The Nutty Professor (1996 film) The Nutty Professor (1996 film) The Nutty Professor is a 1996 American slapstick science-fiction comedy film starring Eddie Murphy. It is a remake of the 1963 film of the same name, which starred Jerry Lewis, which itself was a parody of Robert Louis Stevenson's "Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde". The film co-stars Jada Pinkett, James Coburn, Larry Miller, Dave Chappelle and John Ales. The original music score was composed by David Newman. The film won Best Makeup at the 69th Academy Awards. Murphy portrays a university professor, Sherman Klump, a kind-hearted man who is morbidly obese. A
Timothy Patrick Murphy "Glitter". In addition to this, he appeared in episodes of the television shows "Quincy, M.E.", "CHiPs", "Teachers Only", "Hotel", "The Love Boat" and "Hunter". He appeared in the 1981 film "The Bushido Blade". One of Murphy's most substantial roles was in the 1984 feature film "Sam's Son", the film biography of the early life of actor Michael Landon, in which he played the character of Gene Orowitz (the young Landon). Murphy died of AIDS on December 6, 1988 in Sherman Oaks, California, aged 29, and was buried at the Forest Lawn, Hollywood Hills Cemetery in Los Angeles. He once stated