Rudy Ray Moore Dolemite Is My Name

Eddie murphy portrays real life legend rudy ray moore a comedy and rap pioneer who proved naysayers wrong when his hilarious obscene kung fu fighting alter ego dolemite became a 1970s blaxploitation phenomenon.

Rudy ray moore dolemite is my name.

He was an actor known for dolemite 1975 the human tornado 1976 and disco godfather 1979. The story of rudy ray moore eddie murphy dolemite is my name and obama s urging spurred his return to. Eddie murphy played dolemite in the 2019 netflix film dolemite is my name. With eddie murphy keegan michael key mike epps craig robinson.

Rudy ray moore was born on march 17 1927 in fort smith arkansas usa. Directed by craig brewer. He created the character dolemite the pimp from the 1975 film dolemite and its sequels the human tornado and the return of dolemite. The final result was enough to impress david shabazz author of the biography dolemite.

Dolemite is my name is a 2019 american biographical comedy drama film directed by craig brewer and written by scott alexander and larry karaszewski the film stars eddie murphy as filmmaker rudy ray moore who is best known for having portrayed the character of dolemite in both his stand up routine and a series of blaxploitation films which started with dolemite in 1975. Rudolph frank moore march 17 1927 october 19 2008 known as rudy ray moore was an american comedian singer actor and film producer. The recordings often featured moore delivering profanity. Rudy ray moore actor.

Eddie murphy wesley snipes keegan michael key and da vine joy randolph talk making the rudy ray moore biopic dolemite is my name murphy said he watched. Eddie murphy s latest performance is in netflix s new movie dolemite is my name based on the wild true story of rudy ray moore a would be musician turned underground comic who in the mid. The persona was developed during his early comedy records. He died on october 19 2008 in akron ohio usa.

But the mind behind the dolemite character is actually a man named rudy ray moore.