Cast & creator
Bill Murray
Best known for Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
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.
Also known as: Billy Murray, William James Murray, Вільям Джеймс Мюррей
179
film credits
49
television credits
217
1953–2026 · acting roles
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average across scored titles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (228)
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Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
2009
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
2014
The Daily Show
Self
1996
Late Show with David Letterman
Self - Guest
1993Late Show with David Letterman
Self - Top 10 Presenter
1993
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
1975Saturday Night Live
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975Saturday Night Live
Self - Various Characters
1975Saturday Night Live
Self
1975Saturday Night Live
Self (uncredited)
1975Saturday Night Live
Writer
1975
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
The View
Self - Guest
1997
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
2003
Markus Lanz
Self
2008
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self
1988
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993
Late Night with David Letterman
Self - Guest
1982
El hormiguero
Self - Guest
2006
Parks and Recreation
Walter Gunderson
2009
Hot Ones
Self
2015
Angie Tribeca
Vic Deakins
2016
Iron Chef America
Self
2005
The Oscars
Self
1953
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
Lord Krylar
2023
The Grand Budapest Hotel
M. Ivan
2014
Groundhog Day
Phil
1993
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
Self
2013
Isle of Dogs
Boss (voice)
2018
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Clive Badger (voice)
2009
The Jungle Book
Baloo (voice)
2016
Charlie's Angels
John Bosley
2000
Lost in Translation
Bob Harris
2003
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Peter Venkman
2021
Ghostbusters
Dr. Peter Venkman
1984
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
Peter Venkman
2024
Entertainment Tonight
1981
MLB Network Presents
Self (archive footage)
2015
Ghostbusters II
Dr. Peter Venkman
1989
Get Smart
Agent 13
2008
Zombieland
Bill Murray
2009
Zombieland: Double Tap
Bill Murray
2019
The Movies That Made Us
Peter Venkman (archive footage)
2019
Alpha House
Senator Vernon Smits
2013
City of Ember
Mayor Cole
2008
Vice Principals
Principal Welles
2016
Dumb and Dumber To
Ice Pick
2014
Space Jam
Bill Murray
1996
Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations
Himself
2005
Wild Things
Kenneth Bowden
1998
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
Garfield (voice)
2006
Little Shop of Horrors
Arthur Denton
1986
Ghostbusters
Martin Heiss
2016
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
Arthur Howitzer, Jr.
2021
The Phoenician Scheme
God
2025
St. Vincent
Vincent MacKenna
2014
Olive Kitteridge
Jack Kennison
2014
Garfield
Garfield (voice)
2004
Marty, Life Is Short
Self (archive footage)
2026
The Dead Don't Die
Chief Cliff Robertson
2019
Moonrise Kingdom
Mr. Bishop
2012
Reunited Apart
Self
2020
Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday
2008
The Monuments Men
Sgt. Richard Campbell
2014
John Candy: I Like Me
Self - Mainstage Cast, The Second City
2025
The Greatest Beer Run Ever
The Colonel
2022
Broken Flowers
Don Johnston
2005
The Royal Tenenbaums
Raleigh St. Clair
2001
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Steve Zissou
2004
Scrooged
Francis Cross
1988
On the Rocks
Felix
2020
Tim Burton: Life in the Line
Self (footage)
2025
The Darjeeling Limited
The Businessman
2007
Osmosis Jones
Frank Detorre
2001
Stripes
John Winger
1981
The Friend
Walter
2025
Quick Change
Grimm
1990Quick Change
Director
1990Quick Change
Producer
1990
Ed Wood
Bunny Breckinridge
1994
Riff Raff
Lefty
2025
What About Bob?
Bob Wiley
1991
Rushmore
Herman Blume
1998
Caddyshack
Carl Spackler
1980
Meatballs
Tripper Harrison
1979
Tootsie
Jeff Slater
1982
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Kingpin
Ernie McCracken
1996
Aloha
Carson Welch
2015
Banzai
2001
The Man Who Knew Too Little
Wallace Ritchie
1997
Coffee and Cigarettes
Bill Murray (segment "Delirium")
2004
Mad Dog and Glory
Frank Milo
1993
Larger Than Life
Jack Corcoran
1996
Parneviks
Self
2015
The Now
Dr. Robert Flaherty
2021
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
Self
2025
Speaking of Sex
Ezri Stovall
2001
Cradle Will Rock
Tommy Crickshaw
1999
Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence
Self
2008
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
(archive footage)
2012
The Razor's Edge
Larry Darrell
1984The Razor's Edge
Screenplay
1984
The Limits of Control
American
2009
Hyde Park on Hudson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
2012
Passion Play
Happy Shannon
2011
Rock the Kasbah
Richie Lanz
2015
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Self
2025
Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell
1975Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell
Writer
1975
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
Self
1999
Always at The Carlyle
Self
2018
The Women of SNL
Richard Dawson / Various (archive footage)
2010
She's Having a Baby
Bill Murray (uncredited)
1988
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead
Self - Actor
2015
A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III
Saul
2013
The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash
Bill Murray the K.
