- Older brother of Eddie Murphy.
- Was in the U.S. Navy until 1984.
- In 1986 he wrote a screenplay titled "The Peddler" and sold it to Paramount for $150,000. As of today, the film remains unmade.
- Ran with a street gang early in his life.
- In his semi-true sketches, "Charlie Murphy's True Hollywood Stories", Charlie plays himself as the nemesis of Dave Chappelle's character in Chappelle's Show (2003). Most famously in these sketches, Murphy was repeatedly bitch-slapped by Rick James (as played by Chappelle) and was crushed at basketball by Prince (also played by Chappelle).
- Was half of the hip-hop duo K-9 Posse.
- His nickname as a teenager was "Omar".
- Son of Lillian Lynch.
- Nephew of Uncle Ray Murphy.
- Stepbrother of Vernon Lynch.
- Cousin of Ray Murphy Jr..
- Ex-brother-in-law of Nicole Mitchell Murphy.
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