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.
Filmography
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Movies 148
self 78
TV Shows 33
Narrator 2
Writer 2
Voice 2
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024)
Martin Scorsese, l'Italo-Américain (2023)
Franz Klammer – Der Skikaiser wird 70 (2023)
Spirit of Golf (2023)
Asteroid City: Location Featurette (2023)
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023)
The Greatest Beer Run Ever (2022)
The Now (2021)
Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021)
The French Dispatch (2021)
Live at Mister Kelly's (2021)
New Worlds, The Cradle of Civilization (2021)
Belushi (2020)
On the Rocks (2020)
Picture Show: A Tribute Celebrating John Prine (2020)
Reunited Apart (2020)
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters (2020)
The Movies That Made Us (2019)
Fantastic Mr. Murray (2019)
Zombieland: Double Tap (2019)
Loopers: The Caddie's Long Walk (2019)
The Dead Don't Die (2019)
TVTV: Video Revolutionaries (2018)
For The Fun Of The Game (2018)
Studio 54 (2018)
Always at The Carlyle (2018)
The Bill Murray Stories: Life Lessons Learned from a Mythical Man (2018)
Love, Gilda (2018)
Isle of Dogs (2018)
The Bill Murray Experience (2017)
David Letterman: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize (2017)
Bill Murray: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize (2016)
'85: The Greatest Team in Football History (2016)
Vice Principals (2016)
Ghostbusters (2016)
The Jungle Book (2016)
Angie Tribeca (2016)
A Very Murray Christmas (2015)
Rock the Kasbah (2015)
Thank You, Del: The Story of the Del Close Marathon (2015)
Exploring the Set of 'Moonrise Kingdom' (2015)
Once Upon a Time... Lost in Translation (2015)
Aloha (2015)
"That's Awesome!": The Story of 'Dumb and Dumber To' (2015)
Saturday Night Live: 40th Anniversary Special (2015)
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon (2015)
MLB Network Presents (2015)
Dumb and Dumber To (2014)
Olive Kitteridge (2014)
St. Vincent (2014)
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)
The Monuments Men (2014)
Alpha House (2013)
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (2013)
A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III (2013)
Hyde Park on Hudson (2012)
Moonrise Kingdom: Welcome to the Island of New Penzance (2012)
Making The Royal Tenenbaums (2012)
Moonrise Kingdom (2012)
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012)
Passion Play (2011)
The Women of SNL (2010)
The Making of 'The Darjeeling Limited' (2010)
Ballhawks (2010)
Behind Jim Jarmusch (2010)
Get Low (2010)
Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
Zombieland (2009)
Michael J. Fox: Adventures of an Incurable Optimist (2009)
The Limits of Control (2009)
Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday (2008)
City of Ember (2008)
Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence (2008)
Get Smart (2008)
Markus Lanz (2008)
A Better Man: The Making of 'Tootsie' (2008)
FCU: Fact Checkers Unit (2007)
The Darjeeling Limited (2007)
The Graham Norton Show (2007)
Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride (2006)
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties (2006)
Hollywood Burn (2006)
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd (2005)
The Lost City (2005)
Broken Flowers (2005)
Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations (2005)
This Is an Adventure (2005)
Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal (2005)
Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live (2005)
Iron Chef America (2005)
On the Set: 'The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou' (2005)
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)
Garfield: Bringing the Cat to Life (2004)
This Old Cub (2004)
Garfield (2004)
Coffee and Cigarettes (2004)
Lost on Location: Behind the Scenes of 'Lost in Translation' (2004)
Lost in Translation (2003)
The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch (2003)
The Sweet Spot (2002)
Groundhog Day: The Weight of Time (2002)
With the Filmmaker: Wes Anderson (2001)
Speaking of Sex (2001)
The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
Osmosis Jones (2001)
Banzai (2001)
Charlie's Angels (2000)
Hamlet (2000)
Michael Jordan to the Max (2000)
The Making of 'Rushmore' (2000)
Cradle Will Rock (1999)
Ghostbusters 1999 (1999)
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special (1999)
Caddyshack: The 19th Hole (1999)
Rushmore (1998)
With Friends Like These... (1998)
Wild Things (1998)
The Man Who Knew Too Little (1997)
The View (1997)
Space Jam (1996)
E! True Hollywood Story (1996)
Larger Than Life (1996)
Kingpin (1996)
R.E.M.: Rough Cut (1995)
Ed Wood (1994)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993)
Mad Dog and Glory (1993)
Groundhog Day (1993)
HBO First Look (1992)
Getaway (1992)
What About Bob? (1991)
Quick Change (1990)
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary (1989)
Ghostbusters II (1989)
Scrooged (1988)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark (1988)
Later with Bob Costas (1988)
She's Having a Baby (1988)
Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes All-Star 50th Anniversary (1986)
The Best of John Belushi (1985)
On the Scene with the Ghostbusters (1984)
The Razor's Edge (1984)
Nothing Lasts Forever (1984)
Ghostbusters (1984)
Tootsie (1982)
Twilight Theatre (1982)
The Rodney Dangerfield Show: It's Not Easy Bein' Me (1982)
Twilight Theater (1982)
Steve Martin's Best Show Ever (1981)
Entertainment Tonight (1981)
Stripes (1981)
Cut Flowers (1981)
Caddyshack (1980)
The David Letterman Show (1980)
The Missing Link (1980)
Where the Buffalo Roam (1980)
Bill Murray Live from the Second City (1980)
Mr. Mike's Mondo Video (1979)
Meatballs (1979)
Fear and Loathing on the Road to Hollywood (1978)
The Things We Did Last Summer (1978)
The Dogs (1978)
Loose Shoes (1978)
The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash (1978)
TVTV Looks at the Oscars (1976)
Super Bowl (1976)
Next Stop, Greenwich Village (1976)
Saturday Night Live (1975)
Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell (1975)
Tarzoon: Shame of the Jungle! (1975)
The King of Counterfeit
Riff Raff
The Friend
Under the Influence
The Phoenician Scheme
Being Mortal
Bum's Rush
Magacine
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1950-09-21 (73 years old)
Birth NameWilliam James Murray
Birth PlaceWilmette, United States
RelationshipsMickey Kelly (1981-01-24 - 1994-01-29), Jennifer Butler (1997-07-04 - 2008-06-13)
ChildrenLuke Murray, Homer Murray, Cooper Murray
SiblingsJohn Murray, Brian Doyle-Murray, Joel Murray
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsBilly Murray, بيل موري, 빌 머리, ビル・マーレイ, Билл Мюррей, บิล เมอร์เรย์, 比爾·莫瑞, William James "Bill" Murray, Μπιλ Μάρεϊ, 빌 머레이, Білл Мюррей, William James Murray
AwardsPrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie, BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, Golden Globe Award, Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead, Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, Primetime Emmy Award
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