Edward Regan Murphy

Eddie Murphy - a cult American comedian, the star hour of which fell in the 80s. Paintings such as "48 Hours," "The Beverly Hills Cop," "A Trip to America," "Switch," "Dr. Doolittle" and many others made him a star of the first magnitude. In addition, Murphy is known as a musician who recorded several solo albums, and as a stand-up comedian.

Eddie was born in New York Brooklyn and became the second child in the family: his parents already had the eldest son Charlie, who also became an actor. The boys' mother, named Lillian, worked as a telephone company, and Charles' father Edward Murphy served in the police force. Despite the fact that Eddie's father died when he was only 8 years old, it is obvious that it was from his father that the boy inherited his acting talent - Charles at the amateur level performed in the theater, as well as gave performances as a comedian.

After the death of his father Eddie and his brother Charlie lived in a foster home for a year, as for the mother the loss of her husband was such a huge tragedy that she was admitted to the hospital. The woman later married ice cream company employee Vernon Lynch and took the children.

Murphy's gift of making people laugh in elementary school, which made him popular with classmates and even teachers. From the age of 15, Eddie has been performing in clubs with author's jokes and it was as a stand-up comedian who achieved his first recognition.

Thanks to his humor, Eddie Murphy got on television and for several years appeared in the mega-demanded weekly show "Saturday Night Live", in which he played several roles. And from this show program the actor stepped into the cinema.

In 1982, Eddie Murphy made his police comedy debut in "48 Hours" and instantly woke up famous. The following films, "Change Places," "The Best Way to Protect," "Golden Child" and especially "A Trip to America" made him one of the most beloved actors of the 80s.

But the greatest success was achieved by the crime comedy "The Police man from Beverly Hills", in which Murphy played Detective Axel Foley. Interestingly, initially this character was to be portrayed by Sylvester Stallone, but for certain circumstances the directors and producers replaced him with Eddie, and, as time has shown, did not lose.

Later, the actor had a creative crisis. To overcome it, he sat down in the director's chair and created the film "Harlem Nights." The picture had a good box office, but was harshly criticized by experts and even received an anti-award "Golden Raspberry" for the worst-case scenario.

He reverted his disposition to his persona Eddie Murphy with the help of the grotesque comedy "The Nutty Professor." In the new century, the actor continued to delight fans with his works: "The Haunted Mansion," "Norbit's Tricks," "How to Steal a Skyscraper," "A Thousand Words." It is impossible to ignore the only non-comedy role of Murphy in his career: in the musical drama "Dreamgirls" he portrayed R'amp;B-singer James Earley.

The actor also created an absolutely brilliant voiceover of a donkey in the cult cartoon "Shrek". This cartoon has yet to provide the actor with a job. In 2004 and 2007, numbered sequels were released, as well as in 2007 the short Christmas cartoon "Shrek Frost, Green Nose" and in 2010 - "Shrek Forever". Then came two more short films in the same franchise: "Christmas Shrektakl Donkey" and "Shrek's Exciting Stories."

The actor also performed a number of songs that sounded in the finale of cartoons. In the first film, Eddie Murphy's voice was the famous "I'm a Believer", and in the second actor, along with Antonio Banderas, who voiced the role of a cat in boots, sang Ricky Martin's hit "Livin' La Vida Loca".

But even the box office animated franchise could not return the comedian to its former popularity.

In 2010, Eddie Murphy received the Golden Raspberry Award in the anniversary nomination for Worst Actor of the Decade. The reason for the nomination was named by the organizers as "The Adventures of Pluto Nash," "The Fool of All," "Imagine," "Meet Dave," "Norbit's Tricks" and "The Show Begins," for which the actor has been nominated for the same anti-award, but in classic nominations.

In 2012, Eddie Murphy was recognized as the most overrated and unprofitable star in Hollywood. It turns out that the actor among all colleagues with similar fees brings the film companies the least income. According to Forbes magazine, which compiled this list, for every dollar spent on the actor's fee, producers get back an average of 2.3.

Also crucial facts to place Eddie Murphy at the top of the list of overrated celebrities, was the actor's refusal to lead the prestigious Academy Award in the same 2012. It has already been announced that the actor will hold the 84th Academy Awards ceremony, but Eddie Murphy flatly refused to perform.

