Bill Murray
Milestones
- Birthplace: Wilmette, Illinois
- Birthday: September 21, 1950
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2008
Starred in the screen adaptaion of "City of Ember"
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2006
Returned to voice Garfield in the sequel "Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties"
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2005
Co-starred with an ensemble of actress in Jim Jarmusch's "Broken Flowers"
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2004
Cast in Jim Jarmusch's "Coffee and Cigarettes," a collection of stories that all have coffee and cigarettes in common
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2004
Starred as an oceanographer in Wes Anderson's "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou"
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2004
Voiced Garfield in the live action film, "Garfield" based on the comic strip
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2003
Played an aging movie star, opposite Scarlett Johansson in Sofia Coppola's "Lost in Translation"; earned Academy Award and SAG nominations for Best Actor
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2002
Appeared on stage opposite Sigourney Weaver in the Off-Off Broadway play "The Guys"
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2001
Starred in the live-action sequences of "Osmosis Jones"
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2000
Played Polonius in Michael Almereyda's film version of "Hamlet"
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1999
Portrayed a ventriloquist in Tim Robbins' "Cradle Will Rock"
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1998
Delivered another tiny gem as a low-life lawyer in "Wild Things"
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1998
Received critical acclaim as a wealthy tycoon in Wes Anderson's "Rushmore"
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1996
Appeared opposite an elephant in "Larger Than Life"
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1996
Teamed with Michael Jordan and Larry Bird in the live-action film "Space Jam"
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1994
Executive produced "Confessions of a Hit Man"
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1994
Turned in small gem as aspiring transsexual Bunny Breckinridge in Tim Burton's "Ed Wood"
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1993
Portrayed Chicago hood to Robert De Niro's nerdy cop in John McNaughton's oddly endearing "Mad Dog and Glory"
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1993
Scored big hit with "Groundhog Day" written and directed by Ramis
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1991
Re-teamed with Frank Oz as a patient who drove his therapist (Richard Dreyfuss) crazy by following him on vacation in "What About Bob?"
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1990
First credit as producer, "Quick Change"; also starred in and co-directed with Howard Franklin
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1989
Re-teamed with Reitman, Ramis, Aykroyd and others for the sequel "Ghostbusters II"
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1988
First starring role in more than four years, "Scrooged"
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1986
Played small comic role as the masochistic dental patient (first made famous by Jack Nicholson in the original Roger Corman film) in the Frank OZ directed musical "Little Shop of Horrors"
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1984
Became firmly established as comic star in Reitman's "Ghostbusters"; Ramis and Dan Aykroyd both co-starred and co-wrote
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1984
First lead in a dramatic role, "The Razor's Edge"; also co-scripted with director John Byrum
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1982
Cast as Dustin Hoffman's actor roommate in Sydney Pollack's "Tootsie"
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1981
Re-teamed with Ramis to co-star in the comedy film, "Stripes"; also re-teamed with Reitman who co-wrote and directed
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1980
Played the gopher-obsessed groundskeeper in Harold Ramis' "Caddyshack"
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1980
Portrayed famed writer Hunter S. Thompson in "Where the Buffalo Roam"
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1979
First leading role in a feature film, "Meatballs"; directed by Ivan Reitman and scripted by Harold Ramis
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1977 to 1980
Joined the cast of "Saturday Night Live" (NBC) for the show's second season; replaced a departing Chevy Chase
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1975
Feature acting debut, "Jungle Burger"
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Appeared on "National Lampoon Radio Hour" and in the Off Broadway production of "National Lampoon Show"
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Left college to join the improv troupe Second City in Chicago
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