Portrait of Kevin Murphy

Writing

Kevin Murphy

Career

Active from 1964 to 2026, with a break from 1965 to 1988, busiest in 2007 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles
12
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score78/100
Highest rated
Poster for Mystery Science Theater 3000: Shorts, Volume 3
Mystery Science Theater 3000: Shorts, Volume 3
GoodWatch score88/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 9 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.8 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.2 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 5.8 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Kevin Murphy Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.7, average 5.4
  • Melancholy
    1.4, average 4.7
  • Pathos
    2.0, average 5.3
  • Psychological
    2.4, average 5.5

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Meta-Humor 3
  • Improv Comedy 2
  • Pop Culture References 2
  • Cult Comedy Classic 2
  • Low-Budget Aesthetic 2
  • Camp and Irony 2
  • Satirical Humor 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

40
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

8 titles
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The RiffTrax Experiments
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The RiffTrax Experiments (2026)

TV show ยท as Tom Servo (voice) / Professor Bobo

Mystery Science Theater 3000: The RiffTrax Experiments โ€” Sting of Death
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The RiffTrax Experiments โ€” Sting of Death (2026)

as Servo (voice) / Professor Bobo

Mystery Science Theater 3000: The RiffTrax Experiments โ€” Deathsport
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The RiffTrax Experiments โ€” Deathsport (2026)

as Servo (voice) / Professor Bobo

RiffTrax Live: Timecop
RiffTrax Live: Timecop (2025)

Writer

RiffTrax Live: Point Break
RiffTrax Live: Point Break (2024)

Writer

GrimTrax
GrimTrax (2024)

Writer

RiffTrax Live: RAD
RiffTrax Live: RAD (2023)

Writer

RiffTrax Live: The Return of Swamp Thing
RiffTrax Live: The Return of Swamp Thing (2022)

Writer

2010s

17 titles ยท average score 74
RiffTrax Live: Day of the Shorts: SF Sketchfest 2019
RiffTrax Live: Day of the Shorts: SF Sketchfest 2019 (2019)

Writer

RiffTrax Live: Star Raiders
RiffTrax Live: Star Raiders (2019)

Writer

RiffTrax Live: Summer Shorts Beach Party
RiffTrax Live: Summer Shorts Beach Party (2017)

Writer

Mystery Science Theater 3000
Mystery Science Theater 3000 (2017)
GoodWatch score 91

TV show ยท as Bobo

RiffTrax Live: MST3K Reunion
RiffTrax Live: MST3K Reunion (2016)
GoodWatch score 87

Writer

You, Your Brain, & You
You, Your Brain, & You (2015)

as #3

RiffTrax Live: Santa Claus
RiffTrax Live: Santa Claus (2014)

Writer

Total Riff Off
Total Riff Off (2014)

TV show

Rifftrax Live: Santa Claus Conquers the Martians
Rifftrax Live: Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (2013)
GoodWatch score 75

Writer

RiffTrax Live: "Manos" the Hands of Fate
RiffTrax Live: "Manos" the Hands of Fate (2012)
GoodWatch score 83

Writer

RiffTrax Live: House on Haunted Hill
RiffTrax Live: House on Haunted Hill (2010)
GoodWatch score 77

Writer

Rifftrax Live: Reefer Madness
Rifftrax Live: Reefer Madness (2010)
GoodWatch score 84

Writer

2000s

7 titles ยท average score 69
The Film Crew: Killers from Space
The Film Crew: Killers from Space (2007)
GoodWatch score 72

Writer, Producer

The Film Crew: The Giant of Marathon
The Film Crew: The Giant of Marathon (2007)
GoodWatch score 69

Writer, Producer

The Film Crew: Wild Women of Wongo
The Film Crew: Wild Women of Wongo (2007)
GoodWatch score 73

Writer, Producer

Max the Hero
Max the Hero (2007)

as Chip (voice)

Who's Your Daddy?
Who's Your Daddy? (2004)
GoodWatch score 45

as The Arnold Horshack Experience

The Adventures of Edward the Less
The Adventures of Edward the Less (2001)

TV show ยท as Soapwort McFuggletoes (voice)

Mystery Science Theater 3000: Shorts, Volume 3
Mystery Science Theater 3000: Shorts, Volume 3 (2000)
GoodWatch score 88

as Tom Servo

1990s

6 titles ยท average score 77
Mystery Science Theater 3000: Shorts, Volume 2
Mystery Science Theater 3000: Shorts, Volume 2 (1999)
GoodWatch score 85

as Tom Servo

2nd Annual Mystery Science Theater 3000 Summer Blockbuster Review
2nd Annual Mystery Science Theater 3000 Summer Blockbuster Review (1998)

as Tom Servo (voice)

Mystery Science Theater 3000: Shorts, Volume 1
Mystery Science Theater 3000: Shorts, Volume 1 (1998)

as Tom Servo

1st Annual Mystery Science Theater 3000 Summer Blockbuster Review
1st Annual Mystery Science Theater 3000 Summer Blockbuster Review (1997)
GoodWatch score 76

as Tom Servo (voice) / Professor Bobo

Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie (1996)
GoodWatch score 73

as Tom Servo (voice)

MST3K Little Gold Statue Preview Special
MST3K Little Gold Statue Preview Special (1995)
GoodWatch score 75

as Tom Servo (voice)

1980s

1 title ยท average score 85
Mystery Science Theater 3000
Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1989)
GoodWatch score 85

TV show ยท as Space Father (voice) / Tom Servo (voice)

1960s

1 title
Three Stooges: Greatest Routines
Three Stooges: Greatest Routines (1964)

as Kevin Murphy