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Kevin Murphy

Actor, writer, producer and director · Born November 3, 1956 (69) · River Forest, Illinois, USA

Kevin Wagner Murphy was born on November 3, 1956 in River Forest, Illinois, USA. He is an actor, writer and comedian, best known for his long-running voice role of robot Tom Servo on the Peabody-winning, Emmy-nominated cult TV series Mystery Science Theater 3000. Murphy served as writer and associate producer prior to taking on the main voice role from J. Elvis Weinstein.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
November 3, 1956 (69)
From
River Forest, Illinois, USA
Works as
Actor, writer, producer and director
Titles
11 on MovieCove · 48 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 39 days to Oct 28Down 11% in 30 days

What are Kevin Murphy's films like?

Across their 11 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Ideas.

Genres

Comedy7 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 82nd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Animation2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 56th percentile
: browse their Animation movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Society
41%
Ideas
41%
Bonds
7%
Self
5%
Morality
5%
Art9 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity10 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 10 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 10 · Serious 0 · Dark 0

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 8 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 1

Gentle: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their gentle movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 9 · Charged 1 · Intense 0

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 9 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0

Funny: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their funny movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 0 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 9

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 7 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 8 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 10 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

4 analyzed roles

Usually the Ally: 2 of 4 analyzed roles.

Ally
2 of 4
Trickster
2 of 4

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Joyful
9
Absurd
10
Warm
3
Contemplative
1
Thrilling
1
Other
1

How their films linger

Fun10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteCozy2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy4
  • Bittersweet1
  • Ambiguous2
  • Cyclical4

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Kevin Murphy's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 10 of their 11 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Kevin Murphy's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

48 credits, 11 with a MovieCove page; 28 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Mystery Science Theater 3000: The RiffTrax Experiments (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Show 4 episodes · Director · Creator · Writer · as Tom Servo (voice) / Professor Bobo

  • Mystery Science Theater 3000: The RiffTrax Experiments — Sting of Death (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Director · Producer · Writer · as Tom Servo (voice) / Professor Bobo

  • RiffTrax Live: Timecop(2025)

    Writer · as Self

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • RiffTrax Live: Point Break (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Writer · as Self

  • GrimTrax (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Writer · as Self

  • RiffTrax Live: RAD (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Writer · as Self

  • RiffTrax Live: The Return of Swamp Thing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Writer · as Self

  • RiffTrax Live: Amityville - The Evil Escapes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Actor

  • RiffTrax Live: Star Raiders(2019)

    Writer · as Self

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • RiffTrax Live: Day of the Shorts - SF Sketchfest 2019(2019)

    Writer · as Self

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • RiffTrax Live: Summer Shorts Beach Party (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Writer · as Self

  • Mystery Science Theater 3000(2017)

    Show 3 episodes · as Bobo

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows

  • Rifftrax Live: Carnival of Souls (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Actor

  • RiffTrax Live: MST3K Reunion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Writer · as Self

  • RiffTrax Live: Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny(2015)

    Writer · Actor

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • RiffTrax Live: Miami Connection (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Actor

  • You, Your Brain, & You (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as #3

  • RiffTrax Live: Santa Claus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Writer · as Self

  • Hamlet A.D.D. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    as King Robot (voice)

  • Total Riff Off (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Show 6 episodes · Actor

  • Rifftrax Live: Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Writer · as Self

  • Shame the Devil (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as Police Officer

  • Rifftrax Live: Starship Troopers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Writer · as Self

  • Santa's Village of Madness (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Writer · as Self

  • Suds County, U.S.A. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Narrator

  • RiffTrax Live: Manos - The Hands of Fate(2012)

    Writer · as Self

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Rifftrax Live: Jack the Giant Killer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Actor

  • RiffTrax Live: House on Haunted Hill(2010)

    Writer · as himself

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Rifftrax Live: Reefer Madness (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Writer · Actor

  • Max the Hero (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Chip (voice)

  • The Film Crew: The Giant of Marathon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Producer · Writer · as Self

  • The Film Crew: Wild Women of Wongo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Producer · Writer · as Self

  • The Film Crew: Killers from Space (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Producer · Writer · as Self

  • The Three Stooges in Color (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Actor

  • Who's Your Daddy?(2002)

    as The Arnold Horshack Experience

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • The Adventures of Edward the Less (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Show 13 episodes · as Soapwort McFuggletoes (voice)

  • Mystery Science Theater 3000: Shorts, Volume 3 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Writer · as Tom Servo

  • Mystery Science Theater 3000: Shorts Volume 2(1999)

    Writer · as Tom Servo

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Martial Law (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Show 1 episode · Director

  • 2nd Annual Mystery Science Theater 3000 Summer Blockbuster Review (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Producer · Writer · as Tom Servo (voice)

  • Mystery Science Theater 3000: Shorts, Volume 1 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    as Tom Servo

  • 1st Annual Mystery Science Theater 3000 Summer Blockbuster Review (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Writer · as Tom Servo (voice) / Professor Bobo

  • Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie(1996)

    Associate Producer · Writer · as Tom Servo (voice)

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • Poopie! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Actor

  • MST3K Little Gold Statue Preview Special (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Director · Writer · as Tom Servo (voice)

  • Mystery Science Theater 3000(1988)

    Show 176 episodes · Director · Producer · Writer · as Officer Kevin · as Space Father (voice) · as Tom Servo (voice) · as Tom Servo (voice) / Professor Bobo

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows

  • Three Stooges: Greatest Routines (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    as Kevin Murphy

  • The Film Crew: Hollywood After Dark (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer · Writer · as Self

Career shape

A full career of 48 titles, 47 of them dated from 1964 to 2026.

Biggest box office

Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie (1996)

$1M worldwide

Highest rated

Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1988)

Midcredits 86th

Film career

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting28 of 48: 19 only acting, 9 with another role · typical Midcredits score83rdDirecting5 of 48: 1 only directing, 4 with another roleWriting28 of 48: 15 only writing, 13 with another role · typical Midcredits score82ndProducing8 of 48: 0 only producing, 8 with another roleOther crew1 of 48: 0 only other crew, 1 with another role

48 titles, 13 with more than one role — acting and writing overlap on 9 of them.

By decade

1960s1 · acting1980s1 · 1 acting · 1 crew1990s8 · 7 acting · 5 crew2000s8 · 5 acting · 4 crew2010s21 · 11 acting · 11 crew2020s8 · 3 acting · 7 crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Kevin Murphy's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 79th percentile, the median of all 9; across their 10 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 85th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

85thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 10

Approval · how many liked their films

67thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 10

Reach · how many have seen their films

19thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 10

Midcredits score across 11 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up8
  • 50th to 74th2
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

4 of their 11 titles are Divisive.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Loved with Detractors1
  • Divisive4
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser1
  • Mixed3

Most divisive · actor, writer

RiffTrax Live: Day of the Shorts - SF Sketchfest 2019 (2019)

97th percentile spread · 38% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor, writer

RiffTrax Live: Timecop (2025)

Midcredits 97th · 90% liked

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Kevin Murphy work with?

People who share at least 2 of Kevin Murphy's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Michael J. Nelson shares the most, 11.

Directors

  • Jim Mallon4 titles · 3 as director    See all 4 shared titles with Jim Mallon
  • Michael J. Nelson11 titles · 2 as director    See all 11 shared titles with Michael J. Nelson

Writers

Actors

Editors

Producers

Mixed roles