A donkey sanctuary in the San Francisco Bay Area is mourning the loss of Perry, popularly known for serving as the model for Eddie Murphy's character Donkey in the "Shrek" animated movie.

At just 23, Scottie Barnes is shouldering the weight of an impatient, basketball-mad city, a hit-and-miss team, and his own ...

Perry, the real-life donkey who inspired the animated character Donkey in the 2001 film Shrek, has passed away at the age of ...

Born in New York in 1994, Perry rose to fame after animators modelled the Donkey character in the original 2001 Shrek movie based on him. Perry’s death was announced on the Barron Park Donkeys ...

In 2024 alone, five different movies bowed to $100+ million domestic opening weekends. Eight years earlier, in 2016, eight ...

Perry – short for Pericles – a miniature donkey born in New York City in 1994, achieved fame when he apparently modelled for animators working on the Oscar-winning 2001 comedy. Voiced by Eddie ...

PALO ALTO – Perry, the Bay Area donkey who was the inspiration behind the beloved character in the DreamWorks' 2001 film "Shrek," died at ... reinvented himself as a movie star," Mike Holland ...

The Shrek series, which began with the 2001 release of the first film, became a major success and won numerous awards, including an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. The films, with their ...

An iconic Shrek star, who inspired Eddie Murphy's ... based the beloved character of Doneky on him for the original movie in 2001. It has now been confirmed that Perry, the donkey from ...

Perry, the beloved donkey who served as the real-life inspiration for Eddie Murphy’s animated character Donkey in the 2001 blockbuster Shrek, has died at the age of 30. His passing was confirmed ...