Eddie Murphy & His Kids Through the Years

As far as Black Hollywood royalty goes, it’s no secret that Eddie Murphy is king of the box office and his receipts reign supreme.

To celebrate his upcoming Coming 2 America sequel, Murphy graces two of the three new special covers of ESSENCE’s March/April 2021 issue—and for one of them, he’s posing alongside his daughter, fellow actress and co-star Bella Murphy.

Sharing the spotlight with his family is nothing new for Murphy, 59, who has been regularly photographed over the years at movie premieres and on red carpets with his very large brood.

Murphy is a father of 10 and his children’s ages range from 2 to 31. His oldest are sons Eric Murphy, 31, whom he had with Paulette McNeely, and Christian, 30, whom he shares with Tamara Hood. Murphy shares five children with ex-wife Nicole Mitchell (formerly Murphy)—daughters Bria Murphy, 31, Shayne Murphy 26, Zola Murphy, 21, and Bella Murphy, 19, and son Miles Murphy, 28.

Murphy also shares a 13-year-old daughter named Angel Iris Murphy with former Spice Girls bandmember and TV personality Melanie “Mel B.” Brown. His youngest children, welcomed with fiancé Paige Butcher, are son Max Charles Murphy (named after his late uncle, Murphy’s brother Charlie Murphy), 2, and daughter Izzy Murphy, 4.

Take a look back at Murphy and his children over the years.

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Father-daughter duo and Coming 2 America stars Eddie Murphy and Bella Murphy cover ESSENCE Magazine’s March/April 2021 issue.

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Eddie Murphy and His Children

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Eddie Murphy arrives at the premiere of Nutty Professor II with his family (From L-R): son Myles, Eddie, ex wife Nicole, daughter Shane, daughter Bria, in July 2000.

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Shane Murphy, Nicole Mitchell Murphy, Eddie Murphy, Miles Murphy and Bria Murphy at The Nutty Professor Los Angeles Benefit Premiere in 1996.

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Eddie Murphy and his ex wife Nicole with their children Miles, Shane and Brea at the premiere of I Spy at the Cinerama Dome in Hollywood, Ca. Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2002.

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Eddie Murphy with ex wife Nicole Mitchell and children Miles, Zola Ivy, Bria and Shayne arrive at the Daddy Day Care premiere in May 2003.

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Shayne Murphy, Bria Murphy, Myles Murphy, Christian Murphy, Bella Murphy, Eddie Murphy, Zola Murphy and Eric Murphy arrive at the premiere of DreamWorks Animation’s Shrek Forever After at Gibson Amphitheatre on May 16, 2010 in Universal City, California.

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Eddie Murphy arrives at the premiere of Nutty Professor II with his family (From L-R): son Myles, Eddie, wife Nicole, daughter Shane, daughter Bria, in Universal City, in July 2000.

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Eddie Murphy with his brothers Vernon Lynch and Charlie Murphy and their families pose as Eddie is honored with a Hollywood Walk Of Fame star in June 1996.

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(L-R) Zola Murphy, Bria Murphy, Eddie Murphy, Shayne Murphy and Bella Murphy attend the debut gallery opening of Bria Murphy’s “Subconscious” at Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions on November 20, 2016 in Los Angeles, California.

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