Edward Regan Murphy (born April 3, 1961) is an American actor, comedian, and singer.
Murphy was a regular cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1980 to 1984. He has worked as a stand-up comedian and was ranked No. 10 on Comedy Central's list of the 100 Greatest Stand-ups of All Time.
In films, Murphy has received Golden Globe Award nominations for his performances in 48 Hrs., the Beverly Hills Cop series, Trading Places, The Nutty Professor, and Dolemite Is My Name. In 2007, he won the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor and received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of soul singer James "Thunder" Early in Dreamgirls.
‘Ghosts’ Star Danielle Pinnock Signs With Independent Artist Group
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Independent Artist Group has signed actress, playwright, and TV creator and writer Danielle Pinnock for representation.
Currently, Pinnock is a series regular on CBS’s #1 comedy series, Ghosts, now in production on its fourth season. In a breakout role, which recently garnered her the Hollywood Creative Alliance Astra Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, she plays Alberta, a Prohibition-era lounge singer turned ghost who is trapped in a modern-day country estate recently inherited by two unexpecting new tenants.
Pinnock last year made her feature film debut in Amazon Studio’s Candy Cane Lane for Prime Video, which starred Eddie Murphy, Tracee Ellis Ross and Nick Offerman.
Other notable screen credits include recurring for four seasons on the CBS comedy Young Sheldon, plus Epix’s Get Shorty opposite Ray Romano and Peter Bogdanovich.
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