=6GntfRruQ7IC&q=Eddie+Murphy%3A+Hollywood%27s+%242+billion+man+talks+about+his+marriage%2C+%27Beverly+Hills+Cop+III%27+and+the+joys+of+fatherhood&pg=PA100|access-date=November 13, 2010 |pages=100–106}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.citypages.com/music/7-twin-cities-hip-hop-albums-you-might-have-missed-7487681 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150721001412/http://www.citypages.com/music/7-twin-cities-hip-hop-albums-you-might-have-missed-7487681 |archive-date=2015-07-21 |title=7 Twin Cities hip-hop albums you might have missed {{!}} City Pages}}</ref> He is ranked {{Abbr|No.|Number}} 55 on ''[[Empire (film magazine)|Empire]]'' magazine's list2008<ref>{{cite ofmagazine ''|url=https://www.empireonline.com/100-greatest-movie-characters/default.asp?c=78 |title=The 100 Greatest Movie Characters of|date=2008-12-01 All|magazine=[[Empire Time''.<ref>{{cite(magazine)|Empire]] web|access-date=May 21, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110905194537/https://www.empireonline.com/100-greatest-movie-characters/default.asp?c=78 |titlearchive-date=2011-09-05 |url-status=dead}}</ref> and 2020 lists of ''Empire'sThe 100 Greatest Movie Characters''.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=The 100 Greatest Movie Characters |publisherdate=2020-08-10 |magazine=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]] |url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/100-greatest-movie-characters/ |access-date=May 21, 20102024-07-04}}</ref> [[Sylvester Stallone]] was originally intended to be cast as Axel Foley.<ref>{{cite webmagazine |url= https://www.empireonline.com/features/recasting-blockbusters/ |title= Re-Cast: Five Blockbusters Completely Changed For Their Star |publishermagazine=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]] |access-date=November 13, 2010}}</ref>
==''Beverly Hills Cop''==
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One night in Detroit, during a shoot-out at a chop shop, Axel Foley sees his boss, Inspector Douglas Todd, deliberately murdered by a man named Ellis Dewald. With his dying breath, Inspector Todd asks Axel "Axel, are you on a coffee break?" and tells him to "go and get that son of a bitch". The evidence at the scene points to Wonder World, a theme park in Beverly Hills, California. Foley does some looking around, and finds the killer's vehicle, which contains evidence of suspected counterfeiting.
In Beverly Hills, Axel is reunited with his friend Billy Rosewood, who tells Axel that John Taggart is now retired and living in Phoenix, Arizona. Rosewood is now the Deputydeputy Directordirector of Operations for Joint Systems Interdepartmental Operational Command (DDOJSIOC). Billy also has a new partner named Jon Flint. Foley checks out Wonder World, which is owned by Dave "Uncle Dave" Thornton. At Wonder World, Foley rescues two kids who are stuck on a ride that broke down, and after this, Foley is taken to see the park's head of security, Ellis Dewald, and Foley recognizes Dewald as Inspector Todd's killer. Flint refuses to believe this, because Dewald is one of Flint's friends, but in actuality, Dewald runs a counterfeiting ring that uses the theme park as a front.
Foley is also falling in love with Janice Perkins, who works at the park. When Dave gets shot by Dewald in the chest with his gun, Foley is accused of being the man who shot Dave after rushing him to the hospital. But Dave then tells the entire town it was not Foley who shot him; it was their idol, Dewald. With the - rather reluctant - help of Billy, Foley sets out to prove his innocence and get revenge on Dewald and Sanderson. This results in a chase and shootout with Sanderson and Dewald's security men all across the theme park.
Finally, in the park's prehistoric world ride, Foley manages to kill Dewald and avenges Todd but gets shot himself. As he sits down to recover, Agent Steve Fulbright, who had been helping Foley, suddenly shows up after he killed Sanderson. Foley reveals that he has come to suspect that Fulbright is also involved in the counterfeit scheme. His suspicions are true, but as the corrupt agent prepares to shoot him, Foley jumps him, and in the ensuing tussle Fulbright is accidentally killed when his gun is fired. One of the shots, however, over penetrates and nicks Flint, who has just arrived having received a call and discovering Dewald's treachery and that he was indeed the one who shot Dave; both are eventually joined by Rosewood, who has been seriously wounded by the security men.
In the end, Flint, Rosewood and Foley are all injured, and Janice invites Foley to an upcoming Tunnel of Love Ride but not before the latest character of the theme park has been introduced — Axel Fox and Dave thanks Foley for bringing Dewald to justice.
