The Nutty Professor (character)

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Julius F. Kelp
Jerry Lewis as Julius Kelp
First appearance	The Nutty Professor
Created by	Jerry Lewis
Portrayed by	Jerry Lewis
Voiced by	Jerry Lewis
In-universe information
Full name	Julius F. Kelp
Alias	Buddy Love (alternate personality)
Nickname	Mr. Kelp
Gender	Male
Occupation	College professor
Family	Elmer Kelp (father) Edwina Kelp (mother)
Significant other	Stella Purdy
Relatives	Harold Kelp (grandson)
Religion	Roman Catholic
Nationality	American

Sherman Klump
Eddie Murphy as Sherman Klump in The Nutty Professor (1996)
First appearance	The Nutty Professor
Created by	Eddie Murphy
Portrayed by	Eddie Murphy Myles Mason, Jeffrey Michael Freeman, Maurice Colquitt, Kevin Michael Mondane (infants)
In-universe information
Full name	Sherman Klump
Alias	Buddy Love (abnormal genetic self and clone)
Nickname	Professor Klump
Gender	Male
Occupation	College professor
Family	Cletus Klump (father) Anna Pearl Jenson-Klump (mother) Ernest "Ernie" Klump, Sr. (brother)
Spouse	Professor Denise Gaines-Klump (wife)
Significant other	Carla Purty
Relatives	Ida Mae Jenson (maternal grandmother) Ernest "Ernie" Klump Jr. (nephew)
Religion	Presbyterian
Nationality	American

The Nutty Professor (known as Julius F. Kelp in the original film (1963) and as Prof. Sherman Klump in the 1996 remake, and by his alter ego Buddy Love in both films) 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 Nutty Professor II: The Klumps. Julius F. Kelp is an awkward and shy but intelligent and lively chemistry 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 not fond of Murphy's characters, due to excessive fart jokes in the films.^[1]