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 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". Description above from the Wikipedia article Al Murray, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Known For
Credits
- 2021 · Rhod Gilbert's Growing Pains as Self - Guest
- 2019 · Six Nations Sin Bin as Self
- 2017 · Richard Osman's House of Games as Self - Contestant
- 2016 · Insert Name Here as Self - Panelist
- 2015 · Taskmaster as Self
- 2014 · Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled as Self
- 2011 · Celebrity Antiques Road Trip as Self - Participant
- 2011 · OK! TV as
- 2009 · Horrible Histories as
- 2008 · Celebrity Juice as Self
- 2007 · Al Murray's Happy Hour as The Pub Landlord
- 2006 · The One Show as Self
- 2006 · The One Show as Self - Guest
- 2006 · The Apprentice: You're Fired! as
- 2005 · The F Word as Self
- 2005 · Top of the Pops Reloaded as Self
- 2005 · Mock the Week as Self
- 2004 · The Paul O'Grady Show as
- 2004 · Hell's Kitchen as Self
- 2003 · QI as Self
- 2003 · Comic Relief Does Fame Academy as
- 1990 · Have I Got News for You as Self - Host
- Future · Have I Got a Bit More News for You as Himself - Presenter
- 2023 · Al Murray: Why Does Everyone Hate the British Empire? as Himself
- 2021 · Al Murray: Why Do The Brits Win Every War? as Himself
- 2020 · Inside the Spitfire Factory as Narrator
- 2019 · Al Murray's Great British Pub Quiz as Host
- 2018 · The London Studios: Home of the Stars as Self
- 2018 · Al Murray: Why Does Everyone Hate the English? as Self - Presenter
- 2017 · Paul Hollywood's Big Continental Road Trip as Self
- 2016 · Shakespeare Live! From the RSC as Bottom
- 2014 · Al Murray's Great British Spy Movies as Himself
- 2014 · Al Murray, The Pub Landlord: One Man, One Guvnor as The Pub Landlord
- 2014 · Al Murray's Great British War Movies as Himself
- 2012 · Al Murray, The Pub Landlord: The Only Way Is Epic as The Pub Landlord
- 2012 · Gadget Man as
- 2012 · Stephen Fry's 100 Greatest Gadgets as Himself
- 2011 · A Night with the Stars as Self
- 2011 · Catherine Tate: Laughing at the Noughties as Self
- 2011 · That Sunday Night Show as
- 2010 · Al Murray, The Pub Landlord: Barrel of Fun Live as Pub Landlord
- 2010 · Comedy Rocks with Jason Manford as
- 2009 · Al Murray, The Pub Landlord - Beautiful British Tour as The Pub Landlord
- 2009 · Al Murray's Multiple Personality Disorder as Various Characters
- 2007 · Al Murray, The Pub Landlord - Live At The Palladium as himself
- 2007 · Another Audience with Al Murray as
- 2006 · The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Ball in the Hall as Self
- 2006 · Al Murray, The Pub Landlord - Giving It Both Barrels as The Pub Landlord
- 2006 · Soccer Aid as
- 2005 · An Audience with Al Murray as The Pub Landlord
- 2004 · Al Murray, The Pub Landlord: "...And A Glass of White Wine for the Lady!" as The Pub Landlord
- 2004 · Al Murray, The Pub Landlord: "...And A Glass Of White Wine For The Lady!" as The Pub Landlord
- 2003 · Al Murray, The Pub Landlord - My Gaff, My Rules as The Pub Landlord
- 2002 · Harry Hill's TV Burp as
- 2002 · Top Gear as Self
- 2002 · Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway as Self
- 2002 · Live Floor Show as
- 2000 · Time Gentlemen Please as The Pub Landlord
- 1997 · Harry Hill as Alan Hill
- 1995 · The Frank Skinner Show as Self
- 1995 · Soccer AM as Self
- 1994 · Harry Hill's Fruit Fancies as Various
- 1984 · The Bill as
- 1978 · An Audience with... as The Pub Landlord
- 1978 · An Audience with... as Self