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
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Perchance to Dream
1979