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Name
Bill Murray

Known For
Acting

Birthday
1950-09-21 (76 years old)

Place of Birth
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

Movies

Tv Shows

1993 Groundhog Day as Phil Connors
2003 Lost in Translation as Bob Harris
2005 Broken Flowers as Don Johnston
2004 Coffee and Cigarettes as Bill Murray (segment "Delirium")
2004 The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou as Steve Zissou
1994 Ed Wood as Bunny Breckinridge
1998 Wild Things as Kenneth Bowden
1984 Ghostbusters as Dr. Peter Venkman
1996 Space Jam as Bill Murray
1991 What About Bob? as Bob Wiley
2009 Fantastic Mr. Fox as Clive Badger (voice)
2000 Hamlet as Polonius
1990 Quick Change as Grimm
1993 Mad Dog and Glory as Frank Milo
2007 The Darjeeling Limited as The Businessman
1981 Stripes as John Winger
1989 Ghostbusters II as Dr. Peter Venkman
1986 Little Shop of Horrors as Arthur Denton
2000 Charlie's Angels as John Bosley
2002 Groundhog Day: The Weight of Time as Self (archive footage)
1996 Kingpin as Ernie McCracken
1998 Rushmore as Herman Blume
2018 TVTV: Video Revolutionaries as Self
2008 Get Smart as Agent 13
1976 Next Stop, Greenwich Village as Nick Kessel (uncredited)
1976 Super Bowl as Himself
1984 The Razor's Edge as Larry Darrell
1980 Caddyshack as Carl Spackler
2009 The Limits of Control as American
2023 Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania as Lord Krylar
2004 Garfield as Garfield (voice)
1999 Cradle Will Rock as Tommy Crickshaw
1997 The Man Who Knew Too Little as Wallace Ritchie
2001 The Royal Tenenbaums as Raleigh St. Clair
2006 Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties as Garfield (voice)
2001 Osmosis Jones as Frank Detorre
1982 Tootsie as Jeff Slater
1980 Where the Buffalo Roam as Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
1988 Scrooged as Francis Cross
1996 Larger Than Life as Jack Corcoran
2005 The Lost City as The Writer
1976 TVTV Looks at the Oscars as Self
2008 City of Ember as Mayor Cole
1979 Meatballs as Tripper Harrison
2010 Get Low as Frank Quinn
1978 Loose Shoes as Lefty
1982 The Rodney Dangerfield Show: It's Not Easy Bein' Me as Various
2001 Speaking of Sex as Ezri Stovall
1978 The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash as Bill Murray the K.
2011 Passion Play as Happy Shannon
1980 The Missing Link as Dragon (voice)
2009 Zombieland as Bill Murray
1980 Bill Murray Live from the Second City as Self
1984 Nothing Lasts Forever as Ted Breughel
2001 With the Filmmaker: Wes Anderson as Self (archival footage)
2012 Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen as (archive footage)
2024 Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire as Peter Venkman
Soon Being Mortal
2012 Hyde Park on Hudson as Franklin D. Roosevelt
2010 Ballhawks as Narrator
2018 Always at The Carlyle as Self
2014 The Grand Budapest Hotel as M. Ivan
1998 With Friends Like These as Maurice Melnick
2013 A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III as Saul
2014 The Monuments Men as Sgt. Richard Campbell
2004 Lost on Location: Behind the Scenes of 'Lost in Translation' as Self
2023 Spirit of Golf as Self
1982 Twilight Theatre as Lefty in 'First Film'
2005 Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal as Self
2014 St. Vincent as Vincent MacKenna
2012 Moonrise Kingdom as Mr. Bishop
2010 The Making of 'The Darjeeling Limited' as Self - Businessman
1979 Mr. Mike's Mondo Video as Man on the Street
1999 Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special as Self
2004 Garfield: Bringing the Cat to Life as Self - Garfield (voice)
1985 The Best of John Belushi as Various Characters
2015 Rock the Kasbah as Richie Lanz
2014 Dumb and Dumber To as Ice Pick
1999 Ghostbusters 1999 as Self - Archive Footage
2025 The Phoenician Scheme as God
2016 The Jungle Book as Baloo (voice)
1981 Steve Martin's Best Show Ever as Bytes
2005 Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd as Various Characters (archive footage)
2023 Franz Klammer - The Ski "Kaiser" Will Be 70 as Self (archive footage)
2015 Aloha as Carson Welch
2015 Exploring the Set of 'Moonrise Kingdom' as Self / Mr. Bishop
2025 The Friend as Walter
2015 A Very Murray Christmas as Bill Murray
2010 Behind Jim Jarmusch as Self
2015 Thank You, Del: The Story of the Del Close Marathon as Self
2015 Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead as Self - Actor
Soon The King of Counterfeit
2018 Isle of Dogs as Boss (voice)
2000 Michael Jordan to the Max as Self
2016 Ghostbusters as Martin Heiss
2025 Riff Raff as Lefty
1978 The Dogs
2017 The Bill Murray Experience as Himself
2016 '85: The Greatest Team in Football History as Self
Soon Twilight Park as Mime Ringleader
1989 Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary as Self (archive footage)
1988 She's Having a Baby as Bill Murray (uncredited)
1978 Fear and Loathing on the Road to Hollywood as Self / Nixon Voter (uncredited)
2005 This Is an Adventure as Self
2008 A Better Man: The Making of 'Tootsie' as Self
2006 Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride as Self
2003 Can't Buy Me Lunch: Another Look at The Rutles as Bill Murray The K. (archive footage)
2007 FCU: Fact Checkers Unit as Bill Murray
1986 Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary as Self
2005 Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live as Self
1999 Caddyshack: The 19th Hole as Carl Spackler (archive footage)
2019 The Dead Don't Die as Chief Cliff Robertson
2018 The Bill Murray Stories: Life Lessons Learned from a Mythical Man as Himself
2021 The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun as Arthur Howitzer, Jr.
2020 On the Rocks as Felix
1981 Cut Flowers
2018 Love, Gilda as Self (archive footage)
2019 Zombieland: Double Tap as Bill Murray
2004 This Old Cub as Himself
2005 On the Set: 'The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou' as Self / Steve Zissou
2019 Loopers: The Caddie's Long Walk as Narrator
2021 Ghostbusters: Afterlife as Peter Venkman
2019 Fantastic Mr. Murray as Self - Portrait Subject (archive footage)
1995 R.E.M.: Rough Cut as Himself
2010 The Women of SNL as Richard Dawson / Various (archive footage)
2000 The Making of 'Rushmore' as Self
2015 "That's Awesome!": The Story of 'Dumb and Dumber To' as Self
2018 For The Fun Of The Game as Self
2020 Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters as Self (archive footage)
2020 Picture Show: A Tribute Celebrating John Prine as Self
Soon Bum's Rush as Bum
1978 The Things We Did Last Summer as Self
2020 Belushi as Self (archive footage)
2018 Studio 54 as Self (archive footage)
2022 The Greatest Beer Run Ever as The Colonel
2021 New Worlds, The Cradle of Civilization as Self
1979 Perchance to Dream as Honker
Soon The Ploughmen as Cooper County Sheriff
Soon Epiphany as Oz Bell
2025 SNL50: The Homecoming Concert as Self
2024 Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival 2023 as Self
2025 Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music as Self
2020 Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2019 as Self
2007 Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2007 as Self
2010 Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2010 as Self
2019 Cola Wars as Self (archive footage)
2025 Not So Fast, My Friend: A Lee Corso Special as Self (archive footage)
2025 John Candy: I Like Me as Self - Mainstage Cast, The Second City
Soon Say Hello to Our Good Friend Paul Shaffer as Self
1982 Fun & Games
2026 Diamond as Jimbo
1995 WWE Hall Of Fame 1995 as Self
2005 Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found as Self
2007 Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation as Self
2025 Christmas in Nashville as Self
1984 On the Scene with the Ghostbusters
2024 DEVO as Phil Connors (archive footage) (uncredited)
1999 Saturday Night Live: Christmas as Self (archive footage)
2015 Moonrise Kingdom Extras - Eleven iPhone Videos by Edward Norton. as Self
1982 The Making of 'Tootsie' as Self
2001 Charlie’s Angels: Getting G’d Up as Self
2001 Charlie’s Angels: The Master and the Angels as Self
2001 Angelic Attire: Dressing Cameron, Drew & Lucy as Self
2026 Marty, Life Is Short as Self (archive footage)
2015 An SNL Valentine as Self / Todd (archive footage)
2024 An SNL Thanksgiving as (archive footage)