1978
Where the Buffalo Roam
Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
1980
Cola Wars
Self (archive footage)
2019
Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary
Self
1986
The Lost City
The Writer
2005
Get Low
Frank Quinn
2010
Studio 54
Self (archive footage)
2018
Twilight Park
Mime Ringleader
A Very Murray Christmas
Bill Murray
2015A Very Murray Christmas
Writer
2015A Very Murray Christmas
Executive Producer
2015
Next Stop, Greenwich Village
Nick Kessel (uncredited)
1976
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
Self (archive footage)
2020
Getaway
1992
Diamond
Jimbo
2026
Michael Jordan to the Max
Self
2000
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
Self (archive footage)
1989
An SNL Thanksgiving
(archive footage)
2024
Not So Fast, My Friend: A Lee Corso Special
Self (archive footage)
2025
Saturday Night Live: Christmas
Self (archive footage)
1999
An SNL Valentine
Self / Todd (archive footage)
2015
Belushi
Self (archive footage)
2020
With Friends Like These
Maurice Melnick
1998Quiet Land
Connor McCluskey
The Missing Link
Dragon (voice)
1980
Groundhog Day: The Weight of Time
Self (archive footage)
2002
Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival 2023
Self
2024
Hamlet
Polonius
2000
Thank You, Del: The Story of the Del Close Marathon
Self
2015
The Making of 'The Darjeeling Limited'
Self - Businessman
2010
Can't Buy Me Lunch: Another Look at The Rutles
Bill Murray The K. (archive footage)
2003
Exploring the Set of 'Moonrise Kingdom'
Self / Mr. Bishop
2015
This Old Cub
Himself
2004
Nothing Lasts Forever
Ted Breughel
1984Lost on Location: Behind the Scenes of 'Lost in Translation'
Self
2004
Mr. Mike's Mondo Video
Man on the Street
1979
'85: The Greatest Team in Football History
Self
2016
Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live
Self
2005
Bill Murray Live from the Second City
Self
1980Bill Murray Live from the Second City
Writer
1980
R.E.M.: Rough Cut
Himself
1995The Ploughmen
Cooper County Sheriff
"That's Awesome!": The Story of 'Dumb and Dumber To'
Self
2015
Fantastic Mr. Murray
Self - Portrait Subject (archive footage)
2019
Steve Martin's Best Show Ever
Bytes
1981
Charlie’s Angels: The Master and the Angels
Self
2001
Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation
Self
2007
WWE Hall Of Fame 1995
Self
1995
This Is an Adventure
Self
2005
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd
Various Characters (archive footage)
2005
For The Fun Of The Game
Self
2018
Confessions of a Hitman
Executive Producer
1994
Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2010
Self
2010
Picture Show: A Tribute Celebrating John Prine
Self
2020
Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride
Self
2006
The Best of John Belushi
Various Characters
1985The Sweet Spot
Self
2002
DEVO
Phil Connors (archive footage) (uncredited)
2024
Garfield: Bringing the Cat to Life
Self - Garfield (voice)
2004
The Rodney Dangerfield Show: It's Not Easy Bein' Me
Various
1982
Loose Shoes
Lefty
1978
Fun & Games
1982
The Bill Murray Stories: Life Lessons Learned from a Mythical Man
Himself
2018
Fear and Loathing on the Road to Hollywood
Self / Nixon Voter (uncredited)
1978
The Making of 'Tootsie'
Self
1982
Caddyshack: The 19th Hole
Carl Spackler (archive footage)
1999
Angelic Attire: Dressing Cameron, Drew & Lucy
Self
2001
Moonrise Kingdom Extras - Eleven iPhone Videos by Edward Norton.
Self
2015
Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found
Self
2005Epiphany
Oz Bell
Epiphany
Executive Producer
Charlie’s Angels: Getting G’d Up
Self
2001
The Making of 'Rushmore'
Self
2000
Love, Gilda
Self (archive footage)
2018
On the Scene with the Ghostbusters
1984
FCU: Fact Checkers Unit
Bill Murray
2007
The Things We Did Last Summer
Self
1978
With the Filmmaker: Wes Anderson
Self (archival footage)
2001
A Course Called Ireland
Self
2026
Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2019
Self
2020
Returning to the Firehouse: Making Frozen Empire
Self
2024The King of Counterfeit
The Bill Murray Experience
Himself
2017
Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal
Self
2005
Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2007
Self
2007
New Worlds, The Cradle of Civilization
Self
2021New Worlds, The Cradle of Civilization
Producer
2021
TVTV Looks at the Oscars
Self
1976
On the Set: 'The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou'
Self / Steve Zissou
2005
A Better Man: The Making of 'Tootsie'
Self
2008
The Dogs
1978Franz Klammer - The Ski "Kaiser" Will Be 70
Self (archive footage)
2023
Ghostbusters: Afterlife - Passing the Proton Pack
Self
2022
Ghostbusters 1999
Self - Archive Footage
1999
Ballhawks
Narrator
2010
Summoning the Spirit: Making Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Self
2022
Twilight Theatre
Lefty in 'First Film'
1982Say Hello to Our Good Friend Paul Shaffer
Self
Loopers: The Caddie's Long Walk
Narrator
2019
Cut Flowers
1981
Spirit of Golf
Self
2023Magacine
Being Mortal
Behind Jim Jarmusch
Self
2010
TVTV: Video Revolutionaries
Self
2018Bum's Rush
Bum
Christmas in Nashville
Self
2025Perchance to Dream
Honker
1979
Super Bowl
Himself
1976