Bill Murray
Known for Acting · 201 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 Show with David Letterman
1993
as Self - Guest / Self - Top 10 Presenter
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host / Self - Cameo (uncredited) / Self - Various Characters / Self (uncredited)
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 Show with David Letterman
1993
as Self - Guest / Self - Top 10 Presenter
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host / Self - Cameo (uncredited) / Self - Various Characters / Self (uncredited)
Markus Lanz
2008
as Self
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
El hormiguero
2006
as Self - Guest
The View
1997
as Self - Guest
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self - Guest
Hot Ones
2015
as Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self
Parks and Recreation
2009
as Walter Gunderson
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
Late Night with David Letterman
1982
as Self - Guest
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Angie Tribeca
2016
as Vic Deakins
Iron Chef America
2005
as Self
Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations
2005
as Himself
Vice Principals
2016
as Principal Welles
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
2013
as Self
Entertainment Tonight
1981
The Movies That Made Us
2019
as Peter Venkman (archive footage)
Alpha House
2013
as Senator Vernon Smits
Reunited Apart
2020
as Self
Olive Kitteridge
2014
as Jack Kennison
Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday
2008
MLB Network Presents
2015
as Self (archive footage)
Parneviks
2015
as Self
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Banzai
2001
The Now
2021
as Dr. Robert Flaherty
Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence
2008
as Self
Getaway
1992
Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell
1975
The Sweet Spot
2002
as Self
Magacine
Movies (163)
The Grand Budapest Hotel
2014
as M. Ivan
Charlie's Angels
2000
as John Bosley
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
2023
as Lord Krylar
The Jungle Book
2016
as Baloo (voice)
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
2021
as Peter Venkman
Groundhog Day
1993
as Phil Connors
Ghostbusters
1984
as Peter Venkman
Fantastic Mr. Fox
2009
as Clive Badger (voice)
Dumb and Dumber To
2014
as Ice Pick
Lost in Translation
2003
as Bob Harris
Ghostbusters
2016
as Martin Heiss
Zombieland
2009
as Bill Murray
Zombieland: Double Tap
2019
as Bill Murray
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
2024
as Peter Venkman
Meatballs
1979
as Tripper Harrison
St. Vincent
2014
as Vincent MacKenna
Garfield
2004
as Garfield (voice)
Ghostbusters II
1989
as Peter Venkman
The Phoenician Scheme
2025
as God
Space Jam
1996
as Bill Murray
Get Smart
2008
as Agent 13
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
2021
as Arthur Howitzer, Jr.
John Candy: I Like Me
2025
as Self - Mainstage Cast, The Second City
Isle of Dogs
2018
as Boss (voice)
Wild Things
1998
as Kenneth Bowden
Little Shop of Horrors
1986
as Arthur Denton
Moonrise Kingdom
2012
as Mr. Bishop
The Royal Tenenbaums
2001
as Raleigh St. Clair
Stripes
1981
as John Winger
The Darjeeling Limited
2007
as The Businessman
Fear and Loathing on the Road to Hollywood
1978
as Self / Nixon Voter (uncredited)
The Monuments Men
2014
as Sgt. Richard Campbell
City of Ember
2008
as Mayor Cole
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
2006
as Garfield (voice)
The Greatest Beer Run Ever
2022
as The Colonel
Rushmore
1998
as Herman Blume
Osmosis Jones
2001
as Frank Detorre
The Dead Don't Die
2019
as Chief Cliff Robertson
Aloha
2015
as Carson Welch
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
2004
as Steve Zissou
Caddyshack
1980
as Carl Spackler
Tootsie
1982
as Jeff Slater
Scrooged
1988
as Francis Cross
Ed Wood
1994
as Bunny Breckinridge
Kingpin
1996
as Ernie McCracken
What About Bob?
