
Bill Murray
William James 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
Credits
- 2025 · The Phoenician Scheme as God
- 2025 · SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night as Self
- 2024 · Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival 2023 as Self
- 2024 · Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire as Peter Venkman
- 2023 · Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania as Lord Krylar
- 2022 · The Greatest Beer Run Ever as The Colonel
- 2021 · The Now as Psychotherapist
- 2021 · Ghostbusters: Afterlife as Peter Venkman
- 2020 · Reunited Apart as Self
- 2019 · The Movies That Made Us as Peter Venkman (archive footage)
- 2019 · Zombieland: Double Tap as Bill Murray
- 2016 · Vice Principals as Principal Welles
- 2016 · The Jungle Book as Baloo (voice)
- 2016 · Angie Tribeca as Vic Deakins
- 2015 · Hot Ones as Self
- 2015 · MLB Network Presents as Himself (Archive Footage)
- 2014 · Olive Kitteridge as Jack Kennison
- 2014 · The Grand Budapest Hotel as M. Ivan
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- 2013 · Alpha House as Senator Vernon Smits
- 2013 · Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown as Self
- 2009 · Fantastic Mr. Fox as Clive Badger (voice)
- 2009 · Zombieland as Bill Murray
- 2009 · Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- 2008 · Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday as
- 2008 · Markus Lanz as Self
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 2005 · Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations as Himself
- 2005 · Iron Chef America as
- 2004 · Garfield as Garfield (voice)
- 2000 · Charlie's Angels as John Bosley
- 1997 · The View as Self - Guest
- 1996 · Space Jam as Bill Murray
- 1996 · The Daily Show as Self
- 1993 · Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- 1993 · Late Show with David Letterman as Self - Guest
- 1992 · HBO First Look as
- 1992 · Getaway as
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as
- 1984 · Ghostbusters as Peter Venkman
- 1981 · Entertainment Tonight as
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Various Characters
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- Future · Magacine as
- 2025 · The Friend as Walter
- 2025 · Riff Raff as Lefty
- 2025 · SNL50: The Homecoming Concert as Self
- 2025 · Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music as Self
- 2023 · Franz Klammer - The Ski "Kaiser" Will Be 70 as Self (archive footage)
- 2023 · Spirit of Golf as
- 2021 · The French Dispatch as Arthur Howitzer, Jr.
- 2021 · Live at Mister Kelly's as Self (archive footage)
- 2021 · New Worlds, The Cradle of Civilization as Self
- 2020 · Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2019 as Self
- 2020 · Belushi as Self (archive footage)
- 2020 · On the Rocks as Felix
- 2020 · Picture Show: A Tribute Celebrating John Prine as Self
- 2020 · Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters as Self (archive footage)
- 2019 · Fantastic Mr. Murray as Self - Portrait Subject (archive footage)
- 2019 · Cola Wars as Self [Archival Footage]
- 2019 · Loopers: The Caddie's Long Walk as Narrator
- 2019 · The Dead Don't Die as Chief Cliff Robertson
- 2018 · TVTV: Video Revolutionaries as Self
- 2018 · For The Fun Of The Game as Self
- 2018 · Studio 54 as Self (archive footage)
- 2018 · Always at The Carlyle as Self
- 2018 · The Bill Murray Stories: Life Lessons Learned from a Mythical Man as Himself
- 2018 · Love, Gilda as Self (archive footage)
- 2018 · Isle of Dogs as Boss (voice)
- 2017 · The Bill Murray Experience as Himself
- 2016 · '85: The Greatest Team in Football History as Self
- 2016 · Ghostbusters as Martin Heiss
- 2015 · A Very Murray Christmas as Bill Murray
- 2015 · Rock the Kasbah as Richie Lanz
- 2015 · Thank You, Del: The Story of the Del Close Marathon as Self
- 2015 · Exploring the Set of 'Moonrise Kingdom' as Self / Mr. Bishop
- 2015 · Aloha as Carson Welch
- 2015 · "That's Awesome!": The Story of 'Dumb and Dumber To' as Self
- 2015 · Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead as Self - Actor
- 2014 · Dumb and Dumber To as Ice Pick
- 2014 · St. Vincent as Vincent MacKenna
- 2014 · The Monuments Men as Sgt. Richard Campbell
- 2013 · A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III as Saul
- 2012 · Hyde Park on Hudson as Franklin D. Roosevelt
- 2012 · Moonrise Kingdom as Mr. Bishop
- 2012 · Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen as (archive footage)
- 2011 · Passion Play as Happy Shannon
- 2010 · The Women of SNL as Richard Dawson / Various (archive footage)
- 2010 · The Making of 'The Darjeeling Limited' as Self - Businessman
- 2010 · Ballhawks as Narrator
