Eddie Murphy

Eddie Murphy

Edward Murphy was born on April 3, 1961 in Brooklyn, New York. He is a Golden Globe-nominated actor and comedian. Eddie Murphy also had a minor singing career.

 
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Eddie Murphy Biography
 
Murphy began his comedy career at the age of 16, as part of a comedy duo with fellow comedian Mitchell Kyser at the Roosevelt Youth Center in Roosevelt, Long Island, where he grew up. At 19 he became a performer on NBC's Saturday Night Live television show, not long after graduating from Roosevelt Junior-Senior High School. His characters include a parody of Buckwheat from the Little Rascals and an inner-city black version of Fred Rogers known as "Mr. Robinson". Former SNL writer Margaret Humphert has said Murphy and Bill Murray are the two most talented people in the history of the show. Murphy left the show midway through the 1983-1984 season, appearing in filmed sketches for the remainder of that season.
 
Murphy later starred in many comedies including the Beverly Hills Cop series. He was recognized by receiving a Golden Globe nomination for best actor in a comedy or musical for his performances in Beverly Hills Cop, Trading Places, The Nutty Professor, and most recently Dreamgirls.
 
He is a well-known voice actor and voiced Thurgood Stubbs in The PJs, Donkey in the Shrek series and the dragon Mushu, in Disney's Mulan. Murphy also has the distinction of having starred in more sequels than any other actor in Hollywood. Those films include:Beverly Hills Cop II (1987), Another 48 Hrs. (1990), Beverly Hills Cop III (1994), Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001), Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (2000), Shrek 2 (2004), and the upcoming Shrek the Third (2007).
 
In some of his films, he plays multiple roles in addition to his main character, including Coming to America, where he played four radically different characters, the Nutty Professor films, where he played much of the Klumps clan, and 2007's Norbit. Another trademark of Eddie Murphy's is his deep, infectious, and considerably goofy laugh.
 
In a 2005 poll to find The Comedian's Comedian, he was voted amongst the top 50 comedy acts ever by fellow comedians and comedy insiders. Eddie Murphy's older brother, Charlie Murphy, is also an actor, best known recently for his appearances on Chappelle's Show.
 
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The fourth Beverly Hills Cop movie - which we heard was just going with the original title instead of being a numbered edition - is still in the development stage, but Eddie Murphy will play Axel Foley one more time and Brett Ratner is aboard to direct, at least for now. The script is being written by Derek Haas and Michael Brandt , perhaps best known for their work on last summer's Wanted . Haas tells Moviehole that they're working on a second draft of the script, which has its beginnings in a completely unrelated screenplay. "Michael and I wrote a spec script called ... Read Full Story
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It was an unusually quiet weekend at the box office because of soft ticket sales for “The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3” and a disastrous showing for “Imagine That,” a comedy starring Eddie Murphy , right with Yara Shahidi. “Pelham” opened in third place with an estimated $25 million in ticket sales at North American theaters, according to box-office tracking companies. After “Meet Dave” last year, “Imagine That” was Mr. Murphy’s second consecutive bomb, selling about $5.7 million in tickets and opening outside of the Top 5. “The Hangover” repeated as the weekend’s No. 1 film, with an estimated $33.4 million in sales ... Read Full Story
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JOHNNY DEPP says he would consider playing the Riddler if offered the role in a future Batman movie. The villain was played by Frank Gorshin in the 60s Batman TV series and by Jim Carrey in 1995's Batman Forever. False reports in The National Enquirer last year suggested that Depp was already cast in the role. Depp, pictured here in his role in upcoming crime drama Public Enemies, told MTV : "If the opportunity came, I'd definitely juggle it. I always liked the Riddler. "I always liked Frank Gorshin. Frank Gorshin was brilliant. I always thought he was a great actor." Meanwhile, Eddie Murphy, ... Read Full Story
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There was a nationwide roll of the eyes last summer when plans for a fourth Beverly Hills Cop movie were announced. The combo of Eddie Murphy and Brett Ratner is not a proud one by our accounting, and it's not really a franchise that needs a lot of freshening up. One really solid action comedy and two slumping sequels. A couple of weeks ago, Derek Haas, who is co-writing the script with Michael Brandt, gave an update on the film, which will come through the gates of Paramount. But will the studio still see dollar signs with the results of Eddie Murphy's latest film, ... Read Full Story
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Eddie Murphy some photo and information Born: 3 April 1961 Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York Best Known As: The star of the Beverly Hills Cop films Eddie Murphy Eddie Murphy Eddie Murphy Eddie Murphy Eddie Murphy Eddie Murphy's stint as a standout performer on Saturday Night Live (1981-84) led to a successful movie career. On SNL he was known for playful impressions of rocker James Brown, children's host Mister Rogers, and Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas of the old Our Gang show, with Murphy tweaking racial stereotypes as part of the act. He became a star with the success of his first three movies: 48 Hrs. (1982, ... Read Full Story
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Personal life and woes
 
In 1985, King Broder, who actually did nothing to further Murphy's career, claimed Murphy had signed an "indefinite contract" with him when Murphy was 19 and sued him for $30 million for breach of contract when Murphy was worth an estimated $50 million dollars. Broder even claimed Murphy got his 'Buckwheat' character from an idea he had for 'The Identical Triplets.' In court papers filed in State Supreme Court in Mineola, New York, Murphy said he and Broder had verbally agreed to dissolve the relationship before the end of 1980. Murphy stated, at the time, "He was working as a shoe salesman and had very limited professional experience when he signed the agreement." He also charged that Broder misrepresented himself as the agent for singers Tina Turner, Neil Sedaka and comedian Andy Kaufman. As Murphy was in the process of filming Beverly Hills Cop II at the time of the suit, Paramount Pictures ended up settling the case out of court and paying Broder an undisclosed amount so that they would not lose any more money in production costs.
 
