name	Ben Stiller
birth name	Benjamin Edward Stiller
birth date	November 30, 1965
birth place	New York City, New York, U.S.
occupation	Actor, comedian, director producer, writer
years active	1975–present
net worth	$120 Million
spouse	Christine Taylor (2000–present; 2 children)
parents	Jerry Stiller, Anne Meara }}

Benjamin Edward "Ben" Stiller (born November 30, 1965) is an American comedian, actor, writer, film director, and producer. He is the son of veteran comedians and actors Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara.

After beginning his acting career with a play, Stiller wrote several mockumentaries, and was offered two of his own shows, both entitled ''The Ben Stiller Show''. He began acting in films, and made his directorial debut with ''Reality Bites''. Throughout his career he has since written, starred in, directed, and/or produced over 50 films including ''Heavyweights'', ''There's Something About Mary'', ''Meet the Parents'', ''Zoolander'', ''Dodgeball'', ''Tropic Thunder'', ''Greenberg'' and ''Night at the Museum''. In addition, he has had multiple cameos in music videos, television shows, and films.

Stiller is a member of the comedic acting brotherhood colloquially known as the Frat Pack. His films have grossed more than $2.1 billion in Canada and the United States, with an average of $73 million per film. Throughout his career, he has received several awards and honors including an Emmy Award, several MTV Movie Awards, and a Teen Choice Award.

Early life

Stiller was born in New York City. His father, Jerry Stiller, is Jewish; his mother, Anne Meara, who is of Irish Catholic background, converted to Reform Judaism after marrying his father. The family celebrated both Hanukkah and Christmas, and Stiller had a Bar Mitzvah. He has said that he is "half Jewish and half Irish Catholic." Stiller's parents frequently took him on the sets of their appearances, including ''The Mike Douglas Show'' when he was six. He stated in an interview that he considered his childhood unusual: "In some ways, it was a show-business upbringing—a lot of traveling, a lot of late nights—not what you'd call traditional." His sister, actress Amy Stiller, has made appearances in many of his productions, including ''Reality Bites'', ''Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story'', and ''Zoolander''.

Stiller displayed an early interest in filmmaking, and made Super 8 movies with his sister and friends. At ten years old, he made his acting debut as a guest on his mother's television series, ''Kate McShane''. In the late 1970s, he performed with the New York City troupe NYC's First All Children's Theater, playing several roles, including the title role in ''Clever Jack and the Magic Beanstalk.'' After being inspired by the television show ''Second City Television'' while in high school, Stiller realized that he wanted to get involved with sketch comedy.

Stiller attended the Cathedral School and graduated from the Calhoun School in New York in 1983. He started performing on the cabaret circuit as opening act to the cabaret siren Jadin Wong. Stiller then enrolled as a film student at the University of California, Los Angeles. After nine months, Stiller left school to move back to New York City. He made his way through acting classes, auditioning and trying to find an agent.

Acting career

Early work

Stiller was cast in a role in the Broadway revival of John Guare's ''The House of Blue Leaves'', alongside John Mahoney; the production would garner four Tony Awards. During its run, Stiller produced a satirical mockumentary whose principal was fellow actor Mahoney. His comedic work was well received by the cast and crew of the play, and he followed up with a 10 minute short called ''The Hustler of Money'', a parody of the Martin Scorsese film ''The Color of Money''. The film featured him in a send-up of Tom Cruise's character and Mahoney in the Paul Newman role, only this time as a bowling hustler instead of a pool shark. The short got the attention of ''Saturday Night Live'', which aired it in 1987, and two years later offered him a spot as a writer. In the meantime, he also had a bit part in Steven Spielberg's ''Empire of the Sun''.

In 1989, Stiller wrote and appeared on a season of ''Saturday Night Live'' as a featured performer. However, since the show did not want him to make more short films for the show, he left after four episodes. He then put together ''Elvis Stories'', a short film about a fictitious tabloid focused on recent sightings of Elvis Presley. The film starred friends and co-stars John Cusack, Jeremy Piven, Mike Myers, Andy Dick, and Jeff Kahn. The film was considered a success, and led him to develop another film titled ''Back to Brooklyn'' for MTV.

''The Ben Stiller Show''

MTV was so impressed with ''Back to Brooklyn'' that they offered Stiller a 13-episode show in the experimental "vid-com" format. Titled ''The Ben Stiller Show'', this series mixed comedy sketches with music videos and parodied various television shows, music stars, and films. It starred Stiller, along with main writer Jeff Khan and Harry O'Reilly, with occasional appearances by his parents Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara, and sister Amy Stiller.

Although the show was canceled after its first season, it led to another show titled ''The Ben Stiller Show'', on the Fox Network in 1992. ''The Ben Stiller Show'' aired 12 episodes on Fox, with a 13th unaired episode broadcast by Comedy Central in a later revival. Among the principal writers on ''The Ben Stiller Show'' were Stiller and Judd Apatow, with the show featuring the ensemble cast of Stiller, Janeane Garofalo, Andy Dick, and Bob Odenkirk. Both Denise Richards and Jeanne Tripplehorn appeared as extras in various episodes. Throughout its short run, ''The Ben Stiller Show'' frequently appeared at the bottom of the ratings, even as it garnered critical acclaim and eventually won the Emmy for "Outstanding Individual Achievement in Writing in a Variety or Music Program" post-humously.

Directorial debut

After a few minor film roles in the early 1990s, such as ''Stella'', ''Highway to Hell'', and a cameo in ''The Nutt House'', Stiller devoted his time to writing, fundraising, recruiting cast members, starring in, and directing ''Reality Bites''. The film was produced by Danny DeVito (who later directed Stiller's 2003 film ''Duplex'' and produced the 2004 film ''Along Came Polly''). ''Reality Bites'' debuted as the highest-grossing film in its opening weekend and received mixed reviews.

Stiller joined his parents in the family film ''Heavyweights'' (1995), in which he played two roles, and then had a brief uncredited role in Adam Sandler's ''Happy Gilmore'' (1996). Next, he had lead roles in ''If Lucy Fell'' and ''Flirting with Disaster'', before tackling his next directorial effort with ''The Cable Guy'', which starred Jim Carrey. Stiller once again was featured in his own film, as twins. The film received mixed reviews, but was noted for paying the highest salary for an actor up to that point, as Jim Carrey received $20 million for his work in the film. The film also connected Stiller with future Frat Pack members Jack Black and Owen Wilson.

Also in 1996, MTV invited Stiller to host the VH1 Fashion Awards. Along with SNL writer Drake Sather, Stiller developed a short film for the awards about a male model known as Derek Zoolander. It was so well received that Stiller developed another short film about the character for the 1997 VH1 Fashion Awards and finally remade the skit into a film.

Comedy career

In 1998, Stiller put aside his directing ambitions to star in ''There's Something About Mary'', alongside Cameron Diaz, which accelerated Stiller's acting career. That year, he also starred in several dramas, including ''Zero Effect'', ''Your Friends & Neighbors'', and ''Permanent Midnight''. Stiller was invited to take part in hosting the Music Video awards, for which he developed a parody of the Backstreet Boys and performed a sketch with his father, commenting on his current career.

In 1999, he starred in three films, including ''Mystery Men'', where he played a superhero wannabe called Mr. Furious. He returned to directing with a new spoof television series for Fox titled ''Heat Vision and Jack'', starring Jack Black, however, the show was not picked up by Fox after its pilot episode and the series was cancelled.

2000 would be a better year for Stiller, as he starred in three more films, including one of his most recognizable roles, a male nurse named Greg Focker in ''Meet the Parents'', opposite Robert De Niro. The film was well-received by critics, grossed over $330 million worldwide, and spawned two sequels. Also in 2000, MTV again invited Stiller to make another short film, and he developed ''Mission: Improbable'', a spoof of Tom Cruise's role in ''Mission: Impossible II'' and other films.

In 2001, Stiller would direct his third feature film, ''Zoolander'', which focused on the character Derek Zoolander (played by Stiller) that he developed for the VH1 Fashion Awards. The film featured multiple cameos from a variety of celebrities including Donald Trump, Paris Hilton, Lenny Kravitz, Heidi Klum, and David Bowie, among others. The film was banned in Malaysia (as the plot centered on an assassination attempt of a Malaysian prime minister) while shots of the World Trade Center were digitally removed and hidden for the film's release after the September 11 terrorist attacks.

After Stiller worked with Owen Wilson in ''Zoolander'', they joined together again for ''The Royal Tenenbaums''. Over the next two years, Stiller continued with the lackluster box office film ''Duplex'' and several cameos in ''Orange County'' and ''Nobody Knows Anything!''. He also guest-starred on several television shows, including an appearance in an episode of the television series ''King Of Queens'' in a flashback as the father of the character Arthur (played by Jerry Stiller). He also made a guest appearance on World Wrestling Entertainment's WWE Raw.

In 2004, Stiller appeared in six different films, all of which were comedies, and include some of his highest grossing films. They include ''Starsky & Hutch'', ''Envy'', ''Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story'', an uncredited cameo in ''Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy'', ''Along Came Polly'', and ''Meet the Fockers''. While ''Envy'' only grossed $14.5 million worldwide, his most successful film of the year was ''Meet the Fockers'', which grossed over $516.6 million worldwide. In 2005, Stiller would begin his first attempt at a computer-animated film with ''Madagascar'', which performed so well at the box office that it resulted in a sequel released in 2008 and another in 2012.

In 2006, Stiller had cameo roles in ''School for Scoundrels'', and ''Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny'', for which he served as executive producer. In December, Stiller starred in the lead role of ''Night at the Museum''. Although not a critical favorite, it earned over $115 million in ten days. In 2007, Stiller starred alongside Malin Åkerman in the romantic comedy ''The Heartbreak Kid''. The film earned over $100 million worldwide despite receiving mostly negative reviews. ''Tropic Thunder'', a film he directed, co-wrote, and co-produced, and in which he starred with Robert Downey Jr. and Jack Black, was released on August 13, 2008. In May 2009, he starred with Amy Adams in the sequel ''Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian''. In 2010, Stiller made a brief cameo in Joaquin Phoenix's mockumentary ''I'm Still Here'' and played the lead role in the comedy-drama ''Greenberg''. Stiller again portrayed 'Greg' Focker in ''Little Fockers'', the second sequel to ''Meet the Parents''. Stiller had planned to voice a character in ''Megamind'', but later dropped out while still remaining a producer.

In 2011, Stiller starred with Eddie Murphy and Alan Alda in ''Tower Heist'', about a group of maintenance workers planning a heist in a residential skyscraper. Filming began in November 2010.

"Frat Pack"

Stiller is the "acknowledged leader" of the Frat Pack, a core group of actors that has worked together in multiple films. The group includes Jack Black, Will Ferrell, Vince Vaughn, Owen Wilson, Luke Wilson, Steve Carell, and Paul Rudd. Stiller has been acknowledged as the leader of the group due to his multiple cameos and for his consistent use of the other members in roles in films which he produces and directs. He has appeared the most with Owen Wilson, in eleven films including: ''The Cable Guy'' (1996), ''Permanent Midnight'' (1998), ''Heat Vision and Jack'' (1999 television pilot), ''Meet the Parents'' (2000), ''Zoolander'' (2001), ''The Royal Tenenbaums'' (2001), ''Starsky & Hutch'' (2004), ''Meet the Fockers'' (2004), ''Night at the Museum'' (2006), and ''Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian'' (2009) and "Little Fockers" (2010). Of the 35 primary films that are considered Frat Pack films, Stiller has been involved with 20, in some capacity. He is also the only member of this group to have appeared in a Brat Pack film (''Fresh Horses'').

Personal life

Stiller dated several actresses during his early television and film career, including Jeanne Tripplehorn, Calista Flockhart, and Amanda Peet. In May 2000, Stiller married Christine Taylor, whom he met while filming a never-broadcast television pilot for the Fox Broadcasting network called ''Heat Vision and Jack'', which starred Jack Black. The couple appeared onscreen together in ''Zoolander'', ''Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story'', and ''Tropic Thunder''. He and Taylor reside in Hollywood Hills and have a daughter, Ella Olivia, born April 10, 2002, and a son, Quinlin Dempsey, born July 10, 2005.

