eddie murphy is an american actor comedian voice actor writer producer director and singer he rose
to fame on the sketch comedy show saturday night live for which he was a regular cast member from
1980 to 1984. eddie murphy has also worked as a stand-up comedian and was ranked number 10
on comedy central's list of 100 greatest stand-ups of all time he is also one of the highest grossing
actors in film history eddie murphy has an estimated net worth of 200 million dollars
eddie murphy's early life edward reagan murphy was born on april 3 1961 in brooklyn new york and
raised in the burroughs-bushwick neighborhood his mother lillian laney was a telephone operator and
his father charles edward murphy who was born in 1940 and died in 1969 was a transit police officer
and an amateur actor and comedian his father died in 1969 he later stated my mother and father broke
up when i was three and he died when i was eight so i have very dim memories he was a victim of
the murphy charm and a woman stabbed my father i never got all the logistics it was supposed to be
one of those crimes of passion if i can't have you no one else will kind of deal eddie murphy
had an older brother charles quinton murphy who was born on july 12 1959 and died on april 12 2017
charles murphy was an actor comedian and writer he was best known as a writer and cast member of
the comedy central sketch comedy series chappelle show and as the co-star of the sitcom black jesus
when eddie murphy's single mother became ill the eight-year-old murphy and his
elder brother charlie lived in a foster care for one year in interviews eddie
murphy has said his time in foster care was influential in developing his sense of humor
later he and his brother were raised in roosevelt new york by his mother and stepfather vernon lynch
a foreman at an ice cream plant eddie murphy is five foot eight inches tall or 1.75 meters tall
eddie murphy's personal life eddie murphy has two sons eric born in 1989 with then-girlfriend
paulette mcneely and christian born in 1990 with then-girlfriend tamara hood
eddie murphy began a long-time romantic relationship with nicole mitchell after
meeting her in 1988 at an naacp image awards show they lived together for almost two years before
getting married at the grand ballroom of the plaza hotel in new york city on march 18 1993. eddie
murphy and nicole mitchell have five children together bria born in 1989 miles born in 1992
shane born in 1994 zola born in 1999 and bella born in 2002. in august 2005 mitchell filed
for divorce citing eric insylable differences the divorce was finalized on april 17 2006. following
his divorce from mitchell in 2006 eddie murphy began dating former spice girl melanie brown
melanie became pregnant and said the child was murphy's melanie brown gave birth to a baby
girl angel iris murphy brown on eddie murphy's 46th birthday april 3rd 2007. on june 22 2007
representatives for melanie brown announced that a dna test had confirmed that eddie murphy was the
father melanie brown had stated in an interview that eddie murphy has not sought a relationship
with angel although it was later reported in 2010 that eddie murphy was getting to know her
eddie murphy exchanged vows with film producer tracy edmonds former wife of kenneth edmonds
also known as babyface on january 1st 2008 in a private ceremony on an island off of bora bora
on january 16 2008 the couple released a statement describing the ceremony as a symbolic union
after much consideration and discussion we have jointly decided that we will forego having a
legal ceremony as it's not necessary to define our relationship further and that they would remain
friends in may 2016 eddie murphy had a daughter by model paige butcher whom he had been dating since
2012. eddie murphy and paige butcher welcomed a son in november 2018. they were engaged to
be married in september 2018. their son's middle name pays tribute to eddie murphy's late brother
charlie who died from leukemia in 2017. eddie murphy's career when murphy was 15 he listened to
richard pryor's comedy album that nigger's crazy which inspired his decision to become a comedian
as a child murphy developed playing multiple characters in imitation of his acting hero
peter sellers on july 9 1976 the date that murphy marks as the beginning of his career
he performed in a talent show at the roosevelt youth center he was doing an
impersonation of singer al green as green song let's stay together played
this led to work at other clubs within walking distance and then late night jobs at locations
that required him to commute by train to do this he secretly skipped school and after his
mother discovered this at the end of his senior year he was required to attend summer school
in films murphy has received golden globe award nominations for his performances in 48 hours in
1982 the beverly hills cop series from 1984 to present trading places in 1983 the nutty professor
in 1996 and dolomite is my name in 2019 he's also won numerous awards for his work in the fantasy
comedy film dr doolittle in 1998 and its 2001 sequel in 2007 murphy won the golden globe for
best supporting actor and received a nomination for the academy award for best supporting actor
for his portrayal of soul singer james thunder early in the musical film dream girls
eddie murphy has worked as a voice actor including roles playing the chinese dragon mushu
and disney's mulan in 1998 thoroughgood stubs in the sitcom the pjs from 1999 to 2001 and donkey
in dreamworks animation shrek series from 2001 to 2010 in some films he plays multiple roles in
addition to his main character this is intended as a tribute to one of his idols peter sellers
he has played multiple roles in coming to america in 1988 wes craven's vampire in brooklyn in 1995
the nutty professor films beaufinger in 1999 the adventures of pluto nash in 2002 norbit in 2007
and meet dave in 2008. as of 2016 murphy's films have grossed over 3.8 billion dollars
or 6.5 billion dollars when adjusted for inflation those are the totals in the united states and
canadian box offices and over 6.7 billion dollars worldwide in 2015 his films made him the sixth
highest grossing actor in the united states in 2015 murphy was awarded the mark twain prize
for american humor by the john f kennedy center for the performing arts in 2020 he won his first
primetime emmy award for outstanding guest actor in a comedy series for hosting saturday night live
as a singer eddie murphy has released three studio albums including how could it be in 1985 so happy
in 1989 and loves all right in 1993. eddie murphy's real estate in 2001 eddie murphy
purchased a 3.7 acre undeveloped lot in the extremely exclusive beverly hills neighborhood
of beverly park for 10 million dollars eddie then spent untold millions constructing a brand new 40
000 square foot mansion the home has 32 rooms nine bathrooms nine bedrooms a large pool tennis court
library and bowling alley if it were to hit the market now the house would easily fetch north of
30 to 40 million dollars in 2007 eddie paid 15 million dollars for a 15-acre private island in
the bahamas called rooster k he previously owned a different private island called pearl island
eddie murphy's car collection eddie murphy owns or has owned a rolls-royce drop head coupe
a ferrari 599 gtb furano a rolls-royce phantom a mercedes-benz sls and an aston martin vanquish
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