Bill Murray
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1950-09-21 (74 years old)
Place of Birth
Wilmette, Illinois, USA
Bill Murray
Biography
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
Acting
Bum's Rush
as Bum
Epiphany
as Oz Bell
(2025)
The Phoenician Scheme
as God
(2025)
The Friend
as Walter
(2025)
Riff Raff
as Lefty
(2025)
(2025)
(2025)
Twilight Park
as Mime Ringleader
(2024)
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
as Peter Venkman
(2024)
(2024)
(2023)
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
as Lord Krylar
(2023)
(2023)
Franz Klammer - The Ski "Kaiser" Will Be 70
as Self (archive footage)
(2022)
The Greatest Beer Run Ever
as The Colonel
(2021)
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
as Peter Venkman
(2021)
The French Dispatch
as Arthur Howitzer, Jr.
(2021)
(2021)
Live at Mister Kelly's
as Self (archive footage)
(2020)
On the Rocks
as Felix
(2020)
Belushi
as Self (archive footage)
(2020)
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
as Self (archive footage)
(2020)
(2020)
(2019)
Zombieland: Double Tap
as Bill Murray
(2019)
The Dead Don't Die
as Chief Cliff Robertson
(2019)
Cola Wars
as Self [Archival Footage]
(2019)
Loopers: The Caddie's Long Walk
as Narrator
(2019)
Fantastic Mr. Murray
as Self - Portrait Subject (archive footage)
(2018)
Isle of Dogs
as Boss (voice)
(2018)
Studio 54
as Self (archive footage)
(2018)
Always at The Carlyle
as Self
(2018)
Love, Gilda
as Self (archive footage)
(2018)
(2018)
TVTV: Video Revolutionaries
as Self
(2018)
For The Fun Of The Game
as Self
(2017)
The Bill Murray Experience
as Himself
(2016)
The Jungle Book
as Baloo (voice)
(2016)
Ghostbusters
as Martin Heiss
(2016)
(2015)
Aloha
as Carson Welch
(2015)
A Very Murray Christmas
as Bill Murray
(2015)
Rock the Kasbah
as Richie Lanz
(2015)
(2015)
Exploring the Set of 'Moonrise Kingdom'
as Self / Mr. Bishop
(2015)
(2015)
(2014)
The Grand Budapest Hotel
as M. Ivan
(2014)
Dumb and Dumber To
as Ice Pick
(2014)
The Monuments Men
as Sgt. Richard Campbell
(2014)
St. Vincent
as Vincent MacKenna
(2013)
(2012)
Moonrise Kingdom
as Mr. Bishop
(2012)
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
as (archive footage)
(2012)
Hyde Park on Hudson
as Franklin D. Roosevelt
(2011)
Passion Play
as Happy Shannon
(2010)
Get Low
as Frank Quinn
(2010)
The Women of SNL
as Richard Dawson / Various (archive footage)
(2010)
(2010)
The Making of 'The Darjeeling Limited'
as Self - Businessman
(2010)
Behind Jim Jarmusch
as Self
(2010)
Ballhawks
as Narrator
(2009)
Zombieland
as Bill Murray
(2009)
Fantastic Mr. Fox
as Clive Badger (voice)
(2009)
The Limits of Control
as American
(2008)
Get Smart
as Agent 13
(2008)
City of Ember
as Mayor Cole
(2008)
(2007)
The Darjeeling Limited
as The Businessman
(2007)
(2007)
FCU: Fact Checkers Unit
as Bill Murray
(2006)
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
as Garfield (voice)
(2006)
(2005)
Broken Flowers
as Don Johnston
(2005)
The Lost City
as The Writer
(2005)
On the Set: 'The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou'
as Self / Steve Zissou
(2005)
(2005)
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd
as Various Characters (archive footage)
(2005)
(2005)
This Is an Adventure
as Self
(2004)
Garfield
as Garfield (voice)
(2004)
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
as Steve Zissou
(2004)
Coffee and Cigarettes
as Bill Murray (segment "Delirium")
(2004)
This Old Cub
as Himself
(2004)
(2004)
Garfield: Bringing the Cat to Life
as Self / Garfield (voice)
(2003)
Lost in Translation
as Bob Harris
(2003)
The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch
as Bill Murray The K. (archive footage)
(2002)
Groundhog Day: The Weight of Time
as Self (archive footage)
(2001)
The Royal Tenenbaums
as Raleigh St. Clair
(2001)
Osmosis Jones
as Frank Detorre
(2001)
Speaking of Sex
as Ezri Stovall
(2001)
With the Filmmaker: Wes Anderson
as Self (archival footage)
(2000)
Charlie's Angels
as John Bosley
(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)
(1999)
Caddyshack: The 19th Hole
as Carl Spackler (archive footage)
(1999)
Ghostbusters 1999
as Self - Archive Footage
(1998)
Wild Things
as Kenneth Bowden
(1998)
Rushmore
as Herman Blume
(1998)
With Friends Like These
as Maurice Melnick
(1997)
The Man Who Knew Too Little
as Wallace Ritchie
(1996)
Space Jam
as Bill Murray
(1996)
Kingpin
as Ernie McCracken
(1996)
Larger Than Life
as Jack Corcoran
(1995)
R.E.M.: Rough Cut
as Himself
(1994)
Ed Wood
as Bunny Breckinridge
(1993)
Groundhog Day
as Phil Connors
(1993)
Mad Dog and Glory
as Frank Milo
(1991)
What About Bob?
as Bob Wiley
(1990)
Quick Change
as Grimm
(1989)
Ghostbusters II
as Peter Venkman
(1989)
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
as Self (archive footage)
(1988)
Scrooged
as Francis Cross
(1988)
She's Having a Baby
as Bill Murray (uncredited)
(1986)
Little Shop of Horrors
as Arthur Denton
(1986)
(1985)
The Best of John Belushi
as Various Characters
(1984)
Ghostbusters
as Peter Venkman
(1984)
The Razor's Edge
as Larry Darrell
(1984)
Nothing Lasts Forever
as Ted Breughel
(1982)
Tootsie
as Jeff Slater
(1982)
Twilight Theatre
as Lefty in 'First Film'
(1982)
(1981)
Stripes
as John Winger
(1981)
Steve Martin's Best Show Ever
as Bytes
(1981)
(1980)
Caddyshack
as Carl Spackler
(1980)
Where the Buffalo Roam
as Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
(1980)
The Missing Link
as Dragon (voice)
(1980)
(1979)
Meatballs
as Tripper Harrison
(1979)
Mr. Mike's Mondo Video
as Man on the Street
(1979)
Perchance to Dream
as Honker
(1978)
Loose Shoes
as Lefty
(1978)
The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash
as Bill Murray the K.
(1978)
Fear and Loathing on the Road to Hollywood
as Self / Nixon Voter (uncredited)
(1978)
(1978)
(1976)
Next Stop, Greenwich Village
as Nick Kessel (uncredited)
(1976)
TVTV Looks at the Oscars
as Self
(1976)
Super Bowl
as Himself
Crew
Epiphany
Executive Producer
(2021)
(2015)
A Very Murray Christmas
Writer, Executive Producer
(1990)
Quick Change
Director, Producer
(1984)
The Razor's Edge
Screenplay
(1980)