1991
as Bob Wiley
Broken Flowers
2005
as Don Johnston
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012
as (archive footage)
The Friend
2025
as Walter
Coffee and Cigarettes
2004
as Bill Murray (segment "Delirium")
A Very Murray Christmas
2015
as Bill Murray
She's Having a Baby
1988
as Bill Murray (uncredited)
On the Rocks
2020
as Felix
Riff Raff
2025
as Lefty
The Man Who Knew Too Little
1997
as Wallace Ritchie
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025
as Self
Cola Wars
2019
as Self (archive footage)
Rock the Kasbah
2015
as Richie Lanz
Quick Change
1990
as Grimm
Passion Play
2011
as Happy Shannon
Can't Buy Me Lunch: Another Look at The Rutles
2003
as Bill Murray The K. (archive footage)
Always at The Carlyle
2018
as Self
Speaking of Sex
2001
as Ezri Stovall
Cradle Will Rock
1999
as Tommy Crickshaw
Ghostbusters 1999
1999
as Self - Archive Footage
Hyde Park on Hudson
2012
as Franklin D. Roosevelt
Mad Dog and Glory
1993
as Frank Milo
The Women of SNL
2010
as Richard Dawson / Various (archive footage)
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
2025
as Self
Lost on Location: Behind the Scenes of 'Lost in Translation'
2004
as Self
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
1999
as Self
Mr. Mike's Mondo Video
1979
as Man on the Street
Studio 54
2018
as Self (archive footage)
The Making of 'Rushmore'
2000
as Self
Larger Than Life
1996
as Jack Corcoran
Belushi
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Charlie’s Angels: Getting G’d Up
2001
as Self
Get Low
2010
as Frank Quinn
The Limits of Control
2009
as American
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead
2015
as Self - Actor
Where the Buffalo Roam
1980
as Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
The Dogs
1978
The Lost City
2005
as The Writer
Epiphany
as Oz Bell
The Razor's Edge
1984
as Larry Darrell
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
1989
as Self (archive footage)
With Friends Like These
1998
as Maurice Melnick
The Ploughmen
as Cooper County Sheriff
Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found
2005
as Self
A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III
2013
as Saul
Diamond
2026
Behind Jim Jarmusch
2010
as Self
Twilight Park
as Mime Ringleader
Hamlet
2000
as Polonius
Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary
1986
as Self
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
2020
as Self (archive footage)
This Is an Adventure
2005
as Self
Next Stop, Greenwich Village
1976
as Nick Kessel (uncredited)
Fantastic Mr. Murray
2019
as Self - Portrait Subject (archive footage)
Charlie’s Angels: The Master and the Angels
2001
as Self
For The Fun Of The Game
2018
as Self
TVTV Looks at the Oscars
1976
as Self
Steve Martin's Best Show Ever
1981
as Bytes
The King of Counterfeit
Fun & Games
1982
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
2007
as Self
R.E.M.: Rough Cut
1995
as Himself
Nothing Lasts Forever
1984
as Ted Breughel
Saturday Night Live: Christmas
1999
as Self
'85: The Greatest Team in Football History
2016
as Self
Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride
2006
as Self
DEVO
2024
as Phil Connors (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Making of 'Tootsie'
1982
as Self
The Best of John Belushi
1985
as Various Characters
Twilight Theatre
1982
as Lefty in 'First Film'
Caddyshack: The 19th Hole
1999
as Carl Spackler (archive footage)
Loose Shoes
1978
as Lefty
This Old Cub
2004
as Himself
On the Scene with the Ghostbusters
1984
The Missing Link
1980
as Dragon (voice)
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 201 credits spanning from 1953 to 2026, Bill Murray has appeared in 163 films and 38 TV shows.
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Most Popular Bill Murray Movies
- The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) — as M. Ivan
- Charlie's Angels (2000) — as John Bosley
- Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023) — as Lord Krylar
- The Jungle Book (2016) — as Baloo (voice)
- Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021) — as Peter Venkman
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