Stiller is a supporter of the Democratic Party and donated money to John Kerry's 2004 U.S. Presidential campaign. In February 2007, Stiller attended a fundraiser for Barack Obama and later donated to the 2008 U.S. Presidential campaigns of Democrats Obama, John Edwards, and Hillary Clinton. Stiller is also a supporter of several charities including Declare Yourself, the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, and the Starlight Starbright Children's Foundation. In 2010, Stiller joined Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Robin Williams, and other Hollywood stars in "The Cove PSA: My Friend is... ", an effort to stop the slaughter of dolphins and protect the Japanese population from the toxic levels of mercury found in dolphin meat.

In a 1999 interview with ''GQ'' and later in a 2001 interview with Hollywood.com, Stiller stated jokingly that he had bipolar disorder, an illness he said that ran in his family. In interviews in November and December 2006, Stiller claimed that this earlier interview's comment about the disorder was misconstrued and false. In one interview he clarified, "I said jokingly in ''GQ'' that I was, like, crazy, and it came out as: Ben Stiller, bipolar manic-depressive!" He added in another interview that "Unfortunately, irony is never something that comes across well in a print interview."

Stiller frequently does impersonations of many of his favorite performers, including Bono, Tom Cruise, Bruce Springsteen, and David Blaine. In an interview with ''Parade'', he commented that Robert Klein, George Carlin, and Jimmie Walker were inspirations for his comedy career. Stiller is also a self-professed Trekkie and appeared in the television special ''Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond'' to express his love of the show, as well as a comedy roast for William Shatner. He frequently references the show in his work, and named his production company Red Hour Productions after the original ''Star Trek'' episode "The Return of the Archons".

Filmography

Actor

+ Films and awards
! Year	! Title	! Role	Notes
1987		Dainty
1987		Chris Honeywell
1987	''Shoeshine''
1988	''Fresh Horses''	Tipton
1989		Lawrence Isabella
1989	''Elvis Stories''	Bruce
1989	''That's Adequate''	Chip Lane
1990		Jim Uptegrove
1992	''''	Pie Thrower	Cameo
1992		Pluto's Cook/Attila the Hun
1994	''Reality Bites''	Michael Grates	Also director
1995	''Heavyweights''	Tony Perkis/Tony Perkis Sr.
1996	''''	Sam Sweet/Stan Sweet	Also director
1996		Mel
1996	''If Lucy Fell''	Bwick Elias
1996	''Happy Gilmore''	Hal L. (Nursing Home Orderly)
1998	''Permanent Midnight''	Jerry Stahl
1998	''Your Friends & Neighbors''	Jerry
1998	''There's Something About Mary''	Ted Stroehmann	MTV Movie Award for Best Fight (For the fight against Puffy the Dog.)Nominated — American Comedy Awards
1998	''[[Zero Effect''	Steve Arlo
1999		Mark Clear
1999	''Mystery Men''	Mr. Furious
1999	''''	Jay Rose
2000	''Meet the Parents''	Gaylord "Greg" Focker	American Comedy Award for Funniest Actor in a Motion Picture (Leading Role)MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic PerformanceNominated — Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Actor - Comedy/RomanceNominated — MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Team (shared with Robert De Niro )Nominated — Teen Choice Award for Film - Choice Actor
2000	''Keeping the Faith''	Rabbi Jake Schram
2000	''''	Cop
2001	''''	Chas Tenenbaum	Nominated — Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best CastNominated — Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
2001	''Zoolander''	Derek Zoolander	Also writer and directorTeen Choice Award for Film - Choice Hissy FitNominated — MTV Movie Award for Best DressedNominated — MTV Movie Award for Best Line ("There's more to life than just being really, really, really good looking.")Nominated — MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Team (shared with Owen Wilson)Nominated — Teen Choice Award for Film - Choice Actor, Comedy
2002		The Firefighter	Cameo
2002	''Run Ronnie Run''	Himself
2003	''Nobody Knows Anything!''	Peach Expert	Cameo
2003		Alex Rose
2003	''Pauly Shore Is Dead''	Himself	Cameo
2004	''Meet the Fockers''	Greg Focker	Nominated — Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Actor: ComedyNominated — Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Blush Scene(Greg's engagement party speech)Nominated — Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Liar
2004	''Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy''	Arturo Mendes	Cameo
2004	''Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story''	White Goodman	MTV Movie Award for Best VillainNominated — MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic PerformanceNominated — Razzie Award for Worst Actor
2004		Tim Dingman
2004		David Starsky	Nominated — MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Team (shared with Owen Wilson)Nominated — People's Choice Award for Favorite On-Screen Chemistry (shared with Owen Wilson)Nominated — Razzie Award for Worst ActorNominated — Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Actor - ComedyNominated — Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Chemistry (shared with Owen Wilson)
2004	''Along Came Polly''	Reuben Feffer	Nominated — MTV Movie Award for Best Dance Sequence shared with Jennifer Aniston,For the hot salsa dance.Nominated — Razzie Award for Worst ActorNominated — Teen Choice Awards
2005	''[[Danny Roane: First Time Director''	Himself
2005		Alex
2005	''Sledge: The Untold Story''	Commander
2006	''Night at the Museum''	Larry Daley
2006	''In Search of Ted Demme''	Himself
2006	''Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny''	Guitar Center Guy	Cameo and producer
2006		Lonnie
2007	''''	Eddie Cantrow
2008	''Tropic Thunder''	Tugg Speedman	Also writer and directorHollywood Film Festival
2008	''[[Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa''	Alex
2009	''Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian''	Larry Daley
2009	''''	Jon Gribble
2010		Roger Greenberg	Nominated — Independent Spirit Award for Best Male LeadNominated — Comedy Film Award for Best Leading Actor
2010	''Megamind''	Bernard	Executive Producer, Voice-Role
2010	''Little Fockers''	Greg Focker
2010	''''	Ben Stiller	Exaggerated Version of Himself, Cameo (uncredited)
2011	''Tower Heist''	Josh Kovacs
2012		Evan Trautwig	post production
2012	''Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted''	Alex	completed; Voice only
2012	''He's Way More Famous Than You''	Himself	Post Production
2012	''While We're Young''		Pre Production
2012	''The Mountain''		Announced
2013	''The Secret Life of Walter Mitty''	Walter Mitty	filming
2014	''Zoolander 2''	Derek Zoolander	pre production

Director and producer

Year	! Title	! Notes
1989	''Elvis Stories''	Director/Writer
1994	''Reality Bites''
1996	''''
2001	''Zoolander''
2003	Duplex (film)>Duplex''
2003	''Crooked Lines''
2004	Starsky & Hutch (film)>Starsky & Hutch''
2004	''Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story''
2006	''Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny''
2007	''Blades of Glory''
2008	''Date School''
2008	''Tropic Thunder''
2009	''''
2010	''Megamind''
2010	Submarine (2010 film)>Submarine''
2011	''30 Minutes or Less''

Television work

''Saturday Night Live'' ''The Ben Stiller Show'' ''Working Trash'' '''' ''Duckman'' ''2 Stupid Dogs'' ''NewsRadio'' ''Friends'' ''The Larry Sanders Show'' ''Space Ghost Coast to Coast'' ''Heat Vision and Jack'' ''WWE Raw ''Freaks and Geeks'' ''Undeclared'' '''' ''Prehistoric Planet'' '''' ''Curb Your Enthusiasm'' ''Arrested Development (TV series) ''Extras (TV series) ''Family Guy'' ''Sesame Street'' ''Phineas and Ferb'' ''Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!'' '''' ''Onion News Network'' ''Take Two with Phineas and Ferb'' ''Eagleheart (TV series)

Year	! Title	! Role	! Notes
1987	''Miami Vice''
1989	|	Various/Writer	4 episodes
1990	|	Himself	Director and writer
1990	|	Freddy Novak	Television film
1992–93	|	Himself	Director, producer, and writerPrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program
1995	|	Harry Medfly	Voice only; single episode
1995	|	Tony Robbins-style character	Voice Only
1996	|	Vic	Single episode
1997	|	Tommy	List of Friends episodes#Season 3: 1996.E2.80.931997>The One with the Scream
1997	|	Himself	Single episode
1998	|	Himself	Single episode
1999	|	Strip Club DJ	Director and executive producer
1999	WWF Raw Is War'' ||	Himself	Special guest host
2000	|	Secret Service Agent	Single episode
2001	|	Rex	Single episode
2002	|	Garth Motherloving	Voice only; single episode
2002	|	Narrator	First season
2002	|	Jerry	Single episode
2004	|	Himself	Three episodes
2004–06	Arrested Development'' ||	Tony Wonder	Four episodes
2005	Extras'' ||	Himself	Single episodeNominated — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series
2007	|	Himself	Voice only; "No Meals on Wheels"
2008	|	Himself	Single episode
2010	|	Khaka Peu Peu	The Beak (Phineas and Ferb)>The Beak"
2010	|	Himself	Single episode
2010	|	Himself	Exaggerated Version of Himself, Cameo (uncredited)
2011	|	Himself	Single episode
2011	|	Himself	Single episode
2012	Eagleheart'' ||	Silly Sammy	Guest Star - Episode: "Silly Sammy"

Music videos

"Rollin' (Limp Bizkit song) "Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water" "Bad Boy for Life" "Tribute (song) "Taylor (song) "Awesome; I Fuckin' Shot That!" "Closer (Travis song)

Year	! Title	! Artist	! Role
1999	All Star (song)>All Star"	Smash Mouth
2000	Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle)" ||	Limp Bizkit	Himself
2000	|	Limp Bizkit	Himself
2001	|	Sean Combs	P. Diddy's Neighbor
2002	Tribute" ||	Tenacious D	Himself
2004	Taylor" ||	Jack Johnson (musician)>Jack Johnson	Himself
2006	|	Beastie Boys	Himself
2007	Closer" ||	Travis (band)>Travis	Supermarket Manager

Awards and honors

Stiller was awarded an Emmy Award for "Outstanding Individual Achievement in Writing in a Variety or Music Program" for his work on ''The Ben Stiller Show''. He has been nominated twelve times for the Teen Choice Awards and won once for "Choice Hissy Fit" for his work in ''Zoolander''. He also was nominated by the MTV Movie Awards thirteen times and won three times for "Best Fight" in ''There's Something About Mary'', "Best Comedic Performance" in ''Meet the Parents'', and "Best Villain" in ''Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story''. Princeton University's Class of 2005 inducted Stiller as an honorary member of the class during its "Senior Week" in April 2005. On February 23, 2007, Stiller received the Hasty Pudding Man of the Year award from Harvard's Hasty Pudding Theatricals. According to the organization, the award is given to performers who give a lasting and impressive contribution to the world of entertainment. On March 31, 2007, Stiller received the "Wannabe Award" from the Kids' Choice Awards. On May 31, 2009, Stiller received the MTV Generation Award, at the 2009 MTV Movie Awards. It is the ceremony's top honor.

References

Further reading

Bankston, John. ''Ben Stiller (Real-Life Reader Biography)''. Mitchell Lane Publishers, 2002. ISBN 1584151323.

Dougherty, Terri. ''Ben Stiller (People in the News)''. Lucent Books, 2006. ISBN 1590187237.

External links

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name	Jerry Stiller
birth name	Gerald Isaac Stiller
birth date	June 08, 1927
birth place	New York City, New York, U.S.
nationality	American
education	Seward Park High School
alma mater	Syracuse University
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Gerald Isaac "Jerry" Stiller (born June 8, 1927) is an American comedian and actor.

He spent many years in the comedy team Stiller and Meara with his wife Anne Meara. Stiller and Meara are the parents of actor Ben Stiller (with whom he co-starred in the movies ''Zoolander'', ''Heavyweights'', ''Hot Pursuit'' and ''The Heartbreak Kid'') and actress Amy Stiller.

He is best known for his recurring role as Frank Costanza on the television series ''Seinfeld'' and his supporting role as Arthur Spooner on the television series ''The King of Queens''.

