Bill Murray(I)
- Actor
- Writer
- Producer
Bill Murray is an American actor, comedian, and writer. The fifth of nine children, he was born William James Murray in Wilmette, Illinois, to
Lucille (Collins), a mailroom clerk, and Edward Joseph Murray II, who
sold lumber. He is of Irish descent. Among his siblings are actors
Brian Doyle-Murray,
Joel Murray, and
John Murray. He and most of his
siblings worked as caddies, which paid his tuition to Loyola Academy, a
Jesuit school. He played sports and did some acting while in that
school, but in his words, mostly "screwed off." He enrolled at Regis
College in Denver to study pre-med but dropped out after being arrested
for marijuana possession. He then joined the National Lampoon Radio
Hour with fellow members Dan Aykroyd,
Gilda Radner, and
John Belushi. However, while those three
became the original members of
Saturday Night Live (1975),
he joined
Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell (1975),
which premiered that same year. After that show failed, he later got
the opportunity to join
Saturday Night Live (1975), for which he earned his first Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy-Variety or Music Series. He later went on to star in comedy films, including Meatballs (1979), Caddyshack (1980), Stripes (1981), Tootsie (1982), Ghostbusters (1984), Ghostbusters II (1989), Scrooged (1988), What About Bob? (1991), and Groundhog Day (1993). He also co-directed Quick Change (1990). Murray garnered additional critical acclaim later in his career, starring in Lost in Translation (2003), which earned him a Golden Globe and a BAFTA Award for Best Actor, as well as an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. He also received Golden Globe nominations for his roles in Ghostbusters, Rushmore (1998), Hyde Park on Hudson (2012), St. Vincent (2014), and the HBO miniseries Olive Kitteridge (2014), for which he later won his second Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or a Movie.