
Bill Murray
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.
198 acting credits · 1 directing credit
Acting · 198

The Daily Show
1996

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009

Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014

The Graham Norton Show
2007

Saturday Night Live
1975

Late Show with David Letterman
1993

The View
1997

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003

Hot Ones
2015

Parks and Recreation
2009

LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988

El hormiguero
2006

Late Night with David Letterman
1982

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993

Markus Lanz
2008

The Oscars
1953

Iron Chef America
2005

Angie Tribeca
2016

The Grand Budapest Hotel
2014

Groundhog Day
1993

Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
2013

Lost in Translation
2003

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
2023

Zombieland
2009

The Phoenician Scheme
2025

The Movies That Made Us
2019

Ghostbusters
1984

Reunited Apart
2020

Charlie's Angels
2000

The Jungle Book
2016

Fantastic Mr. Fox
2009

Alpha House
2013

Entertainment Tonight
1981

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
2024

Vice Principals
2016

Garfield
2004

Isle of Dogs
2018

Zombieland: Double Tap
2019

Ghostbusters: Afterlife
2021

Wild Things
1998

Ghostbusters
2016

Space Jam
1996

Olive Kitteridge
2014

Get Smart
2008

Dumb and Dumber To
2014

The Royal Tenenbaums
2001

City of Ember
2008

Ghostbusters II
1989

The Darjeeling Limited
2007

The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
2021

Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations
2005

Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
2006

Moonrise Kingdom
2012

Caddyshack
1980

The Monuments Men
2014

Aloha
2015

Little Shop of Horrors
1986

Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday
2008

Stripes
1981

Tootsie
1982

St. Vincent
2014

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
2004

The Dead Don't Die
2019

The Greatest Beer Run Ever
2022

Osmosis Jones
2001

Ed Wood
1994

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012

Rushmore
1998

Scrooged
1988

The Now
2021

MLB Network Presents
2015

What About Bob?
1991

Kingpin
1996

Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
1999

SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
2025

Mad Dog and Glory
1993

On the Rocks
2020

Broken Flowers
2005

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025

John Candy: I Like Me
2025

E! True Hollywood Story
1996

Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence
2008

Quick Change
1990

The Friend
2025

Coffee and Cigarettes
2004

Cradle Will Rock
1999

Parneviks
2015

Meatballs
1979

Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
1989

Banzai
2001

Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary
1986

A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III
2013

Always at The Carlyle
2018

Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
2020

The Razor's Edge
1984

She's Having a Baby
1988

Rock the Kasbah
2015

Get Low
2010

The Man Who Knew Too Little
1997

Passion Play
2011

Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal
2005

Riff Raff
2025

Larger Than Life
1996

Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found
2005

Thank You, Del: The Story of the Del Close Marathon
2015

Speaking of Sex
2001

The Limits of Control
2009

The Lost City
2005

Hamlet
2000

Next Stop, Greenwich Village
1976

Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live
2005

A Very Murray Christmas
2015

Exploring the Set of 'Moonrise Kingdom'
2015

Getaway
1992

The Women of SNL
2010

Belushi
2020

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd
2005

Studio 54
2018

Nothing Lasts Forever
1984

Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2010
2010

Diamond
2026

Can't Buy Me Lunch: Another Look at The Rutles
2003

Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell
1975

DEVO
2024

Cola Wars
2019

On the Set: 'The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou'
2005

With Friends Like These
1998

WWE Hall Of Fame 1995
1995

The Missing Link
1980

Twilight Theatre
1982
The Sweet Spot
2002

Fantastic Mr. Murray
2019

Love, Gilda
2018

"That's Awesome!": The Story of 'Dumb and Dumber To'
2015

Where the Buffalo Roam
1980

Hyde Park on Hudson
2012

Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival 2023
2024

Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2019
2020

This Is an Adventure
2005

Picture Show: A Tribute Celebrating John Prine
2020

Fear and Loathing on the Road to Hollywood
1978

New Worlds, The Cradle of Civilization
2021

Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
2007

The Making of 'The Darjeeling Limited'
2010

The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash
1978

Michael Jordan to the Max
2000

'85: The Greatest Team in Football History
2016

Caddyshack: The 19th Hole
1999

Mr. Mike's Mondo Video
1979

Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead
2015

The Rodney Dangerfield Show: It's Not Easy Bein' Me
1982

Loose Shoes
1978

The Making of 'Rushmore'
2000

With the Filmmaker: Wes Anderson
2001

Saturday Night Live: Christmas
1999

Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride
2006
The Ploughmen
—

The Things We Did Last Summer
1978

Spirit of Golf
2023

Steve Martin's Best Show Ever
1981
Magacine
—

This Old Cub
2004

TVTV Looks at the Oscars
1976

The Best of John Belushi
1985

Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2007
2007

The Bill Murray Stories: Life Lessons Learned from a Mythical Man
2018

The Bill Murray Experience
2017
Lost on Location: Behind the Scenes of 'Lost in Translation'
2004

TVTV: Video Revolutionaries
2018

Twilight Park
—

Groundhog Day: The Weight of Time
2002

FCU: Fact Checkers Unit
2007
Epiphany
—

Not So Fast, My Friend: A Lee Corso Special
2025

Bill Murray Live from the Second City
1980
Being Mortal
—

A Better Man: The Making of 'Tootsie'
2008

Ghostbusters 1999
1999
The King of Counterfeit
—

Garfield: Bringing the Cat to Life
2004
Bum's Rush
—

For The Fun Of The Game
2018

Loopers: The Caddie's Long Walk
2019

Moonrise Kingdom Extras - Eleven iPhone Videos by Edward Norton.
2015

Super Bowl
1976
Franz Klammer - The Ski "Kaiser" Will Be 70
2023

Fun & Games
1982

Ballhawks
2010

Christmas in Nashville
2025
Behind Jim Jarmusch
2010

R.E.M.: Rough Cut
1995

The Making of 'Tootsie'
1982

The Dogs
1978

On the Scene with the Ghostbusters
1984

Cut Flowers
1981
Say Hello to Our Good Friend Paul Shaffer
—
Perchance to Dream
1979