Personal life

The eldest of four children, Stiller was born in Brooklyn, New York City, the son of Bella (née Citrin) and William Stiller, a bus driver. He attended Seward Park High School. A drama major at Syracuse University, he gained a Bachelor's degree in Speech and Drama in 1950.

In the 1953 Phoenix Theater production of Coriolanus (produced by John Houseman) Jerry Stiller (along with Gene Saks and Jack Klugman) formed "the best trio of Shakespearian clowns that [he] had ever seen on any stage."

Stiller has two children, actor/comedian Ben Stiller and actress Amy Stiller.

Stiller is a member of the National Fraternity Tau Delta Phi.

Stiller and Meara

The comedy team Stiller and Meara, composed of Stiller and wife Anne Meara, was successful in the 1960s and 1970s, with numerous appearances on television variety programs such as ''The Ed Sullivan Show''. Their career declined as variety series gradually disappeared, but they subsequently forged a career in radio commercials, notably the campaign for Blue Nun wine. They also starred in their own syndicated five-minute sketch comedy show ''Take Five with Stiller and Meara'', in 1977–78. From 1979 to 1982 Stiller and Meara hosted ''HBO Sneak Previews'', a half-hour show produced monthly on which they described the movies and programs to be featured in the coming month. They would also do a few brief comedy sketches between show discussions. The duo's own 1986 TV sitcom, ''The Stiller and Meara Show'', in which Stiller played the deputy mayor of New York City and Meara portrayed his wife, a TV commercial actress, was unsuccessful.

Resurgence

Seinfeld

Jerry Stiller played the irascible Frank Costanza, the father of George Costanza in the sitcom ''Seinfeld'' from 1993 to 1998. He was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series in 1997 and won the American Comedy Award for Funniest Male Guest Appearance in a TV Series for his portrayal of Frank Costanza.

The King of Queens

After ''Seinfeld'''s run ended, Stiller had planned on retiring, but Kevin James requested him to join the cast of ''The King of Queens''. Kevin James, who played the leading role of Doug Heffernan, had told Stiller that he needed him in order to have a successful show . Stiller obliged, and played the role of Arthur Spooner, the always scheming (and again, irascible) father of Carrie Heffernan in the situation comedy from 1998 until 2007. Stiller has said this role tested his acting ability more than any others have and that, before being a part of ''King of Queens'', he only saw himself as a "decent actor".

Other appearances

Stiller played himself in filmed skits, opening and closing Canadian rock band Rush's 30th Anniversary Tour concerts in 2004. These appearances are seen on the band's DVD ''R30 Live In Frankfurt'', released in 2005. Stiller later appeared in cameos in later in-concert films for the band's 2008 Snakes & Arrows Tour.

Stiller is a martial arts enthusiast and has hosted the Kumite three times. He also routinely attends UFC events and can be seen in many backstage segments.

In the late 1990s Stiller appeared in a series of Nike television commercials as the ghost of deceased Green Bay Packers head coach Vince Lombardi.

Stiller has appeared in various motion pictures, most notably ''Zoolander'' (2001) and ''Secret of the Andes'' (1999) with Nancy Allen.

On February 9, 2007, Stiller and his wife were honored with a joint star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

On October 28, 2010, Stiller and his wife appeared on an episode of ''The Daily Show With Jon Stewart''.

Stiller voiced the announcer on the childrens' educational show ''Crashbox''

Starting in October 2010, Stiller and his wife began starring in a Yahoo web series called ''Stiller & Meara'' from Red Hour Digital, in which they discuss current topics. Each episode lasts about two minutes.

As author

Stiller wrote the foreword to the book ''Festivus: The Holiday for the Rest of Us'' (ISBN 0-446-69674-9) by Allen Salkin, released on October 26, 2005.

His memoir, ''Married to Laughter: A Love Story Featuring Anne Meara'', was published in 2000.

Filmography

''Lovers and Other Strangers'' (1970) as Jim (Carol's Father) (uncredited)

''The Taking of Pelham One Two Three'' (1974) as Lt. Rico Patrone

''Airport 1975'' (1974) as Sam

''The Ritz'' (1976) as Carmine Vespucci

''Nasty Habits'' (1977) as P.R. Priest

''Time Express'' (1979) (TV series)

''Those Lips, Those Eyes'' (1980) as Mr. Shoemaker

''Madame X'' (1981) (made for TV)

''Simon & Simon'' (1982) "The Uncivil Servant" as Harold Traxler

''The McGuffin'' (1985) as Marty

''Tales from the Darkside'' (November 10, 1985) in "The Devil's Advocate" (TV)

''Seize the Day'' (1986) as Dr. Tamkin

''Hot Pursuit'' (1987) as Victor Honeywell

''Nadine'' (1987) as Raymond Escobar

''Hairspray'' (1988) as Wilbur Turnblad

''That's Adequate'' (1989) as Sid Lane

''Little Vegas'' (1990) as Sam

''Sweet 15'' (1990) as Mr. Waterman

''Freefall'' (1992) as Emily's Father

''Highway to Hell'' (1992) as The Desk Cop

''Seinfeld'' (1993–1998) as Frank Costanza (TV)

''The Pickle'' (1993) as Phil Hirsch

''Heavyweights'' (1995) as Harvey Bushkin

''Subway Stories'' (1997) as man in the subway

''Camp Stories'' (1997) as Schlomo

''Stag'' (1997) as Ted

''The Deli'' (1997) as Petey Cheesecake

''The King of Queens'' (1998–2007) as Arthur Spooner (TV)

''The Suburbans'' (1999) as Speedo Silverburg

''A Fish in the Bathtub'' (1999) as Sam

''Secret of the Andes'' (1999) as Dr. Golfisch

''The Independent'' (2000) as Monty Fineman

''My 5 Wives'' (2000) as Don Giovanni

''Chump Change'' (2001) as The Colonel

''Zoolander'' (2001) as Maury Ballstein

''On the Line'' (2001) as Nathan

''Serving Sara'' (2002) as Milton the Cop

''Teacher's Pet'' (2004) (voice) as Pretty Boy

''The Lion King 1½'' (2004) (voice) (direct-to-DVD) as Uncle Max

''R30: 30th Anniversary World Tour'' (2005) as himself

''Hairspray'' (2007) as Mr. Pinky

''The Heartbreak Kid'' (2007) as Doc

''Snakes & Arrows Live (video)'' (2008) as "Heidi"

''Fish Hooks'' (2010) as Principal Strickler (voice)

''Ice Dreams'' (2010) as Skipper

''Excuse Me For Living'' (2012) as Morty

Television

The Love Boat

Fish Hooks as Principal Stickler

The Paul Lynde Show as Barney Dickerson 1972-1973

Archie Bunker's Place as Carmine – 1980

Celebrity Ghost Stories, Season 3, Episode 3(bio.HD)

Seinfeld as Frank Costanza - 1993-98

King of Queens 1998-2007 As Arthur

The Good Wife as Judge Felix Afterman - 2011

Short films

''Shoeshine'' (1987)

''So You Want to Be an Actor'' (1993)

''Amy Stiller's Breast'' (2000)

See also

Stiller and Meara

''The Stiller and Meara Show''

Anne Meara

Ben Stiller

Amy Stiller

''Seinfeld''

''The King of Queens''

References

External links

''The Stiller and Meara Show'' at Internet Movie Database

Festivus: The website for the rest of us – Website for Festivus Book to which Stiller wrote foreword, includes Festivus movies, songs, forum and grievances

Jerry Stiller – Internet Accuracy Project

Exclusive Jerry Stiller Interview at TrulyHollywood.com (March 21, 2007)

Stiller and Meara article at talkingcomedy.com

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name	Vince Vaughn
birth name	Vincent Anthony Vaughn
birth date	March 28, 1970
birth place	Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
home town	Buffalo Grove, Illinois
residence	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
nationality	American
occupation	Actor, comedian, producer, screenwriter, political activist
years active	1988–present
spouse	Kyla Weber (2010–present) }}

Vincent Anthony "Vince" Vaughn (born March 28, 1970) is an American film actor, screenwriter, producer, comedian and activist. He began acting in the late 1980s, appearing in minor television roles before attaining wider recognition with the 1996 movie ''Swingers''. He has since appeared in a number of films, including ''The Lost World: Jurassic Park'', ''Return to Paradise'', ''Old School'', ''Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story'', ''Couples Retreat'', ''The Break Up'', and ''Wedding Crashers''.

Early life

Vince Vaughn was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His mother, Sharon Eileen (née DePalmo), a native of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, is a real-estate agent and stock broker who was once ranked as one of the United States' top money managers by ''Bloomberg Wealth Manager'' magazine. His father, Vernon Lindsay Vaughn, worked as a salesman for a toy company. His parents divorced in 1991. Vaughn is their only son and the youngest of their three children; he has two older sisters, Victoria and Valeri. As a child he was raised "both Protestant and Catholic" by his Catholic mother and Protestant father, and has English, Irish, German, Lebanese, and Italian ancestry.

Vaughn grew up in Buffalo Grove, Illinois, where he played football, baseball and wrestled, although he has called himself unathletic and "very average" at sports in high school. He then moved to Lake Forest, Illinois, where he graduated from Lake Forest High School in 1988. He was introduced to musical theater at a young age and decided to become an actor in 1987. He has credited his mother as the inspiration behind his career, saying, "I saw her overcome stuff, and I thought if you worked hard at something you'd give yourself a chance."

Career

In 1988, Vaughn was cast in a Chevrolet television commercial and subsequently moved to Hollywood. Although he appeared in the 1989 season of the television series, ''China Beach'' and in three ''CBS Schoolbreak Specials'' (in 1990), he was a struggling actor and faced many rejections.

His first film role was 1993's ''Rudy'' playing Jamie O'Hare, where he also struck up a friendship with featured Jon Favreau. Two years later, he was cast a lead role in a proposed revival of ''77 Sunset Strip'' that was to air on the fledgling WB Television Network, but the project ceased development after initial testing. Vaughn did not receive wider success until his role in 1996's ''Swingers'' with Jon Favreau. ''Swingers'' was released in July 1996 and became a successful independent film. Vince's father Vernon also did a cameo in this film.

Afterwards, director Steven Spielberg cast Vaughn in the blockbuster ''The Lost World: Jurassic Park'' which gave him increased exposure. In 1998, he starred in the critically acclaimed drama ''Return to Paradise'' with Anne Heche. In 2000, he starred in ''The Cell'' with Jennifer Lopez and in 2001, appeared in ''Made'', another film penned by Favreau. Vaughn also appeared in Dwight Yoakam's directorial debut movie ''South of Heaven, West of Hell''.

Vaughn's role in the successful 2003 comedy ''Old School'' sky-rocketed his popularity. In 2004, he appeared alongside Ben Stiller in the hit films ''Starsky & Hutch'' and ''Dodgeball'', ''Anchorman'', and had roles in 2005's ''Be Cool'', ''Thumbsucker'' and ''Mr. & Mrs. Smith''.

Also in 2005, Vaughn starred alongside Owen Wilson in the comedy ''Wedding Crashers'', which grossed over $200 million at the United States box office. After this series of roles, Vaughn was dubbed one of the Hollywood Frat Pack, a group of actors who frequently co-star in film comedies. In 2006, Vaughn starred with Jennifer Aniston in the comedy-drama ''The Break-Up'' (also with Favreau and his father).

In 2007, Vaughn also starred in a comedy called ''Fred Claus'', in which he played the sarcastic, wild-at-heart older brother of Santa Claus (Paul Giamatti). ''Fred Claus'' was directed by David Dobkin, who previously directed Vaughn in ''Wedding Crashers'', and co-starred Elizabeth Banks and Kevin Spacey. Next, he momentarily moved from comedy to drama in Sean Penn's critically acclaimed film ''Into the Wild'', a film about the adventures of Christopher McCandless, which was also a best-selling book by Jon Krakauer. He played the role of Wayne Westerberg opposite Emile Hirsch as McCandless.

In 2009, Vaughn starred in ''Couples Retreat'', a comedy chronicling four couples who partake in therapy sessions at a tropical island resort. Malin Åkerman played his wife. Vince's father Vernon portrayed his father in this film.

