Charlie Murphy

Charlie Murphy

1959-07-12 New York City, New York, USA 41 Credits

Biography

Charles Quinton 'Charlie' Murphy (July 12, 1959 - April 12, 2017) was an American actor, comedian, and writer famous for being a cast member and writer on the Comedy Central sketch-comedy series Chappelle's Show. He is also known for his work with his younger brother, actor/comedian Eddie Murphy. He died from leukemia on April 12, 2017, aged 57 in Brooklyn.

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Meet the Blacks

Meet the Blacks

2016

as Key Flo

4.8
Acting

As Carl Black gets the opportunity to move his family out of Chicago in hope of a better life, their arrival in Beverly Hills is timed with that city'...

Eddie Murphy: One Night Only

Eddie Murphy: One Night Only

2012

as Self

6.1
Acting

Eddie Murphy: One Night Only pays homage to Murphy's journey from a 15-year-old aspiring comedian, through the record-breaking Raw, which remains the ...

The Cookout 2

The Cookout 2

2011

as Coach Ashmokeem

3.8
Acting

Basketball coach Ashmokeem kidnaps and blackmails the opposite team's player and his family in order to secure the championship for his team.

Lottery Ticket

Lottery Ticket

2010

as Semaj

5.6
Acting

Kevin Carson is a young man living in the projects who has to survive a three-day weekend after his opportunistic neighbors find out he's holding a wi...

Our Family Wedding

Our Family Wedding

2010

as T.J.

5.6
Acting

The weeks leading up to a young couple's wedding is comic and stressful, especially as their respective fathers try to lay to rest their feud.

Freaknik: The Musical

Freaknik: The Musical

2010

as (voice)

6.6
Acting

A rap group heads to Atlanta to participate in Atlanta's revived Freaknik festival.

Charlie Murphy: I Will Not Apologize

Charlie Murphy: I Will Not Apologize

2010

as Himself

5.3
Acting

Charlie Murphy: I Will Not Apologize is a live stand-up performance by Murphy in Boston. During his 1-hour set, Charlie covers a spectrum of topics, s...

Charlie Murphy: I Will Not Apologize

Charlie Murphy: I Will Not Apologize

2010

Writer

5.3
Writing

Charlie Murphy: I Will Not Apologize is a live stand-up performance by Murphy in Boston. During his 1-hour set, Charlie covers a spectrum of topics, s...

Frankenhood

Frankenhood

2009

as Franklin

3.8
Acting

Two guys who work at a morgue enlist the services of a reanimated corpse to better their chances at a streetball tournament.

Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy

Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy

2009

as Self

8.0
Acting

Directors Robert Townsend and Quincy Newell offer this comprehensive and hilarious examination of the history, evolution and cultural significance of ...

The Hustle

The Hustle

2008

as Junior Walker

6.2
Acting

Disenchanted pest worker and single dad Freddie Manning unintentionally steals and then loses mob money and now he really is in trouble. So when a run...

Bar Starz

Bar Starz

2008

as Clay the Doorman / Arnie

1.5
Acting

Straight-arrow Barry has moved 3000 miles away from lackluster Ohio to attend college in sunny SoCal, and his friend Douglas has come along for the ri...

Mattie Fresno and the Holoflux Universe

Mattie Fresno and the Holoflux Universe

2007

as Griss

1.0
Acting

Mattie endures an uneventful life, until her grandfather leaves a videotaped will. According to his unorthodox theory, death is no barrier to their re...

The Perfect Holiday

The Perfect Holiday

2007

as J-Jizzy

5.2
Acting

Nancy Taylor, a divorced mother of three, feels especially lonely during the holidays. All she wants for Christmas is to meet a nice man - even just a...

Twisted Fortune

2007

as Angel Robbins

Acting

A down-and-out thief finds he's got a bottle cap worth a million bucks. Unfortunately, he discovers this while robbing a convenience store.

Unearthed

Unearthed

2007

as Hank

4.0
Acting

In the desert area of Hat Creek, cows are found partially devoured and the farmers believe that a wolf is attacking the cattle. The alcoholic Sheriff ...

Norbit

Norbit

2007

as Floyd the Dog (voice)

5.7
Acting

A mild-mannered guy who is engaged to a monstrous woman meets the woman of his dreams, and schemes to find a way to be with her.

Pauly Shore's Natural Born Komics: Miami

Pauly Shore's Natural Born Komics: Miami

2007

as Self

2.0
Acting

Pauly Shore with his comics and celebrity friends in South Beach like you've never seen before. Hidden camera, parody, man on the street, stand-up and...

Norbit

Norbit

2007

Story, Screenplay

5.7
Writing

A mild-mannered guy who is engaged to a monstrous woman meets the woman of his dreams, and schemes to find a way to be with her.

Universal Remote

Universal Remote

2007

as Various

4.0
Acting

Charlie Murphy takes the lead for this comedy concerning two best friends sent hurtling through a politically-incorrect television landscape thanks to...

