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Bill Murray

Born
September 21, 1950
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.
Known For
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
(2024)
Peter Venkman
Ghostbusters
(2016)
Martin Heiss
Ghostbusters
(1984)
Peter Venkman
Garfield
(2004)
Garfield (voice)
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
(2021)
Peter Venkman
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
(2023)
Lord Krylar
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
(2006)
Garfield (voice)
Caddyshack
(1980)
Carl Spackler
Tootsie
(1982)
Jeff Slater
Lost in Translation
(2003)
Bob Harris
Zombieland: Double Tap
(2019)
Bill Murray
The Jungle Book
(2016)
Baloo (voice)
Dumb and Dumber To
(2014)
Ice Pick
Ed Wood
(1994)
Bunny Breckinridge
Zombieland
(2009)
Bill Murray
The Grand Budapest Hotel
(2014)
M. Ivan
Full Filmography
Acting
Tarzoon: Shame of the Jungle!
(1975)
Reporter (voice)
Next Stop, Greenwich Village
(1976)
Nick Kessel (uncredited)
TVTV Looks at the Oscars
(1976)
Self
Super Bowl
(1976)
Himself
The Dogs
(1978)
Loose Shoes
(1978)
Lefty
The Things We Did Last Summer
(1978)
Himself
Fear and Loathing on the Road to Hollywood
(1978)
Self / Nixon Voter (uncredited)
The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash
(1978)
Bill Murray the K.
Mr. Mike's Mondo Video
(1979)
Man on the Street
Meatballs
(1979)
Tripper Harrison
Bill Murray Live from the Second City
(1980)
Self
Caddyshack
(1980)
Carl Spackler
Where the Buffalo Roam
(1980)
Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
The Missing Link
(1980)
Dragon (voice)
Steve Martin's Best Show Ever
(1981)
Bytes
Cut Flowers
(1981)
Stripes
(1981)
John Winger
Tootsie
(1982)
Jeff Slater
The Rodney Dangerfield Show: It's Not Easy Bein' Me
(1982)
Various
Twilight Theatre
(1982)
Lefty in 'First Film'
Ghostbusters
(1984)
Peter Venkman
Nothing Lasts Forever
(1984)
Ted Breughel
The Razor's Edge
(1984)
Larry Darrell
The Best of John Belushi
(1985)
Various characters
Little Shop of Horrors
(1986)
Arthur Denton
Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes All-Star 50th Anniversary
(1986)
Self
Scrooged
(1988)
Francis Cross
She's Having a Baby
(1988)
Bill Murray (uncredited)
Ghostbusters II
(1989)
Peter Venkman
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
(1989)
Self (archive footage)
Quick Change
(1990)
Grimm
What About Bob?
(1991)
Bob Wiley
Mad Dog and Glory
(1993)
Frank Milo
Groundhog Day
(1993)
Phil Connors
Ed Wood
(1994)
Bunny Breckinridge
R.E.M.: Rough Cut
(1995)
Himself
Kingpin
(1996)
Ernie McCracken
Space Jam
(1996)
Bill Murray
Larger Than Life
(1996)
Jack Corcoran
The Man Who Knew Too Little
(1997)
Wallace 'Wally' Ritchie
Rushmore
(1998)
Herman Blume
With Friends Like These...
