Eddie Murphy was born on April 3, 1961 in Brooklyn, New York, United States.His father's name is Charles Edward Murphy and his mother's name is Lillian. His father, Charles Edward Murphy, was a transit police officer and an amateur actor and comedian and his mother, Lillian, was a telephone operator, . His father died when he was young. When Murphy's single mom became ill, the eight-year-old Eddie Murphy and his older brother lived in foster care for one year. interviews, the actor and comedian says that his time in foster care was influential in developing his sense of humour. His sense of humor made him a standout amongst classmates at Roosevelt Junior-Senior High School. One of these classmates was Flavor Flav. It could have been worse, though. The Baldwin Brothers lived one town over. Eddie Murphy is known for playing multiple characters in his movies, which is quite often the only interesting thing about them. Another trademark is his deep, infectious, goofy laugh, an imitation of which almost everybody does, is actually an imitation of Eddie Murphy doing an imitation of Bill Cosby. Either way, stop doing it at parties. His early comedy was characterized by frequent swearing and sketches lampooning a diverse group of people.Around the age of 15, Murphy was writing and performing his own routines. Day by day he became popular to people and now he is most memorable American Comedian. Around the age of 15, Murphy was writing and performing his own routines. Murphy first earned attention as a regular actor at Saturday Night Live, and was credited with helping revitalize the series during its first true slump in quality in the early 1980s. Now he is a great actor, comediante, director in whole world.