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Biography

Eddie Murphy was born in Brooklyn New York in 1961, the youngest son of Lillian Murphy, a widow who married Vernon Lynch, the step…more

Born

4/3/1961, Brooklyn, New York, USA

Birth Name

Edward Regen Murphy

Gender

Male

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Star (5)

Role
- Shrek The Halls
  Donkey
  - S 1: Ep 1 Shrek The Halls
    11/28/07
- Retrosexual: The '80s
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 5 Hotties
    11/19/04
  - S 1: Ep 4 Turn Ons
    11/18/04
  - S 1: Ep 3 Taboos
    11/17/04
  - S 1: Ep 2 Teen Sex
    11/16/04
  - S 1: Ep 1 Sex Sells
    11/14/04
- The PJs
  Voice of Thurgood Stubbs
  - S 3: Ep 10 A Race To His Credit
    5/20/01
  - S 3: Ep 9 Let's Get Ready To Rumba
    5/13/01
  - S 3: Ep 8 Survival: In Tha Hood
    5/6/01
  - S 3: Ep 7 Miracle Cleaner On 134th Street
    4/29/01
  - S 3: Ep 6 It Takes A Thurgood
    2/25/01
  - + 39 More Credits
- MTV Movie Awards
  Himself - Host
  - S 2: Ep 1 1993 MTV Movie Awards
    7/18/93
- Saturday Night Live
  Himself
  - S 9: Ep 15 Billy Crystal/Al Jarreau
    3/17/84
  - S 9: Ep 14 Edwin Newman/Kool & the Gang
    2/25/84
  - S 9: Ep 13 Jamie Lee Curtis/The Fixx
    2/18/84
  - S 9: Ep 12 Robin Williams/Adam Ant
    2/11/84
  - S 9: Ep 11 Don Rickles/Billy Idol
    1/28/84
  - + 64 More Credits
Recurring Role (2)

Role
- Late Night With David Letterman
  Guest
  - S 11: Ep 136 Show #1720
    11/27/92
  - S 7: Ep 34 Show #1010
    7/20/88
  - S 5: Ep 163 Show #0802
    12/11/86
  - S 4: Ep 88 Show #0591 (850828)
    8/28/85
  - S 3: Ep 146 Show #0489 (841217)
    12/17/84
- Saturday Night Live
  Himself
  - S 10: Ep 9 Eddie Murphy/The Honeydrippers
    12/15/84
Guest Star (33)

