Bill Murray
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Sep 21, 1950 (age 76)
- Place of birth
- Wilmette, Illinois, USA
- Credits
- 207
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.
Known for
Filmography
A Course Called Ireland
2026TV
Self
Diamond
2026Movie
Jimbo
Marty, Life Is Short
2026Movie
Self (archive footage)
Christmas in Nashville
2025Movie
Self
Tim Burton: Life in the Line
2025TV
Self (footage)
John Candy: I Like Me
2025Movie
Self - Mainstage Cast, The Second City
Not So Fast, My Friend: A Lee Corso Special
2025Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Phoenician Scheme
2025Movie
God
The Friend
2025Movie
Walter
Riff Raff
2025Movie
Lefty
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
2025Movie
Self
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025Movie
Self
Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival 2023
2024Movie
Self
An SNL Thanksgiving
2024Movie
(archive footage)
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
2024Movie
Peter Venkman
DEVO
2024Movie
Phil Connors (archive footage) (uncredited)
Franz Klammer - The Ski "Kaiser" Will Be 70
2023Movie
Self (archive footage)
Spirit of Golf
2023Movie
Self
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
2023Movie
Lord Krylar
The Greatest Beer Run Ever
2022Movie
The Colonel
The Now
2021TV
Dr. Robert Flaherty
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
2021Movie
Peter Venkman
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
2021Movie
Arthur Howitzer, Jr.
New Worlds, The Cradle of Civilization
2021Movie
Self
Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2019
2020Movie
Self
On the Rocks
2020Movie
Felix
Picture Show: A Tribute Celebrating John Prine
2020Movie
Self
Belushi
2020Movie
Self (archive footage)
Reunited Apart
2020TV
Self
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
2020Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Movies That Made Us
2019TV
Peter Venkman (archive footage)
Fantastic Mr. Murray
2019Movie
Self - Portrait Subject (archive footage)
Zombieland: Double Tap
2019Movie
Bill Murray
Cola Wars
2019Movie
Self (archive footage)
Loopers: The Caddie's Long Walk
2019Movie
Narrator
The Dead Don't Die
2019Movie
Chief Cliff Robertson
TVTV: Video Revolutionaries
2018Movie
Self
For The Fun Of The Game
2018Movie
Self
Love, Gilda
2018Movie
Self (archive footage)
Studio 54
2018Movie
Self (archive footage)
Always at The Carlyle
2018Movie
Self
The Bill Murray Stories: Life Lessons Learned from a Mythical Man
2018Movie
Himself
Isle of Dogs
2018Movie
Boss (voice)
The Bill Murray Experience
2017Movie
Himself
'85: The Greatest Team in Football History
2016Movie
Self
Vice Principals
2016TV
Principal Welles
Ghostbusters
2016Movie
Martin Heiss
The Jungle Book
2016Movie
Baloo (voice)
Angie Tribeca
2016TV
Vic Deakins
A Very Murray Christmas
2015Movie
Bill Murray
Rock the Kasbah
2015Movie
Richie Lanz
Thank You, Del: The Story of the Del Close Marathon
2015Movie
Self
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead
2015Movie
Self - Actor
Exploring the Set of 'Moonrise Kingdom'
2015Movie
Self / Mr. Bishop
Moonrise Kingdom Extras - Eleven iPhone Videos by Edward Norton.
2015Movie
Self
Aloha
2015Movie
Carson Welch
Parneviks
2015TV
Self
Hot Ones
2015TV
Self
"That's Awesome!": The Story of 'Dumb and Dumber To'
2015Movie
Self
An SNL Valentine
2015Movie
Self / Todd (archive footage)
MLB Network Presents
2015TV
Self (archive footage)
Dumb and Dumber To
2014Movie
Ice Pick
Olive Kitteridge
2014TV
Jack Kennison
St. Vincent
2014Movie
Vincent MacKenna
The Grand Budapest Hotel
2014Movie
M. Ivan
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014TV
Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014TV
Self, Self - Guest
The Monuments Men
2014Movie
Sgt. Richard Campbell
Alpha House
2013TV
Senator Vernon Smits
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
2013TV
Self
A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III
2013Movie
Saul
Hyde Park on Hudson
2012Movie
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Moonrise Kingdom
2012Movie
Mr. Bishop
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012Movie
(archive footage)
Passion Play
2011Movie
Happy Shannon
The Women of SNL
2010Movie
Richard Dawson / Various (archive footage)
The Making of 'The Darjeeling Limited'
2010Movie
Self - Businessman
Ballhawks
2010Movie
Narrator
Behind Jim Jarmusch
2010Movie
Self
Get Low
2010Movie
Frank Quinn
Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2010
2010Movie
Self
Fantastic Mr. Fox
2009Movie
Clive Badger (voice)
Zombieland
2009Movie
Bill Murray
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009TV
Self - Guest
The Limits of Control
2009Movie
American
Parks and Recreation
2009TV
Walter Gunderson
Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday
2008TV
City of Ember
2008Movie
Mayor Cole
Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence
2008TV
Self
Get Smart
2008Movie
Agent 13
Markus Lanz
2008TV
Self
A Better Man: The Making of 'Tootsie'
2008Movie
Self
Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2007
2007Movie
Self
FCU: Fact Checkers Unit
2007Movie
Bill Murray
The Darjeeling Limited
2007Movie
The Businessman
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
2007Movie
Self
The Graham Norton Show
2007TV
Self
Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride
2006Movie
Self
El hormiguero
2006TV
Self - Guest
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
2006Movie
Garfield (voice)
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd
2005Movie
Various Characters (archive footage)
The Lost City
2005Movie
The Writer
Broken Flowers
2005Movie
Don Johnston
Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations
2005TV
Himself
This Is an Adventure
2005Movie
Self
Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal
2005Movie
Self
Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found
2005Movie
Self
Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live
2005Movie
Self
Iron Chef America
2005TV
Self
On the Set: 'The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou'
2005Movie
Self / Steve Zissou
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
2004Movie
Steve Zissou
Garfield: Bringing the Cat to Life
2004Movie
Self - Garfield (voice)
This Old Cub
2004Movie
Himself
Garfield
2004Movie
Garfield (voice)
Coffee and Cigarettes
2004Movie
Bill Murray (segment "Delirium")
Lost on Location: Behind the Scenes of 'Lost in Translation'
2004Movie
Self
Lost in Translation
2003Movie
Bob Harris
Can't Buy Me Lunch: Another Look at The Rutles
2003Movie
Bill Murray The K. (archive footage)
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003TV
Self - Guest, Self
The Sweet Spot
2002TV
Self
Groundhog Day: The Weight of Time
2002Movie
Self (archive footage)
With the Filmmaker: Wes Anderson
2001Movie
Self (archival footage)
Speaking of Sex
2001Movie
Ezri Stovall
The Royal Tenenbaums
2001Movie
Raleigh St. Clair
Osmosis Jones
2001Movie
Frank Detorre
Charlie’s Angels: Getting G’d Up
2001Movie
Self
Charlie’s Angels: The Master and the Angels
2001Movie
Self
Angelic Attire: Dressing Cameron, Drew & Lucy
2001Movie
Self
Banzai
2001TV
Charlie's Angels
2000Movie
John Bosley
Hamlet
2000Movie
Polonius
Michael Jordan to the Max
2000Movie
Self
The Making of 'Rushmore'
2000Movie
Self
Cradle Will Rock
1999Movie
Tommy Crickshaw
Saturday Night Live: Christmas
1999Movie
Self (archive footage)
Ghostbusters 1999
1999Movie
Self - Archive Footage
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
1999Movie
Self
Caddyshack: The 19th Hole
1999Movie
Carl Spackler (archive footage)
Rushmore
1998Movie
Herman Blume
With Friends Like These
1998Movie
Maurice Melnick
Wild Things
1998Movie
Kenneth Bowden
The Man Who Knew Too Little
1997Movie
Wallace Ritchie
The View
1997TV
Self - Guest
Space Jam
1996Movie
Bill Murray
E! True Hollywood Story
1996TV
Larger Than Life
1996Movie
Jack Corcoran
The Daily Show
1996TV
Self
Kingpin
1996Movie
Ernie McCracken
R.E.M.: Rough Cut
1995Movie
Himself
WWE Hall Of Fame 1995
1995Movie
Self
Ed Wood
1994Movie
Bunny Breckinridge
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993TV
Self - Guest
Late Show with David Letterman
1993TV
Self - Guest, Self - Top 10 Presenter
Mad Dog and Glory
1993Movie
Frank Milo
Groundhog Day
1993Movie
Phil
Getaway
1992TV
What About Bob?
1991Movie
Bob Wiley
Quick Change
1990Movie
Grimm
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
1989Movie
Self (archive footage)
Ghostbusters II
1989Movie
Dr. Peter Venkman
Scrooged
1988Movie
Francis Cross
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988TV
Self
She's Having a Baby
1988Movie
Bill Murray (uncredited)
Little Shop of Horrors
1986Movie
Arthur Denton
Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary
1986Movie
Self
The Best of John Belushi
1985Movie
Various Characters
On the Scene with the Ghostbusters
1984Movie
The Razor's Edge
1984Movie
Larry Darrell
Nothing Lasts Forever
1984Movie
Ted Breughel
Ghostbusters
1984Movie
Dr. Peter Venkman
Tootsie
1982Movie
Jeff Slater
The Rodney Dangerfield Show: It's Not Easy Bein' Me
1982Movie
Various
Twilight Theatre
1982Movie
Lefty in 'First Film'
Late Night with David Letterman
1982TV
Self - Guest
Fun & Games
1982Movie
The Making of 'Tootsie'
1982Movie
Self
Steve Martin's Best Show Ever
1981Movie
Bytes
Entertainment Tonight
1981TV
Stripes
1981Movie
John Winger
Cut Flowers
1981Movie
Caddyshack
1980Movie
Carl Spackler
Bill Murray Live from the Second City
1980Movie
Self
The Missing Link
1980Movie
Dragon (voice)
Where the Buffalo Roam
1980Movie
Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
Mr. Mike's Mondo Video
1979Movie
Man on the Street
Meatballs
1979Movie
Tripper Harrison
Perchance to Dream
1979Movie
Honker
Fear and Loathing on the Road to Hollywood
1978Movie
Self / Nixon Voter (uncredited)
The Things We Did Last Summer
1978Movie
Self
The Dogs
1978Movie
Loose Shoes
1978Movie
Lefty
The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash
1978Movie
Bill Murray the K.
TVTV Looks at the Oscars
1976Movie
Self
Super Bowl
1976Movie
Himself
Next Stop, Greenwich Village
1976Movie
Nick Kessel (uncredited)
Saturday Night Live
1975TV
Self - Host, Self - Cameo (uncredited), Self - Various Characters, Self, Self (uncredited)
Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell
1975TV
The Oscars
1953TV
Self
Epiphany
Movie
Oz Bell
Twilight Park
Movie
Mime Ringleader
Quiet Land
Movie
Connor McCluskey
The Ploughmen
Movie
Cooper County Sheriff
Magacine
TV
Say Hello to Our Good Friend Paul Shaffer
Movie
Self
Being Mortal
Movie
The King of Counterfeit
Movie
Bum's Rush
Movie
Bum