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

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Daily Show

The Graham Norton Show

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

All Movies (160)

• Diamond2026
• Christmas in Nashville2025 · as Self
• John Candy: I Like Me2025 · as Self - Mainstage Cast, The Second City
• Not So Fast, My Friend: A Lee Corso Special2025 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Phoenician Scheme2025 · as God
• The Friend2025 · as Walter
• Riff Raff2025 · as Lefty
• SNL50: The Homecoming Concert2025 · as Self
• Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music2025 · as Self
• Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival 20232024 · as Self
• Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire2024 · as Peter Venkman
• DEVO2024 · as Phil Connors (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Franz Klammer - The Ski "Kaiser" Will Be 702023 · as Self (archive footage)
• Spirit of Golf2023 · as Self
• Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania2023 · as Lord Krylar
• The Greatest Beer Run Ever2022 · as The Colonel
• Ghostbusters: Afterlife2021 · as Peter Venkman
• The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun2021 · as Arthur Howitzer, Jr.
• New Worlds, The Cradle of Civilization2021 · as Self
• Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 20192020 · as Self
• On the Rocks2020 · as Felix
• Picture Show: A Tribute Celebrating John Prine2020 · as Self
• Belushi2020 · as Self (archive footage)
• Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters2020 · as Self (archive footage)
• Fantastic Mr. Murray2019 · as Self - Portrait Subject (archive footage)
• Zombieland: Double Tap2019 · as Bill Murray
• Cola Wars2019 · as Self (archive footage)
• Loopers: The Caddie's Long Walk2019 · as Narrator
• The Dead Don't Die2019 · as Chief Cliff Robertson
• TVTV: Video Revolutionaries2018 · as Self
• For The Fun Of The Game2018 · as Self
• Studio 542018 · as Self (archive footage)
• Always at The Carlyle2018 · as Self
• The Bill Murray Stories: Life Lessons Learned from a Mythical Man2018 · as Himself
• Love, Gilda2018 · as Self (archive footage)
• Isle of Dogs2018 · as Boss (voice)
• The Bill Murray Experience2017 · as Himself
• '85: The Greatest Team in Football History2016 · as Self
• Ghostbusters2016 · as Martin Heiss
• The Jungle Book2016 · as Baloo (voice)
• A Very Murray Christmas2015 · as Bill Murray
• Rock the Kasbah2015 · as Richie Lanz
• Thank You, Del: The Story of the Del Close Marathon2015 · as Self
• Exploring the Set of 'Moonrise Kingdom'2015 · as Self / Mr. Bishop
• Moonrise Kingdom Extras - Eleven iPhone Videos by Edward Norton.2015 · as Self
• Aloha2015 · as Carson Welch
• "That's Awesome!": The Story of 'Dumb and Dumber To'2015 · as Self
• Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead2015 · as Self - Actor
• Dumb and Dumber To2014 · as Ice Pick
• St. Vincent2014 · as Vincent MacKenna
• The Grand Budapest Hotel2014 · as M. Ivan
• The Monuments Men2014 · as Sgt. Richard Campbell
• A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III2013 · as Saul
• Hyde Park on Hudson2012 · as Franklin D. Roosevelt
• Moonrise Kingdom2012 · as Mr. Bishop
• Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen2012 · as (archive footage)
• Passion Play2011 · as Happy Shannon
• The Women of SNL2010 · as Richard Dawson / Various (archive footage)
• The Making of 'The Darjeeling Limited'2010 · as Self - Businessman
• Ballhawks2010 · as Narrator
• Behind Jim Jarmusch2010 · as Self
• Get Low2010 · as Frank Quinn
• Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 20102010 · as Self
• Fantastic Mr. Fox2009 · as Clive Badger (voice)
• Zombieland2009 · as Bill Murray
• The Limits of Control2009 · as American
• City of Ember2008 · as Mayor Cole
• Get Smart2008 · as Agent 13
• A Better Man: The Making of 'Tootsie'2008 · as Self
• Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 20072007 · as Self
• FCU: Fact Checkers Unit2007 · as Bill Murray
• The Darjeeling Limited2007 · as The Businessman
• Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation2007 · as Self
• Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride2006 · as Self
• Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties2006 · as Garfield (voice)
• Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd2005 · as Various Characters (archive footage)
• The Lost City2005 · as The Writer
• Broken Flowers2005 · as Don Johnston
• This Is an Adventure2005 · as Self
• Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal2005 · as Self
• Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found2005 · as Self
• Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live2005 · as Self
• On the Set: 'The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou'2005 · as Self / Steve Zissou
• The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou2004 · as Steve Zissou
• Garfield: Bringing the Cat to Life2004 · as Self - Garfield (voice)
• This Old Cub2004 · as Himself
• Garfield2004 · as Garfield (voice)
• Coffee and Cigarettes2004 · as Bill Murray (segment "Delirium")
• Lost on Location: Behind the Scenes of 'Lost in Translation'2004 · as Self
• Lost in Translation2003 · as Bob Harris
• Can't Buy Me Lunch: Another Look at The Rutles2003 · as Bill Murray The K. (archive footage)
• Groundhog Day: The Weight of Time2002 · as Self (archive footage)
• With the Filmmaker: Wes Anderson2001 · as Self (archival footage)
• Speaking of Sex2001 · as Ezri Stovall
• The Royal Tenenbaums2001 · as Raleigh St. Clair
• Osmosis Jones2001 · as Frank Detorre
• Charlie's Angels2000 · as John Bosley
• Hamlet2000 · as Polonius
• Michael Jordan to the Max2000 · as Self
• The Making of 'Rushmore'2000 · as Self
• Cradle Will Rock1999 · as Tommy Crickshaw
• Saturday Night Live: Christmas1999 · as Self
• Ghostbusters 19991999 · as Self - Archive Footage
• Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special1999 · as Self
• Caddyshack: The 19th Hole1999 · as Carl Spackler (archive footage)
• Rushmore1998 · as Herman Blume
• With Friends Like These1998 · as Maurice Melnick
• Wild Things1998 · as Kenneth Bowden
• The Man Who Knew Too Little1997 · as Wallace Ritchie
• Space Jam1996 · as Bill Murray
• Larger Than Life1996 · as Jack Corcoran
• Kingpin1996 · as Ernie McCracken
• R.E.M.: Rough Cut1995 · as Himself
• WWE Hall Of Fame 19951995 · as Self
• Ed Wood1994 · as Bunny Breckinridge
• Mad Dog and Glory1993 · as Frank Milo
• Groundhog Day1993 · as Phil Connors
• What About Bob?1991 · as Bob Wiley
• Quick Change1990 · as Grimm
• Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary1989 · as Self (archive footage)
• Ghostbusters II1989 · as Peter Venkman
• Scrooged1988 · as Francis Cross
• She's Having a Baby1988 · as Bill Murray (uncredited)
• Little Shop of Horrors1986 · as Arthur Denton
• Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary1986 · as Self
• The Best of John Belushi1985 · as Various Characters
• On the Scene with the Ghostbusters1984
• The Razor's Edge1984 · as Larry Darrell
• Nothing Lasts Forever1984 · as Ted Breughel
• Ghostbusters1984 · as Peter Venkman
• Tootsie1982 · as Jeff Slater
• The Rodney Dangerfield Show: It's Not Easy Bein' Me1982 · as Various
• Twilight Theatre1982 · as Lefty in 'First Film'
• Fun & Games1982
• The Making of 'Tootsie'1982 · as Self
• Steve Martin's Best Show Ever1981 · as Bytes
• Stripes1981 · as John Winger
• Cut Flowers1981
• Caddyshack1980 · as Carl Spackler
• Bill Murray Live from the Second City1980 · as Self
• The Missing Link1980 · as Dragon (voice)
• Where the Buffalo Roam1980 · as Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
• Mr. Mike's Mondo Video1979 · as Man on the Street
• Meatballs1979 · as Tripper Harrison
• Perchance to Dream1979 · as Honker
• Fear and Loathing on the Road to Hollywood1978 · as Self / Nixon Voter (uncredited)
• The Things We Did Last Summer1978 · as Self
• The Dogs1978
• Loose Shoes1978 · as Lefty
• The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash1978 · as Bill Murray the K.
• TVTV Looks at the Oscars1976 · as Self
• Super Bowl1976 · as Himself
• Next Stop, Greenwich Village1976 · as Nick Kessel (uncredited)
• Being Mortal—
• The King of Counterfeit—
• Twilight Park— · as Mime Ringleader
• Bum's Rush— · as Bum
• The Ploughmen— · as Cooper County Sheriff
• Epiphany— · as Oz Bell
• Say Hello to Our Good Friend Paul Shaffer— · as Self