Thugaboo: A Miracle on D-roc's Street

Thugaboo: A Miracle on D-roc's Street

2006

as Big Kid (voice)

8.0
Acting

D-Roc, Dee-Dee, DJ, Money, Lissette, Slim, Chad, Gwenny, and Soo Young are working together to find a way to bring the true meaning of Christmas home ...

Night at the Museum

Night at the Museum

2006

as Taxi Driver

6.6
Acting

Chaos reigns at the natural history museum when night watchman Larry Daley accidentally stirs up an ancient curse, awakening Attila the Hun, an army o...

Thugaboo: Sneaker Madness

Thugaboo: Sneaker Madness

2006

as Big Kid (voice)

7.0
Acting

When D-Roc sees a pair of expensive sneakers called Air Jareds, he wants his mother to buy them to wear at school in order to look cool. His mother pu...

Merry F#%$in' Christmas

Merry F#%$in' Christmas

2005

as Self

6.2
Acting

Denis Leary and a cast of many others celebrate Christmas Leary-style. Packed with original music and skits, this is a great spin on the usual holiday...

Roll Bounce

Roll Bounce

2005

as Victor

6.7
Acting

In the summer of 1978, a teenager and his group of friends face new challenges when their neighborhood roller-skating rink closes, forcing them to vis...

King's Ransom

King's Ransom

2005

as Herb Clarke

4.7
Acting

Hoping to foil his own gold-digging wife's plan, a loathsome businessman arranges his own kidnapping, only to realize that there are plenty of other p...

Lovesick

Lovesick

2005

as Damian (as Charles Q. Murphy)

1.0
Acting

Faced with the pressures of family, tradition, and culture, a Cambodian woman is forced into a marriage to a man she doesn't know. Love has it own pla...

Death of a Dynasty

Death of a Dynasty

2003

as Dick James / Dukey Man / Sock Head

5.4
Acting

A story which centers around Dave Katz, a journalist at a hip-hop magazine who is sent on assignment to uncover the often comedic underworld of Roc-a-...

Paper Soldiers

Paper Soldiers

2002

as Detective Johnson

5.5
Acting

Paper Soldiers follows an overeager burglar named Shawn through the ups and downs of his short, stressful career.

Paper Soldiers

Paper Soldiers

2002

Writer

5.5
Writing

Paper Soldiers follows an overeager burglar named Shawn through the ups and downs of his short, stressful career.

The Players Club

The Players Club

1998

as Brooklyn

6.3
Acting

Single mother Diana struggles to provide for her child and pay for her college education. When she meets two dancers from a nearby gentlemen's club, D...

The Pompatus of Love

The Pompatus of Love

1996

as Saxophone Man

4.1
Acting

Four guys sit around drinking beer and talking, trying to figure out the meaning of "the pompatus of love" (from the Steve Miller song "Joker") and an...

Vampire in Brooklyn

Vampire in Brooklyn

1995

Screenplay, Story

5.1
Writing

Detective Rita Veder is assigned to a baffling serial murder case. After examining the crime scene — a corpse-filled ship found adrift at sea — she me...

Murder Was the Case: The Movie

Murder Was the Case: The Movie

1995

as Self

5.8
Acting

Follows the exploits of Snoop Doggy Dogg as he gets shot, and makes a deal with the devil to survive.

CB4

CB4

1993

as Gusto

6.0
Acting

A "rockumentary", covering the rise to fame of MC Gusto, Stab Master Arson, and Dead Mike: members of the rap group "CB4". We soon learn that these th...

Jungle Fever

Jungle Fever

1991

as Livin' Large

6.4
Acting

A successful and married black man contemplates having an affair with a white girl from work. He's quite rightly worried that the racial difference wo...

The Kid Who Loved Christmas

The Kid Who Loved Christmas

1990

as Jamal

6.6
Acting

In this sentimental holiday tale, a young boy is taken away from his loving, adoptive household when his new mom is killed in an auto accident and his...

Mo' Better Blues

Mo' Better Blues

1990

as Eggy

6.5
Acting

Talented but self-centered trumpeter Bleek Gilliam is obsessed with his music and indecisiveness about his girlfriends Indigo and Clarke. But when he ...

Harlem Nights

Harlem Nights

1989

as Jimmy

6.1
Acting

'Sugar' Ray is the owner of an illegal casino and must contend with the pressure of vicious gangsters and corrupt police who want to see him go out of...

Beverly Hills Cop II

Beverly Hills Cop II

1987

Producer's Assistant

6.5
Producing

Axel Foley returns to the land of sunshine and palm trees to investigate the near-fatal shooting of police Captain Andrew Bogomil. With the help of Sg...

The Landlord

The Landlord

1970

as Hubcap Thief (uncredited)

5.9
Acting

At the age of twenty-nine, Elgar Enders "runs away" from home. This running away consists of buying a building in a black ghetto in the Park Slope sec...