Al Murray
Known for Acting · 73 credits
- Born
- 1968-05-10 (age 58)
- Place of birth
- Stewkley, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
- Also known as
- Alastair James Hay Murray
Biography
Alastair James Hay Murray (born 10 May 1968) is an English comedian.
After graduating from the University of Oxford, Murray's comedy career began by working with Harry Hill for BBC Radio 4. He regularly performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, before launching his "Pub Landlord" persona. This led to the Sky One sitcom Time Gentlemen Please and the chat show Al Murray's Happy Hour for ITV.
In 2003, Murray was listed in The Observer as one of the 50 funniest acts in British comedy, and in 2007 he was voted the 16th greatest stand-up comic on Channel 4's 100 Greatest Stand-Ups. He continues to perform as a stand-up and is a regular on British TV and radio.
Murray's principal character in performance is an English publican with conservative values and an animosity towards Germans and the French; he challenges audience members to name any country before producing some plausible instance of Britain bettering it. The character has a great love of the British 1970s rock band Queen, often getting musician(s) on his show to perform one of Queen's tunes in their own style. He has described his persona as a "know-all know-nothing blowhard who knows the answer to every question even though he hasn't been asked any of them".
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Known For
TV Shows (49)
Have I Got News for You
1990
as Self - Host
Top Gear
2002
as Self
The One Show
2006
as Self / Self - Guest
QI
2003
as Self
The Bill
1984
Soccer AM
1995
as Self
Taskmaster
2015
as Self
Have I Got a Bit More News for You
as Himself - Presenter
Celebrity Juice
2008
as Self
The Paul O'Grady Show
2004
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
2011
as Self - Participant
Horrible Histories
2009
An Audience with...
1978
as The Pub Landlord / Self
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
2002
as Self
Richard Osman's House of Games
2017
as Self
Mock the Week
2005
as Self
The Frank Skinner Show
1995
as Self
OK! TV
2011
Harry Hill's TV Burp
2002
The Word
1990
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
2014
as Self
Dick and Dom in da Bungalow
2002
as Self
The Apprentice: You're Fired!
2006
The F Word
2005
as Self
Rhod Gilbert's Growing Pains
2021
as Self - Guest
Insert Name Here
2016
as Self - Panelist
Gadget Man
2012
Soccer Aid
2006
Six Nations Sin Bin
2019
as Self
Comic Relief Does Fame Academy
2003
Hell's Kitchen
2004
as Self
Harry Hill
1997
as Alan Hill
British Film Forever
2007
Time Gentlemen Please
2000
as The Pub Landlord
Paul Hollywood's Big Continental Road Trip
2017
as Self
Top of the Pops Reloaded
2005
as Self
Taskmasterclass
2024
as Self
Al Murray's Great British Pub Quiz
2019
as Host
Live Floor Show
2002
Al Murray's Happy Hour
2007
as The Pub Landlord
Spitting Image Presents: The Rest Is Bullshit
2025
Al Murray's Multiple Personality Disorder
2009
as Various Characters
Al Murray: Why Do The Brits Win Every War?
2021
as Himself
Comedy Rocks with Jason Manford
2010
Harry Hill's Fruit Fancies
1994
as Various
That Sunday Night Show
2011
Al Murray: Why Does Everyone Hate the British Empire?
2023
as Himself
Al Murray: Why Does Everyone Hate the English?
2018
as Self - Presenter
Inside the Spitfire Factory
2020
as Narrator
Movies (24)
A Night with the Stars
2011
as Self
Spike Milligan: The Unseen Archive
2022
as Self - Comedian and Writer
Al Murray's Great British Spy Movies
2014
as Himself
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
2016
as Bottom
The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Ball in the Hall
2006
as Self
An Audience with Al Murray
2005
as The Pub Landlord
The London Studios: Home of the Stars
2018
as Self
Stephen Fry's 100 Greatest Gadgets
2012
as Self
Catherine Tate: Laughing at the Noughties
2011
as Self
Al Murray, The Pub Landlord - Beautiful British Tour
2009
as The Pub Landlord
Al Murray's Great British War Movies
2014
as Himself
Al Murray, The Pub Landlord: Barrel of Fun Live
2010
as Pub Landlord
Al Murray, The Pub Landlord: The Only Way Is Epic
2012
as The Pub Landlord
Whatever Happened to Harry Hill?
2012
as Alan Hill
Al Murray, The Pub Landlord - Live At The Palladium
2007
as Self
Al Murray, The Pub Landlord - Giving It Both Barrels
2006
as The Pub Landlord
The Mask
2017
Al Murray - Late Lock In Live
2009
as Himself
Al Murray, The Pub Landlord: "...And A Glass of White Wine for the Lady!"
2004
as The Pub Landlord
Another Audience with Al Murray
2007
Al Murray: All You Need Is Guv
2026
as The Pub Landlord
Al Murray, The Pub Landlord - My Gaff, My Rules
2003
as The Pub Landlord
Al Murray, The Pub Landlord: Late Lock In
2009
Al Murray, The Pub Landlord: One Man, One Guvnor
2014
as The Pub Landlord
About Al Murray
Alastair James Hay Murray (born 10 May 1968) is an English comedian. After graduating from the University of Oxford, Murray's comedy career began by working with Harry Hill for BBC Radio 4. He regularly performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, before launching his "Pub Landlord" persona. This led to the Sky One sitcom Time Gentlemen Please and the chat show Al Murray's Happy Hour for ITV. In 2003, Murray was listed in The Observer as one of the 50 funniest acts in British comedy, and in 2007 he was voted the 16th greatest stand-up comic on… With 73 credits spanning from 1978 to 2026, Al Murray has appeared in 24 films and 49 TV shows.
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Most Popular Al Murray Movies
- A Night with the Stars (2011) — as Self
- Spike Milligan: The Unseen Archive (2022) — as Self - Comedian and Writer
- Al Murray's Great British Spy Movies (2014) — as Himself
- Shakespeare Live! From the RSC (2016) — as Bottom
- The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Ball in the Hall (2006) — as Self
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