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Bill Murray

Actor

Bill Murray

  • Born: 21 September 1950, Evanston, Illinois, USA
  • Estimated net worth: $140 million

Bill Murray is an iconic American actor known for his unique comedic style and deadpan delivery. He gained fame through classic films such as Ghostbusters, Groundhog Day, and Lost in Translation, earning critical acclaim and a loyal fan base. His ability to…

About Bill Murray

Bill Murray is an iconic American actor known for his unique comedic style and deadpan delivery. He gained fame through classic films such as Ghostbusters, Groundhog Day, and Lost in Translation, earning critical acclaim and a loyal fan base. His ability to blend humor with poignant moments defines his career, making him a beloved figure in both comedy and drama.

Born
21 September 1950, Evanston, Illinois, USA
Known for
Acting
Height
5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Spouses
Jennifer Butler (1997-2008)
Children
6 children: Homer Murray, Luke Murray, Jack Murray, Cooper Murray, Caleb Murray, and Jackson Murray
Parents
Edward Murray, Lucille Murray
Estimated net worth
$140 million

Fun facts about Bill Murray

  • Bill Murray famously ad-libbed many of his lines in Ghostbusters, contributing to the film's unique humor.
  • He has a reputation for surprising fans by showing up unannounced at events or parties.

Famous Bill Murray quotes

“I got a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore.”
The Wizard of Oz (1978)
“It's not a bad life if you can get it.”
Lost in Translation, 2003
“Well, what if there is no tomorrow? There wasn't one today.”
Groundhog Day, 1993

Bill Murray filmography

Cast (214)