- 2010 · Behind Jim Jarmusch as Self
- 2010 · Get Low as Frank Quinn
- 2010 · Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2010 as Self
- 2009 · The Limits of Control as American
- 2008 · City of Ember as Mayor Cole
- 2008 · Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence as Self
- 2008 · Get Smart as Agent 13
- 2008 · A Better Man: The Making of 'Tootsie' as Self
- 2007 · Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2007 as Self
- 2007 · FCU: Fact Checkers Unit as Bill Murray
- 2007 · The Darjeeling Limited as The Businessman
- 2006 · Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride as Self
- 2006 · Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties as Garfield (voice)
- 2005 · Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd as Various Characters (archive footage)
- 2005 · The Lost City as The Writer
- 2005 · Broken Flowers as Don Johnston
- 2005 · This Is an Adventure as Self
- 2005 · Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal as Self
- 2005 · Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live as Self
- 2005 · On the Set: 'The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou' as Self / Steve Zissou
- 2004 · The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou as Steve Zissou
- 2004 · Garfield: Bringing the Cat to Life as Self / Garfield (voice)
- 2004 · This Old Cub as Himself
- 2004 · Coffee and Cigarettes as Bill Murray (segment "Delirium")
- 2004 · Lost on Location: Behind the Scenes of 'Lost in Translation' as Self
- 2003 · Lost in Translation as Bob Harris
- 2003 · The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch as Bill Murray The K. (archive footage)
- 2002 · The Sweet Spot as Self
- 2002 · Groundhog Day: The Weight of Time as Self (archive footage)
- 2001 · With the Filmmaker: Wes Anderson as Self (archival footage)
- 2001 · Speaking of Sex as Ezri Stovall
- 2001 · The Royal Tenenbaums as Raleigh St. Clair
- 2001 · Osmosis Jones as Frank Detorre
- 2001 · Banzai as
- 2000 · Hamlet as Polonius
- 2000 · Michael Jordan to the Max as Self
- 2000 · The Making of 'Rushmore' as Self
- 1999 · Cradle Will Rock as Tommy Crickshaw
- 1999 · Ghostbusters 1999 as Self - Archive Footage
- 1999 · Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special as Self
- 1999 · Caddyshack: The 19th Hole as Carl Spackler (archive footage)
- 1998 · Rushmore as Herman Blume
- 1998 · With Friends Like These as Maurice Melnick
- 1998 · Wild Things as Kenneth Bowden
- 1997 · The Man Who Knew Too Little as Wallace Ritchie
- 1996 · E! True Hollywood Story as
- 1996 · Larger Than Life as Jack Corcoran
- 1996 · Kingpin as Ernie McCracken
- 1995 · R.E.M.: Rough Cut as Himself
- 1994 · Ed Wood as Bunny Breckinridge
- 1993 · Mad Dog and Glory as Frank Milo
- 1993 · Groundhog Day as Phil Connors
- 1991 · What About Bob? as Bob Wiley
- 1990 · Quick Change as Grimm
- 1989 · Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary as Self (archive footage)
- 1989 · Ghostbusters II as Peter Venkman
- 1988 · Scrooged as Francis Cross
- 1988 · She's Having a Baby as Bill Murray (uncredited)
- 1986 · Little Shop of Horrors as Arthur Denton
- 1986 · Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes All-Star 50th Anniversary as Self
- 1985 · The Best of John Belushi as Various Characters
- 1984 · The Razor's Edge as Larry Darrell
- 1984 · Nothing Lasts Forever as Ted Breughel
- 1982 · Tootsie as Jeff Slater
- 1982 · The Rodney Dangerfield Show: It's Not Easy Bein' Me as Various
- 1982 · Twilight Theatre as Lefty in 'First Film'
- 1981 · Steve Martin's Best Show Ever as Bytes
- 1981 · Stripes as John Winger
- 1981 · Cut Flowers as
- 1980 · Caddyshack as Carl Spackler
- 1980 · The Missing Link as Dragon (voice)
- 1980 · Where the Buffalo Roam as Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
- 1980 · Bill Murray Live from the Second City as Self
- 1979 · Mr. Mike's Mondo Video as Man on the Street
- 1979 · Meatballs as Tripper Harrison
- 1979 · Perchance to Dream as Honker
- 1978 · Fear and Loathing on the Road to Hollywood as Self / Nixon Voter (uncredited)
- 1976 · TVTV Looks at the Oscars as Self
- Future · Twilight Park as Mime Ringleader
- 1978 · The Things We Did Last Summer as Self
- Future · The King of Counterfeit as
- Future · The Ploughmen as
- Future · Being Mortal as
- Future · Epiphany as Oz Bell
- Future · Bum's Rush as Bum
- 1978 · The Dogs as
- 1978 · Loose Shoes as Lefty
- 1978 · The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash as Bill Murray the K.
- 1976 · Super Bowl as Himself
- 1976 · Next Stop, Greenwich Village as Nick Kessel (uncredited)
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell as