| Name | | Eddie Murphy | |
| General info : | | Edward Regan "Eddie" Murphy (born April 3, 1961, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A.) is an American comedian, actor, writer, singer, director, and musician. | |
| Source : | | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Murphy (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Murphy) | |
| General info : | Edward Regan "Eddie" Murphy (born April 3, 1961, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A.) is an American comedian, actor, writer, singer, director, and musician. | Edward Regan "Eddie" Murphy (born April 3, 1961, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A.) is an American comedian, actor, writer, singer, director, and musician.
Box-office takes from Murphy's films make him the 5th-highest grossing actor in the United States.
He was a regular cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1980 to 1984 and has worked as a stand-up comedian. He was ranked #10 on Comedy Central's list of the 100 Greatest Stand-ups of All Time.
He has received Golden Globe Award nominations for his performances in 48 Hrs., the Beverly Hills Cop series, Trading Places, and The Nutty Professor.
In 2007, he 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 Dreamgirls.
Eddie Murphy's work as a voice actor includes Thurgood Stubbs in The PJs, Donkey in DreamWorks' Shrek series and the Chinese dragon Mushu in Disney's Mulan. In some of his films, he plays multiple roles in addition to his main character, intended as a tribute to one of his idols Peter Sellers, who played multiple roles in Dr. Strangelove and elsewhere. Murphy has played multiple roles in Coming to America, Wes Craven's Vampire in Brooklyn, the Nutty Professor films (where he played the title role in two incarnations, plus his character's father, brother, mother, and grandmother), Bowfinger, The Adventures of Pluto Nash, Norbit, and Meet Dave.
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| Video | | FLASHBACK: A 21-Year-Old Eddie Murphy Talks 'SNL' | |
| Video | | Letterman: Eddie Murphy interview [1986] | |
| Relations : | | Married to : Nicole Mitchell Murphym. 1993 - div. 2006 | |
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| Video | | Eddie Murphy & Jimmy Kimmel Share Their Love of Good Times | |
| Video | | Eddie Murphy Carson Tonight Show 1983 | |
| Video | | EDDIE MURPHY HAS FUN WITH LENO | |
| Video | | Eddie Murphy Interview 1983 Brian Linehan's City Lights | |
| Video | | Eddie Murphy on No Longer Sucking | |
| Video | | Eddie Murphy talks about "Coming To Africa" The Coming To America Sequel | |