Eddie Murphy

Eddie Murphy is a Golden Globe-winning and Grammy Award-winning actor and comedian.  Murphy at the age of 19 joined the regular cast of Saturday Night Live television show on NBC and became one of the most popular cast members with his parody of Buckwheat from the Little Rascals and an... More

Eddie Murphy is a Golden Globe-winning and Grammy Award-winning actor and comedian.  Murphy at the age of 19 joined the regular cast of Saturday Night Live television show on NBC and became one of the most popular cast members with his parody of Buckwheat from the Little Rascals and an inner-city black parody of Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood known as Mister Robinson's Neighborhood.  Murphy left the show midway through the 1983–1984 season, appearing in filmed sketches for the remainder of that season and went on to become one of the most successful comic film stars of the 1980s with films that have grossed more than $1 billion including 48 Hrs, Trading Places, and his signature role as Axel Foley in the 1984 comedy Beverly Hills Cop.  Murphy's popularity dropped in the early 1990s as a result of a string of movie flops such as Beverly Hills Cop III, Vampire in Brooklyn and The Distinguished Gentleman.  

Murphy staged a box office comeback in the mid-1990s with a career makeover that included a string of family-friendly movies including The Nutty Professor, Dr. Dolittle, Daddy Day Care, and Shrek. 

In his personal life, Murphy was once-married to Nicole Mitchell and have five children together.

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