Bill Murray American Actor Born 1950 in Wilmette

Bill Murray, born 21 September 1950 in Wilmette, is an American actor and comedian. He is recognised as Bob Harris in Lost in Translation (2003).

Early life

Bill Murray was educated at Loyola Academy and Regis University.

Career

The earliest credit on record for Bill Murray is Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell (1975). During the 1980s, he worked on Tootsie (1982) and Ghostbusters (1984, as Peter Venkman). Work from the 1990s includes Groundhog Day (1993, as Phil Connors) and Ed Wood (1994, as Bunny Breckinridge). Moonrise Kingdom (2012) and The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014, as M. Ivan) are among his 2010s credits. In the 2020s, he appeared in Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021, as Peter Venkman) and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023, as Krylar).

His filmography here covers 73 films and 3 TV series from 1975 to 2026. Comedy is the most frequent genre among his listed titles (24), followed by drama (18) and comedy drama (9). The most recent title listed is Diamond (2026). Of his 17 titles with worldwide box-office figures on record, The Jungle Book (2016) has the highest, at $967 million. His off-screen credits include director on Quick Change and writer on The Razor's Edge and A Very Murray Christmas.

Dan Aykroyd appears in ten of his listed titles, including Ghostbusters II (1989) and Zombieland: Double Tap (2019). Other co-stars who recur in his credits are Sigourney Weaver (four titles) and Dustin Hoffman (four titles). Wes Anderson directed seven of his titles on record, among them The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) and The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004). Peter Farrelly is credited as director on three of them, including Osmosis Jones (2001) and Dumb and Dumber To (2014). His discography lists one album, Sheryl Crow and Friends: Live from Central Park (1999).

Recognition

In 2003, he won the Golden Globes. He has also won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie (2015) for Olive Kitteridge and the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. Bill Murray also earned a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor in 2004 for Lost in Translation. Awards come to 7 wins and one nomination in total.

Personal life

Former marriages on record are to Mickey Kelly (1981 to 1994, divorced) and Jennifer Butler (1997 to 2008). He has 6 children on record.