Bill Murray
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- September 21, 1950 (age 76)
- Birthplace
- Wilmette, Illinois, USA
Biography
William James "Bill" Murray (born September 21, 1950) is an American actor, comedian, and writer. He is known for his deadpan delivery in roles ranging from studio comedies to independent dramas. He has frequently collaborated with directors Ivan Reitman, Harold Ramis, Wes Anderson, Sofia Coppola, and Jim Jarmusch. He has earned numerous accolades including a BAFTA Award, two Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and two Independent Spirit Awards, as well as a nomination for an Academy Award. In 2016, Murray was awarded the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. Murray was born in Evanston, Illinois, to Lucille (1921–1988), a mail-room clerk, and Edward Joseph Murray II (1921–1967), a lumber salesman. He was raised in Wilmette, Illinois, a northern suburb of Chicago. Murray and his eight siblings grew up in an Irish Catholic family. His paternal grandfather was from County Cork, while his maternal ancestors were from County Galway. Three of his siblings, John Murray, Joel Murray, and Brian Doyle-Murray, are also actors. Murray attended Regis University in Denver, Colorado, where he studied pre-med for a year. He dropped out after being arrested for marijuana possession. In 1973, he moved to New York City to pursue a career in comedy. He joined the National Lampoon Radio Hour, and later appeared in the National Lampoon stage show Lemmings. In 1977, Murray joined the cast of Saturday Night Live. He quickly became one of the show's most popular cast members, known for his deadpan delivery and his ability to improvise. He left the show in 1980 to pursue a film career. Murray's first major film role was in the 1979 comedy Meatballs. He went on to star in a number of successful comedies, including Caddyshack (1980), Stripes (1981), Ghostbusters (1984), and Groundhog Day (1993). He has also starred in a number of critically acclaimed dramas, such as Lost in Translation (2003) and Broken Flowers (2005). Murray is known for his eccentric and unpredictable behavior. He has been known to disappear from sets and film projects, and he has often been quoted as saying that he doesn't like to work. However, he is also known for his generosity and his willingness to help out his fellow actors.
Known For
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Filmography
Being Mortal
Movie
The King of Counterfeit
Movie
Twilight Park
Movie · as Mime Ringleader
Bum's Rush
Movie · as Bum
The Ploughmen
Movie · as Cooper County Sheriff
Epiphany
Movie · as Oz Bell
Say Hello to Our Good Friend Paul Shaffer
Movie · as Self
Quiet Land
Movie · as Connor McCluskey
Magacine
TV · 2 eps
Diamond
Movie · as Jimbo
Marty, Life Is Short
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
A Course Called Ireland
TV · as Self · 6 eps
The Phoenician Scheme
Movie · as God
The Friend
Movie · as Walter
Riff Raff
Movie · as Lefty
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
Movie · as Self
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Movie · as Self
Not So Fast, My Friend: A Lee Corso Special
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
John Candy: I Like Me
Movie · as Self - Mainstage Cast, The Second City
Christmas in Nashville
Movie · as Self
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
Movie · as Peter Venkman
Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival 2023
Movie · as Self
DEVO
Movie · as Phil Connors (archive footage) (uncredited)
An SNL Thanksgiving
Movie · as (archive footage)
The Match: Superstars
TV · as Self · 4 eps
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
Movie · as Lord Krylar
Spirit of Golf
Movie · as Self
Franz Klammer - The Ski "Kaiser" Will Be 70
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Greatest Beer Run Ever
Movie · as The Colonel
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
Movie · as Arthur Howitzer, Jr.
