Eddie Murphy was born in Brooklyn in 1961. His mother was a telephone
operator, and his father was a police officer and an amateur actor. He later
said, "My mother and father broke up when I was three, and he died when I
was eight. So I have very dim memories of my family." When he was 15, he
listened to a famous comedian's program, which inspired him to become a
comedian. As a child, he developed the ability to play multiple characters in
imitation of one of his acting heroes. When he was 19, he became a regular
on the TV show Saturday Night Live (SNL). While appearing on SNL, he
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followed the path that many stand-up comedians have followed.)
