Eddie Murphy — biography, films, roles and trivia

Biography

💥Edward Regan Murphy. Born in 1961 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He grew up in a family with an older brother. His father worked as a police officer, and his mother was a telephone company operator. He attended Roosevelt Technical School. He works as an actor, comedian, singer, screenwriter, and producer. He was married to model Nicole Mitchell, and the couple has 5 children: daughters Bria, Shayne, Zola, Bella, and son Miles. He dated Paulette McNeely (son Eric was born), Tamara Hood (son Christian was born), and Melanie Brown (daughter Angel was born). Since 2024, he has been married to model Paige Butcher, and the couple has a daughter, Izzy, and a son, Max. In total, Eddie has 10 children

🏆Main awards🏆: Golden Globe (2007) [Dreamgirls], Emmy (2019) [Saturday Night Live]

🎬Main projects🎬: "Beverly Hills Cop" (1984), "Coming to America" (1988), "Shrek" (2001), "Dr. Dolittle" (1998), "Norbit" (2007), "The Nutty Professor" (1996), "Dreamgirls" (2006)

⭐Interesting fact⭐: At the age of 19, Eddie became a cast member of the show "Saturday Night Live" and literally saved it from cancellation; the ratings soared thanks to his characters

Filmography

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2004 Shrek 2 Donkey, voice

Interesting facts

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Born into a police officer's family. His father died when the boy was 8 years old.
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Eddie's older brother, Charlie, also became an actor.
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Full name - Edward Regan Murphy.
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Murphy and his older brother Charlie grew up in Roosevelt, New York with their mother and stepfather Vernon Lynch, a foreman at an ice cream factory.
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Eddie Murphy has ten children: Bria (born 1989), Myles (born 1992), Shayne Audra (born 1994), Zola Ivy (born 1999) and Bella Zahra (born 2002) with Nicole Murphy, son Eric (born 1989) with Paulette McNeely, son Christian (born 1990) with Tamara Hood, daughter Angel Iris (born 2007) with Melanie Brown, daughter Izzy Oona Murphy (born 2016) and son Max Charles (born 2018) with Paige Butcher.