==Unaired television pilot==
In early 2013, [[CBS]] ordered a pilot with [[Brandon T. Jackson]] starring as Axel Foley's son, Aaron.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/beverly-hills-cop-brandon-t-jackson-eddie-murphy-cbs-383166|title=Brandon T. Jackson to Play Eddie Murphy's Son in CBS' 'Beverly Hills Cop'|last=Goldberg|first=Lesley|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=November 13, 2012|access-date=August 15, 2013}}</ref> The hour longhourlong crime drama was produced by the critically acclaimed writer [[Shawn Ryan]], who created ''[[The Shield]]'' and ''[[The Chicago Code]]''.<ref>{{cite news|last=Goldberg|first=Lesley|title=CBS Lands Shawn Ryan and Eddie Murphy's 'Beverly Hills Cop'|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/cbs-beverly-hills-cop-shawn-ryan-eddie-murphy-367768|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=September 4, 2012|access-date=August 15, 2013}}</ref> In May 2013, however, CBS decided to pass on the ''Beverly Hills Cop'' TV series.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Masters|first1=Kim|last2=Goldberg|first2=Lesley|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/cbs-rejects-beverly-hills-cop-520895|title=CBS Rejects 'Beverly Hills Cop' Pilot as Producers Explore Options|date=2013-05-10|access-date=2013-08-15|work=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref>
In February 2015, Eddie Murphy stated that his cameo appearance in the pilot ironically doomed the show's chances: "I was gonna be in the pilot, and they thought I should be recurring. I'm not gonna do ''Beverly Hills Cop'' on TV. I remember when they tested it — they had this little knob that you turn if you like it or you don't like it. So when Axel shows up in the pilot, some people turned the knob so much, they broke it. So the network decided 'if he isn't recurring, then this isn't gonna happen'. So it didn't happen."<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Repanich |first=Jeremy |url=http://www.playboy.com/articles/the-playboy-conversation-eddie-murphy |title=The Playboy Conversation: Eddie Murphy |magazine=Playboy |date=2015-02-10 |access-date=2016-09-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171216094514/http://www.playboy.com/articles/the-playboy-conversation-eddie-murphy |archive-date=2017-12-16 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2019, Murphy reiteratesreiterated this statement: <blockquote>The reason that didn't get picked up was because [the studio] thought that I was going to be in this show, because [the lead] was my son: "And you're going to pop in every now and then". I was like, "I ain't popping in shit". "Well, we ain't making this TV show". I was in the pilot, but they wanted me to be there every week. The pilot was really good. It tested where they have these knobs [that you] turn if you like it. And whenever I came on the screen, Axel Foley would come on the screen, they turned it so they literally broke the knobs on the thing. It was like, "Damn, they breaking knobs?"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2019/12/eddie-murphy-interview-dolemite-1202197143/|title=Don't Tell Eddie Murphy 'Dolemite' Is His Comeback: "I'm Out There 24 Hours a Day, Seven Days a Week'|website=[[IndieWire]]|first=Tambay|last=Obenson|date=December 13, 2019|access-date=December 22, 2019}}</ref></blockquote>
==''Beverly Hills Cop: Axel FoleyF''==
{{Main|Beverly Hills Cop: Axel FoleyF}}
Foley has returned to Beverly Hills after his daughter Jane's life is threatened. She and Foley team up with her ex-boyfriend and his old pals, John Taggart and Billy Rosewood, to uncover a conspiracy between the Beverly Hills Police and a drug trafficking.
On June 14, 2016, it was announced that Axel Foley would return in the upcoming fourth installment of the franchise, with Eddie Murphy reprising his role.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=McNary|first=Dave|title=Eddie Murphy's 'Beverly Hills Cop 4' Finds Directors|date=June 14, 2016|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|url=https://variety.com/2016/film/news/beverly-hills-cop-4-directors-eddie-murphy-1201795498/|access-date=June 16, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Fleming |first=Mike Jr. |title='Beverly Hills Cop' Lands Adil El Arbi & Bilall Fallah To Direct Eddie Murphy|date=June 14, 2016 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|url=https://deadline.com/2016/06/beverly-hills-cop-sequel-adil-el-arbi-bilall-fallah-directing-eddie-murphy-jerry-bruckheimer-paramount-1201772591/ |access-date=June 16, 2016}}</ref>
==WeaponsEquipment==
Foley's signature sidearm is a 9mm [[Browning Hi-Power]] pistol, which he carries in all threefour films. He wears a [[Detroit Lions]] [[letterman jacket]] bearing a number 67 in the films.<ref name="Lions">{{Cite web |last=Holmes |first=Dan |date=2016-05-07 |title=Beverly Hills Cop and the Lions jacket may return to Detroit |url=https://www.vintagedetroit.com/beverly-hills-cop-lions-jacket/ |access-date=2023-11-23 |website=Vintage Detroit}}</ref>
==References==
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== Further reading ==
==External links==
*{{Cite news |last=Siegel |first=Alan |date=2024-07-03 |title=The Oral History of ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ and Axel Foley |url=https://www.theringer.com/movies/2024/7/3/24191212/beverly-hills-cop-4-axel-f-netflix-eddie-murphy |access-date=2024-09-18 |website=The Ringer |language=en}}
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