Charlie Murphy (actor)

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

Early life

Murphy was born on July 12, 1959, in the New York City borough of Brooklyn.[1] His mother Lillian Murphy was a telephone operator and his father, Charles Edward Murphy, was a transit police officer, actor, and comedian.[2]

As an adolescent, Murphy spent ten months in jail.[3] In 1978, on the day of his release,[4] he enlisted in the United States Navy and served for six years as a boiler technician.[5]

Career

Murphy made his first film appearance in the 1970 comedy-drama film The Landlord.[6] The film was shot in a neighborhood where Murphy lived and he appears in a brief scene as a boy stealing Beau Bridges's hubcaps.[6] Murphy had minor roles in several films in the late 1980s and early 1990s and worked behind the scenes with hip hop group K-9 Posse, a 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 "Somebody's Brother" and "Say Who Say What."[7] He also made an appearance in the video for the duo's first single, "This Beat Is Military."[8] Murphy's first major role in a motion picture was in the 1993 film CB4, playing the antagonist Gusto.

Murphy gained national attention 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's entourage, including encounters with various celebrities such as Rick James and Prince.[9][10] After Chappelle's Show host Dave Chappelle left the show, Murphy and Donnell Rawlings hosted the "lost episodes" compiled from sketches produced before his 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 fake his kidnapping.[11] Murphy also did voiceovers for Budweiser radio commercials, provided the voice for Iraq War veteran/criminal Ed Wuncler III on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim series The Boondocks, and the voice for a pimp named Jizzy-B in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and as an albino Black graffiti artist named White Mike in Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure. Murphy provided the voice for Spock on the G4TV's Star Trek 2.0 shorts, and the dog in his younger brother Eddie's 2007 film, Norbit.[12]

On March 20, 2009, he began his own sketch comedy series Charlie Murphy's Crash Comedy on Crackle.[13] A stand-up special, Charlie Murphy: I Will Not Apologize premiered on Comedy Central in late February 2010.[14] Murphy also made special appearances in 1000 Ways to Die and the TBS sitcom Are We There Yet? as Frank Kingston. In 2014–15, Murphy played Vic on the Adult Swim live-action show Black Jesus.[15]

Personal life and death

Murphy was a resident of Tewksbury Township, New Jersey.[16] He was married to Tisha Taylor Murphy from 1997 until her death from cervical cancer in December 2009.[17] The couple had two children together, and Murphy had a child from a previous relationship.[17] He was a karate practitioner.[18][19]

Murphy died from leukemia on April 12, 2017, at age 57 in New York City, New York.[20][21][22]

The third-season premiere of Black Jesus and his brother's film, Dolemite Is My Name, were dedicated to Murphy. Murphy was the one who piqued his brother's interest in the biopic's subject, Rudy Ray Moore.[23]

Filmography

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Film

Year Title Role Notes
1989 Harlem Nights Jimmy The Muffin Man[24]
1990 Mo' Better Blues Eggy[25]
1991 Jungle Fever Livin' Large[25]
1993 CB4 Gusto[26]
1996 Script error: No such module "Sort". Saxophone Man[25]
1998 Script error: No such module "Sort". Brooklyn[25]
1999 Unconditional Love Detective
2002 Paper Soldiers Johnson[25] Also writer
2003 Death of a Dynasty Dick James/Dukey Man/Sock Head[25]
2005 Lovesick Damian
2005 King's Ransom Herb Clarke[25]
2005 Roll Bounce Victor[25]
2006 Night at the Museum Taxi Driver[25] Cameo
2007 Three Days to Vegas Andre[25]
2007 Mattie Fresno and the Holoflux Universe Griss[27]
2007 Norbit Lloyd the Dog[25][28] Voice cameo
2007 Unearthed Hank[25]
2007 Twisted Fortune Angel Robbins
2007 Universal Remote Various
2007 Script error: No such module "Sort". J-Jizzy[25]
2008 Bar Starz Clay the Doorman/Arnie[25]
2008 The Hustle Junior Walker
2009 Frankenhood Franklin[25]
2010 Our Family Wedding T.J.[29]
2010 Lottery Ticket Semaj[30]
2012 Moving Day Cedric[31]
2016 Meet the Blacks Key Flo[32] (Final film role)
2025 Being Eddie Himself Documentary, archive footage

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1990 The Kid Who Loved Christmas TV movie
1995 Martin Big Bro 1 episode
1995 Murder was the Case: The Movie JC Direct-to-video
2003–2006 Chappelle's Show Various 14 episodes, also writer
2004 One on One Senator Larry Eldrige
2005 Denis Leary's Merry F#%$in' Christmas Himself TV special
2005–2010 Script error: No such module "Sort". Ed Wuncler III (voice)[33] 10 episodes
2006 Thugaboo: Sneaker Madness Big Kid (voice) TV movie
2006 Thugaboo: A Miracle on D-Roc's Street Big Kid (voice) TV movie
2006 Wild 'n Out Himself
2007 Beef IV Himself/narrator (voice) Video documentary
2007 We Got to Do Better Host Unknown episodes
2007 Pauly Shore's Natural Born Komics Himself Direct-to-video
2009 Nite Tales: The Series Samson Episode: "Pill Time"
2010 Freaknik: The Musical Al Sharpton,[34] Perminator (voice) TV movie
2010 Charlie Murphy: I Will Not Apologize Himself Video documentary
2010 Lopez Tonight Himself
2010–2012 Are We There Yet? Frank Kingston 5 episodes
2010 1000 Ways to Die Himself Episode: "Today's Menu: Deep Fried Death"
2011 The Cookout 2 Coach Ashmokeem TV film
2012–2014 Black Dynamite A Cat Named Rollo (voice) 2 episodes
2013 Hawaii Five-0 Don McKinney
2014–2015 Black Jesus Vic[25] Main cast; 21 episodes
2016 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vrax Belebome / Bellybomb (voice)[35] Episode: "Journey to the Center of Mikey's Mind"
2017 Power Marshal Clyde Williams 5 episodes
2017 The Comedy Get Down Himself Posthumous release; 5 episodes

Video games

Year Title Role Notes
2004 Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Jizzy B.[33]
2006 Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure White Mike[33]
2021 Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition Jizzy B.[33] Archival recordings
Remaster of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas only.

Music videos

Year Title Role
1994 Murder Was the Case JC

References

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