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Murphy is an Anglicized version of two Irish surnames: Ó Murchadha/Ó Murchadh ("descendant of Murchadh"), and Mac Murchaidh/Mac Murchadh ("son of Murchadh") derived from the Irish personal name Murchadh, which meant "sea-warrior" or "sea-battler". (Muir meaning "sea" and cath meaning "battle").
It is said of Murrough (Murchadh) as he entered the thick of the fight and prepared to assail the foreign invaders, the Danes, when they had repulsed the Dal-Cais, that ‘he was seized with a boiling terrible anger, an excessive elevation and greatness of spirit and mind. A bird of valour and championship rose in him, and fluttered over his head and on his breath.
In modern Irish, "Ó Murchú", rather than "Ó Murchadha", is used.
Murphy is the most common surname in Ireland, the fourteenth most common surname in Northern Ireland and the fifty-eighth most common surname in the United States.
Edward Regan "Eddie" Murphy (born April 3, 1961) is an American comedian, actor, writer, singer, and producer. Box-office takes from Murphy's films make him the 5th-highest grossing actor in the United States. He was a regular cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1980 to 1984 and has worked as a stand-up comedian. He was ranked #10 on Comedy Central's list of the 100 Greatest Stand-ups of All Time.
He has received Golden Globe Award nominations for his performances in 48 Hrs., the Beverly Hills Cop series, Trading Places, and The Nutty Professor. In 2007, he won the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor and received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of soul singer James "Thunder" Early in Dreamgirls.
Eddie Murphy's work as a voice actor includes Thurgood Stubbs in The PJs, Donkey in DreamWorks' Shrek series and the Chinese dragon Mushu in Disney's Mulan. In some of his films, he plays multiple roles in addition to his main character, intended as a tribute to one of his idols Peter Sellers, who played multiple roles in Dr. Strangelove and elsewhere. Murphy has played multiple roles in Coming to America, Wes Craven's Vampire in Brooklyn, the Nutty Professor films (where he played the title role in two incarnations, plus his character's father, brother, mother, and grandmother), Bowfinger, The Adventures of Pluto Nash, Norbit, and Meet Dave.
Actors: David Kuskie (producer), Robert Ballentine (actor), Torrence Mack (composer), Matthew Salazar Alaniz (director), Matthew Salazar Alaniz (writer), Damian Martorana (editor), Tameca Montez (miscellaneous crew), Damian Martorana (actor), Natalie Chin (actor), William Brown (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Crime, Short,Actors: Chriss Anglin (actor), Brett Newton (editor), Brett Newton (producer), Brett Newton (actor), Kristopher Dolphin (writer), Kristopher Dolphin (writer), Kristopher Dolphin (actor), Kristopher Dolphin (producer), Kristopher Dolphin (editor), Kristopher Dolphin (director), Kristopher Dolphin (producer), Eric La Barr (actor), Jeff Vernon (actor), Germaine Scott Grimes (actor), Kelly Dolan (actress),
Plot: This is the beginning story (Chapter 0.5) in a world where Human Rights are a thing of the past. A wounded Freedom Fighter and his soldiers encounter a group of refugees hiding out in a shopping mall. They have the same mission, to stay alive and stay free.
Genres: Action, Sci-Fi, Short, Thriller,Actors: Abraham Benrubi (actor), Diedrich Bader (actor), Scott Menville (miscellaneous crew), Steve Zahn (actor), Michelle Ruff (miscellaneous crew), Eddie Frierson (miscellaneous crew), Justin Shenkarow (miscellaneous crew), Ray Felipe (miscellaneous crew), Josh Fadem (actor), Skip Stellrecht (miscellaneous crew), Jane Adams (actress), Bianca Bezdek-Goodloe (miscellaneous crew), Bianca Bezdek-Goodloe (miscellaneous crew), Erin Casteel (miscellaneous crew), Andrew Wilson (actor),
Plot: Calvin Marshall's childhood dream of playing Major League Baseball is in serious jeopardy as he can't seem to make the Bayford Bisons Junior College team. A poignant comedy about Calvin's deferred dream and the people in his life who want him to succeed.
