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Eddie Murphy comments

Edward Regan Murphy

Born:
(now 51 years old)

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Eddie Murphy is an Academy Award-nominated, Golden Globe-, Grammy-, Screen Actors Guild Award-winning American actor, film director, producer, comedian and singer.

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  • 1980
    Made his Saturday Night Live debut in a skit called "In Search of the Negro Republican"
    1 !
  • 1982
    big screen debut in the 48 Hrs. alongside Nick Nolte
    4 !
  • 1983
    starred in Trading Places alongside fellow SNL alumnus Dan Aykroyd
    5 !
  • 1984
    Starred in the successful action film Beverly Hills Cop
    10 !
  • 1985
    sued by King Broder for $30 million for breach of contract
    -5 !
  • 1994
    Starred in the critically- panned Beverly Hills Cop III
    -3 !
  • 1996
    Starred as the Nutty Professor
    4 !
  • 1997
    stopped by police with a transsexual prostitute in his car
    -3 !
  • 2001
    Provided voice for the character Donkey in the animated movie Shrek
    8 !
  • 2002
    Starred in The Adventures of Pluto Nash, one of the biggest theatrical money-losers of all time, grossing just $7 million worldwide on a reported $110 million budget
    -5 !
  • 2006
    March 1: dated Spice Girl Melanie B or Melanie Brown, who became pregnant and stated that the child was his
    -2 !
  • 2006
    September 1: won a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor for his role as soul singer James "Thunder" Early in Dreamgirls
    6 !
  • 2007
    June 22: representatives for Melanie Brown announced in People that a DNA test had confirmed that Murphy was the father
    -4 !

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