Eddie Murphy

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Eddie Murphy (2010)

Edward "Eddie" Regan Murphy (born April 3, 1961 in Brooklyn , New York ) is an American singer , actor and stand-up comedian , who is known for his quick speech. He is the younger brother of actor Charlie Murphy (1959-2017).

Live and act

Murphy in 1988

The son of a policeman and a telephone operator grew up in simple circumstances. When Eddie Murphy was three years old, his parents divorced and Eddie stayed with his mother; his father was murdered five years later.

When he was 15, he first appeared as a stand-up comedian in youth centers on Long Island . After high school, he joined the New York Comic Strip Club . In 1980 he became a member of the Saturday Night Live company . He was twice nominated for an Emmy for his achievements . Even then, his trademarks were his fast speaking speed and his cheeky, disrespectful manner.

His film debut was in 1982 Murphy in the film 48 Hrs , which was a great success and he was nominated for the Golden Globe Award as Best Newcomer earned. He was finally known for starring roles in The Soldiers of Fortune , for which he received an Emmy nomination, and the films from the Beverly Hills Cop series . In 1996 he achieved great success with the film The Crazy Professor , for which he received a Golden Globe nomination. In 2007, he won the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor for the film Dreamgirls .

2009 Murphy was in the comedy home the magic is going on (Engl. Imagine That ... ) to see. Before that, he starred in the movie Man, Dave! . The production cost 55 million US dollars and brought in just 11 million dollars in the USA. After Pluto Nash - In the Fight Against the Moon Mafia , the film is Murphy's second failure at the American box office. The film was more successful around the world, but overall it did not bring in its production costs. Even so, according to Forbes Magazine , Murphy was still one of Hollywood's top-earning actors. Between June 2007 and June 2008, he received fees of 55 million US dollars and, together with Mike Myers , ranks third behind Will Smith (80 million US dollars) and Johnny Depp (72 million US dollars).

In addition, Murphy was the voice actor for the cheeky donkey in the animated films Shrek and the sequels Shrek 2 and Shrek the Third and Shrek Forever After . He had already gained experience in this field in 1998 with the film Mulan .

Eddie Murphy is also still successful as a stage comedian. His programs have been released on two albums and have received multiple Grammy awards. Two of his most successful stand-up appearances to date achieved cult status: Delirious , a 90-minute show that was recorded in Washington, DC in front of an audience of around 5,000 to 6,000, and the other was Raw , about a year and a half later in New York recorded. During these performances parodying Eddie numerous stars such as Michael Jackson , Stevie Wonder , James Brown and was a parody of a homosexual Mr. T .

Murphy released the single Party All the Time in 1985 , a composition by soul funkist Rick James ( Super Freak , 1981). The record was sold millions of times, in contrast to the follow-up single Put Your Mouth on Me . In the early 1990s, Murphy recorded with Jamaica's reggae star Shabba Ranks I Was a King .

In May 1987, Eddie Murphy was allowed to immortalize his hand and footprints in fresh concrete in the courtyard of Grauman's Chinese Theater .

The comedy Another Thousand Words was completed in 2008, but was not released into cinemas until 2012. After that he was only seen in the cinema again in 2016 with the lead role in Mr. Church . Dolemite Is My Name followed in 2019 , in which he embodies Rudy Ray Moore .

Private

Murphy has ten children. He was married to Nicole Mitchell from 1993 to 2006. They lived in New Jersey with their children . This marriage resulted in five children. The couple separated in July 2005 and the marriage ended in divorce the following year. Two sons come from other relationships. From May 2006 Murphy was in a relationship with the ex- Spice-Girl Melanie Brown alias Mel B , who had a daughter on April 3, 2007. After the relationship ended, Murphy initially denied being the father until a DNA test proved otherwise. On January 1, 2008, he married the film producer Tracey Edmonds on the beach of a private Polynesian island off Bora Bora in the South Pacific; Only two weeks later, the couple separated again: "After long deliberations and discussions, we decided together to forego an official marriage." On May 3, 2016, his friend Paige Butcher gave birth to their daughter in Los Angeles November 2018 a son. The two have been a couple since 2012.

In May 1997, Eddie Murphy was stopped by the police while driving a car with a transsexual prostitute . This incident occurred shortly before the premiere of his film The Guru and resulted in significant PR problems.

Eddie Murphy is a member of the Freemasons Association ( Hollywood Lodge No. 542 ).

German dubbing voice

Eddie Murphy has always been dubbed by Randolf Kronberg since the beginning of his film career . When Kronberg died in March 2007, the dubbing was initially done by Dennis Schmidt-Foss , but in the drama Mr. Church from 2016 by Oliver Stritzel .

Filmography (selection)

actor

Screenwriter

  • 1983: Eddie Murphy Delirious
  • 1987: Beverly Hills Cop II
  • 1987: Coming to America
  • 1988: CBS Summer Playhouse
  • 1989: Harlem Nights
  • 1989: And again 48 hours (Another 48 Hrs.)
  • 1990: Status, Bro
  • 1991–1992: The Royal Family (TV series)
  • 1992: Boomerang
  • 1995: Vampires in Brooklyn
  • 1998: Saturday Night Live: The Best of Eddie Murphy
  • 1999–2001: Janitor Stubbs ( The PJs , TV series)
  • 2007: Norbitol

producer

Director

  • 1989: Harlem Nights

Discography

Albums

year Title
music label 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE UK UK US US R&B R&B
1982 Eddie Murphy
Columbia 38180 		- - US52
platinum
platinum

