Eddie Murphy

He has a son with Tamara Hood, named Christian Murphy, born on November 29, 1990 and another son with Paulette McNeely named Eric Murphy, born on July 10, 1989.

He began a relationship with a lawyer, Nicole Mitchell, in 1988 and got married to her on March 18, 1993 after two years of live-in relationship. They were blessed with five children. On April 17, 2006, they got divorced after 13 years of marriage.

After his divorce, he began dating Spice Girl ‘Melanie Brown’, who became pregnant and gave birth to a girl on April 3, 2007 which was later confirmed to be Murphy’s daughter, Angel Iris Murphy Brown.

He was born on April 3, 1961 in Brooklyn, New York to Lillian, a telephone operator and Charles Edward Murphy, a New York police officer and an amateur comedian.

His parents got divorced when he was three years old. When he was five, his father died and his mother became very ill. As a result, he and his elder brother, Charlie, lived in foster care for a year.

When he was nine, his mother married Vernon Lynch, a foreman at an ice cream plant and the family moved to the primarily African-American suburb of Roosevelt, Long Island.

As a kid, he used to watch a lot of television and impersonated characters such as Bugs Bunny and Bullwinkle. He was voted as the “most popular” of his graduating class because of his witty humor.

He got enrolled in Nassau Community College and worked part time as a shoe store clerk. He also used to perform at local clubs and bars.

In 1981, he auditioned for a role in NBC’s popular late night comedy show, ‘Saturday Night Fever’, and got selected. He performed periodically in the show until one night, when a few minutes of airtime was left without any content, he was asked to fill it with his stand-up performance.

His performance was delightful and he became one of the main comedians in the show thereafter. He created memorable characters such as Mister Robinson, an urban version of TV’s Mister Rogers and an illiterate convict and poet named Tyrone Green.

In 1982, he got his first major movie role in ‘48 Hours’, alongside Nick Nolte. The film was a commercial success and Murphy was highly appreciated for his charming performance in it. It was followed by his next successful movie venture ‘Trading Places’ in 1983.

In 1984, his performance in the movie ’Beverly Hills Cop’ made him a superstar and he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for his performance in the film.He also appeared in its sequel in 1987, ‘Beverly Hills Cop II’, which too was a commercial success.

His next successful movie was a romantic comedy ‘Coming to America’ with Arsenio Hall, in 1988. In 1990, he took a break from movies after the failure of his movie ‘Another 48 Hours’, a sequel to his 1982 flick ‘48 Hours’.

He did one of the finest works of his career in the 1996 comedy ‘The Nutty Professor’ gaining worldwide popularity and appreciation.

His endearing performance as the soul singer in the 2006 movie adaptation of the musical, ‘Dreamgirls’ was highly praised and admired by everyone. It also won him several awards and nominations.