Bill Murray

Acting • Born 1950-09-21

Acting3Wilmette, 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.

Filmography

199 credits

Groundhog Day

Movie • 1993

Phil Connors

Lost in Translation

Movie • 2003

Bob Harris

Broken Flowers

Movie • 2005

Don Johnston

Coffee and Cigarettes

Movie • 2004

Bill Murray (segment "Delirium")

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

Movie • 2004

Steve Zissou

Ed Wood

Movie • 1994

Bunny Breckinridge

Wild Things

Movie • 1998

Kenneth Bowden

Ghostbusters

Movie • 1984

Peter Venkman

Space Jam

Movie • 1996

Bill Murray

What About Bob?

Movie • 1991

Bob Wiley

Fantastic Mr. Fox

Movie • 2009

Clive Badger (voice)

Hamlet

Movie • 2000

Polonius

Quick Change

Movie • 1990

Grimm

Mad Dog and Glory

Movie • 1993

Frank Milo

Stripes

Movie • 1981

John Winger

The Darjeeling Limited

Movie • 2007

The Businessman

Ghostbusters II

Movie • 1989

Peter Venkman

Little Shop of Horrors

Movie • 1986

Arthur Denton

Charlie's Angels

Movie • 2000

John Bosley

Groundhog Day: The Weight of Time

Movie • 2002

Self (archive footage)

Rushmore

Movie • 1998

Herman Blume

Kingpin

Movie • 1996

Ernie McCracken

TVTV: Video Revolutionaries

Movie • 2018

Self

Next Stop, Greenwich Village

Movie • 1976

Nick Kessel (uncredited)

Get Smart

Movie • 2008

Agent 13

Super Bowl

Movie • 1976

Himself

The Razor's Edge

Movie • 1984

Larry Darrell

Caddyshack

Movie • 1980

Carl Spackler

The Limits of Control

Movie • 2009

American

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

Movie • 2023

Lord Krylar

Garfield

Movie • 2004

Garfield (voice)

Cradle Will Rock

Movie • 1999

Tommy Crickshaw

The Man Who Knew Too Little

Movie • 1997

Wallace Ritchie

The Royal Tenenbaums

Movie • 2001

Raleigh St. Clair

Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties

Movie • 2006

Garfield (voice)

Osmosis Jones

Movie • 2001

Frank Detorre

Tootsie

Movie • 1982

Jeff Slater

Where the Buffalo Roam

Movie • 1980

Dr. Hunter S. Thompson

Scrooged

Movie • 1988

Francis Cross

Larger Than Life

Movie • 1996

Jack Corcoran

The Lost City

Movie • 2005

The Writer

TVTV Looks at the Oscars

Movie • 1976

Self

City of Ember

Movie • 2008

Mayor Cole

Meatballs

Movie • 1979

Tripper Harrison

Get Low

Movie • 2010

Frank Quinn

Loose Shoes

Movie • 1978

Lefty

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

Movie • 1982

Various

Speaking of Sex

Movie • 2001

Ezri Stovall

The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash

Movie • 1978

Bill Murray the K.

Passion Play

Movie • 2011

Happy Shannon

The Missing Link

Movie • 1980

Dragon (voice)

Zombieland

Movie • 2009

Bill Murray

Bill Murray Live from the Second City

Movie • 1980

Self

Nothing Lasts Forever

Movie • 1984

Ted Breughel

With the Filmmaker: Wes Anderson

Movie • 2001

Self (archival footage)

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

Movie • 2012

(archive footage)

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

Movie • 2024

Peter Venkman

Being Mortal

Movie

Hyde Park on Hudson

Movie • 2012

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Ballhawks

Movie • 2010

Narrator

Always at The Carlyle

Movie • 2018

Self

The Grand Budapest Hotel

Movie • 2014

M. Ivan

With Friends Like These

Movie • 1998

Maurice Melnick

A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III

Movie • 2013

Saul

The Monuments Men

Movie • 2014

Sgt. Richard Campbell

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

Movie • 2004

Self

Spirit of Golf

Movie • 2023

Self

Twilight Theatre

Movie • 1982

Lefty in 'First Film'

Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal

Movie • 2005

Self

St. Vincent

Movie • 2014

Vincent MacKenna

Moonrise Kingdom

Movie • 2012

Mr. Bishop

The Making of 'The Darjeeling Limited'

