Bill Murray

**Williams James "Bill" Murray** (born September 21, 1950) is an American actor, comedian and writer. He has played in some drama roles but he usually does comedy. He was in the movies including _Groundhog Day_, _Ghostbusters_, _Stripes_, _Lost in Translation_, and _The Jungle Book_. He is best known for his work on _Saturday Night Live_ and _Ghostbusters_. He also plays charity golf with professional golf players.

Murray was born in North Shore University Health System Evanston Hospital at Evanston, Illinois. He was also raised in Chicago, Illinois. He graduated from Loyola Academy and studied at Regis University, where he dropped out.

Murray was married to Margaret Kelly from 1981 until they divorced in 1996. Then he married Jennifer Butler from 1997 to 2008. Murray has 6 children.

## Filmography

|Year|Title|Role|Notes||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1976|_Next Stop, Greenwich Village_|Nick Kessel|Uncredited||
|rowspan="3"|1979|_Meatballs_|Tripper Harrison|Nominated – Genie Award for Best Performance by a Foreign Actor|
|_Mr. Mike's Mondo Video_|Man on the Street||||
|_Tarzoon: Shame of the Jungle_|Reporter|Voice English dub|||
|rowspan="3"|1980|_Where the Buffalo Roam_|Hunter S. Thompson||
|_Caddyshack_|Carl Spackler||||
|_Loose Shoes_|Lefty Schwartz||||
|1981|_Stripes_|Pvt. John Winger|||
|1982|_Tootsie_|Jeff Slater|||
|rowspan="4"|1984|_Ghostbusters_|Dr. Peter Venkman|Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy|
|_Nothing Lasts Forever_|Ted Breughel||||
|_B.C. Rock_|The Dragon|Voice English dub Uncredited|||
|_The Razor's Edge_|Larry Darrell|Also writer|||
|1986|_Little Shop of Horrors_|Arthur Denton|||
|rowspan="2"|1988|_She's Having a Baby_|Himself|Uncredited cameo|
|_Scrooged_|Francis Xavier "Frank" Cross|Nominated – Saturn Award for Best Actor|||
|1989|_Ghostbusters II_|Dr. Peter Venkman|||
|1990|_Quick Change_|Grimm|Also co-director and producer||
|1991|_What About Bob?_|Bob Wiley|Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance||
|rowspan="2"|1993|_Groundhog Day_|Phil Connors|Nominated – Saturn Award for Best Actor Nominated—MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance|
|_Mad Dog and Glory_|Frank Milo||||
|1994|_Ed Wood_|Bunny Breckinridge|||
|rowspan="3"|1996|_Kingpin_|Ernie McCracken||
|_Larger than Life_|Jack Corcoran||||
|_Space Jam_|Himself||||
|1997|_The Man Who Knew Too Little_|Wallace Ritchie|||
|rowspan="3"|1998|_Wild Things_|Kenneth Bowden|Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor|
|_With Friends Like These..._|Maurice Melnick||||
|_Rushmore_|Herman Blume|American Comedy Award for Funniest Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture Nominated – Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture|||
|1999|_Cradle Will Rock_|Tommy Crickshaw|Nominated – Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture||
|rowspan="2"|2000|_Charlie's Angels_|John Bosley|Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Supporting Actor – Action|
|_Hamlet_|Polonius||||
|rowspan="3"|2001|_Osmosis Jones_|Frank Detorre||
|_Speaking of Sex_|Ezri Stovall||||
|_The Royal Tenenbaums_|Raleigh St. Clair|Nominated – Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast|||
|rowspan="2"|2003|_Lost in Translation_|Bob Harris|BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Independent Spirit Award for Best Lead Male International Cinephile Society Award for Best Actor Iowa Film Critics Award for Best Actor Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor New York Film Critics Online Award for Best Actor Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor Satellite Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Seattle Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Southeastern Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association for Best Actor Nominated – Academy Award for Best Actor Nominated – Awards Circuit Community Award for Best Actor Nominated – Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Nominated – Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Nominated – Internet Entertainment Writers Association Awards for Favorite Actor in a Leading Role Nominated – Irish Film and Television Award for Best International Actor Nominated – London Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Best Performance - Male Nominated – Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role Nominated – Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor|
