Bill Murray

  Bill Murray is an American actor comedian, writer, and actor. He is the fifth of a family of nine. He was born to Lucille Murray (a mailroom clerk) and Edward Joseph Murray II (a lumber seller). He is of Irish origin. His siblings include actors Joel Murray, Brian Doyle-Murray and John Murray. The tuition for Loyola Academy was paid by the caddies. He worked with most of his siblings as caddies. When he attended that school, he participated in athletics and did some acting and he stated that a lot of his fellow students "screwed off". He enrolled at Regis College in Denver to study pre-med but decided to drop out after being detained for possession of marijuana. He then joined the National Lampoon Radio Hour with fellow members Dan Aykroyd, Gilda Radner, and John Belushi. He joined Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell (1975) as a guest, which was the very first Saturday Night Live show. He was unable to make the show, but he was later a part of Saturday Night Live (1975). In this regard, he won his first Emmy Award as Outstanding Writing in a Music or Comedy Series or Comedy. 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 (93). He also co-directed Quick Change (1990). Murray was also praised by critics for his part in Lost in Translation (2003). This brought him an award of a Golden Globe, a BAFTA Award and an Academy Award nomination. Murray was nominated for roles in Ghostbusters (1998), Rushmore (2012), Hyde Park on Hudson (2012) and St. Vincent (2014). Additionally Murray was honored with the Golden Globe nomination for Lost in Translation (2003). This HBO miniseries called Olive Kitteridge (2014) brought him an award for his performance as a Primetime Emmy Award as Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Short Series or Movie.