Movie • 2010

Self - Businessman

Mr. Mike's Mondo Video

Movie • 1979

Man on the Street

Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special

Movie • 1999

Self

Garfield: Bringing the Cat to Life

Movie • 2004

Self / Garfield (voice)

The Best of John Belushi

Movie • 1985

Various Characters

Rock the Kasbah

Movie • 2015

Richie Lanz

Dumb and Dumber To

Movie • 2014

Ice Pick

Ghostbusters 1999

Movie • 1999

Self - Archive Footage

The Phoenician Scheme

Movie • 2025

God

The Jungle Book

Movie • 2016

Baloo (voice)

Steve Martin's Best Show Ever

Movie • 1981

Bytes

Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd

Movie • 2005

Various Characters (archive footage)

Franz Klammer - The Ski "Kaiser" Will Be 70

Movie • 2023

Self (archive footage)

Aloha

Movie • 2015

Carson Welch

Exploring the Set of 'Moonrise Kingdom'

Movie • 2015

Self / Mr. Bishop

The Friend

Movie • 2025

Walter

A Very Murray Christmas

Movie • 2015

Bill Murray

Behind Jim Jarmusch

Movie • 2010

Self

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

Movie • 2015

Self

Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead

Movie • 2015

Self - Actor

The King of Counterfeit

Movie

Isle of Dogs

Movie • 2018

Boss (voice)

Michael Jordan to the Max

Movie • 2000

Self

Ghostbusters

Movie • 2016

Martin Heiss

Riff Raff

Movie • 2025

Lefty

Movie • 2020

Felix

Cut Flowers

Movie • 1981

Love, Gilda

Movie • 2018

Self (archive footage)

Zombieland: Double Tap

Movie • 2019

Bill Murray

This Old Cub

Movie • 2004

Himself

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

Movie • 2005

Self / Steve Zissou

Loopers: The Caddie's Long Walk

Movie • 2019

Narrator

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

Movie • 2021

Peter Venkman

Fantastic Mr. Murray

Movie • 2019

Self - Portrait Subject (archive footage)

R.E.M.: Rough Cut

Movie • 1995

Himself

The Women of SNL

Movie • 2010

Richard Dawson / Various (archive footage)

The Making of 'Rushmore'

Movie • 2000

Self

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

Movie • 2015

Self

For The Fun Of The Game

Movie • 2018

Self

Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters

Movie • 2020

Self (archive footage)

Picture Show: A Tribute Celebrating John Prine

Movie • 2020

Self

Bum's Rush

Movie

Bum

The Things We Did Last Summer

Movie • 1978

Self

Belushi

Movie • 2020

Self (archive footage)

Studio 54

Movie • 2018

Self (archive footage)

The Greatest Beer Run Ever

Movie • 2022

The Colonel

New Worlds, The Cradle of Civilization

Movie • 2021

Self

Perchance to Dream

Movie • 1979

Honker

The Ploughmen

Self - Mainstage Cast, The Second City

Say Hello to Our Good Friend Paul Shaffer

Movie

Self

Fun & Games

Movie • 1982

Diamond

Movie

WWE Hall Of Fame 1995

Movie • 1995

Self

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

Movie • 2005

Self

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

Movie • 2007

Self

Christmas in Nashville

Movie • 2025

Self

On the Scene with the Ghostbusters

Movie • 1984

DEVO

Movie • 2024

Phil Connors (archive footage) (uncredited)

Saturday Night Live: Christmas

Movie • 1999

Self

Entertainment Tonight

TV • 1981

E! True Hollywood Story

TV • 1996

Getaway

TV • 1992

Iron Chef America

TV • 2005

Self

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

TV • 1993

Self - Guest

Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday

TV • 2008

Banzai

TV • 2001

The Sweet Spot

TV • 2002

Self

Vice Principals

TV • 2016

TV • 1997

Self - Guest

Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell

TV • 1975

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

TV • 1988

Self

Angie Tribeca

TV • 2016

Vic Deakins

Saturday Night Live

TV • 1975

Self - Cameo (uncredited)

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

TV • 2014

Self

The Movies That Made Us

TV • 2019

Peter Venkman (archive footage)

Markus Lanz

TV • 2008

Self

Saturday Night Live

TV • 1975

Self - Various Characters

Reunited Apart

TV • 2020

Self

The Graham Norton Show

TV • 2007

Self

The Now

Self - Guest

Late Show with David Letterman

TV • 1993

Self