(53 weeks)US 		R&B26 (11 weeks)
R&B
First published: August 1982
live comedy album.
Recording: April 30th - May 1st, 1982, The Comic Strip, New York
1983 Comedian
Columbia 39005 		- - US35
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(44 weeks)US 		R&B10 (32 weeks)
R&B
First release: November 1983
Comedy live album
Recording: 17. – 18. August 1983, Constitution Hall , Washington
1985 How Could It Be
Columbia 39952 		- - US26th
gold
gold

(26 weeks)US 		R&B17 (25 weeks)
R&B
First published: October 1985
Executive Producer : Larkin Arnold
Producer: Aquil Fudge
1989 So Happy
Columbia 40970 		- - US70 (9 weeks)
US 		R&B22 (14 weeks)
R&B
First published: August 1989
Producers: Narada Michael Walden ,
David Allen Jones, Eddie Murphy
1992 Love's Alright
Motown 6354 		- - - R&B80 (2 weeks)
R&B
First published: March 1993
Producers: David Allen Jones, Eddie Murphy,
Ralph Hawkins, Trenten Gumbs

Compilations

  • 1992: I Got a Man / I Was a King (12inch vinyl, with Positive K )
  • 1997: Greatest Comedy Hits
  • 1998: All I “$% * @ * #” Know

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE UK UK US US R&B R&B
1982 Boogie in Your Butt
Eddie Murphy 		- - - R&B56 (8 weeks)
R&B
First published: September 1982
1985 Party All the Time
How Could It Be 		DE9 (12 weeks)
DE 		UK87 (3 weeks)
UK 		US2
platinum
platinum

(22 weeks)US 		R&B8 (23 weeks)
R&B
First published: September 1985
US dance charts: 19th place (10 weeks)
1986 How Could It Be
How Could It Be 		- - - R&B63 (9 weeks)
R&B
First published: January 1986
female voice: Crystal Blake
1989 Put Your Mouth on Me
So Happy 		- - US27 (13 weeks)
US 		R&B2 (15 weeks)
R&B
First published: July 1989
Till the Money's Gone
So Happy 		- - - R&B75 (5 weeks)
R&B
First release: October 1989
Backing vocals: Skyler Jett, Randy Jackson
1993 I Was a King
Love’s Alright 		DE98 (1 week)
DE 		UK64 (1 week)
UK 		- R&B61 (8 weeks)
R&B
First release: January 1993
feat. Shabba ranks
Whatzupwitu
Love’s Alright 		- - - R&B74 (6 weeks)
R&B
First published: April 1993
Guest singing: Michael Jackson

More singles

  • 1982: Enough Is Enough (released July)
  • 1983: Singers / The Barbecue (Promo)
  • 1993: Desdemona
  • 1997: Eddie's Laff Traxxx (12inch Promo)
  • 2013: Red Light ( feat.Snoop Lion )
  • 2015: Oh Jah Jah

Music videos

  • 1985: Party All the Time
  • 1992: Remember the Time (by Michael Jackson): role of the Pharaoh in the music video
  • 1993: Whatzupwitu (with Michael Jackson)
  • 2013: Red Light (feat.Snoop Lion aka Snoop Dogg)

Awards

Murphy's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

grammy

  • 1983 : for the album Comedian as Best Comedy Performance Single or Album, Spoken or Musical

Golden Globe Award

Oscar

  • 2007: Nomination for Best Supporting Actor in Dreamgirls

Golden Raspberry

Eddie Murphy was the first man to one year in three acting categories with a Golden Raspberry Awards honored was. One of them even for a role opposite to his gender (worst supporting actress) .

This record was only set in 2012 by Adam Sandler with his film Jack and Jill (2011) with a total of 10 Golden Raspberries .

Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards

  • 2011: Award as favorite voice in an animated film

Mark Twain Prize

  • 2015: Award for his humorous work

swell

  1. ↑ cf. Johnson, Wesley: Hollywood's Top Earners . Press Association Newsfile, July 23, 2008, 4:38 PM BST
  2. ↑ Stern Online: Comedian impregnates Spice Girl
  3. ↑ SternOnline: DNA test "convicted" Eddie Murphy
  4. ↑ SternOnline: Yes, I want - no more
  5. Jump up ↑ SPON: Eddie Murphy split two weeks after saying yes , January 17, 2008
  6. ↑ Eddie Murphy became a father for the ninth time , top.de. May 4, 2016. Archived from the original on May 4, 2016. 
  7. ↑ Evening newspaper: Baby number 10 is here , accessed on December 4, 2018
  8. ↑ Dennis McDougal: The Mavens Speak , The New York Times. August 9, 2006. Retrieved May 1, 2010. 
  9. ↑ Owen Wilson Sits Out 'Drillbit Taylor' Promotion , The Los Angeles Times. March 20, 2008. 
  10. ↑ Eddie Murphy: List of Famous Freemasons . navesinklodge9.org. Archived from the original on September 29, 2013. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 24, 2012. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.navesinklodge9.org
  11. ^ Wisdom Lodge List of Famous Freemasons . Wisdom Lodge # 202 Pasadena, CA. Archived from the original on January 28, 2013. Retrieved January 23, 2012.
  12. ↑ a b Chart sources: DE UK US
  13. ↑ a b gold / platinum database US
  14. ^ Joel Whitburn : Top R&B Albums 1965–1998, ISBN 0-89820-134-9
  15. ^ Joel Whitburn : Hot R&B Songs 1942–2010: 6th Edition, ISBN 978-0-89820-186-4 .
  16. ^ Joel Whitburn : Hot Dance / Disco 1974-2003, ISBN 978-0-89820-156-7

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SURNAME Murphy, Eddie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Murphy, Edward Regan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American singer, actor and comedian
DATE OF BIRTH April 3, 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Brooklyn , New York , NY , United States