Charlie Murphy
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Charles Quinton 'Charlie' Murphy (born July 12, 1959 in New York City) is an American writer, actor, and stand up comedian, best known for his role on the American television program Chappelle's Show, as well as providing the voice for Ed Wuncler III in the American animated Adult Swim show The Boondocks. He is the older brother of comedian Eddie Murphy.He is noted for having a ridiculously deep bag of "pimperish, prisony" catch phrases. Dave Chappelle once said Murphy is "just as funny or funnier than a comedian."
Murphy's most famous contributions to the show include the Charlie Murphy's True Hollywood Stories sketches (spoofing the eponymous show). In these, Murphy recounts his misadventures as part of his brother's entourage, including his encounters with various celebrities; most importantly the late Rick James and Prince. Although wildly successful, in an August 2005 interview with TV Guide, Murphy announced that Chappelle's Show was finished [link]. When Comedy Central aired the third season sketches filmed for Chappelle's Show before Chappelle's early departure as Chappelle's Show: The Lost Episodes in Summer 2006, Murphy performed hosting duties along with fellow castmember Donnell Rawlings.
Murphy was associated with the late 1980s hiphop group, K*9 Posse. The K*9 Posse was Vernon Lynch, Jr. (Eddie and Charlie's half brother) and Wardell Mahone. Charlie Murphy is credited as the executive producer of the K*9 Posse's self-titled album as well as having writing credit on two tracks on the record, Say Who Say What and Somebody's Brother. The latter track is written about Murphy himself reflecting on a relationship with a woman who was caught up in the excitement of being around all the famous people that Murphy associated with. But Murphy comes out on top with the lyrics, "You see I don't mind workin' undercover, It's a blessing not a curse to be somebody's brother."
Possessing a distinctive voice and an extraordinary talent for verbal illustration, Murphy has done voiceovers for Budweiser radio commercials, Cartoon Network's Adult Swim series The Boondocks and voiced a pimp named Jizzy-B in Rockstar Games' video game. Recently, Murphy provided the voice for Spock on the G4TV's Star Trek 2.0 shorts.
In 2004, Charlie embarked upon a sold out national comedy tour, The I'm Rich Bitch comedy tour featuring Chappelle's Show regulars Donnell Rawlings and Bill Burr. In 2005, his stand up career continued to grow with a sold out follow up tour, Charlie Murphy and Friends, as well as a co-headlining tour with Mike Epps. Murphy and Epps will co-star in Fox Searchlight's Garbage Men, a spin-off of Roll Bounce.
Charlie will also be touring with Joe Rogan and John Heffron in Maxim and Bud Light's [Real Men of Comedy] tour
With guest appearances on ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live as well as featured stories in GQ, Complex Magazine, Time Out New York, Essence and FHM magazine, Charlie Murphy was listed as one of the "Hottest People to Watch" on Entertainment Weekly's 2004 "The Must List."
Quotes
From the Chappelle's Show sketches:
- "He's a habitual line-stepper," spoken by Murphy in describing Rick James' out-of-control behavior.
- "You don't slap a man. OK. I mean, even when slapping was fashionable, ya know, they did it in Paris, some guy would come up: WHAP PAP 'I challenge you to a duel.' They would have a gunfight after that— somebody had to go!", spoken by Murphy after receiving the above slap.
- "I don't know what he was angry about. I mean, you know where you got that shirt. And it damn sure wasn't the men's department!", spoken by Murphy in reference to Prince's attire.
- "Challenge him, a'ight!? Make sure your people is there to see the game, cuz you just might get embarrassed.", spoken by Murphy to the viewer, warning of Prince's basketball prowess.
- "But my ghetto side was going, 'yo stomp this mothafucker out right here!'", spoken by Murphy about Rick James.
- "He was mad niggerish, and that was right up my alley", in reference to Rick James.
- "Man you ought to take that cane and beat whoever made that suit to death",spoken as Buc Nasty to Silky Johnson (Dave Chappelle) in the "Player Hater's Ball" a sketch on Chappelles' Show.
- "After it was all over, he took us in the house and served us pancakes.", spoken by Murphy in reference to Prince.
Trivia
- His father died when he was young, and his step-father, Vernon Lynch, works at Breyers Ice Cream factory.
- He has appeared on Budweiser radio commercials.
- He has provided the narration for a new series of Boost Mobile television advertisements.
- Murphy served in the United States Navy.
Filmography and TV and Various
- Harlem Nights
- Mo' Better Blues
- Jungle Fever
- CB4
- Vampire in Brooklyn - writer
- The Pompatus of Love
- The Players Club
- Unconditional Love
- Paper Soldiers
- Death of a Dynasty
- Chappelle's Show, Season 1 (TV) - Various recurring characters, writer
- Chappelle's Show, Season 2 (TV) - Various recurring characters, writer
- (Video Game) - voice
- - (Video Game) - voice
- Lovesick
- Mattie Fresno and the Holoflux Universe
- King's Ransom
- Roll Bounce
- Chappelle's Show, Season 3: "The Lost Episodes" (TV) - Co-host, various recurring characters, writer
- Bar Starz (2006) (Post Production)
- Retirement (2006) (Post Production)
- Unearthed (2006) (Post Production)
- Dress 2 Impre$$ (2006) (Pre Production)
- Norbit (2007) (Filming) - writer
External links
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