Bill Murray

Acting · 3.8 popularity

Age

Movies

164

Born: September 21, 1950
From: Wilmette, Illinois, USA

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.

Works

164 films

Groundhog Day

19937.6

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

20236.2

The Grand Budapest Hotel

20148.0

Charlie's Angels

20005.9

Ghostbusters

19847.5

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

20217.3

Fantastic Mr. Fox

20097.8

Zombieland

20097.3

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

20246.4

Isle of Dogs

20187.8

Ghostbusters II

19896.6

The Jungle Book

20166.9

Ghostbusters

20165.3

Space Jam

19966.8

Get Smart

20086.2

Wild Things

19986.4

Lost in Translation

20037.4

The Phoenician Scheme

20256.5

The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun

20217.0

Garfield

20045.7

Zombieland: Double Tap

20196.9

Dumb and Dumber To

20145.6

The Royal Tenenbaums

20017.5

City of Ember

20086.4

Moonrise Kingdom

20127.7

St. Vincent

20147.1

Aloha

20155.5

Little Shop of Horrors

19867.0

Meatballs

19795.8

Stripes

19816.6

Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties

20065.6

The Monuments Men

20146.1

John Candy: I Like Me

20257.9

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

20047.1

The Darjeeling Limited

20077.1

Caddyshack

19806.6

Rushmore

19987.4

The Dead Don't Die

20195.4

The Greatest Beer Run Ever

20227.5

Osmosis Jones

20016.5

Marty, Life Is Short

20267.9

Tootsie

19827.2

On the Rocks

20206.1

Scrooged

19886.8

Quick Change

19906.7

Ed Wood

19947.5

The Friend

20256.7

Broken Flowers

20056.9

Riff Raff

20255.8

Kingpin

19966.5

The Man Who Knew Too Little

19976.4

Coffee and Cigarettes

20046.9

What About Bob?

19916.9

Get Low

20106.7

Passion Play

20114.7

Cradle Will Rock

19996.5

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

20127.5

Twilight Park

2026

The Lost City

20056.2

Cola Wars

20197.8

SNL50: The Homecoming Concert

20256.4

Mad Dog and Glory

19936.0

She's Having a Baby

19885.9

Hyde Park on Hudson

20125.3

Rock the Kasbah

20155.4

A Very Murray Christmas

20155.2

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

20257.8

Studio 54

20186.5

Speaking of Sex

20015.4

Where the Buffalo Roam

19806.0

The Women of SNL

20105.2

Hamlet

20005.8

Epiphany

2026

Larger Than Life

19965.5

The Limits of Control

20096.0

Belushi

20207.0

The Razor's Edge

19846.4

Next Stop, Greenwich Village

19766.4

This Is an Adventure

20056.8

Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead

20156.7

Steve Martin's Best Show Ever

19817.6

Saturday Night Live: Christmas

19995.6

Mr. Mike's Mondo Video

19795.3

Always at The Carlyle

20186.7

The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash

19786.8

Can't Buy Me Lunch: Another Look at The Rutles

20035.8

A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III

20134.1

Diamond

20265.7

Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found

20058.0

Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary

19897.8

With Friends Like These

19986.5

Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride

20067.2

Ghostbusters 1999

19996.7

Nothing Lasts Forever

19846.3

Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2007

20077.1

Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal

20056.4

Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary

19867.2

The Ploughmen

2026

Fantastic Mr. Murray

20196.2

Charlie’s Angels: Getting G’d Up

2001

Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation

2007

Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special

19996.9

Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters

20206.9

Michael Jordan to the Max

20007.5

Charlie’s Angels: The Master and the Angels

2001

Love, Gilda

20187.2

Behind Jim Jarmusch

2010

The Making of 'The Darjeeling Limited'

20107.0

A Better Man: The Making of 'Tootsie'

20086.0

Exploring the Set of 'Moonrise Kingdom'

20156.1

The Best of John Belushi

19857.5

The Dogs

1978

Loose Shoes

19783.8

Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2019

20209.0

Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival 2023

20248.0

The Missing Link

19804.9

With the Filmmaker: Wes Anderson

20017.0

Groundhog Day: The Weight of Time

20026.5

The Things We Did Last Summer

19784.8

The Making of 'Rushmore'

20006.3

'85: The Greatest Team in Football History

20168.2

R.E.M.: Rough Cut

19956.5

The Making of 'Tootsie'

19826.0

Loopers: The Caddie's Long Walk

20196.5

TVTV Looks at the Oscars

19766.3

Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live

20058.0

Thank You, Del: The Story of the Del Close Marathon

20155.6

Angelic Attire: Dressing Cameron, Drew & Lucy

2001

Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2010

20108.3

Fun & Games

1982

Lost on Location: Behind the Scenes of 'Lost in Translation'

20048.4

TVTV: Video Revolutionaries

20188.0

Fear and Loathing on the Road to Hollywood

19787.1

This Old Cub

20049.0

"That's Awesome!": The Story of 'Dumb and Dumber To'

20157.3

Not So Fast, My Friend: A Lee Corso Special

2025

The Bill Murray Experience

20176.5

Caddyshack: The 19th Hole

19997.8

On the Set: 'The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou'

20056.2

On the Scene with the Ghostbusters

19849.5

The King of Counterfeit

2026

For The Fun Of The Game

2018

The Rodney Dangerfield Show: It's Not Easy Bein' Me

19828.0

Bum's Rush

2026

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd

20058.1

DEVO

20247.7

Cut Flowers

1981

WWE Hall Of Fame 1995

199510.0

Picture Show: A Tribute Celebrating John Prine

2020

Being Mortal

2026

Moonrise Kingdom Extras - Eleven iPhone Videos by Edward Norton.

201510.0

Bill Murray Live from the Second City

198010.0

Ballhawks

2010

Garfield: Bringing the Cat to Life

2004

The Bill Murray Stories: Life Lessons Learned from a Mythical Man

20186.8

Twilight Theatre

1982

FCU: Fact Checkers Unit

20074.5

Franz Klammer - The Ski "Kaiser" Will Be 70

2023

Spirit of Golf

2023

New Worlds, The Cradle of Civilization

2021

Say Hello to Our Good Friend Paul Shaffer

2026

Super Bowl

1976

Perchance to Dream

1979

Christmas in Nashville

2025