The Nutty Professor (character) The Nutty Professor (character) The Nutty Professor (known as Julius E. Kelp in the original film (1963) and as Prof. Sherman Klump in the 1996 remake, and by his alter ego Buddy Love) is a fictional character portrayed by Jerry Lewis in "The Nutty Professor" and its respective sequel, and by Eddie Murphy in the 1996 version and its 2000 sequel "". Julius E. Kelp is an awkward and shy but intelligent and lively chemist professor. Sherman Klump is a jolly, kind-hearted science teacher at Welman College. Murphy also played the rest of Klump's family in the sequel. Lewis was
1996 National Society of Film Critics Awards 1996 National Society of Film Critics Awards The 31st National Society of Film Critics Awards, given by the National Society of Film Critics on January 5, 1997, honored the best in film for 1996. 1. Breaking the Waves<br> 2. "Secrets & Lies"<br> 3. "Dead Man" 1. Lars von Trier – "Breaking the Waves"<br> 2. Mike Leigh – "Secrets & Lies"<br> 3. Jim Jarmusch – "Dead Man" 1. Eddie Murphy – "The Nutty Professor"<br> 2. Vincent D'Onofrio – "The Whole Wide World"<br> 3. Geoffrey Rush – "Shine" 1. Emily Watson – "Breaking the Waves"<br> 2. Brenda Blethyn – "Secrets & Lies"<br>