YearTitleCharacterRating
2026A Course Called Ireland TVSelf
2026Diamond MovieJimbo5.7
2026Marty, Life Is Short MovieSelf (archive footage)8.0
2025Christmas in Nashville MovieSelf9.0
2025Tim Burton: Life in the Line TVSelf (footage)10.0
2025John Candy: I Like Me MovieSelf - Mainstage Cast, The Second City7.9
2025Not So Fast, My Friend: A Lee Corso Special MovieSelf (archive footage)
2025The Phoenician Scheme MovieGod6.5
2025The Friend MovieWalter6.7
2025Riff Raff MovieLefty5.8
Show 204 more credits
YearTitleCharacterRating
2025SNL50: The Homecoming Concert MovieSelf6.7
2025Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music MovieSelf7.7
2024Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival 2023 MovieSelf8.0
2024An SNL Thanksgiving Movie(archive footage)
2024Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire MoviePeter Venkman6.4
2024DEVO MoviePhil Connors (archive footage) (uncredited)7.7
2023Franz Klammer - The Ski "Kaiser" Will Be 70 MovieSelf (archive footage)
2023Spirit of Golf MovieSelf
2023Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania MovieLord Krylar6.2
2022The Greatest Beer Run Ever MovieThe Colonel7.5
2021The Now TVDr. Robert Flaherty5.9
2021Ghostbusters: Afterlife MoviePeter Venkman7.3
2021The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun MovieArthur Howitzer, Jr.7.0
2021New Worlds, The Cradle of Civilization MovieSelf
2020Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2019 MovieSelf9.0
2020On the Rocks MovieFelix6.1
2020Picture Show: A Tribute Celebrating John Prine MovieSelf
2020Belushi MovieSelf (archive footage)7.0
2020Reunited Apart TVSelf5.5
2020Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters MovieSelf (archive footage)6.8
2019The Movies That Made Us TVPeter Venkman (archive footage)7.3
2019Fantastic Mr. Murray MovieSelf - Portrait Subject (archive footage)6.2
2019Zombieland: Double Tap MovieBill Murray6.9
2019Cola Wars MovieSelf (archive footage)7.7
2019Loopers: The Caddie's Long Walk MovieNarrator6.5
2019The Dead Don't Die MovieChief Cliff Robertson5.4
2018TVTV: Video Revolutionaries MovieSelf8.0
2018For The Fun Of The Game MovieSelf
2018Love, Gilda MovieSelf (archive footage)7.2
2018Studio 54 MovieSelf (archive footage)6.5
2018Always at The Carlyle MovieSelf6.7
2018The Bill Murray Stories: Life Lessons Learned from a Mythical Man MovieHimself6.8
2018Isle of Dogs MovieBoss (voice)7.8
2017The Bill Murray Experience MovieHimself6.5
2016'85: The Greatest Team in Football History MovieSelf8.2
2016Vice Principals TVPrincipal Welles7.2
2016Ghostbusters MovieMartin Heiss5.3
2016The Jungle Book MovieBaloo (voice)6.9
2016Angie Tribeca TVVic Deakins6.4
2015A Very Murray Christmas MovieBill Murray5.2
2015Rock the Kasbah MovieRichie Lanz5.4
2015Thank You, Del: The Story of the Del Close Marathon MovieSelf5.6
2015Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead MovieSelf - Actor6.7
2015Exploring the Set of 'Moonrise Kingdom' MovieSelf / Mr. Bishop6.1
2015Moonrise Kingdom Extras - Eleven iPhone Videos by Edward Norton. MovieSelf10.0
2015Aloha MovieCarson Welch5.5
2015Parneviks TVSelf8.0
2015Hot Ones TVSelf7.1
2015"That's Awesome!": The Story of 'Dumb and Dumber To' MovieSelf7.3
2015An SNL Valentine MovieSelf / Todd (archive footage)
2015MLB Network Presents TVSelf (archive footage)8.0
2014Dumb and Dumber To MovieIce Pick5.6
2014Olive Kitteridge TVJack Kennison7.6
2014St. Vincent MovieVincent MacKenna7.1
2014The Grand Budapest Hotel MovieM. Ivan8.0
2014Late Night with Seth Meyers TVSelf - Guest5.1
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon TVSelf - Guest5.8
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon TVSelf5.8
2014The Monuments Men MovieSgt. Richard Campbell6.1
2013Alpha House TVSenator Vernon Smits7.2
2013Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown TVSelf7.7
2013A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III MovieSaul4.1
2012Hyde Park on Hudson MovieFranklin D. Roosevelt5.3
2012Moonrise Kingdom MovieMr. Bishop7.7
2012Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen Movie(archive footage)7.5
2011Passion Play MovieHappy Shannon4.7
2010The Women of SNL MovieRichard Dawson / Various (archive footage)5.3
2010The Making of 'The Darjeeling Limited' MovieSelf - Businessman6.0
2010Ballhawks MovieNarrator
2010Behind Jim Jarmusch MovieSelf
2010Get Low MovieFrank Quinn6.7
2010Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2010 MovieSelf8.3
2009Fantastic Mr. Fox MovieClive Badger (voice)7.8
2009Zombieland MovieBill Murray7.3
2009Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen TVSelf - Guest4.9
2009The Limits of Control MovieAmerican6.0
2009Parks and Recreation TVWalter Gunderson8.0
2008Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday TVUnknown character6.7
2008City of Ember MovieMayor Cole6.4
2008Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence TVSelf7.5
2008Get Smart MovieAgent 136.2
2008Markus Lanz TVSelf5.5
2008A Better Man: The Making of 'Tootsie' MovieSelf6.0
2007Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival 2007 MovieSelf7.1
2007FCU: Fact Checkers Unit MovieBill Murray4.5
2007The Darjeeling Limited MovieThe Businessman7.1
2007Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation MovieSelf
2007The Graham Norton Show TVSelf7.2
2006Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride MovieSelf7.2
2006El hormiguero TVSelf - Guest4.7
2006Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties MovieGarfield (voice)5.6
2005Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd MovieVarious Characters (archive footage)8.1
