Eddie Murphy is a famous and popular American actor and singer. He writes scripts, makes films, acts as a producer in many. One of the stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame belongs to him, the winner of the Golden Globe, Oscar nominee for his supporting role in the film Dream Girl.
Biography
The full name of the actor is Edgard Regan Murphy. The future movie star was born in Brooklyn, USA on April 3, 1961. His father worked in the transport police, but at heart he was a comic actor. When he died, Eddie was 8 years old. Mom then worked as an operator at a telephone exchange and it was very difficult for her to raise two sons without the main breadwinner. She was very upset with such a sad event in her life. It was so bad that I got very sick and was taken to the hospital. These difficulties forced her to temporarily send her children to a foster family. She later married an ordinary worker in an ice cream factory.
Despite the fact that Eddie Murphy's childhood can hardly be called happy, he managed to be very funny and funny, he constantly participated in all the staging activities at school. For his easy character, ability to cheer and positive Eddie Murphy was loved by everyone - classmates and teachers. By the way, it was his stepfather who became for Eddie the person who was the first to appreciate his talent and tried to motivate the boy to go further and achieve his goals.
Career
After leaving school, the young talented guy became a regular member of American clubs, acted as a stand-up comedian. He was especially good at parodies of celebrities. It is this skill that has helped him to become visible on the television show "Saturday Night Live". After many years of successful performances on the show, Eddie Murphy was appreciated and offered to act in films. At that time he was only 21 years old. It was 1982, which can be called the most successful; it was at this time that a real takeoff in his career began. The very first role of a charming and cheerful criminal in the film "48 Hours" made Eddie a recognizable and investment-attractive actor. All of America fell in love with this handsome, talented and interesting actor. Incidentally, this comedy gave Eddie a Golden Globe nomination. Further, the painting "They were changed places", which was loved by many. It was a success and another nomination.
In 1984, the young actor got the lead role in the hit action movie with elements of the comedy Beverly Hills Cop. For his excellent performance he was again awarded a Golden Globe nomination. Eddie is very lucky. He starred in a film project where he could behave absolutely naturally, with his inherent demeanor, a sense of humor. Initially, Sylvester Stallone was invited to the project, but he was forced to refuse due to employment in other filming, and the role went to Eddie Murphy.
In 1986, Eddie starred in the successful The Nutty Professor. And, as a result, another nomination for the Golden Globe Award. By the way, in the sequel to the film, Eddie Murphy is the performer and producer.
Everything was going great. However, after the next film, Doctor Dolittle, the film career began to decline. But not for long. Eddie was actively filming, but the films did not gain the popularity that came to the first tapes. And in 2006 he took part in the filming of the film-drama Dream Girl, which brought Eddie Murphy an Oscar nomination and the long-awaited Golden Globe film award. Here Eddie played the singer James Earley, thus showing that he can play dramatic roles.
Of course, not everything went so smoothly. Along with the awards that Eddie Murphy received deservedly for his talent, he also had anti-awards. One of them - "Golden Raspberry" - evaluates the worst scenarios, direction, musical accompaniment, costumes and, of course, roles.
Eddie Murphy is a multiple Golden Raspberry recipient. For example, for films: "Fool Everyone", "Meet Dave", "The Adventures of Pluto Nash", "Norbit's Tricks", "Imagine", "The Show Begins".
Now the actor is 51 years old and has an impressive track record.
Apart from filming the Saturday Night Live TV show, there are 47 released films, including 11 animated films.
In cartoons about Shrek, the actor himself sang songs. Eddie Murphy's work as a voice actor for the cartoon was highly praised by film critics, some said that it would be better if no one voiced such a chatty donkey. For this work, the actor was nominated for a BAFTA. The nomination was awarded in the category "For Best Supporting Actor" and such an event was the only one in history that the nomination was awarded not for acting talent, but for the voice acting of an animated character.
By the way, Eddie Murphy has shown a multifaceted talent in acting many times. In the movie "A Trip to America" he introduced four completely different characters, and as many as seven characters in the movie "The Nutty Professor."
The last film "Mr. Church" was released in 2016 and since then almost nothing has been heard about the actor regarding his film career. Now the name of Eddie Murphy is more associated with divorces and scandals.
Personal life
Eddie Murphy is a father with many children who had several companions in life.
In 1983 he married a beautiful girl with a serious profession - lawyer Nicole Mitchell. In this marriage, five children were born. The divorce took place on the initiative of the wife in 2006.
After the divorce, Murphy did not stay alone for long and soon got a new girl, beautiful, bright. It was Melanie Brown, a singer and former member of the popular girl group Spice girls, who took the pseudonym Mel C. Soon, Melanie informed the community and the actor about her pregnancy. However, Eddie Murphy denied his possible paternity until a DNA test confirmed this fact. A few months after the birth of her daughter Angel Iris Murphy-Brown, the singer will note that Eddie is not interested in her daughter and does not accept any activity in her upbringing.
In 2008, Eddie married Tracy Edmonds, despite the fact that it happened on the island of Bora Bora, and this marriage was considered invalid in the United States of America. It was necessary to make his registration in the homeland of the actor, however, the couple did not rush to do this. After 14 days, they parted.
In 2012, Eddie Murphy was spotted in the company of model Paige Butcher, who over the course of several years will give him two children, the last of whom was born in 2018.
In total, Eddie Murphy has ten children.
By the way, according to the actor, it was paternity that made him reconsider the possibility of participating in dubious films. Now it is important for him to act in those projects that he will not be ashamed to show to his children later.
