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Eddie Murphy
Edward Regan Murphy is an American comedian, actor, and singer. He is widely recognized as one of the most influential Black artists in the entertainment industry, and one of the greatest comedians of all time. He had his breakthrough as a stand-up comic before gaining stardom for his film roles; He has received several accolades including a Golden Globe Award, a Grammy Award, and an Emmy Award as…
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entertainment · American comedian, actor, and singer (born 1961) · comedian · film actor · screenwriter · television actor · voice actor · film producer · film director · singer · television producer · director · also Eddie Murphy, Edward Murphy, Edward Regan Murphy, Murphy
Born 3 April 1961 · Q43874
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It just as easily could have gone, ‘Okay, I’ll give it a try.’ But I was like, ‘Oh, no, I’m okay.’ I think about that sometimes, especially now that both of them are gone.
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2026· 9 entries
“It just as easily could have gone, ‘Okay, I’ll give it a try.’ But I was like, ‘Oh, no, I’m okay.’ I think about that sometimes, especially now that both of them are gone.”
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“you just assume he’s in the room in the dark, smoking a cigarette with his foot in a bucket of s—.”
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“Every now and then when I think about it, I think, ‘What would I even talk about onstage?’ It’s never been, ‘I wonder if I’m funny. I wonder if I can come up with jokes.’ It’s more, ‘What would it be like without the leather suit and the anger?’”
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“It was the biggest thing in the news at the time. I can see why they thought it would be funny, and the sketch that Norm [Macdonald] wrote was hysterical.”
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“s still the funniest guy around. | The Washington Post Sections Eddie Murphy hasn’t told a joke onstage in 28 years. He’s still the funniest guy around. Share Facebook Twitter Email The Real King of Comedy Eddie Murphy hasn”
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The Guardian: The Shards review – murder, 80s mayhem and the Ryan Murphy comeback we’ve been waiting for
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The Guardian: Sex, drugs and serial killers: inside Ryan Murphy and Bret Easton Ellis’s lurid TV thriller
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Public attention spiked: 27,497 Wikipedia readers in one day, 4.8× the usual 5,757, with 6 article edits. Editors noted: Influences Added content + citation.
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2025· 1 entry
Snopes rated the claim “Actor Eddie Murphy testified at rapper Sean "Diddy" Combs' sex-trafficking trial in May or early June 2025.” False.
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2023· 1 entry
And the 51st AFI Life Achievement Award in 2026
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2022· 1 entry
It was announced that Murphy will portray George Clinton in an untitled biopic, with John Davis and Catherine Davis producing through Davis Entertainment
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2020· 3 entries
fact checker rated the claim “In Paris in the1980s, someone took a photo of Eddie Murphy eating steak frites off a nude models backside.” fake.
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Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for Saturday Night Live (2020).
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Won his first Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for hosting Saturday Night Live
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2019· 1 entry
Murphy re-ignited the feud while hosting Saturday Night Live during his opening monologue, stating "My kids are pretty much my whole life now, but if you would have told me 30 years ago that I would be this boring, stay-
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2018· 2 entries
Snopes rated the claim “Actor/comedia Eddie Murphy died in a car crash in 2018.” False.
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Lead Stories rated the claim “Eddie Murphy actor and comedian, dies at 54” False.
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2017· 1 entry
Published video “EddieMurphyVevo Live Stream”.
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2016· 2 entries
It was confirmed that Murphy was still set to reprise his role as Axel Foley in a fourth film
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Murphy had a daughter Izzy Oona by Australian model Paige Butcher, whom he had been dating since 2012
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2015· 6 entries
Murphy was awarded the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D
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Awarded Mark Twain Prize for American Humor (2015).
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Published video “Eddie Murphy "Oh Jah Jah" [OFFICIAL]”.