The reason for this act the actor called the dismissal of the producer of the program director Brett Ratner, who called Murphy to lead the ceremony. The fact that Ratner was suspended for inappropriate comment ingesited by sex minorities also did not add points to the actor in the eyes of journalists.

In addition, the creators of the rating recalled that the last films with the participation of the actor - "A Thousand Words", "Meet Dave" and "Imagine" - failed at the box office.

The top five most unprofitable actors also included Katherine Heigl, Reese Witherspoon, Sandra Bullock and Jack Black.

Whether the rating was the decisive last straw or the case came to this course, but after 2012 in the creative biography of Eddie Murphy began a long break.

Eddie Murphy is not the only sought-after comedian and Hollywood actor. He was a bright performer both as the lead singer of The Bus Boys and as a solo artist. Some of his songs appeared in movies as soundtracks, such as "The Boys Are Backin Town" in the comedy "48 Hours", and in the animated film "Shrek" Eddie plays Ricky Martin's hit "Livin' La Vida Loca" with Antonio Banderas, as well as "I'm a Believer".

One of the singer's solo albums, "Comedian", released in 1983, was even awarded the highest musical award "Grammy". Murphy sang and paired with his friend, pop singer Michael Jackson. They can be seen together in the music videos of the King of Pop "Remember the Time" and "Whatzupwitu".

Before the first official union, Eddie Murphy had not only a few stellar romances with colleagues, but also two children born out of wedlock. Paulette McNally gave birth to his first child Eric, and Tamara Goode's second son Christian.

In 1991, the actor began dating model and designer Nicole Mitchell, whom he had met three years earlier. In 1993, a luxurious wedding was played at the Plaza Hotel in New York, and Eddie and Nicole became husband and wife. Over the years, the couple gave birth to five children, but in 2005 Murphy and Mitchell broke up, and a year later ended the relationship officially and definitively.

The next lover of the famous comedian was the ex-vocalist of the cult group "Spice Girls" Melanie Brown. They lived for some time in a civil marriage, the woman gave birth to a daughter Angel Iris Murphy-Brown. Despite the fact that the child has his last name, Eddie for a long time did not want to recognize this baby and agreed only after confirming his paternity with the help of a DNA test.

In 2008, the actor married for the second time to film producer Tracy Edmonds. The wedding took place on the island near Bora Bora, but the marriage was concluded without official civil representatives, so under U.S. law was declared invalid. For the past four years, Eddie Murphy has been dating young model Paige Butcher, who gave birth to his daughter Izzy Una Murphy in early May 2016, the ninth child of the famous artist.

In 2016, Eddie Murphy returned to screens, starring in the drama "Mr. Church." The film was an adaptation of the story of the American writer and video blogger Susan McMartin, on account of which at that time was involved in writing scripts of individual episodes for the popular SERIES "Californication", "Two and a Half Men" and others.

The story and the film takes place in the 70s of the 20th century, which leaves an imprint on the relationship of the characters. Henry Joseph Church, played by Eddie Murphy, is a servant in the home of a single mother with cancer. Mr. Church helps a sick woman, and also supports her daughter after the death of her mother, when the life of the hero is already out.

The film received negative reviews from film critics. The audience saw problems both in the plot and in the presentation of this plot. Many would be more interested to see what is happening through the eyes of Mr. Church, rather than through the prism of the perception of a constantly asking hero for the help of a girl. However, Eddie Murphy himself received positive reviews for his acting.

In 2017, rumors surfaced that Eddie Murphy had started filming the biographical drama "Richard Pryor: Did I Say Something?" and the comedy "Triples."

1982 - "48 Hours"

1983 - "Switching Places"

1984 - "Beverly Hills Cop"

1988 - "A Trip to America"

1996 - "The Nutty Professor"

1998 - "Dr. Doolittle"

1999 - "Cool Guy"

2006 - "Dreamgirls"

2009 - "Imagine"

2011 - "How to Steal a Skyscraper"

2012 - "A Thousand Words"

2016 - "Mr. Church"

1980 - Minimum Wage Rock & Roll

1982 - American Worker

1982 - Eddie Murphy

1983 - Comedian

1985 - How Could It Be

1988 - Money Don't Make No Man

1989 - So Happy

1993 - Love's Alright

1998 - All I Fuckin' Know

2013 - Red Light

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