Bill Murray
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.
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Movies (169)
Diamond
2026 · Jimbo
Marty, Life Is Short: El documental
2026 · Self (archive footage)
Christmas in Nashville
2025 · Self
John Candy: me agrado
2025 · Self - Mainstage Cast, The Second City
Not So Fast, My Friend: A Lee Corso Special
2025 · Self (archive footage)
El esquema Fenicio
2025 · God
El Amigo
2025 · Walter
Riff Raff
2025 · Lefty
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
2025 · Self
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025 · Self
Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival 2023
2024 · Self
An SNL Thanksgiving
2024 · (archive footage)
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
2024 · Peter Venkman
DEVO
2024 · Phil Connors (archive footage) (uncredited)
Franz Klammer - The Ski "Kaiser" Will Be 70
2023 · Self (archive footage)
Spirit of Golf
2023 · Self
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
2023 · Lord Krylar
Operación Cerveza
2022 · The Colonel
Ghostbusters: El Legado
2021 · Peter Venkman
La Crónica Francesa
2021 · Arthur Howitzer, Jr.
New Worlds, The Cradle of Civilization
2021 · Self, Producer
Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2019
2020 · Self
En las rocas
2020 · Felix
Picture Show: A Tribute Celebrating John Prine
2020 · Self
Belushi
2020 · Self (archive footage)
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
2020 · Self (archive footage)
Fantastic Mr. Murray
2019 · Self - Portrait Subject (archive footage)
Zombieland 2: Tiro de Gracia
2019 · Bill Murray
Cola Wars
2019 · Self (archive footage)
Loopers: The Caddie's Long Walk
2019 · Narrator
Los muertos no mueren
2019 · Chief Cliff Robertson
TVTV: Video Revolutionaries
2018 · Self
For The Fun Of The Game
2018 · Self
Love, Gilda
2018 · Self (archive footage)
Studio 54
2018 · Self (archive footage)
Always at The Carlyle
2018 · Self
The Bill Murray Stories: Life Lessons Learned from a Mythical Man
2018 · Himself
Isla de perros
2018 · Boss (voice)
The Bill Murray Experience
2017 · Himself
'85: The Greatest Team in Football History
2016 · Self
Ghostbusters
2016 · Martin Heiss
El Libro de la Selva
2016 · Baloo (voice)
A Very Murray Christmas
2015 · Bill Murray, Writer, Executive Producer
Rock the Kasbah: Descubriendo una Estrella
2015 · Richie Lanz
Thank You, Del: The Story of the Del Close Marathon
2015 · Self
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead
2015 · Self - Actor
Exploring the Set of 'Moonrise Kingdom'
2015 · Self / Mr. Bishop
Moonrise Kingdom Extras - Eleven iPhone Videos by Edward Norton.
2015 · Self
Bajo el mismo cielo
2015 · Carson Welch
"That's Awesome!": The Story of 'Dumb and Dumber To'
2015 · Self
An SNL Valentine
2015 · Self / Todd (archive footage)
Una pareja más tonta
2014 · Ice Pick
St. Vincent
2014 · Vincent MacKenna
El Gran Hotel Budapest
2014 · M. Ivan
Operación monumento
2014 · Sgt. Richard Campbell
A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III
2013 · Saul
La visita del rey
2012 · Franklin D. Roosevelt
Moonrise Kingdom: Amor Infantil
2012 · Mr. Bishop
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012 · (archive footage)
El Angel del Deseo
2011 · Happy Shannon
The Women of SNL
2010 · Richard Dawson / Various (archive footage)
The Making of 'The Darjeeling Limited'
2010 · Self - Businessman
Ballhawks
2010 · Narrator
Behind Jim Jarmusch
2010 · Self
El funeral: Una fábula verdadera
2010 · Frank Quinn
Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2010
2010 · Self
El fantástico Sr. Zorro
2009 · Clive Badger (voice)
Zombieland
2009 · Bill Murray
The Limits of Control
2009 · American
Ember: La ciudad perdida
2008 · Mayor Cole
El Super Agente 86
2008 · Agent 13
A Better Man: The Making of 'Tootsie'
2008 · Self
Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2007
2007 · Self
FCU: Fact Checkers Unit
2007 · Bill Murray
Viaje a Darjeeling
2007 · The Businessman
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
2007 · Self
Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride
2006 · Self
Garfield 2
2006 · Garfield (voice)
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd
2005 · Various Characters (archive footage)
The Lost City
2005 · The Writer
Flores rotas
2005 · Don Johnston
This Is an Adventure
2005 · Self
Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal
2005 · Self
Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found
2005 · Self
Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live
2005 · Self
On the Set: 'The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou'
2005 · Self / Steve Zissou
Vida Acuática con Steve Zissou
2004 · Steve Zissou
Garfield: Bringing the Cat to Life
2004 · Self - Garfield (voice)
This Old Cub
2004 · Himself
Garfield
2004 · Garfield (voice)
Café y Cigarrillos
2004 · Bill Murray (segment "Delirium")
Lost on Location: Behind the Scenes of 'Lost in Translation'
2004 · Self
Perdidos en Tokio
2003 · Bob Harris
Can't Buy Me Lunch: Another Look at The Rutles
2003 · Bill Murray The K. (archive footage)
Groundhog Day: The Weight of Time
2002 · Self (archive footage)
With the Filmmaker: Wes Anderson
2001 · Self (archival footage)
Speaking of Sex
2001 · Ezri Stovall
Los excéntricos Tenenbaums
2001 · Raleigh St. Clair
Ósmosis Jones
2001 · Frank Detorre
Charlie’s Angels: Getting G’d Up
2001 · Self
Charlie’s Angels: The Master and the Angels
2001 · Self
Angelic Attire: Dressing Cameron, Drew & Lucy
2001 · Self
Los ángeles de Charlie
2000 · John Bosley
Hamlet
2000 · Polonius
Michael Jordan to the Max
2000 · Self
The Making of 'Rushmore'
2000 · Self
Cradle Will Rock
1999 · Tommy Crickshaw
Saturday Night Live: Christmas
1999 · Self (archive footage)
Ghostbusters 1999
1999 · Self - Archive Footage
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
1999 · Self
Making of Wild Things
1999 · Self
Caddyshack: The 19th Hole
1999 · Carl Spackler (archive footage)
Rushmore
1998 · Herman Blume
With Friends Like These
1998 · Maurice Melnick
Wild Things
1998 · Kenneth Bowden
The Man Who Knew Too Little
1997 · Wallace Ritchie
Space Jam
1996 · Bill Murray
Larger Than Life
1996 · Jack Corcoran
Kingpin
1996 · Ernie McCracken
R.E.M.: Rough Cut
1995 · Himself
WWE Hall Of Fame 1995
1995 · Self
Ed Wood
1994 · Bunny Breckinridge
Confessions of a Hitman
1994 · Executive Producer
Mad Dog and Glory
1993 · Frank Milo
Groundhog Day
1993 · Phil
What About Bob?
