Bill Murray
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1950-09-21 (75 years old)
Place of Birth
Wilmette, Illinois, USA
Bill Murray
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).
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
Epiphany
as Oz Bell
Bum's Rush
as Bum
Twilight Park
as Mime Ringleader
(2025)
The Phoenician Scheme
as God
(2025)
John Candy: I Like Me
as Self
(2025)
The Friend
as Walter
(2025)
Riff Raff
as Lefty
(2025)
(2025)
Not So Fast, My Friend: A Lee Corso Special
as Self (archive footage)
(2025)
(2024)
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
as Peter Venkman
(2024)
(2023)
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
as Lord Krylar
(2023)
Franz Klammer - The Ski "Kaiser" Will Be 70
as Self (archive footage)
(2023)
Spirit of Golf
as Self
(2022)
The Greatest Beer Run Ever
as The Colonel
(2021)
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
as Peter Venkman
(2021)
The French Dispatch
as Arthur Howitzer, Jr.
(2021)
(2020)
(2020)
(2020)
On the Rocks
as Felix
(2020)
Belushi
as Self (archive footage)
(2020)
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
as Self (archive footage)
(2019)
Zombieland: Double Tap
as Bill Murray
(2019)
The Dead Don't Die
as Chief Cliff Robertson
(2019)
Loopers: The Caddie's Long Walk
as Narrator
(2019)
Cola Wars
as Self [Archival Footage]
(2019)
Fantastic Mr. Murray
as Self - Portrait Subject (archive footage)
(2018)
Isle of Dogs
as Boss (voice)
(2018)
(2018)
Always at The Carlyle
as Self
(2018)
Studio 54
as Self (archive footage)
(2018)
Love, Gilda
as Self (archive footage)
(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)
Rock the Kasbah
as Richie Lanz
(2015)
Aloha
as Carson Welch
(2015)
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead
as Self - Actor
(2015)
A Very Murray Christmas
as Bill Murray
(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)
St. Vincent
as Vincent MacKenna
(2014)
The Monuments Men
as Sgt. Richard Campbell
(2013)
(2012)
Moonrise Kingdom
as Mr. Bishop
(2012)
Hyde Park on Hudson
as Franklin D. Roosevelt
(2012)
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
as (archive footage)
(2011)
Passion Play
as Happy Shannon
(2010)
(2010)
The Making of 'The Darjeeling Limited'
as Self - Businessman
(2010)
Get Low
as Frank Quinn
(2010)
Behind Jim Jarmusch
as Self
(2010)
The Women of SNL
as Richard Dawson / Various (archive footage)
(2010)
Ballhawks
as Narrator
(2009)
Fantastic Mr. Fox
as Clive Badger (voice)
(2009)
The Limits of Control
as American
(2009)
Zombieland
as Bill Murray
(2008)
City of Ember
as Mayor Cole
(2008)
Get Smart
as Agent 13
(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)
This Is an Adventure
as Self
(2005)
(2005)
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd
as Various Characters (archive footage)
(2004)
Garfield
as Garfield (voice)
(2004)
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
as Steve Zissou
(2004)
This Old Cub
as Himself
(2004)
Coffee and Cigarettes
as Bill Murray (segment "Delirium")
(2004)
(2004)
Garfield: Bringing the Cat to Life
as Self / Garfield (voice)
(2003)
Lost in Translation
as Bob Harris
(2003)
Can't Buy Me Lunch: Another Look at The Rutles
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)
With the Filmmaker: Wes Anderson
as Self (archival footage)
(2001)
Speaking of Sex
as Ezri Stovall
(2000)
Charlie's Angels
as John Bosley
(2000)
Hamlet
as Polonius
(2000)
The Making of 'Rushmore'
as Self
(2000)
Michael Jordan to the Max
as Self
(1999)
Cradle Will Rock
as Tommy Crickshaw
(1999)
Caddyshack: The 19th Hole
as Carl Spackler (archive footage)
(1999)
(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)
Nothing Lasts Forever
as Ted Breughel
(1984)
The Razor's Edge
as Larry Darrell
(1982)
Tootsie
as Jeff Slater
(1982)
(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)
Where the Buffalo Roam
as Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
(1980)
Caddyshack
as Carl Spackler
(1980)
The Missing Link
as Dragon (voice)
(1980)
(1979)
Meatballs
as Tripper Harrison
(1979)
Perchance to Dream
as Honker
(1979)
Mr. Mike's Mondo Video
as Man on the Street
(1978)
Fear and Loathing on the Road to Hollywood
as Self / Nixon Voter (uncredited)
(1978)
The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash
as Bill Murray the K.
(1978)
(1978)
Loose Shoes
as Lefty
(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)