Bill Murray
Known for Acting · 198 credits
- Born
- 1950-09-21 (age 75)
- Place of birth
- Wilmette, Illinois, USA
- Also known as
- Billy Murray · William James Murray · Уильям Джеймс Мюррей · Вільям Джеймс Мюррей
Biography
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).
Known For
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self / Self - Guest
The Daily Show
1996
as Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
as Self - Guest / Self - Top 10 Presenter
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
TV Shows (38)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self / Self - Guest
The Daily Show
1996
as Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
as Self - Guest / Self - Top 10 Presenter
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host / Self - Cameo (uncredited) / Self - Various Characters / Self (uncredited)
The View
1997
as Self - Guest
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self - Guest
Markus Lanz
2008
as Self
Hot Ones
2015
as Self
Parks and Recreation
2009
as Walter Gunderson
El hormiguero
2006
as Self - Guest
Late Night with David Letterman
1982
as Self - Guest
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
Iron Chef America
2005
as Self
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Angie Tribeca
2016
as Vic Deakins
The Movies That Made Us
2019
as Peter Venkman (archive footage)
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
2013
as Self
Entertainment Tonight
1981
Reunited Apart
2020
as Self
Vice Principals
2016
as Principal Welles
Alpha House
2013
as Senator Vernon Smits
Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations
2005
as Himself
Olive Kitteridge
2014
as Jack Kennison
MLB Network Presents
2015
as Self (archive footage)
Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday
2008
The Now
2021
as Dr. Robert Flaherty
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence
2008
as Self
Banzai
2001
Parneviks
2015
as Self
Getaway
1992
Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell
1975
The Sweet Spot
2002
as Self
Magacine
Movies (160)
The Grand Budapest Hotel
2014
as M. Ivan
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
2023
as Lord Krylar
Groundhog Day
1993
as Phil Connors
Ghostbusters
1984
as Peter Venkman
Lost in Translation
2003
as Bob Harris
The Phoenician Scheme
2025
as God
Charlie's Angels
2000
as John Bosley
Zombieland
2009
as Bill Murray
Fantastic Mr. Fox
2009
as Clive Badger (voice)
The Jungle Book
2016
as Baloo (voice)
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
2024
as Peter Venkman
Garfield
2004
as Garfield (voice)
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
2021
as Peter Venkman
Space Jam
1996
as Bill Murray
Isle of Dogs
2018
as Boss (voice)
Get Smart
2008
as Agent 13
Wild Things
1998
as Kenneth Bowden
Ghostbusters
2016
as Martin Heiss
Ghostbusters II
1989
as Peter Venkman
Zombieland: Double Tap
2019
as Bill Murray
Dumb and Dumber To
2014
as Ice Pick
City of Ember
2008
as Mayor Cole
The Royal Tenenbaums
2001
as Raleigh St. Clair
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
2021
as Arthur Howitzer, Jr.
St. Vincent
2014
as Vincent MacKenna
Little Shop of Horrors
1986
as Arthur Denton
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
2006
as Garfield (voice)
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012
as (archive footage)
Moonrise Kingdom
2012
as Mr. Bishop
Tootsie
1982
as Jeff Slater
The Monuments Men
2014
as Sgt. Richard Campbell
The Darjeeling Limited
2007
as The Businessman
Rushmore
1998
as Herman Blume
Ed Wood
1994
as Bunny Breckinridge
The Friend
2025
as Walter
The Dead Don't Die
2019
as Chief Cliff Robertson
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
2004
as Steve Zissou
Scrooged
1988
as Francis Cross
Osmosis Jones
2001
as Frank Detorre
Kingpin
1996
as Ernie McCracken
Stripes
1981
as John Winger
Caddyshack
1980
as Carl Spackler
Aloha
2015
as Carson Welch
The Greatest Beer Run Ever
2022
as The Colonel
Meatballs
1979
as Tripper Harrison
Broken Flowers
2005
as Don Johnston
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
2025
as Self
Coffee and Cigarettes
2004
as Bill Murray (segment "Delirium")
What About Bob?
