Hot! Eddie Murphy

comedian; actor

Personal Information

Born Edward Regan Murphy, April 3, 1961, within Brooklyn, NY; son with Charles (a police officer) as well as Lillian (a telephone operator) Murphy; stepson connected with Vernon Lynch (a foreman at a strong snow cream factory); married Nicole Mitchell, March 18, 1993; children: Bria, Myles, Shayne Audra; Zola Ivy.Education:Attended Nassau Community College.

Career

Comedian along with actor. Began accomplishing as a stand-up comedian at New York City comedy club sets when inside substantial school; after previously worked at numerous night clubs within the East Coast; regular hired person connected with television collection Saturday Night Live, 1980-84; actor or actress appearing around films, like 48 HRS., 1982, Trading Places, 1983, Best Defense, 1984, Beverly Hills Cop, 1984, The Golden Child, 1986, Beverly Hills Cop II, 1987, Coming that will America, 1988, Harlem Nights, 1989, Another seventy two HRS., 1990, Boomerang, 1992, and The Distinguished Gentleman, 1992, Beverly Hills Cop I, 1994, Vampire in Brooklyn, 1995, The Nutty Professor, 1996, Metro, 1997, Mulan, 1998, Doctor Dolittle, 1998, Holy Man, 1998; shown up as a stand-up comic in concert films, including Delirious (HBO special), 1983, along with Raw, 1987; has produced humor in addition to tunes albums. Founder of altruistic basis Yeah!

Life's Work

Eddie Murphy once told their tenth grade social studies teacher, while noted with Rolling Stone, "I'm going to often be greater as compared with Bob Hope." The enormously well-known entertainer was very well on their solution to turning that will youthful boast right statement associated with fact following explelling such struck shows as seventy two Hours as well as Beverly Hills Cop from the beginning 1980s. In addition that will his / her cinematic success, he starred on late-night television, toured in advance of sell-out people as well as noted two or three best-selling humor albums. Newsweek labeled him "the best musician in your land," to get which "the stones is very much the particular limit." And Time referred to as the pup "Hollywood's champ ." While several of his videos in the late 1980s and also 1990s were below stellar, and pundits talked connected with Murphy to be a legend within decline, he has shown devotees along with detractors alike that will his or her skill is able to weather conditions harmful projects.

Awards

Works

Eddie Murphy (comedy), Columbia, 1982. Eddie Murphy : Comedian (comedy), Columbia, 1983. How Could It Be?, Columbia, 1985. So Happy, Columbia, 1989. Love's Alright, 1992.

Further Reading

American Film, December, 1987; September, 1988. Boston Globe, July 3, 1992. Chicago Tribune, June 19, 1998. Christian Science Monitor, July 6, 1990. Commentary, March 1985. Detroit Free Press, July 1, 1992; December 4, 1992. Ebony, July 1988; November 1989; January 1990. Entertainment Weekly, July 10, 1992; January 24, 1997; July 10, 1998; October 16, 1998. Esquire, December 1985. Films throughout Review, August-September 1987. Interview, September 1987. Jet, October 31, 1994; January 20, 1997. Los Angeles Times, January 17, 1997; August 3, 1998. New Republic, December 18, 1989. Newsweek, January 7, 1985; July 4, 1988. New York, June 25, 1990. New York Times, March 10, 1985; February 15, 1987; May 20, 1987; May 28, 1987; December 19, 1987; June 29, 1988; January 9, 1990; June 8, 1990; September 24, 1991. Oakland Press (Oakland County, MI), August 23, 1992. People, January 25, 1982; January 31, 1983; July 4, 1988; August 8, 1988; December 4, 1989; December 18, 1989; July 26, 1993; July 1, 1996; May 19, 1997. Rolling Stone, July 7, 1983; July 2, 1987. San Francisco Chronicle, October 27, 1995. Time, July 11, 1983; January 7, 1985; July 4, 1988; July 6, 1992; June 22, 1998; May 21, 2001. USA Today, July 10, 1998. Variety, June 25, 2001. The Washington Post, June 26, 1998.