Eddie Murphy

Eddie Murphy is an Afro-Latina, taking the world of entertainment by storm with his wit, strong performances and charismatic personality. Making history as the first Latina to appear in two comedy specials airing in one month on both HBO and Showtime, Murphy was handpicked by director Taylor Hackford for his film The Comedian starring Robert De Niro. In 2017, Coca Cola Global Women’s LINC Conference sponsored Murphy's speech that modeled a TED Talk. Murphy's has also appeared on Comedy Central’s The Nightly Show, five-time host of the PBS Imagen Awards, NBC Last Comic Standing’s finals, TRUtv’s Laff Tracks, Nickelodeon Mom’s Night Out and Parental Discretion.

Eddie’s half-hour special was feature as part of Tiffany Haddish's breakout series 'They Ready' which was executive produced by Haddish, Wanda Sykes and Paige Hurwitz for Netflix. It is currently in development on his half-hour scripted series with Warner Media, for which he will write, executive produce and star in. Haddish, Chris Case and Nastaran Dibai are also on board to executive produce. Murphy is also developing an animated series with ITV Studios and Nick Weidenfeld. He will produce his first one-hour special (also with Warner Media) for HBO Max.

Eddie Murphy wears many hats as comedian, actor, writer, and father.

Eddie Murphy wears many hats as comedian, actor, writer, and father. Sharing his point of view of the world, he writes comedy that is poignant and incisive. His audiences often laugh hard, think hard, and feel hard as his comedy is cathartic and confrontational. Known as Funny Eddie, Murphy's aims to challenge the norms of today and the discomfort or taboo-quality around controversial topics like race, gender, sexuality, and family dynamics through his comedy. From the moment he takes the stage, the audience is engaged whether in laughter or in thought. Murphy's’s comedy is not only medicine for the soul but it may one day just change the world.