In February 2010, Vaughn was among the nearly 80 musicians and actors to sing on the charity-single remake of ''We Are the World''.

Vaughn's most recent film was Ron Howard's comedy, ''The Dilemma'', released in January 2011.

Personal life

Family and relationships

Vaughn dated Jennifer Aniston, his co-star in ''The Break-Up'', between 2005 and 2006 in a relationship that became a subject of tabloid speculation. In the fall of 2006, Vaughn filed a lawsuit against three tabloid magazines accusing them of falsely claiming that he had been unfaithful to Aniston. In December 2006, both Vaughn and Aniston's reps confirmed that they had broken up.

On March 5, 2009, it was announced that Vaughn and Canadian realtor Kyla Weber were engaged. Vaughn and Weber married on January 2, 2010, in a small ceremony at the Great Hall of the historic Armour House at Lake Forest Academy in Vaughn's hometown of Lake Forest, Illinois. The couple's daughter, Locklyn Kyla Vaughn, was born on December 18, 2010 in Chicago.

Political opinions

Vaughn supported Republican Presidential candidate Ron Paul in both the 2008 and 2012 elections.

Vaughn has appeared at a number of Libertarian inaugrations and announced his support for Ron Paul's candidacy for President.

U.S.O.

Vaughn has visited soldiers in Afghanistan, Kuwait, and Iraq as part of the U.S.O. tour.

Chicago Sports Teams

Vaughn is a fan of the Chicago Cubs baseball team. He has been spotted at many local games, and has sung Take Me Out to the Ballgame during the seventh inning stretch at Wrigley several times. He is also an avid hockey enthusiast, notably of the NHL's Chicago Blackhawks. He is a Blackhawks season ticket holder and regularly attends home games at the United Center where he has maintained a presence including the team's 2010 and 2011 NHL Playoffs.

Awards

2006

People's Choice Awards, USA Favorite On-Screen Match-Up for: ''Wedding Crashers'' (2005) Shared with: Owen Wilson

MTV Movie Awards Best On-Screen Team for: ''Wedding Crashers'' (2005) Shared with: Owen Wilson

Teen Choice Awards Movies – Choice Chemistry for: ''The Break-Up'' (2006) Shared with: Jennifer Aniston

ShoWest Convention: Special Award – Comedy Star of the Year (2006)

2007

33rd People's Choice Awards: Favorite Leading Man

Spike TV's First Annual "Guys Choice" Guy Movie Hall of Fame" for ''Swingers'' along with Jon Favreau

Filmography

''At Risk'' ''Swingers (1996 film) '''' ''Psycho (1998 film) '''' ''Domestic Disturbance'' ''I Love Your Work'' ''Starsky & Hutch (film) ''Thumbsucker (film) '''' ''Into the Wild (film) ''Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days & 30 Nights – Hollywood to the Heartland'' ''Couples Retreat'' '''' ''Neighborhood Watch (film)

width="50px"	Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993	Rudy (film)>Rudy''	Jamie O'Hara
1994	|	Max Nolan
1996	Swingers'' ||	Trent Walker
rowspan=2	1997	|	Nick Van Owen
''''	Clay Hewitt
rowspan=4	1998	Psycho'' ||	Norman Bates
''Clay Pigeons''	Lester Long
''''	Russell Durrell
''Return to Paradise (1998 film)	Return to Paradise''	John 'Sheriff' Volgecherev
rowspan=3	2000	|	FBI Agent Peter Novak
''''	Pendelton "Penny" Wise
''South of Heaven, West of Hell''	Taylor Henry
rowspan=3	2001	|	Rick Barnes
''Zoolander''	Luke Zoolander
''Made (2001 film)	Made''	Ricky Slade
rowspan=3	2003	|	Stiev
''Old School (film)	Old School''	Bernard "Beanie" Campbell
''Blackball (film)	Blackball''	Rick Schwartz
rowspan=5	2004	Starsky & Hutch'' ||	Reese Feldman
''Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy''	Wes Mantooth
''Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie''	Wes Mantooth
''Paparazzi (2004 film)	Paparazzi''	Actor
''Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story''	Peter La Fleur
rowspan=4	2005	Thumbsucker'' ||	Mr. Geary
''Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005 film)	Mr. & Mrs. Smith''	Eddie
''Wedding Crashers''	Jeremy Grey
''Be Cool''	Roger "Raji" Lowenthal
2006	|	Gary Grobowski	Also Writer/Producer
rowspan=2	2007	Into the Wild'' ||	Wayne Westerberg	Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
''Fred Claus''	Frederick "Fred" Claus
rowspan=2	2008	|	Himself	Also Producer
''Four Christmases''	Brad (A.K.A. Orlando)
2009	|	Dave	Also Writer/Producer
2011	|	Ronny Valentine	Also Producer
rowspan=2	2012	Neighborhood Watch'' ||	Bob Finnerty	Filming
''Lay the Favorite''	Rosie

References

External links

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name	Mickey Rooney
birth name	Joseph Yule, Jr.
birth date	September 23, 1920
birth place	Brooklyn, New York
occupation	Actor, comedian, vaudevillian
years active	1922–present
spouse	Ava Gardner (m.1942-1943; divorced) B.J. Baker (m.1944-1948; divorced) Martha Vickers (m.1949-1951; divorced) Elaine Devry (m.1952-1958; divorced) Carolyn Mitchell (m.1958-1966; her death) Marge Lane (m.1966-1967; divorced) Carolyn Hockett (m.1969-1975; divorced) Jan Chamberlin (m.1978–present)
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Mickey Rooney (born Joseph Yule, Jr.; September 23, 1920) is an American film actor and entertainer whose film, television, and stage appearances span nearly his entire lifetime. He has received multiple awards, including a Juvenile Academy Award, an Honorary Academy Award, two Golden Globes and an Emmy Award. Working as a performer since he was a child, he was a superstar as a teenager for the films in which he played Andy Hardy, and he has had one of the longest careers of any actor, to date spanning 90 years actively making films in ten decades, from 1920s to 2010s. He is the last surviving male star from 1930s Hollywood. For a younger generation of fans, he gained international fame for his leading role as Henry Dailey in The Family Channel's ''The Adventures of the Black Stallion'', as well as the film itself.

Early life

Rooney was born Joseph Yule, Jr. in Brooklyn, New York. His father, Joseph Yule, was from Scotland, and his mother, Nellie W. (née Carter), was from Kansas City, Missouri. Both of his parents were in vaudeville, appearing in a Brooklyn production of ''A Gaiety Girl'' when Joseph, Jr. was born. He began performing at the age of 17 months as part of his parents' routine, wearing a specially tailored tuxedo.

When he was 14 months old, unknown to everyone, he crawled onstage wearing overalls and a little harmonica around his neck. He sneezed and his father, Joe Sr., grabbed him up, introducing him to the audience as Sonny Yule. He felt the spotlight on him and has described it as his mother's womb. From that moment on, the stage was his home.

His father was a womanizer and heavy drinker, leaving the family when Joe Jr. was only three. While Joe Sr. was traveling, Joe Jr. and his mother moved from Brooklyn, New York to Kansas City, Missouri to live with his aunt. While his mother was reading the entertainment newspaper, Nellie was interested in getting Hal Roach to approach the young star to participate in the ''Our Gang'' series in Hollywood. Roach offered $5 a day to Joe Jr. while the other young stars were paid five times more.

As he was getting bit parts in films, he was working with other established film stars such as Joel McCrea, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. and Jean Harlow. While selling newspapers around the corner, he also entered into Hollywood Professional School, where he went to school with dozens of unfamiliar students such as: Joseph A. Wapner, Nanette Fabray, Judy Garland, Lana Turner, among many others, and later Hollywood High School, where he graduated in 1938.

Career

Mickey McGuire

The Yules separated in 1924 during a slump in vaudeville, and in 1925, Nell Yule moved with her son to Hollywood, California, where she managed a tourist home. Fontaine Fox had placed a newspaper ad for a dark-haired child to play the role of "Mickey McGuire" in a series of short films. Lacking the money to have her son's hair dyed, Mrs. Yule took her son to the audition after applying burnt cork to his scalp. Joe got the role and became "Mickey" for 78 of the comedies, running from 1927 to 1936, starting with ''Mickey's Circus'', released September 4, 1927. These had been adapted from the ''Toonerville Trolley'' comic strip, which contained a character named Mickey McGuire. Joe Yule briefly became Mickey McGuire legally in order to trump an attempted copyright lawsuit (if it was his legal name, the film producer Larry Darmour did not owe the comic strip writers royalties). His mother also changed her surname to McGuire in an attempt to bolster the argument, but the film producers lost. The litigation settlement awarded damages to the owners of the cartoon character, as well as compelled the twelve-year-old actor to refrain from calling himself by the name Mickey McGuire on and off screen.

Rooney later claimed that, during his Mickey McGuire days, he met cartoonist Walt Disney at the Warner Brothers studio, and that Disney was inspired to name Mickey Mouse after him, although Disney always said that he had changed the name from "Mortimer Mouse" to "Mickey Mouse" on the suggestion of his wife.

During an interruption in the series in 1932, Mrs. Yule made plans to take her son on a ten-week vaudeville tour as McGuire, and Fox sued successfully to stop him from using the name. Mrs. Yule suggested the stage name of Mickey Looney for her comedian son, which he altered slightly to Rooney, a less frivolous version. Rooney did other films in his adolescence, including several more of the McGuire films, and signed with MGM in 1934. MGM cast Rooney as the teenage son of a judge in 1937's ''A Family Affair'', setting Rooney on the way to another successful film series.

"Andy Hardy" and Judy Garland

In 1937, Rooney was selected to portray Andy Hardy in ''A Family Affair'' (1937), which MGM had planned as a B-movie. Rooney provided comic relief as the son of Judge James K. Hardy, portrayed by Lionel Barrymore (although Lewis Stone would play the role of Judge Hardy in later films). The film was an unexpected success, and led to 13 more ''Andy Hardy'' films between 1937 and 1946, and a final film in 1958. Rooney also received top billing as "Shockey Carter" in ''Hoosier Schoolboy'' (1937).

Also in 1937, Mickey made his first film alongside Judy Garland with ''Thoroughbreds Don't Cry''. Garland and Rooney became close friends and a successful song and dance team. Besides three of the Andy Hardy films, where she portrayed Betsy Booth, a younger girl with a crush on Andy, they appeared together in a string of successful musicals, including the Oscar-nominated ''Babes in Arms'' (1939). During an interview in the documentary film ''When the Lion Roars'', Rooney describes their friendship:

Rooney's breakthrough role as a dramatic actor came in 1938's ''Boys Town'' opposite Spencer Tracy as Whitey Marsh, which opened shortly before his 18th birthday. Rooney was awarded a special Juvenile Academy Award in 1939 and was named the biggest box-office draw in 1939, 1940 and 1941. Unquestionably a well-known entertainer by the early 1940s, Rooney, with Garland, was one of many celebrities caricatured in Tex Avery's 1941 Warner Bros. cartoon ''Hollywood Steps Out''. As of 2012, Rooney is the only surviving entertainer depicted in the cartoon. In 1991, Rooney was honored by the Young Artist Foundation with its Former Child Star "Lifetime Achievement" Award recognizing his achievements within the film industry as a child actor. After presenting the award to Rooney, the foundation subsequently renamed the accolade "The Mickey Rooney Award" in his honor.

After the war

In 1944, Rooney entered military service. He served more than 21 months, until shortly after the end of World War II. During and after the war he helped entertain the troops in America and Europe, and spent part of the time as a radio personality on the American Forces Network and was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for entertaining troops in combat zones. In addition to the Bronze Star Medal, Rooney also received the Army Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, and World War Two Victory Medal for his military service.

After his return to civilian life, his career slumped. He appeared in a number of films, including ''Words and Music'' in 1948, which paired him for the last time with Garland on film (he appeared with her on one episode as a guest on her CBS variety series in 1963). He briefly starred in a CBS radio series, ''Shorty Bell'', in the summer of 1948, and reprised his role as "Andy Hardy", with most of the original cast, in a syndicated radio version of ''The Hardy Family'' in 1949 and 1950 (repeated on Mutual during 1952).

