We know Eddie Murphy from the big and small screen, but we do not know him when the camera is not rolling. On November 12th, he is finally letting us into his private life in Netflix’s Being Eddie, and we get to find out if he parties all the time like his song suggests.
There’s only one Eddie Murphy. At 17, he was already performing stand-up in New York clubs, and a year later joined Saturday Night Live straight out of high school. From Beverly Hills Cop to The Nutty Professor, Dr. Dolittle to Donkey, Murphy has done it all and done it better than anyone. For nearly 50 years, he’s ruled comedy, film, and fame itself without ever losing his center. Being Eddie, directed by two-time Oscar® winner Angus Wall (The Greatest Night in Pop, Mountain Queen), brings together icons like Dave Chappelle, Chris Rock, Jamie Foxx, Tracee Ellis Ross, Kevin Hart, Jerry Seinfeld, Jerry Bruckheimer, and Brian Grazer to celebrate the man who broke barriers, reinvented genres, and inspired generations. For the first time, Eddie opens his home and his heart, revealing the drive, genius, and soul behind one of the greatest entertainers of all time.
I have always been curious to find out what makes the comedic genius tick, so I will be watching to learn about the man behind that distinctive laugh who has made us laugh with him for over 45 years.
In 1987, Eddie Murphy brought his comedy special Raw to the big screen, and we thought he was raw with us. However, next month, he is going to get even more raw with Being Eddie.
It goes without saying that there is only one Eddie Murphy. No other teen comedian shared a stage with Jerry Seinfeld at 17, and joined the cast of Saturday Night Live right out of high school. No actor has ever played a cop, a doctor, and a donkey — and dominated every facet of Hollywood he’s touched. Fewer still have been an A-list celebrity for over four decades, and never succumbed to its darker side. Murphy’s unusual combination of explosive charisma, focused ambition, raw talent, and deep-set circumspection puts him in a league of his own, and is on full display in Being Eddie, directed by two-time Oscar® winner Angus Wall. The documentary gathers comedy and Hollywood legends like Dave Chappelle, Tracee Ellis Ross, Jamie Foxx, Jerry Seinfeld, Reginald Hudlin and more to celebrate the Oscar®-nominated actor and his nearly 50-year career that’s seen him break barriers, invent genres, and inspire generations of talent. For the first time ever, Murphy invites the public into his home to revisit his breathtaking body of work, all the while revealing the dazzling interior life that has long driven — and grounded — this once-in-a-century star.
I can’t wait to get to know the private man who has lived a very public life since he was 19.
Being Eddie starts streaming on Netflix on November 12th.
Eddie Murphy had some news to share with Jennifer Hudson on her daytime talk show. His daughter, Jasmin, and Martin Lawrence’s son, Eric, eloped two weeks ago.
The couple and their families were planning a big wedding, but they decided to run off and do it on their terms. Now, Murphy says that their private wedding saved Martin a lot of money. But I thought that the father of the bride pays.
So, now that their kids are married, does that make the two actors brothers? I mean, they are both father-in-laws to the other’s child, so they are related! That is how it goes, right?
We have watched Eddie Murphy go from an unknown comic on Saturday Night Live to a mega-movie star in less than a decade with a career that is still going strong. However, how well do we know him?
The actor has led a private life, but now he is ready to share his story in a Netflix documentary.
Eddie chronicles his meteoric rise from teen comic phenom to Saturday Night Live breakout and stand-up supernova to box-office titan. It illuminates the evolution of Eddie Murphy — the trails he blazed and the records he broke on his way from Brooklyn upstart to Hollywood icon. In this intimate portrait, the Oscar-nominated actor opens up his home and dives deep into his eclectic career of nearly 50 years.
Along with Murphy telling his story, his friends, co-stars, directors, and comics also give us insight into his life and how he shaped the lives of three generations of entertainers.
In 1999, Martin Lawrence and Eddie Murphy were sentenced to Life together. However, that was only for the movie.
In real life, their children are going to sentence them to life together as in-laws. That is because Eric Murphy proposed to Jasmin Lawrence on November 27th, and that will make both of them the father-in-law to the other one’s child.
The betrothed couple broke the news on social media and wrote, “We’re engaged!! God truly blessed us with a love that feels like destiny. We couldn’t be more excited for this next chapter ❤️❤️”
Congrats to the comedic actors! Holiday gatherings just got even funnier!