(1998)
Maurice Melnick
Wild Things
(1998)
Kenneth Bowden
Cradle Will Rock
(1999)
Tommy Crickshaw
Caddyshack: The 19th Hole
(1999)
Carl Spackler (archive footage)
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
(1999)
Self
Ghostbusters 1999
(1999)
Self - Archive Footage
Michael Jordan to the Max
(2000)
Self
Charlie's Angels
(2000)
John Bosley
Hamlet
(2000)
Polonius
The Making of 'Rushmore'
(2000)
Self
Osmosis Jones
(2001)
Frank Detorre
The Royal Tenenbaums
(2001)
Raleigh St. Clair
Speaking of Sex
(2001)
Ezri Stovall
With the Filmmaker: Wes Anderson
(2001)
Self (archival footage)
Groundhog Day: The Weight of Time
(2002)
Self (archive footage)
Lost in Translation
(2003)
Bob Harris
The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch
(2003)
Bill Murray The K. (archive footage)
Garfield
(2004)
Garfield (voice)
Coffee and Cigarettes
(2004)
Bill Murray (segment "Delirium")
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
(2004)
Steve Zissou
This Old Cub
(2004)
Himself
Lost on Location: Behind the Scenes of 'Lost in Translation'
(2004)
Self
Garfield: Bringing the Cat to Life
(2004)
Garfield
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd
(2005)
Various Characters
Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal
(2005)
Self
On the Set: 'The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou'
(2005)
Self / Steve Zissou
Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live
(2005)
Self
The Lost City
(2005)
The Writer
This Is an Adventure
(2005)
Self
Broken Flowers
(2005)
Don Johnston
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
(2006)
Garfield (voice)
Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride
(2006)
Self
FCU: Fact Checkers Unit
(2007)
Bill Murray
The Darjeeling Limited
(2007)
The Businessman
City of Ember
(2008)
Mayor Cole
Get Smart
(2008)
Agent 13
A Better Man: The Making of 'Tootsie'
(2008)
Self
Zombieland
(2009)
Bill Murray
The Limits of Control
(2009)
American
Fantastic Mr. Fox
(2009)
Clive Badger (voice)
Behind Jim Jarmusch
(2010)
Self
The Women of SNL
(2010)
Richard Dawson / Various (archive footage)
The Making of 'The Darjeeling Limited'
(2010)
Self / Businessman
Get Low
(2010)
Frank Quinn
Ballhawks
(2010)
Narrator
Passion Play
(2011)
Happy Shannon
Moonrise Kingdom: Welcome to the Island of New Penzance
(2012)
Self
Moonrise Kingdom
(2012)
Mr. Bishop
Hyde Park on Hudson
(2012)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
(2012)
(archive footage)
Making The Royal Tenenbaums
(2012)
Self / Raleigh (archive footage)
A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III
(2013)
Saul
Dumb and Dumber To
(2014)
Ice Pick
St. Vincent
(2014)
Vincent MacKenna
The Monuments Men
(2014)
Sgt. Richard Campbell
The Grand Budapest Hotel
(2014)
M. Ivan
Aloha
(2015)
Carson Welch
Rock the Kasbah
(2015)
Richie Lanz
A Very Murray Christmas
(2015)
Bill Murray
Thank You, Del: The Story of the Del Close Marathon
(2015)
Self
Exploring the Set of 'Moonrise Kingdom'
(2015)
Self / Mr. Bishop
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon
(2015)
Self / Actor
"That's Awesome!": The Story of 'Dumb and Dumber To'
(2015)
Self
Saturday Night Live: 40th Anniversary Special
(2015)
Self / Nick Ocean
Bill Murray: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize
(2016)
Self
'85: The Greatest Team in Football History
(2016)
Self
Ghostbusters
(2016)
Martin Heiss
The Jungle Book
(2016)
Baloo (voice)
David Letterman: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize
(2017)
Self
The Bill Murray Experience
(2017)
Himself
For The Fun Of The Game
(2018)
Self
Always at The Carlyle
(2018)
Self
Love, Gilda
(2018)
Self (archive footage)
The Bill Murray Stories: Life Lessons Learned from a Mythical Man
(2018)
Himself
Studio 54
(2018)
Self (archive footage)
Isle of Dogs
(2018)
Boss (voice)
TVTV: Video Revolutionaries
(2018)
Self
Fantastic Mr. Murray
(2019)
Self - Portrait Subject (archive footage)
Loopers: The Caddie's Long Walk
(2019)
Narrator
Zombieland: Double Tap
(2019)
Bill Murray
The Dead Don't Die
(2019)
Chief Cliff Robertson
Picture Show: A Tribute Celebrating John Prine
(2020)
Self
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
(2020)
Self (archive footage)
Belushi
(2020)
Self (archive footage)
On the Rocks
(2020)
Felix
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
(2021)
Peter Venkman
The French Dispatch
(2021)
Arthur Howitzer, Jr.
New Worlds, The Cradle of Civilization
(2021)
Self
Live at Mister Kelly's
(2021)
Self (archive footage)
The Greatest Beer Run Ever
(2022)
The Colonel
Spirit of Golf
(2023)
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
(2023)
Lord Krylar
Franz Klammer – Der Skikaiser wird 70
(2023)
Self (archive footage)
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
(2024)
Peter Venkman
Writing
Production
Directing
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