His first television series, ''The Mickey Rooney Show: Hey, Mulligan'' (created by Blake Edwards with Rooney as his own producer), appeared on NBC television for thirty-two episodes between August 28, 1954 and June 4, 1955. In 1951, he directed a feature film for Columbia Pictures, ''My True Story'' starring Helen Walker. Rooney also starred as a ragingly egomaniacal television comedian in the live 90-minute television drama ''The Comedian'', in the ''Playhouse 90'' series on the evening of Valentine's Day in 1957, and as himself in a revue called ''The Musical Revue of 1959'' based on the 1929 film ''The Hollywood Revue of 1929'' which was edited into a film in 1960, by British International Pictures.

In 1958, Rooney joined Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra in hosting an episode of NBC's short-lived ''Club Oasis'' comedy and variety show. In 1960, Rooney directed and starred in ''The Private Lives of Adam and Eve'', an ambitious comedy known for its multiple flashbacks and many cameos. In the 1960s, Rooney returned to theatrical entertainment. He still accepted film roles in undistinguished films, but occasionally would appear in better works, such as ''Requiem for a Heavyweight'' (1962), ''It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World'' (1963), and ''The Black Stallion'' (1979). One of Rooney's more controversial roles came in the highly acclaimed 1961 film ''Breakfast at Tiffany's'' where he played a stereotyped buck-toothed myopic Japanese neighbor (Mr. Yunioshi) of the main character, Holly Golightly. Despite Rooney's protests that he was congratulated for the role by Asians, that role would later be held up as one of the most notorious examples of Hollywood's history of stereotypical depictions of that racial group, evidenced in the film ''Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story'' when future Asian-American film star, Bruce Lee, was deeply offended seeing the film.

On December 31, 1961, he appeared on television's ''What's My Line'' and mentioned that he had already started enrolling students in the MRSE (Mickey Rooney School of Entertainment). His school venture never came to fruition, but for several years he was a spokesman/partner in Pennsylvania's Downingtown Inn, a country club and golf resort.

In 1966, while Rooney was working on the film ''Ambush Bay'' in the Philippines, his wife Barbara Ann Thomason (akas: Tara Thomas, Carolyn Mitchell), a former pin-up model and aspiring actress who had won 17 straight beauty contests in Southern California, was found dead in their bed. Beside her was her lover, Milos Milos, an actor friend of Rooney's. Detectives ruled it murder-suicide, which was committed with Rooney's own gun.

Rooney was awarded an Academy Juvenile Award in 1938, and in 1983 the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences voted him their Academy Honorary Award for his lifetime of achievement. He was mentioned in the 1972 song "Celluloid Heroes" by The Kinks: ''"If you stomped on Mickey Rooney/ He'd still turn round and smile..."''

Character actor

In addition to his movie roles, Rooney made numerous guest-starring roles as a character actor for nearly six decades, beginning with an episode of ''Celanese Theatre''. The part led to other roles on such television series as ''Schlitz Playhouse'', ''Playhouse 90'', ''Producers' Showcase'', ''Alcoa Theatre'', ''Wagon Train'', ''G.E. True Theater'', ''Hennesey'', ''The Dick Powell Theatre'', ''Arrest and Trial'', ''Burke's Law'', ''Combat!'', ''The Fugitive'', ''Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre'', ''The Jean Arthur Show'', ''The Name of the Game'', ''Dan August'', ''Night Gallery'', ''The Love Boat'', ''Kung Fu: The Legend Continues'', among many others.

Television, stage and ''The Black Stallion''

Rooney made a successful transition to television and stage work. In 1961, he guest starred in the 13-week James Franciscus adventure–drama television series ''The Investigators'' on CBS. In 1963, he even entered ''The Twilight Zone'', giving a one-man performance in the episode "The Last Night of a Jockey". In 1964, he launched another half-hour sitcom, ''Mickey'', on ABC. The story line had "Mickey" operating a resort hotel in southern California. Son Tim Rooney appeared as Rooney's teenaged son on the program, and Emmaline Henry starred as Rooney's wife. It lasted 17 episodes, ending primarily due to the suicide of co-star Sammee Tong in October 1964.

He won a Golden Globe and an Emmy Award for his role in 1981's ''Bill''. Playing opposite Dennis Quaid, Rooney's character was a mentally challenged man attempting to live on his own after leaving an institution. He reprised his role in 1983's ''Bill: On His Own'', earning an Emmy nomination for the role.

Rooney did the voices for four Christmas TV animated/stop action specials: ''Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town'' (1970), ''The Year Without a Santa Claus'' (1974), ''Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July'' (1979), and ''A Miser Brothers' Christmas'' (2008) — always playing Santa Claus. In 1970, he was approached by television producer Norman Lear to consider taking on the role of Archie Bunker in the upcoming CBS series, ''All in the Family''. Like Jackie Gleason before him, Mickey rejected the role, which ultimately went to Carroll O'Connor.

He continued to work on stage and television through the 1980s and 1990s, appearing in the acclaimed stage play ''Sugar Babies'' with Ann Miller beginning in 1979. He also starred in the short-lived sitcom, ''One of the Boys'', along with 2 unfamiliar young stars, Dana Carvey and Nathan Lane, in 1982. He toured Canada in a dinner theatre production of ''The Mind with the Naughty Man'' in the mid-1990s. He played The Wizard in a stage production of ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'' with Eartha Kitt at Madison Square Garden. Kitt was later replaced by Jo Anne Worley. In 1995 he starred with Charlton Heston, Peter Graves and Deborah Winters in the Warren Chaney docudrama ''America: A Call to Greatness''. He also appeared in the documentary ''That's Entertainment! III''.

Rooney voiced Mr. Cherrywood in ''The Care Bears Movie'' (1985), and starred as the Movie Mason in a Disney Channel Original Movie family film 2000's ''Phantom of the Megaplex''. He had a guest spot on an episode of ''The Golden Girls'' as Sophia's boyfriend "Rocko", who claimed to be a bank robber. He voiced himself in the ''Simpsons'' episode "Radioactive Man" of 1995. In 1996–97, Mickey played Talbut on the TV series, Kleo The Misfit Unicorn produced by Gordon Stanfield Animation (GSA). He co-starred in ''Night at the Museum'' in 2006 with Dick Van Dyke and Ben Stiller.

After starring in one unsuccessful TV series and for turning down an offer on a huge TV series, Rooney finally hit the jackpot, at 70, when he was offering a starring role on The Family Channel's, ''The Adventures of the Black Stallion'', where he reprised his role as Henry Dailey from the film of the same name, eleven years earlier. The show was based on a novel by Walter Farley. For this role, he had to travel all the way to Vancouver. Just like the film itself, the ''Black Stallion'' TV series, Rooney became one of the most beloved stars, that the show itself became an immediate hit with teenagers, young adults and people all over the world. The show was also seen in 70 countries. It also lost out to ''Harry and the Hendersons'', when the show was nominated for a Young Artist Award in the "Best Off-Prime Time or Cable Family Series" category.

Also starring on ''Black Stallion'' were Docs Keepin Time who played "The Black Stallion", but did not have a voice part in the series, despite appearing in every episode of the series, with an unfamiliar Canadian high school student, a fan of Rooney's films, a voice-over actor, a future acting instructor, and online radio host, Richard Ian Cox, in the role of Henry's teenaged traveler, Alec Ramsay. The on- and off-screen chemistry between Rooney and Cox was an immediate success story of 1990s television. Richard also had the opportunity to spend a lot of time with Mickey's real-life family, when not filming. For its three seasons on air, Rooney was nominated for a Gemini Award in the category of "Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role", but didn't win. By the end of the third season, Black Stallion's ratings were declining, the show was cancelled in 1993, after three seasons and 78 episodes.

In December 2009, he appeared as a guest to a dinner party hosted by David Gest on ''Come Dine With Me''.

Current work

Rooney appeared in television commercials for Garden State Life Insurance Company in 1999, alongside his wife Jan Rooney. In commercials shown in 2007, he can be seen in the background washing imaginary dishes.

In 2003, Rooney and his wife began their association with Rainbow Puppet Productions, providing their voices to the 100th Anniversary production of "Toyland!" an adaptation of Victor Herbert's ''Babes in Toyland''. He created the voice for the Master Toymaker while Jan provided the voice for Mother Goose. Since that time, they have created voices for additional Rainbow Puppet Productions including "Pirate Party" which also features vocal performances by Carol Channing. Both productions continue to tour theaters across the country.

He continues to work in film and tours with his wife in a multi-media live stage production called ''Let's Put On a Show!'' His first performance of this show after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack was in Bend, Oregon, in which Mickey and Jan requested the show begin with the singing of the "Star Spangled Banner" by Jan offstage with only the American Flag visible on stage.

On May 26, 2007, he was grand marshal at the Garden Grove Strawberry Festival. Rooney made his British pantomime debut, playing Baron Hardup in Cinderella, at the Sunderland Empire Theatre over the 2007 Christmas period, a role he reprised in 2009 at the Milton Keynes theatre.

In 2008, Rooney starred as Chief, a wise old ranch owner, in the independent family feature film ''Lost Stallions: The Journey Home'', marking a return to starring in equestrian-themed productions for the first time since the 1990s TV show ''Adventures of the Black Stallion''. Even though they've acted together before, ''Lost Stallions: The Journey Home'' is the sole film to date in which he and Jan portrayed a married couple on screen.

Rooney made a brief cameo appearance in ''The Muppets'', making his career span 10 decades.

Personal life

Rooney has been married 8 times. In the 1950s and 1960s, he was often the subject of comedians' jokes for his alleged inability to stay married. He is currently married to Jan Chamberlin. He has 9 children from his eight marriages, as well as nineteen grandchildren and several great-grandchildren. In 1942, he married Hollywood starlet Ava Gardner, but the two were divorced well before she became a star in her own right. While stationed in the military in Alabama in 1944, Rooney met and married local beauty queen Betty Jane Phillips. This marriage ended in divorce after he returned from Europe at the end of World War II. His subsequent marriages to Martha Vickers (1949) and Elaine Mahnken (1952) were also short-lived and ended in divorce. In 1958, Rooney married Barbara Ann Thomason, but tragedy struck when she was murdered in 1966. Falling into deep depression, he married Barbara's friend, Marge Lane, who helped him take care of his young children. The marriage lasted only 100 days. He was married to Carolyn Hockett from 1969 to 1974, but financial instability ended the relationship. Finally, in 1978, Rooney married Jan Chamberlin, his 8th wife. , they live in Westlake Village, California. Mickey is an outspoken advocates for veterans and senior rights.

Rooney's oldest child Mickey Rooney, Jr. is a born-again Christian. He and several of Rooney's other eight children have worked at various times in show business. One of them, actor Tim Rooney, died in 2006 on Mickey's birthday at the age of 59.

On September 23, 2010, Rooney celebrated his 90th birthday at Feinstein's at Loews Regency in the Upper East Side of New York City. Among the people who were attending the party were: Donald Trump, Regis Philbin, Nathan Lane and Tony Bennett. In December 2010 he was honored as Turner Classic Movies Star of the Month.

On February 16, 2011, Rooney was granted a temporary restraining order against Christopher Aber. Christopher is the oldest of Jan Rooney's two sons from a previous marriage. Many press releases state that the restraining order included Mickey Rooney, Jan's son Mark Rooney, who is currently Mickey's caregiver, and wife Jan Rooney. Public record states that the restraining order in fact included Mickey Rooney, Mark Rooney and Mark's wife Charlene Rooney. Jan Rooney was not included in the restraining order and has publicly denied any abuse in defense of her son Christopher. On March 2, 2011 Rooney appeared before a special US Senate committee that was considering legislation to curb elder abuse. Rooney stated that he was financially abused by unnamed family members. On March 27, 2011, all of Rooney's finances were permanently handed over to lawyers over the claim of missing money.

In April 2011, the temporary restraining order that Rooney was previously granted was replaced by a confidential settlement between Rooney and his stepson. Christopher Aber and Jan Rooney have denied all the allegations.