2005The Lost City MovieThe Writer6.2
2005Broken Flowers MovieDon Johnston6.9
2005Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations TVHimself7.8
2005This Is an Adventure MovieSelf6.8
2005Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal MovieSelf6.4
2005Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found MovieSelf8.0
2005Live from New York: The First 5 Years of Saturday Night Live MovieSelf7.8
2005Iron Chef America TVSelf6.7
2005On the Set: 'The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou' MovieSelf / Steve Zissou6.2
2004The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou MovieSteve Zissou7.1
2004Garfield: Bringing the Cat to Life MovieSelf - Garfield (voice)
2004This Old Cub MovieHimself6.7
2004Garfield MovieGarfield (voice)5.7
2004Coffee and Cigarettes MovieBill Murray (segment "Delirium")6.9
2004Lost on Location: Behind the Scenes of 'Lost in Translation' MovieSelf8.4
2003Lost in Translation MovieBob Harris7.4
2003Can't Buy Me Lunch: Another Look at The Rutles MovieBill Murray The K. (archive footage)5.8
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live! TVSelf - Guest5.3
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live! TVSelf5.3
2002The Sweet Spot TVSelf7.0
2002Groundhog Day: The Weight of Time MovieSelf (archive footage)6.5
2001With the Filmmaker: Wes Anderson MovieSelf (archival footage)7.0
2001Speaking of Sex MovieEzri Stovall5.6
2001The Royal Tenenbaums MovieRaleigh St. Clair7.5
2001Osmosis Jones MovieFrank Detorre6.5
2001Charlie’s Angels: The Master and the Angels MovieSelf
2001Angelic Attire: Dressing Cameron, Drew & Lucy MovieSelf
2001Charlie’s Angels: Getting G’d Up MovieSelf
2001Banzai TVUnknown character7.0
2000Charlie's Angels MovieJohn Bosley5.9
2000Hamlet MoviePolonius5.8
2000Michael Jordan to the Max MovieSelf7.5
2000The Making of 'Rushmore' MovieSelf6.2
1999Cradle Will Rock MovieTommy Crickshaw6.5
1999Saturday Night Live: Christmas MovieSelf (archive footage)5.6
1999Ghostbusters 1999 MovieSelf - Archive Footage6.7
1999Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special MovieSelf6.9
1999Caddyshack: The 19th Hole MovieCarl Spackler (archive footage)7.6
1998Rushmore MovieHerman Blume7.4
1998With Friends Like These MovieMaurice Melnick6.5
1998Wild Things MovieKenneth Bowden6.4
1997The Man Who Knew Too Little MovieWallace Ritchie6.4
1997The View TVSelf - Guest4.3
1996Space Jam MovieBill Murray6.8
1996E! True Hollywood Story TVUnknown character8.1
1996Larger Than Life MovieJack Corcoran5.5
1996The Daily Show TVSelf6.4
1996Kingpin MovieErnie McCracken6.5
1995R.E.M.: Rough Cut MovieHimself6.5
1995WWE Hall Of Fame 1995 MovieSelf10.0
1994Ed Wood MovieBunny Breckinridge7.5
1993Late Night with Conan O'Brien TVSelf - Guest7.3
1993Late Show with David Letterman TVSelf - Guest6.5
1993Late Show with David Letterman TVSelf - Top 10 Presenter6.5
1993Mad Dog and Glory MovieFrank Milo6.0
1993Groundhog Day MoviePhil7.6
1992Getaway TVUnknown character6.5
1991What About Bob? MovieBob Wiley6.9
1990Quick Change MovieGrimm6.7
1989Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary MovieSelf (archive footage)7.8
1989Ghostbusters II MovieDr. Peter Venkman6.6
1988Scrooged MovieFrancis Cross6.8
1988LIVE with Kelly and Mark TVSelf5.6
1988She's Having a Baby MovieBill Murray (uncredited)5.9
1986Little Shop of Horrors MovieArthur Denton7.0
1986Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary MovieSelf7.3
1985The Best of John Belushi MovieVarious Characters7.5
1984On the Scene with the Ghostbusters MovieUnknown character9.5
1984The Razor's Edge MovieLarry Darrell6.4
1984Nothing Lasts Forever MovieTed Breughel6.3
1984Ghostbusters MovieDr. Peter Venkman7.5
1982Tootsie MovieJeff Slater7.2
1982The Rodney Dangerfield Show: It's Not Easy Bein' Me MovieVarious8.0
1982Twilight Theatre MovieLefty in 'First Film'
1982Late Night with David Letterman TVSelf - Guest6.2
1982Fun & Games MovieUnknown character
1982The Making of 'Tootsie' MovieSelf6.0
1981Steve Martin's Best Show Ever MovieBytes7.6
1981Entertainment Tonight TVUnknown character4.3
1981Stripes MovieJohn Winger6.6
1981Cut Flowers MovieUnknown character
1980Caddyshack MovieCarl Spackler6.6
1980Bill Murray Live from the Second City MovieSelf10.0
1980The Missing Link MovieDragon (voice)4.9
1980Where the Buffalo Roam MovieDr. Hunter S. Thompson5.9
1979Mr. Mike's Mondo Video MovieMan on the Street5.3
1979Meatballs MovieTripper Harrison5.8
1979Perchance to Dream MovieHonker
1978Fear and Loathing on the Road to Hollywood MovieSelf / Nixon Voter (uncredited)7.0
1978The Things We Did Last Summer MovieSelf4.8
1978The Dogs MovieUnknown character
1978Loose Shoes MovieLefty3.9
1978The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash MovieBill Murray the K.6.8
1976TVTV Looks at the Oscars MovieSelf6.3
1976Super Bowl MovieHimself
1976Next Stop, Greenwich Village MovieNick Kessel (uncredited)6.4
1975Saturday Night Live TVSelf (uncredited)6.9
1975Saturday Night Live TVSelf6.9
1975Saturday Night Live TVSelf - Host6.9
1975Saturday Night Live TVSelf - Various Characters6.9
1975Saturday Night Live TVSelf - Cameo (uncredited)6.9
1975Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell TVUnknown character5.0
1953The Oscars TVSelf7.1
TBAEpiphany MovieOz Bell
TBATwilight Park MovieMime Ringleader
TBAThe Ploughmen MovieCooper County Sheriff
TBAQuiet Land MovieConnor McCluskey
TBABeing Mortal MovieUnknown character
TBAMagacine TVUnknown character6.0
TBASay Hello to Our Good Friend Paul Shaffer MovieSelf
TBAThe King of Counterfeit MovieUnknown character
TBABum's Rush MovieBum

