PROFILE: Eddie Murphy

Actor, singer, and stand-up comedian Eddie Murphy became a superstar in the 1980s and one of the highest grossing box office actors in America, famous for comedy and voice roles such as Beverly Hills Cop, Coming to America, Shrek, Dr Dolittle, and The Nutty Professor. His stand-up work was dominant in the 1980s with rock and roll level fandom, often rude language, personal, observational, and controversial humour – he was simply cool. Murphy has a highly anticipated revisit to his hit character Axel Foley in Beverley Hills Cop 4: Axel Foley coming out in summer 2024, and there are rumours of a long-awaited return to stand-up tour. Background Edward (known as Eddie) Regan Murphy was born on April 3rd, 1961, in Brooklyn, New York. His mother, Lillian was a telephone operator, and his father, Charles was a police officer and an amateur actor and comedian who was reportedly murdered in 1969. When his single mother became ill, Murphy who was 8 years old and his older brother Charlie were sent to live in foster care for a year where Murphy developed his sense of humour to get himself and his brother through the tough times. Later, they lived in Roosevelt, New York, with his […]