Eddie Murphy

Age: 48
Height: 5' 9 1/2"

Birth Place: Brooklyn, New York, USA
Born: Apr. 3rd, 1961

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Eddie Murphy's Main TV Roles

Show	Character(s)
Shrek The Halls	Donkey

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB

BIOGRAPHY:

Eddie Murphy's father died when Eddie was quite young, and he, his brother, and step-brother were raised by his mother, a telephone-company employee, and his stepfather, a foreman at a Breyer's Ice Cream plant. His comic talent was evident from an early age, and by 15 he was writing and performing his own routines at youth centers and local bars, as well as at the Roosevelt High School auditorium. Eventually, Murphy made it to a Manhattan showcase, The Comic Strip. The club's co-owners, Robert Wachs and Richard Tienken, were so impressed with Murphy's ability that they agreed to manage his career. Wachs and Tienken succeeded in getting Murphy an audition for the revamped "Saturday Night Live" (1975), where he was eventually cast as a featured player, but by the end of his first season, however, he had moved up to star status.

TRIVIA:

Dated actress 'Halle Berry' (qv).
Did stand-up comedy at the same Bay Area Comedy Club as 'Robin Williams (I)' (qv) and Caryn Johnson (whose stage name eventually became 'Whoopi Goldberg' (qv)) before getting into acting.
Was cast by _"Saturday Night Live" (1975)_ (qv) and NBC when he was 19 years old.
Dated 'Robin Givens' (qv).
(2008) Sold his Granite Bay vacation home, near Sacramento, for $6.1 million shortly after divorcing ex-wife, Nicole.
Although arguably the biggest movie star ever to come out of _"Saturday Night Live" (1975)_ (qv), he has never attended a cast reunion and is not known to even talk about having been on the show.
He doesn't drink alcohol, smoke cigarettes and the only drug he takes is caffeine.
Was criticized tremendously by 'Spike Lee' (qv) for not using his show business stature to help black actors break into film.

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