Eddie Murphy

Biography

Born 04/03/1961

As the most talented and influential comedic force to emerge from the 1980’s, comedian-actor Eddie Murphy blazed the trail for an entire generation of young black comics to follow. Just as Murphy was inspired by the comedic stylings of the legendary Richard Pryor and Redd Foxx in the 1970’s...
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Awards

  • In 2007, received Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor
  • In 2007, received Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
  • In 2007, received Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

Highlights

  • In 2009, Starred in the family comedy "Imagine That"
  • In 2008, Played a human-shaped spaceship controlled by 100 little aliens in the comedy "Meet Dave"
  • In 2007, Played multiple roles in "Norbit"; co-written with his brother Charlie Murphy

Family & Companions

  • Tracey Edmonds: wife (Ex-wife of singer Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds; began dating in the fall of 2006; accompanied Murphy to the New York premiere of "Dreamgirls" on Dec. 4, 2006; engaged July 25, 2007; exchanged vows Jan. 1, 2008 on a private island off Bora Bora in French Polynesia (not a legal union, since it took place in a foreign country); the pair split just two weeks later)
  • Melanie Brown: Companion (Began dating June of 2006; rumored to have split sometime in October of that year after reports of her pregnancy surfaced; Murphy is the father of her daughter Angel Iris)
  • Shaun Robinson: Companion (Rumored to have briefly dated in 2006)

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