Marriages

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! Name !! Years !! Children
Ava Gardner	1942–1943
		Mickey Rooney, Jr. (born July 3, 1945)
Tim Rooney (January 4, 1947 – September 23, 2006)
Martha Vickers	1949–1951	Theodore Michael Rooney (born April 13, 1950)
Elaine Devry	1952–1958
		Kelly Ann Rooney (born September 13, 1959)
Kerry Rooney (born December 30, 1960)
Kimmy Sue Rooney (born September 13, 1963)
Marge Lane	1966–1967
		Jimmy Rooney (adopted from Carolyn's previous marriage) (born 1966)
Jonelle Rooney (born January 11, 1970)
	1978–present

Filmography

Selected films

This is a selected list of Rooney's full-length films, both theatrical and made for television.

! Year !! Title
1927	''Orchids and Ermine''
	''The Beast of the City''
''Sin's Pay Day''
''High Speed''
''Fast Companions''
''My Pal, the King''
''Officer Thirteen''
	''The Big Cage''
''The Life of Jimmy Dolan''
''The Big Chance''
''The Chief''
''The World Changes''
	''Beloved''
''The Lost Jungle''
''I Like It That Way''
''Manhattan Melodrama''
''Love Birds''
''Half a Sinner''
''Hide-Out''
''Blind Date''
''Death on the Diamond''
	''The County Chairman''
''Down the Stretch''
''The Devil is a Sissy''
''Hoosier Schoolboy''
''Live, Love and Learn''
''Thoroughbreds Don't Cry''
''You're Only Young Once''
	''Love Is a Headache''
''Judge Hardy's Children''
''Hold That Kiss''
''Lord Jeff''
''Love Finds Andy Hardy''
''Stablemates''
''Out West with the Hardys''
''The Hardys Ride High''
''Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever''
''Judge Hardy and Son''
	''Young Tom Edison''
''Andy Hardy Meets Debutante''
	''Andy Hardy's Private Secretary''
''Men of Boys Town''
''Life Begins for Andy Hardy''
''Babes on Broadway''
	''The Courtship of Andy Hardy''
''A Yank at Eton''
''Andy Hardy's Double Life''

! Year !! Title
''Thousands Cheer''
	''Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble''
1946	''Love Laughs at Andy Hardy''
1947	''Killer McCoy''
1949
''The Fireball''
''He's a Cockeyed Wonder''
	''My Outlaw Brother''
1952
''All Ashore''
''A Slight Case of Larceny''
	''Drive a Crooked Road''
''The Atomic Kid''
	''The Bridges at Toko-Ri''
''The Twinkle in God's Eye''
	''The Bold and the Brave''
''Magnificent Roughnecks''
	''Operation Mad Ball''
	''A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed''
''Andy Hardy Comes Home''
	''The Big Operator''
''The Last Mile''
	''Platinum High School''
	''King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein''
''Everything's Ducky''
1962	''Requiem for a Heavyweight''
1963	''It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World''
1964	''The Secret Invasion''
	''Twenty-Four Hours to Kill''
''How to Stuff a Wild Bikini''
	''The Devil In Love''
''Ambush Bay''
1968
	''The Extraordinary Seaman''
''The Comic''
''80 Steps to Jonah''
	''Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County''
	''Mooch Goes to Hollywood''
''The Manipulator''
	''Evil Roy Slade''
1973	''The Godmothers''
	''Thunder County''
''Rachel's Man''
''Journey Back to Oz'' (voice)
''The Year Without a Santa Claus'' (voice)
	''Ace of Hearts''
''From Hong Kong with Love''
1976	''Find the Lady''

Year !! Title
	''The Domino Principle''
''Pete's Dragon''
1978	''The Magic of Lassie''
''Arabian Adventure''
''Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July (voice)''
''Odyssey of the Pacific''
1982	''The Emperor of Peru''
1983	''Bill: On His Own''
1984	''It Came Upon the Midnight Clear''
1985	''The Care Bears Movie'' (voice)
1986	''Lightning, the White Stallion''
1988	''Bluegrass''
	''Erik the Viking''
''Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland''
	1990	''Home For Christmas''
1991
	''The Milky Life''
''Sweet Justice''
''Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toy Maker''
''Little Nemo: Adventures In Slumberland''
''Maximum Force''
1993	''The Legend of Wolf Mountain''
	''Revenge of the Red Baron''
''The Outlaws: The Legend of O.B. Taggart''
''Making Waves''
1995	''America: A Call to Greatness''
1997	''Killing Midnight''
	''The Face on the Barroom Floor''
''Animals and the Tollkeeper''
''Michael Kael vs. the World News Company''
''Sinbad: The Battle of the Dark Knights''
''Babe: Pig in the City''
	''Holy Hollywood''
''The First of May''
	''Internet Love''
''Phantom of the Megaplex''
2001	''Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure'' (voice)
2002	''Topa Topa Bluffs''
2003	''Paradise''
	''Strike the Tent''
''A Christmas Too Many''
	''The Thirsting''
''To Kill a Mockumentary''
''Night at the Museum''
	''The Yesterday Pool''
''Bamboo Shark''
	''Lost Stallions: The Journey Home''
''A Miser Brothers' Christmas'' (voice)
2010	''Gerald''
2011

Short subjects

! Year !! Title
1926	''Not to Be Trusted''
	'' Mickey's Circus''
''Mickey's Pals''
''Mickey's Eleven''
''Mickey's Battles''
	''Mickey's Parade''
''Mickey in School''
''Mickey's Nine''
''Mickey's Little Eva''
''Mickey's Wild West''
''Mickey in Love''
''Mickey's Triumph''
''Mickey's Babies''
''Mickey's Movies''
''Mickey's Rivals''
''Mickey the Detective''
''Mickey's Athletes''
''Mickey's Big Game Hunt''
	''Mickey's Great Idea''
''Mickey's Menagerie''
''Mickey's Last Chance''
''Mickey's Brown Derby''
''Mickey's Northwest Mounted''
''Mickey's Initiation''
''Mickey's Midnite Follies''
''Mickey's Surprise''
''Mickey's Mix-Up''
''Mickey's Big Moment''
''Mickey's Strategy''

! Year !! Title
	''Mickey's Champs''
''Mickey's Explorers''
''Mickey's Master Mind''
''Mickey's Luck''
''Mickey's Whirlwinds''
''Mickey's Warriors''
''Mickey the Romeo''
''Mickey's Merry Men''
''Mickey's Winners''
''Screen Snapshots'' Series 9, No. 24
''Mickey's Musketeers''
''Mickey's Bargain''
	''Mickey's Stampede''
''Mickey's Crusaders''
''Mickey's Rebellion''
''Mickey's Diplomacy''
''Mickey's Wildcats''
''Mickey's Thrill Hunters''
''Mickey's Helping Hand''
''Mickey's Sideline''
	''Mickey's Busy Day''
''Mickey's Travels''
''Mickey's Holiday''
''Mickey's Big Business''
''Mickey's Golden Rule''
''Mickey's Charity''

! Year !! Title
	''Mickey's Ape Man''
''Mickey's Race''
''Mickey's Big Broadcast''
''Mickey's Disguises''
''Mickey's Touchdown''
''Mickey's Tent Show''
''Mickey's Covered Wagon''
	''Mickey's Minstrels''
''Mickey's Rescue''
''Mickey's Medicine Man''
1935	''Pirate Party on Catalina Isle''
1937	''Cinema Circus''
1938	''Andy Hardy's Dilemma''
1940	''Rodeo Dough''
1941	''Meet the Stars #4'': Variety Reel #2
1943	''Show Business at War''
1947	''Screen Snapshots: Out of This World'' Series
1953	''Screen Snapshots: Mickey Rooney – Then and Now''
1958	''Screen Snapshots: Glamorous Hollywood''
1968	''Vienna''
1974	''Just One More Time''
1975	''The Lion Roars Again''
2008	''Wreck the Halls''

Television

Rooney has made countless appearances in TV sitcoms and television films. He has also lent his voice to many animation films. Only his most important work is listed in this section.

! Year(s) !! Title
1954–1955	''The Mickey Rooney Show'': ''Hey Mulligan''
1957
1964–1965
1981
1982	''One of the Boys'' (canceled after 13 episodes)
1983	''Bill: On His Own'' (sequel to 1981's "Bill" nominated for Emmy)
1990–1993	''The Adventures of the Black Stallion''

Awards

Academy Juvenile AwardAcademy AwardAcademy AwardAcademy AwardEmmy AwardLaurel AwardEmmy Award rowspan=3Laurel AwardGolden GlobeAcademy AwardEmmy AwardGolden GlobeAcademy AwardEmmy AwardGemini AwardYoung Artist AwardGiffoni Film Festival Pocono Mountains Film Festival

Year !! Award !! Category !! Nominated Work / Honor !! Result
1938	Academy Award	|	(With Deanna Durbin)"For their significant contribution in bringing to the screen the spirit and personification of youth, and as juvenile players setting a high standard of ability and achievement."
1939	|	Academy Award for Best Actor>Best Actor in a Leading Role	Babes in Arms (film)>Babes in Arms''
1943	|	Academy Award for Best Actor>Best Actor in a Leading Role	The Human Comedy (film)>The Human Comedy''
1956	|	Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor>Best Actor in a Supporting Role	''The Bold and the Brave''
1957	|	Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie>Best Single Performance in a Leading or Supporting Role	''Playhouse 90''
1957	|	Top Male Action Star	Baby Face Nelson (film)>Baby Face Nelson''
1958	|	Best Single Performance	''Alcoa Theatre''
rowspan=3	1960	Hollywood Walk of Fame ||	List of stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame>Star of Motion Picture	Star at 1718 Vine Street
List of stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame	Star of Television	Star at 6372 Hollywood Boulevard
List of stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame	Star of Radio	Star at 6541 Hollywood Boulevard
1962	|	Top Male Supporting Performance	''Requiem for a Heavyweight''
1964	|	Best TV Star – Male	Mickey (TV series)>Mickey''
1980	|	Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor>Best Actor in a Supporting Role	The Black Stallion (film)>The Black Stallion''
1981	|	Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie>Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Special	Bill (TV movie)>Bill''
1981	|	Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film>Best Actor in a TV Mini-Series or Motion Picture	Bill (TV movie)>Bill''
1983	|	Academy Honorary Award	"In recognition of his 50 years of versatility in a variety of memorable film performances."
1983	|	Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie>Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Special	''Bill: On His Own''
1991	|	Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role>Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role	''The Adventures of the Black Stallion''
1991	|	Young Artist Former Child Star Lifetime Achievement Award>Former Child Star Award	(Subsequently renamed "Young Artist Former Child Star Lifetime Achievement Award>The Mickey Rooney Award")
1996	|	François Truffaut Award	—
2004	|	Lifetime Achievement Award	—

References

Further reading

Rooney, Mickey (1991). ''Life Is Too Short''. (New York: Random House)

Marx, Arthur (1988/reprint). ''The Nine Lives Of Mickey Rooney''. (New York: Berkley Publishing Group)

External links

mickeyrooney.com, Official Site Of Mickey Rooney

Mickey Rooney on the Phil Silvers Show

"Mickey Rooney on America, Christ and Judy Garland: The Hollywood Legend Speaks Out." ''Montreal Mirror'' interview 1998

Mickey Rooney at Virtual History

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name	Eddie Murphy
birth name	Edward Regan Murphy
birth date	April 03, 1961
birth place	Brooklyn, New York, United States
medium	Film, television, stand-up, music, books
nationality	American
active	1976–present
genre	Observational comedy, musical comedy, black comedy, satire, physical comedy, Dance Pop
subject	African American culture, race relations, racism, marriage, everyday life, current events, pop culture, human sexuality
influences	Bill Cosby, Richard Pryor, Peter Sellers, Redd Foxx Robin Williams,
spouse	Nicole Mitchell (1993–2006) (divorced) 5 childrenTracey Edmonds (2008) (unofficial)
domesticpartner	Melanie Brown (2006–07) 1 child
othername	Fred Braughton, Edward "Eddie" Regan Murphy, Edie Murphy, Edward Regan Murphy, Eddy Murphy
notable work	Axel Foley in ''Beverly Hills Cop'' Various on ''Saturday Night Live''''Shrek'' series
website	}}

Edward Regan "Eddie" Murphy (born April 3, 1961) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, singer, director, and musician.