In addition, according to Eddie's childhood friend Harris Haith in his book, Growing Up Laughing With Eddie, "long before Murphy did any writing for Coming To America, Art Buchwald had approached Paramount Pictures with the idea for a similar film. His material was rejected, but the information was retained by Paramount. They liked Buchwald's idea but did not see fit to pay him and saved it for use later down the road. Some years later, Paramount presented the idea of Coming to America to Eddie and gave him the contract. Murphy wrote a screenplay that came to light exactly as it aired on the silver screen. In 1988, Buchwald sued Murphy and Paramount Pictures, but Murphy was not found liable because Paramount had received the material and plagiarized it before giving it to Eddie. He did not know the origins of the piece, he just took the idea and expounded on it to bring about the final version of the movie." However, Buchwald and his partner Alain Bernheim did win the suit against Paramount Pictures, was awarded damages, and then accepted a settlement from Paramount. The case was the subject of a 1992 book, Fatal Subtraction: The Inside Story of Buchwald V. Paramount by Pierce O'Donnell and Dennis McDougal.
 
In May, 1997, Murphy was stopped by policemen for picking up a transvestite prostitute. Murphy was never charged in the incident, but the transvestite, 20-year-old Atisone Seiuli (known as Shalomar) told a reporter that Murphy had placed $200 on her leg and asked her what kind of sex she liked. Murphy, on the other hand, claimed he was simply being a "Good Samaritan" and giving a person in need a lift. This incident was later lampooned by Tim Meadows on Saturday Night Live. This particular sketch, along with comments from David Spade, reportedly created an even greater rift between Murphy and SNL. Even worse, other transvestites came out of the woodwork, claiming they'd had sex with Murphy. Murphy sued both the Globe and the National Enquirer for $5 million, for slander, libel and invasion of privacy, then pulled out. Seiuli eventually recanted her claims. The story ended one year later when Seiuli was found dead on the street, dressed only in bra, panties and towel. Apparently, Seiuli was locked out of her apartment, attempted to use the towel to swing from the roof into an open window, and fell. Murphy began a longtime romantic relationship with Nicole Mitchell after meeting her in 1988 at an NAACP Image Awards show. They lived together for a year and a half before getting married at the Grand Ballroom of The Plaza Hotel in New York City on March 18, 1993. They had five children together, but in August 2005, Mitchell filed for divorce, citing "irreconcilable differences." The divorce was finalized on April 17, 2006.
 
Following his divorce from Nichole, he dated Melanie Brown ("Scary Spice" of the 90's English pop group Spice Girls) who stated that her unborn child is Murphy's. When questioned about the pregnancy at a movie premiere in December 2006, Murphy told a reporter, "I don't know whose child that is until it comes out and has a blood test. You shouldn't jump to conclusions, sir." Murphy is presently dating Tracey Edmonds, a film producer, who is the former wife of singer Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds.
 
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His Saturday Night Live Career
 
In Autumn 1980, the then unknown 19-year-old Murphy badgered talent coordinator Neil Levy to give him a shot on the show. Levy repeatedly rejected him, saying that the show already had a full cast. But Murphy continued pleading with Levy, saying that he had several siblings banking on him getting a spot on the show. Levy finally conceded and allowed him an audition. The audition performance went so well that Levy then began advocating to new executive producer Jean Doumanian (who succeeded Lorne Michaels after the 1979-1980 season) to let Murphy on the show. Doumanian initially refused, citing that another actor, Robert Townsend, had already been selected as the cast's "token black guy", and that the show's shrunken budget could not allow for any more actors. Doumanian's mind was changed after seeing Murphy's audition for herself, and then Doumanian too began pleading with the network to allow Murphy on the show. NBC only agreed after it was determined that Townsend had not yet signed a contract, at which point Murphy was cast as a featured player.
 
Murphy made his debut in the second episode of the 1980-1981 season, hosted by Malcolm McDowell, as an extra in a skit called In Search of the Negro Republican. Two weeks later, Murphy had his first speaking role as Raheem Abdul Muhummad on Weekend Update. He made such a positive impression that he was called on for more in later episodes, and was soon raised to the status of full cast member.
 
Despite Murphy's participation, the 1980-1981 season was considered such a disaster that NBC fired Jean Doumanian and everybody in the cast, with the exception of Murphy and Joe Piscopo. Whereas Murphy had rarely been featured during Doumanian's tenure, he became a break-out star under Doumanian's replacement, Dick Ebersol.
 
Murphy's soaring popularity helped restore the show's ratings. He created some of the period's best characters, including the former child movie star Buckwheat and a life-size version of the Gumby toy character. Murphy performed an uncanny impression of Stevie Wonder (who, sportingly, appeared in a fake ad for Canon cameras). SNL was mostly a two-man show from 1981–1984, with Murphy and Piscopo playing the bulk of the lead characters. All other cast members played supporting roles and were treated with very little patience by the producers.

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