Actor, Comedian · Aries · born April 3, 1961 in Brooklyn, New York, USA

Eddie Murphy joined Saturday Night Live at nineteen and is widely credited with saving the show from cancellation. The run that followed, from 48 Hrs. and Trading Places to Beverly Hills Cop and Coming to America, made him the biggest box-office draw of the 1980s, and his specials Delirious and Raw remain the commercial high-water mark for stand-up on film.

Their Aries side

Aries again: he went first, loudly, and left everyone else to work out how to follow.

Notable works

• Beverly Hills Cop
• Coming to America
• Trading Places
• Dolemite Is My Name

Achievements

• Golden Globe for Best Actor, Dolemite Is My Name
• Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor
• Raw is the highest-grossing stand-up film ever released
• Primetime Emmy Award for hosting Saturday Night Live

In their words

• “The advice I would give somebody that is silently struggling is, you do not have to live that way.”
• “I have always been drawn to the thing that made me laugh the hardest.”

Birth chart facts

• Sun sign: Aries
• Moon sign: Scorpio
• Chinese zodiac: Metal Ox
• Life path number: 6 — The Nurturer
• Born on a Monday

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