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Movie · as Peter Venkman
New Worlds, The Cradle of Civilization
Movie · as Self
The Now
TV · as Dr. Robert Flaherty · 14 eps
On the Rocks
Movie · as Felix
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Picture Show: A Tribute Celebrating John Prine
Movie · as Self
Belushi
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2019
Movie · as Self
Reunited Apart
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Dead Don't Die
Movie · as Chief Cliff Robertson
Zombieland: Double Tap
Movie · as Bill Murray
Loopers: The Caddie's Long Walk
Movie · as Narrator
Fantastic Mr. Murray
Movie · as Self - Portrait Subject (archive footage)
Cola Wars
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Movies That Made Us
TV · as Peter Venkman (archive footage) · 1 ep
TVTV: Video Revolutionaries
Movie · as Self
Always at The Carlyle
Movie · as Self
Isle of Dogs
Movie · as Boss (voice)
The Bill Murray Stories: Life Lessons Learned from a Mythical Man
Movie · as Himself
Love, Gilda
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
For The Fun Of The Game
Movie · as Self
Studio 54
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Bill Murray Experience
Movie · as Himself
The Jungle Book
Movie · as Baloo (voice)
Ghostbusters
Movie · as Martin Heiss
'85: The Greatest Team in Football History
Movie · as Self
Vice Principals
TV · as Principal Welles · 1 ep
Angie Tribeca
TV · as Vic Deakins · 1 ep
Rock the Kasbah
Movie · as Richie Lanz
Aloha
Movie · as Carson Welch
Exploring the Set of 'Moonrise Kingdom'
Movie · as Self / Mr. Bishop
A Very Murray Christmas
Movie · as Bill Murray
Thank You, Del: The Story of the Del Close Marathon
Movie · as Self
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead
Movie · as Self - Actor
"That's Awesome!": The Story of 'Dumb and Dumber To'
Movie · as Self
Moonrise Kingdom Extras - Eleven iPhone Videos by Edward Norton.
Movie · as Self
An SNL Valentine
Movie · as Self / Todd (archive footage)
MLB Network Presents
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Hot Ones
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Parneviks
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Movie · as M. Ivan
The Monuments Men
Movie · as Sgt. Richard Campbell
St. Vincent
Movie · as Vincent MacKenna
Dumb and Dumber To
Movie · as Ice Pick
Olive Kitteridge
TV · as Jack Kennison · 4 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 1 ep
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III
Movie · as Saul
Alpha House
TV · as Senator Vernon Smits · 3 eps
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Movie · as (archive footage)
Hyde Park on Hudson
Movie · as Franklin D. Roosevelt
Moonrise Kingdom
Movie · as Mr. Bishop
Passion Play
Movie · as Happy Shannon
Get Low
Movie · as Frank Quinn
Ballhawks
Movie · as Narrator
The Making of 'The Darjeeling Limited'
Movie · as Self - Businessman
Behind Jim Jarmusch
Movie · as Self
The Women of SNL
Movie · as Richard Dawson / Various (archive footage)
Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2010
Movie · as Self
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Movie · as Clive Badger (voice)
The Limits of Control
Movie · as American
Zombieland
Movie · as Bill Murray
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Parks and Recreation
TV · as Walter Gunderson · 1 ep
Get Smart
Movie · as Agent 13
City of Ember
Movie · as Mayor Cole
A Better Man: The Making of 'Tootsie'
Movie · as Self
Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday
TV · 9 eps
Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Markus Lanz
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Darjeeling Limited
Movie · as The Businessman
FCU: Fact Checkers Unit
Movie · as Bill Murray
Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2007
Movie · as Self
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
Movie · as Self
The Graham Norton Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
Movie · as Garfield (voice)
Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride
Movie · as Self
El hormiguero
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Broken Flowers
Movie · as Don Johnston
The Lost City
Movie · as The Writer
Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal
Movie · as Self
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd
Movie · as Various Characters (archive footage)
This Is an Adventure
Movie · as Self
Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live
Movie · as Self
On the Set: 'The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou'
Movie · as Self / Steve Zissou
Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found
Movie · as Self
Iron Chef America
TV · as Self · 214 eps
Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations
TV · as Himself · 1 ep
Coffee and Cigarettes
Movie · as Bill Murray (segment "Delirium")
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Movie · as Steve Zissou
Garfield
Movie · as Garfield (voice)
Lost on Location: Behind the Scenes of 'Lost in Translation'
Movie · as Self
Garfield: Bringing the Cat to Life
Movie · as Self - Garfield (voice)
This Old Cub
Movie · as Himself
Lost in Translation
Movie · as Bob Harris
Can't Buy Me Lunch: Another Look at The Rutles
Movie · as Bill Murray The K. (archive footage)
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV · as Self - Guest · 8 eps
Groundhog Day: The Weight of Time
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Sweet Spot
TV · as Self · 6 eps
The Royal Tenenbaums
Movie · as Raleigh St. Clair
Osmosis Jones
Movie · as Frank Detorre
Speaking of Sex
Movie · as Ezri Stovall
With the Filmmaker: Wes Anderson
Movie · as Self (archival footage)
Charlie’s Angels: Getting G’d Up
Movie · as Self
Charlie’s Angels: The Master and the Angels
Movie · as Self
Angelic Attire: Dressing Cameron, Drew & Lucy
Movie · as Self
Banzai
TV · 26 eps
Hamlet
Movie · as Polonius
Charlie's Angels
Movie · as John Bosley
Michael Jordan to the Max
Movie · as Self
The Making of 'Rushmore'
Movie · as Self
Cradle Will Rock
Movie · as Tommy Crickshaw
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
Movie · as Self
Ghostbusters 1999
Movie · as Self - Archive Footage
Caddyshack: The 19th Hole
Movie · as Carl Spackler (archive footage)
Saturday Night Live: Christmas
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Making of Wild Things
Movie · as Self
Wild Things
Movie · as Kenneth Bowden
Rushmore
Movie · as Herman Blume
With Friends Like These
Movie · as Maurice Melnick
The Man Who Knew Too Little
Movie · as Wallace Ritchie
The View
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
Space Jam
Movie · as Bill Murray
Kingpin
Movie · as Ernie McCracken
Larger Than Life
Movie · as Jack Corcoran
E! True Hollywood Story
TV · 1 ep
The Daily Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Film Independent Spirit Awards
TV · as Self - Winner · 1 ep
R.E.M.: Rough Cut
Movie · as Himself
WWE Hall Of Fame 1995
Movie · as Self
Ed Wood
Movie · as Bunny Breckinridge
Groundhog Day
Movie · as Phil
Mad Dog and Glory
Movie · as Frank Milo
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Late Show with David Letterman
TV · as Self - Guest, Self - Top 10 Presenter · 3 eps
Getaway
TV · 33 eps
What About Bob?
Movie · as Bob Wiley
Quick Change
Movie · as Grimm
Ghostbusters II
Movie · as Dr. Peter Venkman
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Scrooged
Movie · as Francis Cross
She's Having a Baby
Movie · as Bill Murray (uncredited)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Little Shop of Horrors
Movie · as Arthur Denton
Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary
Movie · as Self
The Best of John Belushi
Movie · as Various Characters
Ghostbusters
Movie · as Dr. Peter Venkman
The Razor's Edge
Movie · as Larry Darrell
Nothing Lasts Forever
Movie · as Ted Breughel
On the Scene with the Ghostbusters
Movie
Tootsie
Movie · as Jeff Slater
The Rodney Dangerfield Show: It's Not Easy Bein' Me
Movie · as Various
Twilight Theatre
Movie · as Lefty in 'First Film'
Fun & Games
Movie
The Making of 'Tootsie'
Movie · as Self
Late Night with David Letterman
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
Stripes
Movie · as John Winger
Steve Martin's Best Show Ever
Movie · as Bytes
Cut Flowers
Movie
Entertainment Tonight
TV
Caddyshack
Movie · as Carl Spackler
Where the Buffalo Roam
Movie · as Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
The Missing Link
Movie · as Dragon (voice)
Bill Murray Live from the Second City
Movie · as Self
Meatballs
Movie · as Tripper Harrison
Mr. Mike's Mondo Video
Movie · as Man on the Street
Perchance to Dream
Movie · as Honker
Loose Shoes
Movie · as Lefty
The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash
Movie · as Bill Murray the K.
The Dogs
Movie
Fear and Loathing on the Road to Hollywood
Movie · as Self / Nixon Voter (uncredited)
The Things We Did Last Summer
Movie · as Self
Next Stop, Greenwich Village
Movie · as Nick Kessel (uncredited)
Super Bowl
Movie · as Himself
Saturday Night Live
TV · as Self - Host, Self - Cameo (uncredited), Self - Various Characters, Self (uncredited) · 5 eps
Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell
TV · 4 eps
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 2 eps