"For your information..." (Groundhog Day, 1993)
Real Name: William J. Murray
Profile: Actor, Writer, Comedian, Screenwriter, Director, Producer and Sportsman
Birthday: September 21, 1950
Birthplace: Willamette, Illinois
Height: 6.3'
Sign: Sun in Virgo, Moon in Aquarius
Education: Attended Regis College
Relations:
Brother: Brian Doyle-Murray
Younger brother: John and Joel Murray
Wife: Margret (Mickey) Kelly (From 1981 - Now)
Kid: Homer (1982) and Luke Murray (1985) (Paris)
Address:
Rockland County, New York
Fan Mails:
P.O. Box 2267
Redondo Beach, CA90278
USA
and
C/O Creative Artists Agency
9830 Wilshire Blvd
Beverly Hills, CA90212
USA
Trivia:
1. He appeared in Buster Poindexter's (David Johansen) "Hot, Hot,
Hot" music video.
2. He plays Peter Venkman in Ray Parker Jr.'s "Ghostbusters" music
video.
3. He opened several NBA promotional spots.
4. He is co-owner of the St. Paul Saints. A minor league baseball team in St. Paul,
Minnesota.
5. He is listed as one of the 50 funniest people alive by "Entertainment
Weekly" magazine in 18 April 1997.
6. (October 1997) Ranked #82 in "Empire" magazine's "Top 100
Movie Stars of All Time" list.
7. He is listed to be a winner in "Winners & Losers" section by "Time"
magazine in 24 November 1997.
8. His movie, Groundhog Day (1993), is regarded as "The Best Movies of
All Time: Date Movies" by Mr. Showbiz.
Famous Articles:
1. "Entertainment Weekly" (USA), 19 March 1993,
pg.20-26, by Kate Meyers, "Triumph of the Bill".
2. "Entertainment Weekly" (USA), "The 50 Funniest People
Alive".
3. "Empire" (UK), October 1997, Iss.100, pg.200, by Ian Feerer and
Jake Hamilton, "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time".
Most Famous Cover:
"Entertainment Weekly" (USA), March 1993.
Awards:
1. He won an Emmy Award for writing during his second season in Saturday
Night Live.
2. He has been honored by the National Association of Theater Owners with the
1985 "Star of the Year" Award.
3. Harvard's Hasty Pudding Club, UCLA with the Jack Benny Award,
has honored him for Excellence in Entertainment.
4. He has been nominated to be the Best Actor of Comedy for the performance in Ghostbusters
(1984) in 1985 by the Golden Globe Award.
5. He received the 1997 Recipient of the Sons of the Desert Annual Comedy Performer
Award on April 19, 1997.
Agent: CAA
Which comedian can make people laugh without saying a word? Nobody can, except Bill Murray!
After a brief stint as a pre-med. student, Bill joined the "Chicago's Famed Improvisational Troupe: Second City", where his elder brother Brian Doyle-Murray was working. He went on to work with brother as duo on the "National Lampoon Radio Hour" and joined with Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, etc. to make the off-beat revue "The National Lampoon Show". He also provided the voice of Johnny Storm (the Human Torch) on the Marvel Comics Radio Show, "The Fantastic Four".
With his great fortune, he was hired to replace Chevy Chase who left the ensemble cast of the hot TV sketch-comedy series, Saturday Night Live, in 1976. Murray's characters, including Nick the Lounge Singer, Nerds, etc. appealed strongly to those democratically powerful audience of every ages. Murray then earned an Emmy for his great writing contribution during his second season in the show. With John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Gilda Radner and Steve Martin, they became the funniest entertainers on TV that even Jerry Seinfeld cannot be compared with. By the time he left in 1980, he was already a famous comedic performer.
Having appeared in some minor movies, he starred as the leading role in the low-budget comedy, Meatballs (1979) (directed by Ivan Reitman), which became a surprise comedy hit. After this movie, he got the ability to choose his own roles in the other movies. Then, he chose Caddyshack (1980), in which he met Harold Ramis, and worked up with Ivan Reitman and Harold again to make Stripes (1981), one of the highest grossing films of that year. After which, he was much more in demand in Hollywood. In 1982, Murray surprised the film critics with a small but indelible performance as Dustin Hoffman's funny roommate in Tootsie.
Two years later, Murray co-wrote his first non-comedy, The Razor's Edge, and co-starred in the blockbuster comedy, Ghostbusters, which in terms of box office receipts became the most successful comedy ever and put Murray's wisecracking and sleazy persona firmly on the map. But after the success of that movie, he chose to take vacation. Still, he had sustained a successful career by starring in the musical remake comedy, Little Shop of Horrors, as a masochistic patient.
Then, in 1988, he was back among the ghosts in his big come-back comedy, Scrooged. A short while later, he teamed up with Dan, Harold, Sigourney Weaver and Ivan again in the sequel of the first grossing Ghostbusters in 1989. In 1990, he co-directed one of his films, Quick Change, and starred in Frank Oz's What About Bob? (1991) with Richard Dreyfuss. He hit is career high in the early 1993 with Groundhog Day and Mad Dog & Glory.
Since, he co-starred a lot of blockbusters like, Ed Wood (1994), Kingpin (1996), Space Jam (1996), and Wild Things (1998). His recent comedies included the universal Larger Than Life (1996) and The Man Who Knew Too Little (1997).
In his leisure time, he plays golf with Scott Simpson, Michael Jordan at the AT & T Pro-Am.
- All-Movie Guide, Cinemania, and Rabbit.
Bill Murray and Brian Doyle-Murray