1991 · Bob Wiley
Quick Change
1990 · Grimm, Director, Producer
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
1989 · Self (archive footage)
Ghostbusters II
1989 · Dr. Peter Venkman
Scrooged
1988 · Francis Cross
She's Having a Baby
1988 · Bill Murray (uncredited)
Little Shop of Horrors
1986 · Arthur Denton
Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary
1986 · Self
The Best of John Belushi
1985 · Various Characters
On the Scene with the Ghostbusters
1984
The Razor's Edge
1984 · Larry Darrell, Screenplay
Nothing Lasts Forever
1984 · Ted Breughel
Ghostbusters
1984 · Dr. Peter Venkman
Tootsie
1982 · Jeff Slater
The Rodney Dangerfield Show: It's Not Easy Bein' Me
1982 · Various
Twilight Theatre
1982 · Lefty in 'First Film'
Fun & Games
1982
The Making of 'Tootsie'
1982 · Self
Steve Martin's Best Show Ever
1981 · Bytes
Stripes
1981 · John Winger
Cut Flowers
1981
Caddyshack
1980 · Carl Spackler
Bill Murray Live from the Second City
1980 · Self, Writer
The Missing Link
1980 · Dragon (voice)
Where the Buffalo Roam
1980 · Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
Mr. Mike's Mondo Video
1979 · Man on the Street
Meatballs
1979 · Tripper Harrison
Perchance to Dream
1979 · Honker
Fear and Loathing on the Road to Hollywood
1978 · Self / Nixon Voter (uncredited)
The Things We Did Last Summer
1978 · Self
The Dogs
1978
Loose Shoes
1978 · Lefty
The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash
1978 · Bill Murray the K.
TVTV Looks at the Oscars
1976 · Self
Super Bowl
1976 · Himself
Next Stop, Greenwich Village
1976 · Nick Kessel (uncredited)
Being Mortal
The King of Counterfeit
Twilight Park
· Mime Ringleader
Bum's Rush
· Bum
The Ploughmen
· Cooper County Sheriff
Epiphany
· Oz Bell, Executive Producer
Say Hello to Our Good Friend Paul Shaffer
· Self
Quiet Land
· Connor McCluskey
TV shows (41)
A Course Called Ireland
2026 · Self
The Match: Superstars
2024 · Self
The Now
2021 · Dr. Robert Flaherty
Reunited Apart
2020 · Self
Las películas que nos formaron
2019 · Peter Venkman (archive footage)
Vice Principals
2016 · Principal Welles
Angie Tribeca
2016 · Vic Deakins
Parneviks
2015 · Self
Hot Ones
2015 · Self
MLB Network Presents
2015 · Self (archive footage)
Olive Kitteridge
2014 · Jack Kennison
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · Self, Self - Guest
Alpha House
2013 · Senator Vernon Smits
Anthony Bourdain: Lo desconocido
2013 · Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · Self - Guest
Construyendo un parque
2009 · Walter Gunderson
Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday
2008
Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence
2008 · Self
Markus Lanz
2008 · Self
El show de Graham Norton
2007 · Self
El hormiguero
2006 · Self - Guest
Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations
2005 · Himself
Iron Chef America
2005 · Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Self - Guest, Self
The Sweet Spot
2002 · Self
Banzai
2001
The View
1997 · Self - Guest
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
The Daily Show
1996 · Self
Film Independent Spirit Awards
1996 · Self - Winner
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993 · Self - Guest
Late Show with David Letterman
1993 · Self - Guest, Self - Top 10 Presenter
Getaway
1992
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988 · Self
Late Night with David Letterman
1982 · Self - Guest
Entertainment Tonight
1981
Saturday Night Live
1975 · Self - Host, Self - Cameo (uncredited), Self - Various Characters, Self, Self (uncredited), Writer
Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell
1975 · Writer
The Oscars
1953 · Self
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