Murphy made his feature film debut in 48 Hrs. Robinson, and a disgruntled and angry Gumby.

In the early 1980s, at the age of 19, Murphy was offered a contract for the Not-Ready-For-Prime-Time Players of Saturday Night Live (1975), where Murphy exercised his comedic abilities in impersonating African American figures and originating some of the show's most memorable characters: Velvet Jones, Mr. By the time he was fifteen, Murphy worked as a stand-up comic on the lower part of New York, wooing audiences with his dead-on impressions of celebrities and outlooks on life. His sense of humor and wit made him a stand out amongst his classmates at Roosevelt Junior-Senior High School. A bright kid growing up in the streets of New York, Murphy spent a great deal of time on impressions and comedy stand-up routines rather than academics. Eddie had aspirations of being in show business since he was a child. His brothers are Charlie Murphy & Vernon Lynch Jr. After his father died, his mother married Vernon Lynch, a foreman at a Breyer's Ice Cream plant. Edward Regan Murphy was born Apin Brooklyn, New York, to Lillian Lynch (born: Lillian Laney), a telephone operator, and Charles Edward Murphy, a transit police officer who was also an amateur comedian and actor.

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