In “The Nutty Professor,” Eddie Murphy the comic character actor stages a rousing Jekyll-and-Hyde battle with Eddie Murphy the macho leading man and knocks him silly. It’s a bracing victory ...

EDDIE MURPHY, star of Coming 2 America, has hit out at critics of his Nutty Professor movies for not appreciating the hours of makeup drudgery he had to put himself through.

A career-defining role isn’t something that can be manufactured: it requires the perfect mix of actor, character, and movie, ...

Today is the 20 th anniversary of The Nutty Professor.It is the film that brought Eddie Murphy roaring back to life as a box office star (a $25 million opening weekend and a $273m worldwide cume ...

With his fat suit properly fitted, his wig secured and his jowls in place, Eddie Murphy braced for the litmus test. “I wandered outside one day,” relates the comic. “No one recognized me. In ...

Want to feel old, instantly? Let it sink in that Eddie Murphy's The Nutty Professor remake turned 27 last June. A massive summer hit to the tune of $274 million box office, it's a remake of the ...

Count Eddie Murphy as one of the many fans of his Nutty Professor movies, in which he plays multiple characters, thanks to his funny impressions and some serious movie magic. "You know what I like ...

Even after the so-called renaissance of Eddie Murphy--which began with his first turn as Seymour Klump and alter-ego Buddy Love in the ’96 “Nutty Professor”--Murphy somehow ended up in ...

Offering incontrovertible proof that more is less, "Nutty Professor II: The Klumps" tries too hard to do too much to top its 1996 smash-hit predecessor. Remember the raucous family gatherings in ...

The Klumps could be coming back for Round 3. "You know what, there might be another 'Nutty Professor,'" Eddie Murphy told Access Hollywood's Shaun Robinson at the LA premiere of "Shrek Forever ...