Ryan Murphy parents: Meet J. Andy Murphy, Jim Murphy
Ryan Murphy was born on November 9, 1965, in Indianapolis, Indiana to J. Andy Murphy and Jim Murphy. They mostly raised Ryan in a Catholic family. Ryan Murphy is Irish and Danish.
Ryan Murphy loves his parents who have always supported him throughout his career. He came out as gay when he was 15 years old and was scared his parents might never speak to him again, but they supported him irrespective of his sexuality.
Ryan often describes his mother J. Andy Murphy as a “beauty queen who left it all to stay at home and take care of her two sons”. She wrote five books and worked in communications for over 20 years before retiring.
His father, Jim Murphy worked in the newspaper industry as a circulation director before he retired after 30 years.
Ryan Murphy is not the only child of his parents, he has a sibling, a brother named Darren Murphy.