Eric "E" Murphy

For other uses, see [[:the Entourage character]].

Template:Entourage Character Eric "E" Murphy is a character on the dramedy television series Entourage. He is played by Kevin Connolly.

Fictional character biography

Eric, Vince's best friend since they were both six, works as Vincent's manager. Vincent credits Eric for pushing him to become an actor when they were in the third grade. At Vincent's request, Eric moved to Los Angeles from Queens, where he was working as a night manager at a Sbarro pizzeria. (When asked what he used to do before coming to Los Angeles, Eric often euphemistically replies that he "managed an Italian restaurant.") Feeling the increasing pressures outside of just acting, Vincent wanted his best friend to help him with business and logistical decisions.

Vince often says that Eric knows him better than anyone else; in the episode "Aquamom", Rita Chase becomes known as Eric's "other mother".

In season one, Eric serves informally as Vince's manager. In the first season finale, Eric insists on formalizing the relationship; Vince gives E a ten percent commission, plus health benefits. While this new financial bias could potentially skew Eric's actions, his devotion to his best friend transcends the money. This often puts him at odds with Vincent's more avaricious agent, Ari Gold, but the two of them are willing to co-exist for Vince's sake. Although not a Hollywood insider, Eric strives to become a seasoned manager.

Season 4 saw Eric achieve more character development than ever, as he made the leap from manager to movie producer when he was tapped by Vince to co-produce Medellin, the story of real-life Columbian drug dealer Pablo Escobar, in which Vince is in the lead role. However, after producing the movie, Eric decides that he can't stand the attitude of the director Billy Walsh to produce on another movie and goes back to being a manager. Not only that, Eric felt that Walsh had "fucked up Medellin," especially after Eric attempted to suggest changes to the film, only to be rejected before even getting a sentence out since Walsh has final cut. In the final episode of Season 4, The Cannes Kids, the guys arrive at the Cannes Film Festival for the premiere of Medellin. Eric seemed to be in full support of the film, even though, somewhere deep in the back of his head, he knew it would bomb, and indeed it did.

Unlike the rest of the entourage, Eric tends to pursue lasting relationships with women, although he is not above the occasional one night stand. He briefly dated Ari's assistant, Emily. He spent much of season one and part of season two working through a relationship with his girlfriend, Kristen, that ended after she admitted that she cheated while he was in New York filming Queens Boulevard. In season two and three, Eric dated Sloan, the daughter of Ari's former partner at the agency. At the beginning of season four, Eric said that he and Sloan are "on a break", however it is revealed later in the season that they have indeed broken up and that Sloan has moved on.

Since then, Eric has been busy in expanding his job function, getting an office and even starting "The Murphy Group". He has also finally been recognized as Vincent Chase's manager, thanks to an expose on him in the Daily Variety. He briefly signed Anna Faris as a client before being fired for a conflict of interests regarding Billy and Vince's third movie. In the Season 4 season finale, Eric ends up correct about Medellin's poor reception, as the crowd and their potential buyer boos it. With the potential buyer backing out right there after the screening. Ultimately the film is sold to Harvey Weinstein after all for $1. In the end everyone should have taken Harvey's original offer.

In Season 5, Eric and his company The Murphy Group will be expanding and taking on a lot more clients, as told by Kevin Connolly on the radioshow loveline on October 1, 2007.

Facts

• Before moving out to Hollywood, Eric was the night manager at a Sbarro's Italian restaurant in Queens.
• Eric has driven three cars in the series. In Season 1 and the first & last episodes of Season 2, he drove a white Honda Prelude. For the majority of Season 2 and the beginning of Season 3, he drove a 2006 Maserati Quattroporte, and from Season 3 to Season 4, he has driven an Aston Martin DB9.
• Eric doesn't maintain one night stands like Vince, but generally holds a steady girlfriend.
• Eric was the last of the Entourage to arrive in Hollywood, and has been there for 5 years.
• Is of Irish Decent.

External links

• Eric Murphy Official MySpace
• Eric Murphy Official HBO web page
• Entourage Official HBO web page
• Entourage Official MySpace
• Medellin Official web page