Box office takes from Murphy's films make him the second-highest grossing actor in the United States. He was a regular cast member on ''Saturday Night Live'' from 1980 to 1984 and has worked as a stand-up comedian. He was ranked #10 on Comedy Central's list of the 100 Greatest Stand-ups of All Time.

He has received Golden Globe Award nominations for his performances in ''48 Hrs'', ''Beverly Hills Cop'' series, ''Trading Places'', and ''The Nutty Professor''. 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''.

Eddie Murphy's work as a voice actor includes Thurgood Stubbs in ''The PJs'', Donkey in the ''Shrek'' series and the dragon Mushu in Disney's ''Mulan''. In some of his films, he plays multiple roles in addition to his main character, intended as a tribute to one of his idols Peter Sellers, who played multiple roles in ''Dr. Strangelove'' and elsewhere. Murphy has played multiple roles in ''Coming to America'', Wes Craven's ''Vampire In Brooklyn'', the ''Nutty Professor'' films (where he played the title role in two incarnations, plus his father, brother, mother, and grandmother), ''Bowfinger'', ''Norbit'', and ''Meet Dave''.

Early life

Murphy grew up in the Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn. His mother, Lillian, was a telephone operator, and his father, Charles Edward Murphy, was a transit police officer and an amateur actor and comedian. His father died when he was young. When Murphy's single mom became ill, the eight-year-old Eddie Murphy and his older brother lived in foster care for one year. In interviews, the actor and comedian says that his time in foster care was influential in developing his sense of humour. Later Murphy and his older brother Charlie were raised in Roosevelt, New York by his mother and stepfather Vernon Lynch, a foreman at an ice cream plant. Around the age of 15, Murphy was writing and performing his own routines, which were heavily influenced by Bill Cosby and Richard Pryor.

Career

Stand-up comedy

Murphy performed stand-up at the same Bay Area Comedy Club as Robin Williams and Whoopi Goldberg. His early comedy was characterized by frequent swearing and sketches lampooning a diverse group of people (including WASPs, African Americans, Italian Americans, overweight people, and gay people). This racy content was akin to that of Richard Pryor, whom Murphy has credited as his inspiration to enter comedy; however, in his autobiography, ''Pryor Convictions'', Pryor wrote that he found Murphy's comedy at times excessively insensitive. Murphy later apologized for insensitive jokes about gay people and HIV. The stand-up shows ''Delirious'' and ''Raw'' have been recorded and released.

1980s acting career

Murphy first earned attention as a regular actor at ''Saturday Night Live'', and was credited with helping revitalize the series during its first true slump in quality in the early 1980s. Some of his notable characters included a grown version of the Little Rascals character Buckwheat, impoverished but street-wise children's show host Mr. Robinson (a spoof of Fred Rogers, who found it amusing), and Gumby, a harshly cynical version of the animated character; Murphy's take on the latter character spawned one of SNL's many catchphrases, "I'm Gumby, dammit!" Although Buckwheat was his most popular character, Murphy asked that he be retired because the actor grew tired of people asking him to "Do Buckwheat! Do Buckwheat!"; the character was assassinated on camera in front of 30 Rockefeller Plaza.

In 1982, Murphy made his big screen debut in the film ''48 Hrs.'' with Nick Nolte. ''48 Hrs.'' proved to be a hit when it was released in the Christmas season of 1982. Nolte was scheduled to host the December 11, 1982 Christmas episode of ''Saturday Night Live'', but became too ill to host, so Murphy took over. He became the only cast member to host while still a regular. Murphy opened the show with the phrase, "Live from New York, It's the Eddie Murphy Show!" The following year, Murphy starred in ''Trading Places'' with fellow ''SNL'' alumnus Dan Aykroyd. The movie marked the first of Murphy's collaborations with director John Landis (who also directed Murphy in ''Coming to America'' and ''Beverly Hills Cop III'') and proved to be an even greater box office success than ''48 Hrs''. In 1984, Murphy starred in the successful action comedy film ''Beverly Hills Cop''. The film was Murphy's first full-fledged starring vehicle, originally intended to star Sylvester Stallone (who later tweaked the script as his own starring vehicle ''Cobra'' in 1986). ''Beverly Hills Cop'' grossed over $230 million at the box office and is 40th in the list of all-time total U.S. box office grosses (4th-highest amongst "R" rated films), after adjusting for inflation, .

In 1984, Murphy appeared in ''Best Defense'', co-starring Dudley Moore. Murphy, who was credited as a "Strategic Guest Star", was added to the film after an original version was completed but tested poorly with audiences. ''Best Defense'' was a major financial and critical disappointment. When he hosted ''SNL'', Murphy joined the chorus of those bashing ''Best Defense'', calling it "the worst movie in the history of everything". Murphy's ''Trading Places'' co-star Dan Aykroyd had originally written the character of Winston Zeddemore in ''Ghostbusters'' specifically for Murphy, but he was unable to commit at the time due to the ''Beverly Hills Cop'' shooting schedule. The part ultimately went to Ernie Hudson. Murphy was also offered a part in 1986's ''Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home'', a role that, after being heavily re-written from comic relief to love interest, ultimately went to future ''7th Heaven'' star Catherine Hicks. By this point Murphy's near-exclusive contract with Paramount Pictures rivaled ''Star Trek'' as Paramount's most lucrative franchise.

In 1986, Murphy starred in the supernatural comedy, ''The Golden Child''. ''The Golden Child'' was originally intended to be a serious adventure picture starring Mel Gibson. After Gibson turned the role down, the project was offered to Murphy as it was subsequently rewritten as a partial comedy. Although ''The Golden Child'' (featuring Murphy's "I want the knife!" routine) performed well at the box office, the movie was not as critically acclaimed as ''48 Hrs.'', ''Trading Places'', and ''Beverly Hills Cop''. ''The Golden Child'' was considered a change of pace for Murphy because of the supernatural setting as opposed to the more "street smart" settings of Murphy's previous efforts. A year later, Murphy reprised his role of Axel Foley in the Tony Scott-directed ''Beverly Hills Cop II''. It was a box office success, grossing over $150 million. Producers reportedly wanted to turn the ''Beverly Hills Cop'' franchise into a weekly television series. Murphy declined the television offer, but was willing to do a film sequel instead.

Murphy was one of the last movie actors to sign an exclusive contract with a studio. In this case, it was Paramount Pictures, which released all of his early films.

Singing career

Murphy is also a singer and musician, having frequently provided background vocals to songs released by The Bus Boys, which their song "The Boys Are Back in Town" was featured in ''48 Hrs.'' and Murphy's comedy special ''Eddie Murphy Delirious''. As a solo artist, Murphy had two hit singles, "Party All the Time" (which was produced by Rick James) and "Put Your Mouth on Me" in the mid-1980s (although he actually started singing earlier in his career, with the songs "Boogie In Your Butt" and "Enough Is Enough", the latter being a parody of Barbra Streisand and Donna Summer's 1979 song, "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)". They both appear on his 1982 self-titled comedy album.) "Party All the Time" was featured on Murphy's 1985 debut album ''How Could It Be'', which included a minor follow-up R&B; hit in the title track, a duet with vocalist Crystal Blake. This track was written by Rusty Hamilton and was produced by Stevie Wonder's cousin Aquil Fudge after a brief falling out and bet with Rick James. In 2004, VH-1 and ''Blender'' voted "Party All the Time" number seven among the "50 Worst Songs of All-Time." Sharam used a sample of the song for the UK #8 hit "PATT (Party All The Time)" in 2006.

Murphy recorded the album ''Love's Alright'' in the early 1990s. He performed in a music video of the single "Whatzupwitu", featuring Michael Jackson. He recorded a duet with Shabba Ranks called "I Was a King". In 1992, Murphy appeared in Michael Jackson's "Remember the Time" alongside Magic Johnson and Iman.

Though uncredited, Murphy provided vocal work on ''SNL'' castmate Joe Piscopo's comedy single, "The Honeymooners Rap." Piscopo impersonated Jackie Gleason on the single, while Murphy provided an imitation of Art Carney.

In ''Coming to America'', he imitated Jackie Wilson when he sang "To Be Loved", but because the character he was playing had a thick accent, he had to sing it in character. In later years, Murphy performed several songs in the ''Shrek'' film franchise. In the first film, he performed a version of "I'm a Believer" in the film's final scene; in ''Shrek 2'' he performed Ricky Martin's hit "Livin' La Vida Loca" along with co-star Antonio Banderas.

Murphy's all-time favorite singer is Elvis Presley.

Career slump

From 1989 until the mid 1990s, box office results for Murphy's films dropped, hitting a low point with the critically panned ''Beverly Hills Cop III'' (1994), a movie Murphy would ultimately denounce during an appearance on ''Inside the Actors Studio'', although he did find minor box office success with ''''Boomerang'''', ''Another 48 Hrs.'' and ''Vampire In Brooklyn''. ''Harlem Nights'' featured Murphy, who had previously been known only as a performer, as director, producer, star, and co-writer, with his brother, Charlie Murphy, as well as supporting roles for Murphy's comic idols Redd Foxx and Richard Pryor.

During this period Murphy was criticized by filmmaker Spike Lee for not using his show business stature to help black actors break into film, despite Murphy's films (especially those he produced) often being populated with predominantly black casts (''Coming To America, Harlem Nights, Boomerang, Vampire In Brooklyn, Life''). Many black actors who would later gain wider recognition make early appearances in Murphy films such as Damon Wayans in ''Beverly Hills Cop'', Halle Berry and Martin Lawrence in ''Boomerang'', Samuel L. Jackson and Cuba Gooding Jr. in ''Coming to America,'' Dave Chappelle in ''The Nutty Professor'' and Chris Rock in ''Beverly Hills Cop II''.

Although Murphy has enjoyed commercial success since ''Saturday Night Live'', he has never attended cast reunions or anniversary specials, nor did he participate in the making of the ''Live From New York: An Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live'' retrospective book by Tom Shales and James Andrew Miller (2002).

Comeback and image makeover

Murphy's box office results began to recover in 1996, starting with ''The Nutty Professor''. He followed with a series of very successful family-friendly movies like ''Mulan'', ''Dr. Dolittle'' and its sequel, the ''Shrek'' series, ''Daddy Day Care'', and ''The Haunted Mansion'', along with ''Nutty Professor II: The Klumps''. However, most of his movies meant for more adult audiences performed moderately; ''Metro'', ''I Spy'', and ''Showtime'' all ended to gross less than $40 million domestically, ''Holy Man'' performed poorly, grossing less than $13 million, and ''The Adventures of Pluto Nash'' is on record as one of the biggest theatrical money-losers of all time, grossing just $7 million worldwide on a reported $110 million budget. A notable exception to this run of poorly received adult-themed films was the Frank Oz comedy ''Bowfinger'', also starring Steve Martin. The film garnered generally positive critical reviews, and grossed $98 million at the box office.

In 2006, he starred in the motion picture version of the Broadway musical ''Dreamgirls'' as soul singer James "Thunder" Early. Murphy won a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor, as well as a Screen Actors Guild Award and a Broadcast Film Critics Association Award in that category. Several reviews for the film highlighted Murphy's performance while he received some pre-release Academy Awards buzz. Murphy was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor on January 23, 2007, but lost to Alan Arkin for his performance in ''Little Miss Sunshine''. ''Dreamgirls'' was the first film distributed by Paramount Pictures to star Murphy (who once was on an exclusive contract with the studio) since ''Vampire in Brooklyn'' in 1995.

In 2007, Murphy was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. As a result of Viacom's acquisition of Dreamworks SKG, Paramount distributed his other 2007 releases: ''Norbit'' and ''Shrek the Third''. He starred in the 2008 film ''Meet Dave'' and the 2009 film ''Imagine That'' for Paramount Pictures.