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It was announced that Murphy would play comedian Richard Pryor's father, LeRoy Pryor, in the upcoming biopic directed by Lee Daniels with Mike Epps playing Pryor; as of 2019, the project remains in development hell
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His films made him the sixth-highest grossing actor in the United States
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The Critics' Choice Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2019, the Golden Globe Cecil B
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2014· 3 entries
Published video “Eddie Murphy - How Could It Be”.
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Published video “Eddie Murphy - Party All the Time (Official Video)”.
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It was announced that Murphy would team up with Boomerang co-star Halle Berry in a new film titled Miles and Me
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2013· 8 entries
Published video “Eddie Murphy - Desdamona [Official Music Video] [1993]”.
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Published video “Eddie Murphy - Promise (You Won't Break My Heart) [Official Video]”.
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It was announced that Murphy would star in the fourth film of the Beverly Hills Cop series
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Published video “Eddie Murphy - Temporary (Lyric Video)”.
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Published video “Eddie Murphy - Put Your Mouth On Me (Official Video)”.
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Published video “Eddie Murphy - Red Light ft. Snoop Lion (Official Video)”.
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Published video “Eddie Murphy ft. Snoop Lion - Red Light (Teaser)”.
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Released his first single in many years titled "Red Light", a reggae song featuring Snoop Dogg
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2011· 1 entry
That Murphy would host the 84th Academy Awards in 2012
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2010· 1 entry
That Murphy was becoming a more involved father
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2008· 2 entries
The couple released a statement describing the ceremony as a symbolic union: "After much consideration and discussion, we have jointly decided that we will forgo having a legal ceremony as it is not necessary to define o
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In a private ceremony on an island off Bora Bora
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2007· 5 entries
Representatives for Brown announced that a DNA test had confirmed Murphy was the child's father
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Awarded Grammy Awards (2007).
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Won Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture for Dreamgirls (2007).
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But lost to Alan Arkin for his performance in Little Miss Sunshine—it was speculated that one of the reasons Murphy lost out on winning the Academy Award was the negative reviews of his subsequent film Norbit, released i
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Murphy was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
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2006· 1 entry
Murphy began dating former Spice Girl Melanie Brown, who became pregnant and claimed the child was Murphy's
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2004· 1 entry
VH-1 and Blender voted "Party All the Time" number seven among the "50 Worst Songs of All-Time"
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1998· 1 entry
Released album “All I "$%*#@*#" Know”.
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1997· 2 entries
Released album “Greatest Comedy Hits”.
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Murphy was stopped by police in West Hollywood, California, at 4:45 a
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1993· 1 entry
Released album “Love's Alright”.
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1992· 1 entry
Murphy appeared in the music video for Michael Jackson's "Remember the Time" alongside Magic Johnson and Iman
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1990· 2 entries
Won Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screenplay for Harlem Nights (1990).
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Murphy would again do another impression of Cosby as he was being filmed onstage, with Cosby's reaction being unrecorded
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1989· 3 entries
Released album “So Happy”.
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Murphy and Cosby were actually never able to resolve their tensions
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Cosby appeared more interested in interacting with Pryor
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1988· 1 entry
Murphy and his Eddie Murphy Television Enterprises company had struck a deal with CBS
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1985· 1 entry
Released album “How Could It Be”.
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1984· 1 entry
The highest-grossing comedy of all time, and the highest-grossing R-rated film of all time; as of May 2018, it was 46th in the list of all-time U
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1983· 1 entry
Released album “Eddie Murphy: Comedian”.
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1982· 2 entries
Murphy made his big-screen debut in the film 48 Hrs
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Released album “Eddie Murphy”.
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1981· 1 entry
And that his Cosby parodies which he began doing in the 1980s in fact reflected his real life animosity towards Cosby
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1976· 1 entry
The date with which Murphy marks the beginning of his career, he performed in a talent show at the Roosevelt Youth Center, doing an impersonation of singer Al Green as Green's song "Let's Stay Together" played
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1961· 2 entries
Born 1961-04-03.
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In Brooklyn, a borough of New York City, and raised in the borough's Bushwick neighborhood
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