Keywords: baseball, baseball-movie, character-name-in-title, coach, college, coming-of-age, girlfriend, kissActors: Meg Scanlon (miscellaneous crew), Ivan Cortazar (editor), Ivan Cortazar (producer), Ivan Cortazar (writer), Ivan Cortazar (composer), Eric Van't Zelfden (miscellaneous crew), Joao Prado (miscellaneous crew), Ben Lehrer (miscellaneous crew), Dorothy Kretchmer (actress), Robert Anthony (actor),
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Mariel Hemingway (actress), Stephen Baldwin (actor), Mike Binder (actor), Mike Binder (writer), Erik C. Andersen (editor), Mike Binder (director), Holland Taylor (actress), Kevin Pollak (actor), Taylor Nichols (actor), Christopher Lawford (actor), Ben McCain (actor), Missy Crider (actress), Denis Hennelly (miscellaneous crew), Caroline B. Marx (costume designer), Marc Frydman (producer),
Plot: A neurotic L.A. building contractor pushes his wife into entering into a three way sexual relationship. Unfortunately for him, his wife gets more out of it than he does and becomes a tigress seducing every female she meets including the contractor's secretary.
Keywords: architect, bisexual, bound-and-gagged, contractor, female-nudity, footsie-under-the-table, independent-film, lesbian, lesbianism, ménage-à-troisActors: Frederic Forrest (actor), Andrew Stevens (director), Andrew Stevens (producer), Time Winters (actor), Eric Wurst (composer), David Wurst (composer), Ashok Amritraj (producer), Michael Cavanaugh (actor), Ashok Amritraj (actor), Reiner Schöne (actor), Michael Dudikoff (actor), Alan B. Bursteen (producer), Jay Acovone (actor), Marc Kunis (miscellaneous crew), Bill Davis (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: The crew of the nuclear submarine USS Ulysses rescues supposed victims of a boat disaster, but the victims turn out to be terrorists intent on capturing nuclear weapons aboard the sub. Only a former SEAL, now a submarine consultant, can save the crew by sliding aboard while the sub is underwater. The term "crash dive" refers to the sudden dropping of a sub to escape detection, an act that a nuclear sub is never supposed to make. Of course, it comes into play in this film.
Keywords: action-violence, brazilian-jiu-jitsu, brooklyn-bridge, crash-dive, die-hard-scenario, fistfight, hand-to-hand-combat, helicopter, hijacking, hostile-takeoverActors: Brad Krevoy (producer), Ray Wise (actor), Peter Sherayko (actor), Alexis Arquette (actress), Adrian Pasdar (actor), Billy Bob Thornton (actor), Martin Sheen (actor), Brent Briscoe (actor), Corbin Bernsen (actor), David Arquette (actor), Bret Culpepper (actor), Matt LeBlanc (actor), George Hickenlooper (actor), George Hickenlooper (director), Steven Stabler (producer),
Plot: Slave traders bring back evil voodoo entity that is accidently freed by the Confederate army during the Civil War. The entity possesses the bodies of the dead soldiers to create an army of its own bent on conquest, using the corpses of both the North and South.
Keywords: abolition, american-civil-war, civil-war, color-in-title, confederate-army, crucifixion, dead-child, death, drummer-boy, independent-filmActors: Robert Freitag (actor), Doreen Soan (miscellaneous crew), Leslie Malton (actress), Laurence Olivier (actor), Peter R. Hunt (director), Keith Palmer (editor), Robert Webber (actor), Ronald Nitschke (actor), Dan van Husen (actor), Scott Glenn (actor), Edward Fox (actor), Patrick Stewart (actor), Ingrid Pitt (actress), Reginald Rose (writer), Stratford Johns (actor),
Genres: Action, Adventure, Thriller,Actors: Rob Nilsson (writer), Rob Nilsson (director), Rob Nilsson (editor), Rob Nilsson (producer), Joel Thingvall (actor), Joe Spano (actor), Sandra Schulberg (producer), Marianna Åström-De Fina (actress), Robert Behling (actor), John Hanson (producer), John Hanson (editor), John Hanson (director), John Hanson (writer), Bill Ackridge (actor), Nick Eldredge (actor),
Genres: Drama, History,Actors: Stuart Holmes (actor), Granville Bates (actor), Eddie Acuff (actor), Howard C. Hickman (actor), Walter Byron (actor), Glen Cavender (actor), Eddy Chandler (actor), Spencer Charters (actor), Davison Clark (actor), Raymond Brown (actor), Frank Faylen (actor), Edward Gargan (actor), Sol Gorss (actor), Gordon Hart (actor), William Hopper (actor),
Plot: Morning Express ace reporter 'Timmy' Blake uses her wiles and charms to get the scoop on rival papers, and keep her editor happy. When the Express gets a tip that a wealthy old man was poisoned and 'Timmy' spots the young widow in a nightclub only a day later, she descends on the town where the death took place to dig out the facts. When her reporting results in the arrest of the young widow, 'Timmy' continues to dig, since she isn't quite convinced that the facts she reported cover all the angles.
Keywords: autopsy, blackmail, coroner, deception, doctor, editor, engagement, false-accusation, funeral, lawI wish I was cool
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