Murphy co-starred in ''Tower Heist'', directed by Brett Ratner. Murphy played a thief who joins a group of hardworking men who find out they have fallen victim to a wealthy businessman's Ponzi scheme, and conspire to rob his high-rise residence. Ben Stiller, Matthew Broderick, and Casey Affleck also starred in the film, released on November 4, 2011.

It was reported in late 2011 that Murphy would host the 84th Academy Awards in 2012. However, he dropped out of his hosting duties on November 9, 2011, in the wake of the Brett Ratner scandal.

Personal life

Family

Murphy began a longtime romantic relationship with Nicole Mitchell (born January 5, 1968) after meeting her in 1988 at an NAACP Image Awards show. They lived together for almost two years before getting married at the Grand Ballroom of The Plaza Hotel in New York City on March 18, 1993. Murphy and Mitchell had five children together: Bria L. Murphy (born November 18, 1989), Myles Mitchell (born November 7, 1992), Shayne Audra (born October 10, 1994), Zola Ivy (born December 24, 1999) and Bella Zahra (born January 29, 2002). In August 2005, Mitchell filed for divorce, citing "irreconcilable differences". The divorce was finalized on April 17, 2006.

He also has a child by Tamara Hood: son Christian Murphy (born on 29 November 1990).

Murphy as of 2008 resided in Long Island, New York.

Following his divorce from Mitchell, in 2006, Murphy began dating former Spice Girl Melanie Brown, who became pregnant and stated that the child was Murphy's. When questioned about the pregnancy in December 2006 by ''RTL Boulevard,'' Murphy told Dutch reporter Matthijs Kleyn, "I don't know whose child that is until it comes out and has a blood test. You shouldn't jump to conclusions, sir". Brown gave birth to a baby girl, Angel Iris Murphy Brown, on Murphy's 46th birthday, April 3, 2007. On June 22, 2007, representatives for Brown announced in ''People'' that a DNA test had confirmed that Murphy was the father. Brown has stated in an interview that Murphy has not sought a relationship with Angel.

Murphy exchanged marriage vows with film producer Tracey Edmonds, former wife of Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, on January 1, 2008, in a private ceremony on an island off Bora Bora. On January 16, the couple released a statement saying, "After much consideration and discussion, we have jointly decided that we will forego having a legal ceremony as it is not necessary to define our relationship further," and called the Bora Bora wedding a "symbolic union". The two had planned on having a legal ceremony upon their return to the U.S. but did not, and their wedding was never official.

Legal problems

According to Murphy's childhood friend Harris Haith in his book, ''Growing Up Laughing With Eddie'', long before Murphy did any writing for ''Coming to America'', Art Buchwald had approached Paramount Pictures with the idea for a similar film. His material was rejected, but the information was retained by Paramount. They liked Buchwald's idea but did not see fit to pay him and saved it for use later down the road. Some years later, Paramount presented the idea of ''Coming to America'' to Eddie and gave him the contract. Murphy wrote a screenplay that came to light exactly as it aired on the silver screen. In 1988, Buchwald sued Murphy and Paramount Pictures, but Murphy was not found liable because Paramount had received the material.

In May 1997, Murphy was stopped by police with a transvestite prostitute in his car shortly before the release of ''Holy Man'', causing him a number of public relations problems.

Philanthropy

Murphy has donated money to the AIDS Foundation, and cancer, education, creative arts, family/parent support, health and homeless charities. He has donated to the Martin Luther King Jr. Center, various cancer charities and $100,000 to the Screen Actors' Guild's strike relief fund.

Filmography

''Trading Places'' ''Eddie Murphy Delirious'' ''Best Defense'' ''The Golden Child'' ''Beverly Hills Cop II'' ''Coming to America'' ''Harlem Nights'' ''Another 48 Hrs.'' ''Boomerang (1992 film) ''Beverly Hills Cop III'' ''Vampire in Brooklyn'' ''The Nutty Professor (1996 film) ''Metro (1997 film) ''Mulan (1998 film) ''Life (film) ''Nutty Professor II: The Klumps'' ''Shrek'' ''Showtime (film) rowspan=3 ''Daddy Day Care'' ''Shrek 2'' ''Dreamgirls (film) ''Norbit'' Golden Raspberry AwardDonkey (Shrek) ''Meet Dave'' Nominated – Golden Raspberry Award ''Imagine That (film) ''Shrek Forever After'' ''Tower Heist'' ''A Thousand Words (film)

colspan=4 style="background:#B0C4DE;"	Film
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1982	''48 Hrs.''	Reggie Hammond
1983	|	Billy Ray Valentine	Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
1983	|	Himself	Also Producer
rowspan="2"	1984	|	Lieutenant T.M. Landry
''Beverly Hills Cop''	Axel Foley>Det. Axel Foley
1986	|	Chandler Jarrell
rowspan="2"	1987	|	Axel Foley>Det. Axel Foley
''Eddie Murphy Raw''	Himself
1988	|	Prince Akeem/Clarence/Randy Watson/Saul
1989	|	Quick (real name Vernest Brown)	Also Director and Writer
1990	|	Reggie Hammond
rowspan="2"	1992	Boomerang'' ||	Marcus Graham
''The Distinguished Gentleman''	Thomas Jefferson Johnson
1994	|	Axel Foley>Det. Axel Foley
1995	|	Maximillian/Preacher Pauly/Guido	Also Producer
1996	The Nutty Professor'' ||	Professor Sherman Klump/Buddy Love/ Lance Perkins/Cletus 'Papa' Klump/ Anna Pearl 'Mama' Jensen Klump/ Ida Mae 'Granny' Jensen/Ernie Klump, Sr.	Also Producer Saturn Award for Best Actor National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Nominated – NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture Nominated – Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
1997	Metro'' ||	Insp. Scott Roper
rowspan="3"	1998	Mulan'' ||	Mushu	(voice)
''Dr. Dolittle (film)	Doctor Dolittle''	Doctor Dolittle>Dr. John Dolittle
''Holy Man''	G
rowspan="2"	1999	Life'' ||	Rayford "Ray" Gibson	Also Producer
''Bowfinger''	Kit Ramsey/Jeffernson 'Jiff' Ramsey
2000	|	Professor Sherman Klump/Buddy Love/ Lance Perkins/Cletus 'Papa' Klump/ Anna Pearl 'Mama' Jensen Klump/ Ida Mae 'Granny' Jensen/Ernie Klump	Also Producer Nominated – Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
rowspan="2"	2001	|	Donkey (Shrek)>Donkey	(voice) Annie Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement for Voice Acting by a Male Performer in an Animated Feature Production Nominated – BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role Nominated – Black Reel Award: Best Supporting Actor
''Dr. Dolittle 2''	Doctor Dolittle>Dr. John Dolittle
rowspan="3"	2002	Showtime'' ||	Officer Trey Sellers	Nominated – Razzie Award for Worst ActorNomianted - Razzie Award for Worst Screen Couple (with either Robert De Niro, Owen Wilson or himself cloned)
''The Adventures of Pluto Nash''	Pluto Nash/Rex Crater
''I Spy (film)	I Spy''	Kelly Robinson
rowspan="2"	2003	|	Charles "Charlie" Hinton
''The Haunted Mansion (film)	The Haunted Mansion''	Jim Evers
2004	|	Donkey (Shrek)>Donkey	(voice)
2006	Dreamgirls'' ||	Dreamgirls (film)#Cast>James 'Thunder' Early	Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor Central Ohio Film Critics Association for Best Supporting Actor Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role Nominated – Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated – Black Reel Award: Best Supporting Actor Nominated – Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated – NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture Nominated – Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated – Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
rowspan="2"	2007	|	Norbit Rice/Rasputia Latimore-Rice/Mr. Wong	Razzie Award for Worst Actor (as Norbit)Razzie Award for Worst Supporting Actor (as Mr. Wong)Razzie Award for Worst Supporting Actress (as Rasputia)Razzie Award for Worst Screen Couple (with either Eddie Murphy or Eddie Murphy)Nominated – Razzie Award for Worst ScreenplayNominated – Razzie Award for Worst Picture
''Shrek the Third''	Donkey ||(voice)Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Voice from an Animated Movie
2008	|	Starship Dave Ming-Chang (Spacecraft), Captain	Razzie Award for Worst ActorNominated – Razzie Award for Worst Screen Couple (''in'' Eddie Murphy)
2009	Imagine That'' ||	Evan Danielson
2010	|	Donkey (Shrek)>Donkey	2011 Kids' Choice Awards>Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Voice from an Animated Movie
2011	|	Darnell ("Slide")
2012	A Thousand Words'' ||	Jack McCall

Television

''Eddie Murphy Delirious ''What's Alan Watching?'' ''Dangerous - The Short Films'' ''The PJs'' ''Father of the Pride'' ''Shrek the Halls'' ''Donkey's Christmas Shrektacular''

colspan=4 style="background:#B0C4DE;"	Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1980–1984	''Saturday Night Live''
1983	Eddie Murphy: Delirious'' ||
1989	|
1993	|	Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh	Remember the Time music video
1999–2001	|	Thurgood Stubbs	Voice Nominated – Annie Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement for Voice Acting in an Animated Television Production (1999) Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour) (1999)
2004	|	Donkey (Shrek)>Donkey	Voice
2007	|	Donkey (Shrek)>Donkey	TV special Voice Nominated – Annie Award for Best Voice Acting in an Animated Television Production
2010	|	Donkey (Shrek)>Donkey	TV special Voice

Discography

Studio albums

Year	Album details	Peak chartpositions
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1982	style="text-align:left;"	* Release date: 1982	* Label: CBS Records	97	—
1983	style="text-align:left;"	* Release date: 1983	* Label: CBS Records	35	10
1985		* Release date: 1985	* Label: CBS Records	26	17
1989		* Release date: 1989	* Label: CBS Records	70	22
1993		* Release date: February 23, 1993	* Label: Motown Records	—	80

Compilation albums

! Year	! Album details
1997	''Greatest Comedy Hits''	* Release date: May 27, 1997	* Label: Columbia Records
1998	''All I Fuckin' Know''	* Release date: April 28, 1998	* Label: Sony BMG

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions					Album
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1982		—	56	—	—	—
		2	8	19	3	87
	—	63	—	—	—
		27	2	—	—	—
	—	75	—	—	—
		—	61	—	—	64
	—	74	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—

Awards/nominations

style="background:#B0C4DE;"	Award	Year	Category	Work	Outcome
Academy Awards	2007			Nominated
	1999	Outstanding Individual Achievement for Voice Acting in an Animated Television Production	''The PJs''	Nominated
2001	Outstanding Individual Achievement for Voice Acting by a Male Performer in an Animated Feature Production	''Shrek''	Won
2008	Best Voice Acting in an Animated Television Production	''Shrek the Halls''	Nominated
BAFTA Awards	2002		''Shrek''	Nominated
	2000	Best Actor in a Motion Picture	''Bowfinger''	Nominated
2002		''Shrek''	Nominated
2007		Nominated
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards	2007			Won
Central Ohio Film Critics Association	2007	Best Supporting Actor		Won
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards	2007			Nominated
rowspan=4	1983	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy, Variety or Music Series	''Saturday Night Live''	Nominated
	Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program	''Saturday Night Live''	Nominated
	''Saturday Night Live''	Nominated
1999		''The PJs''"He's Gotta Have It"	Nominated
	1983		''48 Hrs.''
1984		''Trading Places''
1997
1985		''Beverly Hills Cop''
2007		Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture>Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture		Won
	2005	Best Voice from an Animated Film	''Shrek 2''	Nominated
2008	Best Voice from an Animated Film	''Shrek the Third''	Won
2011	Best Voice from an Animated Film	''Shrek Forever After''	Won
	1997	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Motion Picture		Nominated
2007	Actor in a Supporting Role		Nominated
National Society of Film Critics Awards	1997			Won
Online Film Critics Society Awards	2007			Nominated
	1996	rowspan=2
2001	''Nutty Professor II: The Klumps''
	1997			Won
2002		''Shrek''	Nominated
			rowspan=2	Won
	Nominated

References

External links

Eddie Murphy on Discogs

Maxim Rated Top SNL performer

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