Eddie Murphy was born in Brooklyn New York, in 1961, the youngest son of Lillian Murphy, a widow who married Vernon Lynch, the step-father of Eddie, his brother Charles Q. Murphy, and Vernon Jr. Eddie himself had aspirations of being in show business since he was a child. A bright kid growing up in the streets of New York...See full bio »
2007Shrek the Third
(performer: "Thank You Falettin Me Be Mice Elf Again")
2006Dreamgirls
(performer: "Fake Your Way to the Top", "Cadillac Car", "Steppin' to the Bad Side", "I Want You Baby", "Patience", "I Meant You No Harm", "Jimmy's Rap")
2005Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost & Found
(TV documentary)
(performer: "Ebony and Ivory" - uncredited, "Won't You Be My Neighbor" - uncredited, "Lookin' for Love" - uncredited, "Bette Davis Eyes" - uncredited)
2004Shrek 2
(performer: "One" 1968, "Theme from 'Rawhide'" 1958, "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now" 1979, "Tomorrow" 1977, "Livin' La Vida Loca" 1999, "All By Myself" 1975)
1998Mulan
(performer: "I'll Make a Man Out of You")
1998Saturday Night Live: The Best of Eddie Murphy
(video documentary)
(performer: "Won't You Be My Neighbor" - uncredited, "Three Times a Lady" - uncredited, "Lookin' for Love" - uncredited, "Bette Davis Eyes" - uncredited, "Paloma Blanca" - uncredited, "Ebony and Ivory" - uncredited, "Tutti Frutti" - uncredited, "I Want to Hold Your Hand" - uncredited, "Love Me Do" - uncredited, "My Cherie Amour" - uncredited)
[in 1985] I'd like to produce, direct, write, score, and star in a film in exactly the way [Charles Chaplin] did. I'll do that before I'm thirty.
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Trivia:
Has a state of the art recording studio in his basement. Simon Cowell once heard an album Murphy put out and called it "crap".
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Trademark:
Often plays multiple characters in one movie
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