Charlie Murphy

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Biography

Older brother of .

  • Real name
  • Charles Quinton Murphy
  • Name variations
  • C. Murphy
  • Primary profession
  • Actor·writer·soundtrack
  • Country
  • United States
  • Nationality
  • American
  • Gender
  • Male
  • Birth date
  • 12 July 1959
  • Place of birth
  • Enniscorthy
  • Death date
  • 2017-04-12
  • Death age
  • 58
  • Place of death
  • New York City
  • Cause of death
  • Natural causes
  • Education
  • Royal College of Art
  • Knows language
  • English language

Music

Movies

TV

Books

Trivia

Charlie Murphy studied at the Gaiety School of Acting in Dublin, Ireland from 2006-2008.

Murphy won the 2013 Irish Film and Television Award for Best TV Actress for her role in "Love/Hate".

In his semi-true sketches, "Charlie Murphys True Hollywood Stories", Charlie plays himself as the nemesis of Dave Chappelle s character in "Chappelles Show" . Most famously in these sketches, Murphy was repeatedly bitch-slapped by Rick James (as played by Chappelle) and was crushed at basketball by Prince .

Older brother of Eddie Murphy.

Stepbrother of Vernon Lynch.

Nephew of Uncle Ray Murphy.

Ex-brother-in-law of Nicole Mitchell Murphy.

Was in the U.S. Navy until 1984.

Cousin of Ray Murphy Jr..

Ran with a street gang early in his life.

His nickname as a teenager was "Omar".

Uncle of Bria L. Murphy , Myles Murphy , Shayne Audra Murphy , and Brandon Lynch.

In 1986 he wrote a screenplay titled "The Peddler" and sold it to Paramount for $150,000. As of today, the film remains unmade.

Son of Lillian Lynch.

Was half of the hip-hop duo K-9 Posse.

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