|_Coffee and Cigarettes_|Himself/Waiter|Segment: "Delirium"|||
|rowspan="2"|2004|_Garfield: The Movie_|Garfield|Voice|
|_The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou_|Steve Zissou|Nominated – Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast Nominated – Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy|||
|rowspan="2"|2005|_Broken Flowers_|Don Johnston|Nominated – Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy|
|_The Lost City_|The Writer||||
|2006|_Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties_|Garfield|Voice||
|2007|_The Darjeeling Limited_|The Businessman|rowspan="2"|Cameo|
|rowspan="2"|2008|_Get Smart_|Agent 13||
|_City of Ember_|Mayor Cole||||
|rowspan="3"|2009|_The Limits of Control_|American||
|_Fantastic Mr. Fox_|Clive Badger|Voice|||
|_Zombieland_|Himself|Scream Award for Best Ensemble Scream Award for Best Cameo Nominated – Detroit Film Critics Society for Best Ensemble Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Best WTF Moment|||
|2010|_Get Low_|Frank Quinn|Nominated – Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated – Houston Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated – Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male Nominated – Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture||
|2011|_Passion Play_|Happy Shannon|||
|rowspan="3"|2012|_Moonrise Kingdom_|Mr. Bishop|Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast 2nd place – Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Cast 2nd place – Southeastern Film Critics Association Award for Best Ensemble Nominated – Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Ensemble Performance|
|_A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III_|Saul||||
|_Hyde Park on Hudson_|Franklin D. Roosevelt|Nominated – Detroit Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy|||
|rowspan="4"|2014|_The Monuments Men_|Sgt. Richard Campbell||
|_The Grand Budapest Hotel_|M. Ivan|Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture|||
|_St. Vincent_|Vincent MacKenna|Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Nominated – Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actor in a Comedy|||
|_Dumb and Dumber To_|Ice Pick|Cameo|||
|rowspan="2"|2015|_Aloha_|Carson Welch||
|_Rock the Kasbah_|Richie Lanz||||
|rowspan="2"|2016|_The Jungle Book_|Baloo|Voice Nominated – People's Choice Awards for Favorite Animated Movie Voice|
|_Ghostbusters_|Martin Heiss||||
|2018|_Isle of Dogs_|Boss|Voice||
|rowspan="2"|2019|_The Dead Don't Die_|Cliff Robertson||
|_Zombieland: Double Tap_|Himself||||
|2020|_On the Rocks_|Felix|||
|rowspan=2|2021|_Ghostbuster 3_|Dr. Peter Venkman||
|_The French Dispatch_|Arthur Howitzer Jr.||||
|2022|_The Greatest Beer Run Ever_|The Colonel|||
|2024|_Ghostbusters 4_|Dr. Peter Venkman|||

## Other websites

- Streaming audio interview from 1988  (18 minutes)
- USA Today Article detailing Murray's house party crashing
- _Entertainment Weekly_  interview
- Bill Murray SNL video archive  at Yahoo Screen
- Extensive list of Bill Murray films, roles, memes, and fan art at Zouch Magazine

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Bill Murray
- **image**: File:Bill Murray 2018.jpg
- **caption**: Murray in 2018
- **birth name**: William James Murray
- **birth place**: Evanston, Illinois, United States
- **years active**: 1973–present
- **spouse**:

- **children**: 6
- **parents**: Lucille Murray (née Collins)
 Edward Joseph Murray II
- **family**: John Murray (actor), John Murray (brother)
Joel Murray (brother)
Brian Doyle-Murray (brother)