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Bill Murray
Born · September 21, 1950 (74 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Wilmette, Illinois, USA
Bio
William James 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.
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
Peter Venkman
6.5
2024
Franz Klammer - The Ski "Kaiser" Will Be 70
Self (archive footage)
0.0
2023
Spirit of Golf
0.0
2023
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
Lord Krylar
6.3
2023
Live at Mister Kelly's
Self (archive footage)
0.0
2021
TVTV: Video Revolutionaries
Self
0.0
2018
Always at The Carlyle
Self
6.9
2018
David Letterman: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize
Self
8.0
2017
Bill Murray: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize
Self
0.0
2016
The Jungle Book
Baloo (voice)
6.9
2016
Rock the Kasbah
Richie Lanz
5.4
2015
Aloha
Carson Welch
5.5
2015
Saturday Night Live: 40th Anniversary Special
Self / Nick Ocean
8.2
2015
Dumb and Dumber To
Ice Pick
5.6
2014
St. Vincent
Vincent MacKenna
7.1
2014
The Grand Budapest Hotel
M. Ivan
8.0
2014
The Monuments Men
Sgt. Richard Campbell
6.1
2014
A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III
Saul
4.1
2013
Hyde Park on Hudson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
5.3
2012
Moonrise Kingdom
Mr. Bishop
7.7
2012
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
(archive footage)
7.5
2012
Passion Play
Happy Shannon
4.8
2011
The Making of 'The Darjeeling Limited'
Self / Businessman
0.0
2010
Ballhawks
Narrator
0.0
2010
Get Low
Frank Quinn
6.7
2010
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Clive Badger (voice)
7.8
2009
Zombieland
Bill Murray
7.3
2009
The Limits of Control
American
6.0
2009
City of Ember
Mayor Cole
6.3
2008
Get Smart
Agent 13
6.2
2008
The Darjeeling Limited
The Businessman
7.2
2007
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
Garfield (voice)
5.6
2006
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd
Various Characters (archive footage)
8.3
2005
The Lost City
The Writer
6.1
2005
Broken Flowers
Don Johnston
6.9
2005
Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal
Self
6.1
2005
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Steve Zissou
7.1
2004
Garfield: Bringing the Cat to Life
Garfield
0.0
2004
Garfield
Garfield (voice)
5.7
2004
Coffee and Cigarettes
Bill Murray (segment "Delirium")
6.9
2004
Lost on Location: Behind the Scenes of 'Lost in Translation'
Self
7.4
2004
Lost in Translation
Bob Harris
7.4
2003
Groundhog Day: The Weight of Time
Self (archive footage)
5.0
2002
With the Filmmaker: Wes Anderson
Self (archival footage)
5.0
2001
Speaking of Sex
Ezri Stovall
5.5
2001
The Royal Tenenbaums
Raleigh St. Clair
7.5
2001
Osmosis Jones
Frank Detorre
6.5
2001
Charlie's Angels
John Bosley
5.8
2000
Hamlet
Polonius
5.8
2000
Cradle Will Rock
Tommy Crickshaw
6.5
1999
Ghostbusters 1999
Self - Archive Footage
6.0
1999
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
Self
6.8
1999
Rushmore
Herman Blume
7.4
1998
With Friends Like These...
Maurice Melnick
5.0
1998
Wild Things
Kenneth Bowden
6.4
1998
The Man Who Knew Too Little
Wallace Ritchie
6.4
1997
Space Jam
Bill Murray
6.8
1996
Larger Than Life
Jack Corcoran
5.5
1996
Kingpin
Ernie McCracken
6.5
1996
Ed Wood
Bunny Breckinridge
7.5
1994
Mad Dog and Glory
Frank Milo
6.0
1993
Groundhog Day
Phil Connors
7.6
1993
What About Bob?
Bob Wiley
6.9
1991
Quick Change
Grimm
6.7
1990
Ghostbusters II
Peter Venkman
6.6
1989
Scrooged
Francis Cross
6.8
1988
Little Shop of Horrors
Arthur Denton
6.9
1986
The Best of John Belushi
Various characters
6.0
1985
The Razor's Edge
Larry Darrell
6.3
1984
Nothing Lasts Forever
Ted Breughel
6.4
1984
Ghostbusters
Peter Venkman
7.5
1984
Tootsie
Jeff Slater
7.2
1982
The Rodney Dangerfield Show: It's Not Easy Bein' Me
Various
6.0
1982
Twilight Theatre
Lefty in 'First Film'
0.0
1982
Steve Martin's Best Show Ever
Bytes
6.7
1981
Stripes
John Winger
6.5
1981
Caddyshack
Carl Spackler
6.6
1980
The Missing Link
Dragon (voice)
5.5
1980
Where the Buffalo Roam
Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
5.9
1980
Bill Murray Live from the Second City
Self
0.0
1980
Mr. Mike's Mondo Video
Man on the Street
5.2
1979
Meatballs
Tripper Harrison
5.8
1979
Loose Shoes
Lefty
3.5
1978
The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash
Bill Murray the K.
6.8
1978
TVTV Looks at the Oscars
Self
6.0
1976
Super Bowl
Himself
0.0
1976
Next Stop, Greenwich Village
Nick Kessel (uncredited)
6.4
1976
Being Mortal
0.0
Tarzoon: Shame of the Jungle!