All TV Shows (44)

• The Now2021 · as Dr. Robert Flaherty
• Reunited Apart2020 · as Self
• The Movies That Made Us2019 · as Peter Venkman (archive footage)
• Vice Principals2016 · as Principal Welles
• Angie Tribeca2016 · as Vic Deakins
• Parneviks2015 · as Self
• Hot Ones2015 · as Self
• MLB Network Presents2015 · as Self (archive footage)
• Olive Kitteridge2014 · as Jack Kennison
• Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self - Guest
• Alpha House2013 · as Senator Vernon Smits
• Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown2013 · as Self
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen2009 · as Self - Guest
• Parks and Recreation2009 · as Walter Gunderson
• Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday2008
• Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence2008 · as Self
• Markus Lanz2008 · as Self
• The Graham Norton Show2007 · as Self
• El hormiguero2006 · as Self - Guest
• Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations2005 · as Himself
• Iron Chef America2005 · as Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self - Guest
• The Sweet Spot2002 · as Self
• Banzai2001
• The View1997 · as Self - Guest
• E! True Hollywood Story1996
• The Daily Show1996 · as Self
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien1993 · as Self - Guest
• Late Show with David Letterman1993 · as Self - Guest
• Late Show with David Letterman1993 · as Self - Top 10 Presenter
• Getaway1992
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark1988 · as Self
• Late Night with David Letterman1982 · as Self - Guest
• Entertainment Tonight1981
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Host
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Various Characters
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self (uncredited)
• Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell1975
• The Oscars1953 · as Self
• Magacine—