He was a victim of the Murphy charm (laughs). My mother and father broke up when I was three and he died when I was eight, so I have very dim memories. His mother, Lillian (Laney), was a telephone operator, and his father, Charles Edward Murphy (1940–1969), was a transit police officer and an amateur actor and comedian. Murphy was born in Brooklyn, New York City and raised in the borough's Bushwick neighborhood.
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In 2020, he won his first Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for hosting Saturday Night Live. In 2015, Murphy was awarded the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor by the John F. In 2015, his films made him the sixth-highest grossing actor in the United States. As of 2016, Murphy's films have grossed over $3.8 billion ( $6.5 billion adjusted for inflation) in the United States and Canada box office, and over $6.7 billion worldwide. He has played multiple roles in Coming to America (1988), Wes Craven's Vampire in Brooklyn (1995), the Nutty Professor films, Bowfinger (1999), The Adventures of Pluto Nash (2002), Norbit (2007), and Meet Dave (2008). In some films he plays multiple roles in addition to his main character this is intended as a tribute to one of his idols, Peter Sellers. Murphy has worked as a voice actor, including roles playing the Chinese dragon Mushu in Disney's Mulan (1998), Thurgood Stubbs in the sitcom The PJs (1999–2001), and Donkey in DreamWorks Animation's Shrek series (2001–2010). In 2007, Murphy won the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor and received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of soul singer James "Thunder" Early in the musical film Dreamgirls. He has also won numerous awards for his work on the fantasy comedy film Dr. (1982), the Beverly Hills Cop (1984–present), Trading Places (1983), The Nutty Professor (1996), and Dolemite Is My Name (2019).
In films, Murphy has received Golden Globe Award nominations for his performances in 48 Hrs. 10 on Comedy Central's list of the 100 Greatest Stand-ups of All Time. Murphy has also worked as a stand-up comedian and was ranked No. He rose to fame on the sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live, for which he was a regular cast member from 1980 to 1984.
Edward Regan Murphy (born April 3, 1961) is an American actor, comedian, writer, producer, and singer.
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