Reporter (voice)
5.9
1975
The Phoenician Scheme
0.0
Twilight Park
Mime Ringleader
0.0
2025
Riff Raff
Lefty
0.0
2025
The Friend
Walter
0.0
2024
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Peter Venkman
7.4
2021
The French Dispatch
Arthur Howitzer, Jr.
7.0
2021
Picture Show: A Tribute Celebrating John Prine
Self
0.0
2020
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
Self (archive footage)
6.8
2020
Zombieland: Double Tap
Bill Murray
6.9
2019
Loopers: The Caddie's Long Walk
Narrator
6.5
2019
The Dead Don't Die
Chief Cliff Robertson
5.4
2019
For The Fun Of The Game
Self
0.0
2018
Isle of Dogs
Boss (voice)
7.9
2018
The Bill Murray Experience
Himself
6.5
2017
'85: The Greatest Team in Football History
Self
8.2
2016
Ghostbusters
Martin Heiss
5.4
2016
A Very Murray Christmas
Bill Murray
5.2
2015
Thank You, Del: The Story of the Del Close Marathon
Self
5.6
2015
Exploring the Set of 'Moonrise Kingdom'
Self / Mr. Bishop
6.5
2015
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon
Self - Actor
6.6
2015
Behind Jim Jarmusch
Self
0.0
2010
The King of Counterfeit
0.0
On the Rocks
Felix
6.1
2020
Fantastic Mr. Murray
Self - Portrait Subject (archive footage)
6.2
2019
The Bill Murray Stories: Life Lessons Learned from a Mythical Man
Himself
7.0
2018
Love, Gilda
Self (archive footage)
7.2
2018
"That's Awesome!": The Story of 'Dumb and Dumber To'
Self
7.5
2015
The Women of SNL
Richard Dawson / Various (archive footage)
7.3
2010
A Better Man: The Making of 'Tootsie'
Self
6.0
2008
FCU: Fact Checkers Unit
Bill Murray
4.5
2007
Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride
Self
7.3
2006
This Is an Adventure
Self
6.5
2005
Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live
Self
7.2
2005
On the Set: 'The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou'
Self / Steve Zissou
5.7
2005
This Old Cub
Himself
0.0
2004
The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch
Bill Murray The K. (archive footage)
5.6
2003
Michael Jordan to the Max
Self
7.3
2000
The Making of 'Rushmore'
Self
6.0
2000
Caddyshack: The 19th Hole
Carl Spackler (archive footage)
7.8
1999
R.E.M.: Rough Cut
Himself
5.0
1995
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
Self (archive footage)
7.5
1989
She's Having a Baby
Bill Murray (uncredited)
5.9
1988
Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes All-Star 50th Anniversary
Self
6.7
1986
Cut Flowers
0.0
1981
Fear and Loathing on the Road to Hollywood
Self / Nixon Voter (uncredited)
7.7
1978
The Dogs
0.0
1978
Bum's Rush
Bum
0.0
The Greatest Beer Run Ever
The Colonel
7.6
2022
The Now
Psychotherapist · (14 episodes)
5.7
2021
New Worlds, The Cradle of Civilization
Self
0.0
2021
Belushi
Self (archive footage)
6.8
2020
Reunited Apart
Self · (1 episode)
5.5
2020
The Movies That Made Us
Peter Venkman (archive footage) · (1 episode)
7.2
2019
Studio 54
Self (archive footage)
6.4
2018
Vice Principals
Principal Welles · (1 episode)
7.1
2016
Angie Tribeca
Vic Deakins · (1 episode)
6.5
2016
MLB Network Presents
Himself (Archive Footage) · (1 episode)
8.0
2015
Olive Kitteridge
Jack Kennison · (4 episodes)
7.5
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self · (1 episode)
5.5
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self · (1 episode)
5.8
2014
Alpha House
Senator Vernon Smits · (3 episodes)
7.1
2013
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
Self · (1 episode)
7.6
2013
Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday
(9 episodes)
6.3
2008
Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence
Self · (1 episode)
7.5
2008
Markus Lanz
Self · (1 episode)
5.2
2008
The Graham Norton Show
Self · (1 episode)
7.2
2007
Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations
Himself · (1 episode)
7.6
2005
Iron Chef America
(205 episodes)
6.5
2005
The Sweet Spot
Self · (6 episodes)
0.0
2002
Banzai
(26 episodes)
7.2
2001
The View
Self - Guest · (2 episodes)
4.4
1997
E! True Hollywood Story
(1 episode)
8.0
1996
Perchance to Dream
Honker
0.0
1979
The Things We Did Last Summer
Himself
6.0
1978
The Ploughmen
0.0
The Fall of 2008
Phil (Groundhog Day)
0.0
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
7.1
1993
HBO First Look
(25 episodes)
4.9
1992
Getaway
(33 episodes)
6.0
1992
Entertainment Tonight
(91 episodes)
3.7
1981
Magacine
(2 episodes)
6.0
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
(1 episode)
5.2
1988
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host · (5 episodes)
6.9
1975
Saturday Night Live
Self - Cameo (uncredited) · (3 episodes)
6.9
1975
Saturday Night Live
Self - Various Characters · (82 episodes)
6.9
1975
Saturday Night Live
Self · (1 episode)
6.9
1975
Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell
(4 episodes)
1.0
1975
The Oscars
Self · (2 episodes)
7.0
1953