1981 Entertainment Tonight ( 0 episode )
1996 E! True Hollywood Story ( 1 episode )
1992 Getaway ( 33 episodes )
2005 Iron Chef America ( 214 episodes ) as Self
1993 Late Night with Conan O'Brien ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
2008 Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday ( 9 episodes )
2001 Banzai ( 26 episodes )
2002 The Sweet Spot ( 6 episodes ) as Self
2016 Vice Principals ( 1 episode ) as Principal Welles
Soon Magacine ( 2 episodes )
2013 Alpha House ( 3 episodes ) as Senator Vernon Smits
2014 Olive Kitteridge ( 4 episodes ) as Jack Kennison
2015 MLB Network Presents ( 1 episode ) as Self (archive footage)
2013 Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown ( 1 episode ) as Self
1953 The Oscars ( 2 episodes ) as Self
1975 Saturday Night Live ( 5 episodes ) as Self - Host
2005 Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations ( 1 episode ) as Himself
2008 Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence ( 1 episode ) as Self
1997 The View ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Guest
1975 Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell ( 4 episodes )
1988 LIVE with Kelly and Mark ( 1 episode ) as Self
2016 Angie Tribeca ( 1 episode ) as Vic Deakins
1975 Saturday Night Live ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
2014 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon ( 1 episode ) as Self
2019 The Movies That Made Us ( 1 episode ) as Peter Venkman (archive footage)
2008 Markus Lanz ( 1 episode ) as Self
1975 Saturday Night Live ( 82 episodes ) as Self - Various Characters
2020 Reunited Apart ( 1 episode ) as Self
2007 The Graham Norton Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
2021 The Now ( 14 episodes ) as Dr. Robert Flaherty
1975 Saturday Night Live ( 1 episode ) as Self
2015 Hot Ones ( 1 episode ) as Self
1996 The Daily Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
1993 Late Show with David Letterman ( 3 episodes ) as Self - Guest
2009 Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
2015 Parneviks ( 1 episode ) as Self
2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live! ( 5 episodes ) as Self - Guest
2009 Parks and Recreation ( 1 episode ) as Walter Gunderson
2006 El hormiguero ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
2014 Late Night with Seth Meyers ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Guest
1993 Late Show with David Letterman ( 1 episode ) as Self - Top 10 Presenter
1975 Saturday Night Live ( 1 episode ) as Self (uncredited)
1982 Late Night with David Letterman ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Guest
2014 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest

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