1991
as Bob Wiley
The Man Who Knew Too Little
1997
as Wallace Ritchie
Passion Play
2011
as Happy Shannon
Cradle Will Rock
1999
as Tommy Crickshaw
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025
as Self
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
1999
as Self
Quick Change
1990
as Grimm
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
1989
as Self (archive footage)
On the Rocks
2020
as Felix
John Candy: I Like Me
2025
as Self - Mainstage Cast, The Second City
Riff Raff
2025
as Lefty
Mad Dog and Glory
1993
as Frank Milo
She's Having a Baby
1988
as Bill Murray (uncredited)
Rock the Kasbah
2015
as Richie Lanz
Always at The Carlyle
2018
as Self
The Lost City
2005
as The Writer
A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III
2013
as Saul
Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary
1986
as Self
The Razor's Edge
1984
as Larry Darrell
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd
2005
as Various Characters (archive footage)
Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live
2005
as Self
Speaking of Sex
2001
as Ezri Stovall
Larger Than Life
1996
as Jack Corcoran
Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal
2005
as Self
Studio 54
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Thank You, Del: The Story of the Del Close Marathon
2015
as Self
The Limits of Control
2009
as American
A Very Murray Christmas
2015
as Bill Murray
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found
2005
as Self
Hyde Park on Hudson
2012
as Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hamlet
2000
as Polonius
Get Low
2010
as Frank Quinn
Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2010
2010
as Self
Next Stop, Greenwich Village
1976
as Nick Kessel (uncredited)
Diamond
2026
On the Set: 'The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou'
2005
as Self / Steve Zissou
Can't Buy Me Lunch: Another Look at The Rutles
2003
as Bill Murray The K. (archive footage)
The Rodney Dangerfield Show: It's Not Easy Bein' Me
1982
as Various
DEVO
2024
as Phil Connors (archive footage) (uncredited)
With Friends Like These
1998
as Maurice Melnick
Twilight Theatre
1982
as Lefty in 'First Film'
The Ploughmen
as Cooper County Sheriff
The Women of SNL
2010
as Richard Dawson / Various (archive footage)
Michael Jordan to the Max
2000
as Self
"That's Awesome!": The Story of 'Dumb and Dumber To'
2015
as Self
Exploring the Set of 'Moonrise Kingdom'
2015
as Self / Mr. Bishop
WWE Hall Of Fame 1995
1995
as Self
Love, Gilda
2018
as Self (archive footage)
With the Filmmaker: Wes Anderson
2001
as Self (archival footage)
This Is an Adventure
2005
as Self
Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride
2006
as Self
Belushi
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Where the Buffalo Roam
1980
as Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
The Missing Link
1980
as Dragon (voice)
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead
2015
as Self - Actor
'85: The Greatest Team in Football History
2016
as Self
Cola Wars
2019
as Self (archive footage)
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
2007
as Self
Twilight Park
as Mime Ringleader
Fantastic Mr. Murray
2019
as Self - Portrait Subject (archive footage)
Loose Shoes
1978
as Lefty
Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2019
2020
as Self
Picture Show: A Tribute Celebrating John Prine
2020
as Self
Nothing Lasts Forever
1984
as Ted Breughel
Mr. Mike's Mondo Video
1979
as Man on the Street
The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash
1978
as Bill Murray the K.
Steve Martin's Best Show Ever
1981
as Bytes
TVTV Looks at the Oscars
1976
as Self
Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival 2023
2024
as Self
TVTV: Video Revolutionaries
2018
as Self
The Making of 'Rushmore'
2000
as Self
About 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 A… With 198 credits spanning from 1953 to 2026, Bill Murray has appeared in 160 films and 38 TV shows.
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- The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) — as M. Ivan
- Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023) — as Lord Krylar
- Groundhog Day (1993) — as Phil Connors
- Ghostbusters (1984) — as Peter Venkman
- Lost in Translation (2003) — as Bob Harris
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