Eddy murphy

Born in Brooklyn, the popular New York neighborhood, on April 3, 1961, Edward Regan Murphy suffered very soon, at the age of eight, the death of his father, a police officer. Soon after, his mother, a telephone operator, married Vernon Lynch, the foreman of an ice cream factory who would become the ideal stepfather for Eddie and his older brother Charlie. In high school, young Eddie was one of the most popular students, due to the pranks and comedic performances he performed in the middle of classes. He was especially good at imitating cartoon characters. At the end of his high school studies, he did not think twice, and became a humor professional, making his debut in various New York venues, which Robin Williams had also passed through.. He became good friends with the owner of one, the Comic Strip, who became his manager and got him a contract on Saturday Night Live , where they were looking for comedians to replace the original team of John Belushi , Steve Martin and Dan Aykroyd . It was 1980, when Eddie Murphy was 19 years old, and he immediately became a celebrity in the United States. Film producers quickly sprang up willing to take advantage of Murphy’s pull. His big screen debut was Walter Hill ‘s 48 Hour Limit , an action comedy , in which he was the humorous counterpoint to the cop played by Nick Nolte .. She could not have started in the cinema on a better footing, since her work earned her a Golden Globe nomination.

Shortly after he filmed with John Landis Among rascals is the game , fun modernization ofThe Prince and the Pauper , in which for a bet some old millionaires exchanged the roles of a beggar (Murphy) and an executive (Dan Aykroyd). But his moment of greatest glory wasSuper Detective in Hollywood , in which he was the absolute protagonist, Axel Foley, a Detroit police officer who was investigating the death of a friend in Los Angeles. Even the soundtrack caught on, and Murphy would reprise the character in two sequels. From then on, his films gradually lose popularity and quality; At the same time, he began a career as a singer, coming to release two albums.

Highly criticized by his compatriot Spike Lee , because he thinks that he does not use his popularity to help his African-American brothers, Eddie Murphy integrates into the typical frivolous life of Hollywood. His private life is full of scandals, until he settles down in 1993, marrying Nicole Mitchell, with whom he has three children to date, in addition to the two the actor had before, from two previous women. .

“I would love to direct, produce, write and score a movie, just like Charlie Chaplin . And do it before 30 ”, said the star in the mid-80s. Except for the detail that he did not compose the soundtrack, he did it, before that age, with the dispensableHarlem Nights , a gangster comedy in which he shared the lead with Richard Pryor , the black comedian who had inspired his own career. Although it is the only title he has directed, the comedian produces and writes many of his films.

InThe Nutty Professor , a remake of a Jerry Lewis film , the actor breaks his own record by playing seven characters, the protagonist, his alter ego, and five of his relatives. After notorious failures, such as48 hours orA vampire on the loose in Brooklyn , the comedian realizes it pays off to refocus his career on family audiences, a turn that becomes apparent in titles like Doctor Dolittle ,Daddy Kangaroo andThe Haunted Mansion , and because he gives the voice to animated characters, inMulan , andShrek , in which his portrayal of the talking donkey further enhances the genius of the film. He continues to do his usual comedies, likeCondemned to Run Away , Bowfinger: The Rogue , The Guru , Pluto Nash orI’m a spy , but those titles go unnoticed at the box office.

Conscious of his limitations, he has never tried to carry out a dramatic interpretation. “The public doesn’t want to see me in a drama. I think Robert De Niro has the same merit doing what Jim Carrey does . People associate me with comedy. I’m in the comedy business. I am everything thanks to laughter,” Murphy explained. His next work is the sequel to Papa Kangaroo , although his voice will soon be heard in the original version ofShrek 2 .