Crew (11)

YearTitleRoleRating
2021New Worlds, The Cradle of Civilization MovieProducer · Production
2015A Very Murray Christmas MovieWriter · Writing5.2
2015A Very Murray Christmas MovieExecutive Producer · Production5.2
1994Confessions of a Hitman MovieExecutive Producer · Production6.3
1990Quick Change MovieDirector · Directing6.7
Show 6 more credits
YearTitleRoleRating
1990Quick Change MovieProducer · Production6.7
1984The Razor's Edge MovieScreenplay · Writing6.4
1980Bill Murray Live from the Second City MovieWriter · Writing10.0
1975Saturday Night Live TVWriter · Writing6.9
1975Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell TVWriter · Writing5.0
TBAEpiphany MovieExecutive Producer · Production

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Questions about Bill Murray

What are some of Bill Murray's most famous films?

Bill Murray is well-known for films like Ghostbusters, Groundhog Day, Lost in Translation, and The Royal Tenenbaums. These films showcase his range from comedy to drama.

Has Bill Murray won any major awards?

Yes, Bill Murray won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in Lost in Translation. He has also received a Golden Globe and several other nominations throughout his career.

What was Bill Murray's first film?

Bill Murray's first film was the comedy Meatballs, released in 1979. This film marked the beginning of his successful career in Hollywood.

What is Bill Murray's estimated net worth?

Bill Murray's estimated net worth is around $140 million, making him one of the wealthiest actors in the industry.

How many children does Bill Murray have?

Bill Murray has six children. Their names are Homer, Luke, Jack, Cooper, Caleb, and Jackson Murray.

What is Bill Murray's acting style known for?

Bill Murray's acting style is characterized by his deadpan delivery and ability to blend humor with sincere emotion. He often improvises lines, adding to his unique charm.

What notable television show did Bill Murray appear on early in his career?

Bill Murray was a cast member on Saturday Night Live during its early years, which helped launch his film career and establish his comedic persona.

What is one of Bill Murray's most iconic roles?

One of Bill Murray's most iconic roles is Phil Connors in Groundhog Day. His performance in this film is celebrated for its depth and humor.