Role
- Live! with Kelly
  Himself
  - S 24: Ep 44 November 3, 2011
    11/3/11
  - S 5: Ep 130 March 9, 1993
    3/9/93
  - S 5: Ep 62 December 2, 1992
    12/2/92
- TMZ
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 188 Episode #4.188
    4/12/11
  - S 3: Ep 191 Episode #3.191
    4/16/10
  - S 3: Ep 133 Episode #3.133
    2/8/10
  - S 2: Ep 122 Episode #2.122
    1/27/09
  - S 1: Ep 286 August 7, 2008
    8/7/08
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show
  Himself
  - S 7: Ep 165 Eddie Murphy/Jason Lewis
    5/21/10
- Late Show with David Letterman
  Guest
  - S 17: Ep 121 Show #3293
    4/21/10
  - S 4: Ep 81 Show #0730
    1/10/97
  - S 3: Ep 149 Show #0588
    5/9/96
  - S 3: Ep 34 Show #0473
    10/26/95
- America's Next Top Model
  himself
  - S 13: Ep 12 The Girl Becomes America's Next Top Model
    11/18/09
- The Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 7 Eddie Murphy, Angela Kinsey, Bonnie Raitt & Taj Mahal
    6/9/09
- Anderson Cooper 360°
  Himself - Video clip from Shrek 3
  - S 5: Ep 85 Friday, December 28, 2007
    12/28/07
- Teen Choice Awards
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 9 Teen Choice 2007
    8/27/07
- e-Talk Daily
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 77 May 7, 2007
    5/7/07
  - S 3: Ep 31 February 26, 2007
    2/26/07
- The Today Show
  Himself
  - S 56: Ep 26 February 5, 2007
    2/5/07
- CMT Insider
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 1 January 6, 2007
    1/6/07
- Inside the Actors Studio
  himself
  - S 13: Ep 2 Eddie Murphy
    12/18/06
- Father of the Pride
  Voice Of Donkey
  - S 1: Ep 4 Donkey
    9/21/04
- VH1 Goes Inside
  Donkey
  - S 2: Ep 4 Shrek
    5/16/04
- One Hit Wonders
  Interviewee (archive footage)
  - S 1: Ep 17 VH1's One Hit Wonders Presents: Star Tracks
    1/18/03
- Saturday Night Live
  Himself (archive footage)
  - S 28: Ep 9 Christmas Special
    12/17/02
- Xchange
  Studio Guest
  - S 4: Ep 356 29 August 2002
    8/29/02
- The Nick Cannon Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 4 Nick Takes Over Hollywood
    2/8/02
- The Rosie O'Donnell Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 130 Show #130
    1/13/97
- Clive Anderson All Talk
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 1 Ben Elton, Eddie Murphy
    10/6/96
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
  Guest
  - S 5: Ep 3 Tori Amos; Eddie Murphy; Gary Payton
    6/27/96
- Soul Train
  recipient, Heritage Award
  - S 22: Ep 21 The 7th Annual Soul Train Awards
    3/9/93
- MTV Video Music Awards
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 9 MTV 9th Annual Video Music Awards
    9/9/92
- MTV Movie Awards
  Himself - Presenter
  - S 1: Ep 1 1992 MTV Movie Awards
    7/10/92
- The Arsenio Hall Show
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 170 June 30, 1992
    6/30/92
  - S 2: Ep 49 November 16, 1989
    11/16/89
  - S 2: Ep 33 October 25, 1989
    10/25/89
  - S 1: Ep 138 July 13, 1989
    7/13/89
  - S 1: Ep 29 February 10, 1989
    2/10/89
- Saturday Night Live
  Himself
  - S 15: Ep 1 15th Anniversary Special
    9/24/89
  - S 9: Ep 17 George McGovern/Madness
    4/14/84
  - S 8: Ep 9 Eddie Murphy/Lionel Richie
    12/11/82
- American Music Awards
  Himself
  - S 16: Ep 16 The 16th American Music Awards
    1/30/89
- The Academy Awards
  Himself - Presenter
  - S 60: Ep 1 The 60th Annual Academy Awards
    4/11/88
  - S 55: Ep 1 The 55th Annual Academy Awards
    4/11/83
- MTV Video Music Awards
  Himself/Host
  - S 1: Ep 2 MTV 2nd Annual Video Music Awards
    9/13/85
- MTV Video Music Awards
  Himself (Presenter)
  - S 1: Ep 1 MTV 1st Annual Video Music Awards
    9/14/84
- Late Night With David Letterman
  Guest
- Soul Train
  presenter
- The Oprah Winfrey Show
  Himself
  - S 19: Ep 20 Eddie Murphy and Janet Jackson
Writer (1)

Role
- CBS Summer Playhouse
  Writer
  - S 1: Ep 3 Changing Patterns
    7/4/89
Creator (2)

Role
- The PJs
  Creator
  - S 2: Ep 12 What's Eating Juicy Hudson?
    7/18/00
- The Royal Family
  Creator
Executive Producer (2)

Role
- The Royal Family
  Executive Producer
- CBS Summer Playhouse
  Executive Producer
  - S 1: Ep 3 Changing Patterns
    7/4/89

Eddie Murphy News

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Oscars 2012: A Fond Farewell to Movies (PHOTO RECAP)

By Price Peterson, Feb 27, 2012

The Academy Awards were almost decent this year! It's too bad about the host. read more
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Scoring Ricky Gervais' Golden Globes Hit List

By Seth Abramovitch, Jan 16, 2012

That’s it? Billed for weeks as the most vicious takedown A-list Hollywood has endured since, well, last year’s Golden Globe Awards, what returning host Ricky Gervais wound up delivering was something far more tepid—when he was on the stage at all. read more

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- Eddie won three worst actor awards in the 2008 Golden Raspberries: Worst Actor: Eddie in Norbit Worst Supporting Actress: Eddie in Norbit Worst Supporting Actor: Eddie in Norbit
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- At the 13th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2007), Eddie was awarded "Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role (Theatrical Motion Picture)" for his performance in Dreamgirls.
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- Eddie announced his engagement to Tracey Edmonds in August 2007. They then announced their separation in January, 2008 after only two weeks of marriage. The couple had begun dating in the fall of 2006.
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- Eddie: (denying he is the father of Mel B's baby to a Dutch reporter) We're not together any more. And I don't know whose child that is, until it comes out and has a blood test. You shouldn't jump to conclusions, sir.
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- Eddie: The thing about kids is that they express emotion. They don't hold back. If they want to cry, they cry and if they are in a good mood, they're in a good mood.
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- Eddie: You know, making a movie is a collaborative effort and sometimes all the ingredients don't work out. I know that every now and again I am going to make a movie that won't work.
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