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Trivia
Birth name:
Edward Regan Murphy
Date of birth: 3
April 1961
Place of birth:
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Nickname: Eddie
Height:
5' 10" (1.78 m)
Spouse:
Nicole Mitchell Murphy (18 March 1993 - present) 5 children
Was cast by "Saturday Night Live" (1975) and NBC when he was
19 years old.
Ranked #78 in Empire (UK) magazine's Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time
list. [October 1997]
Born at 1:30pm-EST.
Has a son each with Tamara Hood and Paulette McNeely.
In a TV commercial never shown in the USA, Eddie Murphy kissed the front
bumper of a Toyota sedan.
Daughter, Zola Ivy, born 24 December 1999. Other children are daughters
Bria (b. 1989) and Shayne (b. 1994). Son, Miles (b. 1992).
Attended Nassau Community College in Garden City, New York, before
beginning his acting career.
Did stand-up comedy at the same Bay Area Comedy Club as Robin
Williams and Caryn Johnson (whose stage name eventually became
Whoopi Goldberg) before getting into acting.
Was voted Most Popular while attending Roosevelt Junior-Senior High
School in Roosevelt, New York, due to the stand-up comedy routines he
would perform in the school's auditorium and jokes he would tell
classmates during lunch.
Older brother Charles Q. Murphy is also an actor. Younger brother Vernon
Jr. was half of the hip-hop group K-9 Posse, which released two albums
in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Won a Grammy for his 1983 comedy album "Comedian," which
featured his stand-up routine.
Turned down the role of Winston Zeddemore in Ghost Busters (1984).
Idolized Richard Pryor and was inspired by him to do comedy. Went on to
cast Pryor in his directorial debut Harlem Nights (1989).
At the height of his popularity in the mid 1980s, he began a music
career, spawning the popular song "Party all the Time," which
he recorded with Rick James. Also recorded an album in the early 90s,
entitled "Whazzupwitu," in which he performs in a video of the
single of the same name, alongside Michael Jackson. Murphy appeared in
Jackson's "Remember the Time" video in 1992 alongside fellow
celebrities Magic Johnson and Iman.
Hosted the very first MTV Video Music Awards in 1984. Went on to do it
again the next year.
Dated actress Halle Berry.
Dated Robin Givens.
Close friends with former late night talk show host Arsenio Hall
Paid for the funeral of comedic inspiration Redd Foxx.
Was criticized tremendously by Spike Lee for not using his show business
stature to help black actors break into film.
Named one of E!'s Top 20 Rntertainers of 2001.
January 30, 2002 - Daughter Bella Zahra born to Murphy and wife Nicole
Mitchell Murphy.
Is the only cast member of "Saturday Night Live" (1975) to
host while still a cast member. Nick Nolte was to host but fell ill and
Eddie replaced him.
Dated singer Whitney
Houston before she married present husband, Bobby Brown.
Has starred in more sequels than any other actor: Beverly Hills Cop II
(1987), Another 48 Hrs. (1990), Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001), Nutty Professor
II: The Klumps (2000), Shrek 2 (2004), and Daddy Day Camp (2006).
Former wife, Nicole Mitchell Murphy, is an Associate with Pre-Paid Legal
Services, Inc.
In July 2003, he and his late-night encounter with Shalimar Seiuli was
ranked #61 on E! TV's The Greatest Shocking Moments In Entertainment
History.
His brother Charles Q. Murphy is a regular performer on the hit sketch
comedy show "Chappelle's Show" (2003) on Comedy Central.
Has a house in Englewood, New Jersey.
Scored two hits on the Billboard Hot 100 singles charts with "Party
All the Time" (US #2, 1985) and "Put Your Mouth on Me"
(US #27, 1989).
Although arguably the biggest movie star ever to come out of
"Saturday Night Live" (1975), he has never attended a cast
reunions or anniversary and is not known to even talk about having been
on the show.
Chosen as #10 in Comedy Central's 100 Greatest Stand-Up Comics of All
Time.
Stepson of Vernon Lynch.
Hosted the MTV Movie Awards in 1993
At one time, was considered to play The Grinch in How the Grinch Stole
Christmas (2000).
Met Nicole Mitchell Murphy in 1988 at an NAACP Image Awards show. They
lived together for a year and a half before they married. They were
married at the Grand Ballroom of The Plaza Hotel in New York City.
Was one of the last movie actors to sign an exclusive contract with a
studio. In this case, it was Paramount Pictures, which released all of
his early films.
Chris Rock
is an admirer of Murphy and considers him his role model and inspiration
to become an actor and comedian.
Most successful ex-SNL star.
His favorite TV show is "Star Trek" (1966).
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