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Ryan Murphy

PRODUCER · BORN 1965

Ryan Murphy

Born
9 November 1965

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Ryan Murphy (born 9 November 1965) is a producer.

12 Interesting Facts About Ryan Murphy

Interesting Facts (5)

  1. #001

    Appearing on Terry Gross's radio program "Fresh Air with Terry Gross", Murphy told his host that he broke into Hollywood while still a journalist by selling a script titled "Why Can't I Be Audrey Hepburn?" to Steven Spielberg in the 1990s. According to Murphy, Spielberg was drawn to the script partly because he had directed Hepburn in her final film, Always (1989). As of the "Fresh Air" interview in May 2009, the script had never been produced.

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  2. #002

    In June 2017, Olivia de Havilland sued him, his production company Ryan Murphy Productions and FX, believing her portrayal in the first season of Feud (2017), "Bette and Joan", was unauthorized and inaccurate. A statement from her lawyers read: "Miss de Havilland was not asked by FX for permission to use her name and identity and was not compensated for such use." It went on: "Further, the FX series puts words in the mouth of Miss de Havilland which are inaccurate and contrary to the reputation she has built over an 80-year professional life, specifically refusing to engage in gossip mongering about other actors in order to generate media attention for herself."

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  3. #003

    In high school, he served as president of the Meryl Streep fan club.

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  4. #004

    Murphy's first shift covering the police beat for the News Sentinel brought a car wreck and a robbery in which the thief accidentally shot himself in the face with a shotgun.

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  5. #005

    Kim Kardashian, who has no acting background, has been given several acting roles in Ryan Murphy's productions.

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Characters & Cast (1)

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    Before moving into show business, he worked as a freelance journalist. Nip/Tuck (2003) was in fact inspired by an unpublished exposé Murphy had written. The show's famous recurring line came straight from the plastic surgeon he consulted: "Mr. Murphy, tell me what you don't like about yourself?"

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Career & Awards (1)

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    At high school Ryan Murphy fell for musicals and performed in several productions, a path that led him to film school.

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Life & Family (5)

  1. #008

    He is known for contacting actors he admires and wants to cast directly, pitching them characters and promising to tailor the roles to them if necessary.

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  2. #009

    Ryan Murphy has said that as a child he faked illness so his mother would take him to the doctor, because he loved babies and children.

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  3. #010

    Ryan Murphy got into film school but couldn't pay for it: his parents earned too much for a scholarship and too little for tuition, so he went into journalism instead.

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  4. #011

    Ryan Murphy says he no longer needs to shock audiences with racy material, joking that he fears his child seeing it and that he has turned into a Brentwood mom.

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  5. #012

    Ryan Murphy's mother owns a home video of him singing with a spoon, which he likened to Rachel Berry.

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