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Charlie Murphy
Murphy in December 2009
Birth name	Charles Quinton Murphy
Born	(1959-07-12)July 12, 1959 Brooklyn, New York City, New York, U.S.
Died	April 12, 2017(2017-04-12) (aged 57) New York City, New York, U.S.
Medium	Stand-up film television
Years active	1980–2017
Genres	Observational comedy physical comedy surreal humor
Subject(s)	Everyday life popular culture politics celebrities
Spouse	Tisha Taylor Murphy ​ ​(m. 1997; wid. 2009)​
Children	3
Relative(s)	Eddie Murphy (brother)
Website	www.charliemurphycomedy.com

Charles Quinton Murphy (July 12, 1959 – April 12, 2017) was an American actor, writer, and comedian. Murphy was best known as a writer and cast member of the Comedy Central sketch-comedy series Chappelle's Show. He was the older brother of comedian Eddie Murphy.

Early life

Murphy was born Charles Quinton Murphy in the New York City borough of Brooklyn on July 12, 1959. His father Charles Edward Murphy was a transit police officer and an amateur actor and comedian and his mother Lillian was a telephone operator. As an adolescent, Charlie spent 10 months in jail.

In 1978, on the day Murphy was released from jail, he enlisted in the United States Navy and served for six years as a Boiler Technician. In 1983, shortly before being discharged from the Navy, Murphy witnessed a mushroom cloud over Beirut. He later learned that it was the aftermath of the Beirut barracks bombing in which 307 people were killed.

Career

Although he had minor roles in several films in the late 1980s and early 1990s, Murphy also worked behind the scenes with the hip hop group K-9 Posse, a hip hop duo composed of his half-brother Vernon Lynch, Jr. and Wardell Mahone. On their 1988 self-titled debut, Murphy was credited as the album's executive producer, as well as songwriter on the songs "Somebody's Brother" and "Say Who Say What." He also made an appearance in the video for the duo's first single "This Beat Is Military". Murphy's first major role in a motion picture was in CB4, where he portrayed Gusto.

Murphy achieved fame as a recurring performer on Chappelle's Show, particularly in the Charlie Murphy's True Hollywood Stories sketches. In these, Murphy recounts his misadventures as part of his brother Eddie's entourage, including encounters with various celebrities, such as Rick James and Prince. After Chappelle's Show host Dave Chappelle left the show, Murphy and Donnell Rawlings hosted the "lost episodes" compiled from sketches produced before Chappelle's departure.

In 2005, he appeared in King's Ransom (alongside Anthony Anderson and Jay Mohr). In the film, Murphy portrayed "Herb", a gay ex-con who is hired by King (Anderson) to kidnap him in a fake kidnapping. Murphy has done voiceovers for Budweiser radio commercials, provided the voice of Ed Wuncler III on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim series The Boondocks, and the voice for a pimp named Jizzy-B in Rockstar Games' Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas video game. Murphy provided the voice for Spock on the G4TV's Star Trek 2.0 shorts, and Lloyd in his younger brother Eddie's 2007 film Norbit.

On March 20, 2009, his own sketch comedy series Charlie Murphy's Crash Comedy began on Crackle. A stand-up special, Charlie Murphy: I Will Not Apologize premiered on Comedy Central in late February 2010. Murphy also made special appearances in 1000 Ways to Die and Are We There Yet? as Frank Kingston. In 2014–15, Murphy played Vic on the Adult Swim live action show Black Jesus.

Personal life

Murphy was a resident of Tewksbury Township, New Jersey. He was married to Tisha Taylor Murphy from 1997 until her death from cervical cancer in December 2009. The couple had two children together, and Murphy had another child from a previous relationship. He was a karate practitioner.

Death

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On April 12, 2017, Murphy died from leukemia at the age of 57.

Filmography

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Films

Television

Video games

References

1. ^ "Charlie Murphy's Wife, Tisha Taylor Murphy, Dies". MTV News. Retrieved November 4, 2014.
3. "The other funny Murphy, Eddie's brother Charlie". The Daily Telegraph. March 11, 2012. Retrieved December 2, 2013.
4. Murphy, Charlie (December 1, 2009). The Making of a Stand-Up Guy. Contributions by Chris Millis. Simon & Schuster. pp. 81–83. ISBN 9781439123140. On the spur of the moment, for what in our minds amounted to nothing more than a lark, we decided to rob the driver at gunpoint. I was charged as a youthful offender on my first offense and handed three years' probation. n the third year I was arrested for petit larceny, loitering, and a few other misdemeanors. Taken all together, the crimes were a violation of my probation. I was sentenced to serve out the remainder of my probation in Nassau County Jail. I was going away for ten months.
5. Kugel, Allison (December 15, 2007). "Charlie Murphy Shares His True Hollywood Stories and Passion for Comedy with PR.com". Retrieved January 18, 2013. I got out on a Monday and I signed up for the Navy the same day.
6. ""Prince" Charlie Murphy's True Hollywood Stories Chapelle's Show". Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved February 9, 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
7. Ellen, Tom (August 9, 2012). "Charlie Murphy Is Angry at the Pussification of the World". Vice. Retrieved February 15, 2016.
8. "So Corny It's Good Part Five: The K-9 Posse". Bloggerhouse.net. Retrieved October 14, 2012.
9. "K-9 Posse- This Beat Is Military (Video)". YouTube. Retrieved October 14, 2012.
10. "Remembering Charlie Murphy's Epic Story About Prince On Chappelle's Show". Retrieved April 12, 2017.
11. "Come on – kidnap me. I'm worth every penny". Retrieved April 12, 2017.
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19. "Eddie Murphy's brother Charlie Murphy dead at 57: TMZ". fox5sandiego.com. April 12, 2017. Retrieved April 12, 2017.
20. "Comedian Charlie Murphy Dead at 57 After Leukemia Battle". TMZ. April 12, 2017. Retrieved April 12, 2017.
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28. Barker, Andrew (August 12, 2010). "Review: 'Lottery Ticket'". Variety.
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33. Nicholson, Max (January 17, 2016). "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: "Journey to the Center of Mikey's Mind" Review". IGN.

External links

• Charlie Murphy at IMDb
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• Charlie Murphy on the end of Chappelle's Show

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