Axel Foley

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Axel Foley is the wisecracking, street-smart Detroit detective and main protagonist of the "Beverly Hills Cop" film series.

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Axel Foley canonical 15
Detective Axel Foley 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
film character
police detective
allyOf Beverly Hills Police Department
appearsIn Beverly Hills Cop
Beverly Hills Cop II
Beverly Hills Cop III
Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
associatedWith Detroit Lions jacket
banana-in-the-tailpipe prank
basedIn Detroit
characterTrait improvisational
rebellious
resourceful
street-smart
wisecracking
createdBy Daniel Petrie Jr.
culturalImpact iconic 1980s action-comedy hero
employer Detroit Police Department
enemyOf criminals in Beverly Hills
familyName Foley
fictionalUniverse Beverly Hills Cop
filmSeriesGenre action comedy
firstAppearance Beverly Hills Cop
firstAppearanceYear 1984
friendOf Billy Rosewood
John Taggart
gender male
genre action comedy character
givenName Axel
hasFullName Axel Foley self-linksurface differs
surface form: Detective Axel Foley
homeCity Detroit
languageSpoken English
mainProtagonistOf Beverly Hills Cop
surface form: Beverly Hills Cop film series
nationality American
notableFor humorous one-liners
unorthodox investigative methods
notableSceneLocation Ferus Gallery
surface form: Beverly Hills art gallery

Beverly Hills Hotel
surface form: Beverly Hills hotel
occupation detective
police officer
oftenTravelsTo Beverly Hills
policeRank Detective
portrayedBy Eddie Murphy
position Detective
settingOfAdventures Beverly Hills
usesWeapon handgun

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Eddie Murphy characterPortrayed Axel Foley
Beverly Hills Cop character Axel Foley
Beverly Hills Cop III character Axel Foley
Axel Foley hasFullName Axel Foley self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Detective Axel Foley
Beverly Hills Cop II character Axel Foley
Billy Rosewood allyOf Axel Foley
Billy Rosewood worksWith Axel Foley
Billy Rosewood loyalTo Axel Foley
John Taggart partnerOf Axel Foley
Andrew Bogomil allyOf Axel Foley
Andrew Bogomil hasColleague Axel Foley
Axel F namedAfter Axel Foley
Axel F characterAssociatedWith Axel Foley