Eddie Murphy is returning to Saturday Night Live for the first time in 30 years. The Oscar nominee will help the late-night sketch series celebrate its landmark 40th anniversary along with several other former cast members this February. The last time Murphy was on Saturday Night Live was in 1984.

"It just never worked out where the timing was right for me to do it," Murphy told NewsOne about his absence from SNL. "They're having a 40th anniversary...I'm going to that. And that will be the first time I've been back since I left."

Murphy was a cast member from 1980-1984.